docs: function _render_option(){
  
  	var buf = new Array();
  
  	// Sort the items in the mdata array.
  	// Also keep a lookup for a "special" entry.
  	// var default_on_p = false;
  	var mdata_keys = bbop.core.get_keys(anchor.mdata);
  	function _data_comp(a, b){
  
  	    // Get the associated data.
  	    var a_data = anchor.mdata[a];
  	    var b_data = anchor.mdata[b];
  
  	    // if( (a_data['special'] == true && a_data['selected'] == true) ||
  	    // 	(b_data['special'] == true && b_data['selected'] == true) ){
  	    // 	default_on_p = true;
  	    // }
  
  	    //
  	    var retval = 0;
  	    if( a_data['special'] != b_data['special'] ){
  		if( a_data['count'] == true ){
  		    retval = 1;
  		}else{
  		    retval = -1;
  		}
  	    }else if( a_data['count'] != b_data['count'] ){
  		if( a_data['count'] > b_data['count'] ){
  		    retval = -1;
  		}else{
  		    retval = 1;
  		}
  	    }else if( a_data['label'] != b_data['label'] ){
  		if( a_data['label'] > b_data['label'] ){
  		    retval = 1;
  		}else{
  		    retval = -1;
  		}
  	    }
  
  	    return retval;
  	}
  	mdata_keys.sort(_data_comp); // inplace sort
  
  	//
  	for( var mski = 0; mski < mdata_keys.length; mski++ ){
  
  	    var write_data = anchor.mdata[mdata_keys[mski]];
  	    
  	    // Write out option if:
  	    // 1) the default is selected (so we want to see everything)
  	    // 2) the selection is special
  	    // 3) if the default is not selected, either the item is selected or
  	    // 4) it has a count (and is thus interesting)
  	    if( // default_on_p == true ||
  	    	write_data['selected'] == true ||
  	    	write_data['special'] == true ||
  	    	( write_data['count'] && write_data['count'] > 0 ) ){
  		    
  		    buf.push('<option');
  		    // Title.
  		    buf.push(' title="');
  		    buf.push(write_data['value']);
  		    buf.push('"');		
  		    // Value.
  		    buf.push(' value="');
  		    buf.push(write_data['value']);
  		    buf.push('"');		
  		    if( write_data['selected'] ){
  			buf.push(' selected="selected"');
  		    }
  		    buf.push('>');
  		    //buf.push(bbop.core.crop(write_data['label']));
  		    buf.push(bbop.core.crop(write_data['label'], 40, '...'));
  		    
  		    if( write_data['count'] && write_data['count'] > 0 ){
  			buf.push(' (' + write_data['count'] + ')');
  		    }
  		    
  		    buf.push('</option>');
  		}
  		
  	}
  	return buf.join('');
      }