diff --git a/twander.py b/twander.py
index d87446c..e973b74 100755
--- a/twander.py
+++ b/twander.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Program Information
 
 PROGNAME = "twander"
-RCSID    = "$Id: twander.py,v 3.193 2005/02/03 11:24:55 tundra Exp $"
+RCSID    = "$Id: twander.py,v 3.194 2005/02/11 00:45:54 tundra Exp $"
 VERSION  = RCSID.split()[2]
 
 # Copyright Information
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@
 FILTERWILD      = '<Control-equal>'          # Filter file list with wildcard
 SELWILD         = '<Control-backslash>'      # Select using wildcards
 TOGFILT         = '<Control-minus>'          # Invert the filter wildcard logic
+TOGHIDEDOT      = '<Control-9>'              # Toggle display of dotfiles
 
 
 #####
@@ -288,7 +289,9 @@
 CMDSHELL      = ""              # No CMDSHELL processing
 DEBUGLEVEL    = 0               # No debug output
 DEFAULTSEP    = "==>"           # Default separator in PROMPT and YES definitions
+DOTFILE       = '.'             # Leading string of files suppressed by HIDEDOTFILES
 FORCEUNIXPATH = False           # Force Unix path separators regardless of OS
+HIDEDOTFILES  = False           # Suppress display of files begining with DOTFILE
 INVERTFILTER  = False           # Invert wildcard filtering logic
 MAXMENU       = 32              # Maximum length of displayed menu
 MAXMENUBUF    = 250             # Maximum size of internal menu buffer
@@ -681,6 +684,7 @@
 # Title-Bar Strings
 
 TTLAUTO       = "Auto:"
+TTLHIDEDOT    = "HideDot:"
 TTLFILES      = "Total Files:"
 TTLFILTER     = "Filter:"
 TTLSIZE       = "Total Size:"
@@ -1006,10 +1010,16 @@
 #####
 # Check to see if a passed string matches/does not match the currently
 # active filtering wildcard.  If there is no active wildcard, everything
-# passes.
+# passes.  This routine also filters any "dotfiles" if the HIDEDOTFILES
+# option is enabled.
 #####
 
-def FilterWildcardMatch(matchthis):
+def FilterMatching(matchthis):
+
+    # Check to see if dotfiles should be hidden
+
+    if HIDEDOTFILES and matchthis.split()[-1].startswith(DOTFILE):
+        return False
 
     # Accomodate case-insensitive matching
     # But strict matching overrides this
@@ -1021,7 +1031,7 @@
     else:
         wc = UI.FilterWildcard[1]
 
-    # If there's not active filter, everything matches
+    # If there's no active filter, everything matches
 
     if not wc:
         matched = True
@@ -1040,7 +1050,7 @@
 
     return matched
 
-# End of 'FilterWildcardMatch()'
+# End of 'FilterMatching()'
 
 #####
 # Pad A String With Spaces To Specified Width.
@@ -1200,6 +1210,7 @@
                       "FILTERWILD":FILTERWILD,
                       "SELWILD":SELWILD,
                       "TOGFILT":TOGFILT,
+                      "TOGHIDEDOT":TOGHIDEDOT
                       }
 
     # Set all the program options to their default values
@@ -2293,6 +2304,9 @@
         # Bind handler for "Toggle Filter By Wildcard"
         self.DirList.bind(self.KeyBindings["TOGFILT"], KeyToggleFilter)
 
+        # Bind handler for "Toggle Dotfile Hiding"
+        self.DirList.bind(self.KeyBindings["TOGHIDEDOT"], KeyToggleHideDot)
+
 
         # Give the listbox focus so it gets keystrokes
         self.DirList.focus()
@@ -2462,9 +2476,11 @@
         if INVERTFILTER:
             filterwc = "NOT " + filterwc
         filter    = "%s %s" % (TTLFILTER, filterwc)
+
+        hidedotfile = "%s %s" % (TTLHIDEDOT, YesOrNo[HIDEDOTFILES])
         
-        mainwin.title("%s %s        %s:        %s        %s     %s  %s      %s  %s      %s%s  %s %s" % 
-                      (PROGNAME, VERSION, FULLNAME, CurrentDir, filter,  TTLFILES, 
+        mainwin.title("%s %s        %s:        %s        %s     %s     %s  %s      %s  %s      %s%s  %s %s" % 
+                      (PROGNAME, VERSION, FULLNAME, CurrentDir, filter, hidedotfile,  TTLFILES, 
                        str(self.DirList.size()), TTLSIZE, FileLength(self.TotalSize), sortedby, sepsort, TTLAUTO, autostate))
 
         # Make sure the titlebar gets updated
@@ -2774,6 +2790,21 @@
 
 
 #####
+# Event Handler: Toggle Hiding Of Dotfiles
+#####
+
+def KeyToggleHideDot(event):
+    global HIDEDOTFILES
+
+    HIDEDOTFILES = not HIDEDOTFILES
+    RefreshDirList(event)
+
+    return 'break'
+
+# End of 'KeyToggleHideDot()'
+
+
+#####
 # Event Handler: Toggle Normalized Or Actual File Length Display
 #####
 
@@ -3923,7 +3954,7 @@
             if UI.DetailsOn:
                 matchthis = detail
 
-            if not FilterWildcardMatch(matchthis):
+            if not FilterMatching(matchthis):
                 continue
 
             # Keep running tally of total files sizes
@@ -4144,7 +4175,7 @@
             if UI.DetailsOn:
                 matchthis = entry
 
-            if not FilterWildcardMatch(matchthis):
+            if not FilterMatching(matchthis):
                 continue
 
             # Keep running total of available space
@@ -5101,6 +5132,7 @@
                      "AFTERCLEAR":AFTERCLEAR,
                      "AUTOREFRESH":AUTOREFRESH,
                      "FORCEUNIXPATH":FORCEUNIXPATH,
+                     "HIDEDOTFILES":HIDEDOTFILES,
                      "INVERTFILTER":INVERTFILTER,
                      "NODETAILS":NODETAILS,
                      "NONAVIGATE":NONAVIGATE,
@@ -5121,7 +5153,7 @@
                      "MBCOLOR":MBCOLOR, "MFCOLOR":MFCOLOR, "MFNAME":MFNAME, "MFWT":MFWT,  # Menu Font/Colors
                      "HBCOLOR":HBCOLOR, "HFCOLOR":HFCOLOR, "HFNAME":HFNAME, "HFWT":HFWT,  # Help Font/Colors
                      "MBARCOL":MBARCOL, "QUOTECHAR":QUOTECHAR, "SORTBYFIELD":SORTBYFIELD, # Other
-                     "STARTDIR":STARTDIR, "CMDSHELL":CMDSHELL, "DEFAULTSEP":DEFAULTSEP} 
+                     "STARTDIR":STARTDIR, "CMDSHELL":CMDSHELL, "DEFAULTSEP":DEFAULTSEP, "DOTFILE":DOTFILE} 
 
 # Prepare storage for key bindings
 UI.KeyBindings = {}