creating release which includes: #388, #389
make dbg work with redirected in/out/err
merging OBJS389 back to trunk (fixes #389)
re #389: ok, tests pass now
re #389: add test scripts... but they don't pass at the moment
re #389: creating branch OBJS389
merging OBJS388 back to trunk (fixes #388)
re #388: comment
re #388: this seems to do the trick
re #388: creating branch OBJS388
