New module to parse a simple markup language

2000-10-24  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>

        * gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c: New module to parse a simple
	markup language

	* Makefile.am: add gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c

	* tests/Makefile.am: add markup-test

	* gstring.h (g_string_new_len): new function to create a string
	with a length
	(g_string_new): avoid a gratuitous realloc

59 files changed, 4229 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 2fca175c8..9031af43c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2000-10-24  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+        * gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c: New module to parse a simple
+	markup language
+	
+	* Makefile.am: add gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c
+
+	* tests/Makefile.am: add markup-test
+
+	* gstring.h (g_string_new_len): new function to create a string
+	with a length
+	(g_string_new): avoid a gratuitous realloc
+
 2000-10-26  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* makefile.{mingw,msc}.in: Cosmetics.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-0 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-0
index 2fca175c8..9031af43c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-0
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-0
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2000-10-24  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+        * gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c: New module to parse a simple
+	markup language
+	
+	* Makefile.am: add gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c
+
+	* tests/Makefile.am: add markup-test
+
+	* gstring.h (g_string_new_len): new function to create a string
+	with a length
+	(g_string_new): avoid a gratuitous realloc
+
 2000-10-26  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* makefile.{mingw,msc}.in: Cosmetics.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
index 2fca175c8..9031af43c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-10
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2000-10-24  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+        * gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c: New module to parse a simple
+	markup language
+	
+	* Makefile.am: add gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c
+
+	* tests/Makefile.am: add markup-test
+
+	* gstring.h (g_string_new_len): new function to create a string
+	with a length
+	(g_string_new): avoid a gratuitous realloc
+
 2000-10-26  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* makefile.{mingw,msc}.in: Cosmetics.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-12 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-12
index 2fca175c8..9031af43c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-12
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-12
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2000-10-24  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+        * gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c: New module to parse a simple
+	markup language
+	
+	* Makefile.am: add gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c
+
+	* tests/Makefile.am: add markup-test
+
+	* gstring.h (g_string_new_len): new function to create a string
+	with a length
+	(g_string_new): avoid a gratuitous realloc
+
 2000-10-26  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* makefile.{mingw,msc}.in: Cosmetics.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-2 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
index 2fca175c8..9031af43c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-2
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2000-10-24  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+        * gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c: New module to parse a simple
+	markup language
+	
+	* Makefile.am: add gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c
+
+	* tests/Makefile.am: add markup-test
+
+	* gstring.h (g_string_new_len): new function to create a string
+	with a length
+	(g_string_new): avoid a gratuitous realloc
+
 2000-10-26  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* makefile.{mingw,msc}.in: Cosmetics.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
index 2fca175c8..9031af43c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-4
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2000-10-24  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+        * gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c: New module to parse a simple
+	markup language
+	
+	* Makefile.am: add gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c
+
+	* tests/Makefile.am: add markup-test
+
+	* gstring.h (g_string_new_len): new function to create a string
+	with a length
+	(g_string_new): avoid a gratuitous realloc
+
 2000-10-26  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* makefile.{mingw,msc}.in: Cosmetics.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
index 2fca175c8..9031af43c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-6
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2000-10-24  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+        * gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c: New module to parse a simple
+	markup language
+	
+	* Makefile.am: add gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c
+
+	* tests/Makefile.am: add markup-test
+
+	* gstring.h (g_string_new_len): new function to create a string
+	with a length
+	(g_string_new): avoid a gratuitous realloc
+
 2000-10-26  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* makefile.{mingw,msc}.in: Cosmetics.
diff --git a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8 b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
index 2fca175c8..9031af43c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
+++ b/ChangeLog.pre-2-8
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+2000-10-24  Havoc Pennington  <hp@pobox.com>
+
+        * gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c: New module to parse a simple
+	markup language
+	
+	* Makefile.am: add gmarkup.h, gmarkup.c
+
+	* tests/Makefile.am: add markup-test
+
+	* gstring.h (g_string_new_len): new function to create a string
+	with a length
+	(g_string_new): avoid a gratuitous realloc
+
 2000-10-26  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@iki.fi>
 
 	* makefile.{mingw,msc}.in: Cosmetics.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 67d71608b..5c33024ff 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ libglib_1_3_la_SOURCES = 	\
 	giounix.c       	\
 	glist.c			\
 	gmain.c         	\
+	gmarkup.c		\
 	gmem.c			\
 	gmessages.c		\
 	gnode.c			\
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ glibinclude_HEADERS =   \
 	glist.h		\
 	gmacros.h	\
 	gmain.h		\
+	gmarkup.h	\
 	gmem.h		\
 	gmessages.h	\
 	gnode.h		\
diff --git a/glib.h b/glib.h
index e9da8d4bb..68f9ee900 100644
--- a/glib.h
+++ b/glib.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <glist.h>
 #include <gmacros.h>
 #include <gmain.h>
+#include <gmarkup.h>
 #include <gmem.h>
 #include <gmessages.h>
 #include <gnode.h>
diff --git a/glib/Makefile.am b/glib/Makefile.am
index 67d71608b..5c33024ff 100644
--- a/glib/Makefile.am
+++ b/glib/Makefile.am
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ libglib_1_3_la_SOURCES = 	\
 	giounix.c       	\
 	glist.c			\
 	gmain.c         	\
+	gmarkup.c		\
 	gmem.c			\
 	gmessages.c		\
 	gnode.c			\
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ glibinclude_HEADERS =   \
 	glist.h		\
 	gmacros.h	\
 	gmain.h		\
+	gmarkup.h	\
 	gmem.h		\
 	gmessages.h	\
 	gnode.h		\
diff --git a/glib/glib.h b/glib/glib.h
index e9da8d4bb..68f9ee900 100644
--- a/glib/glib.h
+++ b/glib/glib.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <glist.h>
 #include <gmacros.h>
 #include <gmain.h>
+#include <gmarkup.h>
 #include <gmem.h>
 #include <gmessages.h>
 #include <gnode.h>
diff --git a/glib/gmarkup.c b/glib/gmarkup.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9b0efc4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glib/gmarkup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1721 @@
+/* gmarkup.c - Simple XML-like parser
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * GLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with GLib; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+ * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ *   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "glib.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+/* FIXME */
+#define _(x) x
+
+GQuark
+g_markup_error_quark ()
+{
+  static GQuark error_quark = 0;
+
+  if (error_quark == 0)
+    error_quark = g_quark_from_static_string ("g-markup-error-quark");
+
+  return error_quark;
+}
+
+typedef struct _GMarkupAttribute GMarkupAttribute;
+
+struct _GMarkupAttribute
+{
+  gchar *name;
+  gchar *value;
+};
+
+static GMarkupAttribute*
+attribute_new (const gchar *name, const gchar *value)
+{
+  GMarkupAttribute *attr;
+
+  attr = g_new (GMarkupAttribute, 1);
+
+  /* name/value are allowed to be NULL */
+  attr->name = g_strdup (name);
+  attr->value = g_strdup (value);
+
+  return attr;
+}
+
+static void
+attribute_free (GMarkupAttribute *attr)
+{
+  g_free (attr->name);
+  g_free (attr->value);
+  g_free (attr);
+}
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  STATE_START,
+  STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE,
+  STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE,
+  STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH, /* the slash that obviates need for end element */
+  STATE_INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME,
+  STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME,
+  STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES,
+  STATE_AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN,
+  STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE,
+  STATE_INSIDE_TEXT,
+  STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH,
+  STATE_INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME,
+  STATE_INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH,
+  STATE_ERROR
+} GMarkupParseState;
+
+struct _GMarkupParseContext
+{
+  const GMarkupParser *parser;
+
+  GMarkupParseFlags flags;
+
+  gint line_number;
+  gint char_number;
+
+  gpointer user_data;
+  GDestroyNotify dnotify;
+
+  /* A piece of character data or an element that
+   * hasn't "ended" yet so we haven't yet called
+   * the callback for it.
+   */
+  GString *partial_chunk;
+
+  GMarkupParseState state;
+  GSList *tag_stack;
+  GSList *attributes;
+
+  const gchar *current_text;
+  gint         current_text_len;
+  const gchar *current_text_end;
+
+  GString *leftover_char_portion;
+
+  /* used to save the start of the last interesting thingy */
+  const gchar *start;
+
+  const gchar *iter;
+
+  guint document_empty : 1;
+  guint parsing : 1;
+};
+
+GMarkupParseContext *
+g_markup_parse_context_new (const GMarkupParser *parser,
+                            GMarkupParseFlags    flags,
+                            gpointer             user_data,
+                            GDestroyNotify       user_data_dnotify)
+{
+  GMarkupParseContext *context;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (parser != NULL, NULL);
+
+  context = g_new (GMarkupParseContext, 1);
+
+  context->parser = parser;
+  context->flags = flags;
+  context->user_data = user_data;
+  context->dnotify = user_data_dnotify;
+
+  context->line_number = 1;
+  context->char_number = 1;
+
+  context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+
+  context->state = STATE_START;
+  context->tag_stack = NULL;
+  context->attributes = NULL;
+
+  context->current_text = NULL;
+  context->current_text_len = -1;
+  context->current_text_end = NULL;
+  context->leftover_char_portion = NULL;
+
+  context->start = NULL;
+  context->iter = NULL;
+
+  context->document_empty = TRUE;
+  context->parsing = FALSE;
+
+  return context;
+}
+
+void
+g_markup_parse_context_free (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (context != NULL);
+  g_return_if_fail (!context->parsing);
+
+  if (context->dnotify)
+    (* context->dnotify) (context->user_data);
+
+  g_slist_foreach (context->attributes, (GFunc)attribute_free, NULL);
+  g_slist_free (context->attributes);
+
+  g_slist_foreach (context->tag_stack, (GFunc)g_free, NULL);
+  g_slist_free (context->tag_stack);
+
+  if (context->partial_chunk)
+    g_string_free (context->partial_chunk, TRUE);
+
+  if (context->leftover_char_portion)
+    g_string_free (context->leftover_char_portion, TRUE);
+
+  g_free (context);
+}
+
+static void
+attribute_list_to_arrays (GSList  *attributes,
+                          gchar ***namesp,
+                          gchar ***valuesp,
+                          gint    *n_attributes)
+{
+  GSList *tmp_list;
+  gint len;
+  gchar **names;
+  gchar **values;
+  gint i;
+
+  len = g_slist_length (attributes);
+
+  if (namesp)
+    {
+      names = g_new (gchar*, len + 1);
+      names[len] = NULL;
+    }
+  else
+    names = NULL;
+
+  if (valuesp)
+    {
+      values = g_new (gchar*, len + 1);
+      values[len] = NULL;
+    }
+  else
+    values = NULL;
+
+  /* We want to reverse the list, since it's
+   * backward from the order the attributes appeared
+   * in the file.
+   */
+  i = len - 1;
+  tmp_list = attributes;
+  while (tmp_list)
+    {
+      GMarkupAttribute *attr = tmp_list->data;
+
+      g_assert (i >= 0);
+
+      if (namesp)
+        names[i] = g_strdup (attr->name);
+
+      if (valuesp)
+        values[i] = g_strdup (attr->value);
+
+      tmp_list = g_slist_next (tmp_list);
+      --i;
+    }
+
+  if (n_attributes)
+    *n_attributes = len;
+
+  if (namesp)
+    *namesp = names;
+
+  if (valuesp)
+    *valuesp = values;
+}
+
+static void
+mark_error (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+            GError              *error)
+{
+  context->state = STATE_ERROR;
+
+  if (context->parser->error)
+    (*context->parser->error) (context, error, context->user_data);
+}
+
+static void
+set_error (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+           GError             **error,
+           GMarkupErrorType     code,
+           const gchar         *format,
+           ...)
