#
    # An according entries list then would contain a dictionary for each row:
    #   entries = [ {"titlerow":"first", "interndat":123}, {"titlerow":"..."}, ]
    # Keys not mentioned in the datamap get ignored, and defaults are applied
    # for missing cols. All values must already be in the correct type however.
    #
    @staticmethod
    def columns(widget, datamap=[], entries=None, pix_entry=False, typecast=0):

        # create treeviewcolumns?
        if (not widget.get_column(0)):
            # loop through titles
            datapos = 0
            for n_col,desc in enumerate(datamap):
                                

            #widget.set_reorderable(True)
           
        # add data?
        if (entries is not None):
            #- expand datamap
            vartypes = []  #(str, str, bool, str, int, int, gtk.gdk.Pixbuf, str, int)
            rowmap = []    #["title", "desc", "bookmarked", "name", "count", "max", "img", ...]
            if (not rowmap):
                for desc in datamap:
                    for var in xrange(2, len(desc)):
                        vartypes.append(desc[var][1])  # content types
                        rowmap.append(desc[var][0])    # dict{} column keys in entries[] list
            # create gtk array storage
            ls = gtk.ListStore(*vartypes)   # could be a TreeStore, too
            #log.UI(vartypes, len(vartypes))
            #log.DATA(rowmap, len(rowmap))
 
            # prepare for missing values, and special variable types
            defaults = {

                    ls.append( [va  if ty==gtk.gdk.Pixbuf  else ty(va)   for va,ty in zip(row,vartypes)]  )

            #if entries:
            #     log.ROWS(row, len(row))
            
            # apply array to widget
            widget.set_model(ls)
            return ls
            
        pass




    #-- treeview for categories