+
+gchar *
+modest_text_utils_text_buffer_get_text (GtkTextBuffer *buffer)
+{
+ GtkTextIter start, end;
+ gchar *slice, *current;
+ GString *result = g_string_new ("");
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_IS_TEXT_BUFFER (buffer), NULL);
+
+ gtk_text_buffer_get_start_iter (buffer, &start);
+ gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter (buffer, &end);
+
+ slice = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (buffer, &start, &end, FALSE);
+ current = slice;
+
+ while (current && current != '\0') {
+ if (g_utf8_get_char (current) == 0xFFFC) {
+ result = g_string_append_c (result, ' ');
+ current = g_utf8_next_char (current);
+ } else {
+ gchar *next = g_utf8_strchr (current, -1, 0xFFFC);
+ if (next == NULL) {
+ result = g_string_append (result, current);
+ } else {
+ result = g_string_append_len (result, current, next - current);
+ }
+ current = next;
+ }
+ }
+ g_free (slice);
+
+ return g_string_free (result, FALSE);
+
+}
+
+gboolean
+modest_text_utils_is_forbidden_char (const gchar character,
+ ModestTextUtilsForbiddenCharType type)
+{
+ gint i, len;
+ const gchar *forbidden_chars = NULL;
+
+ /* We need to get the length in the switch because the
+ compiler needs to know the size at compile time */
+ switch (type) {
+ case ACCOUNT_TITLE_FORBIDDEN_CHARS:
+ forbidden_chars = account_title_forbidden_chars;
+ len = G_N_ELEMENTS (account_title_forbidden_chars);
+ break;
+ case FOLDER_NAME_FORBIDDEN_CHARS:
+ forbidden_chars = folder_name_forbidden_chars;
+ len = G_N_ELEMENTS (folder_name_forbidden_chars);
+ break;
+ case USER_NAME_FORBIDDEN_NAMES:
+ forbidden_chars = user_name_forbidden_chars;
+ len = G_N_ELEMENTS (user_name_forbidden_chars);
+ break;
+ default:
+ g_return_val_if_reached (TRUE);
+ }
+
+ for (i = 0; i < len ; i++)
+ if (forbidden_chars[i] == character)
+ return TRUE;
+
+ return FALSE; /* it's valid! */
+}