diff --git a/editor/base/nsTextEditRules.cpp b/editor/base/nsTextEditRules.cpp
index 198b4545bbd..e3e76f2f09d 100644
--- a/editor/base/nsTextEditRules.cpp
+++ b/editor/base/nsTextEditRules.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ nsTextEditRules::WillInsertText(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
     // if len(doc) is at or over max, cancel the insert
     // if l(doc) + l(input) > max, set aOutString to subset of inString so length = max
     PRInt32 docLength;
-    result = GetLengthOfDocumentInCharacters(docLength);
+    result = mEditor->GetDocumentLength(&docLength);
     if (NS_SUCCEEDED(result))
     {
       if (docLength >= aMaxLength) 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ nsTextEditRules::WillInsertText(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
   {
     // manage the password buffer
     PRInt32 start, end;
-    result = GetTextSelectionOffsets(aSelection, start, end);
+    result = mEditor->GetTextSelectionOffsets(aSelection, start, end);
     NS_ASSERTION((NS_SUCCEEDED(result)), "getTextSelectionOffsets failed!");
     mPasswordText.Insert(inString, start);
 
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ nsTextEditRules::CreateStyleForInsertText(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection, TypeInSta
       {
         PRUint32 length;
         anchorAsText->GetLength(&length);
-        if (length==offset)
+        if (length==(PRUint32)offset)
         {
           // newTextNode will be the left node
           result = mEditor->SplitNode(anchorAsText, offset, getter_AddRefs(newTextNode));
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ nsTextEditRules::WillDeleteSelection(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
   {
     // manage the password buffer
     PRInt32 start, end;
-    GetTextSelectionOffsets(aSelection, start, end);
+    mEditor->GetTextSelectionOffsets(aSelection, start, end);
     if (end==start)
     { // collapsed selection
       if (nsIEditor::eDeleteLeft==aCollapsedAction && 0<start) { // del back
@@ -925,116 +925,3 @@ nsTextEditRules::CreateBogusNodeIfNeeded(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection)
   }
   return result;
 }
-
-nsresult nsTextEditRules::GetLengthOfDocumentInCharacters(PRInt32 &aCount)                                              
-{
-  nsresult result;
-  // initialize out params
-  aCount = 0;
-  
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMSelection> sel;
-  mEditor->GetSelection(getter_AddRefs(sel));
-  if ((NS_SUCCEEDED(result)) && sel)
-  {
-    nsAutoSelectionReset selectionResetter(sel);
-    result = mEditor->SelectAll();
-    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(result))
-    {
-      PRInt32 start, end;
-      result = GetTextSelectionOffsets(sel, start, end);
-      if (NS_SUCCEEDED(result))
-      {
-        NS_ASSERTION(0==start, "GetTextSelectionOffsets failed to set start correctly.");
-        NS_ASSERTION(0<=end, "GetTextSelectionOffsets failed to set end correctly.");
-        if (0<=end) {
-          aCount = end;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
-// this is a complete ripoff from nsTextEditor::GetTextSelectionOffsetsForRange
-// the two should use common code, or even just be one method
-nsresult nsTextEditRules::GetTextSelectionOffsets(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
