ali@111: #include <stdlib.h>
ali@111: #include <string.h>
ali@111: #include <glib.h>
ali@111: #include <bl/bl.h>
ali@111: 
ali@111: /*
ali@111:  * Creates a new string length bytes long filled with fill_char.
ali@111:  * The returned string should be freed when no longer needed.
ali@111:  */
ali@111: gchar *utf8_strnfill(gsize length,gunichar fill_char)
ali@111: {
ali@111:     int n,i;
ali@111:     gchar *s;
ali@111:     char utf8[6];
ali@111:     n=g_unichar_to_utf8(fill_char,utf8);
ali@111:     s=g_new(gchar,length*n+1);
ali@111:     if (n==1)
ali@111: 	memset(s,utf8[0],length);
ali@111:     else
ali@111: 	for(i=0;i<length;i++)
ali@111: 	    memcpy(s+i*n,utf8,n);
ali@111:     s[length*n]='\0';
ali@111:     return s;
ali@111: }