diff --git a/lift.py b/lift.py
index 75ee9a6c..70c10ac7 100644
--- a/lift.py
+++ b/lift.py
@@ -65,34 +65,34 @@ def __init__(self, filename,nsyls=None):
         """Think through where this belongs; what classes/functions need it?"""
         log.info("Language initialization done.")
     def initattribs(self):
-        """This dictionary defines where to find each node in the xml {url},
-        and what we're looking for in each case (node, node text, or attribute
-        value."""
-        """Make all urls fully specified for guid, lang, etc; they will be
-        removed if the relevant variable is None."""
-        """In the following language attributes, the field <form> can
-            exist in multiple fields, so pay attention to the difference
-            between
-                form='{analang}'   (always in the language to be analyzed:
-                                                            lexeme, citation)
-                form='{glosslang}' (always in a gloss language:
-                                                            gloss, definition)
-                form='{lang}'      (either: field --under entry, sense, or
-                                                                pronunciation)
-            Controlling this difference allows for things like getting an entry
-            with a form in a particular language, and a gloss in a particular
-            (other) language, and/or a tone description (<field>) in a
-            particular (yet another) language.
-            For now, I'm just going to assume people write meta descriptions
-            in their primary gloss language."""
-            """url here is a tuple with a base URL and a list of variable names
-            that will be added to it later (and/or removed, if None). The URL
-            should have each in {braces}, and the variable list each in
-            'quotes', as those are strings/names of variables, to be assigned
-            values later. In any case, the names and number of arguments
-            should match --except for duplicates in the URL, which
-            should occur only once in the variable list. I'm keeping the order
-            the same as far as possible, but that doesn't ultimately matter."""
+        # """This dictionary defines where to find each node in the xml {url},
+        # and what we're looking for in each case (node, node text, or attribute
+        # value."""
+        # """Make all urls fully specified for guid, lang, etc; they will be
+        # removed if the relevant variable is None."""
+        # """In the following language attributes, the field <form> can
+        # exist in multiple fields, so pay attention to the difference
+        # between
+        #     form='{analang}'   (always in the language to be analyzed:
+        #                                                 lexeme, citation)
+        #     form='{glosslang}' (always in a gloss language:
+        #                                                 gloss, definition)
+        #     form='{lang}'      (either: field --under entry, sense, or
+        #                                                     pronunciation)
+        # Controlling this difference allows for things like getting an entry
+        # with a form in a particular language, and a gloss in a particular
+        # (other) language, and/or a tone description (<field>) in a
+        # particular (yet another) language.
+        # For now, I'm just going to assume people write meta descriptions
+        # in their primary gloss language."""
+        # """url here is a tuple with a base URL and a list of variable names
+        # that will be added to it later (and/or removed, if None). The URL
+        # should have each in {braces}, and the variable list each in
+        # 'quotes', as those are strings/names of variables, to be assigned
+        # values later. In any case, the names and number of arguments
+        # should match --except for duplicates in the URL, which
+        # should occur only once in the variable list. I'm keeping the order
+        # the same as far as possible, but that doesn't ultimately matter."""
         self.attribdict={
             'entry': {
                 'cm': 'use to get entries with a given guid or senseid',