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diff --git a/src/symtable.cc b/src/symtable.cc
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+++ b/src/symtable.cc
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+#include "misc.hh"
+#include "dimen.hh"
+#include "debug.hh"
+#include "real.hh"
+#include "symbol.hh"
+#include "assoc.hh"
+#include "symtable.hh"
+
+
+Symbol 
+Symtable::lookup(String s) const
+{
+    if (elt_query(s))
+	return (*this)[s];
+    else {
+	error( "Unknown symbol " +s+'\n');
+    }
+}
+
+Symtable* 
+Symtables::operator()(String s) 
+{
+    return Assoc<String, Symtable*>::operator[](s);
+} 
+
+void
+Symtables::read(Text_db &symini)
+{
+     while (!symini.eof()) {
+	 Text_record  r(  symini++);
+	 if (r[0] == "end" )
+	     return;
+	 assert (r[0] == "table");
+	 
+	 String tabnam = r[1];
+	 Symtable * sp = new Symtable;
+	 while (!symini.eof()){
+	     r = symini++;
+	     if (r[0] == "end")
+		 break;
+	     
+	     if (r.sz() != 6)
+		 error("Not enough fields in symbol init");
+	     
+	     int i=0;
+	     String id=r[i++];
+	     String tex=r[i++];
+	     svec<Real> dims;
+	     for (int j=0; j < 4; j++)
+		 dims.add( parse_dimen(r[i++]));
+	     
+	     Symbol s(tex, Box(dims));
+	     (*sp)[id] = s;
+	 }
+	 (*this)[tabnam] = sp;	 	 
+     }
+}
+
+
+