diff --git a/compiler/docgen.nim b/compiler/docgen.nim
index 65cd8fdd4..14a8b35c2 100755
--- a/compiler/docgen.nim
+++ b/compiler/docgen.nim
@@ -881,3 +881,57 @@ proc CommandRst2TeX =
   splitter = "\\-"
   CommandRstAux(gProjectFull, TexExt)
 
+# ---------- forum ---------------------------------------------------------
+
+proc setupConfig*() =
+  setConfigVar("split.item.toc", "20")
+  setConfigVar("doc.section", """
+<div class="section" id="$sectionID">
+<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#$sectionTitleID">$sectionTitle</a></h1>
+<dl class="item">
+$content
+</dl></div>
+""")
+  setConfigVar("doc.section.toc", """
+<li>
+  <a class="reference" href="#$sectionID" id="$sectionTitleID">$sectionTitle</a>
+  <ul class="simple">
+    $content
+  </ul>
+</li>
+""")
+  setConfigVar("doc.item", """
+<dt id="$itemID"><pre>$header</pre></dt>
+<dd>
+$desc
+</dd>
+""")
+  setConfigVar("doc.item.toc", """
+  <li><a class="reference" href="#$itemID">$name</a></li>
+""")
+  setConfigVar("doc.toc", """
+<div class="navigation" id="navigation">
+<ul class="simple">
+$content
+</ul>
+</div>""")
+  setConfigVar("doc.body_toc", """
+$tableofcontents
+<div class="content" id="content">
+$moduledesc
+$content
+</div>
+""")
+  setConfigVar("doc.body_no_toc", "$moduledesc $content")
+  setConfigVar("doc.file", "$content")
+
+proc rstToHtml*(s: string): string =
+  ## exported for *nimforum*.
+  const filen = "input"
+  var d = newDocumentor(filen)
+  var dummyHasToc = false
+  var rst = rstParse(s, false, filen, 0, 1, dummyHasToc)
+  d.modDesc = renderRstToOut(d, rst)
+  let res = genOutFile(d)
+  result = res.ropeToStr
+
diff --git a/config/nimdoc.cfg b/config/nimdoc.cfg
index d9a5b1ae2..d47dccb63 100755
--- a/config/nimdoc.cfg
+++ b/config/nimdoc.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This is the config file for the documentation generator.
-# (c) 2011 Andreas Rumpf
+# (c) 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 # Feel free to edit the templates as you need.
 
 split.item.toc = "20"  
diff --git a/config/nimdoc.tex.cfg b/config/nimdoc.tex.cfg
index ecb95fe01..8b59f2ee9 100755
--- a/config/nimdoc.tex.cfg
+++ b/config/nimdoc.tex.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This is the config file for the documentation generator that produces TeX
 # output.
-# (c) 2011 Andreas Rumpf
+# (c) 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 # Feel free to edit the templates as you need.
 
 split.item.toc = "20"  
diff --git a/tests/specials.nim b/tests/specials.nim
index d10452b98..05eda6061 100644
--- a/tests/specials.nim
+++ b/tests/specials.nim
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@
 const
   rodfilesDir = "tests/rodfiles"
 
-proc delNimCache() = removeDir(rodfilesDir / "nimcache")
+proc delNimCache() = 
+  let dir = rodfilesDir / "nimcache"
+  try:
+    removeDir(dir)
+  except EOS:
+    echo "[Warning] could not delete: ", dir
+    
 proc plusCache(options: string): string = return options & " --symbolFiles:on"
 
 proc runRodFiles(r: var TResults, options: string) =