diff --git a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/Driver.java b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/Driver.java
index 6abc3892..8c728ccb 100644
--- a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/Driver.java
+++ b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/Driver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: Driver.java,v 1.5 2001/07/17 07:18:09 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: Driver.java,v 1.6 2001/07/24 18:07:35 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.viztool;
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public class Driver
 
         // run ourselves on the classpath
         String classpath = System.getProperty("java.class.path");
+        // System.err.println("Scanning " + classpath + ".");
         ClassEnumerator enum = new ClassEnumerator(classpath);
 
         // print out the warnings
diff --git a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/hierarchy/ChainGroup.java b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/hierarchy/ChainGroup.java
index bfad782f..2e3ea5af 100644
--- a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/hierarchy/ChainGroup.java
+++ b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/hierarchy/ChainGroup.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ChainGroup.java,v 1.6 2001/07/17 06:01:08 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ChainGroup.java,v 1.7 2001/07/24 18:07:35 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.viztool.viz;
 
@@ -28,13 +28,60 @@ public class ChainGroup
 
         // process the classes provided by our enumerator
         _roots = ChainUtil.buildChains(pkgroot, iter);
+        // System.err.println(_roots.size() + " chains for " + pkg + ".");
+    }
+
+    protected ChainGroup (String pkg, ArrayList roots)
+    {
+        _pkg = pkg;
+        _roots = roots;
     }
 
     /**
-     * Lays out the chains in this group and returns the total size.
+     * Returns the dimensions of this chain group. This value is only
+     * valid after <code>layout</code> has been called.
      */
-    public Rectangle2D layout (Graphics2D gfx, double pageWidth,
-                               double pageHeight)
+    public Rectangle2D getBounds ()
+    {
+        return _size;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the upper left coordinate of this group. The group itself
+     * never looks at this information, but it will be made available as
+     * the x and y coordinates of the rectangle returned by
+     * <code>getBounds</code>.
+     */
+    public void setPosition (double x, double y)
+    {
+        _size.setRect(x, y, _size.getWidth(), _size.getHeight());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the page on which this group should be rendered.
+     */
+    public int getPage ()
+    {
+        return _page;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the page on which this group should be rendered.
+     */
+    public void setPage (int page)
+    {
+        _page = page;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Lays out the chains in this group and returns the total size. If
+     * the layout process requires that this chain group be split across
+     * multiple pages, a new chain group containing the overflow chains
+     * will be returned. If the group fits in the allotted space, null
+     * will be returned.
+     */
+    public ChainGroup layout (
+        Graphics2D gfx, double pageWidth, double pageHeight)
     {
         // lay out the internal structure of our chains
         ChainVisualizer clay = new CascadingChainVisualizer();
@@ -58,19 +105,28 @@ public class ChainGroup
 
         // arrange them on the page
         ElementLayout elay = new PackedColumnElementLayout();
-        Rectangle2D[] dims = elay.layout(_roots, pageWidth, pageHeight);
-
-        // for now we're punting and assume that no group will exceed a
-        // single page in size
-        double width = dims[0].getWidth();
-        double height = dims[0].getHeight() + titleAscent;
+        ArrayList overflow = new ArrayList();
+        _size = elay.layout(_roots, pageWidth, pageHeight, overflow);
 
         // make sure we're wide enough for our title
-        width = Math.max(width, layout.getAdvance() + 4);
+        double width = Math.max(_size.getWidth(), layout.getAdvance() + 4);
 
-        _size = new Rectangle2D.Double();
+        // adjust for our border and title
+        double height = _size.getHeight() + titleAscent;
         _size.setRect(0, 0, width + 2*BORDER, height + 2*BORDER);
-        return _size;
+
+        // if we have overflow elements, create a new chain group with
+        // these elements, remove them from our roots list and be on our
+        // way
+        if (overflow.size() > 0) {
+            // remove the overflow roots from our list
+            for (int i = 0; i < overflow.size(); i++) {
+                _roots.remove(overflow.get(i));
+            }
+            return new ChainGroup(_pkg, overflow);
+        }
+
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -132,9 +188,17 @@ public class ChainGroup
         return (Chain)_roots.get(index);
     }
 
+    public String toString ()
+    {
+        return "[pkg=" + _pkg + ", roots=" + _roots.size() +
+            ", size=" + _size + ", page=" + _page + "]";
+    }
+
     protected String _pkg;
     protected ArrayList _roots;
+
     protected Rectangle2D _size;
+    protected int _page;
 
     protected static final double BORDER = 72/8;
 }
diff --git a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/hierarchy/HierarchyVisualizer.java b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/hierarchy/HierarchyVisualizer.java
index e6cebedd..24eed0a5 100644
--- a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/hierarchy/HierarchyVisualizer.java
+++ b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/hierarchy/HierarchyVisualizer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: HierarchyVisualizer.java,v 1.7 2001/07/17 07:18:09 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: HierarchyVisualizer.java,v 1.8 2001/07/24 18:07:35 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.viztool.viz;
 
