CS4\5 - Easy Way to Convert Gradient Stops to Swatches?

Hi Folks
I wonder if there is an easy way to do this?
I am working with an AI file where I want to create swatches for every colour I use to ensure consistency. There are a number of gradients in the document, and I have stored the colour stops from the gradient as swatches. So far so good.
Now I want to adjust the gradient colour stops, but there seems to be no easy way to add a new swatch from a gradient colour stop, or to update an existing swatch from a gradient colour stop.
The swatches palette that appears when clicking the gradient colour stop has no buttons on it to add a new swatch, for example, and none of the usual swatch creating methods seem to work.
Is this possible without reverting to some cumbersome workaround?
Any help appreciated!
Cheers
Richard

Does clicking on a stop then dragging the color from the Color panel to the Swatches panel not work for you (translation, er, repetition of post 1)?
Also, wouldn't the Edit > Edit Colors mechanism help here?

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