diff --git a/TODO.FACTOR.txt b/TODO.FACTOR.txt
index 1e54cf10d5..dc81053347 100644
--- a/TODO.FACTOR.txt
+++ b/TODO.FACTOR.txt
@@ -11,15 +11,11 @@
 - handle odd base cases, with code after ifte
 - handle recursion with when, when* etc
 
-+ linearizer/generator:
++ compiler:
 
 - getenv/setenv: if literal arg, compile as a load/store
-
-+ compiler frontend:
-
 - assembler opcodes dispatch on operand types
 - save code in image
-- compile word twice; no more 'cannot compile' error!
 
 + oop:
 
@@ -36,7 +32,6 @@
 
 + listener/plugin:
 
-- use decl wrong
 - faster completion
 - sidekick: still parsing too much
 - errors don't always disappear
@@ -53,10 +48,9 @@
 - cat, reverse-cat primitives
 - first-class hashtables
 - rewrite accessors and mutators in Factor, with slot/set-slot primitive
-- replace -export-dynamic with sundry-xt
 - add a socket timeout
-- word, writes entire plist
 - do transfer-word in fixup
+- move dispatch getenv setenv to kernel-internals
 
 + misc:
 
@@ -65,7 +59,6 @@
 - perhaps /i should work with all numbers
 - unit test weirdness: 2 lines appears at end
 - jedit ==> jedit-word, jedit takes a file name
-- command line parsing cleanup
 - nicer way to combine two paths
 - ditch object paths
 - browser responder for word links in HTTPd; inspect responder for
diff --git a/factor/DefaultVocabularyLookup.java b/factor/DefaultVocabularyLookup.java
index 3492910c79..4e0a3d3f6b 100644
--- a/factor/DefaultVocabularyLookup.java
+++ b/factor/DefaultVocabularyLookup.java
@@ -207,8 +207,27 @@ public class DefaultVocabularyLookup implements VocabularyLookup
 	} //}}}
 
 	//{{{ getCompletions() method
-	public void getCompletions(String vocab, String word, Set completions,
-		boolean anywhere)
+	/**
+	 * @param use A list of vocabularies.
+	 * @param word A substring of the word name to complete
+	 * @param anywhere If true, matches anywhere in the word name are
+	 * returned; otherwise, only matches from beginning.
+	 * @param completions Set to add completions to
+	 */
+	public void getCompletions(Cons use, String word, boolean anywhere,
+		Set completions) throws Exception
+	{
+		while(use != null)
+		{
+			String vocab = (String)use.car;
+			getCompletions(vocab,word,anywhere,completions);
+			use = use.next();
+		}
+	} //}}}
+
+	//{{{ getCompletions() method
+	public void getCompletions(String vocab, String word, boolean anywhere,
+		Set completions) throws Exception
 	{
 		Map v = (Map)vocabularies.get(vocab);
 		if(v == null)
diff --git a/factor/ExternalFactor.java b/factor/ExternalFactor.java
index d6f34771a1..3c94bfffac 100644
--- a/factor/ExternalFactor.java
+++ b/factor/ExternalFactor.java
@@ -178,6 +178,19 @@ public class ExternalFactor extends DefaultVocabularyLookup
 		return vocabs;
 	} //}}}
 
+	//{{{ makeWord() method
+	/**
+	 * Make a word from an info list returned by Factor.
+	 */
+	public synchronized FactorWord makeWord(Cons info)
+	{
+		FactorWord w = new FactorWord(
+			(String)info.car,
+			(String)info.next().car);
+		w.stackEffect = (String)info.next().next().car;
+		return w;
+	} //}}}
+
 	//{{{ searchVocabulary() method
 	/**
 	 * Search through the given vocabulary list for the given word.
@@ -197,16 +210,11 @@ public class ExternalFactor extends DefaultVocabularyLookup
 			Cons result = parseObject(eval(FactorReader.unparseObject(name)
 				+ " "
 				+ FactorReader.unparseObject(vocabulary)
-				+ " jedit-lookup ."));
+				+ " search jedit-lookup ."));
 			if(result.car == null)
 				return null;
 
-			result = (Cons)result.car;
-			w = new FactorWord(
-				(String)result.car,
-				(String)result.next().car);
-			w.stackEffect = (String)result.next().next().car;
-			return w;
+			return makeWord((Cons)result.car);
 		}
 		catch(Exception e)
 		{
@@ -216,40 +224,32 @@ public class ExternalFactor extends DefaultVocabularyLookup
 	} //}}}
 
