+
+#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 30, 0)
+/**
+ * g_utf8_substring:
+ * @str: a UTF-8 encoded string
+ * @start_pos: a character offset within @str
+ * @end_pos: another character offset within @str
+ *
+ * Copies a substring out of a UTF-8 encoded string.
+ * The substring will contain @end_pos - @start_pos
+ * characters.
+ *
+ * Returns: a newly allocated copy of the requested
+ * substring. Free with g_free() when no longer needed.
+ *
+ * Since: GLIB 2.30
+ */
+gchar *
+g_utf8_substring (const gchar *str,
+ glong start_pos,
+ glong end_pos)
+{
+ gchar *start, *end, *out;
+
+ start = g_utf8_offset_to_pointer (str, start_pos);
+ end = g_utf8_offset_to_pointer (start, end_pos - start_pos);
+
+ out = g_malloc (end - start + 1);
+ memcpy (out, start, end - start);
+ out[end - start] = 0;
+
+ return out;
+}
+#endif