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class HierarchyVisualizer implements Printable
             }
             _classes.add(name);
         }
+        // System.err.println("Scanned " + _classes.size() + " classes.");
 
         // compile a list of all packages in our collection
         HashSet pkgset = new HashSet();
@@ -60,18 +61,15 @@ public class HierarchyVisualizer implements Printable
             _packages[i] = (String)iter.next();
         }
         Arrays.sort(_packages, Comparators.STRING);
+        // System.err.println("Scanned " + _packages.length + " packages.");
 
         // now create chain groups for each package
-        _groups = new ChainGroup[_packages.length];
-        for (int i = 0; i < _groups.length; i++) {
+        _groups = new ArrayList();
+        for (int i = 0; i < _packages.length; i++) {
             PackageEnumerator penum = new PackageEnumerator(
                 _packages[i], _classes.iterator(), false);
-            _groups[i] = new ChainGroup(pkgroot, _packages[i], penum);
+            _groups.add(new ChainGroup(pkgroot, _packages[i], penum));
         }
-
-        // we'll need these for later
-        _bounds = new Rectangle2D.Double[_packages.length];
-        _pagenos = new int[_packages.length];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -98,12 +96,16 @@ public class HierarchyVisualizer implements Printable
 
         // render the groups on the requested page
         int rendered = 0;
-        for (int i = 0; i < _groups.length; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < _groups.size(); i++) {
+            ChainGroup group = (ChainGroup)_groups.get(i);
+
             // skip groups not on this page
-            if (_pagenos[i] != pageIndex) {
+            if (group.getPage() != pageIndex) {
                 continue;
             }
-            _groups[i].render(gfx, _bounds[i].getX(), _bounds[i].getY());
+
+            Rectangle2D bounds = group.getBounds();
+            group.render(gfx, bounds.getX(), bounds.getY());
             rendered++;
         }
 
@@ -113,26 +115,32 @@ public class HierarchyVisualizer implements Printable
     public void layout (Graphics2D gfx, double x, double y,
                         double width, double height)
     {
-        double starty = x;
+        double starty = y;
         int pageno = 0;
 
         // lay out our groups
-        for (int i = 0; i < _groups.length; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < _groups.size(); i++) {
+            ChainGroup group = (ChainGroup)_groups.get(i);
+
             // lay out the group in question
-            Rectangle2D bounds = _groups[i].layout(gfx, width, height);
+            ChainGroup ngrp = group.layout(gfx, width, height);
+            // if the process of laying this group out caused it to become
+            // split across pages, insert this new group into the list
+            if (ngrp != null) {
+                _groups.add(i+1, ngrp);
+            }
 
             // determine if we need to skip to the next page or not
-            if ((y > 0) && (y + bounds.getHeight() > height)) {
+            Rectangle2D bounds = group.getBounds();
+            if ((y > starty) && (y + bounds.getHeight() > height + starty)) {
                 y = starty;
                 pageno++;
             }
 
             // assign x and y coordinates to this group
-            bounds.setRect(x, y, bounds.getWidth(), bounds.getHeight());
-            // and store it
-            _bounds[i] = bounds;
-            // also make a note of our page index
-            _pagenos[i] = pageno;
+            group.setPosition(x, y);
+            // make a note of our page index
+            group.setPage(pageno);
 
             // increment our y location
             y += (bounds.getHeight() + GAP);
@@ -142,13 +150,16 @@ public class HierarchyVisualizer implements Printable
     public void paint (Graphics2D gfx, int pageIndex)
     {
         // render the groups on the requested page
-        for (int i = 0; i < _groups.length; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < _groups.size(); i++) {
+            ChainGroup group = (ChainGroup)_groups.get(i);
+
             // skip groups not on this page
-            if (_pagenos[i] != pageIndex) {
+            if (group.getPage() != pageIndex) {
                 continue;
             }
-            _groups[i].render((Graphics2D)gfx,
-                              _bounds[i].getX(), _bounds[i].getY());
+
+            Rectangle2D bounds = group.getBounds();
+            group.render((Graphics2D)gfx, bounds.getX(), bounds.getY());
         }
     }
 
