diff --git a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
index 29e33326e..74241293d 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/core/PApplet.java
@@ -3554,11 +3554,21 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
     System.out.flush();
   }
 
+  static public void print(long what) {
+    System.out.print(what);
+    System.out.flush();
+  }
+
   static public void print(float what) {
     System.out.print(what);
     System.out.flush();
   }
 
+  static public void print(double what) {
+    System.out.print(what);
+    System.out.flush();
+  }
+
   static public void print(String what) {
     System.out.print(what);
     System.out.flush();
@@ -3603,27 +3613,43 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
  * @param what boolean, byte, char, color, int, float, String, Object
  */
   static public void println(byte what) {
-    print(what); System.out.println();
+    System.out.println(what);
+    System.out.flush();
   }
 
   static public void println(boolean what) {
-    print(what); System.out.println();
+    System.out.println(what);
+    System.out.flush();
   }
 
   static public void println(char what) {
-    print(what); System.out.println();
+    System.out.println(what);
+    System.out.flush();
   }
 
   static public void println(int what) {
-    print(what); System.out.println();
+    System.out.println(what);
+    System.out.flush();
+  }
+
+  static public void println(long what) {
+    System.out.println(what);
+    System.out.flush();
   }
 
   static public void println(float what) {
-    print(what); System.out.println();
+    System.out.println(what);
+    System.out.flush();
+  }
+
+  static public void println(double what) {
+    System.out.println(what);
+    System.out.flush();
   }
 
   static public void println(String what) {
-    print(what); System.out.println();
+    System.out.println(what);
+    System.out.flush();
   }
 
   static public void println(Object what) {
diff --git a/core/todo.txt b/core/todo.txt
index 8ca2bcf4f..ab695d77b 100644
--- a/core/todo.txt
+++ b/core/todo.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 0205 core
+X add support for println(long) because it was converting the type to float
+X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=969
 
 
 sort out full screen issues
@@ -20,8 +22,8 @@ o   override default setting of macosx (yes) and linux/win (no)
 o   http://dev.processing.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=1043
 o   linux present mode isn't working properly
 X   removing FSEM, too buggy and problematic
-_ --display not working on osx
-_   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=71
+X --display not working on osx
+X   http://code.google.com/p/processing/issues/detail?id=71
 X implement full screen mode.. this takes over the screen as best it can
 X   size(screen.width, screen.height, OPENGL);
 X   if size is screen.width and screen.height, does its best