diff --git a/core/views/survex.py b/core/views/survex.py
index 7267414..a9d7c42 100644
--- a/core/views/survex.py
+++ b/core/views/survex.py
@@ -27,19 +27,14 @@ from troggle.parsers.survex import parse_one_file
 but also displays data on a cave or caves when there is ambiguity
 """
 
-todo = """- survexcavesingle is not properly producing any result for Homecoming, 1626-359, 2018-dm-07
-even though there are dozens of surveys.
-
+todo = """
 - filter out the non-public caves  from display UNLESS LOGGED IN
 
 - Never actual uses the object for the survexfile, works entirely from the filepath! Make it check and validate
 
 - the primary survex file in each cave directory should be in a configuration? not buried in the code
-  and implicit in the order of *import statements ?
+  and implicit in the order of *import statements ? It is in the cave_data file.
 
-- Save and re-parse an edited survexfile which already exists in the db, and update
-  all its dependencies (work in progress)
-  
 - overlapping and cross-calling when things fail make this hard to undersand, e.g. svx() and 
   survexcavessingle() can get called for a survex file depending on whether the URL ends in ".svx" or not,
   but each tries to handle the other case too.
@@ -648,23 +643,9 @@ def survexcaveslist(request):
     )
 
 def survexdir(request):
-    """report on all the SurvexDirectory objects
-    We are trying to find out how mismatches have crept in.
-    and whether the whole SurvexDirectory class is actually redundant
-    as the info it holds is always embedded in the survexFile path directories
+    """report on all the primary survex files, per cave and per directory
     """
-    
-    # sds = SurvexDirectory.objects.all() #.order_by("cave")
-    sds ={}
-    # for sd in sds:
-        # sd.matchbad = True
-        # if f"{sd.primarysurvexfile}".startswith(str(sd.path)):
-            # sd.matchbad = False
-           
-        # sd.pathbad = True
-        # if Path(settings.SURVEX_DATA, f"{sd.primarysurvexfile}.svx").is_file():
-            # sd.pathbad = False
-            
+
     survexfiles = SurvexFile.objects.all().order_by("cave")
     for f in survexfiles:
         f.pathbad = True
@@ -692,11 +673,6 @@ def survexcavesingle(request, cave_shortname):
         cave.sds = get_primaries(cave)
         return render(request, "svxcaves.html", {"settings": settings, "caves": [cave]})
     else:
-        # not a cave or an ambiguous short name, e.g. "122"
-        
-        # if (SVXPATH / Path(cave_shortname + ".svx")).is_file():
-            # return svx(request, cave_shortname)  
-
         caves = Cave.objects.filter(kataster_number=cave_shortname)
         if len(caves) > 0:
             # print(f"many {cave_shortname=} => {caves=}")
diff --git a/parsers/survex.py b/parsers/survex.py
index f0d3057..fb2bbbc 100644
--- a/parsers/survex.py
+++ b/parsers/survex.py
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@ def parse_one_file(fpath): # --------------------------------------in progress--
         This all needs refactoring.
         
         We also need to re-plumb the fileroot after importing, so that 
-        the new survexfile appears in the survexdirectory lists
+        the new survexfile appears in the survexdirectory lists?
         """
         if svxfileroot == None:
             svxfileroot = MakeFileRoot(fpath)
@@ -2368,13 +2368,10 @@ def parse_one_file(fpath): # --------------------------------------in progress--
         
         # Now we don't need or want the dummy any more
         block_dummy.delete()
-        
-        #svxfile.survexdirectory = 
-        
+               
     global svx_load
     print(f"\n  - Loading One Survex file '{fpath}'", file=sys.stderr)
     svx_load = LoadingSurvex()
-    #svx_load.survexdict = {}
     
     fname = Path(settings.SURVEX_DATA, (fpath + ".svx"))
     
@@ -2440,15 +2437,6 @@ def parse_one_file(fpath): # --------------------------------------in progress--
         #===========
         parse_new_svx(fpath,svx_load)
         #===========
-
-    # print(f"   - Number of SurvexDirectories: {len(svx_load.survexdict):,}")
-    # tf = 0
-    # for d in svx_load.survexdict:
-        # print(f"    - SD: {d}")
-        # tf += len(svx_load.survexdict[d])
-    # print(f"   - Number of SurvexFiles: {tf:,}")
-    # print(f"   - Number of Survex legs: {svx_load.legsnumber:,}")
-    # print(f"   - Length of Survex legs: {svx_load.slength:.2f} m")
     
     svx_load = None
     return True
@@ -2460,12 +2448,6 @@ def MakeSurvexFileRoot():
 
     fileroot = SurvexFile(path=settings.SURVEX_TOPNAME, cave=None)
     fileroot.save()
-    #directoryroot = SurvexDirectory(path=settings.SURVEX_DATA, primarysurvexfile=fileroot)
-    # MariaDB doesn't like this hack. Complains about non-null cave_id EVEN THOUGH our model file says this is OK:
-    # cave = models.ForeignKey('Cave', blank=True, null=True,on_delete=models.SET_NULL)
-    #directoryroot.save()
-    #fileroot.survexdirectory = directoryroot  # i.e. SURVEX_DATA/SURVEX_TOPNAME
-    #fileroot.save()  # mutually dependent objects need a double-save like this
     return fileroot