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diff --git a/helm/matita/matitaMisc.mli b/helm/matita/matitaMisc.mli
index 4f2905a24..5ea5c4394 100644
--- a/helm/matita/matitaMisc.mli
+++ b/helm/matita/matitaMisc.mli
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@
  * http://helm.cs.unibo.it/
  *)
 
+(** removes a file if it exists *)
+val safe_remove: string -> unit
+
 val is_dir: string -> bool  (** @return true if file is a directory *)
 val is_regular: string -> bool  (** @return true if file is a regular file *)
 
 val input_file: string -> string  (** read all the contents of file to string *)
+val output_file: string -> string -> unit  (** write string to file *)
 
   (** @return true if file is a (textual) proof script *)
 val is_proof_script: string -> bool
@@ -39,6 +43,9 @@ val is_proof_object: string -> bool
 val append_phrase_sep: string -> string
 
 val strip_trailing_blanks: string -> string
+val strip_trailing_slash: string -> string
+
+val list_uniq: 'a list -> 'a list (* uniq unix filter on lists *)
 
   (** @raise Failure *)
 val unopt: 'a option -> 'a
@@ -59,6 +66,8 @@ class type ['a] history =
     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
@@ -85,3 +94,12 @@ val get_proof_metasenv: MatitaTypes.status ->  Cic.metasenv
 val get_proof_context: MatitaTypes.status -> Cic.context 
 val get_proof_aliases: MatitaTypes.status -> DisambiguateTypes.environment 
 
+  (** given the base name of an image, returns its full path *)
+val image_path: string -> string
+val obj_file_of_script: string -> string
+
+  (** invoke a given function and return its value; in addition il will print
+   * the given string before invoking it and "/" ^ the given string afterwards.
+   * This permit tracing of functions which does not return a value *)
+val debug_wrap: string -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a
+