Added command parser for commands accepting free text

e.g. /msg user@host here is a message

src/parser.c

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ parse_args(const char * const inp, int min, int max, int *num)
             }
         } else {
             if (copy[i] == ' ' || copy[i] == '\0') {
-                tokens = g_slist_append(tokens, g_strndup(token_start, 
+                tokens = g_slist_append(tokens, g_strndup(token_start,
                     token_size));
                 token_size = 0;
                 in_token = FALSE;
@@ -65,7 +65,83 @@ parse_args(const char * const inp, int min, int max, int *num)
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
+    *num = g_slist_length(tokens) - 1;
+
+    // if num args not valid return NULL
+    if ((*num < min) || (*num > max)) {
+        g_slist_free_full(tokens, free);
+        free(copy);
+        *num = 0;
+        return NULL;
+
+    // otherwise return args array
+    } else {
+        gchar **args = malloc((*num + 1) * sizeof(*args));
+        GSList *token = tokens;
+        token = g_slist_next(token);
+        int arg_count = 0;
+
+        while (token != NULL) {
+            args[arg_count++] = strdup(token->data);
+            token = g_slist_next(token);
+        }
+
+        args[arg_count] = NULL;
+        g_slist_free_full(tokens, free);
+        free(copy);
+
+        return args;
+    }
+}
+
+gchar **
+parse_args_with_freetext(const char * const inp, int min, int max, int *num)
+{
+    if (inp == NULL) {
+        *num = 0;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    // copy and strip input of leading/trailing whitepsace
+    char *copy = strdup(inp);
+    g_strstrip(copy);
+
+    int inp_size = strlen(copy);
+    gboolean in_token = FALSE;
+    gboolean in_freetext = FALSE;
+    char *token_start = &copy[0];
+    int token_size = 0;
+    int num_tokens = 0;
+    GSList *tokens = NULL;
+
+    // add tokens to GSList
+    int i;
+    for (i = 0; i <= inp_size; i++) {
+        if (!in_token) {
+            if (copy[i] == ' ') {
+                continue;
+            } else {
+                in_token = TRUE;
+                num_tokens++;
+                if (num_tokens == max + 1) {
+                    in_freetext = TRUE;
+                }
+                token_start = &copy[i];
+                token_size++;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if ((!in_freetext && copy[i] == ' ') || copy[i] == '\0') {
+                tokens = g_slist_append(tokens, g_strndup(token_start,
+                    token_size));
+                token_size = 0;
+                in_token = FALSE;
+            } else {
+                token_size++;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     *num = g_slist_length(tokens) - 1;
 
     // if num args not valid return NULL