+{
+  GError *tmp_error;
+  gchar *s;
+  va_list args;
+
+  va_start (args, format);
+  s = g_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+  va_end (args);
+
+  tmp_error = g_error_new (G_MARKUP_ERROR,
+                           code,
+                           _("Error on line %d char %d: %s"),
+                           context->line_number,
+                           context->char_number,
+                           s);
+
+  g_free (s);
+
+  mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+
+  g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+is_name_start_char (gunichar c)
+{
+  if (g_unichar_isalpha (c) ||
+      c == '_' ||
+      c == ':')
+    return TRUE;
+  else
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+is_name_char (gunichar c)
+{
+  if (g_unichar_isalnum (c) ||
+      c == '.' ||
+      c == '-' ||
+      c == '_' ||
+      c == ':')
+    return TRUE;
+  else
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+static gchar*
+char_str (gunichar c,
+          gchar   *buf)
+{
+  memset (buf, 0, 7);
+  g_unichar_to_utf8 (c, buf);
+  return buf;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+utf8_str (const gchar *utf8,
+          gchar       *buf)
+{
+  char_str (g_utf8_get_char (utf8), buf);
+  return buf;
+}
+
+static void
+set_unescape_error (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                    GError             **error,
+                    const gchar         *remaining_text,
+                    const gchar         *remaining_text_end,
+                    GMarkupErrorType     code,
+                    const gchar         *format,
+                    ...)
+{
+  GError *tmp_error;
+  gchar *s;
+  va_list args;
+  gint remaining_newlines;
+  const gchar *p;
+
+  remaining_newlines = 0;
+  p = remaining_text;
+  while (p != remaining_text_end)
+    {
+      if (*p == '\n')
+        ++remaining_newlines;
+      ++p;
+    }
+
+  va_start (args, format);
+  s = g_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+  va_end (args);
+
+  tmp_error = g_error_new (G_MARKUP_ERROR,
+                           code,
+                           _("Error on line %d: %s"),
+                           context->line_number - remaining_newlines,
+                           s);
+
+  g_free (s);
+
+  mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+
+  g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+}
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT,
+  USTATE_AFTER_AMPERSAND,
+  USTATE_INSIDE_ENTITY_NAME,
+  USTATE_AFTER_CHARREF_HASH
+} UnescapeState;
+
+static gboolean
+unescape_text (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+               const gchar         *text,
+               const gchar         *text_end,
+               gchar              **unescaped,
+               GError             **error)
+{
+#define MAX_ENT_LEN 5
+  GString *str;
+  const gchar *p;
+  UnescapeState state;
+  const gchar *start;
+
+  str = g_string_new ("");
+
+  state = USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT;
+  p = text;
+  start = p;
+  while (p != text_end && context->state != STATE_ERROR)
+    {
+      g_assert (p < text_end);
+      
+      switch (state)
+        {
+        case USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT:
+          {
+            while (p != text_end && *p != '&')
+              p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+
+            if (p != start)
+              {
+                g_string_append_len (str, start, p - start);
+
+                start = NULL;
+              }
+            
+            if (p != text_end && *p == '&')
+              {
+                p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+                state = USTATE_AFTER_AMPERSAND;
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+        case USTATE_AFTER_AMPERSAND:
+          {
+            if (*p == '#')
+              {
+                p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+
+                start = p;
+                state = USTATE_AFTER_CHARREF_HASH;
+              }
+            else if (!is_name_start_char (g_utf8_get_char (p)))
+              {
+                if (*p == ';')
+                  {
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        p, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Empty entity '&;' seen; valid "
+                                          "entities are: &amp; &quot; &lt; &gt; &apos;"));
+                  }
+                else
+                  {
+                    gchar buf[7];
+
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        p, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Character '%s' is not valid at "
+                                          "the start of an entity name; "
+                                          "the & character begins an entity; "
+                                          "if this ampersand isn't supposed "
+                                          "to be an entity, escape it as "
+                                          "&amp;"),
+                                        utf8_str (p, buf));
+                  }
+              }
+            else
+              {
+                start = p;
+                state = USTATE_INSIDE_ENTITY_NAME;
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+
+        case USTATE_INSIDE_ENTITY_NAME:
+          {
+            gchar buf[MAX_ENT_LEN+1] = {
+              '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0'
+            };
+            gchar *dest;
+
+            while (p != text_end)
+              {
+                if (*p == ';')
+                  break;
+                else if (!is_name_char (*p))
+                  {
+                    gchar ubuf[7];
+
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        p, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Character '%s' is not valid "
+                                          "inside an entity name"),
+                                        utf8_str (p, ubuf));
+                    break;
+                  }
+
+                p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+              }
+
+            if (context->state != STATE_ERROR)
+              {
+                if (p != text_end)
+                  {
+                    const gchar *src;
+                
+                    src = start;
+                    dest = buf;
+                    while (src != p)
+                      {
+                        *dest = *src;
+                        ++dest;
+                        ++src;
+                      }
+
+                    /* move to after semicolon */
+                    p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+                    start = p;
+                    state = USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT;
+
+                    if (strcmp (buf, "lt") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '<');
+                    else if (strcmp (buf, "gt") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '>');
+                    else if (strcmp (buf, "amp") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '&');
+                    else if (strcmp (buf, "quot") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '"');
+                    else if (strcmp (buf, "apos") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '\'');
+                    else
+                      {
+                        set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                            p, text_end,
+                                            G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                            _("Entity name '%s' is not known"),
+                                            buf);
+                      }
+                  }
+                else
+                  {
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        /* give line number of the & */
+                                        start, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Entity did not end with a semicolon; "
+                                          "most likely you used an ampersand "
+                                          "character without intending to start "
+                                          "an entity - escape ampersand as &amp;"));
+                  }
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+        case USTATE_AFTER_CHARREF_HASH:
+          {
+            gboolean is_hex = FALSE;
+            if (*p == 'x')
+              {
+                is_hex = TRUE;
+                p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+                start = p;
+              }
+
+            while (p != text_end && *p != ';')
+              p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+
+            if (p != text_end)
+              {
+                g_assert (*p == ';');
+
+                /* digit is between start and p */
+
+                if (start != p)
+                  {
+                    gchar *digit = g_strndup (start, p - start);
+                    gulong l;
+                    gchar *end = NULL;
+
+                    errno = 0;
+                    if (is_hex)
+                      l = strtoul (digit, &end, 16);
+                    else
+                      l = strtoul (digit, &end, 10);
+
+                    if (errno != 0)
+                      {
+                        set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                            start, text_end,
+                                            G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                            _("Failed to parse '%s', which "
+                                              "should have been a digit "
+                                              "inside a character reference "
+                                              "(&#234; for example) - perhaps "
+                                              "the digit is too large"),
+                                            digit);
+                      }
+                    else
+                      {
+                        /* characters XML permits */
+                        if (l == 0x9 ||
+                            l == 0xA ||
+                            l == 0xD ||
+                            (l >= 0x20 && l <= 0xD7FF) ||
+                            (l >= 0xE000 && l <= 0xFFFD) ||
+                            (l >= 0x10000 && l <= 0x10FFFF))
+                          {
+                            gchar buf[7];
+                            g_string_append (str,
+                                             char_str (l, buf));
+                          }
+                        else
+                          {
+                            set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                                start, text_end,
+                                                G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                                _("Character reference '%s' does not encode a permitted character"),
+                                                digit);
+                          }
+                      }
+
+                    g_free (digit);
+
+                    /* Move to next state */
+                    p = g_utf8_next_char (p); /* past semicolon */
+                    start = p;
+                    state = USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT;
+                  }
+                else
+                  {
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        start, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Empty character reference; "
+                                          "should include a digit such as "
+                                          "&#454;"));
+                  }
+              }
+            else
+              {
+                set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                    start, text_end,
+                                    G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                    _("Character reference did not end with a "
+                                      "semicolon; "
+                                      "most likely you used an ampersand "
+                                      "character without intending to start "
+                                      "an entity - escape ampersand as &amp;"));
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+        default:
+          g_assert_not_reached ();
+          break;
+        }
+    }
+
+  /* If no errors, we should have returned to USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT */
+  g_assert (context->state == STATE_ERROR ||
+            state == USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT);
+
+  if (context->state == STATE_ERROR)
+    {
+      g_string_free (str, TRUE);
+      *unescaped = NULL;
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      *unescaped = g_string_free (str, FALSE);
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+#undef MAX_ENT_LEN
+}
+
+static gboolean
+advance_char (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+
+  context->iter = g_utf8_next_char (context->iter);
+  context->char_number += 1;
+  if (*context->iter == '\n')
+    {
+      context->line_number += 1;
+      context->char_number = 1;
+    }
+
+  return context->iter != context->current_text_end;
+}
+
+static void
+skip_spaces (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  do
+    {
+      if (!g_unichar_isspace (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+        return;
+    }
+  while (advance_char (context));
+}
+
+static void
+advance_to_name_end (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  do
+    {
+      if (!is_name_char (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+        return;
+    }
+  while (advance_char (context));
+}
+
+static void
+add_to_partial (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                const gchar         *text_start,
+                const gchar         *text_end)
+{
+  if (context->partial_chunk == NULL)
+    context->partial_chunk = g_string_new ("");
+
+  if (text_start != text_end)
+    g_string_append_len (context->partial_chunk, text_start,
+                         text_end - text_start);
+
+  /* Invariant here that partial_chunk exists */
+}
+
+static void
+free_partial (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  if (context->partial_chunk != NULL)
+    {
+      g_string_free (context->partial_chunk, TRUE);
+      context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static const gchar*
+current_element (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  return context->tag_stack->data;
+}
+
+static const gchar*
+current_attribute (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  return ((GMarkupAttribute*)context->attributes->data)->name;
+}
+
+static void
+find_current_text_end (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  /* This function must be safe (non-segfaulting) on invalid UTF8 */
+  const gchar *end = context->current_text + context->current_text_len;
+  const gchar *p;
+  const gchar *next;
+
+  g_assert (p != end);
+
+  p = context->current_text;
+  next = g_utf8_find_next_char (p, end);
+
+  while (next)
+    {
+      p = next;
+      next = g_utf8_find_next_char (p, end);
+    }
+
+  /* p is now the start of the last character or character portion. */
+  g_assert (p != end);
+  next = g_utf8_next_char (p); /* this only touches *p, nothing beyond */
+
+  if (next == end)
+    {
+      /* whole character */
+      context->current_text_end = end;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* portion */
+      context->leftover_char_portion = g_string_new_len (p, end - p);
+      context->current_text_len -= (end - p);
+      context->current_text_end = p;
+    }
+}
+
+gboolean
+g_markup_parse_context_parse (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                              const gchar         *text,
+                              gint                 text_len,
+                              GError             **error)
+{
+  const gchar *first_invalid;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (context != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (context->state != STATE_ERROR, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (!context->parsing, FALSE);
+
+  if (text_len < 0)
+    text_len = strlen (text);
+
+  if (text_len == 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  context->parsing = TRUE;
+  
+  if (context->leftover_char_portion)
+    {
+      const gchar *first_char;
+
+      if ((*text & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+        first_char = text;
+      else
+        first_char = g_utf8_find_next_char (text, text + text_len);
+
+      if (first_char)
+        {
+          /* leftover_char_portion was completed. Parse it. */
+          GString *portion = context->leftover_char_portion;
+          
+          g_string_append_len (context->leftover_char_portion,
+                               text, first_char - text);
+
+          /* hacks to allow recursion */
+          context->parsing = FALSE;
+          context->leftover_char_portion = NULL;
+          
+          if (!g_markup_parse_context_parse (context,
+                                             portion->str, portion->len,
+                                             error))
+            {
+              g_assert (context->state == STATE_ERROR);
+            }
+          
+          g_string_free (portion, TRUE);
+          context->parsing = TRUE;
+
+          /* Skip the fraction of char that was in this text */
+          text_len -= (first_char - text);
+          text = first_char;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          /* another little chunk of the leftover char; geez
+           * someone is inefficient.
+           */
+          g_string_append_len (context->leftover_char_portion,
+                               text, text_len);
+
+          goto finished;
+        }
+    }
+
+  context->current_text = text;
+  context->current_text_len = text_len;
+  context->iter = context->current_text;
+  context->start = context->iter;
+
+  /* Nothing left after finishing the leftover char, or nothing
+   * passed in to begin with.
+   */
+  if (context->current_text_len == 0)
+    goto finished;
+
+  /* find_current_text_end () assumes the string starts at
+   * a character start, so we need to validate at least
+   * that much. It doesn't assume any following bytes
+   * are valid.
