Index: uikit.py
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--- uikit.py
+++ uikit.py
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@
 
 # system
 import os.path
 import copy
 import sys
+import re
 import base64
+import zlib
 import inspect
 from compat2and3 import unicode, xrange, PY3
 import pkgutil
 
 
@@ -387,11 +389,11 @@
         if color:
             # wrap unstylable widgets into EventBox
             if not isinstance(w, gtk.Window):
                 wrap = gtk.EventBox()
                 wrap.add(w)
-                wrap.set_property("visible", True)
+                ##########wrap.set_property("visible", True)
                 w = wrap
             # copy style object, modify settings
             s = w.get_style().copy()
             c = w.get_colormap().alloc_color(color)
             for state in (gtk.STATE_NORMAL, gtk.STATE_SELECTED):
@@ -407,20 +409,20 @@
     @staticmethod
     def label(text, size=400, markup=0):
         label = gtk.Label(text)
         if markup:
             label.set_markup(text)
-        label.set_property("visible", True)
+        #######label.set_property("visible", True)
         label.set_line_wrap(True) 
         label.set_size_request(size, -1)
         return label
 
     # Wrap two widgets in horizontal box
     @staticmethod
     def hbox(w1, w2):
         b = gtk.HBox(homogeneous=False, spacing=10)
-        b.set_property("visible", True)
+        ######b.set_property("visible", True)
         b.pack_start(w1, expand=False, fill=False)
         b.pack_start(w2, expand=True, fill=True)
         return b
 
 
@@ -452,22 +454,19 @@
             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)
-        except:
-            None
-        #print "PNG: %s" % len(buf)
+    def pixbuf(buf, fmt="png", decode=True, gzip=False):
+        p = GdkPixbuf.PixbufLoader(*[fmt] if fmt else [])
+        if decode and re.match("^[\w+/=\s]+$", buf):
+            buf = base64.b64decode(buf)  # inline encoding
+        if gzip:
+            buf = zlib.decompress(buf)
         p.write(buf, len(buf))
-        #print "FMT: %s" % p.get_format()
         pix = p.get_pixbuf()
         p.close()
-        #print "PIX: %s" % pix
         return pix
             
             
 
 
@@ -488,11 +487,11 @@
 
     def __init__(self, entries, no_scroll=1):
 
         # prepare widget
         gtk.ComboBox.__init__(self)
-        self.set_property("visible", True)
+        ########self.set_property("visible", True)
         cell = gtk.CellRendererText()
         self.pack_start(cell, True)
         self.add_attribute(cell, "text", 1)
         if no_scroll:
             self.connect("scroll_event", self.no_scroll)
@@ -551,15 +550,15 @@
         progresswin.set_property("width_request", 300)
         progresswin.set_property("default_height", 30)
         progresswin.set_property("height_request", 30)
         #progresswin.set_property("window_position", "center")
         progresswin.set_property("decorated", False)
-        progresswin.set_property("visible", True)
+        #######progresswin.set_property("visible", True)
 
         # GtkProgressBar "progressbar"
         progressbar = gtk.ProgressBar()
-        progressbar.set_property("visible", True)
+        #########progressbar.set_property("visible", True)
         progressbar.set_property("show_text", True)
         progressbar.set_property("text", msg)
         progresswin.add(progressbar)
         progresswin.show_all()
 
@@ -605,10 +604,10 @@
     def __init__(self, parent):
         a = gtk.AboutDialog()
         a.set_name(parent.meta["id"])
         a.set_version(parent.meta["version"])
         a.set_license(parent.meta["license"])
-        a.set_authors(parent.meta["author"].split(","))
+        a.set_authors((pkgutil.get_data("config", "CREDITS") or parent.meta["author"]).split("\n"))
         a.set_website(parent.meta["url"])
         a.connect("response", lambda a, ok: ( a.hide(), a.destroy() ) )
-        a.show()
+        a.show_all()