--- a/client.lua	Tue Dec 01 04:16:11 2009 +0000
+++ b/client.lua	Fri Dec 04 03:23:06 2009 +0000
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 local jid_split = require "jid".split;
 local lxp = require "lxp";
 local st = require "util.stanza";
+
+-- Shortcuts to save having to load util.stanza
+verse.message, verse.presence, verse.iq, verse.stanza = 
+	st.message, st.presence, st.iq, st.stanza;
+
 local init_xmlhandlers = require "xmlhandlers";
 
 local xmlns_stream = "http://etherx.jabber.org/streams";