diff --git a/src/flac/main.c b/src/flac/main.c
index e6e18b56..8991244c 100644
--- a/src/flac/main.c
+++ b/src/flac/main.c
@@ -33,443 +33,355 @@
 #include "encode.h"
 #include "file.h"
 
+#if 0
+/*[JEC] was:#if HAVE_GETOPT_LONG*/
+/*[JEC] see flac/include/share/getopt.h as to why the change */
+#  include <getopt.h>
+#else
+#  include "share/getopt.h"
+#endif
+
 typedef enum { RAW, WAV, AIF } FileFormat;
 
-static int short_usage(const char *message, ...);
-static int long_usage(const char *message, ...);
+static int do_it();
+
+static void init_options();
+static int parse_options(int argc, char *argv[]);
+static int parse_option(int short_option, const char *long_option, const char *option_argument);
+static void free_options();
+
+static int usage_error(const char *message, ...);
+static void short_usage();
+static void long_usage();
 static void format_mistake(const char *infilename, const char *wrong, const char *right);
 
 static int encode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename, FLAC__bool is_last_file);
 static int decode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename);
 
-FLAC__bool verify = false, verbose = true, continue_through_decode_errors = false, lax = false, test_only = false, analyze = false, use_ogg = false;
-FLAC__bool do_mid_side = true, loose_mid_side = false, do_exhaustive_model_search = false, do_escape_coding = false, do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = false;
-FLAC__bool force_to_stdout = false, force_raw_format = false, delete_input = false, sector_align = false;
-const char *cmdline_forced_outfilename = 0, *output_prefix = 0;
-analysis_options aopts = { false, false };
-int padding = -1;
-unsigned max_lpc_order = 8;
-unsigned qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-FLAC__uint64 skip = 0;
-int format_is_big_endian = -1, format_is_unsigned_samples = false;
-int format_channels = -1, format_bps = -1, format_sample_rate = -1;
-int blocksize = -1, min_residual_partition_order = -1, max_residual_partition_order = -1, rice_parameter_search_dist = -1;
-char requested_seek_points[50000]; /* @@@ bad MAGIC NUMBER */
-int num_requested_seek_points = -1; /* -1 => no -S options were given, 0 => -S- was given */
-FLAC__int32 align_reservoir_0[588], align_reservoir_1[588]; /* for carrying over samples from --sector-align */
-FLAC__int32 *align_reservoir[2] = { align_reservoir_0, align_reservoir_1 };
-unsigned align_reservoir_samples = 0; /* 0 .. 587 */
+static void die(const char *message);
+static char *local_strdup(const char *source);
+
+
+/*
+ * FLAC__share__getopt format struct; note that for long options with no
+ * short option equivalent we just set the 'val' field to 0.
+ */
+static struct FLAC__share__option long_options_[] = {
+	/*
+	 * general options
+	 */
+	{ "--help", 0, 0, 'H' },
+	{ "--decode", 0, 0, 'd' },
+	{ "--analyze", 0, 0, 'a' },
+	{ "--test", 0, 0, 't' },
+	{ "--stdout", 0, 0, 'c' },
+	{ "--silent", 0, 0, 's' },
+	{ "--delete-input-file", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--output-prefix", 1, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--output-name", 1, 0, 'o' },
+	{ "--skip", 1, 0, 0 },
+
+	/*
+	 * decoding options
+	 */
+	{ "--decode-through-errors", 0, 0, 'F' },
+
+	/*
+	 * encoding options
+	 */
+	{ "--compression-level-0", 0, 0, '0' },
+	{ "--compression-level-1", 0, 0, '1' },
+	{ "--compression-level-2", 0, 0, '2' },
+	{ "--compression-level-3", 0, 0, '3' },
+	{ "--compression-level-4", 0, 0, '4' },
+	{ "--compression-level-5", 0, 0, '5' },
+	{ "--compression-level-6", 0, 0, '6' },
+	{ "--compression-level-7", 0, 0, '7' },
+	{ "--compression-level-8", 0, 0, '8' },
+	{ "--compression-level-9", 0, 0, '9' },
+	{ "--best", 0, 0, '8' },
+	{ "--fast", 0, 0, '0' },
+	{ "--super-secret-impractical-compression-level", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--verify", 0, 0, 'V' },
+	{ "--force-raw-input", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--lax", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--sector-align", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--seekpoint", 1, 0, 'S' },
+	{ "--padding", 1, 0, 'P' },
+#ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
+	{ "--ogg", 0, 0, 0 },
+#endif
+	{ "--blocksize", 1, 0, 'b' },
+	{ "--exhaustive-model-search", 0, 0, 'e' },
+#if 0
+	/* @@@ deprecated: */
+	{ "--escape-coding", 0, 0, 'E' },
+#endif
+	{ "--max-lpc-order", 1, 0, 'l' },
+	{ "--mid-side", 0, 0, 'm' },
+	{ "--adaptive-mid-side", 0, 0, 'M' },
+	{ "--qlp-coeff-precision-search", 0, 0, 'p' },
+	{ "--qlp-coeff-precision", 1, 0, 'q' },
+	{ "--rice-partition-order", 1, 0, 'r' },
+#if 0
+	/* @@@ deprecated: */
+	{ "--rice-parameter-search-distance", 1, 0, 'R' },
+#endif
+	{ "--endian", 1, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--channels", 1, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--bps", 1, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--sample-rate", 1, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--sign", 1, 0, 0 },
+
+	/*
+	 * analysis options
+	 */
+	{ "--residual-gnu-plot", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--residual-text", 0, 0, 0 },
+
+	/*
+	 * negatives
+	 */
+	{ "--no-decode-through-errors", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-silent", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-seektable", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-delete-input-file", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-sector-align", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-lax", 0, 0, 0 },
+#ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
+	{ "--no-ogg", 0, 0, 0 },
+#endif
+	{ "--no-exhaustive-model-search", 0, 0, 0 },
+#if 0
+	/* @@@ deprecated: */
+	{ "--no-escape-coding", 0, 0, 0 },
+#endif
+	{ "--no-mid-side", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-adaptive-mid-side", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-qlp-coeff-prec-search", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-padding", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-verify", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-residual-gnuplot", 0, 0, 0 },
+	{ "--no-residual-text", 0, 0, 0 },
+
+    {0, 0, 0, 0}
+};
+
+
+/*
+ * global to hold command-line option values
+ */
+
+static struct {
+	FLAC__bool show_long_help;
+	FLAC__bool mode_decode;
+	FLAC__bool verify;
+	FLAC__bool verbose;
+	FLAC__bool continue_through_decode_errors;
+	FLAC__bool lax;
+	FLAC__bool test_only;
+	FLAC__bool analyze;
+	FLAC__bool use_ogg;
+	FLAC__bool do_mid_side;
+	FLAC__bool loose_mid_side;
+	FLAC__bool do_exhaustive_model_search;
+	FLAC__bool do_escape_coding;
+	FLAC__bool do_qlp_coeff_prec_search;
+	FLAC__bool force_to_stdout;
+	FLAC__bool force_raw_format;
+	FLAC__bool delete_input;
+	FLAC__bool sector_align;
+	const char *cmdline_forced_outfilename;
+	const char *output_prefix;
+	analysis_options aopts;
+	int padding;
+	unsigned max_lpc_order;
+	unsigned qlp_coeff_precision;
+	FLAC__uint64 skip;
+	int format_is_big_endian;
+	int format_is_unsigned_samples;
+	int format_channels;
+	int format_bps;
+	int format_sample_rate;
+	int blocksize;
+	int min_residual_partition_order;
+	int max_residual_partition_order;
+	int rice_parameter_search_dist;
+	char requested_seek_points[50000]; /* @@@ bad MAGIC NUMBER */
+	int num_requested_seek_points; /* -1 => no -S options were given, 0 => -S- was given */
+
+	unsigned num_files;
+	char **filenames;
+} option_values;
+
+
+/*
+ * miscellaneous globals
+ */
+
+static FLAC__int32 align_reservoir_0[588], align_reservoir_1[588]; /* for carrying over samples from --sector-align */
+static FLAC__int32 *align_reservoir[2] = { align_reservoir_0, align_reservoir_1 };
+static unsigned align_reservoir_samples = 0; /* 0 .. 587 */
 
 static const char *flac_suffix = ".flac", *ogg_suffix = ".ogg";
 
