+
+int fmt_compile (char *fstring, struct format **fmt, int reset);
+
+/*
+ * Interpret a sequence of compiled format instructions. Arguments are:
+ *
+ * format - Array of format instructions generated by fmt_compile()
+ * scanl - Passed-in character array that will contain the output
+ * of the format instructions. Is always terminated with
+ * a newline (\n).
+ * max - Maximum number of bytes to be written to "scanl" (in other
+ * words, the buffer size). Includes the trailing NUL.
+ * width - Maximum number of displayed characters. Does not include
+ * characters marked as nonprinting or (depending on the
+ * encoding) bytes in a multibyte encoding that exceed the
+ * character's column width.
+ * dat - An integer array that contains data used by certain format
+ * functions. Currently the following instructions use
+ * dat[]:
+ *
+ * dat[0] - %(msg), %(dat)
+ * dat[1] - %(cur)
+ * dat[2] - %(size)
+ * dat[3] - %(width)
+ * dat[4] - %(unseen)
+ *
+ * The return value is a pointer to the next format instruction to
+ * execute, which is currently always NULL.
+ */
+
+struct format *fmt_scan (struct format *format, char *scanl, size_t max,
+ int width, int *dat);
+
+/*
+ * Free a format structure and/or component hash table. Arguments are:
+ *
+ * format - An array of format structures allocated by fmt_compile,
+ * or NULL.
+ * reset - If true, reset and remove all references in the component
+ * hash table.
+ */
+
+void fmt_free (struct format *fmt, int reset);
+
+/*
+ * Search for a component structure in the component hash table. Arguments are:
+ *
+ * component - The name of the component to search for. By convention
+ * all component names used in format strings are lower case,
+ * but for backwards compatibility this search is done in
+ * a case-SENSITIVE manner.
+ *
+ * This function returns a "struct comp" corresponding to the named component,
+ * or NULL if the component is not found in the hash table.
+ */
+
+struct comp *fmt_findcomp(char *component);
+
+/*
+ * Add a string to a component hash table entry. Arguments are:
+ *
+ * component - The name of the component to add text to. The component
+ * is searched for in a case-INSENSITIVE manner (note that
+ * this is different than fmt_findcomp()). If the component
+ * is not found in the hash table, this function will silently
+ * return.
+ * text - The text to add to a component hash table entry. Note that
+ * if the last character of the existing component
+ * text is a newline AND it is marked as an address
+ * component (the the CT_ADDR flag is set) existing
+ * component buffer is a newline, it will be separated
+ * from previous text by ",\n\t"; otherwise if the last
+ * character of the previous text is a newline it will
+ * simply be seperated by a "\t". This unusual processing
+ * is designed to handle the case where you have multiple
+ * headers with the same name (e.g.: multiple "cc:" headers,
+ * even though that isn't technically allowed in the RFCs).
+ *
+ * This function is designed to be called when you start processing a new
+ * component. The function returns the integer value of the hash table
+ * bucket corresponding to this component.
+ */
+
+int fmt_addcomp(char *component, char *text);
+
+/*
+ * Append to an existing component. Arguments are:
+ *
+ * bucket - The hash table bucket corresponding to this component,
+ * as returned by fmt_addcomp().
+ * component - The component to append text to. Like fmt_addcomp, the
+ * component is searched case-INSENSITIVELY.
+ * text - The text to append to the component. No special processing
+ * is done.
+ *
+ * This function is designed to be called when you are processing continuation
+ * lines on the same header (state == FLDPLUS).
+ */
+
+void fmt_appendcomp(int bucket, char *component, char *text);
+
+/*
+ * The implementation of the %(formataddr) function. This is available for
+ * programs to provide their own local implementation if they wish to do
+ * special processing (see uip/replsbr.c for an example). Arguments are:
+ *
+ * orig - Existing list of addresses
+ * str - New address(es) to append to list.
+ *
+ * This function returns an allocated string containing the new list of
+ * addresses.
+ */
+
+char *formataddr(char *orig, char *str);
+
+/*
+ * The implementation of the %(concataddr) function. Arguments and behavior
+ * are the same as %(formataddr). Again, see uip/replsbr.c to see how you
+ * can override this behavior.
+ */
+
+char *concataddr(char *orig, char *str);