diff --git a/src/cmd/tcs/hdr.h b/src/cmd/tcs/hdr.h
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+++ b/src/cmd/tcs/hdr.h
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+extern int squawk;
+extern int clean;
+extern char *file;
+extern int verbose;
+extern long ninput, noutput, nrunes, nerrors;
+
+enum { From = 1, Table = 2, Func = 4 };
+
+typedef void (*Fnptr)(void);
+struct convert{
+	char *name;
+	char *chatter;
+	int flags;
+	void *data;
+	Fnptr fn;
+};
+extern struct convert convert[];
+struct convert *conv(char *, int);
+typedef void (*Infn)(int, long *, struct convert *);
+typedef void (*Outfn)(Rune *, int, long *);
+void outtable(Rune *, int, long *);
+
+void utf_in(int, long *, struct convert *);
+void utf_out(Rune *, int, long *);
+void isoutf_in(int, long *, struct convert *);
+void isoutf_out(Rune *, int, long *);
+
+#define		N		10000		/* just blocking */
+#define	OUT(out, r, n)	if(out->flags&Table) outtable(r, n, (long *)out->data);\
+			else ((Outfn)(out->fn))(r, n, (long *)0)
+
+extern Rune runes[N];
+extern char obuf[UTFmax*N];	/* maximum bloat from N runes */
+
+#define		BADMAP		(0xFFFD)
+#define		BYTEBADMAP	('?')		/* badmap but has to fit in a byte */
+#define		ESC		033
+
+#ifdef	PLAN9
+#define	EPR		fprint(2,
+#define	EXIT(n,s)	exits(s)
+#else
+#define	EPR		fprintf(stderr,
+#define	USED(x)		/* in plan 9, USED(x) tells the compiler to treat x as used */
+#define	EXIT(n,s)	exit(n)
+#endif