do you notice how the key points are studiously ignored? i have consistently said "show me the e-texts from the current library that you say i cannot represent with z.m.l.". and nobody has listed even one single e-text. not even one! i haven't looked at all of the e-texts yet -- has anyone, ever? -- so i wouldn't be shocked if there are 250 that -- for one reason or another -- might be too tough... but hey, even if there are twice that number -- 500 -- that means i _can_ handle about 16,500, or some 97%. but forget about 500 for now. just show me a dozen right now. -bowerbird