+char *
+gob_strup (char *str)
+{
+ char *s;
+ for (s = str; *s; s++)
+ *s = g_ascii_toupper (*s);
+
+ return str;
+}
+
+char *
+gob_strdown (char *str)
+{
+ char *s;
+ for (s = str; *s; s++)
+ *s = g_ascii_tolower (*s);
+
+ return str;
+}
+
+int
+gob_strcasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
+{
+ return g_ascii_strcasecmp(s1, s2);
+}
+
+char *
+gob_str_delete_quotes(char *str)
+{
+ char *p, *i;
+ p=i=str;
+ while(*p!='\0')
+ {
+ if(*p=='\"')
+ {
+ p++;
+ continue;
+ }
+ *i=*p;
+ p++; i++;
+ }
+ *i=*p;
+ return str;
+}
+
+char *
+make_me_type (const char *type, const char *alt)
+{
+ if (type == NULL)
+ return g_strdup (alt);
+ /* HACK! just in case someone made this
+ * work with 2.0.0 by using the TYPE
+ * macro directly */
+ if ((strstr (type, "_TYPE_") != NULL ||
+ strstr (type, "TYPE_") == type) &&
+ strchr (type, ':') == NULL)
+ return g_strdup (type);
+ return make_pre_macro (type, "TYPE");
+}