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+--- ### Description
+--- String module for gears.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html)
+local GString = {}
+
+--- ### Description
+--- Escape a string from XML char. Useful to set raw text in textbox.
+--- ### Parameters
+--- @param text string Text to escape.
+--- ### Returns
+--- @return string result Escaped text.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html#xml_escape)
+GString.xml_escape = function(text) end
+
+--- ### Description
+--- Unescape a string from entities.
+--- ### Parameters
+--- @param text string Text to unescape.
+--- ### Returns
+--- @return string result Unescaped text.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html#xml_unescape)
+GString.xml_unescape = function(text) end
+
+--- ### Description
+--- Count number of lines in a string.
+--- ### Parameters
+--- @param text string  Input string.
+--- ### Returns
+--- @return integer result Number of lines.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html#linecount)
+GString.linecount = function(text) end
+
+--- ### Description
+--- Split a string into multiple lines.
+--- ### Parameters
+--- @param text string String to wrap.
+--- @param width? integer Maximum length of each line. It is 72 by default.
+--- @param indent? integer Number of spaces added before each wrapped line. It is 0 by default.
+--- ### Returns
+--- @return string result The string with lines wrapped to width.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html#linewrap)
+GString.linewrap = function(text, width, indent) end
+
+--- ### Description
+--- Escape all special pattern-matching characters so that lua interprets them literally instead of as a character class.
+--- ### Parameters
+--- @param str string String to generate pattern for.
+--- ### Returns
+--- @return string result String with escaped characters.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html#quote_pattern)
+GString.quote_pattern = function(str) end
+
+--- ### Description
+--- Generate a pattern matching expression that ignores case.
+--- ### Parameters
+--- @param query string Original pattern matching expression.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html#query_to_pattern)
+GString.query_to_pattern = function(query) end
+
+--- ### Description
+--- Split separates a string containing a delimiter into the list of substrings between that delimiter.
+--- ### Parameters
+--- @param str string String to be splitted.
+--- @param delimiter string  Character where the string will be splitted.
+--- ### Returns
+--- @return string[] result List of the substrings.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html#split)
+GString.split = function(str, delimiter) end
+
+--- ### Description
+--- Check if a string starts with another string.
+--- ### Parameters
+--- @param str string String to search.
+--- @param sub string String to check for.
+--- ### Returns
+--- @return boolean result `true` if string starts with specified string.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html#startswith)
+GString.startswith = function(str, sub) end
+
+--- ### Description
+--- Check if a string ends with another string.
+--- ### Parameters
+--- @param str string String to search.
+--- @param sub string String to check for.
+--- ### Returns
+--- @return boolean result `true` if string ends with specified string.
+---
+--- [View documents](https://awesomewm.org/apidoc/utility_libraries/gears.string.html#endswith)
+GString.endswith = function(str, sub) end
+
+return GString