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+USING: accessors ui ui.gadgets ui.gadgets.labels ui.gadgets.buttons ui.gadgets.packs locals sequences io.styles ;
+IN: ui.gadgets.alerts
+:: alert ( quot string -- ) <pile> { 10 10 } >>gap 1 >>align string <label> { "sans-serif" plain 18 } >>font { 200 100 } >>pref-dim add-gadget 
+   "okay" [ close-window ] quot append <bevel-button> add-gadget "" open-window ;
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