diff --git a/actions.xml b/actions.xml
index b120aabaf6..032edc4fef 100644
--- a/actions.xml
+++ b/actions.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 <!DOCTYPE ACTIONS SYSTEM "actions.dtd">
 
 <ACTIONS>
+	<ACTION NAME="factor-listener">
+		<CODE>
+			wm.addDockableWindow("console");
+			wm.getDockableWindow("console").setShell("Factor");
+		</CODE>
+	</ACTION>
 	<ACTION NAME="factor-restart">
 		<CODE>
 			FactorPlugin.stopExternalInstance();
@@ -15,7 +21,7 @@
 			if(sel == null)
 				view.toolkit.beep();
 			else
-				FactorPlugin.eval(view,sel);
+				FactorPlugin.evalInListener(view,sel);
 		</CODE>
 	</ACTION>
 	<ACTION NAME="factor-run-file">
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@
 				view.toolkit.beep();
 			else
 			{
-				FactorPlugin.eval(view,
+				FactorPlugin.evalInListener(view,
 					"\""
 					+ FactorReader.charsToEscapes(word)
 					+ "\" apropos.");
@@ -44,12 +50,12 @@
 	</ACTION>
 	<ACTION NAME="factor-see">
 		<CODE>
-			FactorPlugin.factorWordOperation(view,"see");
+			FactorPlugin.factorWordOutputOp(view,"see");
 		</CODE>
 	</ACTION>
 	<ACTION NAME="factor-edit">
 		<CODE>
-			FactorPlugin.factorWordOperation(view,"jedit");
+			FactorPlugin.factorWordWireOp(view,"jedit");
 		</CODE>
 	</ACTION>
 	<ACTION NAME="factor-edit-dialog">
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@
 	</ACTION>
 	<ACTION NAME="factor-usages">
 		<CODE>
-			FactorPlugin.factorWordOperation(view,"usages.");
+			FactorPlugin.factorWordOutputOp(view,"usages.");
 		</CODE>
 	</ACTION>
 	<ACTION NAME="factor-insert-use">
diff --git a/factor/jedit/EditWordDialog.java b/factor/jedit/EditWordDialog.java
index 49733068d0..231f8da615 100644
--- a/factor/jedit/EditWordDialog.java
+++ b/factor/jedit/EditWordDialog.java
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ import javax.swing.text.Document;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.event.*;
 import java.awt.*;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import org.gjt.sp.jedit.gui.EnhancedDialog;
 import org.gjt.sp.jedit.*;
+import org.gjt.sp.util.Log;
 
 public class EditWordDialog extends WordListDialog
 {
@@ -80,8 +82,15 @@ public class EditWordDialog extends WordListDialog
 			return;
 		}
 
-		String code = FactorPlugin.factorWord(word);
-		FactorPlugin.eval(view,code + " jedit");
+		try
+		{
+			FactorPlugin.evalInWire(FactorPlugin.factorWord(word) + " jedit");
+		}
+		catch(IOException e)
+		{
+			/* Don't care */
+			Log.log(Log.ERROR,this,e);
+		}
 		dispose();
 	} //}}}
 
diff --git a/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.java b/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.java
index 8ed8816313..91c650a059 100644
--- a/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.java
+++ b/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.java
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@ public class FactorPlugin extends EditPlugin
 			"sidekick.SideKickParser","factor");
 	} //}}}
 	
-	//{{{ eval() method
-	public static void eval(View view, String cmd)
+	//{{{ evalInListener() method
+	public static void evalInListener(View view, String cmd)
 	{
 		DockableWindowManager wm = view.getDockableWindowManager();
 		wm.addDockableWindow("console");
@@ -167,6 +167,12 @@ public class FactorPlugin extends EditPlugin
 		console.run(Shell.getShell("Factor"),console,cmd);
 	} //}}}
 
+	//{{{ evalInWire() method
+	public static void evalInWire(String cmd) throws IOException
+	{
+		getExternalInstance().eval(cmd);
+	} //}}}
+
 	//{{{ factorWord() method
 	/**
 	 * Build a Factor expression for pushing the selected word on the stack
@@ -202,17 +208,30 @@ public class FactorPlugin extends EditPlugin
 			return null;
 	} //}}}
 	
-	//{{{ factorWordOperation() method
+	//{{{ factorWordOutputOp() method
 	/**
 	 * Apply a Factor word to the selected word.
 	 */
-	public static void factorWordOperation(View view, String op)
+	public static void factorWordOutputOp(View view, String op)
 	{
 		String word = factorWord(view);
 		if(word == null)
 			view.getToolkit().beep();
 		else
-			eval(view,word + " " + op);
+			evalInListener(view,word + " " + op);
+	} //}}}
+
+	//{{{ factorWordWireOp() method
+	/**
+	 * Apply a Factor word to the selected word.
+	 */
+	public static void factorWordWireOp(View view, String op) throws IOException
+	{
+		String word = factorWord(view);
+		if(word == null)
+			view.getToolkit().beep();
+		else
+			evalInWire(word + " " + op);
 	} //}}}
 
 	//{{{ getCompletions() method
diff --git a/factor/jedit/WordPreview.java b/factor/jedit/WordPreview.java
index 8944d9115a..cf2c885c55 100644
--- a/factor/jedit/WordPreview.java
+++ b/factor/jedit/WordPreview.java
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ public class WordPreview implements ActionListener, CaretListener
 	{
 		View view = textArea.getView();
 
-		SideKickParsedData data = SideKickParsedData
-			.getParsedData(view);
+		SideKickParsedData data = SideKickParsedData.getParsedData(view);
 		if(data instanceof FactorParsedData)
 		{
 			int line = textArea.getCaretLine();