+void surf_config_init(int *argc,char **argv);
+void surf_config_finalize(void);
+void surf_config(const char *name, va_list pa);
+
+
+/*
+ * Returns the initial path. On Windows the initial path is
+ * the current directory for the current process in the other
+ * case the function returns "./" that represents the current
+ * directory on Unix/Linux platforms.
+ */
+const char *__surf_get_initial_path(void);
+
+/* The __surf_is_absolute_file_path() returns 1 if
+ * file_path is a absolute file path, in the other
+ * case the function returns 0.
+ */
+int __surf_is_absolute_file_path(const char *file_path);
+
+#endif /* _SURF_SURF_PRIVATE_H */