diff --git a/source/org/thdl/quilldriver/TranscriptNavigator.java b/source/org/thdl/quilldriver/TranscriptNavigator.java
index 7a4fde9..6cfb216 100644
--- a/source/org/thdl/quilldriver/TranscriptNavigator.java
+++ b/source/org/thdl/quilldriver/TranscriptNavigator.java
@@ -1,76 +1,30 @@
 package org.thdl.quilldriver;
 
-import org.jaxen.jdom.JDOMXPath;
 import org.jaxen.XPath;
+import org.jaxen.JaxenException;
+import org.jaxen.jdom.JDOMXPath;
+import java.util.List;
 
-public class TranscriptNavigator {
-	private boolean autoInsertFlag = false;
-	private TranscriptMediator mediator;
+public class TranscriptNavigator {	
+	private TranscriptNavigator() {} //can't instantiate this class
 	
-	TranscriptNavigator(TranscriptMediator mediator) {
-		this.mediator = mediator;
-	}
-
-	/*
-		Next = ancestor-or-self::S/following-sibling::
-	*/
-	
-	public boolean edit(String xpathExpression) {
-		return false;
-	}
-	
-	public boolean editNextText(String elementName) {
-		int pos = mediator.getPane().getCaretPosition();
-		
-		Object next = next(pos, elementName);
-		if (next == null) {
-			if (autoInsertFlag) {
-				//insert after
-				return false;
-			} else
-				return false;
+	public static Object findSingleNode(Object jdomNode, String xpathExpression) {
+		List l = findNodeSet(jdomNode, xpathExpression);
+		if (l == null || l.size() == 0)
+			return null;
+		else {
+			return l.get(0);
 		}
-		return false;
 	}
-	
-	public boolean editPrevText(String elementName) {
-		pos = mediator.getPane().getCaretPosition();
-		
-		Object prev = prev(pos, elementName);
-		if (prev == null) {
-			if (autoInsertFlag) {
-				//insert after
-				return false;
-			} else
-				return false;
-		}
-
-		return false;
-	}
-	
-	public boolean highlightNext(String elementName) {
-		return false;
-	}
-	
-	public boolean highlightPrev(String elementName) {
-		return false;
-	}
-	
-	public Object next(int pos, String elementName) {
-		Object jdomNode = mediator.getNodeAtPos(int position);
+	public static List findNodeSet(Object jdomNode, String xpathExpression) {
 		if (jdomNode == null)
 			return null;
-		XPath path = new JDOMXPath("a/b/c");
-		List results = path.selectNodes(jdomNode);		
-		return null;
-	}
-	
-	public Object prev(int pos, String elementName) {
-		Object jdomNode = mediator.getNodeAtPos(int position);
-		if (jdomNode == null)
+		try {
+			XPath path = new JDOMXPath(xpathExpression);
+			return path.selectNodes(jdomNode);
+		} catch (JaxenException je) {
+			je.printStackTrace();
 			return null;
-		XPath path = new JDOMXPath("a/b/c");
-		List results = path.selectNodes(jdomNode);
-		return null;
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/source/org/thdl/quilldriver/TranscriptRenderer.java b/source/org/thdl/quilldriver/TranscriptRenderer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1a123e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/org/thdl/quilldriver/TranscriptRenderer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+package org.thdl.quilldriver;
+
+import org.jdom.Document;
+import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jdom.Attribute;
+import org.jdom.Text;
+import java.awt.Color;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import javax.swing.JTextPane;
+import javax.swing.text.Position;
+import javax.swing.text.StyleConstants;
+import javax.swing.text.StyledDocument;
+import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet;
+import javax.swing.text.SimpleAttributeSet;
+import javax.swing.text.BadLocationException;
+
+public class TranscriptRenderer {
+	private Document xml;
+	private JTextPane pane;
+	private StyledDocument doc;
+	private Map startOffsets, endOffsets;
+	private final float indentIncrement = 15.0F;
+	private final Color tagColor = Color.magenta;
+	private final Color attColor = Color.pink;
+	private final Color textColor = Color.gray;
+	
+	public TranscriptRenderer(Document xmlDoc, JTextPane textPane) {
+		xml = xmlDoc;
+		pane = textPane;
+		render();
+	}
+	
+	public void render() {
+		doc = pane.getStyledDocument();
+		int len = doc.getLength();
+		if (len > 0) {
+			try {
+				doc.remove(0, len);
+			} catch (BadLocationException ble) {
+				ble.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
+		startOffsets = new HashMap();
+		endOffsets = new HashMap();
+		Element root = xml.getRootElement();
+		renderElement(root, 0.0F);
+
+		//replace Integer values in startOffsets and endOffsets with Positions
+		Set startKeys = startOffsets.keySet();
+		Iterator iter = startKeys.iterator();
+		while (iter.hasNext()) {
+			Object key = iter.next();
+			Integer val = (Integer)startOffsets.get(key);
+			try {
