I have not looked at Glamour yet - and i am a bit reluctant to add an extra layer, but i will give it a try.

Why? If it fits your problem space, it avoids a lot of boilerplate. http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/building-a-simple-code-browser/ http://www.themoosebook.org/book/internals/glamour http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/building-browsers-with-glamour-smallta... Stephan