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	int i, retval = 0;
-	FLAC__bool mode_decode = false;
+	int retval = 0;
 
-	if(argc <= 1)
-		return short_usage(0);
+	init_options();
 
-	/* get the options */
-	for(i = 1; i < argc; i++) {
-		if(argv[i][0] != '-' || argv[i][1] == 0)
-			break;
-		if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-H") || 0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--help"))
-			return long_usage(0);
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-d"))
-			mode_decode = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-a")) {
-			mode_decode = true;
-			analyze = true;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-t")) {
-			mode_decode = true;
-			test_only = true;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-c"))
-			force_to_stdout = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-F"))
-			continue_through_decode_errors = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-F-"))
-			continue_through_decode_errors = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-s"))
-			verbose = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-s-"))
-			verbose = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-S")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -S\n");
-			if(num_requested_seek_points < 0)
-				num_requested_seek_points = 0;
-			num_requested_seek_points++;
-			strcat(requested_seek_points, argv[i]);
-			strcat(requested_seek_points, "<");
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-S-")) {
-			num_requested_seek_points = 0;
-			requested_seek_points[0] = '\0';
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--delete-input-file"))
-			delete_input = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--delete-input-file-"))
-			delete_input = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--output-prefix")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with --output-prefix\n");
-			output_prefix = argv[i];
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--sector-align"))
-			sector_align = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--sector-align-"))
-			sector_align = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--skip")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with --skip\n");
-			skip = (FLAC__uint64)atoi(argv[i]); /* @@@ takes a pretty damn big file to overflow atoi() here, but it could happen */
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--lax"))
-			lax = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--lax-"))
-			lax = false;
-#ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--ogg"))
-			use_ogg = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--ogg-"))
-			use_ogg = false;
-#endif
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-b")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -b\n");
-			blocksize = atoi(argv[i]);
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-e"))
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-e-"))
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-E"))
-			do_escape_coding = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-E-"))
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-l")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -l\n");
-			max_lpc_order = atoi(argv[i]);
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-m")) {
-			do_mid_side = true;
-			loose_mid_side = false;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-m-"))
-			do_mid_side = loose_mid_side = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-M"))
-			loose_mid_side = do_mid_side = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-M-"))
-			loose_mid_side = do_mid_side = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-o")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -o\n");
-			cmdline_forced_outfilename = argv[i];
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-p"))
-			do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-p-"))
-			do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-P")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -P\n");
-			padding = atoi(argv[i]);
-			if(padding < 0)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: argument to -P must be >= 0\n");
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-P-"))
-			padding = -1;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-q")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -q\n");
-			qlp_coeff_precision = atoi(argv[i]);
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-r")) {
-			char *p;
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -r\n");
-			p = strchr(argv[i], ',');
-			if(0 == p) {
-				min_residual_partition_order = 0;
-				max_residual_partition_order = atoi(argv[i]);
-			}
-			else {
-				min_residual_partition_order = atoi(argv[i]);
-				max_residual_partition_order = atoi(++p);
-			}
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--old-unworking-do-not-use-R")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -R\n");
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = atoi(argv[i]);
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-V"))
-			verify = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-V-"))
-			verify = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-fb"))
-			format_is_big_endian = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-fl"))
-			format_is_big_endian = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-fc")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -fc\n");
-			format_channels = atoi(argv[i]);
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-fp")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -fp\n");
-			format_bps = atoi(argv[i]);
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-fs")) {
-			if(++i >= argc)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: must specify a value with -fs\n");
-			format_sample_rate = atoi(argv[i]);
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-fu"))
-			format_is_unsigned_samples = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-fr"))
-			force_raw_format = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--a-rgp"))
-			aopts.do_residual_gnuplot = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--a-rgp-"))
-			aopts.do_residual_gnuplot = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--a-rtext"))
-			aopts.do_residual_text = true;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--a-rtext-"))
-			aopts.do_residual_text = false;
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-0") || 0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--fast")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-			do_mid_side = false;
-			loose_mid_side = false;
-			qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-			min_residual_partition_order = max_residual_partition_order = 2;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 0;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-1")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-			do_mid_side = true;
-			loose_mid_side = true;
-			qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-			min_residual_partition_order = max_residual_partition_order = 2;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 0;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-2")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-			do_mid_side = true;
-			loose_mid_side = false;
-			qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-			min_residual_partition_order = 0;
-			max_residual_partition_order = 3;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 0;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-3")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-			do_mid_side = false;
-			loose_mid_side = false;
-			qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-			min_residual_partition_order = max_residual_partition_order = 3;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 6;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-4")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-			do_mid_side = true;
-			loose_mid_side = true;
-			qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-			min_residual_partition_order = max_residual_partition_order = 3;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 8;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-5")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-			do_mid_side = true;
-			loose_mid_side = false;
-			qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-			min_residual_partition_order = max_residual_partition_order = 3;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 8;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-6")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-			do_mid_side = true;
-			loose_mid_side = false;
-			qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-			min_residual_partition_order = 0;
-			max_residual_partition_order = 4;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 8;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-7")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = true;
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-			do_mid_side = true;
-			loose_mid_side = false;
-			qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-			min_residual_partition_order = 0;
-			max_residual_partition_order = 6;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 8;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-8") || 0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--best")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = true;
-			do_escape_coding = false;
-			do_mid_side = true;
-			loose_mid_side = false;
-			qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
-			min_residual_partition_order = 0;
-			max_residual_partition_order = 6;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 12;
-		}
-		else if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "--super-secret-impractical-compression-level")) {
-			do_exhaustive_model_search = true;
-			do_escape_coding = true;
-			do_mid_side = true;
-			loose_mid_side = false;
-			do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = true;
-			min_residual_partition_order = 0;
-			max_residual_partition_order = 16;
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-			max_lpc_order = 32;
-		}
-		else if(isdigit((int)(argv[i][1]))) {
-			return long_usage("ERROR: compression level '%s' is reserved\n", argv[i]);
-		}
-		else {
-			return long_usage("ERROR: invalid option '%s'\n", argv[i]);
-		}
-	}
+	if((retval = parse_options(argc, argv)) == 0)
+		retval = do_it();
 
-	/* tweak options; validate the values */
-	if(!mode_decode) {
-		if(blocksize < 0) {
-			if(max_lpc_order == 0)
-				blocksize = 1152;
-			else
-				blocksize = 4608;
-		}
-		if(max_residual_partition_order < 0) {
-			if(blocksize <= 1152)
-				max_residual_partition_order = 2;
-			else if(blocksize <= 2304)
-				max_residual_partition_order = 3;
-			else if(blocksize <= 4608)
-				max_residual_partition_order = 3;
-			else
-				max_residual_partition_order = 4;
-			min_residual_partition_order = max_residual_partition_order;
-		}
-		if(rice_parameter_search_dist < 0) {
-			rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
-		}
+	free_options();
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
+int do_it()
+{
+	int retval = 0;
+
+	if(option_values.show_long_help) {
+		long_usage();
+		return 0;
 	}
 	else {
-		if(test_only) {
-			if(skip > 0)
-				return long_usage("ERROR: --skip is not allowed in test mode\n");
+		if(option_values.num_files == 0) {
+			short_usage();
+			return 0;
 		}
-	}
 
