--- cdli/cdli_files.py	2007/11/27 10:12:58	1.80.2.8
+++ cdli/cdli_files.py	2007/11/27 10:27:39	1.80.2.9
@@ -2190,9 +2190,13 @@ class CDLIRoot(Folder):
 
     
     def showWordInFiles(self,fileIds,word,indexName='graphemes',regExp=False):
-        """get lines with word from all ids in list FileIds"""
-        logging.debug("showwordinfiles word='%s' index=%s file=%s"%(word,indexName,fileIds)) 
-        return [self.showWordInFile(id, word, indexName, regExp) for id in fileIds]
+        """
+        get lines with word from all ids in list FileIds.
+        returns dict with id:lines pairs.
+        """
+        logging.debug("showwordinfiles word='%s' index=%s file=%s"%(word,indexName,fileIds))
+        
+        return dict([(id,self.showWordInFile(id, word, indexName, regExp)) for id in fileIds])
     
 
     def tagWordInFile(self,fileId,word,indexName='graphemes',regExp=False):
@@ -2248,9 +2252,12 @@ class CDLIRoot(Folder):
 
 
     def tagWordInFiles(self,fileIds,word,indexName='graphemes',regExp=False):
-        """get texts with word from all ids in list FileIds"""
+        """
+        get texts with highlighted word from all ids in list FileIds.
+        returns dict with id:text pairs.
+        """
         logging.debug("tagwordinfiles word='%s' index=%s file=%s"%(word,indexName,fileIds)) 
-        return [self.tagWordInFile(id, word, indexName, regExp) for id in fileIds]
+        return dict([(id,self.tagWordInFile(id, word, indexName, regExp)) for id in fileIds])
     
 
     def URLquote(self,str):