+   */
+  if ((*context->current_text & 0xc0) == 0x80) /* not a char start */
+    {
+      set_error (context,
+                 error,
+                 G_MARKUP_ERROR_BAD_UTF8,
+                 _("Invalid UTF-8 encoded text"));
+      goto finished;
+    }
+
+  /* Initialize context->current_text_end, possibly adjusting
+   * current_text_len, and add any leftover char portion
+   */
+  find_current_text_end (context);
+
+  /* Validate UTF8 (must be done after we find the end, since
+   * we could have a trailing incomplete char)
+   */
+  if (!g_utf8_validate (context->current_text,
+                        context->current_text_len,
+                        &first_invalid))
+    {
+      gint newlines = 0;
+      const gchar *p;
+      p = context->current_text;
+      while (p != context->current_text_end)
+        {
+          if (*p == '\n')
+            ++newlines;
+          ++p;
+        }
+
+      context->line_number += newlines;
+
+      set_error (context,
+                 error,
+                 G_MARKUP_ERROR_BAD_UTF8,
+                 _("Invalid UTF-8 encoded text"));
+      goto finished;
+    }
+
+  while (context->iter != context->current_text_end)
+    {
+      switch (context->state)
+        {
+        case STATE_START:
+          /* Possible next state: AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE */
+
+          g_assert (context->tag_stack == NULL);
+
+          /* whitespace is ignored outside of any elements */
+          skip_spaces (context);
+
+          if (context->iter != context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '<')
+                {
+                  /* Move after the open angle */
+                  advance_char (context);
+
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE;
+
+                  /* this could start a passthrough */
+                  context->start = context->iter;
+
+                  /* document is now non-empty */
+                  context->document_empty = FALSE;
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)"));
+                }
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE:
+          /* Possible next states: INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME,
+           *  AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH, INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH
+           */
+          if (*context->iter == '?' ||
+              *context->iter == '!')
+            {
+              /* include < in the passthrough */
+              const gchar *openangle = "<";
+              add_to_partial (context, openangle, openangle + 1);
+              context->start = context->iter;
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH;
+            }
+          else if (*context->iter == '/')
+            {
+              /* move after it */
+              advance_char (context);
+
+              context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH;
+            }
+          else if (is_name_start_char (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+            {
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME;
+
+              /* start of tag name */
+              context->start = context->iter;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              gchar buf[7];
+              set_error (context,
+                         error,
+                         G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                         _("'%s' is not a valid character following "
+                           "a '<' character; it may not begin an "
+                           "element name"),
+                         utf8_str (context->iter, buf));
+            }
+          break;
+
+          /* The AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE state is actually sort of
+           * broken, because it doesn't correspond to a range
+           * of characters in the input stream as the others do,
+           * and thus makes things harder to conceptualize
+           */
+        case STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE:
+          /* Possible next states: INSIDE_TEXT, STATE_START */
+          if (context->tag_stack == NULL)
+            {
+              context->start = NULL;
+              context->state = STATE_START;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              context->start = context->iter;
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_TEXT;
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH:
+          /* Possible next state: AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE */
+
+          {
+            /* We need to pop the tag stack and call the end_element
+             * function, since this is the close tag
+             */
+            GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+          
+            g_assert (context->tag_stack != NULL);
+
+            tmp_error = NULL;
+            if (context->parser->end_element)
+              (* context->parser->end_element) (context,
+                                                context->tag_stack->data,
+                                                context->user_data,
+                                                &tmp_error);
+          
+            g_free (context->tag_stack->data);
+            context->tag_stack = g_slist_delete_link (context->tag_stack,
+                                                      context->tag_stack);
+
+            if (tmp_error)
+              {
+                mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+              }          
+            else
+              {
+                if (*context->iter == '>')
+                  {
+                    /* move after the close angle */
+                    advance_char (context);
+                    context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE;
+                  }
+                else
+                  {
+                    gchar buf[7];
+                    set_error (context,
+                               error,
+                               G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                               _("Odd character '%s', expected a '>' character "
+                                 "to end the start tag of element '%s'"),
+                               utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                               current_element (context));
+                  }
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME:
+          /* Possible next states: BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES */
+
+          /* if there's a partial chunk then it's the first part of the
+           * tag name. If there's a context->start then it's the start
+           * of the tag name in current_text, the partial chunk goes
+           * before that start though.
+           */
+          advance_to_name_end (context);
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The name hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The name has ended. Combine it with the partial chunk
+               * if any; push it on the stack; enter next state.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+              context->tag_stack =
+                g_slist_prepend (context->tag_stack,
+                                 g_string_free (context->partial_chunk,
+                                                FALSE));
+
+              context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+
+              context->state = STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES;
+              context->start = NULL;
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME:
+          /* Possible next states: AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN */
+
+          /* read the full name, if we enter the equals sign state
+           * then add the attribute to the list (without the value),
+           * otherwise store a partial chunk to be prepended later.
+           */
+          advance_to_name_end (context);
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The name hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The name has ended. Combine it with the partial chunk
+               * if any; push it on the stack; enter next state.
+               */
+              GMarkupAttribute *attr;
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+              attr = attribute_new (NULL, NULL);
+
+              attr->name = g_string_free (context->partial_chunk,
+                                          FALSE);
+
+              context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+              context->start = NULL;
+
+              context->attributes =
+                g_slist_prepend (context->attributes, attr);
+
+              if (*context->iter == '=')
+                {
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN;
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  gchar buf[7];
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Odd character '%s', expected a '=' after "
+                               "attribute name '%s' of element '%s'"),
+                             utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                             attr->name,
+                             current_element (context));
+
+                }
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES:
+          /* Possible next states: AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE,
+           * AFTER_ELISION_SLASH, INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME
+           */
+          skip_spaces (context);
+
+          if (context->iter != context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '/')
+                {
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH;
+                }
+              else if (*context->iter == '>')
+                {
+
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE;
+                }
+              else if (is_name_start_char (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+                {
+                  context->state = STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME;
+                  /* start of attribute name */
+                  context->start = context->iter;
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  gchar buf[7];
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Odd character '%s', expected a '>' or '/' "
+                               "character to end the start tag of "
+                               "element '%s', or optionally an attribute; "
+                               "perhaps you used an invalid character in "
+                               "an attribute name"),
+                             utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                             current_element (context));
+                }
+
+              /* If we're done with attributes, invoke
+               * the start_element callback
+               */
+              if (context->state == STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH ||
+                  context->state == STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE)
+                {
+                  const gchar *start_name;
+                  gchar **attr_names = NULL;
+                  gchar **attr_values = NULL;
+                  GError *tmp_error;
+
+                  /* Call user callback for element start */
+                  start_name = current_element (context);
+
+                  /* this gratuituously copies the attr names/values
+                   * I guess
+                   */
+                  attribute_list_to_arrays (context->attributes,
+                                            &attr_names,
+                                            &attr_values,
+                                            NULL);
+
+                  tmp_error = NULL;
+                  if (context->parser->start_element)
+                    (* context->parser->start_element) (context,
+                                                        start_name,
+                                                        attr_names,
+                                                        attr_values,
+                                                        context->user_data,
+                                                        &tmp_error);
+
+                  g_strfreev (attr_names);
+                  g_strfreev (attr_values);
+                  
+                  /* Go ahead and free this. */
+                  g_slist_foreach (context->attributes, (GFunc)attribute_free,
+                                   NULL);
+                  g_slist_free (context->attributes);
+                  context->attributes = NULL;
+
+                  if (tmp_error != NULL)
+                    {
+                      mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                      g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN:
+          /* Possible next state: INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE */
+          if (*context->iter == '"')
+            {
+              advance_char (context);
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE;
+              context->start = context->iter;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              gchar buf[7];
+              set_error (context,
+                         error,
+                         G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                         _("Odd character '%s', expected an open quote mark "
+                           "after the equals sign when giving value for "
+                           "attribute '%s' of element '%s'"),
+                         utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                         current_attribute (context),
+                         current_element (context));
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE:
+          /* Possible next states: BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES */
+          do
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '"')
+                break;
+            }
+          while (advance_char (context));
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The value hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The value has ended at the quote mark. Combine it
+               * with the partial chunk if any; set it for the current
+               * attribute.
+               */
+              GMarkupAttribute *attr;
+
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+              attr = context->attributes->data;
+              
+              if (unescape_text (context,
+                                 context->partial_chunk->str,
+                                 context->partial_chunk->str +
+                                 context->partial_chunk->len,
+                                 &attr->value,
+                                 error))
+                {
+                  /* success, advance past quote and set state. */
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES;
+                  context->start = NULL;
+                }
+              
+              free_partial (context);
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_TEXT:
+          /* Possible next states: AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE */
+          do
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '<')
+                break;
+            }
+          while (advance_char (context));
+
+          /* The text hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+           * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+           */
+
+          add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+          if (context->iter != context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              gchar *unescaped = NULL;
+
+              /* The text has ended at the open angle. Call the text
+               * callback.
+               */
+              
+              if (unescape_text (context,
+                                 context->partial_chunk->str,
+                                 context->partial_chunk->str +
+                                 context->partial_chunk->len,
+                                 &unescaped,
+                                 error))
+                {
+                  GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+
+                  if (context->parser->text)
+                    (*context->parser->text) (context,
+                                              unescaped,
+                                              strlen (unescaped),
+                                              context->user_data,
+                                              &tmp_error);
+                  
+                  g_free (unescaped);
+
+                  if (tmp_error == NULL)
+                    {
+                      /* advance past open angle and set state. */
+                      advance_char (context);
+                      context->state = STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE;
+                      /* could begin a passthrough */
+                      context->start = context->iter;
+                    }
+                  else
+                    {
+                      mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                      g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+                    }
+                }
+
+              free_partial (context);
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH:
+          /* Possible next state: INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME */
+          if (is_name_start_char (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+            {
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME;
+
+              /* start of tag name */
+              context->start = context->iter;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              gchar buf[7];
+              set_error (context,
+                         error,
+                         G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                         _("'%s' is not a valid character following "
+                           "the characters '</'; '%s' may not begin an "
+                           "element name"),
+                         utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                         utf8_str (context->iter, buf));
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME:
+          /* Possible next state: AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE */
+          advance_to_name_end (context);
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The name hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The name has ended. Combine it with the partial chunk
+               * if any; check that it matches stack top and pop
+               * stack; invoke proper callback; enter next state.
+               */
+              gchar *close_name;
+
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+              close_name = g_string_free (context->partial_chunk, FALSE);
+              context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+              
+              if (context->tag_stack == NULL)
+                {
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Element '%s' was closed, no element "
+                               "is currently open"),
+                             close_name);
+                }
+              else if (strcmp (close_name, current_element (context)) != 0)
+                {
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Element '%s' was closed, but the currently "
+                               "open element is '%s'"),
+                             close_name,
+                             current_element (context));
+                }
+              else if (*context->iter != '>')
+                {
+                  gchar buf[7];
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("'%s' is not a valid character following "
+                               "the close element name '%s'; the allowed "
+                               "character is '>'"),
+                             utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                             close_name);
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  GError *tmp_error;
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE;
+                  context->start = NULL;
+
+                  /* call the end_element callback */
+                  tmp_error = NULL;
+                  if (context->parser->end_element)
+                    (* context->parser->end_element) (context,
+                                                      close_name,
+                                                      context->user_data,
+                                                      &tmp_error);
+
+                  
+                  /* Pop the tag stack */
+                  g_free (context->tag_stack->data);
+                  context->tag_stack = g_slist_delete_link (context->tag_stack,
+                                                            context->tag_stack);
+                  
+                  if (tmp_error)
+                    {
+                      mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                      g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+                    }
+                }
+
+              g_free (close_name);
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH:
+          /* Possible next state: AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE */
+          do
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '>')
+                break;
+            }
+          while (advance_char (context));
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The passthrough hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The passthrough has ended at the close angle. Combine
+               * it with the partial chunk if any. Call the passthrough
+               * callback. Note that the open/close angles are
+               * included in the text of the passthrough.
