diff --git a/files/Makefile b/files/Makefile
index 16e5f55..3d9e2ee 100644
--- a/files/Makefile
+++ b/files/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 CC      = gcc
 CCOPT   = -Wall -g -DDEBUG_LEVEL=1
 
-
+ffuncs.o:  ffuncs.c ffuncs.h Makefile
+	$(CC) ${CCOPT} -c $<
 
 LIBS	= 
+OBJS	= ffuncs.o
 
 t:	t.c ${OBJS} Makefile
 	$(CC) ${CCOPT} $< ${OBJS} ${LIBS} -o $@
diff --git a/files/ffuncs.c b/files/ffuncs.c
index 064b19a..84e3af2 100644
--- a/files/ffuncs.c
+++ b/files/ffuncs.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include  "ffuncs.h"
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 extern int			verbosity;
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -28,9 +29,9 @@ fputs("\n", stderr);
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 char *rtrim(char *src)
 {
-int		foo = strlen(src)-1;
+int		foo;
 
-for (foo; src[foo]==' '|| src[foo]=='\t'; foo--) {
+for (foo=strlen(src)-1; src[foo]==' '|| src[foo]=='\t'; foo--) {
 	src[foo] = '\0';
 	}
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ while (src[foo]!='\0') {
 	bar++;
 	}
 
-strcpy(src,tmp);
+strcpy(src, tmp);
 
 return src;
 }
diff --git a/files/ffuncs.h b/files/ffuncs.h
index 06dbcee..a652c71 100644
--- a/files/ffuncs.h
+++ b/files/ffuncs.h
@@ -1,7 +1,23 @@
 /*
- *		various functions
+ *		various file functions
  */
 
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+/* two arbitrary magic number */
+#define   SZ_TEXT	20
+#define   SZ_PATH	400
+
+typedef struct	{
+	char		key;
+	int		flags;
+	char		text[SZ_TEXT+1];
+	char		path[SZ_PATH+1];
+	} SampleRef;
+
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 void dump(unsigned char *ptr);
 
 char *rtrim(char *src);
diff --git a/files/samples.list b/files/samples.list
index a995406..9b3da60 100644
--- a/files/samples.list
+++ b/files/samples.list
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 a | bla bla | ../AK14V-ORDRES.wav
+z |znare|znare.wav
    B | plop ! | ../AK14V-ORDRES.wav
diff --git a/files/t.c b/files/t.c
index 737ee0b..62efd01 100644
--- a/files/t.c
+++ b/files/t.c
@@ -6,39 +6,71 @@
 #include  <stdlib.h>
 #include  <unistd.h>
 #include  <string.h>
+#include  <ctype.h>
+
+#include  "ffuncs.h"
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
 int			verbosity;
 
-typedef struct	{
-	char		key;
-	char		text[100];
-	char		path[200];
-	} SampleRef;
-
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+void affiche_un_sample(SampleRef *sref)
+{
+printf("%c %02X [%-20s]  %s\n", sref->key, sref->flags, sref->text,
+						sref->path);
+}
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 static int decode_la_ligne(char *line, SampleRef *sref)
 {
-char			*ptr;
+char			*ptr, *cp;
 
 #if DEBUG_LEVEL
 fprintf(stderr, ">>> %s ( '%s' %p )\n", __func__, line, sref);
+// dump(line);
 #endif
 
 /*
  *	ON THE WAY TO PARSING HELL
  */
 ptr = strtok(line, "|");
-fprintf(stderr, "[%s]\n", ptr);
-ptr = strtok(NULL, "|");
-fprintf(stderr, "[%s]\n", ptr);
-ptr = strtok(NULL, "|");
-fprintf(stderr, "[%s]\n", ptr);
+cp = ltrim(rtrim(ptr));
+fprintf(stderr, "key   [%s]\n", cp);
+if ( ! isalpha(*cp)) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "invalid key 0x%02x\n", *cp);
+	return -2;
+	}
+sref->key = toupper(*cp);
 
-return -1;
+ptr = strtok(NULL, "|");
+if (NULL==ptr) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "line to short\n");
+	return -3;
+	}
+cp = ltrim(rtrim(ptr));
+fprintf(stderr, "text  [%s]\n", cp);
+if (strlen(cp) > SZ_TEXT) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "text too long\n");
+	return -4;
+	}
+strcpy(sref->text, cp);
+
+ptr = strtok(NULL, "|");
+if (NULL==ptr) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "line to short\n");
+	return -6;
+	}
+fprintf(stderr, "path  [%s]\n", ltrim(rtrim(ptr)));
+if (strlen(ptr) > SZ_TEXT) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "path too long\n");
+	return -5;
+	}
+strcpy(sref->path, ptr);
+
+return 0;
 }
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-#define T_LINE		200
+#define T_LINE		300
 
 int essai_lecture_liste(char *fname)
 {
@@ -60,7 +92,7 @@ if (NULL==(fp=fopen(fname, "r"))) {
 ln = 1;
 while (NULL != fgets(line, T_LINE, fp)) {
 
-	fprintf(stderr, "%3d = %s", ln, line);
+	// fprintf(stderr, "%3d = %s", ln, line);
 
 	/* degommer l'eventuel \n */
 	bar = strlen(line);
@@ -71,9 +103,10 @@ while (NULL != fgets(line, T_LINE, fp)) {
 	bar--;			/* backspace one char */
 	if ('\n' == line[bar]) line[bar]='\0';
 
+	memset(&sample, 0, sizeof(SampleRef));
 	foo = decode_la_ligne(line, &sample);
-	fprintf(stderr, "decode la ligne -> %d\n", foo);
-
+	fprintf(stderr, "decode la ligne -> %d\n\n", foo);
+	affiche_un_sample(&sample);
 
 	ln++;
 	}