diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
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-/******************************************************************************/
-/*                                                                            */
-/*                     E coli by David S. Goodsell (2009)                     */
-/*                                   ---                                      */
-/*               Let this freeze frame guide us towards the model             */
-/*                  that alone can account for the phenomenon !               */
-/*                                                                            */
-/******************************************************************************/
-
-#include "callback.h"
-
-int main (int argc, char **argv)
-{
-  GtkApplication *app;
-  int status;
-
-  app = gtk_application_new ("org.jean.GTK4_GG_hack", G_APPLICATION_DEFAULT_FLAGS);
-  g_signal_connect (app, "activate", G_CALLBACK (on_main_window_activation), NULL);
-  g_signal_connect (app, "activate", G_CALLBACK (on_dialog_window_activation), NULL);
-  status = g_application_run (G_APPLICATION (app), argc, argv);
-  g_object_unref (app);
-
-  printf("in contain.get_SPACE_VIEW_box()  (line 138)   >   ui_setup_glarea (0, GTK_WIDGET (middle_box));   <   commented  2024/06/27   >   TODO\n");
-
-  return status;
-}