--- ebuild.sh	2004-08-03 23:20:21.000000000 -0500
+++ ebuild.sh.new	2004-08-04 18:52:07.709677049 -0500
@@ -93,6 +93,44 @@
 	return 0
 }
 
+# void einfo(char* message)
+#
+#    show an informative message (with a newline)
+#
+einfo() {
+	echo -e " ${GOOD}*${NORMAL} ${*}"
+	if [ -d ${T} ];
+	then
+		echo -e "${*}" >> ${T}/messages
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
+
+# void ewarn(char* message)
+#
+#    show a warning message + log it
+#
+ewarn() {
+	echo -e " ${WARN}*${NORMAL} ${*}"
+	if [ -d ${T} ];
+	then
+		echo -e "${*}" >> ${T}/messages
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
+
+# void eerror(char* message)
+#
+#    show an error message + log it
+#
+eerror() {
+	echo -e " ${BAD}*${NORMAL} ${*}"
+	if [ -d ${T} ];
+	then
+		echo -e "${*}" >> ${T}/messages
+	fi
+	return 0
+}
 
 use() {
 	if useq ${1}; then