diff --git a/src/buffer_utils.cc b/src/buffer_utils.cc
index 9dd16abe..5d1b6d5e 100644
--- a/src/buffer_utils.cc
+++ b/src/buffer_utils.cc
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@ void write_to_debug_buffer(StringView str)
 {
     if (not BufferManager::has_instance())
     {
-        write(2, str.data(), (int)str.length());
-        write(2, "\n", 1);
+        write_stderr(str);
+        write_stderr("\n");
         return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/file.cc b/src/file.cc
index 1daa298b..73f50ca7 100644
--- a/src/file.cc
+++ b/src/file.cc
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ bool file_exists(StringView filename)
     return stat(real_filename.c_str(), &st) == 0;
 }
 
-static void write(int fd, StringView data)
+void write(int fd, StringView data)
 {
     const char* ptr = data.data();
     ssize_t count   = (int)data.length();
diff --git a/src/file.hh b/src/file.hh
index 98431adc..9a17c2b1 100644
--- a/src/file.hh
+++ b/src/file.hh
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ String get_kak_binary_path();
 
 String read_fd(int fd, bool text = false);
 String read_file(StringView filename, bool text = false);
+void write(int fd, StringView data);
+inline void write_stdout(StringView str) { write(1, str); }
+inline void write_stderr(StringView str) { write(2, str); }
+
 
 struct MappedFile
 {
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index e3b0098e..5dbd908a 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -44,14 +44,6 @@ String runtime_directory()
     return "/usr/share/kak";
 }
 
-static void write(int fd, StringView str)
-{
-    write(fd, str.data(), (size_t)(int)str.length());
-}
-
-static void write_stdout(StringView str) { write(1, str); }
-static void write_stderr(StringView str) { write(2, str); }
-
 void register_env_vars()
 {
     static const struct {
diff --git a/src/ncurses_ui.cc b/src/ncurses_ui.cc
index 933c3eb3..432f4700 100644
--- a/src/ncurses_ui.cc
+++ b/src/ncurses_ui.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "containers.hh"
 #include "display_buffer.hh"
 #include "event_manager.hh"
+#include "file.hh"
 #include "keys.hh"
 #include "register_manager.hh"
 #include "utf8_iterator.hh"
@@ -405,7 +406,7 @@ void NCursesUI::draw_status(const DisplayLine& status_line,
         for (auto& atom : mode_line)
             title += atom.content();
         title += " - Kakoune\007";
-        write(1, title.data(), (int)title.length());
+        write_stdout(title);
     }
 
     m_dirty = true;
diff --git a/src/shell_manager.cc b/src/shell_manager.cc
index 861b9a63..100c2185 100644
--- a/src/shell_manager.cc
+++ b/src/shell_manager.cc
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ std::pair<String, int> ShellManager::eval(
     child_stdout.close_write_fd();
     child_stderr.close_write_fd();
 
-    write(child_stdin.write_fd(), input.data(), (int)input.length());
+    write(child_stdin.write_fd(), input);
     child_stdin.close_write_fd();
 
     auto wait_time = profile ? Clock::now() : TimePoint{};