diff -r 000000000000 -r 466f43a12118 bl/utf8.c
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/bl/utf8.c	Wed Oct 02 23:51:18 2013 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <bl/bl.h>
+
+/*
+ * Creates a new string length bytes long filled with fill_char.
+ * The returned string should be freed when no longer needed.
+ */
+gchar *utf8_strnfill(gsize length,gunichar fill_char)
+{
+    int n,i;
+    gchar *s;
+    char utf8[6];
+    n=g_unichar_to_utf8(fill_char,utf8);
+    s=g_new(gchar,length*n+1);
+    if (n==1)
+	memset(s,utf8[0],length);
+    else
+	for(i=0;i<length;i++)
+	    memcpy(s+i*n,utf8,n);
+    s[length*n]='\0';
+    return s;
+}