diff --git a/gui/AUTHORS b/gui/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/gui/COPYING b/gui/COPYING
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..0b6cbf81b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/share/automake-1.10/COPYING
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gui/ChangeLog b/gui/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/gui/INSTALL b/gui/INSTALL
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..5bb6e7b7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/usr/share/automake-1.10/INSTALL
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gui/Makefile.am b/gui/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..329e83f38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+## Created by Anjuta
+
+SUBDIRS = src po
+
+gtk_lumieradocdir = ${prefix}/doc/gtk-lumiera
+gtk_lumieradoc_DATA = \
+	README\
+	COPYING\
+	AUTHORS\
+	ChangeLog\
+	INSTALL\
+	NEWS
+
+EXTRA_DIST = $(gtk_lumieradoc_DATA)
+
+# Copy all the spec files. Of cource, only one is actually used.
+dist-hook:
+	for specfile in *.spec; do \
+		if test -f $$specfile; then \
+			cp -p $$specfile $(distdir); \
+		fi \
+	done
+
diff --git a/gui/NEWS b/gui/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/gui/README b/gui/README
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/gui/TODO.tasks b/gui/TODO.tasks
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1fa282d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/TODO.tasks
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<gtodo>
+  <category title="Personal" place="0"/>
+  <category title="Business" place="1"/>
+  <category title="Unfiled" place="2"/>
+</gtodo>
diff --git a/gui/autogen.sh b/gui/autogen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9ab346a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# Run this to generate all the initial makefiles, etc.
+
+srcdir=`dirname $0`
+test -z "$srcdir" && srcdir=.
+
+DIE=0
+
+if [ -n "$GNOME2_DIR" ]; then
+	ACLOCAL_FLAGS="-I $GNOME2_DIR/share/aclocal $ACLOCAL_FLAGS"
+	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$GNOME2_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+	PATH="$GNOME2_DIR/bin:$PATH"
+	export PATH
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+fi
+
+(test -f $srcdir/configure.ac) || {
+    echo -n "**Error**: Directory "\`$srcdir\'" does not look like the"
+    echo " top-level package directory"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+(autoconf --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo
+  echo "**Error**: You must have \`autoconf' installed."
+  echo "Download the appropriate package for your distribution,"
+  echo "or get the source tarball at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
+  DIE=1
+}
+
+(grep "^IT_PROG_INTLTOOL" $srcdir/configure.ac >/dev/null) && {
+  (intltoolize --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    echo 
+    echo "**Error**: You must have \`intltool' installed."
+    echo "You can get it from:"
+    echo "  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/"
+    DIE=1
+  }
+}
+
+(grep "^AM_PROG_XML_I18N_TOOLS" $srcdir/configure.ac >/dev/null) && {
+  (xml-i18n-toolize --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    echo
+    echo "**Error**: You must have \`xml-i18n-toolize' installed."
+    echo "You can get it from:"
+    echo "  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/"
+    DIE=1
+  }
+}
+
+(grep "^AM_PROG_LIBTOOL" $srcdir/configure.ac >/dev/null) && {
+  (libtool --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    echo
+    echo "**Error**: You must have \`libtool' installed."
+    echo "You can get it from: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
+    DIE=1
+  }
+}
+
+(grep "^AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT" $srcdir/configure.ac >/dev/null) && {
+  (grep "sed.*POTFILES" $srcdir/configure.ac) > /dev/null || \
+  (glib-gettextize --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    echo
+    echo "**Error**: You must have \`glib' installed."
+    echo "You can get it from: ftp://ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk"
+    DIE=1
+  }
+}
+
+(automake --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo
+  echo "**Error**: You must have \`automake' installed."
+  echo "You can get it from: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
+  DIE=1
+  NO_AUTOMAKE=yes
+}
+
+
+# if no automake, don't bother testing for aclocal
+test -n "$NO_AUTOMAKE" || (aclocal --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
+  echo
+  echo "**Error**: Missing \`aclocal'.  The version of \`automake'"
+  echo "installed doesn't appear recent enough."
