+char ctrlparse(char *s, char **next)
+{
+ char c = 0;
+ if (*s != '^') {
+ *next = NULL;
+ } else {
+ s++;
+ if (*s == '\0') {
+ *next = NULL;
+ } else if (*s == '<') {
+ s++;
+ c = (char)strtol(s, next, 0);
+ if ((*next == s) || (**next != '>')) {
+ c = 0;
+ *next = NULL;
+ } else
+ (*next)++;
+ } else if (*s >= 'a' && *s <= 'z') {
+ c = (*s - ('a' - 1));
+ *next = s+1;
+ } else if ((*s >= '@' && *s <= '_') || *s == '?' || (*s & 0x80)) {
+ c = ('@' ^ *s);
+ *next = s+1;
+ } else if (*s == '~') {
+ c = '^';
+ *next = s+1;
+ }
+ }
+ return c;
+}
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * String handling routines.
+ */
+
+char *dupstr(const char *s)
+{
+ char *p = NULL;
+ if (s) {
+ int len = strlen(s);
+ p = snewn(len + 1, char);
+ strcpy(p, s);
+ }
+ return p;
+}
+
+/* Allocate the concatenation of N strings. Terminate arg list with NULL. */
+char *dupcat(const char *s1, ...)
+{
+ int len;
+ char *p, *q, *sn;
+ va_list ap;
+
+ len = strlen(s1);
+ va_start(ap, s1);
+ while (1) {
+ sn = va_arg(ap, char *);
+ if (!sn)
+ break;
+ len += strlen(sn);
+ }
+ va_end(ap);
+
+ p = snewn(len + 1, char);
+ strcpy(p, s1);
+ q = p + strlen(p);
+
+ va_start(ap, s1);
+ while (1) {
+ sn = va_arg(ap, char *);
+ if (!sn)
+ break;
+ strcpy(q, sn);
+ q += strlen(q);
+ }
+ va_end(ap);