diff --git a/basis/help/html/html.factor b/basis/help/html/html.factor
index d880af5b55..f4a8742486 100644
--- a/basis/help/html/html.factor
+++ b/basis/help/html/html.factor
@@ -4,24 +4,26 @@ USING: io.encodings.utf8 io.encodings.ascii io.encodings.binary
 io.files io.files.temp io.directories html.streams help kernel
 assocs sequences make words accessors arrays help.topics vocabs
 tools.vocabs help.vocabs namespaces prettyprint io
-vocabs.loader serialize fry memoize unicode.case math.order
-sorting debugger html xml.syntax xml.writer ;
+vocabs.loader serialize fry memoize ascii unicode.case math.order
+sorting debugger html xml.syntax xml.writer math.parser ;
 IN: help.html
 
 : escape-char ( ch -- )
-    dup H{
-        { CHAR: " "__quo__" }
-        { CHAR: * "__star__" }
-        { CHAR: : "__colon__" }
-        { CHAR: < "__lt__" }
-        { CHAR: > "__gt__" }
-        { CHAR: ? "__que__" }
-        { CHAR: \\ "__back__" }
-        { CHAR: | "__pipe__" }
-        { CHAR: / "__slash__" }
-        { CHAR: , "__comma__" }
-        { CHAR: @ "__at__" }
-    } at [ % ] [ , ] ?if ;
+    dup ascii? [
+        dup H{
+            { CHAR: " "__quo__" }
+            { CHAR: * "__star__" }
+            { CHAR: : "__colon__" }
+            { CHAR: < "__lt__" }
+            { CHAR: > "__gt__" }
+            { CHAR: ? "__que__" }
+            { CHAR: \\ "__back__" }
+            { CHAR: | "__pipe__" }
+            { CHAR: / "__slash__" }
+            { CHAR: , "__comma__" }
+            { CHAR: @ "__at__" }
+        } at [ % ] [ , ] ?if
+    ] [ number>string "__" "__" surround % ] if ;
 
 : escape-filename ( string -- filename )
     [ [ escape-char ] each ] "" make ;
diff --git a/extra/irc/client/internals/internals.factor b/extra/irc/client/internals/internals.factor
index 2081ae4510..5bae054e18 100644
--- a/extra/irc/client/internals/internals.factor
+++ b/extra/irc/client/internals/internals.factor
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ M: sequence chat-put [ chat-put ] with each ;
 
 ! Server message handling
 
-GENERIC: forward-message ( irc-message -- )
-M: irc-message   forward-message +server-chat+ chat-put ;
-M: to-one-chat   forward-message dup chat> chat-put ;
-M: to-all-chats  forward-message chats> chat-put ;
-M: to-many-chats forward-message dup sender>> participant-chats chat-put ;
+GENERIC: message-forwards ( irc-message -- seq )
+M: irc-message   message-forwards drop +server-chat+ ;
+M: to-one-chat   message-forwards chat> ;
+M: to-all-chats  message-forwards drop chats> ;
+M: to-many-chats message-forwards sender>> participant-chats ;
 
 GENERIC: process-message ( irc-message -- )
 M: object process-message drop ; 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ M: irc-message handle-outgoing-irc irc-message>string irc-print t ;
 : handle-reader-message ( irc-message -- ) irc> in-messages>> mailbox-put ;
 
 : (handle-disconnect) ( -- )
-    irc> in-messages>> irc-disconnected swap mailbox-put
+    irc-disconnected irc> in-messages>> mailbox-put
     irc> reconnect-time>> sleep
     (connect-irc)
     (do-login) ;
@@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ M: f      handle-input handle-disconnect ;
 ! Processing loops
 
 : in-multiplexer-loop ( -- ? )
-    irc> in-messages>> mailbox-get
-    [ process-message ] [ forward-message ] [ irc-end? not ] tri ;
+    irc> in-messages>> mailbox-get {
+        [ message-forwards ]
+        [ process-message ]
+        [ swap chat-put ]
+        [ irc-end? not ]
+    } cleave ;
 
