--- capa/capa51/pProj/capaLexerDef.flex	1999/10/13 18:45:28	1.2
+++ capa/capa51/pProj/capaLexerDef.flex	2000/02/22 18:19:02	1.6
@@ -352,10 +352,10 @@ EndLine    ([\r][\n]|[\n])
 %k 10000
 %p 10000
 %n 1000
-%x  S_COMMENT  S_HINT S_HINTEXLAINX  S_IMPORT S_EXPLAIN S_ENDX   S_UNIT   S_IGNORE  
-%x  S_SKIP     S_VARIABLE S_LET  S_DEFINE     S_TEXT   S_MAP     S_FIGURE S_ANSWER 
-%x  S_STRING   S_ANSCONTINUE     S_TRUE_FALSE_STMT     S_IF_SKIP S_WHILE_SKIP
-%x  S_NEXT_LINE S_RANDOMORDER    S_VERB
+%x  S_COMMENT   S_HINT S_HINTEXLAINX  S_IMPORT S_EXPLAIN S_ENDX    S_UNIT   S_IGNORE  
+%x  S_SKIP      S_VARIABLE S_LET  S_DEFINE     S_TEXT    S_MAP     S_FIGURE S_ANSWER 
+%x  S_STRING    S_ANSCONTINUE     S_TRUE_FALSE_STMT      S_IF_SKIP S_WHILE_SKIP
+%x  S_NEXT_LINE S_RANDOMORDER     S_VERB
 %array
 
 
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ EndLine    ([\r][\n]|[\n])
                           }
 }
 
-<S_VARIABLE,S_ANSWER>[:]{Number}+[EeFf]   { char  num[ONE_TWO_EIGHT], fmt[SIXTEEN];
+<S_VARIABLE,S_ANSWER>[:]{Number}+[EeFf]   { char  num[ONE_TWO_EIGHT], fmt[SMALL_LINE_BUFFER];
                              int   i;
                              LLDBUG_PR2("[FORMAT<%s>]",yytext);
                              for(i=0;i<yyleng-2;i++) {
@@ -849,7 +849,7 @@ EndLine    ([\r][\n]|[\n])
 }
 
 <S_TRUE_FALSE_STMT>{
-[\)]                     { LLDBUG_PR1("[) in TRUE_FALSE]"); Pcount--; if(Pcount == 0)  BEGIN S_NEXT_LINE; return(yytext[0]); }
+[\)]                     { LLDBUG_PRL1("[) in TRUE_FALSE]"); Pcount--; if(Pcount == 0)  BEGIN S_NEXT_LINE; return(yytext[0]); }
 [\\]{Space}*{EndLine}    { LLDBUG_PR2("[\\EoL continue in S_TRUE_FALSE_STMT](%s)",yytext); /* continuation on next line */ }                       
 {EndLine}                { LLDBUG_PR1("[EoL within /IF()]\n"); RETURN(EoL); }
 .                   { char warn_msg[WARN_MSG_LENGTH]; 
@@ -949,7 +949,10 @@ EndLine    ([\r][\n]|[\n])
 [^\n]*$                  { LLDBUG_PRL2("[SkipIF anything <IFcount=%d>]",IFcount);   }
 }
 <S_NEXT_LINE>{
-([.]*){EndLine}          { /* this ignores everything until it hits an EoL */ BEGIN S_TEXT; }
+([.]*){EndLine}          { /* this ignores everything until it hits an EoL */
+                           LLDBUG_PRL2("[<S_NEXT_LINE> skip \'%s\' until EoL]\n",yytext); 
+                           BEGIN S_TEXT;
+                         }
 }
 
 <S_WHILE_SKIP>{
@@ -1135,6 +1138,7 @@ char *
 strsave(char *s) 
 {            
    char *p;  
+   if (s==NULL) {return s;}
    p=capa_malloc(strlen(s)+1,1);
    strcpy(p,s);
    return (p);
@@ -1194,7 +1198,7 @@ capa_msg(int type, char *p)
            }
            warn_msg[idx]=0;
            append_error(warn_msg); append_error(p);
-           break;
+	   break;
     case MESSAGE_WARN:
     default:
            sprintf(tmp_line,", Line %d: WARNING:", Current_line[Input_idx]);
@@ -1525,8 +1529,9 @@ char* parser_status()
 void yyfatalerror(char*msg)
 {
   char    warn_msg[WARN_MSG_LENGTH];
-  sprintf(warn_msg,"Invalid character[%s]\n",yytext);
+  sprintf(warn_msg,"Invalid character[\'%s\']\n",yytext);
   capa_msg(MESSAGE_ERROR,warn_msg);
+  capa_msg(MESSAGE_ERROR,msg);
 }
 void yyerror(char* msg)
 {