diff --git a/processing/app/PdeBase.java b/processing/app/PdeBase.java
index 4dee20554..3866ecf83 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeBase.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeBase.java
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ public class PdeBase extends Frame implements ActionListener {
       menu.addSeparator();
 
       // other available subdirectories
-
+      /*
       String toplevel[] = sketchbookFolder.list();
       added = false;
       for (int i = 0; i < toplevel.length; i++) {
@@ -550,10 +550,17 @@ public class PdeBase extends Frame implements ActionListener {
 	menu.add(subMenu);
       }
       if (added) menu.addSeparator();
+      */
+      addSketches(menu, sketchbookFolder, true);
 
+      /*
+	// doesn't seem that refresh is worthy of its own menu item
+	// people can stop and restart p5 if they want to muck with it
+      menu.addSeparator();
       MenuItem item = new MenuItem("Refresh");
       item.addActionListener(this);
       menu.add(item);
+      */
 
     } catch (IOException e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
@@ -561,6 +568,35 @@ public class PdeBase extends Frame implements ActionListener {
   }
 
 
+  protected void addSketches(Menu menu, File folder, boolean root) 
+    throws IOException {
+    String list[] = folder.list();
+    SketchbookMenuListener listener = 
+      new SketchbookMenuListener(folder.getCanonicalPath());
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+      if (list[i].equals(editor.userName) && root) continue;
+	  
+      if (list[i].equals(".") ||
+	  list[i].equals("..") ||
+	  list[i].equals("CVS") ||
+	  list[i].equals(".cvsignore")) continue;
+
+      File subfolder = new File(folder, list[i]);
+      if (new File(subfolder, list[i] + ".pde").exists()) {
+	MenuItem item = new MenuItem(list[i]);
+	item.addActionListener(listener);
+	menu.add(item);
+
+      } else {  // might contain other dirs, get recursive
+	Menu submenu = new Menu(list[i]);
+	menu.add(submenu);
+	addSketches(submenu, subfolder, false);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
   /*
   class HistoryMenuListener implements ActionListener {
     public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
diff --git a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
index d176f721f..c9dff9b33 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
@@ -125,13 +125,13 @@ public class PdeEditor extends Panel {
     viewport.add(textarea);
     //    viewport.setScrollMode(JViewport.BLIT_SCROLL_MODE);
 
-    //textarea.setFont(PdeBase.getFont("editor.program.font",
-    //			       new Font("Monospaced", 
-    //					Font.PLAIN, 12)));
-    //textarea.setForeground(PdeBase.getColor("editor.program.fgcolor",
-    //			    Color.black));
-    //textarea.setBackground(PdeBase.getColor("editor.program.bgcolor",
-    //				    Color.white));
+    textarea.setFont(PdeBase.getFont("editor.program.font",
+    			       new Font("Monospaced", 
+    					Font.PLAIN, 12)));
+    textarea.setForeground(PdeBase.getColor("editor.program.fgcolor",
+    			    Color.black));
+    textarea.setBackground(PdeBase.getColor("editor.program.bgcolor",
+    				    Color.white));
 
     rightPanel.add("Center", scroller);
     //rightPanel.add("Center", textarea);
diff --git a/processing/build/shared/lib/pde.properties b/processing/build/shared/lib/pde.properties
index 406662057..5c0a5d676 100644
--- a/processing/build/shared/lib/pde.properties
+++ b/processing/build/shared/lib/pde.properties
@@ -11,22 +11,37 @@
 #editor.program.columns = 60
 #editor.program.font    = Monospaced,plain,12
 
-#editor.program.body.style          = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
- editor.program.tag.style           = Monospaced,plain,12,#800000,#ffffff
-#editor.program.reference.style     = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
- editor.program.name.style          = Monospaced,plain,12,#b03060,#ffffff
- editor.program.value.style         = Monospaced,plain,12,#b03060,#ffffff
-#editor.program.text.style          = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
- editor.program.reserved_word.style = Monospaced,plain,12,#800000,#ffffff
+
+# int, void, public, etc..
+editor.program.reserved_word.style = Monospaced,plain,12,#000080,#ffffff
+
+# numbers, quoted tidbits
+editor.program.literal.style       = Monospaced,plain,12,#800000,#ffffff
+
+# self explanatory
+editor.program.comment.style       = Monospaced,plain,12,#808080,#ffffff
+editor.program.whitespace.style    = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
+
+# brackets, semicolons, etc
+#editor.program.separator.style     = Monospaced,plain,12,#008000,#ffffff
+
+# math guys + - / *
+#editor.program.operator.style      = Monospaced,plain,12,#008000,#ffffff
+
+# just about everything else
 #editor.program.identifier.style    = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
- editor.program.literal.style       = Monospaced,plain,12,#b03060,#ffffff
- editor.program.separator.style     = Monospaced,plain,12,#000080,#ffffff
-#editor.program.operator.style      = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
- editor.program.comment.style       = Monospaced,plain,12,#000080,#ffffff
- editor.program.preprocessor.style  = Monospaced,plain,12,#a020f0,#ffffff
-#editor.program.whitespace.style    = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
- editor.program.error.style         = Monospaced,plain,12,#800000,#ffffff
- editor.program.unknown.style       = Monospaced,plain,12,#804000,#ffffff
+
+# unused for java editor
+
+#editor.program.body.style          = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
+#editor.program.tag.style           = Monospaced,plain,12,#800000,#ffffff
+#editor.program.reference.style     = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
+#editor.program.name.style          = Monospaced,plain,12,#b03060,#ffffff
+#editor.program.value.style         = Monospaced,plain,12,#b03060,#ffffff
+#editor.program.text.style          = Monospaced,plain,12,#000000,#ffffff
+#editor.program.preprocessor.style  = Monospaced,plain,12,#a020f0,#ffffff
+#editor.program.error.style         = Monospaced,plain,12,#800000,#ffffff
+#editor.program.unknown.style       = Monospaced,plain,12,#804000,#ffffff
 
 #editor.header.bgcolor           = #333333
 #editor.header.fgcolor.primary   = #ffffff
diff --git a/processing/todo.txt b/processing/todo.txt
index 1b19db2ed..13ef68891 100644
--- a/processing/todo.txt
+++ b/processing/todo.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ rect(80, 0, thick, height/2);
 fill(102, 112, 0.0);
 rect(100, height/2, thick, height/2);
 X re-implement sketchModified yet again (using keylistener)
+X set font on textarea in case things break
+X need examples to work for submenus (casey's got too many)
 
-
+_ exception when trying to write to stdout
 
 bagel
 _ font smoothing (unless hint SMOOTH_IMAGES enabled) is broken
@@ -35,9 +37,8 @@ _ auto indent on next line no longer works
 _ tabs no longer convert to 2 spaces
 _ balance parens is no longer available
 
-_ need examples to work for submenus (casey's got too many)
-_ "color.jpg" or "int.jpg" causes trouble
 _ better default size than 300x300 when starting up first time
+_ "color.jpg" or "int.jpg" causes trouble
 _ subst Image -> BImage, Font -> BFont
 _ better message for PortInUseException (full explanation)
 _ split KjcEngine into three parts