class LyXLength;
+// what we always need for lengths
+string const choice_Length_All =
+ "cm|mm|in|%%|c%%|p%%|l%%|ex|em|pt|sp|bp|dd|pc|cc|mu";
+string const choice_Length_WithUnit =
+ "cm|mm|in|ex|em|pt|sp|bp|dd|pc|cc|mu"; // all with a Unit
+
/// Extract shortcut from <ident>|<shortcut> string
char const * flyx_shortcut_extract(char const * sc);
/// Shortcut for flyx_shortcut_extract
/// Given an fl_browser, create a vector of its entries
std::vector<string> const getVectorFromBrowser(FL_OBJECT *);
+/// Given an fl_input, return its contents.
+string const getStringFromInput(FL_OBJECT * ob);
+
+/** Given an fl_browser, return the contents of the currently
+ highlighted line.
+*/
+/** Given an fl_browser, return the contents of line
+ (xforms numbering convention; starts at 1).
+*/
+string const getStringFromBrowser(FL_OBJECT * ob, int line);
+/** Given an fl_browser, return the contents of the currently
+ highlighted line.
+*/
+string const getSelectedStringFromBrowser(FL_OBJECT * ob);
+
/// Given input and choice widgets, create a string such as "1cm"
string getLengthFromWidgets(FL_OBJECT * input, FL_OBJECT * choice);