-	FLAC__ASSERT(blocksize >= 0 || mode_decode);
+		/*
+		 * tweak options; validate the values
+		 */
+		if(!option_values.mode_decode) {
+			if(option_values.blocksize < 0) {
+				if(option_values.max_lpc_order == 0)
+					option_values.blocksize = 1152;
+				else
+					option_values.blocksize = 4608;
+			}
+			if(option_values.max_residual_partition_order < 0) {
+				if(option_values.blocksize <= 1152)
+					option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 2;
+				else if(option_values.blocksize <= 2304)
+					option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 3;
+				else if(option_values.blocksize <= 4608)
+					option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 3;
+				else
+					option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 4;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = option_values.max_residual_partition_order;
+			}
+			if(option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist < 0) {
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			if(option_values.test_only) {
+				if(option_values.skip > 0)
+					return usage_error("ERROR: --skip is not allowed in test mode\n");
+			}
+		}
 
-	if(format_channels >= 0) {
-		if(format_channels == 0 || (unsigned)format_channels > FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS)
-			return long_usage("ERROR: invalid number of channels '%u', must be > 0 and <= %u\n", format_channels, FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS);
-	}
-	if(format_bps >= 0) {
-		if(format_bps != 8 && format_bps != 16 && format_bps != 24)
-			return long_usage("ERROR: invalid bits per sample '%u' (must be 8/16/24)\n", format_bps);
-	}
-	if(format_sample_rate >= 0) {
-		if(!FLAC__format_sample_rate_is_valid(format_sample_rate))
-			return long_usage("ERROR: invalid sample rate '%u', must be > 0 and <= %u\n", format_sample_rate, FLAC__MAX_SAMPLE_RATE);
-	}
-	if(!mode_decode && ((unsigned)blocksize < FLAC__MIN_BLOCK_SIZE || (unsigned)blocksize > FLAC__MAX_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
-		return long_usage("ERROR: invalid blocksize '%u', must be >= %u and <= %u\n", (unsigned)blocksize, FLAC__MIN_BLOCK_SIZE, FLAC__MAX_BLOCK_SIZE);
-	}
-	if(qlp_coeff_precision > 0 && qlp_coeff_precision < FLAC__MIN_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION) {
-		return long_usage("ERROR: invalid value for -q '%u', must be 0 or >= %u\n", qlp_coeff_precision, FLAC__MIN_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION);
-	}
+		FLAC__ASSERT(option_values.blocksize >= 0 || option_values.mode_decode);
 
-	if(sector_align) {
-		if(mode_decode)
-			return long_usage("ERROR: --sector-align only allowed for encoding\n");
-		else if(skip > 0)
-			return long_usage("ERROR: --sector-align not allowed with --skip\n");
-		else if(format_channels >= 0 && format_channels != 2)
-			return long_usage("ERROR: --sector-align can only be done with stereo input\n");
-		else if(format_bps >= 0 && format_bps != 16)
-			return long_usage("ERROR: --sector-align can only be done with 16-bit samples\n");
-		else if(format_sample_rate >= 0 && format_sample_rate != 44100)
-			return long_usage("ERROR: --sector-align can only be done with a sample rate of 44100\n");
-	}
-	if(argc - i > 1 && cmdline_forced_outfilename) {
-		return long_usage("ERROR: -o cannot be used with multiple files\n");
-	}
-	if(cmdline_forced_outfilename && output_prefix) {
-		return long_usage("ERROR: --output-prefix conflicts with -o\n");
-	}
+		if(option_values.format_channels >= 0) {
+			if(option_values.format_channels == 0 || (unsigned)option_values.format_channels > FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS)
+				return usage_error("ERROR: invalid number of channels '%u', must be > 0 and <= %u\n", option_values.format_channels, FLAC__MAX_CHANNELS);
+		}
+		if(option_values.format_bps >= 0) {
+			if(option_values.format_bps != 8 && option_values.format_bps != 16 && option_values.format_bps != 24)
+				return usage_error("ERROR: invalid bits per sample '%u' (must be 8/16/24)\n", option_values.format_bps);
+		}
+		if(option_values.format_sample_rate >= 0) {
+			if(!FLAC__format_sample_rate_is_valid(option_values.format_sample_rate))
+				return usage_error("ERROR: invalid sample rate '%u', must be > 0 and <= %u\n", option_values.format_sample_rate, FLAC__MAX_SAMPLE_RATE);
+		}
+		if(!option_values.mode_decode && ((unsigned)option_values.blocksize < FLAC__MIN_BLOCK_SIZE || (unsigned)option_values.blocksize > FLAC__MAX_BLOCK_SIZE)) {
+			return usage_error("ERROR: invalid blocksize '%u', must be >= %u and <= %u\n", (unsigned)option_values.blocksize, FLAC__MIN_BLOCK_SIZE, FLAC__MAX_BLOCK_SIZE);
+		}
+		if(option_values.qlp_coeff_precision > 0 && option_values.qlp_coeff_precision < FLAC__MIN_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION) {
+			return usage_error("ERROR: invalid value for -q '%u', must be 0 or >= %u\n", option_values.qlp_coeff_precision, FLAC__MIN_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION);
+		}
 
-	if(verbose) {
+		if(option_values.sector_align) {
+			if(option_values.mode_decode)
+				return usage_error("ERROR: --sector-align only allowed for encoding\n");
+			else if(option_values.skip > 0)
+				return usage_error("ERROR: --sector-align not allowed with --skip\n");
+			else if(option_values.format_channels >= 0 && option_values.format_channels != 2)
+				return usage_error("ERROR: --sector-align can only be done with stereo input\n");
+			else if(option_values.format_bps >= 0 && option_values.format_bps != 16)
+				return usage_error("ERROR: --sector-align can only be done with 16-bit samples\n");
+			else if(option_values.format_sample_rate >= 0 && option_values.format_sample_rate != 44100)
+				return usage_error("ERROR: --sector-align can only be done with a sample rate of 44100\n");
+		}
+		if(option_values.num_files > 1 && option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename) {
+			return usage_error("ERROR: -o cannot be used with multiple files\n");
+		}
+		if(option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename && option_values.output_prefix) {
+			return usage_error("ERROR: --output-prefix conflicts with -o\n");
+		}
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+	if(option_values.verbose) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 		fprintf(stderr, "flac %s, Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002 Josh Coalson\n", FLAC__VERSION_STRING);
 		fprintf(stderr, "flac comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.  This is free software, and you are\n");
 		fprintf(stderr, "welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.  Type `flac' for details.\n\n");
 
-		if(!mode_decode) {
+		if(!option_values.mode_decode) {
 			char padopt[16];
-			if(padding < 0)
+			if(option_values.padding < 0)
 				strcpy(padopt, "-");
 			else
-				sprintf(padopt, " %d", padding);
+				sprintf(padopt, " %d", option_values.padding);
 			fprintf(stderr,
 				"options:%s%s"
 #ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
 				"%s"
 #endif
 				"%s -P%s -b %u%s -l %u%s%s%s -q %u -r %u,%u -R %u%s\n",
-				delete_input?" --delete-input-file":"", sector_align?" --sector-align":"",
+				option_values.delete_input?" --delete-input-file":"",
+				option_values.sector_align?" --sector-align":"",
 #ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
-				use_ogg?" --ogg":"",
+				option_values.use_ogg?" --ogg":"",
 #endif
-				lax?" --lax":"",
-				padopt, (unsigned)blocksize, loose_mid_side?" -M":do_mid_side?" -m":"", max_lpc_order,
-				do_exhaustive_model_search?" -e":"", do_escape_coding?" -E":"", do_qlp_coeff_prec_search?" -p":"",
-				qlp_coeff_precision,
-				(unsigned)min_residual_partition_order, (unsigned)max_residual_partition_order, (unsigned)rice_parameter_search_dist,
-				verify? " -V":""
+				option_values.lax?" --lax":"",
+				padopt,
+				(unsigned)option_values.blocksize,
+				option_values.loose_mid_side?" -M":option_values.do_mid_side?" -m":"",
+				option_values.max_lpc_order,
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search?" -e":"",
+				option_values.do_escape_coding?" -E":"",
+				option_values.do_qlp_coeff_prec_search?" -p":"",
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision,
+				(unsigned)option_values.min_residual_partition_order,
+				(unsigned)option_values.max_residual_partition_order,
+				(unsigned)option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist,
+				option_values.verify? " -V":""
 			);
 		}
 	}
 
