diff --git a/ffi/cocoa/messages/messages.factor b/ffi/cocoa/messages/messages.factor
index 3426e3d579..75e33a65fe 100644
--- a/ffi/cocoa/messages/messages.factor
+++ b/ffi/cocoa/messages/messages.factor
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ ERROR: no-objc-type name ;
     [ [ 1 + ] dip ] [ nth ] 2bi {
         { [ dup "rnNoORV" member? ] [ drop (parse-objc-type) ] }
         { [ dup char: ^ = ] [ 3drop void* ] }
-        { [ dup char: { = ] [ drop objc-struct-type ] }
-        { [ dup char: [ = ] [ 3drop void* ] }
+        { [ dup char: \{ = ] [ drop objc-struct-type ] }
+        { [ dup char: \[ = ] [ 3drop void* ] }
         [ 2nip decode-type ]
     } cond ;
 
diff --git a/ffi/cocoa/views/views.factor b/ffi/cocoa/views/views.factor
index 6b6b8bd396..dc25ec12c9 100644
--- a/ffi/cocoa/views/views.factor
+++ b/ffi/cocoa/views/views.factor
@@ -47,18 +47,18 @@ CONSTANT: NSOpenGLCPSurfaceOpacity 236 ;
     [ -> alloc ]
     [ [ 0 0 ] dip first2 <CGRect> ]
     [ handle>> ] tri*
-    -> initWithFrame:pixelFormat:
-    dup 1 -> setPostsBoundsChangedNotifications:
-    dup 1 -> setPostsFrameChangedNotifications: ;
+    send\ initWithFrame:pixelFormat:
+    dup 1 send\ setPostsBoundsChangedNotifications:
+    dup 1 send\ setPostsFrameChangedNotifications: ;
 
 : view-dim ( view -- dim )
-    -> bounds
+    send\ bounds
     [ CGRect-w >fixnum ] [ CGRect-h >fixnum ] bi
     2array ;
 
 : mouse-location ( view event -- loc )
     [
-        -> locationInWindow f -> convertPoint:fromView:
+        send\ locationInWindow f send\ convertPoint:fromView:
         [ x>> ] [ y>> ] bi
     ] [ drop -> frame CGRect-h ] 2bi
     swap - [ >integer ] bi@ 2array ;
diff --git a/ffi/cocoa/windows/windows.factor b/ffi/cocoa/windows/windows.factor
index 28e475366c..258b05052d 100644
--- a/ffi/cocoa/windows/windows.factor
+++ b/ffi/cocoa/windows/windows.factor
@@ -22,19 +22,19 @@ CONSTANT: NSBackingStoreNonretained 1 ;
 CONSTANT: NSBackingStoreBuffered    2 ;
 
 : <NSWindow> ( rect style class -- window )
-    [ -> alloc ] curry 2dip NSBackingStoreBuffered 1
-    -> initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer: ;
+    [ send\ alloc ] curry 2dip NSBackingStoreBuffered 1
+    send\ initWithContentRect:styleMask:backing:defer: ;
 
 : class-for-style ( style -- NSWindow/NSPanel )
     0x1ef0 bitand zero? NSWindow NSPanel ? ;
 
 : <ViewWindow> ( view rect style -- window )
-    dup class-for-style <NSWindow> [ swap -> setContentView: ] keep
-    dup dup -> contentView -> setInitialFirstResponder:
-    dup 1 -> setAcceptsMouseMovedEvents:
-    dup 0 -> setReleasedWhenClosed: ;
+    dup class-for-style <NSWindow> [ swap send\ setContentView: ] keep
+    dup dup send\ contentView send\ setInitialFirstResponder:
+    dup 1 send\ setAcceptsMouseMovedEvents:
+    dup 0 send\ setReleasedWhenClosed: ;
 
 : window-content-rect ( window -- rect )
-    dup -> class swap
-    [ -> frame ] [ -> styleMask ] bi
-    -> contentRectForFrameRect:styleMask: ;
+    dup send\ class swap
+    [ send\ frame ] [ send\ styleMask ] bi
+    send\ contentRectForFrameRect:styleMask: ;
diff --git a/modern-transition.factor b/modern-transition.factor
index 1b91946cd9..8fd6971490 100644
--- a/modern-transition.factor
+++ b/modern-transition.factor
@@ -4,13 +4,11 @@
 ! lexable-core-paths [ dup . flush path>literals ] map-zip
 
 "resource:ffi" vocabs-from
-{ "cocoa.dialogs" "opengl.gl.extensions" "python.syntax"
-"windows.com.syntax" "x11.syntax"
-"cocoa.application" "opencl.syntax" "mongodb.tuple" "cuda.syntax" "core-foundation.strings" 
-"cocoa.windows" "cocoa.views" "cocoa.subclassing" 
-"cocoa.nibs" "cocoa.plists" "cocoa" "cocoa.messages"
- "gobject-introspection" "cocoa.apple-script" } diff
-[ dup . flush vocab>literals ] map-zip
+{ "x11.syntax" "windows.com.syntax" "python.syntax" "opengl.gl.extensions"
+ "opencl.syntax" "mongodb.tuple" "cuda.syntax" "core-foundation.strings"
+ "cocoa.subclassing" "cocoa" "cocoa.apple-script" "gobject-introspection" } diff
+[ dup <vocab-link> . flush vocab>literals ] map-zip
+
 
 "resource:language" vocabs-from
 { "constructors" "descriptive" "eval" "functors" "literals"
@@ -24,19 +22,19 @@
 "compiler.cfg.instructions.syntax" "cpu.x86.assembler.syntax"
 "io.encodings.euc" "peg.ebnf" "prettyprint.stylesheet" "slots.syntax"
  } diff
-[ dup . flush vocab>literals ] map-zip
+[ dup <vocab-link> . flush vocab>literals ] map-zip
 
 "resource:frameworks" vocabs-from
 { "ui.theme.switching" "ui.backend.cocoa.views" "ui.backend.cocoa.tools"
 "ui.backend.gtk" "ui.backend.cocoa" "gpu.demos.raytrace" "gpu.demos.bunny"
 "gpu.shaders" "gpu.render" "game.worlds" "ui" "db.postgresql.errors" } diff
-[ dup . flush vocab>literals ] map-zip
+[ dup <vocab-link>  . flush vocab>literals ] map-zip
 
 "resource:demos" vocabs-from
-{  "talks.vpri-talk" "talks.tc-lisp-talk" "talks.minneapolis-talk" "talks.google-tech-talk"
+{ "talks.vpri-talk" "talks.tc-lisp-talk" "talks.minneapolis-talk" "talks.google-tech-talk"
  "talks.galois-talk" "talks.otug-talk" "smalltalk.selectors" "smalltalk.parser"
- "smalltalk.library" "webkit-demo" "bunny.outlined" "project-euler.common" } diff
-[ dup . flush vocab>literals ] map-zip
+ "smalltalk.library" "bunny.outlined" "project-euler.common" } diff
+[ dup <vocab-link>  . flush vocab>literals ] map-zip
 
 in: syntax