diff --git a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
index 181d1a70e..00aa6d7af 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
@@ -1402,7 +1402,10 @@ public class PdeEditor extends JPanel {
 
         Pattern pattern = compiler.compile(sizing);
 
-        PatternMatcherInput input = new PatternMatcherInput(program);
+        // adds a space at the beginning, in case size() is the very first
+        // thing in the program (very common), since the regexp needs to check
+        // for things in front of it.
+        PatternMatcherInput input = new PatternMatcherInput(" " + program);
         if (matcher.contains(input, pattern)) {
           MatchResult result = matcher.getMatch();
           try {
@@ -1422,12 +1425,7 @@ public class PdeEditor extends JPanel {
                                           "Could not find applet size",
                                           JOptionPane.WARNING_MESSAGE);
           }
-        }
-          //} else {
-          // no size() defined, make it default
-          //sizeInfo = "size(" + BApplet.DEFAULT_WIDTH + ", " + 
-          //BApplet.DEFAULT_HEIGHT + "); ";
-          //}
+        }  // else no size() command found
 
       } catch (MalformedPatternException e){
         e.printStackTrace();
diff --git a/processing/app/PdeRuntime.java b/processing/app/PdeRuntime.java
index 4ce4356f9..db437249c 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeRuntime.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeRuntime.java
@@ -63,6 +63,32 @@ public class PdeRuntime implements PdeMessageConsumer {
   }
 
 
+  class SystemOutSiphon implements Runnable {
+    InputStream input;
+    Thread thread;
+
+
+    public SystemOutSiphon(InputStream input) {
+      this.input = input;
+
+      thread = new Thread(this);
+      thread.start();
+    }
+
+    public void run() {    
+      try {
+        int c;
+        while ((c = input.read()) != -1) {
+          System.out.print((char) c);
+        }
+      } catch (Exception e) { 
+        System.err.println("PdeSystemOutSiphon error " + e);
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
   public void start(Point windowLocation, PrintStream leechErr)
     throws PdeException {
 
@@ -90,7 +116,8 @@ public class PdeRuntime implements PdeMessageConsumer {
         };
 
         process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(command);
-        new PdeMessageSiphon(process.getInputStream(), this);
+        //new PdeMessageSiphon(process.getInputStream(), this);
+        new SystemOutSiphon(process.getInputStream());
         new PdeMessageSiphon(process.getErrorStream(), this);
         processOutput = process.getOutputStream();
 
diff --git a/processing/todo.txt b/processing/todo.txt
index f97d56241..18fa40ddb 100644
--- a/processing/todo.txt
+++ b/processing/todo.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ X   wrote script to force me to fix them
 X   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=BugFixes;action=display;num=1067135202;start=0
 X apple has update qtjava for quicktime 6.4, thank god
 X   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=BugFixes;action=display;num=1067135162;start=0
+X size not properly detected when "size()" was the first thing
+X   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=BugFixes;action=display;num=1067217366;start=0
+X nasty but where System.out was being piped to System.err
+X   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=BugFixes;action=display;num=1067218548;start=0
+
+console
+dh b _ clear console each time 'run' gets hit
+dh b _   don't actually clear, just advance by the number of lines visible
+dh b _   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Proce55ing_Software;action=display;num=1051540041;start=0
+bf b _   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Proce55ing_Software;action=display;num=1065732731
+dh b _   can't copy text from console directly (winxp and macosx)
+bf 1 _ console -> should be using JEditTextArea not TextPane
+bf b _ set decent fonts (probably same as editor above), looks bad on mac
+bf b _ console runs really really slow with a lot of println() calls
+bf b _   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Proce55ing_software_bugs;action=display;num=1064182823
+
 
 _ new html code for eolas patent case
 _   move html to external file in the lib folder
@@ -51,6 +67,10 @@ _ dll and jnilib files have to be in the p5 folder (confirmed by amit)
 _   there should be other places that they work.. 
 _   could even copy the dll to the p5 folder from the code folder
 
+_ add something to font editor to enable/disable smoothing
+_ mac -> vlw (or sbit?) font converter
+_   need to add font metrics code
+
 
 ................
 
@@ -181,18 +201,6 @@ dh b _ put screenshots into sketch folder
 dh b _   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Syntax;action=display;num=1046185738;start=0
 
 
-console
-dh b _ clear console each time 'run' gets hit
-dh b _   don't actually clear, just advance by the number of lines visible
-dh b _   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Proce55ing_Software;action=display;num=1051540041;start=0
-bf b _   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Proce55ing_Software;action=display;num=1065732731
-dh b _   can't copy text from console directly (winxp and macosx)
-bf 1 _ console -> should be using JEditTextArea not TextPane
-bf b _ set decent fonts (probably same as editor above), looks bad on mac
-bf b _ console runs really really slow with a lot of println() calls
-bf b _   http://proce55ing.net/discourse/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Proce55ing_software_bugs;action=display;num=1064182823
-
-
 history
 _ history causing trouble - super slow with a huge sketch
 _   could instead be gzipped and appended to history.dat