-	if(mode_decode) {
+	if(option_values.mode_decode) {
 		FLAC__bool first = true;
 
-		if(i == argc) {
+		if(option_values.num_files == 0) {
 			retval = decode_file("-", 0);
 		}
 		else {
-			if(i + 1 != argc)
-				cmdline_forced_outfilename = 0;
-			for(retval = 0; i < argc && retval == 0; i++) {
-				if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-") && !first)
+			unsigned i;
+			if(option_values.num_files > 1)
+				option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename = 0;
+			for(i = 0, retval = 0; i < option_values.num_files && retval == 0; i++) {
+				if(0 == strcmp(option_values.filenames[i], "-") && !first)
 					continue;
-				retval = decode_file(argv[i], 0);
+				retval = decode_file(option_values.filenames[i], 0);
 				first = false;
 			}
 		}
@@ -477,16 +389,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	else { /* encode */
 		FLAC__bool first = true;
 
-		if(i == argc) {
+		if(option_values.num_files == 0) {
 			retval = encode_file("-", 0, true);
 		}
 		else {
-			if(i + 1 != argc)
-				cmdline_forced_outfilename = 0;
-			for(retval = 0; i < argc && retval == 0; i++) {
-				if(0 == strcmp(argv[i], "-") && !first)
+			unsigned i;
+			if(option_values.num_files > 1)
+				option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename = 0;
+			for(i = 0, retval = 0; i < option_values.num_files && retval == 0; i++) {
+				if(0 == strcmp(option_values.filenames[i], "-") && !first)
 					continue;
-				retval = encode_file(argv[i], 0, i == (argc-1));
+				retval = encode_file(option_values.filenames[i], 0, i == (option_values.num_files-1));
 				first = false;
 			}
 		}
@@ -495,190 +408,610 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	return retval;
 }
 
