+support::FileName libFileSearch(QString const & dir, QString const & name,
+ QString const & ext = QString());
+
+/** Wrapper around browseFile which tries to provide a filename
+ relative to relpath. If the relative path is of the form "foo.txt"
+ or "bar/foo.txt", then it is returned as relative. OTOH, if it is
+ of the form "../baz/foo.txt", an absolute path is returned. This is
+ intended to be useful for insets which encapsulate files/
+*/
+QString browseRelFile(QString const & filename,
+ QString const & refpath,
+ QString const & title,
+ QStringList const & filters,
+ bool save = false,
+ QString const & label1 = QString(),
+ QString const & dir1 = QString(),
+ QString const & label2 = QString(),
+ QString const & dir2 = QString());
+
+
+/** Build filelists of all availabe bst/cls/sty-files. Done through
+* kpsewhich and an external script, saved in *Files.lst.
+*/
+void rescanTexStyles();
+
+/** Fill \c contents from one of the three texfiles.
+ * Each entry in the file list is returned as a name_with_path
+ */
+QStringList texFileList(QString const & filename);
+
+/// Convert internal line endings to line endings as expected by the OS
+QString const externalLineEnding(docstring const & str);
+
+/// Convert line endings in any formnat to internal line endings
+docstring const internalLineEnding(QString const & str);
+
+// wrapper around the docstring versions
+QString internalPath(QString const &);
+QString onlyFilename(QString const & str);
+QString onlyPath(QString const & str);
+QStringList fileFilters(QString const & description);
+
+QString changeExtension(QString const & oldname, QString const & extension);
+
+/// Remove the extension from \p name
+QString removeExtension(QString const & name);
+
+/** Add the extension \p ext to \p name.
+ Use this instead of changeExtension if you know that \p name is without
+ extension, because changeExtension would wrongly interpret \p name if it
+ contains a dot.
+ */
+QString addExtension(QString const & name, QString const & extension);
+
+/// Return the extension of the file (not including the .)
+QString getExtension(QString const & name);
+QString makeAbsPath(QString const & relpath, QString const & base);
+QString changeExtension(QString const & oldname, QString const & ext);
+
+/// \return the display string associated with given type and buffer
+/// parameter.
+QString guiName(std::string const & type, BufferParams const & bp);