const gchar *address);
/**
+ * modest_text_utils_address_range_at_position:
+ * @address_list: utf8 string containing a list of addresses
+ * @position: a gint
+ * @start: a gint pointer
+ * @end: a gint pointer
+ *
+ * Finds the start and end positions of the address at @position,
+ * in @recipients_list, a list of addresses in the format of a
+ * recipient list in email. It stores the results in @start and
+ * @end
+ */
+void modest_text_utils_address_range_at_position (const gchar *recipients_list,
+ gint position,
+ gint *start,
+ gint *end);
+
+
+/**
* modest_text_utils_convert_to_html:
* @txt: a string which contains the message to quote
*
*
* get a string representation for a date.
*
- * Returns: the new display date, as a constant string.
- * must NOT be freed
+ * Returns: the new display date, as a newly allocated string;
+ * free with g_free
*/
-const gchar* modest_text_utils_get_display_date (time_t date);
+gchar* modest_text_utils_get_display_date (time_t date);
/**
**/
gboolean modest_text_utils_validate_email_address (const gchar *email_address);
+/**
+ * modest_text_utils_split_addresses_list:
+ * @addresses: a string
+ *
+ * obtains a GSList of addresses from a string of addresses
+ * in the format understood by email protocols
+ *
+ * Returns: a GSList of strings
+ **/
+GSList *modest_text_utils_split_addresses_list (const gchar *addresses);
+
#endif /* __MODEST_TEXT_UTILS_H__ */