diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2ea0f84..e537f15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ dummy-file
 tools/*.obj
 tools/read_obj
 tools/*.xyz
+tools/*.asc
 
diff --git a/bubulles.c b/bubulles.c
index d74f9c3..29cb3bc 100644
--- a/bubulles.c
+++ b/bubulles.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include  <string.h>
 
 #include  "bubulles.h"
+#include  "edges.h"
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ printf("%-15s    %4lu\n", "XYZ",	sizeof(XYZ));
 printf("%-15s    %4lu\n", "RGBA",	sizeof(RGBA));
 printf("%-15s    %4lu\n", "Bubulle",	sizeof(Bubulle));
 printf("%-15s    %4lu\n", "BBList",	sizeof(BBList));
+printf("%-15s    %4lu\n", "AnEdge",	sizeof(AnEdge));
+printf("%-15s    %4lu\n", "EdgeList",	sizeof(EdgeList));
 puts("");
 }
 
diff --git a/bubulles.h b/bubulles.h
index bd1de60..cb175cf 100644
--- a/bubulles.h
+++ b/bubulles.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-#define LIBBB_VERSION		59
+#define LIBBB_VERSION		60
 
 #define SZ_BUBULLE_TEXT		81		/* arbitrary value */
 
diff --git a/edges.c b/edges.c
index a1171ac..3ee8758 100644
--- a/edges.c
+++ b/edges.c
@@ -4,8 +4,20 @@
 
 #include   <stdio.h>
 
+#include   "bubulles.h"
 #include   "edges.h"
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+int  print_edgelist_desc(EdgeList *list, int k)
+{
 
+printf("edgelist addr: %p\n", list);
 
+if (k) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: k must be 0, was %d\n", __func__, k);
+	return k;
+	}
+
+return 0;
+}
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/edges.h b/edges.h
index d6ca827..0a25548 100644
--- a/edges.h
+++ b/edges.h
@@ -3,3 +3,17 @@
  */
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+typedef struct {
+	int	A, B;
+	} AnEdge;
+
+typedef struct {
+	char		name[SZ_BUBULLE_TEXT+1];
+	int		size;			/* max number of edges	*/
+	int		fidx;			/* next free slot	*/
+	AnEdge		*edges;
+	unsigned long	flags;
+	} EdgeList;
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/tools/importobj.c b/tools/importobj.c
index e8bd662..f191007 100644
--- a/tools/importobj.c
+++ b/tools/importobj.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if (NULL==(fpin=fopen(infname, "r"))) {
 	exit(1);
 	}
 
-bublist = alloc_bubulles(infname, 150000, 0);
+bublist = alloc_bubulles(infname, 800000, 0);
 if (NULL==bublist) {
         fprintf(stderr, "err in %s, aborting...\n", __func__);
         abort();
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ nbre = 0;
 while(NULL!=(cptr=fgets(line, LINE_SZ, fpin))) {
 
 	if ('\n' != line[strlen(line)-1]) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "%s: short read, exiting...\n", __func__);
-		return -2;
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: short read on %s...\n",
+					__func__, infname);
+		// return -2;
+		break;
 		}
 	line[strlen(line)-1] = '\0';		/* kill the newline */
 	if (verbosity>1) fprintf(stderr, "line read ===%s===\n", line);
diff --git a/tools/read_obj.c b/tools/read_obj.c
index a5f9253..4178ba1 100644
--- a/tools/read_obj.c
+++ b/tools/read_obj.c
@@ -20,8 +20,13 @@ if (2 != argc) {
 
 verbosity = 1;
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 foo = try_to_read_an_OBJ_file(argv[1], "bulles.xyz", 0);
 fprintf(stderr, "try to read '%s' --> %d\n", argv[1], foo);
+=======
+foo = try_to_read_an_OBJ_file(argv[1], "bubulles.asc", 0);
+fprintf(stderr, "try to read -> %d\n", foo);
+>>>>>>> 457afac7c0a208413ff6a7f1d0932da76ecf685b
 
 return 0;
 }