+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef CLI_UTILS_H
+#define CLI_UTILS_H
+
+/* *PP is a string denoting a number. Get the number of the. Advance
+ *PP after the string and any trailing whitespace.
+
+ Currently the string can either be a number, or "$" followed by the
+ name of a convenience variable, or ("$" or "$$") followed by digits. */
+
+extern int get_number (char **);
+
+/* An object of this type is passed to get_number_or_range. It must
+ be initialized by calling init_number_or_range. This type is
+ defined here so that it can be stack-allocated, but all members
+ other than `finished' and `string' should be treated as opaque. */
+
+struct get_number_or_range_state
+{
+ /* Non-zero if parsing has completed. */
+ int finished;
+
+ /* The string being parsed. When parsing has finished, this points
+ past the last parsed token. */
+ char *string;
+
+ /* Last value returned. */
+ int last_retval;
+
+ /* When parsing a range, the final value in the range. */
+ int end_value;
+
+ /* When parsing a range, a pointer past the final token in the
+ range. */
+ char *end_ptr;
+
+ /* Non-zero when parsing a range. */
+ int in_range;
+};
+
+/* Initialize a get_number_or_range_state for use with
+ get_number_or_range_state. STRING is the string to be parsed. */
+
+extern void init_number_or_range (struct get_number_or_range_state *state,
+ char *string);
+
+/* Parse a number or a range.
+ A number will be of the form handled by get_number.
+ A range will be of the form <number1> - <number2>, and
+ will represent all the integers between number1 and number2,
+ inclusive.
+
+ While processing a range, this fuction is called iteratively;
+ At each call it will return the next value in the range.
+
+ At the beginning of parsing a range, the char pointer STATE->string will
+ be advanced past <number1> and left pointing at the '-' token.
+ Subsequent calls will not advance the pointer until the range
+ is completed. The call that completes the range will advance
+ the pointer past <number2>. */
+
+extern int get_number_or_range (struct get_number_or_range_state *state);
+
+/* Accept a number and a string-form list of numbers such as is
+ accepted by get_number_or_range. Return TRUE if the number is
+ in the list.
+
+ By definition, an empty list includes all numbers. This is to
+ be interpreted as typing a command such as "delete break" with
+ no arguments. */
+
+extern int number_is_in_list (char *list, int number);
+
+/* Skip leading whitespace characters in INP, returning an updated
+ pointer. If INP is NULL, return NULL. */
+
+extern char *skip_spaces (char *inp);
+
+/* A const-correct version of the above. */
+
+extern const char *skip_spaces_const (const char *inp);
+
+/* Skip leading non-whitespace characters in INP, returning an updated
+ pointer. If INP is NULL, return NULL. */
+
+#define skip_to_space(INP) ((char *) skip_to_space_const (INP))
+
+/* A const-correct version of the above. */
+
+extern const char *skip_to_space_const (const char *inp);
+
+/* Reverse S to the last non-whitespace character without skipping past
+ START. */
+
+extern char *remove_trailing_whitespace (const char *start, char *s);