+#ifdef HAVE_GETTEXT
+#include "gettext.h"
+#define _(str) dgettext(PACKAGE, (str))
+#define N_(str) dgettext(PACKAGE, (str))
+#else
+#define _(str) str
+#define N_(str) str
+#endif
+
+#define STREQ(a,b) (strcmp((a),(b)) == 0)
+#define STRCASEEQ(a,b) (strcasecmp((a),(b)) == 0)
+#define STRNEQ(a,b) (strcmp((a),(b)) != 0)
+#define STRCASENEQ(a,b) (strcasecmp((a),(b)) != 0)
+#define STREQLEN(a,b,n) (strncmp((a),(b),(n)) == 0)
+#define STRCASEEQLEN(a,b,n) (strncasecmp((a),(b),(n)) == 0)
+#define STRNEQLEN(a,b,n) (strncmp((a),(b),(n)) != 0)
+#define STRCASENEQLEN(a,b,n) (strncasecmp((a),(b),(n)) != 0)
+#define STRPREFIX(a,b) (strncmp((a),(b),strlen((b))) == 0)
+