static PangoLayout *
layout_with_preedit_old (ECellTextView *text_view, int row, const char *text, gint width)
{
	CellEdit *edit = text_view->edit;
	PangoAttrList *attrs ;
	PangoLayout *layout;
	GString *tmp_string = g_string_new (NULL);
	PangoAttrList *preedit_attrs = NULL;
	gchar *preedit_string = NULL;
	gint preedit_length = 0;
	gint text_length = strlen (text);
	gint mlen = MIN(edit->selection_start,text_length);
	

	gtk_im_context_get_preedit_string (edit->im_context, &preedit_string,&preedit_attrs, NULL);
	preedit_length = edit->preedit_length = strlen (preedit_string);

	layout = edit->layout;

	g_string_prepend_len (tmp_string, text,text_length); 

	if (preedit_length) {
		
		/* mlen is the text_length in bytes, not chars
		 * check whether we are not inserting into
		 * the middle of a utf8 character
		 */

		if (mlen < text_length) {
			if (!g_utf8_validate (text+mlen, -1, NULL)) {
				gchar *tc;
				tc = g_utf8_find_next_char (text+mlen,NULL);
				if (tc) {
					mlen = (gint) (tc - text);
				}
			}
		}

		g_string_insert (tmp_string, mlen, preedit_string);
	} 

	pango_layout_set_text (layout, tmp_string->str, tmp_string->len);

	attrs = (PangoAttrList *) build_attr_list (text_view, row, text_length);

	if (preedit_length)
		pango_attr_list_splice (attrs, preedit_attrs, mlen, preedit_length);
	pango_layout_set_attributes (layout, attrs);
	g_string_free (tmp_string, TRUE);
	if (preedit_string)
		g_free (preedit_string);
	if (preedit_attrs)
		pango_attr_list_unref (preedit_attrs);
	pango_attr_list_unref (attrs);
	
	update_im_cursor_location (text_view);
	
	return layout;
}