3 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/calcurse.h b/src/calcurse.h
index 8b82422..8aa5c4a 100644
--- a/src/calcurse.h
+++ b/src/calcurse.h
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ void   mem_stats (void);
 void  edit_note (char **, char *);
 void  view_note (char *, char *);
 void  erase_note (char **, enum eraseflg);
+void  note_read (char *, FILE *);
 
 /* notify.c */
 int       notify_time_left (void);
diff --git a/src/io.c b/src/io.c
index b461b2b..31b4097 100644
--- a/src/io.c
+++ b/src/io.c
@@ -1226,10 +1226,8 @@ io_load_app (void)
       c = getc (data_file);
       if (c == '>')
         {
-          (void)fgets (note, NOTESIZ + 1, data_file);
-          note[NOTESIZ] = '\0';
+          note_read (note, data_file);
           notep = note;
-          getc (data_file);
         }
       else
         {
@@ -1324,11 +1322,7 @@ io_load_todo (void)
       /* Now read the attached note, if any. */
       c = getc (data_file);
       if (c == '>')
-        {
-          (void)fgets (note, NOTESIZ + 1, data_file);
-          note[NOTESIZ] = '\0';
-          getc (data_file);
-        }
+        note_read (note, data_file);
       else
         note[0] = '\0';
       /* Then read todo description. */
diff --git a/src/note.c b/src/note.c
index 57bfc2d..91aae66 100644
--- a/src/note.c
+++ b/src/note.c
@@ -88,3 +88,12 @@ erase_note (char **note, enum eraseflg flag)
   mem_free (*note);
   *note = NULL;
 }
+
+/* Read a serialized note file name from a stream and deserialize it. */
+void
+note_read (char *buffer, FILE *fp)
+{
+  (void)fgets (buffer, NOTESIZ + 1, fp);
+  buffer[NOTESIZ] = '\0';
+  getc (fp);
+}