diff --git a/build/howto.txt b/build/howto.txt
index cd6ffb2bd..7a13e77a6 100755
--- a/build/howto.txt
+++ b/build/howto.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,21 @@ cd /yourpath/to/processing
   'Details' button in the updater, and if it lists "Not installed" 
   for "QuickTime for Java", well, take care of that.
 
+* make sure that qtjava is in your classpath as well, done
+  properly. arielm had problems with this, and adds:
+
+  so i checked a bit and it seems that the quicktime 4 java
+  installation (at least on windows xp) is broken, for the 2 following
+  reasons:
+  1) CLASSPATH is defined as a "System variable" 
+     instead of a "User variable"
+  2) the value of CLASSPATH is encosed into quotes (")
+
+  after manually fixing these issues, things were fine. (either
+  properly place quotes around a single version of CLASSPATH, or use a
+  version that doesn't need to be quoted and has no spaces,
+  i.e. replace 'Program Files' with the 8.3 dos version: 'PROGRA~1'
+  (indeed, this awful nomenclature still works).
 
 
 5. BUILD IT
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index 885b94890..81a2dddf4 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ X   fix scripts for dist / make
 X   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Proce55ing_software_bugs;action=display;num=1054222236
 X   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Proce55ing_software_bugs;action=display;num=1054886548
 
-bf b _ try installing with rxtx package on another machine
+_ inside draw() mode, delay() does nothing
+_   delay might be a good way to signal drawing to the screen/updating
 
 bf b _ if sketchbook.dir is set, makes new sketchbook folder
 bf b _   reads sketchbook properly from other folder
@@ -674,6 +675,7 @@ b _   why is bbedit the type for the other files? make simpletext
 
 
 DISTRIBUTION / Mac OS X
+b _ rxtx is a problem in general.. how to improve installation
 b _ report of a problem with the rxtx installer being bad
 b _   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Proce55ing_software_bugs;action=display;num=1048517796;start=0
 b _ remove 'quit' from file menu