diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5b932362e..60fb94997 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-10-19  Mike Kestner  <mkestner@novell.com>
+
+	* gtk/TextBuffer.custom : add some obsolete overloads for backward
+	compat with some not-completely-unusable 1.0.x methods.
+
 2005-10-19 Gonzalo Paniagua Javier <gonzalo@ximian.com>
 
 	* glib/Object.cs: remove the fast path. It was causing troubles with
diff --git a/doc/en/Gtk/TextBuffer.xml b/doc/en/Gtk/TextBuffer.xml
index 4692e4a44..e1c3763fb 100644
--- a/doc/en/Gtk/TextBuffer.xml
+++ b/doc/en/Gtk/TextBuffer.xml
@@ -1802,5 +1802,83 @@
         <since version="Gtk# 2.6" />
       </Docs>
     </Member>
+    <Member MemberName="InsertWithTags">
+      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public void InsertWithTags (Gtk.TextIter iter, string text, Gtk.TextTag[] tags);" />
+      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
+      <ReturnValue>
+        <ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType>
+      </ReturnValue>
+      <Parameters>
+        <Parameter Name="iter" Type="Gtk.TextIter" />
+        <Parameter Name="text" Type="System.String" />
+        <Parameter Name="tags" Type="Gtk.TextTag[]">
+          <Attributes>
+            <Attribute>
+              <AttributeName>System.ParamArray</AttributeName>
+            </Attribute>
+          </Attributes>
+        </Parameter>
+      </Parameters>
+      <Docs>
+        <param name="iter">To be added.</param>
+        <param name="text">To be added.</param>
+        <param name="tags">To be added.</param>
+        <summary>Inserts text with tag information.</summary>
+        <remarks>The overload is obsolete, replace by the ref TextIter overload.</remarks>
+      </Docs>
+    </Member>
+    <Member MemberName="Insert">
+      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public void Insert (Gtk.TextIter iter, string text);" />
+      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
+      <ReturnValue>
+        <ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType>
+      </ReturnValue>
+      <Parameters>
+        <Parameter Name="iter" Type="Gtk.TextIter" />
+        <Parameter Name="text" Type="System.String" />
+      </Parameters>
+      <Docs>
+        <param name="iter">To be added.</param>
+        <param name="text">To be added.</param>
+        <summary>Inserts text.</summary>
+        <remarks>The overload is obsolete, replace by the ref TextIter overload.</remarks>
+      </Docs>
+    </Member>
+    <Member MemberName="InsertRange">
+      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public void InsertRange (Gtk.TextIter iter, Gtk.TextIter start, Gtk.TextIter end);" />
+      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
+      <ReturnValue>
+        <ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType>
+      </ReturnValue>
+      <Parameters>
+        <Parameter Name="iter" Type="Gtk.TextIter" />
+        <Parameter Name="start" Type="Gtk.TextIter" />
+        <Parameter Name="end" Type="Gtk.TextIter" />
+      </Parameters>
+      <Docs>
+        <param name="iter">To be added.</param>
+        <param name="start">To be added.</param>
+        <param name="end">To be added.</param>
+        <summary>Inserts a range of text.</summary>
+        <remarks>This overload is obsolete, replaced by ref TextIter overloads since the iters passed in are updated by the caller.</remarks>
+      </Docs>
+    </Member>
+    <Member MemberName="Delete">
+      <MemberSignature Language="C#" Value="public void Delete (Gtk.TextIter start, Gtk.TextIter end);" />
+      <MemberType>Method</MemberType>
+      <ReturnValue>
+        <ReturnType>System.Void</ReturnType>
+      </ReturnValue>
+      <Parameters>
+        <Parameter Name="start" Type="Gtk.TextIter" />
+        <Parameter Name="end" Type="Gtk.TextIter" />
+      </Parameters>
+      <Docs>
+        <param name="start">To be added.</param>
+        <param name="end">To be added.</param>
+        <summary>Delete text between two iterators.</summary>
+        <remarks>This overload is obsolete, replaced by ref TextIter overloads since the iters passed in are updated by the caller.</remarks>
+      </Docs>
+    </Member>
   </Members>
 </Type>
diff --git a/gtk/TextBuffer.custom b/gtk/TextBuffer.custom
index 0363c73c4..37ebfcadd 100644
--- a/gtk/TextBuffer.custom
+++ b/gtk/TextBuffer.custom
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ public void Clear ()
 	Delete (ref start, ref end);
 }
 
+[Obsolete ("Replaced by 'ref TextIter, ref TextIter' overload")]
+public void Delete (TextIter start, TextIter end )
+{
+	Delete (ref start, ref end);
+}
+
 // overload to paste clipboard contents at cursor editable by default.
 [DllImport("libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll")]
 static extern void gtk_text_buffer_paste_clipboard (IntPtr raw, IntPtr clip, IntPtr iter, bool default_edit);
@@ -53,6 +59,12 @@ public void PasteClipboard (Gtk.Clipboard clipboard)
 [DllImport("libgtk-win32-2.0-0.dll")]
 static extern void gtk_text_buffer_insert (IntPtr raw, ref Gtk.TextIter iter, IntPtr text, int len);
 
+[Obsolete ("Replaced by 'ref TextIter iter' overload")]
+public void Insert (TextIter iter, string text)
+{
+	Insert (ref iter, text);
+}
+
 public void Insert (ref Gtk.TextIter iter, string text)
 {
 	IntPtr native = GLib.Marshaller.StringToPtrGStrdup (text);
@@ -60,6 +72,18 @@ public void Insert (ref Gtk.TextIter iter, string text)
 	GLib.Marshaller.Free (native);
 }
 
+[Obsolete ("Replaced by 'ref TextIter iter' overload")]
+public void InsertRange (TextIter iter, TextIter start, TextIter end )
+{
+	InsertRange (ref iter, start, end);
+}
+
+[Obsolete ("Replaced by 'ref TextIter iter' overload")]
+public void InsertWithTags (TextIter iter, string text, params TextTag[] tags)
+{
+	InsertWithTags (ref iter, text, tags);
+}
+
 public void InsertWithTags (ref TextIter iter, string text, params TextTag[] tags)
 {
 	TextIter start;