diff --git a/blk/262 b/blk/262
index 4003147..bb7e6d5 100644
--- a/blk/262
+++ b/blk/262
@@ -1 +1 @@
-263 LOAD 265 LOAD
+263 LOAD 265 LOAD 268 LOAD
diff --git a/blk/267 b/blk/267
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74a7e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blk/267
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+XPACK - pack source code
+
+The goal of this word is to pack source code in tight places,
+such as on the boot section of an EEPROM. It takes a block
+number, reads it and packs it to HERE. It normalizes all
+whitespaces to a single space and ignore comments.
diff --git a/blk/268 b/blk/268
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57d20d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blk/268
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+: XPACK ( blkno -- )
+    BLK@
+    BLK( 0x2e RAM+ ! ( boot ptr )
+    ['] (boot<) 0x08 RAM+ ! ( C<* override )
+    BEGIN
+        WORD
+        0x2e RAM+ @ BLK( 1024 + < IF
+            DUP LIT< ( S= IF
+                DROP [COMPILE] (
+            ELSE
+                SCPY 0x20 H@ 1- C!
+            THEN 0 ( loop again )
+        ELSE 1 ( stop looping ) THEN
+    UNTIL
+    0 0x08 RAM+ !
+;
diff --git a/forth/core.fs b/forth/core.fs
index 981338f..fc98f78 100644
--- a/forth/core.fs
+++ b/forth/core.fs
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 : BEGIN H@ ; IMMEDIATE
 : AGAIN COMPILE (br) H@ - , ; IMMEDIATE
 : UNTIL COMPILE (?br) H@ - , ; IMMEDIATE
-: ( BEGIN LIT< ) WORD S= UNTIL ; IMMEDIATE
+: _ BEGIN LIT< ) WORD S= UNTIL ; IMMEDIATE
+40 CURRENT @ 4 - C!
 ( Hello, hello, krkrkrkr... do you hear me?
   Ah, voice at last! Some lines above need comments
   BTW: Forth lines limited to 64 cols because of default
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@
   "_": words starting with "_" are meant to be "private",
   that is, only used by their immediate surrondings.
 
+  40 is ASCII for '('. We do this to simplify XPACK's task of
+  not mistakenly consider '(' definition as a comment.
   LITS: 34 == litWord
   LITA: 36 == addrWord
   COMPILE: Tough one. Get addr of caller word (example above
diff --git a/tools/stripfc.c b/tools/stripfc.c
index 01a224c..e994de5 100644
--- a/tools/stripfc.c
+++ b/tools/stripfc.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ by more than once space or by a newline. Hackish, but works.
 
 int main()
 {
-    int spccnt = 2; // if the first char is a (, consider it a comment opener.
+    int spccnt = 1; // if the first char is a (, consider it a comment opener.
     int incomment = 0;
     int c;
     c = getchar();
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ int main()
                 // doesn't like when they're not there...
                 putchar(c);
             }
-            spccnt += 2;
+            spccnt += 1;
         } else if (c == ' ') {
             spccnt++;
         } else {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int main()
                     incomment = 0;
                 }
             } else {
-                if ((c == '(') && (spccnt > 1)) {
+                if ((c == '(') && spccnt) {
                     putchar(' ');
                     spccnt = 0;
                     int next = getchar();