+               */
+              GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+
+              advance_char (context); /* advance past close angle */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+              if (context->parser->passthrough)
+                (*context->parser->passthrough) (context,
+                                                 context->partial_chunk->str,
+                                                 context->partial_chunk->len,
+                                                 context->user_data,
+                                                 &tmp_error);
+                  
+              free_partial (context);
+
+              if (tmp_error == NULL)
+                {
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE;
+                  context->start = context->iter; /* could begin text */
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                  g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+                }
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_ERROR:
+          goto finished;
+          break;
+
+        default:
+          g_assert_not_reached ();
+          break;
+        }
+    }
+
+ finished:
+  context->parsing = FALSE;
+
+  return context->state != STATE_ERROR;
+}
+
+gboolean
+g_markup_parse_context_end_parse (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                  GError             **error)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (context != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (!context->parsing, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (context->state != STATE_ERROR, FALSE);
+
+  if (context->document_empty)
+    {
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_EMPTY,
+                 _("Document was empty or contained only whitespace"));
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  
+  context->parsing = TRUE;
+  
+  switch (context->state)
+    {
+    case STATE_START:
+      /* Nothing to do */
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly just after an open angle bracket '<'"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE:
+      if (context->tag_stack != NULL)
+        {
+          /* Error message the same as for INSIDE_TEXT */
+          set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                     _("Document ended unexpectedly with elements still open - "
+                       "'%s' was the last element opened"),
+                     current_element (context));
+        }
+      break;
+      
+    case STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly, expected to see a close angle "
+                   "bracket ending the tag <%s/>"), current_element (context));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside an element name"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside an attribute name"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside an element-opening "
+                   "tag."));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly after the equals sign "
+                   "following an attribute name; no attribute value"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly while inside an attribute "
+                   "value"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_TEXT:
+      g_assert (context->tag_stack != NULL);
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly with elements still open - "
+                   "'%s' was the last element opened"),
+                 current_element (context));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH:
+    case STATE_INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside the close tag for"
+                   "element '%s'"), current_element);
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside a comment or "
+                   "processing instruction"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_ERROR:
+    default:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+      break;
+    }
+
+  context->parsing = FALSE;
+
+  return context->state != STATE_ERROR;
+}
+
+void
+g_markup_parse_context_get_position (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                     gint                *line_number,
+                                     gint                *char_number)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (context != NULL);
+
+  if (line_number)
+    *line_number = context->line_number;
+
+  if (char_number)
+    *char_number = context->char_number;
+}
+
+static void
+append_escaped_text (GString     *str,
+                     const gchar *text,
+                     gint         length)
+{
+  const gchar *p;
+  const gchar *end;
+
+  p = text;
+  end = text + length;
+
+  while (p != end)
+    {
+      const gchar *next;
+      next = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+
+      switch (*p)
+        {
+        case '&':
+          g_string_append (str, "&amp;");
+          break;
+
+        case '<':
+          g_string_append (str, "&lt;");
+          break;
+
+        case '>':
+          g_string_append (str, "&gt;");
+          break;
+
+        case '\'':
+          g_string_append (str, "&apos;");
+          break;
+
+        case '"':
+          g_string_append (str, "&quot;");
+          break;
+
+        default:
+          g_string_append_len (str, p, next - p);
+          break;
+        }
+
+      p = next;
+    }
+}
+
+gchar*
+g_markup_escape_text (const gchar *text,
+                      gint         length)
+{
+  GString *str;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (length < 0)
+    length = strlen (text);
+
+  str = g_string_new ("");
+  append_escaped_text (str, text, length);
+
+  return g_string_free (str, FALSE);
+}
diff --git a/glib/gmarkup.h b/glib/gmarkup.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00a16b0d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/glib/gmarkup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/* gmarkup.h - Simple XML-like string parser/writer
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * GLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with GLib; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+ * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ *   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __G_MARKUP_H__
+#define __G_MARKUP_H__
+
+#include <gerror.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_BAD_UTF8,
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_EMPTY,
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+  /* These three are primarily intended for specific GMarkupParser
+   * implementations to set.
+   */
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ELEMENT,
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE,
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_INVALID_CONTENT
+} GMarkupErrorType;
+
+#define G_MARKUP_ERROR g_markup_error_quark ()
+
+GQuark g_markup_error_quark ();
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  /* Hmm, can't think of any at the moment */
+  G_MARKUP_FOO = 1 << 0
+  
+} GMarkupParseFlags;
+
+typedef struct _GMarkupParseContext GMarkupParseContext;
+typedef struct _GMarkupParser GMarkupParser;
+
+struct _GMarkupParser
+{
+  /* Called for open tags <foo bar="baz"> */
+  void (*start_element)  (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          const gchar         *element_name,
+                          const gchar        **attribute_names,
+                          const gchar        **attribute_values,
+                          gpointer             user_data,
+                          GError             **error);
+
+  /* Called for close tags </foo> */
+  void (*end_element)    (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          const gchar         *element_name,
+                          gpointer             user_data,
+                          GError             **error);
+
+  /* Called for character data */
+  /* text is not nul-terminated */
+  void (*text)           (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          const gchar         *text,
+                          gint                 text_len,
+                          gpointer             user_data,
+                          GError             **error);
+
+  /* Called for strings that should be re-saved verbatim in this same
+   * position, but are not otherwise interpretable.  At the moment
+   * this includes comments and processing instructions.
+   */
+  /* text is not nul-terminated. */
+  void (*passthrough)    (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          const gchar         *passthrough_text,
+                          gint                 text_len,
+                          gpointer             user_data,
+                          GError             **error);
+
+  /* Called on error, including one set by other
+   * methods in the vtable. The GError should not be freed.
+   */
+  void (*error)          (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          GError              *error,
+                          gpointer             user_data);
+};
+
+GMarkupParseContext *g_markup_parse_context_new   (const GMarkupParser *parser,
+                                                   GMarkupParseFlags    flags,
+                                                   gpointer             user_data,
+                                                   GDestroyNotify       user_data_dnotify);
+void                 g_markup_parse_context_free  (GMarkupParseContext *context);
+gboolean             g_markup_parse_context_parse (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                                   const gchar         *text,
+                                                   gint                 text_len,
+                                                   GError             **error);
+                                                   
+gboolean             g_markup_parse_context_end_parse (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                                       GError             **error);
+
+/* For user-constructed error messages, has no precise semantics */
+void                 g_markup_parse_context_get_position (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                                          gint                *line_number,
+                                                          gint                *char_number);
+
+/* useful when saving */
+gchar* g_markup_escape_text (const gchar *text,
+                             gint         length);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __G_MARKUP_H__ */
+
diff --git a/glib/gstring.c b/glib/gstring.c
index cd5f13be9..ff6fc7c6d 100644
--- a/glib/gstring.c
+++ b/glib/gstring.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ g_string_new (const gchar *init)
 {
   GString *string;
 
-  string = g_string_sized_new (2);
+  string = g_string_sized_new (init ? strlen (init) + 2 : 2);
 
   if (init)
     g_string_append (string, init);
@@ -251,6 +251,25 @@ g_string_new (const gchar *init)
   return string;
 }
 
+GString*
+g_string_new_len (const gchar *init,
+                  gint         len)
+{
+  GString *string;
+
+  if (len < 0)
+    return g_string_new (init);
+  else
+    {
+      string = g_string_sized_new (len);
+      
+      if (init)
+        g_string_append_len (string, init, len);
+      
+      return string;
+    }
+}
+
 gchar*
 g_string_free (GString *string,
 	       gboolean free_segment)
diff --git a/glib/gstring.h b/glib/gstring.h
index 4a9557593..d2f88e066 100644
--- a/glib/gstring.h
+++ b/glib/gstring.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ gchar*	      g_string_chunk_insert_const  (GStringChunk *chunk,
 /* Strings
  */
 GString*     g_string_new	        (const gchar	 *init);
+GString*     g_string_new_len           (const gchar     *init,
+                                         gint             len);
 GString*     g_string_sized_new         (guint		  dfl_size);
 gchar*	     g_string_free	        (GString	 *string,
 					 gboolean	  free_segment);
diff --git a/gmarkup.c b/gmarkup.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9b0efc4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gmarkup.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1721 @@
+/* gmarkup.c - Simple XML-like parser
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * GLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with GLib; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+ * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ *   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#include "glib.h"
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+/* FIXME */
+#define _(x) x
+
+GQuark
+g_markup_error_quark ()
+{
+  static GQuark error_quark = 0;
+
+  if (error_quark == 0)
+    error_quark = g_quark_from_static_string ("g-markup-error-quark");
+
+  return error_quark;
+}
+
+typedef struct _GMarkupAttribute GMarkupAttribute;
+
+struct _GMarkupAttribute
+{
+  gchar *name;
+  gchar *value;
+};
+
+static GMarkupAttribute*
+attribute_new (const gchar *name, const gchar *value)
+{
+  GMarkupAttribute *attr;
+
+  attr = g_new (GMarkupAttribute, 1);
+
+  /* name/value are allowed to be NULL */
+  attr->name = g_strdup (name);
+  attr->value = g_strdup (value);
+
+  return attr;
+}
+
+static void
+attribute_free (GMarkupAttribute *attr)
+{
+  g_free (attr->name);
+  g_free (attr->value);
+  g_free (attr);
+}
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  STATE_START,
+  STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE,
+  STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE,
+  STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH, /* the slash that obviates need for end element */
+  STATE_INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME,
+  STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME,
+  STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES,
+  STATE_AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN,
+  STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE,
+  STATE_INSIDE_TEXT,
+  STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH,
+  STATE_INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME,
+  STATE_INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH,
+  STATE_ERROR
+} GMarkupParseState;
+
+struct _GMarkupParseContext
+{
+  const GMarkupParser *parser;
+
+  GMarkupParseFlags flags;
+
+  gint line_number;
+  gint char_number;
+
+  gpointer user_data;
+  GDestroyNotify dnotify;
+
+  /* A piece of character data or an element that
+   * hasn't "ended" yet so we haven't yet called
+   * the callback for it.
+   */
+  GString *partial_chunk;
+
+  GMarkupParseState state;
+  GSList *tag_stack;
+  GSList *attributes;
+
+  const gchar *current_text;
+  gint         current_text_len;
+  const gchar *current_text_end;
+
+  GString *leftover_char_portion;
+
+  /* used to save the start of the last interesting thingy */
+  const gchar *start;
+
+  const gchar *iter;
+
+  guint document_empty : 1;
+  guint parsing : 1;
+};
+
+GMarkupParseContext *
+g_markup_parse_context_new (const GMarkupParser *parser,
+                            GMarkupParseFlags    flags,
+                            gpointer             user_data,
+                            GDestroyNotify       user_data_dnotify)
+{
+  GMarkupParseContext *context;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (parser != NULL, NULL);
+
+  context = g_new (GMarkupParseContext, 1);
+
+  context->parser = parser;
+  context->flags = flags;
+  context->user_data = user_data;
+  context->dnotify = user_data_dnotify;
+
+  context->line_number = 1;
+  context->char_number = 1;
+
+  context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+
+  context->state = STATE_START;
+  context->tag_stack = NULL;
+  context->attributes = NULL;
+
+  context->current_text = NULL;
+  context->current_text_len = -1;
+  context->current_text_end = NULL;
+  context->leftover_char_portion = NULL;
+
+  context->start = NULL;
+  context->iter = NULL;
+
+  context->document_empty = TRUE;
+  context->parsing = FALSE;
+
+  return context;
+}
+
+void
+g_markup_parse_context_free (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (context != NULL);
+  g_return_if_fail (!context->parsing);
+
+  if (context->dnotify)
+    (* context->dnotify) (context->user_data);
+
+  g_slist_foreach (context->attributes, (GFunc)attribute_free, NULL);
+  g_slist_free (context->attributes);
+
+  g_slist_foreach (context->tag_stack, (GFunc)g_free, NULL);
+  g_slist_free (context->tag_stack);
+
+  if (context->partial_chunk)
+    g_string_free (context->partial_chunk, TRUE);
+
+  if (context->leftover_char_portion)
+    g_string_free (context->leftover_char_portion, TRUE);
+
+  g_free (context);
+}
+
+static void
+attribute_list_to_arrays (GSList  *attributes,
+                          gchar ***namesp,
+                          gchar ***valuesp,
+                          gint    *n_attributes)
+{
+  GSList *tmp_list;
+  gint len;
+  gchar **names;
+  gchar **values;
+  gint i;
+
+  len = g_slist_length (attributes);
+
+  if (namesp)
+    {
+      names = g_new (gchar*, len + 1);
+      names[len] = NULL;
+    }
+  else
+    names = NULL;
+
+  if (valuesp)
+    {
+      values = g_new (gchar*, len + 1);
+      values[len] = NULL;
+    }
+  else
+    values = NULL;
+
+  /* We want to reverse the list, since it's
+   * backward from the order the attributes appeared
+   * in the file.
