--- a/ImageEditor.st	Fri Jul 31 19:37:50 1998 +0200
+++ b/ImageEditor.st	Fri Jul 31 19:41:39 1998 +0200
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@
             image := newImage fromImage: oldImage
         ].
 
-        (String fromString: aMode) reverse readStream nextWord reverse = 'mask'
+        (aMode asString endsWith:'mask')
         ifTrue:
         [
             image mask isNil
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@
         ]
     ]
 
-    "Modified: / 29.7.1998 / 18:15:10 / cg"
+    "Modified: / 31.7.1998 / 18:53:26 / cg"
 !
 
 compressColorMap