diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f2bdae9..6037cd8 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+0.12:
+  add textcode api for uuencode/uudecode, base64, quoted printable,
+    url-encoding and yenc.
+  implement fmt_uuencoded and scan_uuencoded.
+
 0.11:
   fix fmt_long (didn't count the '-'), which in turn broke
     buffer_putlong
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 63b291d..4fc93c9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ MAN3DIR=${prefix}/man/man3
 
 all: t byte.a fmt.a scan.a str.a uint.a open.a stralloc.a unix.a socket.a buffer.a mmap.a libowfat.a
 
-VPATH=str:byte:fmt:scan:uint:open:stralloc:unix:socket:buffer:mmap
+VPATH=str:byte:fmt:scan:uint:open:stralloc:unix:socket:buffer:mmap:textcode
 
 # comment out the following line if you don't want to build with the
 # diet libc (http://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/).
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ UNIX_OBJS=$(patsubst unix/%.c,%.o,$(wildcard unix/*.c))
 SOCKET_OBJS=$(patsubst socket/%.c,%.o,$(wildcard socket/*.c))
 BUFFER_OBJS=$(patsubst buffer/%.c,%.o,$(wildcard buffer/*.c))
 MMAP_OBJS=$(patsubst mmap/%.c,%.o,$(wildcard mmap/*.c))
+TEXTCODE_OBJS=$(patsubst textcode/%.c,%.o,$(wildcard textcode/*.c))
 
 $(BYTE_OBJS): byte.h
 $(FMT_OBJS): fmt.h
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ $(STRA_OBJS): stralloc.h
 $(SOCKET_OBJS): socket.h
 $(BUFFER_OBJS): buffer.h
 $(MMAP_OBJS): mmap.h
+$(TEXTCODE_OBJS): textcode.h
 
 byte.a: $(BYTE_OBJS)
 fmt.a: $(FMT_OBJS)
@@ -47,10 +49,11 @@ unix.a: $(UNIX_OBJS)
 socket.a: $(SOCKET_OBJS)
 buffer.a: $(BUFFER_OBJS)
 mmap.a: $(MMAP_OBJS)
+textcode.a: $(TEXTCODE_OBJS)
 
 libowfat.a: $(BYTE_OBJS) $(FMT_OBJS) $(SCAN_OBJS) $(STR_OBJS) \
 $(UINT_OBJS) $(OPEN_OBJS) $(STRA_OBJS) $(UNIX_OBJS) $(SOCKET_OBJS) \
-$(BUFFER_OBJS) $(MMAP_OBJS)
+$(BUFFER_OBJS) $(MMAP_OBJS) $(TEXTCODE_OBJS)
 
 %.o: %.c
 	$(DIET) $(CC) -c $< -o $@ $(CFLAGS)
@@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ $(BUFFER_OBJS) $(MMAP_OBJS)
 	-ranlib $@
 
 t: t.o socket.a stralloc.a buffer.a scan.a uint.a mmap.a open.a fmt.a \
-str.a byte.a
+str.a byte.a textcode.a
 	$(DIET) $(CC) -g -o $@ $^
 
 .PHONY: clean tar install rename
@@ -112,4 +115,4 @@ socket_accept4.o socket_accept6.o socket_connected.o socket_local4.o \
 socket_local6.o socket_recv4.o socket_recv6.o socket_remote4.o \
 socket_remote6.o: havesl.h
 
-fmt_xlong.o scan_xlong.o fmt_ip6_flat.o: haveinline.h
+fmt_xlong.o scan_xlong.o fmt_ip6_flat.o $(TEXTCODE_OBJS): haveinline.h
diff --git a/t.c b/t.c
index 0bf1fa0..6dbc76f 100644
--- a/t.c
+++ b/t.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "ip4.h"
 #include "mmap.h"
 #include "open.h"
+#include "textcode.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -16,10 +17,48 @@
      __asm__ __volatile__ ("rdtsc" : "=a" (low) : : "edx")
 
