_mesgmgr = new MessageManager("rsrc.i18n");
_frame = new ViewerFrame(gc);
_framemgr = FrameManager.newInstance(_frame);
StageContext ctx = new ContextImpl();
_frame.init(ctx, new CharacterManager(_imgr, _crepo));
// grab our argument
_target = (args.length > 0) ? args[0] : null;