GTK app without gtk_main() valid?

[Andrew Smith]

Hi

I accidentally learned that it's possible to have a working GTK 
application without a call to gtk_main():

int main()
{
     GtkWidget* mainDialog;
     int rc;

     gtk_init(&argc, &argv);

     /* main window */
     mainDialog = gtk_message_dialog_new(NULL, GTK_DIALOG_MODAL,
              GTK_MESSAGE_QUESTION, GTK_BUTTONS_NONE,
              _("some question"));
     gtk_window_set_title(GTK_WINDOW(mainDialog), "question?");
     gtk_dialog_add_buttons(GTK_DIALOG(mainDialog),
                            _("yes"), GTK_RESPONSE_OK,
                            _("no"), GTK_RESPONSE_CANCEL,
                            NULL);

     rc = gtk_dialog_run(GTK_DIALOG(mainDialog));

     if(rc == GTK_RESPONSE_OK)
     {
         //do something
     }

     return 0;
}

This works fine except I don't see the dialog in the taskbar or the tast 
switcher. That's my first question - can I still only use a GtkDialog or 
do I need to make a GtkWindow to have it show up in the taskbar?

And the second question - is there anything obviously wrong with not 
calling gtk_main()?

Thanks

Andrew
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