 OK -  G 	We are mapping in the spell dictionary and spelling small words works! ; We accvio when spelling "t.t" (spell mis_spell1.txt works).   D 	Now - for DECwrite - which has spell within it, there are these RAM files sitting in:   0 	LCI$LEXICONS:AM2878KH.DSK;4      AM2878KH.RAM;4  $ The code keeps mentioning RAM files.    @ The kitbld.mms may give some clues as to what file means what...   lgm - is a 'memory file' lgs is a 'disk file'    = The master dictionaries are linked at installation time like:    $  $ ! LNGSPLAEM.EXE , $	link/notrace/share/exe=VMI$KWD:LNGSPLAEM - 	VMI$KWD:LNGSPLAEM, -  	VMI$KWD:LEXBLD/opt   F lngsplaem - comes from lngsplae3.obj - which comes from that tapeload  program.... - damn it.  P -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/18/96:  I AH - I just looked at tapeload.for - it reads in xxx.tap but dumps it out C (exactly as it was read in) to the MASTER file - in this case, the   .lgs file !!  A So, what I need to do is modify tapeload.for to read in from disk C the lgs file - (who cares if it dumps it back out?) and then let it ; create the .for file we need..  well maybe it will work :-)   P --------------------------------------------------------------------------------              