--- quicknet-v3_50pre4/qnmultifwd.cc	2014-05-05 19:06:47.000000000 -0700
+++ quicknet-v3_50pre4-janinfix/qnmultifwd.cc	2014-10-27 16:14:00.705717056 -0700
@@ -296,8 +296,13 @@
 		 QN_InFtrStream** str_ptr)
 {
     QN_InFtrStream* ftr_str = NULL;	// Temporary stream holder.
-    int index = 1;
 
+    // Adam Janin 10/27/14. Seems like index needs to be 0 if we want
+    // to read from stdin. If index is 1 (as it used to be), then the
+    // index is always generated and therefore the stream needs to be
+    // seekable.
+
+    int index = 0;
 
     ftr_str = QN_build_ftrstream(debug, dbgname, filename, format, 
 				 width, index, normfile, 
@@ -308,11 +313,17 @@
 				 norm_mode, norm_am, norm_av);
 
     // Using range strings
-    QN_InFtrStream_CutRange* fwd_ftr_str 
+
+    // Adam Janin 10/27/14. Do not use range if none provided. This
+    // allows use of non-seekable streams.
+
+    if (fwd_sent_range != NULL) {
+      QN_InFtrStream_CutRange* fwd_ftr_str 
 	= new QN_InFtrStream_CutRange(debug, dbgname, *ftr_str, 
 				      fwd_sent_range);
-    ftr_str = (QN_InFtrStream*)fwd_ftr_str;
-
+      ftr_str = (QN_InFtrStream*)fwd_ftr_str;
+    }
+    
     // Create window.
     size_t bot_margin = window_extent - window_offset - window_len;
     QN_InFtrStream_SeqWindow* winftr_str =