diff -r f600b0d1fc5d -r faab25d520dd bl/textfileutils.c
--- a/bl/textfileutils.c	Fri Jan 27 10:30:16 2012 +0000
+++ b/bl/textfileutils.c	Fri Jan 27 16:18:02 2012 +0000
@@ -9,25 +9,30 @@
  * DOS-style line endings are handled transparently even on platforms which
  * don't normally use this format.
  */
-boolean file_get_contents_text(const char *filename,char **contents,
+gboolean file_get_contents_text(const char *filename,char **contents,
   size_t *length)
 {
     int i;
     char *raw;
     size_t raw_length;
-    String *string;
-    if (!file_get_contents(filename,&raw,&raw_length))
+    GString *string;
+    GError *error=NULL;
+    if (!g_file_get_contents(filename,&raw,&raw_length,&error))
+    {
+	fprintf(stderr,"%s: %s\n",filename,error->message);
+	g_error_free(error);
 	return FALSE;
-    string=string_new(NULL);
+    }
+    string=g_string_new(NULL);
     for(i=0;i<raw_length;i++)
 	if (raw[i]!='\r')
-	    string_append_c(string,raw[i]);
-    mem_free(raw);
+	    g_string_append_c(string,raw[i]);
+    g_free(raw);
     if (length)
 	*length=string->len;
     if (contents)
-	*contents=string_free(string,FALSE);
+	*contents=g_string_free(string,FALSE);
     else
-	string_free(string,TRUE);
+	g_string_free(string,TRUE);
     return TRUE;
 }