diff --git a/kitty/line.c b/kitty/line.c
index be87886e8..1f35936f5 100644
--- a/kitty/line.c
+++ b/kitty/line.c
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ unicode_in_range(Line *self, index_type start, index_type limit, bool include_cc
     return PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(PyUnicode_4BYTE_KIND, buf, n);
 }
 
-static PyObject *
-as_unicode(Line* self) {
+PyObject *
+line_as_unicode(Line* self) {
     return unicode_in_range(self, 0, xlimit_for_line(self), true, 0);
 }
 
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ is_continued(Line* self, PyObject *a UNUSED) {
 
 static PyObject*
 __repr__(Line* self) {
-    PyObject *s = as_unicode(self);
+    PyObject *s = line_as_unicode(self);
     if (s == NULL) return NULL;
     PyObject *ans = PyObject_Repr(s);
     Py_CLEAR(s);
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ PyTypeObject Line_Type = {
     .tp_basicsize = sizeof(Line),
     .tp_dealloc = (destructor)dealloc,
     .tp_repr = (reprfunc)__repr__,
-    .tp_str = (reprfunc)as_unicode,
+    .tp_str = (reprfunc)line_as_unicode,
     .tp_as_sequence = &sequence_methods,
     .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,
     .tp_richcompare = richcmp,
diff --git a/kitty/lineops.h b/kitty/lineops.h
index 4d18b7528..11ae09171 100644
--- a/kitty/lineops.h
+++ b/kitty/lineops.h
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ unsigned int line_length(Line *self);
 size_t cell_as_unicode(Cell *cell, bool include_cc, Py_UCS4 *buf, char_type);
 size_t cell_as_utf8(Cell *cell, bool include_cc, char *buf, char_type);
 PyObject* unicode_in_range(Line *self, index_type start, index_type limit, bool include_cc, char leading_char);
+PyObject* line_as_unicode(Line *);
 
 void linebuf_init_line(LineBuf *, index_type);
 void linebuf_clear(LineBuf *, char_type ch);
-void linebuf_init_line(LineBuf *, index_type);
 void linebuf_index(LineBuf* self, index_type top, index_type bottom);
 void linebuf_reverse_index(LineBuf *self, index_type top, index_type bottom);
 void linebuf_clear_line(LineBuf *self, index_type y);
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void historybuf_clear(HistoryBuf *self);
             index_type num = line_as_ansi(line, buf, columns * 100 - 2); \
             t = PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(PyUnicode_4BYTE_KIND, buf, num); \
         } else { \
-            t = PyObject_Str((PyObject*)line); \
+            t = line_as_unicode(line); \
         } \
         if (t == NULL) goto end; \
         ret = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(callback, t, NULL); \