 : strings>privmsg ( name string -- privmsg )
     " :" prepend append "PRIVMSG " prepend string>irc-message ;
diff --git a/extra/irc/logbot/authors.txt b/extra/irc/logbot/authors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4a8cb1dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/irc/logbot/authors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bruno Deferrari
diff --git a/extra/irc/logbot/log-line/authors.txt b/extra/irc/logbot/log-line/authors.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f4a8cb1dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/irc/logbot/log-line/authors.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bruno Deferrari
diff --git a/extra/irc/logbot/log-line/log-line.factor b/extra/irc/logbot/log-line/log-line.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b3af41ad3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/irc/logbot/log-line/log-line.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+! Copyright (C) 2009 Bruno Deferrari.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: accessors irc.messages irc.messages.base kernel make ;
+EXCLUDE: sequences => join ;
+IN: irc.logbot.log-line
+
+: dot-or-parens ( string -- string )
+    [ "." ] [ " (" prepend ")." append ] if-empty ;
+
+GENERIC: >log-line ( object -- line )
+
+M: irc-message >log-line line>> ;
+
+M: privmsg >log-line
+    [ "<" % dup sender>> % "> " % text>> % ] "" make ;
+
+M: join >log-line
+    [ "* " % sender>> % " has joined the channel." % ] "" make ;
+
+M: part >log-line
+    [ "* " % dup sender>> % " has left the channel" %
+      comment>> dot-or-parens % ] "" make ;
+
+M: quit >log-line
+    [ "* " % dup sender>> % " has quit" %
+      comment>> dot-or-parens % ] "" make ;
+
+M: kick >log-line
+    [ "* " % dup sender>> % " has kicked " % dup user>> %
+      " from the channel" % comment>> dot-or-parens % ] "" make ;
+
+M: participant-mode >log-line
+    [ "* " % dup sender>> % " has set mode " % dup mode>> %
+      " to " % parameter>> % ] "" make ;
+
+M: nick >log-line
+    [ "* " % dup sender>> % " is now known as " % nickname>> % ] "" make ;
diff --git a/extra/irc/logbot/log-line/summary.txt b/extra/irc/logbot/log-line/summary.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96ab2bf7a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/irc/logbot/log-line/summary.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+IRC message formatting for logs
diff --git a/extra/irc/logbot/logbot.factor b/extra/irc/logbot/logbot.factor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a389304b14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/irc/logbot/logbot.factor
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+! Copyright (C) 2009 Bruno Deferrari.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: accessors calendar calendar.format destructors fry io io.encodings.8-bit
+io.files io.pathnames irc.client irc.client.chats irc.messages
+irc.messages.base kernel make namespaces sequences threads
+irc.logbot.log-line ;
+IN: irc.logbot
+
+CONSTANT: bot-channel "#concatenative"
+CONSTANT: log-directory "/tmp/logs"
+
+SYMBOL: current-day
+SYMBOL: current-stream
+
+: bot-profile ( -- obj )
+    "irc.freenode.org" 6667 "flogger" f <irc-profile> ;
+
+: add-timestamp ( string timestamp -- string )
+    timestamp>hms "[" prepend "] " append prepend ;
+
+: timestamp-path ( timestamp -- path )
+    timestamp>ymd ".log" append log-directory prepend-path ;
+
+: timestamp>stream ( timestamp  -- stream )
+    dup day-of-year current-day get = [
+        drop
+    ] [
+        current-stream get [ dispose ] when*
+        [ day-of-year current-day set ]
+        [ timestamp-path latin1 <file-writer> ] bi
+        current-stream set
+    ] if current-stream get ;
+
+: log-message ( string timestamp -- )
+    [ add-timestamp ] [ timestamp>stream ] bi
+    [ stream-print ] [ stream-flush ] bi ;
+
+GENERIC: handle-message ( msg -- )
+
+M: object      handle-message drop ;
+M: irc-message handle-message [ >log-line ] [ timestamp>> ] bi log-message ;
+
+: bot-loop ( chat -- ) dup hear handle-message bot-loop ;
+
+: start-bot ( -- )
+    bot-profile <irc-client>
+    [ connect-irc ]
+    [
+        [ bot-channel <irc-channel-chat> ] dip
+        '[ _ [ _ attach-chat ] [ bot-loop ] bi ]
+        "LogBot" spawn drop
+    ] bi ;
+
+: logbot ( -- ) start-bot ;
+
+MAIN: logbot
diff --git a/extra/irc/logbot/summary.txt b/extra/irc/logbot/summary.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e49fcb240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/irc/logbot/summary.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+An IRC logging bot
diff --git a/extra/irc/messages/messages.factor b/extra/irc/messages/messages.factor
index 2ea476e1b4..a6bf02f8a7 100755
--- a/extra/irc/messages/messages.factor
+++ b/extra/irc/messages/messages.factor
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ IN: irc.messages
 
