diff --git a/candy/src/processing/candy/SVG.java b/candy/src/processing/candy/SVG.java
index 3f3e4c60d..21a6793e1 100755
--- a/candy/src/processing/candy/SVG.java
+++ b/candy/src/processing/candy/SVG.java
@@ -157,12 +157,18 @@ public class SVG {
      * Initializes a new SVG Object with the given filename.
      */
     public SVG(PApplet parent, String filename) {
-        this.parent = parent;
-        //this.filename = filename;
-
         // this will grab the root document, starting <svg ...>
         // the xml version and initial comments are ignored
-        svg = new XMLElement(parent, filename);
+    	this(parent, new XMLElement(parent, filename));
+    }
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Initializes a new SVG Object with the given filename.
+     */
+    public SVG(PApplet parent, XMLElement svg) {
+        this.parent = parent;
+        this.svg = svg;
 
         if (!svg.getName().equals("svg")) {
             throw new RuntimeException("root is not <svg>, it's <" + svg.getName() + ">");
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 4467c5584..684e79bd8 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ X load and save tga results in upside down tga
 X   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=742
 X fix problem with g.smooth always returning false in JAVA2D
 X   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=762
+X add XMLElement (not filename) constructor to SVG lib
+X   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=773
 
 _ should we do joins when alpha is turned off?
 _   http://processing.org/discourse/yabb_beta/YaBB.cgi?board=OpenGL;action=display;num=1210007450
diff --git a/todo.txt b/todo.txt
index a9e35588b..4389ea964 100644
--- a/todo.txt
+++ b/todo.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ o   prolly need to have a param for this guy
 X switch to nanoxml instead of nanoxml-lite (29k vs. 5k)
 X   check against ods
 X   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=757
-X Space after OPENGL param breaks export
+X space after OPENGL param breaks export
 X   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=769
 
 _ change export to point to java 1.5 installation