Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/verbose.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/verbose.m	(revision 8260)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/verbose.m	(revision 8261)
@@ -41,5 +41,9 @@
 				binary=varargin{1};
 				if ischar(binary),
-					binary=bin2dec(binary);
+					if strcmpi(binary,'all'),
+						binary=2^11-1; %all ones
+					else
+						binary=bin2dec(binary);
+					end
 				end 
 				verbose=BinaryToVerbose(verbose,binary);