declare var plain_text_to_html: (text: string) => string;
/**
 * @desc makes a valid
 */
declare var format_sentence: (str: string, rtl?: boolean, caseSense?: boolean) => string;
declare var fill_string_template: (template_string: string, object: any, fabric: Function, delimiter: string, default_string: string, sloppy: boolean) => string;
declare var make_string_template: (_template: string, _fabrics?: Object) => (object: {
    [key: string]: string;
}) => string;
declare var make_eml_header: (object: {
    [key: string]: string;
}) => string;
declare var make_eml_body: Object;
declare module lib_string {
    /**
     * @author neuc,frac
     */
    function empty(str: string): boolean;
    /**
     * @desc returns a unique string
     * @param {string} prefix an optional prefix for the generated string
     * @return {string}
     * @author fenris
     */
    function generate(prefix?: string): string;
    /**
     * @desc splits a string, but returns an empty list, if the string is empty
     * @param {string} chain
     * @param {string} separator
     * @return {Array<string>}
     * @author fenris
     */
    function split(chain: string, separator?: string): Array<string>;
    /**
     * @author neu3no
     */
    function explode(str: string, needle: string, max: int): Array<string>;
    /**
     * @desc concats a given word with itself n times
     * @param {string} word
     * @param {int}
     * @return {string}
     * @author fenris
     */
    function repeat(word: string, count: int): string;
    /**
     * @desc lengthens a string by repeatedly appending or prepending another string
     * @param {string} word the string to pad
     * @param {int} length the length, which the result shall have
     * @param {string} symbol the string, which will be added (multiple times)
     * @param {boolean} [prepend]; whether to prepend (~true) or append (~false); default: false
     * @return {string} the padded string
     * @author fenris
     */
    function pad(word: string, length: int, symbol?: string, mode?: string): string;
    /**
     * @desc checks if a given string conttains a certain substring
     * @param {string} string
     * @param {string} part
     * @return {boolean}
     * @author fenris
     */
    function contains(chain: string, part: string): boolean;
    /**
     * @desc checks if a given string starts with a certain substring
     * @param {string} string
     * @param {string} part
     * @return {boolean}
     * @author fenris
     */
    function startsWith(chain: string, part: string): boolean;
    /**
     * @desc checks if a given string ends with a certain substring
     * @param {string} string
     * @param {string} part
     * @return {boolean}
     * @author fenris
     */
    function endsWith(chain: string, part: string): boolean;
    /**
     * @desc count the occourrences of a string in a string
     * @param string haystack_string the string wich should be examined
     * @param string needle_string the string which should be counted
     * @author neuc
     */
    function count_occourrences(haystack_string: string, needle_string: string, check_escape: boolean): int;
    /**
     * @desc replaces occurences of "${name}" in a string by the corresponding values of an argument object
     * @author fenris
     */
    function coin(str: string, args: {
        [id: string]: string;
    }): string;
    /**
     * @author fenris
     */
    var stance: typeof coin;
    /**
     * @author fenris
     */
    function cut(str: string, length: int, delimiter?: string): string;
}
declare module lib_string {
    /**
     * an implementation of c sprintf
     * @param {string} string format string
     * @param {array} args arguments which should be filled into
     * @returns {string}
     */
    var sprintf: (input: string, args?: any[], original?: any) => string;
    /**
     * an implementation of c printf
     * @param {string} string format string
     * @param {array} args arguments which should be filled into
     * @returns {string}
     */
    function printf(format: any, args: any): void;
}
declare var sprintf: (input: string, args?: any[], original?: any) => string;
declare var printf: typeof lib_string.printf;
declare var eml_log: any;
declare var track_exports: any;
declare var make_logger: (prefix: any, current_loglevel: any) => (obj: any, lvl: any) => void;