Norman, > Anyone see any show-stoppers in that? sounds reasonable, and I think it is an important facility to have, but > platforms -- sgmlkit and scb, with its lex/bison problems -- I support I hope/believe that SCB ought to be OK on all known platforms now. Mark -- Mark Taylor Starlink Programmer Physics, Bristol University, UK [log in to unmask] +44-117-928-8776 http://www.star.bris.ac.uk/~mbt/