Index: src/hid_cfg.c
===================================================================
--- src/hid_cfg.c	(revision 1445)
+++ src/hid_cfg.c	(revision 1446)
@@ -183,3 +183,14 @@
 	return 1;
 }
 
+
+lht_node_t *hid_cfg_create_hash_node(lht_node_t *parent, const char *name, ...)
+{
+#warning TODO
+	abort();
+}
+
+lht_node_t *hid_cfg_get_submenu(lht_node_t *parent, const char *path)
+{
+	return lht_tree_path_(parent->doc, (lht_node_t *)parent, path, 1, 0, NULL);
+}
Index: src/hid_cfg.h
===================================================================
--- src/hid_cfg.h	(revision 1445)
+++ src/hid_cfg.h	(revision 1446)
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@
 const char *hid_cfg_text_value(lht_doc_t *doc, const char *path);
 
 lht_node_t *hid_cfg_get_menu(hid_cfg_t *hr, const char *menu_path);
+lht_node_t *hid_cfg_get_submenu(lht_node_t *parent, const char *path);
 
+
 /* Fields are retrieved using this enum so that HIDs don't need to hardwire
    lihata node names */
 typedef enum {
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@
 /* Run an action node. The node is either a list of text nodes or a text node */
 void hid_cfg_action(const lht_node_t *node);
 
+/* Create a new hash node under parent (optional) and create a flat subtree of
+   text nodes from name,value varargs (NULL terminated). This is a shorthand
+   for creating a menu item in a subtree list. */
+lht_node_t *hid_cfg_create_hash_node(lht_node_t *parent, const char *name, ...);
+
 /* Report an error about a node */
 #define hid_cfg_error(node, ...) \
 do { \