This allows you to put text in the border of a layout. It also should fix the pdump problems. It also is more helpful about formats widget hierarchy definitions will be accepted in. I will apply this to cvs. andy 1999-09-07 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * gutter-items.el (progress-gauge-glyph): renamed from progress-glyph. (progress-text-glyph): new variable. (progress-layout-glyph): use layouts and text glyphs. (progress-area-buffer): removed. (progress-text-and-extent): new variable. (progress-displayed-p): dynamically create gutter area buffer. (clear-progress): ditto. (raw-append-progress): ditto. (append-progress): use new glyph names. (raw-append-progress): only create the extent when needed. set properties more optimally. (progress): remove args. 1999-09-02 Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; * redisplay-output.c (redisplay_output_layout): call output routines with clear_clip false. output layout borders with text correctly. * redisplay-msw.c (mswindows_output_blank): call output routines with clear_clip true. (mswindows_output_string): ditto. (mswindows_output_display_block): ditto. * redisplay-x.c (x_output_display_block): call output routines with clear_clip true. * redisplay.h: fix output routines for clear_clip parameter. * redisplay-output.c (redisplay_output_layout): cope with glyphs in the border. * glyphs-widget.c (layout_instantiate): deal with border glyphs. (check_valid_glyph_or_instantiator): renamed from check_valid_glyph_or_image. (check_valid_border): allow glyphs or their instantiators. (check_valid_glyph_or_instantiator_list): renamed from check_valid_glyph_or_image_list, (glyph_instantiator_to_glyph): new function. make sure a glyph is a glyph and not an instantiator. (substitute_keyword_value): new function. replace a keyword value with a new one. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Andy Piper Senior Consultant Architect, BEA Systems Ltd