diff -ruN abi.old/ac-helpers/abi-gtk24.m4 abi/ac-helpers/abi-gtk24.m4
--- abi.old/ac-helpers/abi-gtk24.m4	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ abi/ac-helpers/abi-gtk24.m4	2004-04-17 21:25:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# start: abi/ac-helpers/abi-gtk24.m4
+# 
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2003 AbiSource, Inc
+# 
+# This file is free software; you may copy and/or distribute it with
+# or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+# This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law; without even
+# the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
+# PURPOSE.
+#
+# The above license applies to THIS FILE ONLY, the abiword code
+# itself may be copied and distributed under the terms of the GNU
+# GPL, see COPYING for more details
+#
+# This file detects which of the AbiWord platforms we are currently
+# building on.  The detection logic in question is mostly by Jeff
+# Hostetler, and is taken from the original AbiWord build system.  
+#
+# Usage: ABI_GTK24
+
+AC_DEFUN([ABI_GTK24], [
+
+
+gtk24=false
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(gtk24,[  --enable-gtk24    Make use of gtk+-2.4 specific functions  ],[
+	if test "x$enableval" = "xyes"; then
+		if test "$PLATFORM" != unix; then
+			AC_MSG_ERROR([sorry: --enable-gtk24 supported only on UNIX platforms])
+		fi
+		gtk24=true
+	fi
+])
+
+if test "$gtk24" = true ; then
+
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTK24,[
+		glib-2.0 >= 2.4.0
+		gtk+-2.0 >= 2.4.0
+		pango >= 1.4.0
+	])
+
+	GTK_CFLAGS="$GTK_CFLAGS -DHAVE_GTK24=1"
+fi
+
+AC_SUBST(GTK_CFLAGS)
+	
+AM_CONDITIONAL(WITH_GTK24, test "x$gtk24" = "xtrue")
+
+])
+# 
+# end: abi/ac-helpers/abi-gtk24.m4
+# 
diff -ruN abi.old/configure.ac abi/configure.ac
--- abi.old/configure.ac	2004-04-17 21:23:29.000000000 +0200
+++ abi/configure.ac	2004-04-17 21:11:06.000000000 +0200
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
 dnl ./configure command line arguments
 dnl currently, we have:
 dnl   --enable-gnome
+dnl   --enable-gtk24
 dnl   --enable-debug
 dnl   --enable-extra-optimization
 dnl   --enable-profile
@@ -131,6 +132,8 @@
 dnl The defined values are used mostly in includes.mk, but also in
 dnl some other places
 
+dnl must be before ABI_GNOME_QUICK
+ABI_GTK24
 ABI_GNOME_QUICK
 ABI_GUCHARMAP
 
@@ -489,6 +492,11 @@
         AC_MSG_RESULT([Configured with GNOME support.]) ;;
 esac
 
+case "$gtk24" in
+     "true" )
+        AC_MSG_RESULT([Configured with gtk+-2.4 support.]) ;;
+esac
+
 case "$debug" in
      "true" )
         AC_MSG_RESULT([Configured with debugging symbols.]) ;;