                 if self.taskType == "simple" {
                     // print("exitStatus = \( exitStatus )")
                     ewc.schemeDefinitionView.textColor = self.kSyntaxErrorColor
+                    ewc.definitionStatusLabel.textColor = self.kSyntaxErrorColor
                     ewc.definitionStatusLabel.stringValue = self.kIllegalSexprString
                 }
                 

                if self.taskType == "simple" {
                    if datastring == "parse-error" {
                        ewc.schemeDefinitionView.textColor = self.kParseErrorColor
                        ewc.definitionStatusLabel.stringValue = self.kSyntaxErrorString
                        
                        // Be polite and cancel the allTests operation as well, since it cannot possibly succeed
                        self.editorWindowController.schemeOperationAllTests?.cancel()
                    } else if datastring == "()" {
                        ewc.schemeDefinitionView.textColor = self.kFailedErrorColor
                        ewc.definitionStatusLabel.stringValue = self.kEvaluationFailedString
                        
                        // Be polite and cancel the allTests operation as well, since it cannot possibly succeed
                        self.editorWindowController.schemeOperationAllTests?.cancel()
                    } else {
                        ewc.schemeDefinitionView.textColor = self.kDefaultColor
                        ewc.definitionStatusLabel.stringValue = ""
                    }
                }

                if datastring == "parse-error" { // failed to parse!
                    inputField.textColor = self.kParseErrorColor
                    outputField.textColor = self.kParseErrorColor
                    label.stringValue = self.kParseErrorString
                    
                    // Be polite and cancel the allTests operation as well, since it cannot possibly succeed
                    self.editorWindowController.schemeOperationAllTests?.cancel()
