diff --git a/doc/rune/runegen.py b/doc/rune/runegen.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import re
+
+names = {
+         "<"  : "gal",
+         ")"  : "per",
+         "|"  : "bar",
+         ">"  : "gar",
+         "["  : "sel",
+         "\\" : "bas",
+         "#"  : "hax",
+         ";"  : "sem",
+         "$"  : "buc",
+         "-"  : "hep",
+         "]"  : "ser",
+         "_"  : "cab",
+         "{"  : "kel",
+         "~"  : "sig",
+         "%"  : "cen",
+         "}"  : "ker",
+         "'"  : "soq",
+         ":"  : "col",
+         "^"  : "ket",
+         "*"  : "tar",
+         ","  : "com",
+         "+"  : "lus",
+         "`"  : "tec",
+         "\"" : "doq",
+         "&"  : "pam",
+         "="  : "tis",
+         "."  : "dot",
+         "@"  : "pat",
+         "?"  : "wut",
+         "/"  : "fas",
+         "("  : "pel",
+         "!"  : "zap"}
+
+runef = open("runelist.txt")
+digraphs = []
+phonemictexts = {}
+symbols = {}
+for line in runef:
+	if len(line) < 3:
+		continue
+	digraph = line.strip()
+	phonemictext = digraph
+	for graph,text in names.iteritems():
+		phonemictext = phonemictext.replace(graph,text)
+	digraphs.append(digraph)
+	phonemictexts[digraph] = phonemictext
+	phonemictexts[phonemictexts[digraph]] = digraph
+	symbols[digraph] = "%" + phonemictext[0] + phonemictext[2:4] + phonemictext[5]
+	symbols[symbols[digraph]] = digraph
+
+#for i,j,k in zip(digraphs,phonemictexts,symbols):
+#	print i,k,j
+
+hoonf = open("../../urb/zod/arvo/hoon.hoon")
+genemode = False
+genes = {}
+for line in hoonf:
+	if not genemode:
+		if line[0:8] == "++  gene":
+			genemode = True
+		continue
+	if line[0:2] == "++":
+		genemode = False
+		continue
+	m = re.match(r'.*\[(%....) (.*)\].*',line)
+	if not m:
+		continue
+	if not m.group(1) in symbols:
+		continue
+	genes[symbols[m.group(1)]] = m.group(0)
+	genes[genes[symbols[m.group(1)]]] = m.group(1)
+
+for i in digraphs:
+	print i, symbols[i], phonemictexts[i]
+	if i in genes:
+		print genes[i]
diff --git a/doc/rune/runelist.txt b/doc/rune/runelist.txt
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+||
+|_
+|%
+|:
+|.
+|-
+|^
+|+
+|*
+|=
+|?
+%_
+%:
+%.
+%^
+%+
+%-
+%~
+%*
+%=
+$|
+$_
+$:
+$%
+$,
+$&
+$?
+:_
+:~
+:/
+:^
+:+
+:-
+:~
+:*
+.+
+.*
+.=
+.?
+.^
+#<
+#>
+^|
+^.
+^-
+^+
+^&
+^~
+^=
+^?
+~|
+~$
+~%
+~:
+~/
+~<
+~>
+~#
+~^
+~+
+~&
+~=
+~!
+;_
+;,
+;%
+;:
+;.
+;<
+;>
+;-
+;+
+;&
+;~
+;;
+;*
+;=
+;?
+=|
+=.
+=^
+=:
+=<
+=>
+=-
+=+
+=~
+?|
+?:
+?.
+?<
+?>
+?-
+?^
+?=
+?+
+?&
+?@
+?~
+?!
+!:
+!,
+!;
+!^
+!>
+!=
+