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diff --git a/h/utils.h b/h/utils.h
index c5991f42..19d71563 100644
--- a/h/utils.h
+++ b/h/utils.h
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 /* utils.h -- utility prototypes
  */
 
+/* PLURALS gives a pointer to the string "s" when n isn't 1, and to the
+ * empty string "" when it is.  Suitable for obtaining the plural `s'
+ * used for English nouns.  It treats -1 as plural, as does GNU gettext.
+ * Having output vary for plurals is annoying for those writing parsers;
+ * better to phrase the output such that no test is needed, e.g.
+ * "messages found: 42". */
+extern const char plurals[];
+#define PLURALS(n) (plurals + ((n) == 1))
+
 /* Call malloc(3), exiting on NULL return. */
 void *mh_xmalloc(size_t size);
 
@@ -98,6 +107,16 @@ int contains8bit(const char *start, const char *end);
  */
 int scan_input (int fd, int *eightbit);
 
+/*
+ * program initialization
+ *
+ * argv0        - argv[0], presumably the program name
+ * read_context - 0: don't read context
+ *              - 1: read context, check nmh version, and issue warning message
+ *                   if non-existent or old
+ *              - 2: read context, don't check nmh version
+ */
+int nmh_init(const char *argv0, int read_context);
 
 /*
  * Compares prior version of nmh with current version.  Returns 1