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+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright 2011-2018 Simon Schneegans
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+// a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+// permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+// the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+// included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+// EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+// IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+// CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+// TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+// SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// Basic executable to find available GDK backends at runtime.
+// Used internally, should never be visible for the user.
+
+public class GnomePieGdkBackends : Gtk.Application {
+	protected override void activate () {
+		var window = new Gtk.ApplicationWindow (this);
+		var label = new Gtk.Label ("Hello GDK Backends");
+		window.add (label);
+		window.set_title ("Welcome to Gnome-Pie!");
+		window.set_default_size (200, 100);
+		window.show_all ();
+	}
+}
+
+public int main (string[] args) {
+	return new GnomePieGdkBackends ().run (args);
+}