+  echo "You can get automake from ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/"
+  DIE=1
+}
+
+if test "$DIE" -eq 1; then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if test -z "$*"; then
+  echo "**Warning**: I am going to run \`configure' with no arguments."
+  echo "If you wish to pass any to it, please specify them on the"
+  echo \`$0\'" command line."
+  echo
+fi
+
+case $CC in
+xlc )
+  am_opt=--include-deps;;
+esac
+
+for coin in `find $srcdir -path $srcdir/CVS -prune -o -name configure.ac -print`
+do 
+  dr=`dirname $coin`
+  if test -f $dr/NO-AUTO-GEN; then
+    echo skipping $dr -- flagged as no auto-gen
+  else
+    echo processing $dr
+    ( cd $dr
+
+      aclocalinclude="$ACLOCAL_FLAGS"
+
+      if grep "^AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT" configure.ac >/dev/null; then
+	echo "Creating $dr/aclocal.m4 ..."
+	test -r $dr/aclocal.m4 || touch $dr/aclocal.m4
+	echo "Running glib-gettextize...  Ignore non-fatal messages."
+	echo "no" | glib-gettextize --force --copy
+	echo "Making $dr/aclocal.m4 writable ..."
+	test -r $dr/aclocal.m4 && chmod u+w $dr/aclocal.m4
+      fi
+      if grep "^IT_PROG_INTLTOOL" configure.ac >/dev/null; then
+        echo "Running intltoolize..."
+	intltoolize --copy --force --automake
+      fi
+      if grep "^AM_PROG_XML_I18N_TOOLS" configure.ac >/dev/null; then
+        echo "Running xml-i18n-toolize..."
+	xml-i18n-toolize --copy --force --automake
+      fi
+      if grep "^AM_PROG_LIBTOOL" configure.ac >/dev/null; then
+	if test -z "$NO_LIBTOOLIZE" ; then 
+	  echo "Running libtoolize..."
+	  libtoolize --force --copy
+	fi
+      fi
+      echo "Running aclocal $aclocalinclude ..."
+      aclocal $aclocalinclude
+      if grep "^AM_CONFIG_HEADER" configure.ac >/dev/null; then
+	echo "Running autoheader..."
+	autoheader
+      fi
+      echo "Running automake --gnu $am_opt ..."
+      automake --add-missing --gnu $am_opt
+      echo "Running autoconf ..."
+      autoconf
+    )
+  fi
+done
+
+conf_flags="--enable-maintainer-mode"
+
+if test x$NOCONFIGURE = x; then
+  echo Running $srcdir/configure $conf_flags "$@" ...
+  $srcdir/configure $conf_flags "$@" \
+  && echo Now type \`make\' to compile. || exit 1
+else
+  echo Skipping configure process.
+fi
diff --git a/gui/config.h b/gui/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b9564f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/* config.h.  Generated from config.h.in by configure.  */
+/* config.h.in.  Generated from configure.ac by autoheader.  */
+
+/* always defined to indicate that i18n is enabled */
+#define ENABLE_NLS 1
+
+/* GETTEXT package name */
+#define GETTEXT_PACKAGE "gtk-lumiera"
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `bind_textdomain_codeset' function. */
+#define HAVE_BIND_TEXTDOMAIN_CODESET 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the `dcgettext' function. */
+#define HAVE_DCGETTEXT 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <dlfcn.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_DLFCN_H 1
+
+/* Define if the GNU gettext() function is already present or preinstalled. */
+#define HAVE_GETTEXT 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <inttypes.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_INTTYPES_H 1
+
+/* Define if your <locale.h> file defines LC_MESSAGES. */
+#define HAVE_LC_MESSAGES 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <locale.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_LOCALE_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <memory.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_MEMORY_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <stdint.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <stdlib.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_STDLIB_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <strings.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_STRINGS_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <string.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_STRING_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/stat.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_SYS_STAT_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/types.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H 1
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the <unistd.h> header file. */
+#define HAVE_UNISTD_H 1
+
+/* Name of package */
+#define PACKAGE "gtk-lumiera"
+
+/* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
+#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
+
+/* Define to the full name of this package. */
+#define PACKAGE_NAME "gtk-lumiera"
+
+/* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
+#define PACKAGE_STRING "gtk-lumiera 0.1"
+
+/* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
+#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "gtk-lumiera"
+
+/* Define to the version of this package. */
+#define PACKAGE_VERSION "0.1"
+
+/* Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files. */
+#define STDC_HEADERS 1
+
+/* Version number of package */
+#define VERSION "0.1"
diff --git a/gui/configure.ac b/gui/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9eef896f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+dnl Created by Anjuta application wizard.
