diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index f9f42a95c..ecbd40d98 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 
   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+  License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.1.
 
   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -825,7 +824,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
       meth.add(o, method);
 
     } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
-      die("There is no " + name + "() method in the class " +
+      die("There is no public " + name + "() method in the class " +
           o.getClass().getName());
 
     } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -842,7 +841,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
       meth.add(o, method);
 
     } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
-      die("There is no " + name + "() method in the class " +
+      die("There is no public " + name + "() method in the class " +
           o.getClass().getName());
 
     } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -2257,7 +2256,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
       e.getTargetException().printStackTrace();
     } catch (NoSuchMethodException nsme) {
-      System.err.println("There is no " + name + "() method " +
+      System.err.println("There is no public " + name + "() method " +
                          "in the class " + getClass().getName());
     } catch (Exception e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
@@ -7304,6 +7303,11 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
   }
 
 
+  public float textWidth(char[] chars, int start, int length) {
+    return g.textWidth(chars, start, length);
+  }
+
+
   public void text(char c) {
     if (recorder != null) recorder.text(c);
     g.text(c);
@@ -7346,7 +7350,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
   }
 
 
-  public void text(char[] chars, int start, int stop,
+  public void text(char[] chars, int start, int stop, 
                    float x, float y, float z) {
     if (recorder != null) recorder.text(chars, start, stop, x, y, z);
     g.text(chars, start, stop, x, y, z);
diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java b/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
index c3ff52828..cc5562bcd 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PGraphics.java
@@ -2604,6 +2604,14 @@ public class PGraphics extends PImage implements PConstants {
   }
 
 
+  /** 
+   * TODO not sure if this stays...
+   */
+  public float textWidth(char[] chars, int start, int length) {
+    return textWidthImpl(chars, start, start + length);
+  }
+  
+  
   /**
    * Implementation of returning the text width of
    * the chars [start, stop) in the buffer.
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 695173463..988df2d09 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,18 @@
 0169 core
 X remove major try/catch block from PApplet.main()
 X   hopefully will allow some exception stuff to come through properly
+X PVector.angleDistance() returns NaN
+X   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1316
 
+_ make the index lookup use numbers up to 256?
+
+_ decide whether to keep:
+_   public float textWidth(char[] chars, int start, int length)
+
+_ textAlign(JUSTIFY) (with implementation)
+_   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1309
+
+_ create characters on the fly when createFont() is used
 
 _ Semitransparent rect drawn over image not rendered correctly
 _   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1280