diff -pruN ezxml-0.8.6.orig/ezxml.h ezxml-0.8.6/ezxml.h
--- ezxml-0.8.6.orig/ezxml.h	2008-12-16 17:07:47.585487234 +0100
+++ ezxml-0.8.6/ezxml.h	2008-12-16 17:08:29.037939949 +0100
@@ -175,6 +175,17 @@ ezxml_t ezxml_insert(ezxml_t xml, ezxml_
 // removes a tag along with all its subtags
 #define ezxml_remove(xml) ezxml_free(ezxml_cut(xml))
 
+static inline char const * ezxml_child_txt( ezxml_t node, char const *child )
+{
+	return ezxml_txt( ezxml_child( node, child ) );
+}
+
+static inline ezxml_t ezxml_child_set_txt_d( ezxml_t node, char const *child,
+					char const *value )
+{
+	return ezxml_set_txt_d( ezxml_child( node, child ), value );
+}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
