-(* Copyright (C) 2004, HELM Team.
+(* Copyright (C) 2004-2005, HELM Team.
*
* This file is part of HELM, an Hypertextual, Electronic
* Library of Mathematics, developed at the Computer Science
val strip_trailing_blanks: string -> string
+ (** @raise Failure *)
+val unopt: 'a option -> 'a
+
+ (** Gdome.element of a MathML document whose rendering should be blank. Used
+ * by cicBrowser to render "about:blank" document *)
+val empty_mathml: unit -> Gdome.document
+val empty_boxml: unit -> Gdome.document
+
+exception History_failure
+
+type 'a memento
+
+class type ['a] history =
+ object ('b)
+ method add : 'a -> unit
+ method next : 'a (** @raise History_failure *)
+ method previous : 'a (** @raise History_failure *)
+ method load: 'a memento -> unit
+ method save: 'a memento
+ method is_begin: bool
+ method is_end: bool
+ end
+
+ (** shell like history: new items added at the end of the history
+ * @param size maximum history size *)
+class shell_history : int -> [string] history
+
+ (** browser like history: new items added at the current point of the history
+ * @param size maximum history size
+ * @param first element in history (this history is never empty) *)
+class ['a] browser_history: ?memento:'a memento -> int -> 'a -> ['a] history
+
+ (** create a singleton from a given function. Given function is invoked the
+ * first time it gets called. Next invocation will return first value *)
+val singleton: (unit -> 'a) -> (unit -> 'a)
+
+ (** create a directory, building also parents if needed
+ * @raise Failure when unable to create some directory *)
+val mkdir: string -> unit
+
+val qualify: MatitaTypes.status -> string -> string
+
+val get_proof_status: MatitaTypes.status -> ProofEngineTypes.status
+val get_proof_metasenv: MatitaTypes.status -> Cic.metasenv
+val get_proof_context: MatitaTypes.status -> Cic.context
+val get_proof_aliases: MatitaTypes.status -> DisambiguateTypes.environment
+