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+if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['syst-aux'] = {
+    version   = 1.001,
+    comment   = "companion to syst-aux.mkiv",
+    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
+    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
+    license   = "see context related readme files"
+}
+
+function commands.getfirstcharacter(str)
+    local first, rest = utf.match(str,"(.?)(.*)$")
+    context.setvalue("firstcharacter",first)
+    context.setvalue("remainingcharacters",rest)
+end
+
+function commands.doiffirstcharelse(chr,str)
+    commands.doifelse(utf.sub(str,1,1) == chr)
+end