+void init_options()
+{
+	option_values.show_long_help = false;
+	option_values.mode_decode = false;
+	option_values.verify = false;
+	option_values.verbose = true;
+	option_values.continue_through_decode_errors = false;
+	option_values.lax = false;
+	option_values.test_only = false;
+	option_values.analyze = false;
+	option_values.use_ogg = false;
+	option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+	option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+	option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
+	option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+	option_values.do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = false;
+	option_values.force_to_stdout = false;
+	option_values.force_raw_format = false;
+	option_values.delete_input = false;
+	option_values.sector_align = false;
+	option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename = 0;
+	option_values.output_prefix = 0;
+	option_values.aopts.do_residual_text = false;
+	option_values.aopts.do_residual_gnuplot = false;
+	option_values.padding = -1;
+	option_values.max_lpc_order = 8;
+	option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+	option_values.skip = 0;
+	option_values.format_is_big_endian = -1;
+	option_values.format_is_unsigned_samples = false;
+	option_values.format_channels = -1;
+	option_values.format_bps = -1;
+	option_values.format_sample_rate = -1;
+	option_values.blocksize = -1;
+	option_values.min_residual_partition_order = -1;
+	option_values.max_residual_partition_order = -1;
+	option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = -1;
+	option_values.requested_seek_points[0] = '\0';
+	option_values.num_requested_seek_points = -1;
+
+	option_values.num_files = 0;
+	option_values.filenames = 0;
+}
+
+int parse_options(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+    int short_option;
+    int option_index = 1;
+	FLAC__bool had_error = false;
+	/*@@@ E and R: are deprecated */
+	const char *short_opts = "0123456789ab:cdeFHl:mMo:pP:q:r:sS:tV";
+
+    while ((short_option = FLAC__share__getopt_long(argc, argv, short_opts, long_options_, &option_index)) != -1) {
+        switch (short_option) {
+            case 0: /* long option with no equivalent short option */
+				had_error |= (parse_option(short_option, long_options_[option_index].name, FLAC__share__optarg) != 0);
+                break;
+			case '?':
+			case ':':
+                had_error = true;
+                break;
+            default: /* short option */
+				had_error |= (parse_option(short_option, 0, FLAC__share__optarg) != 0);
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+	if(had_error) {
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	FLAC__ASSERT(FLAC__share__optind <= argc);
+
+	option_values.num_files = argc - FLAC__share__optind;
+
+	if(option_values.num_files > 0) {
+		unsigned i = 0;
+		if(0 == (option_values.filenames = malloc(sizeof(char *) * option_values.num_files)))
+			die("out of memory allocating space for file names list");
+		while(FLAC__share__optind < argc)
+			option_values.filenames[i++] = local_strdup(argv[FLAC__share__optind++]);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int parse_option(int short_option, const char *long_option, const char *option_argument)
+{
+	FLAC__bool ok = true;
+	char *p;
+
+	if(short_option == 0) {
+		FLAC__ASSERT(0 != long_option);
+		if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--delete-input-file")) {
+			option_values.delete_input = true;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--output-prefix")) {
+			FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+			option_values.output_prefix = option_argument;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--skip")) {
+			FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+			option_values.skip = (FLAC__uint64)atoi(option_argument); /* @@@ takes a pretty damn big file to overflow atoi() here, but it could happen */
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--super-secret-impractical-compression-level")) {
+			option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = true;
+			option_values.do_escape_coding = true;
+			option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+			option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+			option_values.do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = true;
+			option_values.min_residual_partition_order = 0;
+			option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 16;
+			option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+			option_values.max_lpc_order = 32;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--force-raw-input")) {
+			option_values.force_raw_format = true;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--lax")) {
+			option_values.lax = true;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--sector-align")) {
+			option_values.sector_align = true;
+		}
+#ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--ogg")) {
+			option_values.use_ogg = true;
+		}
+#endif
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--endian")) {
+			FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+			if(0 == strncmp(option_argument, "big", strlen(option_argument)))
+				option_values.format_is_big_endian = true;
+			else if(0 == strncmp(option_argument, "little", strlen(option_argument)))
+				option_values.format_is_big_endian = false;
+			else {
+				return usage_error("ERROR: argument to --endian must be \"big\" or \"little\"\n");
+				ok = false;
+			}
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--channels")) {
+			FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+			option_values.format_channels = atoi(option_argument);
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--bps")) {
+			FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+			option_values.format_bps = atoi(option_argument);
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--sample-rate")) {
+			FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+			option_values.format_sample_rate = atoi(option_argument);
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--sign")) {
+			FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+			if(0 == strncmp(option_argument, "signed", strlen(option_argument)))
+				option_values.format_is_unsigned_samples = false;
+			else if(0 == strncmp(option_argument, "unsigned", strlen(option_argument)))
+				option_values.format_is_unsigned_samples = true;
+			else {
+				return usage_error("ERROR: argument to --sign must be \"signed\" or \"unsigned\"\n");
+				ok = false;
+			}
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--residual-gnu-plot")) {
+			option_values.aopts.do_residual_gnuplot = true;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--residual-text")) {
+			option_values.aopts.do_residual_text = true;
+		}
+		/*
+		 * negatives
+		 */
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-decode-through-errors")) {
+			option_values.continue_through_decode_errors = false;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-silent")) {
+			option_values.verbose = true;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-seektable")) {
+			option_values.num_requested_seek_points = 0;
+			option_values.requested_seek_points[0] = '\0';
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-delete-input-file")) {
+			option_values.delete_input = false;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-sector-align")) {
+			option_values.sector_align = false;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-lax")) {
+			option_values.lax = false;
+		}
+#ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-ogg")) {
+			option_values.use_ogg = false;
+		}
+#endif
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-exhaustive-model-search")) {
+			option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
+		}
+#if 0
+		/* @@@ deprecated: */
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-escape-coding")) {
+			option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+		}
+#endif
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-mid-side")) {
+			option_values.do_mid_side = option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-adaptive-mid-side")) {
+			option_values.loose_mid_side = option_values.do_mid_side = false;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-qlp-coeff-prec-search")) {
+			option_values.do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = false;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-padding")) {
+			option_values.padding = -1;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-verify")) {
+			option_values.verify = false;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-residual-gnuplot")) {
+			option_values.aopts.do_residual_gnuplot = false;
+		}
+		else if(0 == strcmp(long_option, "--no-residual-text")) {
+			option_values.aopts.do_residual_text = false;
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		switch(short_option) {
+			case 'H':
+				option_values.show_long_help = true;
+				break;
+			case 'd':
+				option_values.mode_decode = true;
+				break;
+			case 'a':
+				option_values.mode_decode = true;
+				option_values.analyze = true;
+				break;
+			case 't':
+				option_values.mode_decode = true;
+				option_values.test_only = true;
+				break;
+			case 'c':
+				option_values.force_to_stdout = true;
+				break;
+			case 's':
+				option_values.verbose = false;
+				break;
+			case 'o':
+				FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+				option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename = option_argument;
+				break;
+			case 'F':
+				option_values.continue_through_decode_errors = true;
+				break;
+			case '0':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+				option_values.do_mid_side = false;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 2;
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = 0;
+				break;
+			case '1':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+				option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 2;
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = 0;
+				break;
+			case '2':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+				option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = 0;
+				option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 3;
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = 0;
+				break;
+			case '3':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+				option_values.do_mid_side = false;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 3;
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = 6;
+				break;
+			case '4':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+				option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 3;
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = 8;
+				break;
+			case '5':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+				option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 3;
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = 8;
+				break;
+			case '6':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = false;
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+				option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = 0;
+				option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 4;
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = 8;
+				break;
+			case '7':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = true;
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+				option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = 0;
+				option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 6;
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = 8;
+				break;
+			case '8':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = true;
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = false;
+				option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = 0;
+				option_values.min_residual_partition_order = 0;
+				option_values.max_residual_partition_order = 6;
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = 0;
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = 12;
+				break;
+			case '9':
+				return usage_error("ERROR: compression level '9' is reserved\n");
+				break;
+			case 'V':
+				option_values.verify = true;
+				break;
+			case 'S':
+				FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+				if(option_values.num_requested_seek_points < 0)
+					option_values.num_requested_seek_points = 0;
+				option_values.num_requested_seek_points++;
+				strcat(option_values.requested_seek_points, option_argument);
+				strcat(option_values.requested_seek_points, "<");
+				break;
+			case 'P':
+				FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+				option_values.padding = atoi(option_argument);
+				if(option_values.padding < 0) {
+					return usage_error("ERROR: argument to -P must be >= 0\n");
+				}
+				break;
+			case 'b':
+				FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+				option_values.blocksize = atoi(option_argument);
+				break;
+			case 'e':
+				option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search = true;
+				break;
+			case 'E':
+				option_values.do_escape_coding = true;
+				break;
+			case 'l':
+				FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+				option_values.max_lpc_order = atoi(option_argument);
+				break;
+			case 'm':
+				option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = false;
+				break;
+			case 'M':
+				option_values.loose_mid_side = option_values.do_mid_side = true;
+				break;
+			case 'p':
+				option_values.do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = true;
+				break;
+			case 'q':
+				FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+				option_values.qlp_coeff_precision = atoi(option_argument);
+				break;
+			case 'r':
+				FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+				p = strchr(option_argument, ',');
+				if(0 == p) {
+					option_values.min_residual_partition_order = 0;
+					option_values.max_residual_partition_order = atoi(option_argument);
+				}
+				else {
+					option_values.min_residual_partition_order = atoi(option_argument);
+					option_values.max_residual_partition_order = atoi(++p);
+				}
+				break;
+			case 'R':
+				FLAC__ASSERT(0 != option_argument);
+				option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist = atoi(option_argument);
+				break;
+			default:
+				FLAC__ASSERT(0);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ok;
+}
+
+void free_options()
+{
+	if(0 != option_values.filenames)
+		free(option_values.filenames);
+}
+
+int usage_error(const char *message, ...)
+{
+	va_list args;
+
+	FLAC__ASSERT(0);
+
+	va_start(args, message);
+
+	(void) vfprintf(stderr, message, args);
+
+	va_end(args);
+
+	printf("Type \"flac\" for a usage summary or \"flac --help\" for all options\n");
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static void usage_header()
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "===============================================================================\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "flac - Command-line FLAC encoder/decoder version %s\n", FLAC__VERSION_STRING);
-	fprintf(stderr, "Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002  Josh Coalson\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "GNU General Public License for more details.\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "===============================================================================\n");
+	printf("===============================================================================\n");
+	printf("flac - Command-line FLAC encoder/decoder version %s\n", FLAC__VERSION_STRING);
+	printf("Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002  Josh Coalson\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or\n");
+	printf("modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License\n");
+	printf("as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2\n");
+	printf("of the License, or (at your option) any later version.\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,\n");
+	printf("but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of\n");
+	printf("MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the\n");
+	printf("GNU General Public License for more details.\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License\n");
+	printf("along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software\n");
+	printf("Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.\n");
+	printf("===============================================================================\n");
 }
 
-int short_usage(const char *message, ...)
+void short_usage()
 {
-	va_list args;
-
-	if(message) {
-		va_start(args, message);
-
-		(void) vfprintf(stderr, message, args);
-
-		va_end(args);
-
-	}
 	usage_header();
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "This is the short help; for full help use 'flac --help'\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "To encode:\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "  flac [-#] [infile [...]]\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "  -# is -0 (fastest compression) to -8 (highest compression); -5 is the default\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "To decode:\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "  flac -d [infile [...]]\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "To test:\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "  flac -t [infile [...]]\n");
-
-	return message? 1 : 0;
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("This is the short help; for full help use 'flac --help'\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("To encode:\n");
+	printf("  flac [-#] [infile [...]]\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("  -# is -0 (fastest compression) to -8 (highest compression); -5 is the default\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("To decode:\n");
+	printf("  flac -d [infile [...]]\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("To test:\n");
+	printf("  flac -t [infile [...]]\n");
 }
 