-                                                  PRInt32 &aStartOffset, 
-                                                  PRInt32 &aEndOffset)
-{
-  nsresult result;
-  // initialize out params
-  aStartOffset = 0; // default to first char in selection
-  aEndOffset = -1;  // default to total length of text in selection
-
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode> startNode, endNode, parentNode;
-  PRInt32 startOffset, endOffset;
-  aSelection->GetAnchorNode(getter_AddRefs(startNode));
-  aSelection->GetAnchorOffset(&startOffset);
-  aSelection->GetFocusNode(getter_AddRefs(endNode));
-  aSelection->GetFocusOffset(&endOffset);
-
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIEnumerator> enumerator;
-  enumerator = do_QueryInterface(aSelection);
-  if (enumerator)
-  {
-    // don't use "result" in this block
-    enumerator->First(); 
-    nsISupports *currentItem;
-    nsresult findParentResult = enumerator->CurrentItem(&currentItem);
-    if ((NS_SUCCEEDED(findParentResult)) && (nsnull!=currentItem))
-    {
-      nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMRange> range( do_QueryInterface(currentItem) );
-      range->GetCommonParent(getter_AddRefs(parentNode));
-    }
-    else parentNode = do_QueryInterface(startNode);
-  }
-
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIContentIterator> iter;
-  result = nsComponentManager::CreateInstance(kCContentIteratorCID, nsnull,
-                                              nsIContentIterator::GetIID(), 
-                                              getter_AddRefs(iter));
-  if ((NS_SUCCEEDED(result)) && iter)
-  {
-    PRUint32 totalLength=0;
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMCharacterData>textNode;
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIContent>blockParentContent = do_QueryInterface(parentNode);
-    iter->Init(blockParentContent);
-    // loop through the content iterator for each content node
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIContent> content;
-    result = iter->CurrentNode(getter_AddRefs(content));
-    while (NS_COMFALSE == iter->IsDone())
-    {
-      textNode = do_QueryInterface(content);
-      if (textNode)
-      {
-        nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode>currentNode = do_QueryInterface(textNode);
-        if (!currentNode) {return NS_ERROR_NO_INTERFACE;}
-        if (PR_TRUE==mEditor->IsEditable(currentNode))
-        {
-          if (currentNode.get() == startNode.get())
-          {
-            aStartOffset = totalLength + startOffset;
-          }
-          if (currentNode.get() == endNode.get())
-          {
-            aEndOffset = totalLength + endOffset;
-            break;
-          }
-          PRUint32 length;
-          textNode->GetLength(&length);
-          totalLength += length;
-        }
-      }
-      iter->Next();
-      iter->CurrentNode(getter_AddRefs(content));
-    }
-    if (-1==aEndOffset) {
-      aEndOffset = totalLength;
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/editor/base/nsTextEditRules.h b/editor/base/nsTextEditRules.h
index 19e0076024b..2cce8e15b45 100644
--- a/editor/base/nsTextEditRules.h
+++ b/editor/base/nsTextEditRules.h
@@ -150,16 +150,6 @@ protected:
   /** creates a bogus text node if the document has no editable content */
   nsresult CreateBogusNodeIfNeeded(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection);
 