+
+AC_INIT(gtk-lumiera, 0.1)
+
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(AC_PACKAGE_NAME, AC_PACKAGE_VERSION)
+AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
+AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+
+AC_ISC_POSIX
+AC_PROG_CXX
+AM_PROG_CC_STDC
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+
+
+
+
+dnl ***************************************************************************
+dnl Internatinalization
+dnl ***************************************************************************
+GETTEXT_PACKAGE=gtk-lumiera
+AC_SUBST(GETTEXT_PACKAGE)
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(GETTEXT_PACKAGE,"$GETTEXT_PACKAGE", [GETTEXT package name])
+AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT
+IT_PROG_INTLTOOL([0.35.0])
+
+
+
+AM_PROG_LIBTOOL
+
+
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK_LUMIERA, [gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.8 libglademm-2.4 >= 2.6    ])
+AC_SUBST(GTK_LUMIERA_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(GTK_LUMIERA_LIBS)
+
+
+
+
+AC_OUTPUT([
+Makefile
+src/Makefile
+po/Makefile.in
+])
diff --git a/gui/gtk-lumiera.anjuta b/gui/gtk-lumiera.anjuta
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8b9268a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/gtk-lumiera.anjuta
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<anjuta>
+    <plugin name="GBF Project Manager"
+            url="http://anjuta.org/plugins/"
+            mandatory="yes">
+		<require group="Anjuta Plugin"
+                 attribute="Interfaces"
+                 value="IAnjutaProjectManager"/>
+		<require group="Project"
+                 attribute="Supported-Project-Types"
+                 value="automake"/>
+	</plugin>
+	<plugin name="Symbol Browser"
+            url="http://anjuta.org/plugins/"
+            mandatory="yes">
+		<require group="Anjuta Plugin"
+                 attribute="Location"
+                 value="anjuta-symbol-browser:SymbolBrowserPlugin"/>
+	</plugin>
+	<plugin name="Make Build System"
+            url="http://anjuta.org/plugins/"
+            mandatory="yes">
+		<require group="Anjuta Plugin"
+                 attribute="Interfaces"
+                 value="IAnjutaBuildable"/>
+		<require group="Build"
+                 attribute="Supported-Build-Types"
+                 value="make"/>
+	</plugin>
+	<plugin name="Task Manager"
+            url="http://anjuta.org/plugins/"
+            mandatory="no">
+		<require group="Anjuta Plugin"
+                 attribute="Interfaces"
+                 value="IAnjutaTodo"/>
+	</plugin>
+	<plugin name="Debug Manager"
+            url="http://anjuta.org/plugins/"
+            mandatory="no">
+		<require group="Anjuta Plugin"
+                 attribute="Interfaces"
+                 value="IAnjutaDebuggerManager"/>
+	</plugin>
+</anjuta>
diff --git a/gui/po/ChangeLog b/gui/po/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/gui/po/LINGUAS b/gui/po/LINGUAS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc8cbb0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/po/LINGUAS
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# please keep this list sorted alphabetically
+#
diff --git a/gui/po/POTFILES.in b/gui/po/POTFILES.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0b3c552e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# List of source files containing translatable strings.