 	//{{{ getCompletions() method
-	public synchronized void getCompletions(String vocab, String word, Set completions,
-		boolean anywhere)
+	public synchronized void getCompletions(Cons use, String word,
+		boolean anywhere, Set completions) throws Exception
 	{
-		super.getCompletions(vocab,word,completions,anywhere);
+		super.getCompletions(use,word,anywhere,completions);
 
 		if(closed)
 			return;
 
-		try
-		{
-			/* We can't send words across the socket at this point in
-			human history, because of USE: issues. so we send name/vocab
-			pairs. */
-			Cons moreCompletions = (Cons)parseObject(eval(
-				FactorReader.unparseObject(word)
-				+ " "
-				+ FactorReader.unparseObject(vocab)
-				+ " "
-				+ (anywhere ? "vocab-apropos" : "vocab-completions")
-				+ " [ dup word-name swap word-vocabulary 2list ] map .")).car;
+		/* We can't send words across the socket at this point in
+		human history, because of USE: issues. so we send name/vocab
+		pairs. */
+		Cons moreCompletions = (Cons)parseObject(eval(
+			FactorReader.unparseObject(word)
+			+ " "
+			+ FactorReader.unparseObject(Boolean.valueOf(anywhere))
+			+ " "
+			+ FactorReader.unparseObject(use)
+			+ " completions .")).car;
 
-			while(moreCompletions != null)
-			{
-				Cons completion = (Cons)moreCompletions.car;
-				FactorWord w = searchVocabulary(completion.next(),
-					(String)completion.car);
-				if(w != null)
-					completions.add(w);
-				moreCompletions = moreCompletions.next();
-			}
-		}
-		catch(Exception e)
+		while(moreCompletions != null)
 		{
-			Log.log(Log.ERROR,this,e);
+			Cons completion = (Cons)moreCompletions.car;
+			FactorWord w = makeWord(completion);
+			if(w != null)
+				completions.add(w);
+			moreCompletions = moreCompletions.next();
 		}
 	} //}}}
 
diff --git a/factor/VocabularyLookup.java b/factor/VocabularyLookup.java
index 60ec6ada36..31b4f85c9b 100644
--- a/factor/VocabularyLookup.java
+++ b/factor/VocabularyLookup.java
@@ -42,15 +42,25 @@ public interface VocabularyLookup
 
 	public void forget(FactorWord word);
 
+	/**
+	 * @param use A list of vocabularies.
+	 * @param word A substring of the word name to complete
+	 * @param anywhere If true, matches anywhere in the word name are
+	 * returned; otherwise, only matches from beginning.
+	 * @param completions Set to add completions to
+	 */
+	public void getCompletions(Cons use, String word, boolean anywhere,
+		Set completions) throws Exception;
+
 	/**
 	 * @param vocab The vocabulary name
 	 * @param word A substring of the word name to complete
-	 * @param completions List to add completions to
 	 * @param anywhere If true, word name will be matched anywhere, otherwise, just at
 	 * the beginning of the name.
+	 * @param completions Set to add completions to
 	 */
-	public void getCompletions(String vocab, String word, Set completions,
-		boolean anywhere) throws Exception;
+	public void getCompletions(String vocab, String word, boolean anywhere,
+		Set completions) throws Exception;
 
 	public Cons getVocabularies() throws Exception;
 }
diff --git a/factor/jedit/EditWordDialog.java b/factor/jedit/EditWordDialog.java
index 265999fd54..cae245698b 100644
--- a/factor/jedit/EditWordDialog.java
+++ b/factor/jedit/EditWordDialog.java
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ public class EditWordDialog extends WordListDialog
 			list.setSelectedIndex(0);
 			list.ensureIndexIsVisible(0);
 		}
+
+		updatePreview();
 	} //}}}
 	
 	//{{{ UpdateTimer class
diff --git a/factor/jedit/FactorCompletion.java b/factor/jedit/FactorCompletion.java
index 3ee9e50b5f..654b77dcf1 100644
--- a/factor/jedit/FactorCompletion.java
+++ b/factor/jedit/FactorCompletion.java
@@ -61,14 +61,23 @@ public class FactorCompletion extends SideKickCompletion
 
 	public void insert(int index)
 	{
-		Macros.Recorder recorder = view.getMacroRecorder();
+		FactorWord selected = ((FactorWord)get(index));
+		String insert = selected.name.substring(word.length());
 
