diff -r 458831c574f4 -r 0ec8a5f17782 ui/motif/text.c
--- a/ui/motif/text.c	Sat May 10 15:43:22 2014 +0200
+++ b/ui/motif/text.c	Sat May 10 18:52:22 2014 +0200
@@ -83,6 +83,17 @@
     return text_area;
 }
 
+UIWIDGET ui_textarea_nv(UiObject *obj, char *varname) {
+    UiVar *var = uic_connect_var(obj->ctx, varname, UI_VAR_TEXT);
+    if(var) {
+        UiText *value = var->value;
+        return ui_textarea(obj, value);
+    } else {
+        // TODO: error
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 char* ui_textarea_get(UiText *text) {
     if(text->value) {
         XtFree(text->value);