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@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ then they will free() it.
Remove the bytes between `pos..pos+len` and replace it with the given
data.
+`strbuf_add_commented_lines`::
+
+ Add a NUL-terminated string to the buffer. Each line will be prepended
+ by a comment character and a blank.
+
`strbuf_add`::
Add data of given length to the buffer.
@@ -225,10 +230,20 @@ which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit.
destination. This is useful for literal data to be fed to either
strbuf_expand or to the *printf family of functions.
+`strbuf_humanise_bytes`::
+
+ Append the given byte size as a human-readable string (i.e. 12.23 KiB,
+ 3.50 MiB).
+
`strbuf_addf`::
Add a formatted string to the buffer.
+`strbuf_commented_addf`::
+
+ Add a formatted string prepended by a comment character and a
+ blank to the buffer.
+
`strbuf_fread`::
Read a given size of data from a FILE* pointer to the buffer.
@@ -255,14 +270,46 @@ same behaviour as well.
`strbuf_getline`::
- Read a line from a FILE* pointer. The second argument specifies the line
+ Read a line from a FILE *, overwriting the existing contents
+ of the strbuf. The second argument specifies the line
terminator character, typically `'\n'`.
+ Reading stops after the terminator or at EOF. The terminator
+ is removed from the buffer before returning. Returns 0 unless
+ there was nothing left before EOF, in which case it returns `EOF`.
+
+`strbuf_getwholeline`::
+
+ Like `strbuf_getline`, but keeps the trailing terminator (if
+ any) in the buffer.
+
+`strbuf_getwholeline_fd`::
+
+ Like `strbuf_getwholeline`, but operates on a file descriptor.
+ It reads one character at a time, so it is very slow. Do not
+ use it unless you need the correct position in the file
+ descriptor.
`stripspace`::
Strip whitespace from a buffer. The second parameter controls if
comments are considered contents to be removed or not.
+`strbuf_split_buf`::
+`strbuf_split_str`::
+`strbuf_split_max`::
+`strbuf_split`::
+
+ Split a string or strbuf into a list of strbufs at a specified
+ terminator character. The returned substrings include the
+ terminator characters. Some of these functions take a `max`
+ parameter, which, if positive, limits the output to that
+ number of substrings.
+
+`strbuf_list_free`::
+
+ Free a list of strbufs (for example, the return values of the
+ `strbuf_split()` functions).
+
`launch_editor`::
Launch the user preferred editor to edit a file and fill the buffer