inst->utf8_string_atom = gdk_atom_intern("UTF8_STRING", FALSE);

    inst->direct_to_font = init_ucs(&inst->ucsdata,
				    inst->cfg.line_codepage, font_charset);

    inst->window = gtk_window_new(GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);

    if (inst->cfg.wintitle[0])
	set_title(inst, inst->cfg.wintitle);
    else
	set_title(inst, "pterm");

    /*
     * Set up the colour map.
     */
    palette_reset(inst);

    inst->area = gtk_drawing_area_new();
    gtk_drawing_area_size(GTK_DRAWING_AREA(inst->area),

    inst->logctx = log_init(inst, &inst->cfg);
    term_provide_logctx(inst->term, inst->logctx);

    uxsel_init();

    inst->back = select_backend(&inst->cfg);
    {
	char *realhost;		       /* FIXME: don't ignore this! */
	char *realhost;

	inst->back->init((void *)inst->term, &inst->backhandle, &inst->cfg,
			 inst->cfg.host, inst->cfg.port, &realhost,
			 inst->cfg.tcp_nodelay);

        if (inst->cfg.wintitle[0])
            set_title(inst, inst->cfg.wintitle);
        else {
            char *title = make_default_wintitle(realhost);
            set_title(inst, title);
            sfree(title);
        }
    }
    inst->back->provide_logctx(inst->backhandle, inst->logctx);

    term_provide_resize_fn(inst->term, inst->back->size, inst->backhandle);

    term_size(inst->term, inst->cfg.height, inst->cfg.width, inst->cfg.savelines);