@@ -156,11 +167,9 @@ public class HierarchyVisualizer implements Printable
     protected ArrayList _classes = new ArrayList();
 
     protected String[] _packages;
-    protected ChainGroup[] _groups;
+    protected ArrayList _groups;
 
     protected PageFormat _format;
-    protected Rectangle2D[] _bounds;
-    protected int[] _pagenos;
 
     protected static final int PAGE_WIDTH = (int)(72 * 7.5);
     protected static final int PAGE_HEIGHT = (int)(72 * 10);
diff --git a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/layout/ElementLayout.java b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/layout/ElementLayout.java
index 8e9865e8..182defdd 100644
--- a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/layout/ElementLayout.java
+++ b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/layout/ElementLayout.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: ElementLayout.java,v 1.2 2001/07/17 01:54:19 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: ElementLayout.java,v 1.3 2001/07/24 18:07:35 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.viztool.viz;
 
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ import java.util.List;
 public interface ElementLayout
 {
     /**
-     * Lay out the supplied list of elements. Page numbers should be
-     * assigned to all elements if the layout spans multiple pages.
+     * Lay out the supplied list of elements. Any elements that do not fit
+     * into the allotted space should be added to the overflow list. The
+     * supplied elements list should not be modified.
      *
-     * @return an array of rectangle objects representing the width and
-     * height of each page that was laid out.
+     * @return the bounding dimensions of the collection of elements that
+     * were laid out.
      */
-    public Rectangle2D[] layout (List elements,
-                                 double pageWidth, double pageHeight);
+    public Rectangle2D layout (List elements, double pageWidth,
+                               double pageHeight, List overflow);
 }
diff --git a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/layout/PackedColumnElementLayout.java b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/layout/PackedColumnElementLayout.java
index f387e41d..74fe1203 100644
--- a/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/layout/PackedColumnElementLayout.java
+++ b/projects/viztool/src/java/com/samskivert/viztool/layout/PackedColumnElementLayout.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: PackedColumnElementLayout.java,v 1.4 2001/07/17 05:16:16 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: PackedColumnElementLayout.java,v 1.5 2001/07/24 18:07:35 mdb Exp $
 
 package com.samskivert.viztool.viz;
 
@@ -13,19 +13,16 @@ import java.util.*;
 public class PackedColumnElementLayout implements ElementLayout
 {
     // docs inherited from interface
-    public Rectangle2D[] layout (List elements,
-                                 double pageWidth, double pageHeight)
+    public Rectangle2D layout (List elements, double pageWidth,
+                               double pageHeight, List overflow)
     {
-        // create a new list containing the elements whose order we can
-        // manipulate willy nilly
+        // sort the elements first by height then alphabetically
         Element[] elems = new Element[elements.size()];
         elements.toArray(elems);
         Arrays.sort(elems, HEIGHT_COMP);
 
         // lay out the elements across the page
-        ArrayList pagedims = new ArrayList();
         double x = 0, y = 0, rowheight = 0, maxwidth = 0;
-        int pageno = 0;
 
         for (int i = 0; i < elems.length; i++) {
             Rectangle2D bounds = elems[i].getBounds();
@@ -42,26 +39,25 @@ public class PackedColumnElementLayout implements ElementLayout
                 // move down to the next row
                 x = 0;
                 y += (rowheight + GAP);
-                // reset our max rowheight
-                rowheight = bounds.getHeight();
+                // reset our max rowheight (we set it to -GAP because we
+                // will add rowheight to our last y position to compute
+                // the total height and if no more elements are laid out,
+                // we'll want to remove that trailing gap)
+                rowheight = -GAP;
             }
 
             // make sure we fit on this page (but force placement if we're
             // currently at the top margin)
             if ((y > 0) && ((y + bounds.getHeight()) > pageHeight)) {
-                // make a note of how big the current page is
-                pagedims.add(new Rectangle2D.Double(0, 0, maxwidth, y));
-                // move to the next page
-                x = 0;
-                y = 0;
-                rowheight = bounds.getHeight();
-                maxwidth = 0;
-                pageno++;
+                // if we didn't fit, we go onto the overflow list
+                overflow.add(elems[i]);
+                // and continue on because maybe some shorter elements
+                // further down the list will fit
+                continue;
             }
 
             // lay this element out at our current coordinates
             elems[i].setBounds(x, y, bounds.getWidth(), bounds.getHeight());
-//              elems[i].setPage(pageno);
 
             // keep track of the maximum row height
             if (bounds.getHeight() > rowheight) {
@@ -78,11 +74,7 @@ public class PackedColumnElementLayout implements ElementLayout
             maxwidth = x;
         }
 
-        // make a note of how big the final page is
-        pagedims.add(new Rectangle2D.Double(0, 0, maxwidth, y+rowheight));
-        Rectangle2D[] dims = new Rectangle2D[pagedims.size()];
-        pagedims.toArray(dims);
-        return dims;
+        return new Rectangle2D.Double(0, 0, maxwidth, y+rowheight);
     }
 
     protected static class HeightComparator implements Comparator