-		String insert = ((FactorWord)get(index)).name.substring(
-			word.length());
+		Buffer buffer = textArea.getBuffer();
 
-		if(recorder != null)
-			recorder.recordInput(insert,false);
-		textArea.setSelectedText(insert);
+		try
+		{
+			buffer.beginCompoundEdit();
+			
+			textArea.setSelectedText(insert);
+			if(!FactorPlugin.isUsed(view,selected.vocabulary))
+				FactorPlugin.insertUse(view,selected.vocabulary);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			buffer.endCompoundEdit();
+		}
 	}
 
 	public int getTokenLength()
@@ -81,13 +90,7 @@ public class FactorCompletion extends SideKickCompletion
 		if(keyChar == '\t' || keyChar == '\n')
 			insert(selectedIndex);
 		else
-		{
-			Macros.Recorder recorder = view.getMacroRecorder();
-
-			if(recorder != null)
-				recorder.recordInput(1,keyChar,false);
 			textArea.userInput(keyChar);
-		}
 
 		boolean ws = (ReadTable.DEFAULT_READTABLE
 			.getCharacterType(keyChar)
diff --git a/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.java b/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.java
index e556b70560..7b5b6ddb8b 100644
--- a/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.java
+++ b/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.java
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ public class FactorPlugin extends EditPlugin
 	public void stop()
 	{
 		stopExternalInstance();
+
+		Buffer buffer = jEdit.getFirstBuffer();
+		while(buffer != null)
+		{
+			buffer.setProperty(FactorSideKickParser.PARSED_PROPERTY,null);
+			buffer = buffer.getNext();
+		}
 	} //}}}
 	
 	//{{{ getExternalInstance() method
@@ -165,9 +172,9 @@ public class FactorPlugin extends EditPlugin
 	} //}}}
 
 	//{{{ evalInWire() method
-	public static void evalInWire(String cmd) throws IOException
+	public static String evalInWire(String cmd) throws IOException
 	{
-		getExternalInstance().eval(cmd);
+		return getExternalInstance().eval(cmd);
 	} //}}}
 
 	//{{{ lookupWord() method
@@ -275,37 +282,15 @@ public class FactorPlugin extends EditPlugin
 	 * returned; otherwise, only matches from beginning.
 	 */
 	public static Set getCompletions(String word, boolean anywhere)
-	{
-		try
-		{
-			return getCompletions(getExternalInstance().getVocabularies(),word,
-				anywhere);
-		}
-		catch(Exception e)
-		{
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
-		}
-	} //}}}
-	
-	//{{{ getCompletions() method
-	/**
-	 * @param anywhere If true, matches anywhere in the word name are
-	 * returned; otherwise, only matches from beginning.
-	 */
-	public static Set getCompletions(Cons use, String word, boolean anywhere)
 	{
 		try
 		{
 			Set completions = new HashSet();
-	
-			while(use != null)
-			{
-				String vocab = (String)use.car;
-				getExternalInstance().getCompletions(
-					vocab,word,completions,anywhere);
-				use = use.next();
-			}
-
+			getExternalInstance().getCompletions(
+				getExternalInstance().getVocabularies(),
+				word,
+				anywhere,
+				completions);
 			return completions;
 		}
 		catch(Exception e)
@@ -375,7 +360,7 @@ public class FactorPlugin extends EditPlugin
 	} //}}}
 	
 	//{{{ isUsed() method
-	private static boolean isUsed(View view, String vocab)
+	public static boolean isUsed(View view, String vocab)
 	{
 		SideKickParsedData data = SideKickParsedData
 			.getParsedData(view);
diff --git a/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.props b/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.props
index 2a35e84023..7d36660d79 100644
--- a/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.props
+++ b/factor/jedit/FactorPlugin.props
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 plugin.factor.jedit.FactorPlugin.activate=startup
 
 plugin.factor.jedit.FactorPlugin.name=Factor
-plugin.factor.jedit.FactorPlugin.version=0.70
+plugin.factor.jedit.FactorPlugin.version=0.71
 plugin.factor.jedit.FactorPlugin.author=Slava Pestov
 plugin.factor.jedit.FactorPlugin.docs=/doc/jedit/index.html
 
diff --git a/factor/jedit/FactorSideKickParser.java b/factor/jedit/FactorSideKickParser.java
index fe7e19a1d3..cda9819c61 100644
--- a/factor/jedit/FactorSideKickParser.java
+++ b/factor/jedit/FactorSideKickParser.java
@@ -290,8 +290,7 @@ public class FactorSideKickParser extends SideKickParser
 			return null;
 
