diff --git a/qse/lib/awk/mod-str.c b/qse/lib/awk/mod-str.c
index f855e77e..9ee1db8c 100644
--- a/qse/lib/awk/mod-str.c
+++ b/qse/lib/awk/mod-str.c
@@ -262,6 +262,31 @@ static int fnc_isxdigit (qse_awk_rtx_t* rtx, const qse_awk_fnc_info_t* fi)
 	return is_class (rtx, QSE_CTYPE_XDIGIT);
 }
 
+static int fnc_value (qse_awk_rtx_t* rtx, const qse_awk_fnc_info_t* fi)
+{
+	/* return the numeric value for the first character */
+	qse_xstr_t path;
+	qse_awk_val_t* retv;
+	qse_awk_val_t* a0;
+
+	a0 = qse_awk_rtx_getarg(rtx, 0);
+
+	path.ptr = qse_awk_rtx_getvalstr (rtx, a0, &path.len);
+	if (path.ptr && path.len >= 1)
+	{
+	#if defined(QSE_CHAR_IS_MCHAR)
+		/* typecasting in case qse_mchar_t is signed */
+		retv = qse_awk_rtx_makeintval (rtx, (unsigned char)path.ptr[0]);
+	#else
+		retv = qse_awk_rtx_makeintval (rtx, path.ptr[0]);
+	#endif
+		qse_awk_rtx_freevalstr (rtx, a0, path.ptr);
+		if (retv) qse_awk_rtx_setretval (rtx, retv);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 typedef struct fnctab_t fnctab_t;
 struct fnctab_t
 {
@@ -289,7 +314,8 @@ static fnctab_t fnctab[] =
 	{ QSE_T("normspace"), { { 1, 1, QSE_NULL }, fnc_normspace, 0 } },
 	{ QSE_T("rindex"),    { { 2, 3, QSE_NULL }, fnc_rindex,    0 } },
 	{ QSE_T("rtrim"),     { { 1, 1, QSE_NULL }, fnc_rtrim,     0 } },
-	{ QSE_T("trim"),      { { 1, 1, QSE_NULL }, fnc_trim,      0 } }
+	{ QSE_T("trim"),      { { 1, 1, QSE_NULL }, fnc_trim,      0 } },
+	{ QSE_T("value"),     { { 1, 1, QSE_NULL }, fnc_value,     0 } }
 };
 
 static int query (qse_awk_mod_t* mod, qse_awk_t* awk, const qse_char_t* name, qse_awk_mod_sym_t* sym)
diff --git a/qse/lib/cmn/glob.c b/qse/lib/cmn/glob.c
index 4735be23..4fc1aeab 100644
--- a/qse/lib/cmn/glob.c
+++ b/qse/lib/cmn/glob.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 #elif defined(__DOS__) 
 #	include <dos.h>
 #	include <errno.h>
+#elif defined(macintosh)
+#	include <Files.h>
 #else
 #	include "syscall.h"
 #endif
@@ -155,6 +157,21 @@ static int path_exists (glob_t* g, const qse_char_t* name)
 	       (errno == ENOENT)? 0: -1;
 	/* ------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+#elif defined(macintosh)
+	HFileInfo fpb;
+	const qse_mchar_t* mptr;
+
+#if defined(QSE_CHAR_IS_MCHAR)
+	mptr = name;
+#else
+	mptr = wcs_to_mbuf (g, name, &g->mbuf);
+	if (mptr == QSE_NULL) return -1;
+#endif
+
+	QSE_MEMSET (&fpb, 0, QSE_SIZEOF(fpb));
+	fpb.ioNamePtr = (unsigned char*)mptr;
+	
+	return (PBGetCatInfoSync ((CInfoPBRec*)&fpb) == noErr)? 1: 0;
 #else
 
 	/* ------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/qse/lib/cmn/slmb.c b/qse/lib/cmn/slmb.c
index 2308047b..61b564d3 100644
--- a/qse/lib/cmn/slmb.c
+++ b/qse/lib/cmn/slmb.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 #		define HAVE_MBRLEN
 #		define HAVE_MBRTOWC
 #		define HAVE_WCRTOMB
+#	elif defined(macintosh) && defined(__MWERKS__)
+#		define HAVE_WCHAR_H
+#		define HAVE_STDLIB_H
 #	endif
 #endif
 
@@ -92,8 +95,10 @@ qse_size_t qse_slwcrtoslmb (
 	}
 
 	return n; /* number of bytes written to the buffer */
+
 #else
-	#error #### NOT SUPPORTED ####
+	/* not supported */
+	return 0;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -168,8 +173,10 @@ qse_size_t qse_slmbrtoslwc (
 	if (n == (size_t)-1) return 0; /* invalid sequence */
 	if (n == (size_t)-2) return mbl + 1; /* incomplete sequence */
 	return (qse_size_t)n;
+
 #else
-	#error #### NOT SUPPORTED ####
+	/* not supported */
+	return 0;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -247,7 +254,8 @@ qse_size_t qse_slmbrlen (
 	return (qse_size_t)n;
 	#endif
 #else
-	#error #### NOT SUPPORTED ####
+	/* not supported */
+	return 0;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -283,9 +291,10 @@ qse_size_t qse_slmblenmax (void)
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 	/* Windows doesn't handle utf8 properly even when your code page
 	 * is CP_UTF8(65001). you should use functions in utf8.c for utf8 
-	 * handleing on windows. 2 is the maximum for DBCS encodings. */
+	 * handling on windows. 2 is the maximum for DBCS encodings. */
 	return 2; 
 #else
 	return MB_CUR_MAX;
 #endif
 }
+
diff --git a/qse/lib/cmn/time.c b/qse/lib/cmn/time.c
index fc9ab288..a7c27876 100644
--- a/qse/lib/cmn/time.c
+++ b/qse/lib/cmn/time.c
@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ int qse_gettime (qse_ntime_t* t)
 	t->nsec = QSE_MSEC_TO_NSEC(dt.hsecond * 10);
 	return 0;
 
+#elif defined(macintosh)
+	unsigned long tv;
+	
+	GetDateTime (&tv);
+	
+	t->sec = tv;
+	tv->nsec = 0;
+	
+	return 0;
 #else
 	struct timeval tv;
 	int n;