diff -r e8c8665c824e -r e00ae0763468 mcabber/mcabber/utils.c
--- a/mcabber/mcabber/utils.c	Sun Jul 26 22:45:56 2015 +0200
+++ b/mcabber/mcabber/utils.c	Sat Feb 11 12:40:43 2017 +0100
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #include "logprint.h"
 #include "settings.h"
 #include "main.h"
+#include "screen.h"
 
 static int DebugEnabled;
 static char *FName;
@@ -937,4 +938,17 @@
   return FALSE;
 }
 
+//  mkcmdstr(cmd) returns a pointer to a const string with the command
+//  prefixed with COMMAND_CHAR.
+const char *mkcmdstr(const char *cmd)
+{
+  static char fcmd[INPUTLINE_LENGTH+1];
+
+  fcmd[0] = COMMAND_CHAR;
+  fcmd[1] = 0;
+
+  strncat(fcmd+1, cmd, INPUTLINE_LENGTH-1);
+  return fcmd;
+}
+
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