Index: gc_lang/fr/modules-js/textformatter.js
==================================================================
--- gc_lang/fr/modules-js/textformatter.js
+++ gc_lang/fr/modules-js/textformatter.js
@@ -322,10 +322,62 @@
         } else if (this.bDebug){
             console.log("# Error. TF: there is no option “" + sRuleName+ "”.");
         }
         return [sText, nCount];
     }
+
+    removeHyphenAtEndOfParagraphs (sText) {
+        sText = sText.replace(/-[  ]*\n/gm, "");
+        return sText;
+    }
+
+    removeHyphenAtEndOfParagraphsCount (sText) {
+        let nCount = (sText.match(/-[  ]*\n/gm) || []).length;
+        sText = sText.replace(/-[  ]*\n/gm, "");
+        return [sText, nCount];
+    }
+
+    mergeContiguousParagraphs (sText) {
+        sText = sText.replace(/^[  ]+$/gm, ""); // clear empty paragraphs
+        let s = "";
+        for (let sParagraph of this.getParagraph(sText)) {
+            if (sParagraph === "") {
+                s += "\n";
+            } else {
+                s += sParagraph + " ";
+            }
+        }
+        s = s.replace(/  +/gm, " ").replace(/ $/gm, "");
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    mergeContiguousParagraphsCount (sText) {
+        let nCount = 0;
+        sText = sText.replace(/^[  ]+$/gm, ""); // clear empty paragraphs
+        let s = "";
+        for (let sParagraph of this.getParagraph(sText)) {
+            if (sParagraph === "") {
+                s += "\n";
+            } else {
+                s += sParagraph + " ";
+                nCount += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        s = s.replace(/  +/gm, " ").replace(/ $/gm, "");
+        return [s, nCount];
+    }
+
+    * getParagraph (sText, sSep="\n") {
+        // generator: returns paragraphs of text
+        let iStart = 0;
+        let iEnd = 0;
+        while ((iEnd = sText.indexOf(sSep, iStart)) !== -1) {
+            yield sText.slice(iStart, iEnd);
+            iStart = iEnd + 1;
+        }
+        yield sText.slice(iStart);
+    }
 
     getDefaultOptions () {
         //we return a copy to make sure they are no modification in external
         return dTFDefaultOptions.gl_shallowCopy();
     }

Index: gc_lang/fr/webext/content_scripts/panel_tf.js
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--- gc_lang/fr/webext/content_scripts/panel_tf.js
+++ gc_lang/fr/webext/content_scripts/panel_tf.js
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@
         this.xPanelContent.appendChild(this.xTFNode);
         this.xTextArea = null;
 
         this.TextFormatter = new TextFormatter();
         this.formatText = this.TextFormatter.formatTextRuleCount;
+        this.removeHyphenAtEndOfParagraphs = this.TextFormatter.removeHyphenAtEndOfParagraphsCount;
+        this.mergeContiguousParagraphs = this.TextFormatter.mergeContiguousParagraphsCount;
+        this.getParagraph = this.TextFormatter.getParagraph;
     }
 
     _createTextFormatter () {
         let xTFNode = document.createElement("div");
         try {
@@ -511,43 +514,10 @@
         catch (e) {
             showError(e);
         }
     }
 
-    removeHyphenAtEndOfParagraphs (sText) {
-        let nCount = (sText.match(/-[  ]*\n/gm) || []).length;
-        sText = sText.replace(/-[  ]*\n/gm, "");
-        return [sText, nCount];
-    }
-
-    mergeContiguousParagraphs (sText) {
-        let nCount = 0;
-        sText = sText.replace(/^[  ]+$/gm, ""); // clear empty paragraphs
-        let s = "";
-        for (let sParagraph of this.getParagraph(sText)) {
-            if (sParagraph === "") {
-                s += "\n";
-            } else {
-                s += sParagraph + " ";
-                nCount += 1;
-            }
-        }
-        s = s.replace(/  +/gm, " ").replace(/ $/gm, "");
-        return [s, nCount];
-    }
-
-    * getParagraph (sText) {
-        // generator: returns paragraphs of text
-        let iStart = 0;
-        let iEnd = 0;
-        while ((iEnd = sText.indexOf("\n", iStart)) !== -1) {
-            yield sText.slice(iStart, iEnd);
-            iStart = iEnd + 1;
-        }
-        yield sText.slice(iStart);
-    }
-
     getTimeRes (n) {
         // returns duration in seconds as string
         if (n < 10) {
             return n.toFixed(3).toString() + " s";
         }