+   */
+  i = len - 1;
+  tmp_list = attributes;
+  while (tmp_list)
+    {
+      GMarkupAttribute *attr = tmp_list->data;
+
+      g_assert (i >= 0);
+
+      if (namesp)
+        names[i] = g_strdup (attr->name);
+
+      if (valuesp)
+        values[i] = g_strdup (attr->value);
+
+      tmp_list = g_slist_next (tmp_list);
+      --i;
+    }
+
+  if (n_attributes)
+    *n_attributes = len;
+
+  if (namesp)
+    *namesp = names;
+
+  if (valuesp)
+    *valuesp = values;
+}
+
+static void
+mark_error (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+            GError              *error)
+{
+  context->state = STATE_ERROR;
+
+  if (context->parser->error)
+    (*context->parser->error) (context, error, context->user_data);
+}
+
+static void
+set_error (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+           GError             **error,
+           GMarkupErrorType     code,
+           const gchar         *format,
+           ...)
+{
+  GError *tmp_error;
+  gchar *s;
+  va_list args;
+
+  va_start (args, format);
+  s = g_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+  va_end (args);
+
+  tmp_error = g_error_new (G_MARKUP_ERROR,
+                           code,
+                           _("Error on line %d char %d: %s"),
+                           context->line_number,
+                           context->char_number,
+                           s);
+
+  g_free (s);
+
+  mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+
+  g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+}
+
+static gboolean
+is_name_start_char (gunichar c)
+{
+  if (g_unichar_isalpha (c) ||
+      c == '_' ||
+      c == ':')
+    return TRUE;
+  else
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+is_name_char (gunichar c)
+{
+  if (g_unichar_isalnum (c) ||
+      c == '.' ||
+      c == '-' ||
+      c == '_' ||
+      c == ':')
+    return TRUE;
+  else
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+
+static gchar*
+char_str (gunichar c,
+          gchar   *buf)
+{
+  memset (buf, 0, 7);
+  g_unichar_to_utf8 (c, buf);
+  return buf;
+}
+
+static gchar*
+utf8_str (const gchar *utf8,
+          gchar       *buf)
+{
+  char_str (g_utf8_get_char (utf8), buf);
+  return buf;
+}
+
+static void
+set_unescape_error (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                    GError             **error,
+                    const gchar         *remaining_text,
+                    const gchar         *remaining_text_end,
+                    GMarkupErrorType     code,
+                    const gchar         *format,
+                    ...)
+{
+  GError *tmp_error;
+  gchar *s;
+  va_list args;
+  gint remaining_newlines;
+  const gchar *p;
+
+  remaining_newlines = 0;
+  p = remaining_text;
+  while (p != remaining_text_end)
+    {
+      if (*p == '\n')
+        ++remaining_newlines;
+      ++p;
+    }
+
+  va_start (args, format);
+  s = g_strdup_vprintf (format, args);
+  va_end (args);
+
+  tmp_error = g_error_new (G_MARKUP_ERROR,
+                           code,
+                           _("Error on line %d: %s"),
+                           context->line_number - remaining_newlines,
+                           s);
+
+  g_free (s);
+
+  mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+
+  g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+}
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT,
+  USTATE_AFTER_AMPERSAND,
+  USTATE_INSIDE_ENTITY_NAME,
+  USTATE_AFTER_CHARREF_HASH
+} UnescapeState;
+
+static gboolean
+unescape_text (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+               const gchar         *text,
+               const gchar         *text_end,
+               gchar              **unescaped,
+               GError             **error)
+{
+#define MAX_ENT_LEN 5
+  GString *str;
+  const gchar *p;
+  UnescapeState state;
+  const gchar *start;
+
+  str = g_string_new ("");
+
+  state = USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT;
+  p = text;
+  start = p;
+  while (p != text_end && context->state != STATE_ERROR)
+    {
+      g_assert (p < text_end);
+      
+      switch (state)
+        {
+        case USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT:
+          {
+            while (p != text_end && *p != '&')
+              p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+
+            if (p != start)
+              {
+                g_string_append_len (str, start, p - start);
+
+                start = NULL;
+              }
+            
+            if (p != text_end && *p == '&')
+              {
+                p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+                state = USTATE_AFTER_AMPERSAND;
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+        case USTATE_AFTER_AMPERSAND:
+          {
+            if (*p == '#')
+              {
+                p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+
+                start = p;
+                state = USTATE_AFTER_CHARREF_HASH;
+              }
+            else if (!is_name_start_char (g_utf8_get_char (p)))
+              {
+                if (*p == ';')
+                  {
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        p, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Empty entity '&;' seen; valid "
+                                          "entities are: &amp; &quot; &lt; &gt; &apos;"));
+                  }
+                else
+                  {
+                    gchar buf[7];
+
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        p, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Character '%s' is not valid at "
+                                          "the start of an entity name; "
+                                          "the & character begins an entity; "
+                                          "if this ampersand isn't supposed "
+                                          "to be an entity, escape it as "
+                                          "&amp;"),
+                                        utf8_str (p, buf));
+                  }
+              }
+            else
+              {
+                start = p;
+                state = USTATE_INSIDE_ENTITY_NAME;
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+
+        case USTATE_INSIDE_ENTITY_NAME:
+          {
+            gchar buf[MAX_ENT_LEN+1] = {
+              '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0'
+            };
+            gchar *dest;
+
+            while (p != text_end)
+              {
+                if (*p == ';')
+                  break;
+                else if (!is_name_char (*p))
+                  {
+                    gchar ubuf[7];
+
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        p, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Character '%s' is not valid "
+                                          "inside an entity name"),
+                                        utf8_str (p, ubuf));
+                    break;
+                  }
+
+                p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+              }
+
+            if (context->state != STATE_ERROR)
+              {
+                if (p != text_end)
+                  {
+                    const gchar *src;
+                
+                    src = start;
+                    dest = buf;
+                    while (src != p)
+                      {
+                        *dest = *src;
+                        ++dest;
+                        ++src;
+                      }
+
+                    /* move to after semicolon */
+                    p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+                    start = p;
+                    state = USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT;
+
+                    if (strcmp (buf, "lt") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '<');
+                    else if (strcmp (buf, "gt") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '>');
+                    else if (strcmp (buf, "amp") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '&');
+                    else if (strcmp (buf, "quot") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '"');
+                    else if (strcmp (buf, "apos") == 0)
+                      g_string_append_c (str, '\'');
+                    else
+                      {
+                        set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                            p, text_end,
+                                            G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                            _("Entity name '%s' is not known"),
+                                            buf);
+                      }
+                  }
+                else
+                  {
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        /* give line number of the & */
+                                        start, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Entity did not end with a semicolon; "
+                                          "most likely you used an ampersand "
+                                          "character without intending to start "
+                                          "an entity - escape ampersand as &amp;"));
+                  }
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+        case USTATE_AFTER_CHARREF_HASH:
+          {
+            gboolean is_hex = FALSE;
+            if (*p == 'x')
+              {
+                is_hex = TRUE;
+                p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+                start = p;
+              }
+
+            while (p != text_end && *p != ';')
+              p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+
+            if (p != text_end)
+              {
+                g_assert (*p == ';');
+
+                /* digit is between start and p */
+
+                if (start != p)
+                  {
+                    gchar *digit = g_strndup (start, p - start);
+                    gulong l;
+                    gchar *end = NULL;
+
+                    errno = 0;
+                    if (is_hex)
+                      l = strtoul (digit, &end, 16);
+                    else
+                      l = strtoul (digit, &end, 10);
+
+                    if (errno != 0)
+                      {
+                        set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                            start, text_end,
+                                            G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                            _("Failed to parse '%s', which "
+                                              "should have been a digit "
+                                              "inside a character reference "
+                                              "(&#234; for example) - perhaps "
+                                              "the digit is too large"),
+                                            digit);
+                      }
+                    else
+                      {
+                        /* characters XML permits */
+                        if (l == 0x9 ||
+                            l == 0xA ||
+                            l == 0xD ||
+                            (l >= 0x20 && l <= 0xD7FF) ||
+                            (l >= 0xE000 && l <= 0xFFFD) ||
+                            (l >= 0x10000 && l <= 0x10FFFF))
+                          {
+                            gchar buf[7];
+                            g_string_append (str,
+                                             char_str (l, buf));
+                          }
+                        else
+                          {
+                            set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                                start, text_end,
+                                                G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                                _("Character reference '%s' does not encode a permitted character"),
+                                                digit);
+                          }
+                      }
+
+                    g_free (digit);
+
+                    /* Move to next state */
+                    p = g_utf8_next_char (p); /* past semicolon */
+                    start = p;
+                    state = USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT;
+                  }
+                else
+                  {
+                    set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                        start, text_end,
+                                        G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                        _("Empty character reference; "
+                                          "should include a digit such as "
+                                          "&#454;"));
+                  }
+              }
+            else
+              {
+                set_unescape_error (context, error,
+                                    start, text_end,
+                                    G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                                    _("Character reference did not end with a "
+                                      "semicolon; "
+                                      "most likely you used an ampersand "
+                                      "character without intending to start "
+                                      "an entity - escape ampersand as &amp;"));
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+        default:
+          g_assert_not_reached ();
+          break;
+        }
+    }
+
+  /* If no errors, we should have returned to USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT */
+  g_assert (context->state == STATE_ERROR ||
+            state == USTATE_INSIDE_TEXT);
+
+  if (context->state == STATE_ERROR)
+    {
+      g_string_free (str, TRUE);
+      *unescaped = NULL;
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      *unescaped = g_string_free (str, FALSE);
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+
+#undef MAX_ENT_LEN
+}
+
+static gboolean
+advance_char (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+
+  context->iter = g_utf8_next_char (context->iter);
+  context->char_number += 1;
+  if (*context->iter == '\n')
+    {
+      context->line_number += 1;
+      context->char_number = 1;
+    }
+
+  return context->iter != context->current_text_end;
+}
+
+static void
+skip_spaces (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  do
+    {
+      if (!g_unichar_isspace (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+        return;
+    }
+  while (advance_char (context));
+}
+
+static void
+advance_to_name_end (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  do
+    {
+      if (!is_name_char (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+        return;
+    }
+  while (advance_char (context));
+}
+
+static void
+add_to_partial (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                const gchar         *text_start,
+                const gchar         *text_end)
+{
+  if (context->partial_chunk == NULL)
+    context->partial_chunk = g_string_new ("");
+
+  if (text_start != text_end)
+    g_string_append_len (context->partial_chunk, text_start,
+                         text_end - text_start);
+
+  /* Invariant here that partial_chunk exists */
+}
+
+static void
+free_partial (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  if (context->partial_chunk != NULL)
+    {
+      g_string_free (context->partial_chunk, TRUE);
+      context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static const gchar*
+current_element (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  return context->tag_stack->data;
+}
+
+static const gchar*
+current_attribute (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  return ((GMarkupAttribute*)context->attributes->data)->name;
+}
+
+static void
+find_current_text_end (GMarkupParseContext *context)
+{
+  /* This function must be safe (non-segfaulting) on invalid UTF8 */
+  const gchar *end = context->current_text + context->current_text_len;
+  const gchar *p;
+  const gchar *next;
+
+  g_assert (p != end);
+
+  p = context->current_text;
+  next = g_utf8_find_next_char (p, end);
+
+  while (next)
+    {
+      p = next;
+      next = g_utf8_find_next_char (p, end);
+    }
+
+  /* p is now the start of the last character or character portion. */
+  g_assert (p != end);
+  next = g_utf8_next_char (p); /* this only touches *p, nothing beyond */
+
+  if (next == end)
+    {
+      /* whole character */
+      context->current_text_end = end;
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      /* portion */
+      context->leftover_char_portion = g_string_new_len (p, end - p);
+      context->current_text_len -= (end - p);
+      context->current_text_end = p;
+    }
+}
+
+gboolean
+g_markup_parse_context_parse (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                              const gchar         *text,
+                              gint                 text_len,
+                              GError             **error)
+{
+  const gchar *first_invalid;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (context != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (context->state != STATE_ERROR, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (!context->parsing, FALSE);
+
+  if (text_len < 0)
+    text_len = strlen (text);
+
+  if (text_len == 0)
+    return TRUE;
+
+  context->parsing = TRUE;
+  
+  if (context->leftover_char_portion)
+    {
+      const gchar *first_char;
+
+      if ((*text & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+        first_char = text;
+      else
+        first_char = g_utf8_find_next_char (text, text + text_len);
+
+      if (first_char)
+        {
+          /* leftover_char_portion was completed. Parse it. */
+          GString *portion = context->leftover_char_portion;
+          
+          g_string_append_len (context->leftover_char_portion,
+                               text, first_char - text);
+
+          /* hacks to allow recursion */
+          context->parsing = FALSE;
+          context->leftover_char_portion = NULL;
+          
+          if (!g_markup_parse_context_parse (context,
+                                             portion->str, portion->len,
+                                             error))
+            {
+              g_assert (context->state == STATE_ERROR);
+            }
+          
+          g_string_free (portion, TRUE);
+          context->parsing = TRUE;
+
+          /* Skip the fraction of char that was in this text */
+          text_len -= (first_char - text);
+          text = first_char;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          /* another little chunk of the leftover char; geez
+           * someone is inefficient.