-  /** set aCount to the number of characters in the document. */
-  nsresult GetLengthOfDocumentInCharacters(PRInt32 &aCount);
-
-  /** returns the absolute position of the end points of aSelection
-    * in the document as a text stream.
-    */
-  nsresult GetTextSelectionOffsets(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
-                                   PRInt32 &aStartOffset, 
-                                   PRInt32 &aEndOffset);
-  
   // data
   nsTextEditor *mEditor;  // note that we do not refcount the editor
   nsString      mPasswordText;  // a buffer we use to store the real value of password editors
diff --git a/editor/base/nsTextEditor.cpp b/editor/base/nsTextEditor.cpp
index 16fe3676b1d..85f388f1078 100644
--- a/editor/base/nsTextEditor.cpp
+++ b/editor/base/nsTextEditor.cpp
@@ -2817,3 +2817,120 @@ nsTextEditor::StopLogging()
   return nsEditor::StopLogging();
 }
 
+
+NS_IMETHODIMP
+nsTextEditor::GetDocumentLength(PRInt32 *aCount)                                              
+{
+  if (!aCount) { return NS_ERROR_NULL_POINTER; }
+  nsresult result;
+  // initialize out params
+  *aCount = 0;
+  
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMSelection> sel;
+  GetSelection(getter_AddRefs(sel));
+  if ((NS_SUCCEEDED(result)) && sel)
+  {
+    nsAutoSelectionReset selectionResetter(sel);
+    result = SelectAll();
+    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(result))
+    {
+      PRInt32 start, end;
+      result = GetTextSelectionOffsets(sel, start, end);
+      if (NS_SUCCEEDED(result))
+      {
+        NS_ASSERTION(0==start, "GetTextSelectionOffsets failed to set start correctly.");
+        NS_ASSERTION(0<=end, "GetTextSelectionOffsets failed to set end correctly.");
+        if (0<=end) {
+          *aCount = end;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+// this is a complete ripoff from nsTextEditor::GetTextSelectionOffsetsForRange
+// the two should use common code, or even just be one method
+nsresult nsTextEditor::GetTextSelectionOffsets(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
+                                               PRInt32 &aStartOffset, 
+                                               PRInt32 &aEndOffset)
+{
+  nsresult result;
+  // initialize out params
+  aStartOffset = 0; // default to first char in selection
+  aEndOffset = -1;  // default to total length of text in selection
+
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode> startNode, endNode, parentNode;
+  PRInt32 startOffset, endOffset;
+  aSelection->GetAnchorNode(getter_AddRefs(startNode));
+  aSelection->GetAnchorOffset(&startOffset);
+  aSelection->GetFocusNode(getter_AddRefs(endNode));
+  aSelection->GetFocusOffset(&endOffset);
+
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIEnumerator> enumerator;
+  enumerator = do_QueryInterface(aSelection);
+  if (enumerator)
+  {
+    // don't use "result" in this block
+    enumerator->First(); 
+    nsISupports *currentItem;
+    nsresult findParentResult = enumerator->CurrentItem(&currentItem);
+    if ((NS_SUCCEEDED(findParentResult)) && (nsnull!=currentItem))
+    {
+      nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMRange> range( do_QueryInterface(currentItem) );
+      range->GetCommonParent(getter_AddRefs(parentNode));
+    }
+    else parentNode = do_QueryInterface(startNode);
+  }
+
+  nsCOMPtr<nsIContentIterator> iter;
+  result = nsComponentManager::CreateInstance(kCContentIteratorCID, nsnull,
+                                              nsIContentIterator::GetIID(), 
+                                              getter_AddRefs(iter));
+  if ((NS_SUCCEEDED(result)) && iter)
+  {
+    PRUint32 totalLength=0;
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMCharacterData>textNode;
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIContent>blockParentContent = do_QueryInterface(parentNode);
+    iter->Init(blockParentContent);
+    // loop through the content iterator for each content node
+    nsCOMPtr<nsIContent> content;
+    result = iter->CurrentNode(getter_AddRefs(content));
+    while (NS_COMFALSE == iter->IsDone())
+    {
+      textNode = do_QueryInterface(content);
+      if (textNode)
+      {
+        nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode>currentNode = do_QueryInterface(textNode);
+        if (!currentNode) {return NS_ERROR_NO_INTERFACE;}
+        if (PR_TRUE==IsEditable(currentNode))
+        {
+          if (currentNode.get() == startNode.get())
+          {
+            aStartOffset = totalLength + startOffset;
+          }
+          if (currentNode.get() == endNode.get())
+          {
+            aEndOffset = totalLength + endOffset;
+            break;
+          }
+          PRUint32 length;
+          textNode->GetLength(&length);
+          totalLength += length;
+        }
+      }
+      iter->Next();
+      iter->CurrentNode(getter_AddRefs(content));
+    }
+    if (-1==aEndOffset) {
+      aEndOffset = totalLength;
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/editor/base/nsTextEditor.h b/editor/base/nsTextEditor.h
index 3e051ba0889..94374ba1c26 100644
--- a/editor/base/nsTextEditor.h
+++ b/editor/base/nsTextEditor.h
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ public:
 
   NS_IMETHOD GetFlags(PRUint32 *aFlags);
   NS_IMETHOD SetFlags(PRUint32 aFlags);
+  NS_IMETHOD GetDocumentLength(PRInt32 *aCount);
+
 
 //============================================================================
 // Methods that are duplicates of nsEditor -- exposed here for convenience
@@ -273,6 +275,13 @@ protected:
                                   PRInt32     aStartOffset,
                                   PRInt32     aEndOffset,
                                   nsIDOMSelection *aSelection);
+
+  /** returns the absolute position of the end points of aSelection
+    * in the document as a text stream.
+    */
+  nsresult GetTextSelectionOffsets(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
+                                   PRInt32 &aStartOffset, 
+                                   PRInt32 &aEndOffset);
   
