# gtk.messagebox
    @staticmethod
    def msg(text, style=gtk.MESSAGE_INFO, buttons=gtk.BUTTONS_CLOSE):
        m = gtk.MessageDialog(None, 0, style, buttons, message_format=text)
        m.show()
        m.connect("response", lambda *w: m.destroy())
        

    # apply gtkrc stylesheet
    @staticmethod
    def load_theme(theme=None):
        if theme:
            for dir in (conf.dir, conf.share, "/usr/share"):
                f = dir + "/themes/" + theme + "/gtk-2.0/gtkrc"
                if os.path.exists(f):
                    gtk.rc_parse(f)
            pass

        
    # Pixbug loader (from inline string, as in `logo.png`)
    @staticmethod
    def pixbuf(buf, fmt="png"):
        p = GdkPixbuf.PixbufLoader(fmt)
        try: # inline encoding
            buf = base64.b64decode(buf)