pBlob->aData = (char*)zEmpty;
  pBlob->iCursor = 0;
  pBlob->blobFlags = 0;
  pBlob->xRealloc = blobReallocStatic;
}

/*
** Append text or data to the end of a blob.  Or, if pBlob==NULL, send
** the text to standard output.
**

** If nData<0 then output all of aData up to the first 0x00 byte.
**
** Use the blob_append() routine in all application code.  The blob_append()
** routine is faster, but blob_append_full() handles all the corner cases.

** The blob_append() routine automatically calls blob_append_full() if

** necessary.
*/
static void blob_append_full(Blob *pBlob, const char *aData, int nData){
  sqlite3_int64 nNew;
  /* assert( aData!=0 || nData==0 ); // omitted for speed */
  /* blob_is_init(pBlob); // omitted for speed */
  if( nData<0 ) nData = strlen(aData);
  if( nData==0 ) return;
  if( pBlob==0 ){
    fossil_puts(aData, 0, nData);
    return;
  }
  nNew = pBlob->nUsed;
  nNew += nData;
  if( nNew >= pBlob->nAlloc ){
    nNew += pBlob->nAlloc;
    nNew += 100;
    if( nNew>=0x7fff0000 ){
      blob_panic();
    }
    pBlob->xRealloc(pBlob, (int)nNew);
    if( pBlob->nUsed + nData >= pBlob->nAlloc ){
      blob_panic();
    }
  }
  memcpy(&pBlob->aData[pBlob->nUsed], aData, nData);
  pBlob->nUsed += nData;
  pBlob->aData[pBlob->nUsed] = 0;   /* Blobs are always nul-terminated */
}
void blob_append(Blob *pBlob, const char *aData, int nData){
  sqlite3_int64 nUsed;
  /* assert( aData!=0 || nData==0 ); // omitted for speed */

  if( nData<=0 || pBlob==0 || pBlob->nUsed + nData >= pBlob->nAlloc ){
    blob_append_full(pBlob, aData, nData);
    return;
  }
  nUsed = pBlob->nUsed;
  pBlob->nUsed += nData;
  pBlob->aData[pBlob->nUsed] = 0;
  memcpy(&pBlob->aData[nUsed], aData, nData);
}

/*
** Append a string literal to a blob.
*/
#if INTERFACE
#define blob_append_string(BLOB,STR) blob_append(BLOB,STR,sizeof(STR)-1)
#endif

/*
** Append a single character to the blob.  If pBlob is zero then the
** character is written directly to stdout.
*/
void blob_append_char(Blob *pBlob, char c){
  if( pBlob==0 || pBlob->nUsed+1 >= pBlob->nAlloc ){
    blob_append_full(pBlob, &c, 1);
  }else{
    pBlob->aData[pBlob->nUsed++] = c;
  }
}

/*
** Copy a blob.  pTo is reinitialized to be a copy of pFrom.
*/
void blob_copy(Blob *pTo, Blob *pFrom){
  blob_is_init(pFrom);
  blob_zero(pTo);
  blob_append(pTo, blob_buffer(pFrom), blob_size(pFrom));
}

/*
** Append the second blob onto the end of the first blob and reset the
** second blob.  If the first blob (pTo) is NULL, then the content
** of the second blob is written to stdout.
*/
void blob_append_xfer(Blob *pTo, Blob *pFrom){
  blob_append(pTo, blob_buffer(pFrom), blob_size(pFrom));
  blob_reset(pFrom);
}

/*

int blob_tokenize(Blob *pIn, Blob *aToken, int nToken){
  int i;
  for(i=0; i<nToken && blob_token(pIn, &aToken[i]); i++){}
  return i;
}

/*
** Do printf-style string rendering and append the results to a blob.  Or
** if pBlob==0, do printf-style string rendering directly to stdout.
**
** The blob_appendf() version sets the BLOBFLAG_NotSQL bit in Blob.blobFlags
** whereas blob_append_sql() does not.
*/
void blob_appendf(Blob *pBlob, const char *zFormat, ...){

  va_list ap;
  va_start(ap, zFormat);
  vxprintf(pBlob, zFormat, ap);
  va_end(ap);
  if( pBlob ) pBlob->blobFlags |= BLOBFLAG_NotSQL;
}

void blob_append_sql(Blob *pBlob, const char *zFormat, ...){

  va_list ap;
  va_start(ap, zFormat);
  vxprintf(pBlob, zFormat, ap);
  va_end(ap);
}

void blob_vappendf(Blob *pBlob, const char *zFormat, va_list ap){
  vxprintf(pBlob, zFormat, ap);
}

/*
** Initialize a blob to the data on an input channel.  Return
** the number of bytes read into the blob.  Any prior content
** of the blob is discarded, not freed.
*/

** On windows, transform the output into the current terminal encoding
** if the output is going to the screen.  If output is redirected into
** a file, no translation occurs. Switch output mode to binary to
** properly process line-endings, make sure to switch the mode back to
** text when done.
** No translation ever occurs on unix.
*/
void fossil_puts(const char *z, int toStdErr, int n){
  FILE* out = (toStdErr ? stderr : stdout);

  if( n==0 ) return;
  assert( toStdErr==0 || toStdErr==1 );
  if( toStdErr==0 ) stdoutAtBOL = (z[n-1]=='\n');
#if defined(_WIN32)
  if( fossil_utf8_to_console(z, n, toStdErr) >= 0 ){
    return;
  }

/*
** Force the standard output cursor to move to the beginning
** of a line, if it is not there already.
*/
int fossil_force_newline(void){
  if( g.cgiOutput==0 && stdoutAtBOL==0 ){
    fossil_puts("\n", 0, 1);
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

/*
** Indicate that the cursor has moved to the start of a line by means

*/
void fossil_print(const char *zFormat, ...){
  va_list ap;
  va_start(ap, zFormat);
  if( g.cgiOutput ){
    cgi_vprintf(zFormat, ap);
  }else{

    vxprintf(0, zFormat, ap);


  }
  va_end(ap);
}
void fossil_vprint(const char *zFormat, va_list ap){
  if( g.cgiOutput ){
    cgi_vprintf(zFormat, ap);
  }else{

    vxprintf(0, zFormat, ap);


  }
}

/*
** Print a trace message on standard error.
*/
void fossil_trace(const char *zFormat, ...){
  va_list ap;
  Blob b;
  va_start(ap, zFormat);
  b = empty_blob;
  vxprintf(&b, zFormat, ap);
  fossil_puts(blob_buffer(&b), 1, blob_size(&b));
  blob_reset(&b);
  va_end(ap);
}

/*
** Write a message to the error log, if the error log filename is
** defined.

  int i;

  for(i=2; i<g.argc; i++){
    blob_read_from_file(&in, g.argv[i], ExtFILE);
    blob_zero(&out);
    htmlTidy(blob_str(&in), &out);
    blob_reset(&in);
    fossil_puts(blob_buffer(&out), 0, blob_size(&out));
    blob_reset(&out);
  }
}

/*
** Remove all HTML markup from the input text.  The output written into
** pOut is pure text.

  int i;

  for(i=2; i<g.argc; i++){
    blob_read_from_file(&in, g.argv[i], ExtFILE);
    blob_zero(&out);
    html_to_plaintext(blob_str(&in), &out);
    blob_reset(&in);
    fossil_puts(blob_buffer(&out), 0, blob_size(&out));
    blob_reset(&out);
  }
}

/****************************************************************************
** safe-html:
**