I just checked the following into the CVS repository (server & client): SERVER CHANGES The following change basically does the following: When the server sends an item name to the client, this item name is now two pieces - the first piece of the name is its singular form, the second piece is the plural name. This now makes items in the inventory appear more proper in terms of pluralization and just normal English. I did notice that the server does not know how to properly make 'torch' plural - it turns it into torchs. A matching check in for the client has also been done. include/newserver.h: Update VERSION_SC to 1024 common/item.c: Change query_base_name to take a second option on whether we should generate a plural version of the name or not. socket/item.c: Modify functions to use second argument on the query_base_name function. Update item commands to send two part names (singular & plural). Modify esrv_send_look to use item1 protocol command instead of item command. server/c_object.c: Update item_matched_string to use second option to query_base_name. Modify function to check against both singular and plural versions of name. server/shop.c: Modify shop_listing command usage in query_basename to use second option. It will also generate the singular name, but that is only used on sorting, so I don't think it will generally cause any problems. include/libproto.h: rebuilt because query_base_name has an addition opt. Mark Wedel 8/6/2000 CLIENT CHANGES: The following matches a change made to the server which includes two piece item names to make the item names in the client appear more perfect. Protocol: Updated to document the new item name transmission method. client.h: Update SC version to 1024. item.h: Remove name and o_name from item structure, instead there is now d_name, s_name, and p_name, representing the display name, singular name, and plural name. display name is derived from the s/p names plus nrof value. commands.c: Chance strncpy to memcpy, as a null character is used to seperate the two name values. UpdateItemCmd is also modified to supply an empty string to set_item_values instead of the same name if the name is unchanged. gx11.c, player.c, x11.c: use d_name instead of name to correspond with changes to item.h item.c: Update item initialization and clearing functions with new name elements. Update set_item_values with new two piece name support. remove adding 'a' and 'an' prefix to singular objects, as it generally doesn't look good in the look window and isn't all that useful in the inventory window either. Mark Wedel 8/6/2000