I know, that's why I say $constants$ ;) For any given er, "session", they are theoretically constant. (not always the way NLM uses them, but nearly always)

Really I'm trying to do something that doesn't fit with the way litestep was designed. I can't play nice and still get what I want.

@ceeslans: The big caveat is that they get wiped out by !reload, so it may not be as convenient as you think. This is not a bug. (but you can work around that)