-int long_usage(const char *message, ...)
+void long_usage()
 {
-	FILE *out = (message? stderr : stdout);
-	va_list args;
-
-	if(message) {
-		va_start(args, message);
-
-		(void) vfprintf(stderr, message, args);
-
-		va_end(args);
-
-	}
 	usage_header();
-	fprintf(out, "Usage:\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  flac [options] [infile [...]]\n");
-	fprintf(out, "\n");
-	fprintf(out, "For encoding:\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  the input file(s) may be a PCM RIFF WAVE file, AIFF file, or raw samples\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  the output file(s) will be in FLAC format\n");
-	fprintf(out, "For decoding, the reverse is true\n");
-	fprintf(out, "\n");
-	fprintf(out, "A single 'infile' may be - for stdin.  No 'infile' implies stdin.  Use of\n");
-	fprintf(out, "stdin implies -c (write to stdout).  Normally you should use:\n");
-	fprintf(out, "   flac [options] -o outfilename  or  flac -d [options] -o outfilename\n");
-	fprintf(out, "instead of:\n");
-	fprintf(out, "   flac [options] > outfilename   or  flac -d [options] > outfilename\n");
-	fprintf(out, "since the former allows flac to seek backwards to write the STREAMINFO or\n");
-	fprintf(out, "RIFF WAVE header contents when necessary.\n");
-	fprintf(out, "\n");
-	fprintf(out, "flac checks for the presence of a AIFF/RIFF WAVE header to decide whether or\n");
-	fprintf(out, "not to treat an input file as AIFF/WAVE format or raw samples.  If any infile\n");
-	fprintf(out, "is raw you must specify the format options {-fb|fl} -fc -fp and -fs, which will\n");
-	fprintf(out, "apply to all raw files.  You can force AIFF/WAVE files to be treated as a raw\n");
-	fprintf(out, "files using -fr.\n");
-	fprintf(out, "\n");
-	fprintf(out, "generic options:\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -d : decode (default behavior is encode)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -t : test (same as -d except no decoded file is written)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -a : analyze (same as -d except an analysis file is written)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -c : write output to stdout\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -s : silent (do not write runtime encode/decode statistics)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -o filename : force the output file name (usually flac just changes the\n");
-	fprintf(out, "                extension)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  --output-prefix string : prefix each output file name with the given string.\n");
-	fprintf(out, "    This can be useful for encoding/decoding files to a different directory.\n");
-	fprintf(out, "    Make sure if your string is a path name that it ends with a '/' slash.\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  --delete-input-file : deletes the input file after a successful encode/decode\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  --skip samples : can be used both for encoding and decoding\n");
-	fprintf(out, "analyze options:\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  --a-rtext : include residual signal in text output\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  --a-rgp : generate gnuplot files of residual distribution of each subframe\n");
-	fprintf(out, "decoding options:\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -F : force decoder to continue decoding through stream errors\n");
-	fprintf(out, "encoding options:\n");
+	printf("Usage:\n");
+	printf("  flac [options] [infile [...]]\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("For encoding:\n");
+	printf("  the input file(s) may be a PCM RIFF WAVE file, AIFF file, or raw samples\n");
+	printf("  the output file(s) will be in FLAC format\n");
+	printf("For decoding, the reverse is true\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("A single 'infile' may be - for stdin.  No 'infile' implies stdin.  Use of\n");
+	printf("stdin implies -c (write to stdout).  Normally you should use:\n");
+	printf("   flac [options] -o outfilename  or  flac -d [options] -o outfilename\n");
+	printf("instead of:\n");
+	printf("   flac [options] > outfilename   or  flac -d [options] > outfilename\n");
+	printf("since the former allows flac to seek backwards to write the STREAMINFO or\n");
+	printf("RIFF WAVE header contents when necessary.\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("flac checks for the presence of a AIFF/RIFF WAVE header to decide whether or\n");
+	printf("not to treat an input file as AIFF/WAVE format or raw samples.  If any infile\n");
+	printf("is raw you must specify the format options {-fb|fl} -fc -fp and -fs, which will\n");
+	printf("apply to all raw files.  You can force AIFF/WAVE files to be treated as a raw\n");
+	printf("files using -fr.\n");
+	printf("\n");
+	printf("generic options:\n");
+	printf("  -d : decode (default behavior is encode)\n");
+	printf("  -t : test (same as -d except no decoded file is written)\n");
+	printf("  -a : analyze (same as -d except an analysis file is written)\n");
+	printf("  -c : write output to stdout\n");
+	printf("  -s : silent (do not write runtime encode/decode statistics)\n");
+	printf("  -o filename : force the output file name (usually flac just changes the\n");
+	printf("                extension)\n");
+	printf("  --output-prefix string : prefix each output file name with the given string.\n");
+	printf("    This can be useful for encoding/decoding files to a different directory.\n");
+	printf("    Make sure if your string is a path name that it ends with a '/' slash.\n");
+	printf("  --delete-input-file : deletes the input file after a successful encode/decode\n");
+	printf("  --skip samples : can be used both for encoding and decoding\n");
+	printf("analyze options:\n");
+	printf("  --a-rtext : include residual signal in text output\n");
+	printf("  --a-rgp : generate gnuplot files of residual distribution of each subframe\n");
+	printf("decoding options:\n");
+	printf("  -F : force decoder to continue decoding through stream errors\n");
+	printf("encoding options:\n");
 #ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
-	fprintf(out, "  --ogg : output Ogg-FLAC stream instead of native FLAC\n");
+	printf("  --ogg : output Ogg-FLAC stream instead of native FLAC\n");
 #endif
-	fprintf(out, "  --lax : allow encoder to generate non-Subset files\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  --sector-align : align encoding of multiple files on sector boundaries\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -S { # | X | #x } : include a point or points in a SEEKTABLE\n");
-	fprintf(out, "       #  : a specific sample number for a seek point\n");
-	fprintf(out, "       X  : a placeholder point (always goes at the end of the SEEKTABLE)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "       #x : # evenly spaced seekpoints, the first being at sample 0\n");
-	fprintf(out, "     You may use many -S options; the resulting SEEKTABLE will be the unique-\n");
-	fprintf(out, "           ified union of all such values.\n");
-	fprintf(out, "     With no -S options, flac defaults to '-S 100x'.  Use -S- for no SEEKTABLE.\n");
-	fprintf(out, "     Note: -S #x will not work if the encoder can't determine the input size\n");
-	fprintf(out, "           before starting.\n");
-	fprintf(out, "     Note: if you use -S # and # is >= samples in the input, there will be\n");
-	fprintf(out, "           either no seek point entered (if the input size is determinable\n");
-	fprintf(out, "           before encoding starts) or a placeholder point (if input size is not\n");
-	fprintf(out, "           determinable)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -P # : write a PADDING block of length # (goes after SEEKTABLE)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "         (# must be >= 0; default is -P-).  Note that the overall size in bytes\n");
-	fprintf(out, "         of the PADDING block will be # + 4 because of the metadata header.\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -b # : specify blocksize in samples; default is 1152 for -l 0, else 4608;\n");
-	fprintf(out, "         must be 192/576/1152/2304/4608/256/512/1024/2048/4096/8192/16384/32768\n");
-	fprintf(out, "         (unless --lax is used)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -m   : try mid-side coding for each frame (stereo input only)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -M   : adaptive mid-side coding for all frames (stereo input only)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -0 .. -8 : fastest compression .. highest compression, default is -5\n");
-	fprintf(out, "             these are synonyms for other options:\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -0   : synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -r 2,2\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -1   : synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -M -r 2,2\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -2   : synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -m -r 3\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -3   : synonymous with -l 6 -b 4608 -r 3,3\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -4   : synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -M -r 3,3\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -5   : synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 3,3\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -6   : synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 4\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -7   : synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -8   : synonymous with -l 12 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  --fast, --best : synonymous with -0 and -8 respectively\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -e   : do exhaustive model search (expensive!)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -E   : include escape coding in the entropy coder\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -l # : specify max LPC order; 0 => use only fixed predictors\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -p   : do exhaustive search of LP coefficient quantization (expensive!);\n");
-	fprintf(out, "         overrides -q, does nothing if using -l 0\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -q # : specify precision in bits of quantized linear-predictor coefficients;\n");
-	fprintf(out, "         0 => let encoder decide (min is %u, default is -q 0)\n", FLAC__MIN_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION);
-	fprintf(out, "  -r [#,]# : [min,]max residual partition order (# is 0..16; min defaults to 0;\n");
-	fprintf(out, "         default is -r 0; above 4 doesn't usually help much)\n");
+	printf("  --lax : allow encoder to generate non-Subset files\n");
+	printf("  --sector-align : align encoding of multiple files on sector boundaries\n");
+	printf("  -S { # | X | #x } : include a point or points in a SEEKTABLE\n");
+	printf("       #  : a specific sample number for a seek point\n");
+	printf("       X  : a placeholder point (always goes at the end of the SEEKTABLE)\n");
+	printf("       #x : # evenly spaced seekpoints, the first being at sample 0\n");
+	printf("     You may use many -S options; the resulting SEEKTABLE will be the unique-\n");
+	printf("           ified union of all such values.\n");
+	printf("     With no -S options, flac defaults to '-S 100x'.  Use -S- for no SEEKTABLE.\n");
+	printf("     Note: -S #x will not work if the encoder can't determine the input size\n");
+	printf("           before starting.\n");
+	printf("     Note: if you use -S # and # is >= samples in the input, there will be\n");
+	printf("           either no seek point entered (if the input size is determinable\n");
+	printf("           before encoding starts) or a placeholder point (if input size is not\n");
+	printf("           determinable)\n");
+	printf("  -P # : write a PADDING block of length # (goes after SEEKTABLE)\n");
+	printf("         (# must be >= 0; default is -P-).  Note that the overall size in bytes\n");
+	printf("         of the PADDING block will be # + 4 because of the metadata header.\n");
+	printf("  -b # : specify blocksize in samples; default is 1152 for -l 0, else 4608;\n");
+	printf("         must be 192/576/1152/2304/4608/256/512/1024/2048/4096/8192/16384/32768\n");
+	printf("         (unless --lax is used)\n");
+	printf("  -m   : try mid-side coding for each frame (stereo input only)\n");
+	printf("  -M   : adaptive mid-side coding for all frames (stereo input only)\n");
+	printf("  -0 .. -8 : fastest compression .. highest compression, default is -5\n");
+	printf("             these are synonyms for other options:\n");
+	printf("  -0   : synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -r 2,2\n");
+	printf("  -1   : synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -M -r 2,2\n");
+	printf("  -2   : synonymous with -l 0 -b 1152 -m -r 3\n");
+	printf("  -3   : synonymous with -l 6 -b 4608 -r 3,3\n");
+	printf("  -4   : synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -M -r 3,3\n");
+	printf("  -5   : synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 3,3\n");
+	printf("  -6   : synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -r 4\n");
+	printf("  -7   : synonymous with -l 8 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6\n");
+	printf("  -8   : synonymous with -l 12 -b 4608 -m -e -r 6\n");
+	printf("  --fast, --best : synonymous with -0 and -8 respectively\n");
+	printf("  -e   : do exhaustive model search (expensive!)\n");
+	printf("  -E   : include escape coding in the entropy coder\n");
+	printf("  -l # : specify max LPC order; 0 => use only fixed predictors\n");
+	printf("  -p   : do exhaustive search of LP coefficient quantization (expensive!);\n");
+	printf("         overrides -q, does nothing if using -l 0\n");
+	printf("  -q # : specify precision in bits of quantized linear-predictor coefficients;\n");
+	printf("         0 => let encoder decide (min is %u, default is -q 0)\n", FLAC__MIN_QLP_COEFF_PRECISION);
+	printf("  -r [#,]# : [min,]max residual partition order (# is 0..16; min defaults to 0;\n");
+	printf("         default is -r 0; above 4 doesn't usually help much)\n");
 #if 0
 @@@ removed because it doesnt work yet and is too dangerous for users
-	fprintf(out, "  -R # : Rice parameter search distance (# is 0..32; above 2 doesn't help much)\n");
+	printf("  -R # : Rice parameter search distance (# is 0..32; above 2 doesn't help much)\n");
 #endif
-	fprintf(out, "  -V   : verify a correct encoding by decoding the output in parallel and\n");
-	fprintf(out, "         comparing to the original\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -S-, -P-, -m-, -M-, -e-, -E-, -p-, -V-, --delete-input-file-,%s --lax-,\n",
+	printf("  -V   : verify a correct encoding by decoding the output in parallel and\n");
+	printf("         comparing to the original\n");
+	printf("  -S-, -P-, -m-, -M-, -e-, -E-, -p-, -V-, --delete-input-file-,%s --lax-,\n",
 #ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
 		" --ogg-,"
 #else
 		""
 #endif
 	);
-	fprintf(out, "  --sector-align- can all be used to turn off a particular option\n");
-	fprintf(out, "format options:\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -fb | -fl : big-endian | little-endian byte order\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -fc channels\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -fp bits_per_sample\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -fs sample_rate : in Hz\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -fu : unsigned samples (default is signed)\n");
-	fprintf(out, "  -fr : force input to be treated as raw samples\n");
-
-	return message? 1 : 0;
+	printf("  --sector-align- can all be used to turn off a particular option\n");
+	printf("format options:\n");
+	printf("  -fb | -fl : big-endian | little-endian byte order\n");
+	printf("  -fc channels\n");
+	printf("  -fp bits_per_sample\n");
+	printf("  -fs sample_rate : in Hz\n");
+	printf("  -fu : unsigned samples (default is signed)\n");
+	printf("  -fr : force input to be treated as raw samples\n");
 }
 
