diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f32bb96c..ce155f86 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -49,9 +49,13 @@
 - set _O_TEMPORARY on delete-on-close temp images if possible
 - unlink temps on rewind on *nix, less likely to leave temps on a crash
 - added complex conj as a basic operation
-- rect/polar/conj work o any format, not just complex
+- rect/polar/conj work on any format, not just complex
 - new VipsFile system for load/save in image formats
 - options now introspectable, try "vips jpegsave"
+- copy swap uses glib byteswap macros, about 2x faster
+- edvips can change vips header byte ordering
+- "header" is terse by default
+- "header" outputs filenames if working on many files
 
 12/10/11 started 7.26.6
 - NOCACHE was not being set correctly on OS X causing performance 
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index ff9942e8..5dbb524f 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-- get copy swap to use the glib byte order macros as well, faster?
-
-
-
 - test vips_foreign_load_vips_get_flags(), sense inverted?
 
   test load/save jpeg buffer
diff --git a/libvips/conversion/copy.c b/libvips/conversion/copy.c
index 29af89e1..7df5b9f4 100644
--- a/libvips/conversion/copy.c
+++ b/libvips/conversion/copy.c
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
  * 	- im_copy_set() now sets xoff / yoff again hmmm
  * 29/9/11
  * 	- rewrite as a class
+ * 1/12/11
+ * 	- use glib byteswap macros
  */
 
 /*
@@ -136,13 +138,14 @@ G_DEFINE_TYPE( VipsCopy, vips_copy, VIPS_TYPE_CONVERSION );
 static void
 vips_copy_swap2( PEL *in, PEL *out, int width, VipsImage *im )
 { 
-        int x;
-        int sz = VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( im ) * width;     /* Bytes in buffer */
+	guint16 *p = (guint16 *) in;
+	guint16 *q = (guint16 *) out;
+        int sz = (VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( im ) * width) / 2;    
 
-        for( x = 0; x < sz; x += 2 ) {
-                out[x] = in[x + 1];
-                out[x + 1] = in[x];
-        }
+        int x;
+
+        for( x = 0; x < sz; x++ ) 
+		out[x] = GUINT16_SWAP_LE_BE( in[x] );
 }
 
 /* Swap 4- of bytes.
@@ -150,15 +153,14 @@ vips_copy_swap2( PEL *in, PEL *out, int width, VipsImage *im )
 static void
 vips_copy_swap4( PEL *in, PEL *out, int width, VipsImage *im )
 {
-        int x;
-        int sz = VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( im ) * width;     /* Bytes in buffer */
+	guint32 *p = (guint32 *) in;
+	guint32 *q = (guint32 *) out;
+        int sz = (VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( im ) * width) / 4;    
 
-        for( x = 0; x < sz; x += 4 ) {
-                out[x] = in[x + 3];
-                out[x + 1] = in[x + 2];
-                out[x + 2] = in[x + 1];
-                out[x + 3] = in[x];
-        }
+        int x;
+
+        for( x = 0; x < sz; x++ ) 
+		out[x] = GUINT32_SWAP_LE_BE( in[x] );
 }
 
 /* Swap 8- of bytes.
@@ -166,19 +168,14 @@ vips_copy_swap4( PEL *in, PEL *out, int width, VipsImage *im )
 static void
 vips_copy_swap8( PEL *in, PEL *out, int width, VipsImage *im )
 {
-        int x;
-        int sz = VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( im ) * width;     /* Bytes in buffer */
+	guint64 *p = (guint64 *) in;
+	guint64 *q = (guint64 *) out;
+        int sz = (VIPS_IMAGE_SIZEOF_PEL( im ) * width) / 8;    
 
-        for( x = 0; x < sz; x += 8 ) {
-                out[x] = in[x + 7];
-                out[x + 1] = in[x + 6];
-                out[x + 2] = in[x + 5];
-                out[x + 3] = in[x + 4];
-                out[x + 4] = in[x + 3];
-                out[x + 5] = in[x + 2];
-                out[x + 6] = in[x + 1];
-                out[x + 7] = in[x];
-        }
+        int x;
+
+        for( x = 0; x < sz; x++ ) 
+		out[x] = GUINT64_SWAP_LE_BE( in[x] );
 }
 
 typedef void (*SwapFn)( PEL *in, PEL *out, int width, VipsImage *im );
diff --git a/tools/edvips.c b/tools/edvips.c
index 74f83f80..a8d66c16 100644
--- a/tools/edvips.c
+++ b/tools/edvips.c
@@ -80,16 +80,14 @@ static gboolean setext = FALSE;
 static GOptionEntry entries[] = {
 	{ "endian", 'n', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &endian, 
 		N_( "tag file as big or little-endian" ), NULL },
-	{ "xsize", 'x', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &xsize, 
-		N_( "set Xsize to N" ), "N" },
-	{ "ysize", 'y', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &ysize, 
-		N_( "set Ysize to N" ), "N" },
+	{ "width", 'w', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &xsize, 
+		N_( "set width to N pixels" ), "N" },
+	{ "height", 'h', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &ysize, 
+		N_( "set height to N pixels" ), "N" },
 	{ "bands", 'b', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &bands, 
 		N_( "set Bands to N" ), "N" },
 	{ "format", 'f', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &format, 
 		N_( "set BandFmt to F (eg. uchar, float)" ), "F" },
-	{ "type", 't', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &type, 
-		N_( "set Type to T (deprecated, use interpretation)" ), "T" },
 	{ "interpretation", 'i', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &type, 
 		N_( "set interpretation to I (eg. xyz)" ), "I" },
 	{ "coding", 'c', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &coding, 
@@ -99,11 +97,17 @@ static GOptionEntry entries[] = {
 	{ "yres", 'Y', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &yres, 
 		N_( "set Yres to R pixels/mm" ), "R" },
 	{ "xoffset", 'u', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &xoffset, 
-		N_( "set Xoffset to N" ), "N" },
+		N_( "set Xoffset to N pixels" ), "N" },
 	{ "yoffset", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &yoffset, 
-		N_( "set Yoffset to N" ), "N" },
+		N_( "set Yoffset to N pixels" ), "N" },
 	{ "setext", 'e', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &setext, 
 		N_( "replace extension block with stdin" ), NULL },
+	{ "xsize", 'x', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &xsize, 
+		N_( "set Xsize to N (deprecated, use width)" ), "N" },
+	{ "ysize", 'y', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &ysize, 
+		N_( "set Ysize to N (deprecated, use height)" ), "N" },
+	{ "type", 't', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &type, 
+		N_( "set Type to T (deprecated, use interpretation)" ), "T" },
 	{ NULL }
 };