Index: altium_parser/altium_kw.sphash
===================================================================
--- altium_parser/altium_kw.sphash	(revision 35279)
+++ altium_parser/altium_kw.sphash	(revision 35280)
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 record
+ misc
  board
  class
  net
Index: altium_parser/config.h
===================================================================
--- altium_parser/config.h	(revision 35279)
+++ altium_parser/config.h	(revision 35280)
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-/* blank */
+#define TODO(s)
+
Index: altium_parser/pcbdoc_ascii.c
===================================================================
--- altium_parser/pcbdoc_ascii.c	(revision 35279)
+++ altium_parser/pcbdoc_ascii.c	(revision 35280)
@@ -126,6 +126,40 @@
 }
 
 
+TODO("these two 'new' functions should use stack-slabs from umalloc")
+static altium_record_t *pcbdoc_ascii_new_rec(altium_tree_t *tree, const char *type_s)
+{
+	altium_record_t *rec = calloc(sizeof(altium_record_t), 1);
+	int kw = altium_kw_sphash(type_s);
+
+	if ((kw < altium_kw_record_SPHASH_MINVAL) || (kw > altium_kw_record_SPHASH_MAXVAL))
+		kw = altium_kw_record_misc;
+
+	rec->type = kw;
+	rec->type_s = type_s;
+
+	gdl_append(&tree->rec[kw], rec, link);
+
+	return rec;
+}
+
+static altium_field_t *pcbdoc_ascii_new_field(altium_tree_t *tree, altium_record_t *rec, const char *key, const char *val)
+{
+	altium_field_t *field = calloc(sizeof(altium_field_t), 1);
+	int kw = altium_kw_sphash(key);
+
+	if ((kw < altium_kw_field_SPHASH_MINVAL) || (kw > altium_kw_field_SPHASH_MAXVAL))
+		kw = altium_kw_record_SPHASH_INVALID;
+
+	field->type = kw;
+	field->key  = key;
+	field->val  = val;
+
+	gdl_append(&rec->fields, field, link);
+
+	return field;
+}
+
 static int pcbdoc_ascii_parse_blocks(altium_tree_t *tree, const char *fn)
 {
 	altium_block_t *blk;
@@ -137,6 +171,7 @@
 		tprintf("---blk---\n");
 
 		for(;;) { /*  parse each line within the block */
+			altium_record_t *rec;
 			int nl = 0;
 
 			/* ignore leading seps and newlines, exit if ran out of the string */
@@ -157,8 +192,10 @@
 			}
 			*end = '\0';
 			tprintf("rec='%s'\n", s);
+			rec = pcbdoc_ascii_new_rec(tree, s);
 			s = end+1;
 
+
 			/* parse fields */
 			for(;;) {
 				char *key, *val;
@@ -188,6 +225,7 @@
 					val = end;
 				
 				tprintf("  %s=%s\n", key, val);
+				pcbdoc_ascii_new_field(tree, rec, key, val);
 				s = end+1;
 				if (nl)
 					break;
Index: altium_parser/pcbdoc_ascii.h
===================================================================
--- altium_parser/pcbdoc_ascii.h	(revision 35279)
+++ altium_parser/pcbdoc_ascii.h	(revision 35280)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 } altium_block_t;
 
 typedef struct altium_tree_s {
-	gdl_list_t rec[altium_kw_record_SPHASH_MAXVAL]; /* ordered list of records per type */
+	gdl_list_t rec[altium_kw_record_SPHASH_MAXVAL+1]; /* ordered list of records per type */
 	gdl_list_t blocks;
 } altium_tree_t;