+
+src/main.c
diff --git a/gui/src/Makefile.am b/gui/src/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ae61d803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+## Process this file with automake to produce Makefile.in
+
+## Created by Anjuta
+
+gladedir = $(datadir)/gtk-lumiera/glade
+glade_DATA = gtk-lumiera.glade
+
+INCLUDES = \
+	-DPACKAGE_LOCALE_DIR=\""$(prefix)/$(DATADIRNAME)/locale"\" \
+	-DPACKAGE_SRC_DIR=\""$(srcdir)"\" \
+	-DPACKAGE_DATA_DIR=\""$(datadir)"\" \
+	$(GTK_LUMIERA_CFLAGS)
+
+AM_CFLAGS =\
+	 -Wall\
+	 -g
+
+bin_PROGRAMS = gtk-lumiera
+
+gtk_lumiera_SOURCES = \
+	main.cpp
+
+gtk_lumiera_LDFLAGS = 
+
+gtk_lumiera_LDADD = $(GTK_LUMIERA_LIBS)
+
+EXTRA_DIST = $(glade_DATA)
diff --git a/gui/src/gtk-lumiera.glade b/gui/src/gtk-lumiera.glade
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8db3bef2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/gtk-lumiera.glade
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> <!--*- mode: xml -*-->
+<!DOCTYPE glade-interface SYSTEM "http://glade.gnome.org/glade-2.0.dtd">
+
+<glade-interface>
+
+<widget class="GtkWindow" id="main_window">
+  <property name="visible">True</property>
+  <property name="title" translatable="yes">Hello World!</property>
+  <property name="type">GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL</property>
+  <property name="window_position">GTK_WIN_POS_NONE</property>
+  <property name="modal">False</property>
+  <property name="default_width">500</property>
+  <property name="default_height">400</property>
+  <property name="resizable">True</property>
+  <property name="destroy_with_parent">False</property>
+  <property name="decorated">True</property>
+  <property name="skip_taskbar_hint">False</property>
+  <property name="skip_pager_hint">False</property>
+  <property name="type_hint">GDK_WINDOW_TYPE_HINT_NORMAL</property>
+  <property name="gravity">GDK_GRAVITY_NORTH_WEST</property>
+
+  <child>
+    <placeholder/>
+  </child>
+</widget>
+
+</glade-interface>
diff --git a/gui/src/main.cpp b/gui/src/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb69eb3d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* -*- Mode: C; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 4 -*- */
+/*
+ * main.cc
+ * Copyright (C) Joel Holdsworth 2008 <joel@airwebreathe.org.uk>
+ * 
+ * main.cc is free software.
+ * 
+ * You may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
+ * GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software
+ * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ * 
+ * main.cc is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+ * See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with main.cc.  If not, write to:
+ * 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * 	Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <libglademm/xml.h>
+#include <gtkmm.h>
+#include <iostream>
+
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_NLS
+#  include <libintl.h>
+#endif
+
+
+/* For testing propose use the local (not installed) glade file */
+/* #define GLADE_FILE PACKAGE_DATA_DIR"/gtk-lumiera/glade/gtk-lumiera.glade" */
+#define GLADE_FILE "gtk-lumiera.glade"
+   
+int
+main (int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	Gtk::Main kit(argc, argv);
+	
+	//Load the Glade file and instiate its widgets:
+	Glib::RefPtr<Gnome::Glade::Xml> refXml;
+	try
+	{
+		refXml = Gnome::Glade::Xml::create(GLADE_FILE);
+	}
+	catch(const Gnome::Glade::XmlError& ex)
+    {
+		std::cerr << ex.what() << std::endl;
+		return 1;
+	}
+	Gtk::Window* main_win = 0;
+	refXml->get_widget("main_window", main_win);
+	if (main_win)
+	{
+		kit.run(*main_win);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}