The liblouis in svn has two new multipass suboperands. They are used to test whether we are at the beginning or end of the string being translated. The ` (accent mark) tests whether we are at the beginning of the string, while the ~ (tilde) tests whether we are at the end of the string. For example, context `$s1-10 ? eliminates up to ten spaces at the beginning of the string. These suboperands are documented in the latest documentation. They have actually been needed for some time. The motivation to add them arose frfom the work on liblouisutdml John -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities For a description of the software, to download it and links to project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com