/** @packageDocumentation
 * @module Utilities
 */
/**
 * Interface that returns indices of matches
 * @internal
 */
export interface IMatch {
    start: number;
    end: number;
}
/**
 * Matches beginning of words supporting non-ASCII languages.
 * @param word Filter string
 * @param target String being searched
 * @param contiguous - If true the filter string must be found "contiguous" in the searched string (E.g. "pul" will match "Git: Pull").
 * Otherwise also matches sub string of the word with beginnings of the words in the target (e.g. "gp" or "g p" will match "Git: Pull").
 * Useful in cases where the target is words (e.g. command labels)
 * @internal
 */
export declare function matchesWords(word: string, target: string, contiguous?: boolean): IMatch[] | null;
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