+    },
+
+    containsNode: function(node) {
+        return this.root && (node.nativeNode === this.root.nativeNode || node._$.parents().index(this.root._$) !== -1);
+    },
+
+    wrapNodes: function(params) {
+        if(!(params.node1.parent().sameNode(params.node2.parent()))) {
+            throw new Error('Wrapping non-sibling nodes not supported.');
+        }
+
+        var parent = params.node1.parent(),
+            parentContents = parent.contents(),
+            wrapper = this.createDocumentNode({
+                tagName: params._with.tagName,
+                attrs: params._with.attrs}),
+            idx1 = parent.indexOf(params.node1),
+            idx2 = parent.indexOf(params.node2);
+
+        if(idx1 > idx2) {
+            var tmp = idx1;
+            idx1 = idx2;
+            idx2 = tmp;
+        }
+
+        var insertingMethod, insertingTarget;
+        if(idx1 === 0) {
+            insertingMethod = 'prepend';
+            insertingTarget = parent;
+        } else {
+            insertingMethod = 'after';
+            insertingTarget = parentContents[idx1-1];
+        }
+
+        for(var i = idx1; i <= idx2; i++) {
+            wrapper.append(parentContents[i].detach());
+        }
+
+        insertingTarget[insertingMethod](wrapper);
+        return wrapper;
+    },
+
+    getSiblingParents: function(params) {
+        var parents1 = [params.node1].concat(params.node1.parents()).reverse(),
+            parents2 = [params.node2].concat(params.node2.parents()).reverse(),
+            noSiblingParents = null;
+
+        if(parents1.length === 0 || parents2.length === 0 || !(parents1[0].sameNode(parents2[0]))) {
+            return noSiblingParents;
+        }
+
+        var i;
+        for(i = 0; i < Math.min(parents1.length, parents2.length); i++) {
+            if(parents1[i].sameNode(parents2[i])) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+        return {node1: parents1[i], node2: parents2[i]};
+    },
+
+    _wrapText: function(params) {
+        params = _.extend({textNodeIdx: 0}, params);
+        if(typeof params.textNodeIdx === 'number') {
+            params.textNodeIdx = [params.textNodeIdx];
+        }
+        
+        var contentsInside = params.inside.contents(),
+            idx1 = Math.min.apply(Math, params.textNodeIdx),
+            idx2 = Math.max.apply(Math, params.textNodeIdx),
+            textNode1 = contentsInside[idx1],
+            textNode2 = contentsInside[idx2],
+            sameNode = textNode1.sameNode(textNode2),
+            prefixOutside = textNode1.getText().substr(0, params.offsetStart),
+            prefixInside = textNode1.getText().substr(params.offsetStart),
+            suffixInside = textNode2.getText().substr(0, params.offsetEnd),
+            suffixOutside = textNode2.getText().substr(params.offsetEnd)
+        ;
+
+        if(!(textNode1.parent().sameNode(textNode2.parent()))) {
+            throw new Error('Wrapping text in non-sibling text nodes not supported.');
+        }
+        
+        var wrapperElement = this.createDocumentNode({tagName: params._with.tagName, attrs: params._with.attrs});
+        textNode1.after(wrapperElement);
+        textNode1.detach();
+        
+        if(prefixOutside.length > 0) {
+            wrapperElement.before({text:prefixOutside});
+        }
+        if(sameNode) {
+            var core = textNode1.getText().substr(params.offsetStart, params.offsetEnd - params.offsetStart);
+            wrapperElement.append({text: core});
+        } else {
+            textNode2.detach();
+            if(prefixInside.length > 0) {
+                wrapperElement.append({text: prefixInside});
+            }
+            for(var i = idx1 + 1; i < idx2; i++) {
+                wrapperElement.append(contentsInside[i]);
+            }
+            if(suffixInside.length > 0) {
+                wrapperElement.append({text: suffixInside});
+            }
+        }
+        if(suffixOutside.length > 0) {
+            wrapperElement.after({text: suffixOutside});
+        }
+        return wrapperElement;
+    },
+
+    trigger: function() {
+        //console.log('trigger: ' + arguments[0] + (arguments[1] ? ', ' + arguments[1].type : ''));
+        Backbone.Events.trigger.apply(this, arguments);
+    },
+
+    getNodeInsertion: function(node) {
+        var insertion = {};
+        if(node instanceof DocumentNode) {
+            insertion.ofNode = node;
+            insertion.insertsNew = !this.containsNode(node);
+        } else {
+          insertion.ofNode = this.createDocumentNode(node);
+          insertion.insertsNew = true;
+        }
+        return insertion;
+    },
+
+    replaceRoot: function(node) {
+        var insertion = this.getNodeInsertion(node);
+        this.root.detach();
+        defineDocumentProperties(this, insertion.ofNode._$);
+        insertion.ofNode.triggerChangeEvent('nodeAdded');
+        return insertion.ofNode;