static bool flatInfoBox_alwaysOnTop = true;

static double flatInfoBox_defaultTime = 2.0;

static int flatInfoBox_x = 28, flatInfoBox_y = 5;

// automatically switches to AWT thread for you

static JWindow flatInfoBox(S text) {

  ret flatInfoBox(text, flatInfoBox_defaultTime);

}

static JWindow flatInfoBox(final S text, final double seconds) {

  if (empty(text)) null;

  print(text);

  ret flatInfoBox_noprint(text, seconds);

}

static JWindow flatInfoBox_noprint(S text) {

  ret flatInfoBox_noprint(text, flatInfoBox_defaultTime);

}

static JWindow flatInfoBox_noprint(final S text, final double seconds) {

  if (empty(text)) null;

  logQuotedWithDate(infoBoxesLogFile(), text); 

  if (isHeadless()) null;

  ret (JWindow) swingAndWait(func {

    final JWindow window = makeUnimportantWindow(flatInfoBox_makePanel(text));

    window.pack();

    window.setBounds(flatInfoBox_x, flatInfoBox_y, 300, window.getHeight());

    if (flatInfoBox_alwaysOnTop)

      window.setAlwaysOnTop(true);

    window.setVisible(true);

    disposeWindowAfter(iround(seconds*1000), window);

    ret window;

  });

}

static JWindow flatInfoBox(Throwable e) {

  showConsole();

  printStackTrace(e);

  ret flatInfoBox(exceptionToStringShort(e));

}