 		FactorWord[] completions = FactorPlugin.toWordArray(
-			FactorPlugin.getCompletions(
-			data.use,word,false));
+			FactorPlugin.getCompletions(word,false));
 
 		if(completions.length == 0)
 			return null;
diff --git a/factor/jedit/WordListDialog.java b/factor/jedit/WordListDialog.java
index 4b2f0f8967..7846378ce2 100644
--- a/factor/jedit/WordListDialog.java
+++ b/factor/jedit/WordListDialog.java
@@ -31,16 +31,19 @@ package factor.jedit;
 
 import factor.*;
 import javax.swing.border.*;
+import javax.swing.event.*;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.event.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import org.gjt.sp.jedit.gui.EnhancedDialog;
 import org.gjt.sp.jedit.*;
+import org.gjt.sp.util.Log;
 
 public abstract class WordListDialog extends EnhancedDialog
 {
 	protected View view;
 	protected JList list;
+	protected JTextArea preview;
 	protected JButton ok, cancel;
 
 	//{{{ WordListDialog constructor
@@ -55,13 +58,47 @@ public abstract class WordListDialog extends EnhancedDialog
 		content.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(12,12,12,12));
 		setContentPane(content);
 
-		content.add(BorderLayout.CENTER,new JScrollPane(
-			list = new JList()));
+		JScrollPane listScroll = new JScrollPane(
+			list = new JList());
 		list.setCellRenderer(new FactorWordRenderer(parser,true));
+		list.addListSelectionListener(new ListHandler());
+
+		JScrollPane previewScroll = new JScrollPane(
+			preview = new JTextArea(12,60));
+		preview.setEditable(false);
+
+		listScroll.setPreferredSize(previewScroll.getPreferredSize());
+
+		JSplitPane split = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT,
+			listScroll,previewScroll);
+		split.setDividerLocation(0.5);
+		split.setResizeWeight(0.5);
+		content.add(BorderLayout.CENTER,split);
 
 		content.add(BorderLayout.SOUTH,createButtonPanel());
 	} //}}}
 
+	//{{{ updatePreview() method
+	protected void updatePreview()
+	{
+		FactorWord word = (FactorWord)list.getSelectedValue();
+		if(word == null)
+		{
+			preview.setText("");
+			return;
+		}
+
+		try
+		{
+			preview.setText(FactorPlugin.evalInWire(
+				FactorPlugin.factorWord(word) + " see").trim());
+		}
+		catch(Exception e)
+		{
+			Log.log(Log.ERROR,this,e);
+		}
+	} //}}}
+
 	//{{{ createButtonPanel() method
 	private Box createButtonPanel()
 	{
@@ -91,4 +128,13 @@ public abstract class WordListDialog extends EnhancedDialog
 				cancel();
 		}
 	} //}}}
+
+	//{{{ ListHandler class
+	class ListHandler implements ListSelectionListener
+	{
+		public void valueChanged(ListSelectionEvent evt)
+		{
+			updatePreview();
+		}
+	} //}}}
 }
diff --git a/library/tools/jedit-wire.factor b/library/tools/jedit-wire.factor
index 87db36e0ef..f75c1ff8dc 100644
--- a/library/tools/jedit-wire.factor
+++ b/library/tools/jedit-wire.factor
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@ C: jedit-stream ( stream -- stream )
     #! Execute this in the inferior Factor.
     stdio [ <jedit-stream> ] change  print-banner ;
 
-: jedit-lookup ( word vocabs -- )
+: jedit-lookup ( word -- list )
     #! A utility word called by the Factor plugin to get some
     #! required word info.
-    search dup [
+    dup [
         [
             "vocabulary"
             "name"
@@ -107,3 +107,16 @@ C: jedit-stream ( stream -- stream )
             dupd word-property
         ] map nip
     ] when ;
+
+: completions ( str anywhere vocabs -- list )
+    #! Make a list of completions. Each element of the list is
+    #! a name/vocabulary pair.
+    [
+        [
+            >r 2dup r> swap [
+                vocab-apropos
+            ] [
+                vocab-completions
+            ] ifte [ jedit-lookup , ] each
+        ] each
+    ] make-list ;