I just modified md-slot-value-assume to test for "no news" just a wee bit sooner within the function. The regression test passes, as does Celtk's lotsa-widgets test. But I thought I would warn users in case they update from CVS soon. My concern is that I do not know why I had it so late in the past -- probably because the unnecessary actions taken were so inexpensive -- so maybe it was where it was for a reason. But as I said, all the tests pass as well as real-live Celtk code (which itself exercises Cells pretty well) so it looks OK. kt