http://web.mit.edu/tkd/newclude.tgz contains my attempt at implementing a new \include system. The tar file unpacks into ./newclude. In ./newclude, type "make newclude.dvi" to get documentation on the code and discussion of the problems, various solutions I attempted, and their limitations and failures. Some macros aren't well documented, but most are, since I got this package pretty close to release quality. Sorry I don't have a good test file. In this case one is not too hard to make. You must cp *.sto *.sty to where LaTeX can find them. Note -- I'm still using LaTeX 1996/12/1 patchlevel 1, so perhaps something is broken with later versions. Newclude naturally redefines some basic \include and \write macros in the kernel. You can grow old doing sysadmin, and in my old age I let Thomas Esser handle the majority of my TeX installation for me. Matt Swift