The Unicode spec spells "code point" as two words; the Web apps 1.0 spec uses one: "codepoint". I suggest we follow the Unicode spelling. -- Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo at metalab.unc.edu Java I/O 2nd Edition Just Published! http://www.cafeaulait.org/books/javaio2/ http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0596527500/ref=nosim/cafeaulaitA/