diff --git a/chrome/content/vimperator/buffers.js b/chrome/content/vimperator/buffers.js
index cb92fea7..995d4738 100644
--- a/chrome/content/vimperator/buffers.js
+++ b/chrome/content/vimperator/buffers.js
@@ -138,6 +138,28 @@ function Buffer() //{{{
         return window.content.document.title;
     });
 
+    // returns an XPathResult object
+    this.evaluateXPath = function(expression, doc, ordered)
+    {
+        if (!doc)
+            doc = window.content.document;
+
+        var result = doc.evaluate(expression, doc,
+            function lookupNamespaceURI(prefix) {
+              switch (prefix) {
+                case 'xhtml':
+                  return 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml';
+                default:
+                  return null;
+              }
+            },
+            ordered ? XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE : XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE,
+            null
+        );
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
     // TODO: move to v.buffers.list()
     this.list = function(fullmode)
     {
diff --git a/chrome/content/vimperator/commands.js b/chrome/content/vimperator/commands.js
index bd24d332..d8b3bc7f 100644
--- a/chrome/content/vimperator/commands.js
+++ b/chrome/content/vimperator/commands.js
@@ -1237,12 +1237,12 @@ function Commands() //{{{
     //}}}
 } //}}}
 
-/* takes a string like 'google bla, www.osnews.com'
- * and returns an array ['www.google.com/search?q=bla', 'www.osnews.com']
- */
-String.prototype.toURLArray = function()
+// takes a string like 'google bla, www.osnews.com'
+// and returns an array ['www.google.com/search?q=bla', 'www.osnews.com']
+String.prototype.toURLArray = function() // {{{
 {
     var urls = this.split(/\s*\,\s+/);
+
     begin: for (var url = 0; url < urls.length; url++)
     {
         // FIXME: not really that good (doesn't handle .. in the middle), also problems with trailing slashes
@@ -1311,33 +1311,8 @@ String.prototype.toURLArray = function()
         // if we are here let Firefox handle the url and hope it does
         // something useful with it :)
     }
+
     return urls;
-}
-
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////}}}
-// misc helper functions ///////////////////////////////////////////////
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////{{{
-
-// returns an XPathResult object
-function evaluateXPath(expression, doc, ordered)
-{
-    if (!doc)
-        doc = window.content.document;
-
-    var res = doc.evaluate(expression, doc,
-        function lookupNamespaceURI(prefix) {
-          switch (prefix) {
-            case 'xhtml':
-              return 'http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml';
-            default:
-              return null;
-          }
-        },
-        ordered ? XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE : XPathResult.UNORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE,
-        null
-    );
-    return res;
-}
-//}}}
+} // }}}
 
 // vim: set fdm=marker sw=4 ts=4 et:
diff --git a/chrome/content/vimperator/help.js b/chrome/content/vimperator/help.js
index 38bd5a99..e93455de 100644
--- a/chrome/content/vimperator/help.js
+++ b/chrome/content/vimperator/help.js
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ vimperator.help = function(section, easter) //{{{
         '<p>Since Vimperator\'s GUI is embedded into a toolbar, it may look too 3D-like with the default theme. ' +
         'For the best experience, I therefore recommend the <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/364/">Whitehart</a> theme or any other flat theme.</p>\n' +
 
-        '<p>Vimperator was written by <a href="mailto:stubenschrott@gmx.net">Martin Stubenschrott</a>.' +
+        '<p>Vimperator was written by <a href="mailto:stubenschrott@gmx.net">Martin Stubenschrott</a>. ' +
         'If you appreciate my work on Vimperator and want to encourge me working on it more, you can either send me greetings, patches or make a donation: </p>\n' +
 
         '<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post">\n<fieldset class="paypal">' +
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ vimperator.help = function(section, easter) //{{{
     {
         function findSectionElement(section)
         {
-            return evaluateXPath('//code[@class="tag" and text()="' + section + '"]')
+            return vimperator.buffer.evaluateXPath('//code[@class="tag" and text()="' + section + '"]')
                 .snapshotItem(0);
         }
 
diff --git a/chrome/content/vimperator/hints.js b/chrome/content/vimperator/hints.js
index 63b69d04..e1835fdf 100644
--- a/chrome/content/vimperator/hints.js
+++ b/chrome/content/vimperator/hints.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function Hints() //{{{
             wins.push(win);
         }
         //    logMessage("winId:"+win.winId);
-        win.res = evaluateXPath(vimperator.options["hinttags"], doc);
+        win.res = vimperator.buffer.evaluateXPath(vimperator.options["hinttags"], doc);
         win.coordLoaderId = window.setTimeout("vimperator.hints.loadCoord(" + win.winId + ", 0);", 1);
     }
 
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function Hints() //{{{
         area[3] = area[1] + win.innerHeight;
 
         var doc = win.document;
-        var res = evaluateXPath(vimperator.options["hinttags"], doc);
+        var res = vimperator.buffer.evaluateXPath(vimperator.options["hinttags"], doc);
 
         var elem, i;
 
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ function Hints() //{{{
             win = window.content;
 
         var doc = win.document;
-        var res = evaluateXPath("//HINTS/SPAN", doc)
+        var res = vimperator.buffer.evaluateXPath("//HINTS/SPAN", doc)
         var elem, i;
 
         for (i = 0; i < res.snapshotLength; i++)