 void
 format_mistake(const char *infilename, const char *wrong, const char *right)
 {
-	fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: %s is not a %s file; treating as a %s file\n",
-		infilename, wrong, right);
+	fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: %s is not a %s file; treating as a %s file\n", infilename, wrong, right);
 }
 
 int encode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename, FLAC__bool is_last_file)
@@ -705,7 +1038,7 @@ int encode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename, FLAC__bo
 		}
 	}
 
-	if(!force_raw_format) {
+	if(!option_values.force_raw_format) {
 		/* first set format based on name */
 		if(strlen(infilename) > 3 && 0 == strcasecmp(infilename+(strlen(infilename)-4), ".wav"))
 			fmt= WAV;
@@ -733,21 +1066,21 @@ int encode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename, FLAC__bo
 		}
 	}
 
-	if(sector_align && fmt == RAW && infilesize < 0) {
+	if(option_values.sector_align && fmt == RAW && infilesize < 0) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: can't --sector-align when the input size is unknown\n");
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	if(fmt == RAW) {
-		if(format_is_big_endian < 0 || format_channels < 0 || format_bps < 0 || format_sample_rate < 0)
-			return long_usage("ERROR: for encoding a raw file you must specify { -fb or -fl }, -fc, -fp, and -fs\n");
+		if(option_values.format_is_big_endian < 0 || option_values.format_channels < 0 || option_values.format_bps < 0 || option_values.format_sample_rate < 0)
+			return usage_error("ERROR: for encoding a raw file you must specify { -fb or -fl }, -fc, -fp, and -fs\n");
 	}
 
-	if(encode_infile == stdin || force_to_stdout)
+	if(encode_infile == stdin || option_values.force_to_stdout)
 		strcpy(outfilename, "-");
 	else {
-		const char *suffix = (use_ogg? ogg_suffix : flac_suffix);
-		strcpy(outfilename, output_prefix? output_prefix : "");
+		const char *suffix = (option_values.use_ogg? ogg_suffix : flac_suffix);
+		strcpy(outfilename, option_values.output_prefix? option_values.output_prefix : "");
 		strcat(outfilename, infilename);
 		if(0 == (p = strrchr(outfilename, '.')))
 			strcat(outfilename, suffix);
@@ -762,44 +1095,44 @@ int encode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename, FLAC__bo
 	}
 	if(0 == forced_outfilename)
 		forced_outfilename = outfilename;
-	if(0 != cmdline_forced_outfilename)
-		forced_outfilename = cmdline_forced_outfilename;
+	if(0 != option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename)
+		forced_outfilename = option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename;
 
