diff --git a/extra/pd~/pd~.c b/extra/pd~/pd~.c
index 3cf713feb16b1ca44270c63b5de86a8ad00c32ec..eba594c805f8004fb313787b8587479a70eb86bd 100644
--- a/extra/pd~/pd~.c
+++ b/extra/pd~/pd~.c
@@ -466,21 +466,16 @@ static void pd_tilde_tick(t_pd_tilde *x)
 static void pd_tilde_anything(t_pd_tilde *x, t_symbol *s,
     int argc, t_atom *argv)
 {
-    char msgbuf[MAXPDSTRING], *sp, *ep = msgbuf+MAXPDSTRING;
+    char msgbuf[MAXPDSTRING];
     if (!x->x_outfd)
         return;
-    msgbuf[0] = 0;
-    strncpy(msgbuf, s->s_name, MAXPDSTRING);
-    msgbuf[MAXPDSTRING-1] = 0;
-    sp = msgbuf + strlen(msgbuf);
+    fprintf(x->x_outfd, "%s ", s->s_name);
     while (argc--)
     {
-        if (sp < ep-1)
-            sp[0] = ' ', sp[1] = 0, sp++;
-        atom_string(argv++, sp, ep-sp);
-        sp += strlen(sp);
+        atom_string(argv++, msgbuf, MAXPDSTRING);
+        fprintf(x->x_outfd, "%s ", msgbuf);
     }
-    fprintf(x->x_outfd, "%s;\n", msgbuf);
+    fprintf(x->x_outfd, ";\n");
 }
 
 static void *pd_tilde_new(t_symbol *s, int argc, t_atom *argv)
diff --git a/src/g_template.c b/src/g_template.c
index 34541c06d62b1874b0b44be4a74a22b1549725f4..f216b104015c83f90bb189559d8a23b6480df4eb 100644
--- a/src/g_template.c
+++ b/src/g_template.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ t_template *template_new(t_symbol *templatesym, int argc, t_atom *argv)
     bad: 
         argc -= 2; argv += 2;
     }
-    if (templatesym->s_name)
+    if (*templatesym->s_name)
     {
         x->t_sym = templatesym;
         pd_bind(&x->t_pdobj, x->t_sym);
diff --git a/src/g_text.c b/src/g_text.c
index b8680e87576b930706b710c311abb1a6c3930ca0..f927bf38c2d575b3ca7b3b92a67085d39fed8453 100644
--- a/src/g_text.c
+++ b/src/g_text.c
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ static void canvas_objtext(t_glist *gl, int xpix, int ypix, int selected,
     canvas_unsetcurrent((t_canvas *)gl);
 }
 
+extern int sys_noautopatch;
     /* utility routine to figure out where to put a new text box from menu
     and whether to connect to it automatically */
 static void canvas_howputnew(t_canvas *x, int *connectp, int *xpixp, int *ypixp,
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ static void canvas_howputnew(t_canvas *x, int *connectp, int *xpixp, int *ypixp,
 {
     int xpix, ypix, indx = 0, nobj = 0, n2, x1, x2, y1, y2;
     int connectme = (x->gl_editor->e_selection &&
-        !x->gl_editor->e_selection->sel_next);
+        !x->gl_editor->e_selection->sel_next && !sys_noautopatch);
     if (connectme)
     {
         t_gobj *g, *selected = x->gl_editor->e_selection->sel_what;
diff --git a/src/notes.txt b/src/notes.txt
index 369b7ffe24b58b291bc541e42b339288581b9ea1..c11ef4e8381a023addf7ff98bf116f3b4ea83963 100644
--- a/src/notes.txt
+++ b/src/notes.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+bug: go to ~/rep/rand, start pd, use open panel to open ../mark/mark.pd - crash
+
 ---------------- dolist --------------------
 
 test:
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ mac:
 Gnome: why don't windows pop up when clicked on?
 
 problems:
+pd~ "start" followed by messages gives race condition because of "fromgui" biz
 get rid of remaining -export-dynamic in makefiles
 saving as "x.pd" on mac writes to "x.pd.pd" (can't reproduce this.)
 find asdf$1 (e.g.) doesn't work
diff --git a/src/s_main.c b/src/s_main.c
index 8e9cb08ddd7ce780648651684f797931b87bab92..a246e38af273e21140cbff768362631ee38ea810 100644
--- a/src/s_main.c
+++ b/src/s_main.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ int sys_extraflags;
 char sys_extraflagsstring[MAXPDSTRING];
 int sys_run_scheduler(const char *externalschedlibname,
     const char *sys_extraflagsstring);
+int sys_noautopatch;    /* temporary hack to defeat new 0.42 editing */
 
     /* here the "-1" counts signify that the corresponding vector hasn't been
     specified in command line arguments; sys_set_audio_settings will detect it
@@ -398,6 +399,7 @@ static char *(usagemessage[]) = {
 "-schedlib <file> -- plug in external scheduler\n",
 "-extraflags <s>  -- string argument to send schedlib\n",
 "-batch           -- run off-line as a batch process\n",
+"-noautopatch     -- defeat auto-patching new from selected objects\n",
 };
 
 static void sys_parsedevlist(int *np, int *vecp, int max, char *str)
@@ -832,6 +834,11 @@ int sys_argparse(int argc, char **argv)
             sys_printtostderr = sys_nogui = 1;
             argc--; argv++;
         }
+        else if (!strcmp(*argv, "-noautopatch"))
+        {
+            sys_noautopatch = 1;
+            argc--; argv++;
+        }
 #ifdef UNISTD
         else if (!strcmp(*argv, "-rt") || !strcmp(*argv, "-realtime"))
         {
diff --git a/src/x_connective.c b/src/x_connective.c
index 8687154ea8779f090676c31f9ec061b7d9b614c3..b9093f46bf5122825c0576d37b65a891142b4a49 100644
--- a/src/x_connective.c
+++ b/src/x_connective.c
@@ -1245,7 +1245,8 @@ static void makefilename_scanformat(t_makefilename *x)
 static void *makefilename_new(t_symbol *s)
 {
     t_makefilename *x = (t_makefilename *)pd_new(makefilename_class);
-    if (!s || !s->s_name) s = gensym("file.%d");
+    if (!s || !*s->s_name)
+        s = gensym("file.%d");
     outlet_new(&x->x_obj, &s_symbol);
     x->x_format = s;
     x->x_accept = A_NULL;
diff --git a/src/x_gui.c b/src/x_gui.c
index 7cc23d2600844957ce70890e1b9aea6cdee4b21b..6ba58a7b13dbfb63d74ded6081732daf5ad36e1f 100644
--- a/src/x_gui.c
+++ b/src/x_gui.c
@@ -158,8 +158,7 @@ static void gfxstub_free(t_gfxstub *x)
 
 static void gfxstub_setup(void)
 {
-    gfxstub_class = class_new(gensym("gfxstub"), (t_newmethod)gfxstub_new,
-        (t_method)gfxstub_free,
+    gfxstub_class = class_new(gensym("gfxstub"), 0, (t_method)gfxstub_free,
         sizeof(t_gfxstub), CLASS_PD, 0);
     class_addanything(gfxstub_class, gfxstub_anything);
     class_addmethod(gfxstub_class, (t_method)gfxstub_signoff,