From 6783e448aac62aee4191a1a332234afc33cde9be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: djcb <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 22:41:34 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] * mu-str: add mu_str_remove_ctrl_in_place

---
 lib/mu-str.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/mu-str.h | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/mu-str.c b/lib/mu-str.c
index 7ecf63db..3080c3d3 100644
--- a/lib/mu-str.c
+++ b/lib/mu-str.c
@@ -996,3 +996,31 @@ errexit:
 	g_hash_table_destroy (hash);
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+
+
+char *
+mu_str_remove_ctrl_in_place (char *str)
+{
+	char *cur;
+
+	g_return_val_if_fail (str, NULL);
+
+	for (cur = str; *cur; ++cur) {
+
+		GString *gstr;
+
+		if (!iscntrl(*cur))
+			continue;
+
+		/* control char detected... */
+		gstr = g_string_sized_new (strlen (str));
+		for (cur = str; *cur; ++cur)
+			if (!iscntrl (*cur))
+				g_string_append_c (gstr, *cur);
+		memcpy (str, gstr->str, gstr->len); /* fits */
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return str;
+}
diff --git a/lib/mu-str.h b/lib/mu-str.h
index 23adb39e..3c74ac69 100644
--- a/lib/mu-str.h
+++ b/lib/mu-str.h
@@ -342,6 +342,18 @@ const gchar* mu_str_subject_normalize (const gchar* str);
 gchar* mu_str_quoted_from_strv (const gchar **params);
 
 
+
+
+/**
+ * Remove control characters from a string
+ *
+ * @param str a string
+ *
+ * @return the str with control characters removed
+ */
+char* mu_str_remove_ctrl_in_place (char *str);
+
+
 /** @} */
 
 G_END_DECLS