+           */
+          g_string_append_len (context->leftover_char_portion,
+                               text, text_len);
+
+          goto finished;
+        }
+    }
+
+  context->current_text = text;
+  context->current_text_len = text_len;
+  context->iter = context->current_text;
+  context->start = context->iter;
+
+  /* Nothing left after finishing the leftover char, or nothing
+   * passed in to begin with.
+   */
+  if (context->current_text_len == 0)
+    goto finished;
+
+  /* find_current_text_end () assumes the string starts at
+   * a character start, so we need to validate at least
+   * that much. It doesn't assume any following bytes
+   * are valid.
+   */
+  if ((*context->current_text & 0xc0) == 0x80) /* not a char start */
+    {
+      set_error (context,
+                 error,
+                 G_MARKUP_ERROR_BAD_UTF8,
+                 _("Invalid UTF-8 encoded text"));
+      goto finished;
+    }
+
+  /* Initialize context->current_text_end, possibly adjusting
+   * current_text_len, and add any leftover char portion
+   */
+  find_current_text_end (context);
+
+  /* Validate UTF8 (must be done after we find the end, since
+   * we could have a trailing incomplete char)
+   */
+  if (!g_utf8_validate (context->current_text,
+                        context->current_text_len,
+                        &first_invalid))
+    {
+      gint newlines = 0;
+      const gchar *p;
+      p = context->current_text;
+      while (p != context->current_text_end)
+        {
+          if (*p == '\n')
+            ++newlines;
+          ++p;
+        }
+
+      context->line_number += newlines;
+
+      set_error (context,
+                 error,
+                 G_MARKUP_ERROR_BAD_UTF8,
+                 _("Invalid UTF-8 encoded text"));
+      goto finished;
+    }
+
+  while (context->iter != context->current_text_end)
+    {
+      switch (context->state)
+        {
+        case STATE_START:
+          /* Possible next state: AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE */
+
+          g_assert (context->tag_stack == NULL);
+
+          /* whitespace is ignored outside of any elements */
+          skip_spaces (context);
+
+          if (context->iter != context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '<')
+                {
+                  /* Move after the open angle */
+                  advance_char (context);
+
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE;
+
+                  /* this could start a passthrough */
+                  context->start = context->iter;
+
+                  /* document is now non-empty */
+                  context->document_empty = FALSE;
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Document must begin with an element (e.g. <book>)"));
+                }
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE:
+          /* Possible next states: INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME,
+           *  AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH, INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH
+           */
+          if (*context->iter == '?' ||
+              *context->iter == '!')
+            {
+              /* include < in the passthrough */
+              const gchar *openangle = "<";
+              add_to_partial (context, openangle, openangle + 1);
+              context->start = context->iter;
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH;
+            }
+          else if (*context->iter == '/')
+            {
+              /* move after it */
+              advance_char (context);
+
+              context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH;
+            }
+          else if (is_name_start_char (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+            {
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME;
+
+              /* start of tag name */
+              context->start = context->iter;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              gchar buf[7];
+              set_error (context,
+                         error,
+                         G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                         _("'%s' is not a valid character following "
+                           "a '<' character; it may not begin an "
+                           "element name"),
+                         utf8_str (context->iter, buf));
+            }
+          break;
+
+          /* The AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE state is actually sort of
+           * broken, because it doesn't correspond to a range
+           * of characters in the input stream as the others do,
+           * and thus makes things harder to conceptualize
+           */
+        case STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE:
+          /* Possible next states: INSIDE_TEXT, STATE_START */
+          if (context->tag_stack == NULL)
+            {
+              context->start = NULL;
+              context->state = STATE_START;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              context->start = context->iter;
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_TEXT;
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH:
+          /* Possible next state: AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE */
+
+          {
+            /* We need to pop the tag stack and call the end_element
+             * function, since this is the close tag
+             */
+            GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+          
+            g_assert (context->tag_stack != NULL);
+
+            tmp_error = NULL;
+            if (context->parser->end_element)
+              (* context->parser->end_element) (context,
+                                                context->tag_stack->data,
+                                                context->user_data,
+                                                &tmp_error);
+          
+            g_free (context->tag_stack->data);
+            context->tag_stack = g_slist_delete_link (context->tag_stack,
+                                                      context->tag_stack);
+
+            if (tmp_error)
+              {
+                mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+              }          
+            else
+              {
+                if (*context->iter == '>')
+                  {
+                    /* move after the close angle */
+                    advance_char (context);
+                    context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE;
+                  }
+                else
+                  {
+                    gchar buf[7];
+                    set_error (context,
+                               error,
+                               G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                               _("Odd character '%s', expected a '>' character "
+                                 "to end the start tag of element '%s'"),
+                               utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                               current_element (context));
+                  }
+              }
+          }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME:
+          /* Possible next states: BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES */
+
+          /* if there's a partial chunk then it's the first part of the
+           * tag name. If there's a context->start then it's the start
+           * of the tag name in current_text, the partial chunk goes
+           * before that start though.
+           */
+          advance_to_name_end (context);
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The name hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The name has ended. Combine it with the partial chunk
+               * if any; push it on the stack; enter next state.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+              context->tag_stack =
+                g_slist_prepend (context->tag_stack,
+                                 g_string_free (context->partial_chunk,
+                                                FALSE));
+
+              context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+
+              context->state = STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES;
+              context->start = NULL;
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME:
+          /* Possible next states: AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN */
+
+          /* read the full name, if we enter the equals sign state
+           * then add the attribute to the list (without the value),
+           * otherwise store a partial chunk to be prepended later.
+           */
+          advance_to_name_end (context);
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The name hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The name has ended. Combine it with the partial chunk
+               * if any; push it on the stack; enter next state.
+               */
+              GMarkupAttribute *attr;
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+              attr = attribute_new (NULL, NULL);
+
+              attr->name = g_string_free (context->partial_chunk,
+                                          FALSE);
+
+              context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+              context->start = NULL;
+
+              context->attributes =
+                g_slist_prepend (context->attributes, attr);
+
+              if (*context->iter == '=')
+                {
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN;
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  gchar buf[7];
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Odd character '%s', expected a '=' after "
+                               "attribute name '%s' of element '%s'"),
+                             utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                             attr->name,
+                             current_element (context));
+
+                }
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES:
+          /* Possible next states: AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE,
+           * AFTER_ELISION_SLASH, INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME
+           */
+          skip_spaces (context);
+
+          if (context->iter != context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '/')
+                {
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH;
+                }
+              else if (*context->iter == '>')
+                {
+
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE;
+                }
+              else if (is_name_start_char (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+                {
+                  context->state = STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME;
+                  /* start of attribute name */
+                  context->start = context->iter;
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  gchar buf[7];
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Odd character '%s', expected a '>' or '/' "
+                               "character to end the start tag of "
+                               "element '%s', or optionally an attribute; "
+                               "perhaps you used an invalid character in "
+                               "an attribute name"),
+                             utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                             current_element (context));
+                }
+
+              /* If we're done with attributes, invoke
+               * the start_element callback
+               */
+              if (context->state == STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH ||
+                  context->state == STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE)
+                {
+                  const gchar *start_name;
+                  gchar **attr_names = NULL;
+                  gchar **attr_values = NULL;
+                  GError *tmp_error;
+
+                  /* Call user callback for element start */
+                  start_name = current_element (context);
+
+                  /* this gratuituously copies the attr names/values
+                   * I guess
+                   */
+                  attribute_list_to_arrays (context->attributes,
+                                            &attr_names,
+                                            &attr_values,
+                                            NULL);
+
+                  tmp_error = NULL;
+                  if (context->parser->start_element)
+                    (* context->parser->start_element) (context,
+                                                        start_name,
+                                                        attr_names,
+                                                        attr_values,
+                                                        context->user_data,
+                                                        &tmp_error);
+
+                  g_strfreev (attr_names);
+                  g_strfreev (attr_values);
+                  
+                  /* Go ahead and free this. */
+                  g_slist_foreach (context->attributes, (GFunc)attribute_free,
+                                   NULL);
+                  g_slist_free (context->attributes);
+                  context->attributes = NULL;
+
+                  if (tmp_error != NULL)
+                    {
+                      mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                      g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN:
+          /* Possible next state: INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE */
+          if (*context->iter == '"')
+            {
+              advance_char (context);
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE;
+              context->start = context->iter;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              gchar buf[7];
+              set_error (context,
+                         error,
+                         G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                         _("Odd character '%s', expected an open quote mark "
+                           "after the equals sign when giving value for "
+                           "attribute '%s' of element '%s'"),
+                         utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                         current_attribute (context),
+                         current_element (context));
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE:
+          /* Possible next states: BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES */
+          do
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '"')
+                break;
+            }
+          while (advance_char (context));
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The value hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The value has ended at the quote mark. Combine it
+               * with the partial chunk if any; set it for the current
+               * attribute.
+               */
+              GMarkupAttribute *attr;
+
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+              attr = context->attributes->data;
+              
+              if (unescape_text (context,
+                                 context->partial_chunk->str,
+                                 context->partial_chunk->str +
+                                 context->partial_chunk->len,
+                                 &attr->value,
+                                 error))
+                {
+                  /* success, advance past quote and set state. */
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES;
+                  context->start = NULL;
+                }
+              
+              free_partial (context);
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_TEXT:
+          /* Possible next states: AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE */
+          do
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '<')
+                break;
+            }
+          while (advance_char (context));
+
+          /* The text hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+           * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+           */
+
+          add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+          if (context->iter != context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              gchar *unescaped = NULL;
+
+              /* The text has ended at the open angle. Call the text
+               * callback.
+               */
+              
+              if (unescape_text (context,
+                                 context->partial_chunk->str,
+                                 context->partial_chunk->str +
+                                 context->partial_chunk->len,
+                                 &unescaped,
+                                 error))
+                {
+                  GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+
+                  if (context->parser->text)
+                    (*context->parser->text) (context,
+                                              unescaped,
+                                              strlen (unescaped),
+                                              context->user_data,
+                                              &tmp_error);
+                  
+                  g_free (unescaped);
+
+                  if (tmp_error == NULL)
+                    {
+                      /* advance past open angle and set state. */
+                      advance_char (context);
+                      context->state = STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE;
+                      /* could begin a passthrough */
+                      context->start = context->iter;
+                    }
+                  else
+                    {
+                      mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                      g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+                    }
+                }
+
+              free_partial (context);
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH:
+          /* Possible next state: INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME */
+          if (is_name_start_char (g_utf8_get_char (context->iter)))
+            {
+              context->state = STATE_INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME;
+
+              /* start of tag name */
+              context->start = context->iter;
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              gchar buf[7];
+              set_error (context,
+                         error,
+                         G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                         _("'%s' is not a valid character following "
+                           "the characters '</'; '%s' may not begin an "
+                           "element name"),
+                         utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                         utf8_str (context->iter, buf));
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME:
+          /* Possible next state: AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE */
+          advance_to_name_end (context);
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The name hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The name has ended. Combine it with the partial chunk
+               * if any; check that it matches stack top and pop
+               * stack; invoke proper callback; enter next state.
