--- festival/src/modules/base/phrasify.cc.bak	2001-04-04 13:55:20.000000000 +0200
+++ festival/src/modules/base/phrasify.cc	2004-07-20 14:23:33.026032684 +0200
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 	    EST_Val npbreak = wagon_predict(w,phrase_type_tree);
 	    w->set("pbreak",npbreak.string());  // may reset to BB
 	}
-	pbreak = w->f("pbreak");
+	pbreak = w->f("pbreak").string();
 	if (pbreak == "B")
 	    w->set("blevel",3);
 	else if (pbreak == "mB")
--- festival/src/modules/base/word.cc.bak	2001-04-04 13:55:20.000000000 +0200
+++ festival/src/modules/base/word.cc	2004-07-20 14:24:58.889677557 +0200
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@
     for (w=u->relation("Word")->first(); w != 0; w = next(w))
     {
 	lpos = NIL;
-	pos = ffeature(w,"hg_pos");
+	pos = ffeature(w,"hg_pos").string();
                         // explicit homograph pos disambiguation
 	if (pos == "0")
-	    pos = ffeature(w,"pos");
+	    pos = ffeature(w,"pos").string();
 	if (pos != "0")
 	    lpos = rintern(pos);
 
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@
     //  from which a list can be read.
     EST_String p;
 
-    if (((p = ffeature(w,"phonemes")) != "0") ||
-	((p = ffeature(w,"R:Token.parent.phonemes")) != "0"))
+    if (((p = ffeature(w,"phonemes").string()) != "0") ||
+	((p = ffeature(w,"R:Token.parent.phonemes").string()) != "0"))
     {
 	LISP phones = read_from_lstring(strintern(p));
 
--- festival/src/modules/Intonation/int_tree.cc.bak	2001-04-04 13:55:20.000000000 +0200
+++ festival/src/modules/Intonation/int_tree.cc	2004-07-20 14:27:33.990842436 +0200
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@
     for (s=u->relation("Syllable")->first(); s != 0; s=next(s))
     {
 	if ((paccent = accent_specified(s)) == "0") // check if pre-specified
-	    paccent = wagon_predict(s,accent_tree);
+	    paccent = wagon_predict(s,accent_tree).string();
 	if (paccent != "NONE")
 	    add_IntEvent(u,s,paccent);
 	if ((ptone = tone_specified(s)) == "0")
-	    ptone = wagon_predict(s,endtone_tree);
+	    ptone = wagon_predict(s,endtone_tree).string();
 	if (ptone != "NONE")
 	    add_IntEvent(u,s,ptone);
     }
@@ -107,11 +107,11 @@
     EST_Item *token = parent(word,"Token");
     EST_String paccent("0");
     if (token)
-	paccent = ffeature(token,"accent");
+	paccent = ffeature(token,"accent").string();
 	
     if (paccent == "0")
     {
-	paccent = ffeature(word,"accent");
+	paccent = ffeature(word,"accent").string();
 	if (paccent == "0")
 	    return paccent;
     }
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@
     EST_Item *token = parent(word,"Token");
     EST_String ptone("0");
     if (token)
-	ptone = ffeature(token,"tone");
+	ptone = ffeature(token,"tone").string();
 
     if (ptone == "0")
     {
-	ptone = ffeature(word,"tone");
+	ptone = ffeature(word,"tone").string();
 	if (ptone == "0")
 	    return ptone;
     }
--- festival/src/modules/Text/token.cc.bak	2001-04-04 13:55:20.000000000 +0200
+++ festival/src/modules/Text/token.cc	2004-07-20 14:30:38.743230008 +0200
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 	else
 	    return cons(strintern(tok),NIL);
     }
-    else if ((token_pos = ffeature(token,"token_pos")) == "ordinal")
+    else if ((token_pos = ffeature(token,"token_pos").string()) == "ordinal")
 	return say_num_as_ordinal(tok);
     else if (token_pos == "year")
 	return say_num_as_year(tok);
--- festival/src/modules/Text/xxml.cc.bak	2001-04-04 13:55:20.000000000 +0200
+++ festival/src/modules/Text/xxml.cc	2004-07-20 14:32:24.428023747 +0200
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 	    cerr << "xxml parse error: unexpected end of file \n";
 	    festival_error();
 	}
-	line = ts.get_upto_eoln();
+	line = ts.get_upto_eoln().string();
 	type = line.at(0,1);
 	remainder = line.after(0);
 	if (type == "-")
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     EST_Token t;
 
     ts.open_string(remainder);
-    name = ts.get();
+    name = ts.get().string();
     if ((t=ts.get()) == "IMPLIED")
 	att = cons(rintern(name),cons(NIL,NIL));
     else if (t == "TOKEN")
--- festival/src/modules/UniSyn_diphone/us_diphone_index.cc.bak	2002-07-02 13:18:30.000000000 +0200
+++ festival/src/modules/UniSyn_diphone/us_diphone_index.cc	2004-07-20 14:36:14.589752363 +0200
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@
 
     if (!item)
 	return "";
-    else if ((d1 = item->f(dname+"_"+dir,def)) != "0")
+    else if ((d1 = item->f(dname+"_"+dir,def).string()) != "0")
 	return d1;
-    else if ((d1 = item->f(dname,def)) != "0")
+    else if ((d1 = item->f(dname,def).string()) != "0")
 	return d1;
     else
 	return item->f("name","0").string();