looks like utils is more or less complete for now, except for some fixes in

nq for abyss etc (ie, the magical -<mod> args).
The interface to the message subsystem got a revamp and all the mods to the .c
files reflect this. currently a little ugly, but I plan on abstracting msg
further to clean it up and make it more oo.

libs/util/qargs.c

@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*
+	qargs.c
+
+	command line argument processing routines
+
+	Copyright (C) 1996-1997  Id Software, Inc.
+	Copyright (C) 1999,2000  Nelson Rush.
+	Copyright (C) 1999,2000  contributors of the QuakeForge project
+	Please see the file "AUTHORS" for a list of contributors
+
+	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+	of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+	See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program; if not, write to:
+
+		Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+		59 Temple Place - Suite 330
+		Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
+
+	$Id$
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
+# include <string.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_STRINGS_H
+# include <strings.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+#include "console.h"
+#include "cmd.h"
+#include "crc.h"
+#include "qtypes.h"
+#include "sys.h"
+
+static char **largv;
+static char *argvdummy = " ";
+
+static char *safeargvs[] =
+	{ "-stdvid", "-nolan", "-nosound", "-nocdaudio", "-nojoy", "-nomouse",
+		"-dibonly" };
+
+#define NUM_SAFE_ARGVS (sizeof(safeargvs)/sizeof(safeargvs[0]))
+
+int         com_argc;
+char      **com_argv;
+char       *com_cmdline;
+
+qboolean    nouse = false;				// 1999-10-29 +USE fix by Maddes
+
+/*
+	COM_CheckParm
+
+	Returns the position (1 to argc-1) in the program's argument list
+	where the given parameter apears, or 0 if not present
+*/
+int
+COM_CheckParm (char *parm)
+{
+	int         i;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < com_argc; i++) {
+		if (!com_argv[i])
+			continue;					// NEXTSTEP sometimes clears appkit
+										// vars.
+		if (!strcmp (parm, com_argv[i]))
+			return i;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+	COM_InitArgv
+*/
+void
+COM_InitArgv (int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	qboolean    safe;
+	int         i, len;
+
+	safe = false;
+
+	largv =
+
+		(char **) calloc (1, (argc + NUM_SAFE_ARGVS + 1) * sizeof (char **));
+
+	for (com_argc = 0, len = 0; com_argc < argc; com_argc++) {
+		largv[com_argc] = argv[com_argc];
+		if ((argv[com_argc]) && !strcmp ("-safe", argv[com_argc]))
+			safe = true;
+		if (com_argc)
+			len += strlen (argv[com_argc]) + 1;
+	}
+
+	com_cmdline = (char *) calloc (1, len + 1);	// need strlen(com_cmdline)+2
+	com_cmdline[0] = 0;
+	if (len) {
+		for (i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
+			strncat (com_cmdline, argv[i], len - strlen (com_cmdline));
+			assert (len - strlen (com_cmdline) > 0);
+			strncat (com_cmdline, " ", len - strlen (com_cmdline));
+		}
+		com_cmdline[len - 1] = '\0';
+	}
+
+	if (safe) {
+		// force all the safe-mode switches. Note that we reserved extra
+		// space in
+		// case we need to add these, so we don't need an overflow check
+		for (i = 0; i < NUM_SAFE_ARGVS; i++) {
+			largv[com_argc] = safeargvs[i];
+			com_argc++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	largv[com_argc] = argvdummy;
+	com_argv = largv;
+
+// 1999-10-29 +USE fix by Maddes  start
+	if (COM_CheckParm ("-nouse")) {
+		nouse = true;
+	}
+// 1999-10-29 +USE fix by Maddes  end
+}
+
+/*
+	COM_AddParm
+
+	Adds the given string at the end of the current argument list
+*/
+void
+COM_AddParm (char *parm)
+{
+	largv[com_argc++] = parm;
+}