 
   TypeInState *GetTypeInState(); 
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/text/nsTextEditRules.cpp b/editor/libeditor/text/nsTextEditRules.cpp
index 198b4545bbd..e3e76f2f09d 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/text/nsTextEditRules.cpp
+++ b/editor/libeditor/text/nsTextEditRules.cpp
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ nsTextEditRules::WillInsertText(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
     // if len(doc) is at or over max, cancel the insert
     // if l(doc) + l(input) > max, set aOutString to subset of inString so length = max
     PRInt32 docLength;
-    result = GetLengthOfDocumentInCharacters(docLength);
+    result = mEditor->GetDocumentLength(&docLength);
     if (NS_SUCCEEDED(result))
     {
       if (docLength >= aMaxLength) 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ nsTextEditRules::WillInsertText(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
   {
     // manage the password buffer
     PRInt32 start, end;
-    result = GetTextSelectionOffsets(aSelection, start, end);
+    result = mEditor->GetTextSelectionOffsets(aSelection, start, end);
     NS_ASSERTION((NS_SUCCEEDED(result)), "getTextSelectionOffsets failed!");
     mPasswordText.Insert(inString, start);
 
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ nsTextEditRules::CreateStyleForInsertText(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection, TypeInSta
       {
         PRUint32 length;
         anchorAsText->GetLength(&length);
-        if (length==offset)
+        if (length==(PRUint32)offset)
         {
           // newTextNode will be the left node
           result = mEditor->SplitNode(anchorAsText, offset, getter_AddRefs(newTextNode));
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ nsTextEditRules::WillDeleteSelection(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
   {
     // manage the password buffer
     PRInt32 start, end;
-    GetTextSelectionOffsets(aSelection, start, end);
+    mEditor->GetTextSelectionOffsets(aSelection, start, end);
     if (end==start)
     { // collapsed selection
       if (nsIEditor::eDeleteLeft==aCollapsedAction && 0<start) { // del back
@@ -925,116 +925,3 @@ nsTextEditRules::CreateBogusNodeIfNeeded(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection)
   }
   return result;
 }
-
-nsresult nsTextEditRules::GetLengthOfDocumentInCharacters(PRInt32 &aCount)                                              
-{
-  nsresult result;
-  // initialize out params
-  aCount = 0;
-  
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMSelection> sel;
-  mEditor->GetSelection(getter_AddRefs(sel));
-  if ((NS_SUCCEEDED(result)) && sel)
-  {
-    nsAutoSelectionReset selectionResetter(sel);
-    result = mEditor->SelectAll();
-    if (NS_SUCCEEDED(result))
-    {
-      PRInt32 start, end;
-      result = GetTextSelectionOffsets(sel, start, end);
-      if (NS_SUCCEEDED(result))
-      {
-        NS_ASSERTION(0==start, "GetTextSelectionOffsets failed to set start correctly.");
-        NS_ASSERTION(0<=end, "GetTextSelectionOffsets failed to set end correctly.");
-        if (0<=end) {
-          aCount = end;
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
-// this is a complete ripoff from nsTextEditor::GetTextSelectionOffsetsForRange
-// the two should use common code, or even just be one method
-nsresult nsTextEditRules::GetTextSelectionOffsets(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
-                                                  PRInt32 &aStartOffset, 
-                                                  PRInt32 &aEndOffset)
-{
-  nsresult result;
-  // initialize out params
-  aStartOffset = 0; // default to first char in selection
-  aEndOffset = -1;  // default to total length of text in selection
-
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode> startNode, endNode, parentNode;
-  PRInt32 startOffset, endOffset;
-  aSelection->GetAnchorNode(getter_AddRefs(startNode));