+               */
+              gchar *close_name;
+
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+              close_name = g_string_free (context->partial_chunk, FALSE);
+              context->partial_chunk = NULL;
+              
+              if (context->tag_stack == NULL)
+                {
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Element '%s' was closed, no element "
+                               "is currently open"),
+                             close_name);
+                }
+              else if (strcmp (close_name, current_element (context)) != 0)
+                {
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("Element '%s' was closed, but the currently "
+                               "open element is '%s'"),
+                             close_name,
+                             current_element (context));
+                }
+              else if (*context->iter != '>')
+                {
+                  gchar buf[7];
+                  set_error (context,
+                             error,
+                             G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                             _("'%s' is not a valid character following "
+                               "the close element name '%s'; the allowed "
+                               "character is '>'"),
+                             utf8_str (context->iter, buf),
+                             close_name);
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  GError *tmp_error;
+                  advance_char (context);
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE;
+                  context->start = NULL;
+
+                  /* call the end_element callback */
+                  tmp_error = NULL;
+                  if (context->parser->end_element)
+                    (* context->parser->end_element) (context,
+                                                      close_name,
+                                                      context->user_data,
+                                                      &tmp_error);
+
+                  
+                  /* Pop the tag stack */
+                  g_free (context->tag_stack->data);
+                  context->tag_stack = g_slist_delete_link (context->tag_stack,
+                                                            context->tag_stack);
+                  
+                  if (tmp_error)
+                    {
+                      mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                      g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+                    }
+                }
+
+              g_free (close_name);
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH:
+          /* Possible next state: AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE */
+          do
+            {
+              if (*context->iter == '>')
+                break;
+            }
+          while (advance_char (context));
+
+          if (context->iter == context->current_text_end)
+            {
+              /* The passthrough hasn't necessarily ended. Merge with
+               * partial chunk, leave state unchanged.
+               */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+            }
+          else
+            {
+              /* The passthrough has ended at the close angle. Combine
+               * it with the partial chunk if any. Call the passthrough
+               * callback. Note that the open/close angles are
+               * included in the text of the passthrough.
+               */
+              GError *tmp_error = NULL;
+
+              advance_char (context); /* advance past close angle */
+              add_to_partial (context, context->start, context->iter);
+
+              if (context->parser->passthrough)
+                (*context->parser->passthrough) (context,
+                                                 context->partial_chunk->str,
+                                                 context->partial_chunk->len,
+                                                 context->user_data,
+                                                 &tmp_error);
+                  
+              free_partial (context);
+
+              if (tmp_error == NULL)
+                {
+                  context->state = STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE;
+                  context->start = context->iter; /* could begin text */
+                }
+              else
+                {
+                  mark_error (context, tmp_error);
+                  g_propagate_error (error, tmp_error);
+                }
+            }
+          break;
+
+        case STATE_ERROR:
+          goto finished;
+          break;
+
+        default:
+          g_assert_not_reached ();
+          break;
+        }
+    }
+
+ finished:
+  context->parsing = FALSE;
+
+  return context->state != STATE_ERROR;
+}
+
+gboolean
+g_markup_parse_context_end_parse (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                  GError             **error)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (context != NULL, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (!context->parsing, FALSE);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (context->state != STATE_ERROR, FALSE);
+
+  if (context->document_empty)
+    {
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_EMPTY,
+                 _("Document was empty or contained only whitespace"));
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  
+  context->parsing = TRUE;
+  
+  switch (context->state)
+    {
+    case STATE_START:
+      /* Nothing to do */
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_AFTER_OPEN_ANGLE:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly just after an open angle bracket '<'"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_ANGLE:
+      if (context->tag_stack != NULL)
+        {
+          /* Error message the same as for INSIDE_TEXT */
+          set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                     _("Document ended unexpectedly with elements still open - "
+                       "'%s' was the last element opened"),
+                     current_element (context));
+        }
+      break;
+      
+    case STATE_AFTER_ELISION_SLASH:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly, expected to see a close angle "
+                   "bracket ending the tag <%s/>"), current_element (context));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_OPEN_TAG_NAME:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside an element name"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_NAME:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside an attribute name"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_BETWEEN_ATTRIBUTES:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside an element-opening "
+                   "tag."));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_AFTER_ATTRIBUTE_EQUALS_SIGN:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly after the equals sign "
+                   "following an attribute name; no attribute value"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly while inside an attribute "
+                   "value"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_TEXT:
+      g_assert (context->tag_stack != NULL);
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly with elements still open - "
+                   "'%s' was the last element opened"),
+                 current_element (context));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_AFTER_CLOSE_TAG_SLASH:
+    case STATE_INSIDE_CLOSE_TAG_NAME:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside the close tag for"
+                   "element '%s'"), current_element);
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_INSIDE_PASSTHROUGH:
+      set_error (context, error, G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+                 _("Document ended unexpectedly inside a comment or "
+                   "processing instruction"));
+      break;
+
+    case STATE_ERROR:
+    default:
+      g_assert_not_reached ();
+      break;
+    }
+
+  context->parsing = FALSE;
+
+  return context->state != STATE_ERROR;
+}
+
+void
+g_markup_parse_context_get_position (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                     gint                *line_number,
+                                     gint                *char_number)
+{
+  g_return_if_fail (context != NULL);
+
+  if (line_number)
+    *line_number = context->line_number;
+
+  if (char_number)
+    *char_number = context->char_number;
+}
+
+static void
+append_escaped_text (GString     *str,
+                     const gchar *text,
+                     gint         length)
+{
+  const gchar *p;
+  const gchar *end;
+
+  p = text;
+  end = text + length;
+
+  while (p != end)
+    {
+      const gchar *next;
+      next = g_utf8_next_char (p);
+
+      switch (*p)
+        {
+        case '&':
+          g_string_append (str, "&amp;");
+          break;
+
+        case '<':
+          g_string_append (str, "&lt;");
+          break;
+
+        case '>':
+          g_string_append (str, "&gt;");
+          break;
+
+        case '\'':
+          g_string_append (str, "&apos;");
+          break;
+
+        case '"':
+          g_string_append (str, "&quot;");
+          break;
+
+        default:
+          g_string_append_len (str, p, next - p);
+          break;
+        }
+
+      p = next;
+    }
+}
+
+gchar*
+g_markup_escape_text (const gchar *text,
+                      gint         length)
+{
+  GString *str;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (text != NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (length < 0)
+    length = strlen (text);
+
+  str = g_string_new ("");
+  append_escaped_text (str, text, length);
+
+  return g_string_free (str, FALSE);
+}
diff --git a/gmarkup.h b/gmarkup.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00a16b0d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gmarkup.h
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/* gmarkup.h - Simple XML-like string parser/writer
+ *
+ *  Copyright 2000 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * GLib is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GLib is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with GLib; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+ * write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ *   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __G_MARKUP_H__
+#define __G_MARKUP_H__
+
+#include <gerror.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+{
+#endif
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_BAD_UTF8,
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_EMPTY,
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_PARSE,
+  /* These three are primarily intended for specific GMarkupParser
+   * implementations to set.
+   */
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ELEMENT,
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ATTRIBUTE,
+  G_MARKUP_ERROR_INVALID_CONTENT
+} GMarkupErrorType;
+
+#define G_MARKUP_ERROR g_markup_error_quark ()
+
+GQuark g_markup_error_quark ();
+
+typedef enum
+{
+  /* Hmm, can't think of any at the moment */
+  G_MARKUP_FOO = 1 << 0
+  
+} GMarkupParseFlags;
+
+typedef struct _GMarkupParseContext GMarkupParseContext;
+typedef struct _GMarkupParser GMarkupParser;
+
+struct _GMarkupParser
+{
+  /* Called for open tags <foo bar="baz"> */
+  void (*start_element)  (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          const gchar         *element_name,
+                          const gchar        **attribute_names,
+                          const gchar        **attribute_values,
+                          gpointer             user_data,
+                          GError             **error);
+
+  /* Called for close tags </foo> */
+  void (*end_element)    (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          const gchar         *element_name,
+                          gpointer             user_data,
+                          GError             **error);
+
+  /* Called for character data */
+  /* text is not nul-terminated */
+  void (*text)           (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          const gchar         *text,
+                          gint                 text_len,
+                          gpointer             user_data,
+                          GError             **error);
+
+  /* Called for strings that should be re-saved verbatim in this same
+   * position, but are not otherwise interpretable.  At the moment
+   * this includes comments and processing instructions.
+   */
+  /* text is not nul-terminated. */
+  void (*passthrough)    (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          const gchar         *passthrough_text,
+                          gint                 text_len,
+                          gpointer             user_data,
+                          GError             **error);
+
+  /* Called on error, including one set by other
+   * methods in the vtable. The GError should not be freed.
