diff --git a/src/shader.c b/src/shader.c
diff --git a/src/shader.h b/src/shader.h
@@ -28,5 +28,8 @@ ShaderProgram* loadProgram(char* vname, char* fname, char* gname, char* tcname,
 ShaderProgram* loadCombinedProgram(char* path);
 
 
-
+struct sourceFragment* preloadFile(char* basePath, char* filename);
+Shader* preloadShader(char* basePath, char* filename);
+int newTopLevel(char* file);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/utilities.c b/src/utilities.c
@@ -137,9 +137,41 @@ GLuint makeVAO(VAOConfig* details, int stride) {
 
 // strdup a line
 char* strlndup(const char* s) {
-	int n;
+	char* n;
 	n = strchr(s, '\n');
 	if(!n) return strdup(s);
 	return strndup(s, n);
 }
 
+// line count;
+int strlinecnt(const char* s) {
+	int n;
+
+	if(!*s) return 0;
+
+	n = 1;
+	while(*s) // just to make you cringe
+		if(*s++ == '\n') 
+			n++;
+
+	return n;
+}
+
+char* pathJoin(const char* a, const char* b) {
+	int alen, blen;
+	char* o;
+
+
+	alen = a ? strlen(a) : 0;
+	blen = b ? strlen(b) : 0;
+
+	o = malloc(alen + blen + 2);
+
+	strcpy(o, a ? a : "");
+	o[alen] = '/'; // TODO: fix the concat here
+	strcpy(o + alen + 1, b ? b : "");
+	o[alen + blen + 1] = 0; 
+
+	return o;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/utilities.h b/src/utilities.h
@@ -77,5 +77,7 @@ void initKHRDebug();
 
 
 char* strlndup(const char* s);
+int   strlinecnt(const char* s);
+char* pathJoin(const char* a, const char* b); 
 
 #endif