-	common_options.verbose = verbose;
-	common_options.skip = skip;
-	common_options.verify = verify;
+	common_options.verbose = option_values.verbose;
+	common_options.skip = option_values.skip;
+	common_options.verify = option_values.verify;
 #ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
-	common_options.use_ogg = use_ogg;
+	common_options.use_ogg = option_values.use_ogg;
 #endif
-	common_options.lax = lax;
-	common_options.do_mid_side = do_mid_side;
-	common_options.loose_mid_side = loose_mid_side;
-	common_options.do_exhaustive_model_search = do_exhaustive_model_search;
-	common_options.do_escape_coding = do_escape_coding;
-	common_options.do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = do_qlp_coeff_prec_search;
-	common_options.min_residual_partition_order = min_residual_partition_order;
-	common_options.max_residual_partition_order = max_residual_partition_order;
-	common_options.rice_parameter_search_dist = rice_parameter_search_dist;
-	common_options.max_lpc_order = max_lpc_order;
-	common_options.blocksize = (unsigned)blocksize;
-	common_options.qlp_coeff_precision = qlp_coeff_precision;
-	common_options.padding = padding;
-	common_options.requested_seek_points = requested_seek_points;
-	common_options.num_requested_seek_points = num_requested_seek_points;
+	common_options.lax = option_values.lax;
+	common_options.do_mid_side = option_values.do_mid_side;
+	common_options.loose_mid_side = option_values.loose_mid_side;
+	common_options.do_exhaustive_model_search = option_values.do_exhaustive_model_search;
+	common_options.do_escape_coding = option_values.do_escape_coding;
+	common_options.do_qlp_coeff_prec_search = option_values.do_qlp_coeff_prec_search;
+	common_options.min_residual_partition_order = option_values.min_residual_partition_order;
+	common_options.max_residual_partition_order = option_values.max_residual_partition_order;
+	common_options.rice_parameter_search_dist = option_values.rice_parameter_search_dist;
+	common_options.max_lpc_order = option_values.max_lpc_order;
+	common_options.blocksize = (unsigned)option_values.blocksize;
+	common_options.qlp_coeff_precision = option_values.qlp_coeff_precision;
+	common_options.padding = option_values.padding;
+	common_options.requested_seek_points = option_values.requested_seek_points;
+	common_options.num_requested_seek_points = option_values.num_requested_seek_points;
 	common_options.is_last_file = is_last_file;
 	common_options.align_reservoir = align_reservoir;
 	common_options.align_reservoir_samples = &align_reservoir_samples;
-	common_options.sector_align = sector_align;
+	common_options.sector_align = option_values.sector_align;
 
 	if(fmt == RAW) {
 		raw_encode_options_t options;
 
 		options.common = common_options;
-		options.is_big_endian = format_is_big_endian;
-		options.is_unsigned_samples = format_is_unsigned_samples;
-		options.channels = format_channels;
-		options.bps = format_bps;
-		options.sample_rate = format_sample_rate;
+		options.is_big_endian = option_values.format_is_big_endian;
+		options.is_unsigned_samples = option_values.format_is_unsigned_samples;
+		options.channels = option_values.format_channels;
+		options.bps = option_values.format_bps;
+		options.sample_rate = option_values.format_sample_rate;
 
 		retval = flac__encode_raw(encode_infile, infilesize, infilename, forced_outfilename, lookahead, lookahead_length, options);
 	}
@@ -817,7 +1150,7 @@ int encode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename, FLAC__bo
 	if(retval == 0 && strcmp(infilename, "-")) {
 		if(strcmp(forced_outfilename, "-"))
 			flac__file_copy_metadata(infilename, forced_outfilename);
-		if(delete_input)
+		if(option_values.delete_input)
 			unlink(infilename);
 	}
 
@@ -833,16 +1166,16 @@ int decode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename)
 	FLAC__bool treat_as_ogg = false;
 	decode_options_t common_options;
 
-	if(!test_only && !analyze) {
-		if(force_raw_format && format_is_big_endian < 0)
-			return long_usage("ERROR: for decoding to a raw file you must specify -fb or -fl\n");
+	if(!option_values.test_only && !option_values.analyze) {
+		if(option_values.force_raw_format && option_values.format_is_big_endian < 0)
+			return usage_error("ERROR: for decoding to a raw file you must specify -fb or -fl\n");
 	}
 
-	if(0 == strcmp(infilename, "-") || force_to_stdout)
+	if(0 == strcmp(infilename, "-") || option_values.force_to_stdout)
 		strcpy(outfilename, "-");
 	else {
-		const char *suffix = suffixes[analyze? 2 : force_raw_format? 1 : 0];
-		strcpy(outfilename, output_prefix? output_prefix : "");
+		const char *suffix = suffixes[option_values.analyze? 2 : option_values.force_raw_format? 1 : 0];
+		strcpy(outfilename, option_values.output_prefix? option_values.output_prefix : "");
 		strcat(outfilename, infilename);
 		if(0 == (p = strrchr(outfilename, '.')))
 			strcat(outfilename, suffix);
@@ -857,10 +1190,10 @@ int decode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename)
 	}
 	if(0 == forced_outfilename)
 		forced_outfilename = outfilename;
-	if(0 != cmdline_forced_outfilename)
-		forced_outfilename = cmdline_forced_outfilename;
+	if(0 != option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename)
+		forced_outfilename = option_values.cmdline_forced_outfilename;
 
-	if(use_ogg)
+	if(option_values.use_ogg)
 		treat_as_ogg = true;
 	else if(0 == strcasecmp(infilename+(strlen(infilename)-4), ".ogg"))
 		treat_as_ogg = true;
@@ -874,36 +1207,52 @@ int decode_file(const char *infilename, const char *forced_outfilename)
 	}
 #endif
 
-	common_options.verbose = verbose;
-	common_options.continue_through_decode_errors = continue_through_decode_errors;
+	common_options.verbose = option_values.verbose;
+	common_options.continue_through_decode_errors = option_values.continue_through_decode_errors;
 #ifdef FLAC__HAS_OGG
 	common_options.is_ogg = treat_as_ogg;
 #endif
-	common_options.skip = skip;
+	common_options.skip = option_values.skip;
 
-	if(!force_raw_format) {
+	if(!option_values.force_raw_format) {
 		wav_decode_options_t options;
 
 		options.common = common_options;
 
-		retval = flac__decode_wav(infilename, test_only? 0 : forced_outfilename, analyze, aopts, options);
+		retval = flac__decode_wav(infilename, option_values.test_only? 0 : forced_outfilename, option_values.analyze, option_values.aopts, options);
 	}
 	else {
 		raw_decode_options_t options;
 
 		options.common = common_options;
-		options.is_big_endian = format_is_big_endian;
-		options.is_unsigned_samples = format_is_unsigned_samples;
+		options.is_big_endian = option_values.format_is_big_endian;
+		options.is_unsigned_samples = option_values.format_is_unsigned_samples;
 
-		retval = flac__decode_raw(infilename, test_only? 0 : forced_outfilename, analyze, aopts, options);
+		retval = flac__decode_raw(infilename, option_values.test_only? 0 : forced_outfilename, option_values.analyze, option_values.aopts, options);
 	}
 
 	if(retval == 0 && strcmp(infilename, "-")) {
 		if(strcmp(forced_outfilename, "-"))
 			flac__file_copy_metadata(infilename, forced_outfilename);
-		if(delete_input)
+		if(option_values.delete_input)
 			unlink(infilename);
 	}
 
 	return retval;
 }
+
+void die(const char *message)
+{
+	FLAC__ASSERT(0 != message);
+	fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", message);
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+char *local_strdup(const char *source)
+{
+	char *ret;
+	FLAC__ASSERT(0 != source);
+	if(0 == (ret = strdup(source)))
+		die("out of memory during strdup()");
+	return ret;
+}