+   */
+  void (*error)          (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                          GError              *error,
+                          gpointer             user_data);
+};
+
+GMarkupParseContext *g_markup_parse_context_new   (const GMarkupParser *parser,
+                                                   GMarkupParseFlags    flags,
+                                                   gpointer             user_data,
+                                                   GDestroyNotify       user_data_dnotify);
+void                 g_markup_parse_context_free  (GMarkupParseContext *context);
+gboolean             g_markup_parse_context_parse (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                                   const gchar         *text,
+                                                   gint                 text_len,
+                                                   GError             **error);
+                                                   
+gboolean             g_markup_parse_context_end_parse (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                                       GError             **error);
+
+/* For user-constructed error messages, has no precise semantics */
+void                 g_markup_parse_context_get_position (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                                                          gint                *line_number,
+                                                          gint                *char_number);
+
+/* useful when saving */
+gchar* g_markup_escape_text (const gchar *text,
+                             gint         length);
+
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __G_MARKUP_H__ */
+
diff --git a/gstring.c b/gstring.c
index cd5f13be9..ff6fc7c6d 100644
--- a/gstring.c
+++ b/gstring.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ g_string_new (const gchar *init)
 {
   GString *string;
 
-  string = g_string_sized_new (2);
+  string = g_string_sized_new (init ? strlen (init) + 2 : 2);
 
   if (init)
     g_string_append (string, init);
@@ -251,6 +251,25 @@ g_string_new (const gchar *init)
   return string;
 }
 
+GString*
+g_string_new_len (const gchar *init,
+                  gint         len)
+{
+  GString *string;
+
+  if (len < 0)
+    return g_string_new (init);
+  else
+    {
+      string = g_string_sized_new (len);
+      
+      if (init)
+        g_string_append_len (string, init, len);
+      
+      return string;
+    }
+}
+
 gchar*
 g_string_free (GString *string,
 	       gboolean free_segment)
diff --git a/gstring.h b/gstring.h
index 4a9557593..d2f88e066 100644
--- a/gstring.h
+++ b/gstring.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ gchar*	      g_string_chunk_insert_const  (GStringChunk *chunk,
 /* Strings
  */
 GString*     g_string_new	        (const gchar	 *init);
+GString*     g_string_new_len           (const gchar     *init,
+                                         gint             len);
 GString*     g_string_sized_new         (guint		  dfl_size);
 gchar*	     g_string_free	        (GString	 *string,
 					 gboolean	  free_segment);
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index cee05aeeb..594f9a57d 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ TESTS = \
 	gio-test	\
 	hash-test	\
 	list-test	\
+	markup-test	\
 	node-test	\
 	queue-test	\
 	rand-test	\
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ dirname_test_LDADD = $(progs_LDADD)
 gio_test_LDADD = $(progs_LDADD)
 hash_test_LDADD = $(progs_LDADD)
 list_test_LDADD = $(progs_LDADD)
+markup_test_LDADD = $(progs_LDADD)
 node_test_LDADD = $(progs_LDADD)
 queue_test_LDADD = $(progs_LDADD)
 rand_test_LDADD = $(progs_LDADD)
diff --git a/tests/markup-test.c b/tests/markup-test.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7937516c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markup-test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+
+static int depth = 0;
+
+static void
+indent (int extra)
+{
+  int i = 0;
+  while (i < depth)
+    {
+      fputs ("  ", stdout);
+      ++i;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+start_element_handler  (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                        const gchar         *element_name,
+                        const gchar        **attribute_names,
+                        const gchar        **attribute_values,
+                        gpointer             user_data,
+                        GError             **error)
+{
+  int i;
+  
+  indent (0);
+  printf ("ELEMENT '%s'\n", element_name);
+
+  i = 0;
+  while (attribute_names[i] != NULL)
+    {
+      indent (1);
+
+      printf ("%s=\"%s\"\n",
+              attribute_names[i],
+              attribute_values[i]);
+      
+      ++i;
+    }
+  
+  ++depth;
+}
+
+static void
+end_element_handler    (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                        const gchar         *element_name,
+                        gpointer             user_data,
+                        GError             **error)
+{
+  --depth;
+  indent (0);
+  printf ("END '%s'\n", element_name);
+}
+
+static void
+text_handler           (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                        const gchar         *text,
+                        gint                 text_len,
+                        gpointer             user_data,
+                        GError             **error)
+{
+  indent (0);
+  printf ("TEXT '%s'\n", text);
+}
+
+
+static void
+passthrough_handler    (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                        const gchar         *passthrough_text,
+                        gint                 text_len,
+                        gpointer             user_data,
+                        GError             **error)
+{
+  indent (0);
+
+  printf ("PASS '%s'\n", passthrough_text);
+}
+
+static void
+error_handler          (GMarkupParseContext *context,
+                        GError              *error,
+                        gpointer             user_data)
+{
+  fprintf (stderr, " %s\n", error->message);
+}
+
+static GMarkupParser parser = {
+  start_element_handler,
+  end_element_handler,
+  text_handler,
+  passthrough_handler,
+  error_handler
+};
+
+static int
+test_in_chunks (const gchar *contents,
+                gint         length,
+                gint         chunk_size)
+{
+  GMarkupParseContext *context;
+  int i = 0;
+  
+  context = g_markup_parse_context_new (&parser, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+  while (i < length)
+    {
+      int this_chunk = MIN (length - i, chunk_size);
+
+      if (!g_markup_parse_context_parse (context,
+                                         contents + i,
+                                         this_chunk,
+                                         NULL))
+        {
+          g_markup_parse_context_free (context);
+          return 1;
+        }
+
+      i += this_chunk;
+    }
+      
+  if (!g_markup_parse_context_end_parse (context, NULL))
+    {
+      g_markup_parse_context_free (context);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  g_markup_parse_context_free (context);
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+test_file (const gchar *filename)
+{
+  gchar *contents;
+  gint   length;
+  GError *error;
+  GMarkupParseContext *context;
+  
+  error = NULL;
+  if (!g_file_get_contents (filename,
+                            &contents,
+                            &length,
+                            &error))
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "%s\n", error->message);
+      g_error_free (error);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  context = g_markup_parse_context_new (&parser, 0, NULL, NULL);
+
+  if (!g_markup_parse_context_parse (context, contents, length, NULL))
+    {
+      g_markup_parse_context_free (context);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  if (!g_markup_parse_context_end_parse (context, NULL))
+    {
+      g_markup_parse_context_free (context);
+      return 1;
+    }
+
+  g_markup_parse_context_free (context);
+
+  /* A byte at a time */
+  if (test_in_chunks (contents, length, 1) != 0)
+    return 1;
+
+  /* 2 bytes */
+  if (test_in_chunks (contents, length, 2) != 0)
+    return 1;
+
+  /*5 bytes */
+  if (test_in_chunks (contents, length, 5) != 0)
+    return 1;
+  
+  /* 12 bytes */
+  if (test_in_chunks (contents, length, 12) != 0)
+    return 1;
+  
+  /* 1024 bytes */
+  if (test_in_chunks (contents, length, 1024) != 0)
+    return 1;
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int
+main (int   argc,
+      char *argv[])
+{
+  if (argc > 1)
+    return test_file (argv[1]);
+  else
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "Give a markup file on the command line\n");
+      return 1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-1.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-1.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-1.gmarkup
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-10.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-10.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe16558d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-10.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<foo>
+</|foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-11.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-11.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..216f40ccf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-11.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<foo>
+<bar>
+</foo>
+</bar>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-12.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-12.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a64029968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-12.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-13.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-13.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a71928806
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-13.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+</foo|>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-14.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-14.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed52a60c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-14.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<foo>
+<
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-15.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-15.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3b59e0d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-15.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<foo>
+<bar>
+</bar>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-16.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-16.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20f0148d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-16.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-17.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-17.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f4093ee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-17.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<fo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-18.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-18.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9d02b30e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-18.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo bar
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-19.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-19.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a253adf46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-19.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-2.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-2.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c7e4a54df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-2.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+�ν語
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-20.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-20.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39fcbad3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-20.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo bar=
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-21.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-21.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ae8c6e9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-21.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo bar="fdsf
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-22.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-22.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e20df031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-22.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-23.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-23.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b57a25b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-23.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<foo>
+<fo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-24.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-24.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..778547fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-24.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<!-- dfklsjdf;kljsdf;ljk document ends here
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-25.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-25.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a3674e622
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-25.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<? document ending unexpectedly
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-26.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-26.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10e01505a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-26.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>&;</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-27.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-27.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ab00615bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-27.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>&|;</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-28.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-28.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3baf17202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-28.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>&am|;</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-29.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-29.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e6912fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-29.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>&bar;</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-3.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-3.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0eba18ab3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-3.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<foobar>
+Παν語
+
+This is a list of ways to say hello in various languages. Its purpose is to illustrate a number of scripts.
+
+(Converted into UTF-8)
+
+---------------------------------------------------------
+Arabic	السلام عليكم
+Czech	(česky)	Dobrý den
+Danish	(Dansk)	Hej, Goddag
+English	Hello
+Esperanto	Saluton
+Estonian	Tere, Tervist
+FORTRAN	PROGRAM
+Finnish	(Suomi)	Hei
+French	(Français)	Bonjour, Salut
+German	(Deutsch Nord)	Guten Tag
+German	(Deutsch Süd)	Grüß Gott
+Greek	(Ελληνικά)	Γειά σας
+Hebrew	שלום
+Hindi	नमस्ते, �मस्कार।
+Italiano	Ciao, Buon giorno
+Maltese	Ċaw, Saħħa
+Nederlands, Vlaams	Hallo, Dag
+Norwegian	(Norsk)	Hei, God dag
+Polish	Dzień dobry, Hej
+Russian	(Русский)	Здравствуйте!‎
+Slovak	Dobrý deň
+Spanish	(Español)	‎¡Hola!‎
+Swedish	(Svenska)	Hej, Goddag
+Thai	(ภาษาไทย)	สวัสดีครับ, สวัสดีค่ะ
+Turkish	(Türkçe)	Merhaba
+Vietnamese	(Tiếng Việt)	Xin Chào
+Yiddish	(ײַדישע)	דאָס הײַזעלע 
+
+Japanese	(日本語)	こんにちは, ｺﾝﾆﾁﾊ
+Chinese	(中文,普通话,汉语)	你好
+Cantonese	(粵語,廣東話)	早晨, 你好
+Korean	(한글)	안녕하세요, 안녕하십니까
+
+Difference among chinese characters in GB, JIS, KSC, BIG5:‎
+ GB	--	元气	开发
+ JIS	--	元気	開発
+ KSC	--	元氣	開發
+ BIG5	--	元氣	開發
+
+
+</foobar>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-30.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-30.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8968a808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-30.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>&sdfkljsdsdfsdfsdfsdf</foo>
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-31.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-31.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cde190d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-31.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>&#34592348345343453453455645765736575865767;</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-32.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-32.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e965f65f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-32.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>&#x10;</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-33.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-33.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cc33f497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-33.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>&#;</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-34.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-34.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f5523e41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-34.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<foo>&#234234</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-4.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-4.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..191028156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-4.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foo
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-5.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-5.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41d8a3e11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-5.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<|foo>
+</|foo>
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-6.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-6.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4c63568bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-6.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<foo|>
+</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-7.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-7.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5585bd630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-7.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<foo bar}"baz">
+</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-8.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-8.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b355951fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-8.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<foo/}>
+</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/fail-9.gmarkup b/tests/markups/fail-9.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..edd559685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/fail-9.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<foo bar={baz">
+</foo>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/valid-1.gmarkup b/tests/markups/valid-1.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6745c5ca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/valid-1.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+  <!-- Comment -->
+<?PI ?>
+<foobar>
+<e1>Hi &amp; this is some text inside an element Two 'E' chars as character refs: &#69; &#x45; and some 'J': &#74; &#x4A;</e1>
+<e2:foo> Text <childfree/> with some <nested>nested elements</nested> and entities &quot;&amp;  &lt; &gt;&gt; &apos; and whitespace    </e2:foo>
+<tag ab="fo&lt;o" bar="foo" baz="blah">This element has attributes</tag>
+<nochildren a="b" xyz="qrs"/>
+</foobar>
+   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/markups/valid-2.gmarkup b/tests/markups/valid-2.gmarkup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a3fa6939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/markups/valid-2.gmarkup
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<foobar>
+Παν語
+
+This is a list of ways to say hello in various languages. Its purpose is to illustrate a number of scripts.
+
+(Converted into UTF-8)
+
+---------------------------------------------------------
+Arabic	السلام عليكم
+Czech	(česky)	Dobrý den
+Danish	(Dansk)	Hej, Goddag
+English	Hello
+Esperanto	Saluton
+Estonian	Tere, Tervist
+FORTRAN	PROGRAM
+Finnish	(Suomi)	Hei
+French	(Français)	Bonjour, Salut
+German	(Deutsch Nord)	Guten Tag
+German	(Deutsch Süd)	Grüß Gott
+Greek	(Ελληνικά)	Γειά σας
+Hebrew	שלום
+Hindi	नमस्ते, नमस्कार।
+Italiano	Ciao, Buon giorno
+Maltese	Ċaw, Saħħa
+Nederlands, Vlaams	Hallo, Dag
+Norwegian	(Norsk)	Hei, God dag
+Polish	Dzień dobry, Hej
+Russian	(Русский)	Здравствуйте!‎
+Slovak	Dobrý deň
+Spanish	(Español)	‎¡Hola!‎
+Swedish	(Svenska)	Hej, Goddag
+Thai	(ภาษาไทย)	สวัสดีครับ, สวัสดีค่ะ
+Turkish	(Türkçe)	Merhaba
+Vietnamese	(Tiếng Việt)	Xin Chào
+Yiddish	(ײַדישע)	דאָס הײַזעלע 
+
+Japanese	(日本語)	こんにちは, ｺﾝﾆﾁﾊ
+Chinese	(中文,普通话,汉语)	你好
+Cantonese	(粵語,廣東話)	早晨, 你好
+Korean	(한글)	안녕하세요, 안녕하십니까
+
+Difference among chinese characters in GB, JIS, KSC, BIG5:‎
+ GB	--	元气	开发
+ JIS	--	元気	開発
+ KSC	--	元氣	開發
+ BIG5	--	元氣	開發
+
+
+</foobar>
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diff --git a/tests/run-markup-tests.sh b/tests/run-markup-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..a6c64d497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run-markup-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+fail ()
+{
+  echo "Test failed: $*"
+  exit 1
+}
+
+for I in markups/fail-*.gmarkup; do
+  echo "Parsing $I, should fail"
+  ./markup-test $I > /dev/null && fail "failed to generate error on $I"
+done
+
+for I in markups/valid-*.gmarkup; do
+  echo "Parsing $I, should succeed"
+  ./markup-test $I > /dev/null || fail "failed on $I"
+done
+
+echo "All tests passed."
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