 int main(int argc,char* argv[]) {
+  unsigned long size;
+  char* buf=mmap_read(argv[1],&size);
+  if (buf) {
+    const char* c=buf;
+    const char* max=buf+size;
+    while (c<max) {
+      char tmp[100];
+      unsigned int scanned;
+      unsigned int x=scan_uuencoded(c,tmp,&scanned);
+      if (!x) {
+	if (!strncmp(c,"end\n",4))
+	  return 0;
+	else {
+parseerror:
+	  buffer_putsflush(buffer_2,"parse error!\n");
+	  exit(1);
+	}
+      }
+      write(1,tmp,scanned);
+      c+=x;
+      if (*c!='\n') goto parseerror;
+      ++c;
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+#if 0
+  unsigned long size;
+  char* buf=mmap_read(argv[1],&size);
+  if (buf) {
+    unsigned int x=fmt_uuencoded(0,buf,size);
+    unsigned int y;
+    char* tmp=malloc(x+1);
+    y=fmt_uuencoded(tmp,buf,size);
+    write(1,tmp,x);
+  }
+#endif
+#if 0
   char buf[]="00000000000000000000000000000001";
   char ip[16];
   if (scan_ip6_flat(buf,ip) != str_len(buf))
     buffer_putsflush(buffer_2,"parse error!\n");
+#endif
 #if 0
   int fd=open_read("t.c");
   buffer b;
diff --git a/textcode.h b/textcode.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85ae0d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textcode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef TEXTCODE_H
+#define TEXTCODE_H
+
+unsigned int fmt_uuencoded(char* dest,const char* src,unsigned int len);
+unsigned int fmt_base64(char* dest,const char* src,unsigned int len);
+unsigned int fmt_quotedprintable(char* dest,const char* src,unsigned int len);
+unsigned int fmt_yenc(char* dest,const char* src,unsigned int len);
+
+unsigned int scan_uuencoded(const char *src,char *dest,unsigned int *destlen);
+unsigned int scan_base64(const char *src,char *dest,unsigned int *destlen);
+unsigned int scan_quotedprintable(const char *src,char *dest,unsigned int *destlen);
+unsigned int scan_yenc(const char *src,char *dest,unsigned int *destlen);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/textcode/fmt_uuencoded.c b/textcode/fmt_uuencoded.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be59be3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textcode/fmt_uuencoded.c
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#include "fmt.h"
+#include "textcode.h"
+#include "haveinline.h"
+
+static inline unsigned int enc(unsigned char x) {
+  return ((x-1)&077)+'!';
+}
+
+unsigned int fmt_uuencoded(char* dest,const char* src,unsigned int len) {
+  unsigned int i;
+  register const unsigned char* s=(const unsigned char*) src;
+  const char* orig=dest;
+  unsigned long tmp;
+  while (len) {
+    {
+      register unsigned int diff;
+      if (len>45) { i=15; diff=45; } else { i=(len+2)/3; diff=len; }
+      if (orig) *dest=enc(diff); ++dest;
+      len-=diff;
+    }
+    for (; i; --i) {
+      tmp=((unsigned long)s[0] << 16) +
+	  ((unsigned long)s[1] << 8) +
+	  ((unsigned long)s[2]);
+      if (orig) {
+	dest[0]=enc((tmp>>(3*6))&077);
+	dest[1]=enc((tmp>>(2*6))&077);
+	dest[2]=enc((tmp>>(1*6))&077);
+	dest[3]=enc(tmp&077);
+      }
+      dest+=4; s+=3;
+    }
+    if (orig) *dest='\n'; ++dest;
+  }
+  return dest-orig;
+}
diff --git a/textcode/scan_uuencoded.c b/textcode/scan_uuencoded.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..245a3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/textcode/scan_uuencoded.c
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include "textcode.h"
+#include "haveinline.h"
+
+unsigned int scan_uuencoded(const char *src,char *dest,unsigned int *destlen) {
+  unsigned int len;
+  unsigned long tmp;
+  register const unsigned char* s=(const unsigned char*) src;
+  const char* orig=dest;
+  if ((len=*s-' ')>64) return 0;
+  ++s;
+  while (len>0) {
+    if (s[0]-' '>64 || s[1]-' '>64 || s[2]-' '>64 || s[3]-' '>64) return 0;
+    tmp=(((s[0]-' ')&077) << (3*6)) +
+        (((s[1]-' ')&077) << (2*6)) +
+        (((s[2]-' ')&077) << (1*6)) +
+        (((s[3]-' ')&077));
+    s+=4;
+    if (len) { *dest=tmp>>16; ++dest; --len; }
+    if (len) { *dest=tmp>>8; ++dest; --len; }
+    if (len) { *dest=tmp&0xff; ++dest; --len; }
+  }
+  *destlen=dest-orig;
+  return (const char*)s-src;
+}