-  aSelection->GetAnchorOffset(&startOffset);
-  aSelection->GetFocusNode(getter_AddRefs(endNode));
-  aSelection->GetFocusOffset(&endOffset);
-
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIEnumerator> enumerator;
-  enumerator = do_QueryInterface(aSelection);
-  if (enumerator)
-  {
-    // don't use "result" in this block
-    enumerator->First(); 
-    nsISupports *currentItem;
-    nsresult findParentResult = enumerator->CurrentItem(&currentItem);
-    if ((NS_SUCCEEDED(findParentResult)) && (nsnull!=currentItem))
-    {
-      nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMRange> range( do_QueryInterface(currentItem) );
-      range->GetCommonParent(getter_AddRefs(parentNode));
-    }
-    else parentNode = do_QueryInterface(startNode);
-  }
-
-  nsCOMPtr<nsIContentIterator> iter;
-  result = nsComponentManager::CreateInstance(kCContentIteratorCID, nsnull,
-                                              nsIContentIterator::GetIID(), 
-                                              getter_AddRefs(iter));
-  if ((NS_SUCCEEDED(result)) && iter)
-  {
-    PRUint32 totalLength=0;
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMCharacterData>textNode;
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIContent>blockParentContent = do_QueryInterface(parentNode);
-    iter->Init(blockParentContent);
-    // loop through the content iterator for each content node
-    nsCOMPtr<nsIContent> content;
-    result = iter->CurrentNode(getter_AddRefs(content));
-    while (NS_COMFALSE == iter->IsDone())
-    {
-      textNode = do_QueryInterface(content);
-      if (textNode)
-      {
-        nsCOMPtr<nsIDOMNode>currentNode = do_QueryInterface(textNode);
-        if (!currentNode) {return NS_ERROR_NO_INTERFACE;}
-        if (PR_TRUE==mEditor->IsEditable(currentNode))
-        {
-          if (currentNode.get() == startNode.get())
-          {
-            aStartOffset = totalLength + startOffset;
-          }
-          if (currentNode.get() == endNode.get())
-          {
-            aEndOffset = totalLength + endOffset;
-            break;
-          }
-          PRUint32 length;
-          textNode->GetLength(&length);
-          totalLength += length;
-        }
-      }
-      iter->Next();
-      iter->CurrentNode(getter_AddRefs(content));
-    }
-    if (-1==aEndOffset) {
-      aEndOffset = totalLength;
-    }
-  }
-  return result;
-}
-
-
-
-
diff --git a/editor/libeditor/text/nsTextEditRules.h b/editor/libeditor/text/nsTextEditRules.h
index 19e0076024b..2cce8e15b45 100644
--- a/editor/libeditor/text/nsTextEditRules.h
+++ b/editor/libeditor/text/nsTextEditRules.h
@@ -150,16 +150,6 @@ protected:
   /** creates a bogus text node if the document has no editable content */
   nsresult CreateBogusNodeIfNeeded(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection);
 
-  /** set aCount to the number of characters in the document. */
-  nsresult GetLengthOfDocumentInCharacters(PRInt32 &aCount);
-
-  /** returns the absolute position of the end points of aSelection
-    * in the document as a text stream.
-    */
-  nsresult GetTextSelectionOffsets(nsIDOMSelection *aSelection,
-                                   PRInt32 &aStartOffset, 
-                                   PRInt32 &aEndOffset);
-  
   // data
   nsTextEditor *mEditor;  // note that we do not refcount the editor
   nsString      mPasswordText;  // a buffer we use to store the real value of password editors
diff --git a/editor/public/nsITextEditor.h b/editor/public/nsITextEditor.h
index 6aecd160ae5..7bd70bf43a4 100644
--- a/editor/public/nsITextEditor.h
+++ b/editor/public/nsITextEditor.h
@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ public:
   /** set the edit flags for this editor.  May be called at any time. */
   NS_IMETHOD SetFlags(PRUint32 aFlags)=0;
 
+  /** get the length of the document in characters */
+  NS_IMETHOD GetDocumentLength(PRInt32 *aCount)=0;
+
   /**
    * SetTextProperties() sets the aggregate properties on the current selection
    *