--- gforth/tags.fs	2007/12/31 18:40:24	1.6
+++ gforth/tags.fs	2010/01/22 21:19:43	1.12
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \ VI tags support for GNU Forth.
 
-\ Copyright (C) 1995,1998,2002,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+\ Copyright (C) 1995,1998,2002,2003,2007,2008,2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 \ This file is part of Gforth.
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 \ (e.g. via shared memory)
 
 \ This is ANS Forth with the following serious environmental
-\ dependences: the variable LAST must contain a pointer to the last
+\ dependences: the word LATEST must return a pointer to the last
 \ header, NAME>STRING must convert that pointer to a string, and
 \ HEADER must be a deferred word that is called to create the name.
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 \ to comment out search.fs since it sets the search order destructively
 \ on my system.  Added a bit more explanation on how to use tags.fs.
 
-\ require search.fs
+require search.fs
 require extend.fs
 
 : tags-file-name ( -- c-addr u )
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ create tags-line 128 chars allot
 
 : tags-file-id ( -- file-id )
     tags-file @ 0= if
-	tags-file-name w/o create-file throw
+        s" sort >tags" w/o open-pipe throw
+\	tags-file-name w/o create-file throw
 \ 	2dup file-status
 \ 	if \ the file does not exist
 \ 	    drop w/o create-file throw