Besides some tweaks, did the following big changes/additions: * Replaced "multi_deliminator" with its separate input and output parts, "multi_basic_newer" and "multi_basic_skipper". (So "multi_newer" now calls "multi_basic_newer" and "multi_skipper" now calls "multi_basic_skipper".) * Added a 'form'-based manipulator "basic_ios_form". You create a manipulator object, change its stream settings, and those changed settings are applied on a stream for an one-time use on a streamable object. It uses complex C++, so not all systems may accept it. * Added a new stream for constant values "value_stream". A dual to null-streams, it simulates "/dev/zero" by always returning '\0' for input operations, and does nothing but EOF for output operations. (The character returned can be configured at construction time.) It is at <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/boost/files/more_io_3b.zip>. -- Daryle Walker Mac, Internet, and Video Game Junkie darylew AT hotmail DOT com