diff --git a/collects/mred/private/wxme/editor.ss b/collects/mred/private/wxme/editor.ss
index 8fdb73f800..5488a75c9e 100644
--- a/collects/mred/private/wxme/editor.ss
+++ b/collects/mred/private/wxme/editor.ss
@@ -1729,7 +1729,7 @@
                              v)))])
                (equal? s MRED-READER+START-STR))))))
 
-(define (read-editor-version mf b parse-format? show-errors?)
+(define (read-editor-version mf b parse-format? [show-errors? #t])
   (and
    (or
     (not parse-format?)
diff --git a/collects/mred/private/wxme/private.ss b/collects/mred/private/wxme/private.ss
index 816cf7c247..672312a5ab 100644
--- a/collects/mred/private/wxme/private.ss
+++ b/collects/mred/private/wxme/private.ss
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 
 ;; snip-class%
 (define-local-member-name
-  get-s-required?)
+  get-s-required?
+  s-read)
 
 ;; editor-data%
 (define-local-member-name
diff --git a/collects/mred/private/wxme/snip.ss b/collects/mred/private/wxme/snip.ss
index a7e0297de9..c774459469 100644
--- a/collects/mred/private/wxme/snip.ss
+++ b/collects/mred/private/wxme/snip.ss
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@
           (let ([count (if (count . < . 0)
                            10; this is a failure; we make up something
                            count)])
-            (send snip read count f))
+            (send snip s-read count f))
           (send snip set-s-flags flags)
           snip)))))
 
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@
       (let ([bytes (string->bytes/utf-8 s-buffer 0 s-dtext (+ s-dtext s-count))])
         (send f put (bytes-length bytes) bytes))))
 
-  (def/public (read [exact-integer? len] [editor-stream-in% f])
+  (define/public (s-read len f)
     (unless (len . <= . 0)
       (when ((string-length s-buffer) . < . len)
         (set! s-buffer (make-string (* 2 len))))
@@ -586,7 +586,8 @@
 
 (defclass tab-snip-class% string-snip-class%
   (inherit set-classname
-           set-version)
+           set-version
+           s-read)
   (inherit-field s-required?)
 
   (super-new)
@@ -597,7 +598,7 @@
 
   (def/override (read [editor-stream-in% f])
     (let ([ts (new tab-snip%)])
-      (super read ts f))))
+      (s-read ts f))))
 
 ;; ------------------------------------------------------------