diff --git a/win/gnome/gnaskstr.h b/win/gnome/gnaskstr.h
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+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)gnaskstr.h	3.3	2000/07/16	*/
+/* Copyright (C) 1998 by Erik Andersen <andersee@debian.org> */
+/* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
+
+#ifndef GnomeHackAskStringDialog_h
+#define GnomeHackAskStringDialog_h
+
+
+int ghack_ask_string_dialog(const char *szMessageStr,
+        const char *szDefaultStr, const char *szTitleStr,
+        char *buffer);
+
+#endif /* GnomeHackAskStringDialog_h */
+