Index: doc/howto.txt
==================================================================
--- doc/howto.txt
+++ doc/howto.txt
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@
 (s:get-param 'param1 'number) => number or #f 
 
 Create a link.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-(s:null "[" (s:a name 'href 
-               (s:link-to (string-append "location/" (string-intersperse p "/") ""))) "] ")))
-
-
+(s:a name 'href 
+    (s:link-to "pagename/blah" ""))
 
 Call current page with new param
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 In view.scm:

Index: setup.scm
==================================================================
--- setup.scm
+++ setup.scm
@@ -16,17 +16,20 @@
 ;;
 ;; (include "sugar.scm")
 
 ;; use this for getting data from page to page when scope and evals
 ;; get in the way
-(define s:local-vars (make-hash-table))
+;; save data for use in the page generation here. Does NOT persist across page reads.
 
-(define (s:local-set! k v)
-  (hash-table-set! s:local-vars k v))
+(define *page-data* (make-hash-table))
 
-(define (s:local-get k)
-  (hash-table-ref/default s:local-vars k #f))
+(define (s:lset! var val)
+  (hash-table-set! *page-data* var val))
+(define (s:lget var . default)
+  (hash-table-ref/default *page-data* var (if (null? default)
+					      #f
+					      (car default))))
 
 (define (s:log . msg)
   (apply session:log s:session msg))
 
 (define (s:set-err . args)