+				startOffsets.put(key, doc.createPosition(val.intValue()));
+			} catch (BadLocationException ble) {
+				ble.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
+		Set endKeys = endOffsets.keySet();
+		iter = endKeys.iterator();
+		while (iter.hasNext()) {
+			Object key = iter.next();
+			Integer val = (Integer)endOffsets.get(key);
+			try {
+				endOffsets.put(key, doc.createPosition(val.intValue()));
+			} catch (BadLocationException ble) {
+				ble.printStackTrace();
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private void renderElement(Element e, float indent) {
+		SimpleAttributeSet eAttributes = new SimpleAttributeSet();
+		StyleConstants.setLeftIndent(eAttributes, indent);
+		SimpleAttributeSet eColor = new SimpleAttributeSet();
+		StyleConstants.setForeground(eColor, tagColor);
+		eColor.addAttribute("xmlnode", e);
+		try {
+			int start = doc.getLength();
+			startOffsets.put(e, new Integer(start));
+			doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), e.getQualifiedName(), eColor); //insert element begin tag
+			List attributes = e.getAttributes();
+			Iterator iter = attributes.iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				Attribute att = (Attribute)iter.next();
+				renderAttribute(att);
+			}
+			doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), " {", eColor);
+			doc.setParagraphAttributes(start, doc.getLength(), eAttributes, false);
+			doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), "\n", null);
+			List list = e.getContent();
+			iter = list.iterator();
+			while (iter.hasNext()) {
+				Object next = iter.next();
+				if (next instanceof Element)
+					renderElement((Element)next, indent + indentIncrement);
+				else if (next instanceof Text) {
+					Text t = (Text)next;
+					if (t.getTextTrim().length() > 0)
+						renderText(t, indent + indentIncrement);
+				}
+				// Also: Comment ProcessingInstruction CDATA EntityRef
+			}
+			start = doc.getLength();
+			doc.insertString(start, "}", eColor); //insert element end tag
+			doc.setParagraphAttributes(start, doc.getLength(), eAttributes, false);
+			endOffsets.put(e, new Integer(doc.getLength()));
+			doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), "\n", null);
+		} catch (BadLocationException ble) {
+			ble.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private void renderAttribute(Attribute att) {
+		SimpleAttributeSet aColor = new SimpleAttributeSet();
+		StyleConstants.setForeground(aColor, attColor);
+		SimpleAttributeSet tColor = new SimpleAttributeSet();
+		StyleConstants.setForeground(tColor, textColor);
+		tColor.addAttribute("xmlnode", att);
+		String name = att.getQualifiedName();
+		String value = att.getValue();
+		try {
+			doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), " "+att.getQualifiedName()+"=", aColor);
+			startOffsets.put(att, new Integer(doc.getLength()));		
+			doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), "\"" +att.getValue()+"\"", tColor);
+			endOffsets.put(att, new Integer(doc.getLength()));
+		} catch (BadLocationException ble) {
+			ble.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private void renderText(Text t, float indent) {
+		SimpleAttributeSet tAttributes = new SimpleAttributeSet();
+		StyleConstants.setLeftIndent(tAttributes, indent);
+		StyleConstants.setForeground(tAttributes, textColor);
+		tAttributes.addAttribute("xmlnode", t);
+		try {
+			String s = t.getTextTrim();
+			int start = doc.getLength()-1;
+			startOffsets.put(t, new Integer(start));
+			doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), s, null); //insert text
+			int end = doc.getLength();
+			endOffsets.put(t, new Integer(end));
+			doc.setParagraphAttributes(start+1, end-start, tAttributes, false);
+			doc.insertString(doc.getLength(), "\n", null);
+		} catch (BadLocationException ble) {
+			ble.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
+	
+	public Object getNodeForOffset(int offset) {
+		AttributeSet attSet = doc.getCharacterElement(offset).getAttributes();
+		return attSet.getAttribute("xmlnode");
+	}
+	
+	public int getStartOffsetForNode(Object node) {
+		Position pos = (Position)startOffsets.get(node);
+		if (pos == null) return -1;
+		else return pos.getOffset();
+	}
+	
+	public int getEndOffsetForNode(Object node) {
+		Position pos = (Position)endOffsets.get(node);
+		if (pos == null) return -1;
+		else return pos.getOffset();
+	}
+	
+	public boolean isEditable(Object node) {
+		if (node == null) return false;
+		else if (node instanceof Element) return false;
+		else if (node instanceof Text) return true;
+		else if (node instanceof Attribute) return true;
+		else return false;
+	}
+}