 ! connection
 IRC: pass        "PASS"    password ;
-IRC: nick        "NICK"    nickname ;
+IRC: nick        "NICK"    : nickname ;
 IRC: user        "USER"    user mode _ : realname ;
 IRC: oper        "OPER"    name password ;
 IRC: mode        "MODE"    name mode parameter ;
diff --git a/misc/fuel/fuel-font-lock.el b/misc/fuel/fuel-font-lock.el
index bc1bb900ce..aa7d25ebbd 100644
--- a/misc/fuel/fuel-font-lock.el
+++ b/misc/fuel/fuel-font-lock.el
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
   (declaration keyword "declaration words")
   (ebnf-form constant "EBNF: ... ;EBNF form")
   (parsing-word keyword  "parsing words")
+  (postpone-body comment "postponed form")
   (setter-word function-name "setter words (>>foo)")
   (getter-word function-name "getter words (foo>>)")
   (stack-effect comment "stack effect specifications")
@@ -76,20 +77,19 @@
 (defun fuel-font-lock--syntactic-face (state)
   (if (nth 3 state) 'factor-font-lock-string
     (let ((c (char-after (nth 8 state))))
-      (cond ((or (char-equal c ?\ )
-                 (char-equal c ?\n)
-                 (char-equal c ?E))
+      (cond ((memq c '(?\  ?\n ?E ?P))
              (save-excursion
                (goto-char (nth 8 state))
                (beginning-of-line)
-               (cond ((looking-at-p "USING: ")
+               (cond ((looking-at "E") 'factor-font-lock-ebnf-form)
+                     ((looking-at "P") 'factor-font-lock-postpone-body)
+                     ((looking-at-p "USING: ")
                       'factor-font-lock-vocabulary-name)
-                     ((looking-at-p "\\(TUPLE\\|SYMBOLS\\|VARS\\|SINGLETONS\\):")
+                     ((looking-at-p
+                       "\\(TUPLE\\|SYMBOLS\\|VARS\\|SINGLETONS\\):")
                       'factor-font-lock-symbol)
                      ((looking-at-p "C-ENUM:\\( \\|\n\\)")
                       'factor-font-lock-constant)
-                     ((looking-at-p "E")
-                      'factor-font-lock-ebnf-form)
                      (t 'default))))
             ((or (char-equal c ?U) (char-equal c ?C))
              'factor-font-lock-parsing-word)
@@ -102,9 +102,10 @@
     (,fuel-syntax--alien-function-regex (1 'factor-font-lock-type-name)
                                         (2 'factor-font-lock-word))
     (,fuel-syntax--vocab-ref-regexp  2 'factor-font-lock-vocabulary-name)
-    (,fuel-syntax--constructor-decl-regex (1 'factor-font-lock-word)
-                                          (2 'factor-font-lock-type-name)
-                                          (3 'factor-font-lock-invalid-syntax nil t))
+    (,fuel-syntax--constructor-decl-regex
+     (1 'factor-font-lock-word)
+     (2 'factor-font-lock-type-name)
+     (3 'factor-font-lock-invalid-syntax nil t))
     (,fuel-syntax--typedef-regex (1 'factor-font-lock-type-name)
                                  (2 'factor-font-lock-type-name)
                                  (3 'factor-font-lock-invalid-syntax nil t))
diff --git a/misc/fuel/fuel-syntax.el b/misc/fuel/fuel-syntax.el
index 1c88989366..6b646511ca 100644
--- a/misc/fuel/fuel-syntax.el
+++ b/misc/fuel/fuel-syntax.el
@@ -247,12 +247,14 @@
     ;; Strings and chars
     ("CHAR: \\(\"\\) [^\\\"]*?\\(\"\\)\\([^\\\"]\\|\\\\.\\)*?\\(\"\\)"
      (1 "w") (2 "\"") (4 "\""))
-    ("\\(CHAR:\\|POSTPONE:\\|\\\\\\) \\(.\\)\\( \\|$\\)" (2 "w"))
+    ("\\(CHAR:\\|\\\\\\) \\(.\\)\\( \\|$\\)" (2 "w"))
     ("\\( \\|^\\)\\(DLL\\|P\\|SBUF\\)\\(\"\\)\\([^\n\r\f\\\"]\\|\\\\.\\)*?\\(\"\\)"
      (3 "\"") (5 "\""))
     ("\\_<\\(\"\\)\\([^\n\r\f\\\"]\\|\\\\.\\)*?\\(\"\\)" (1 "\"") (3 "\""))
     ("\\_<<\\(\"\\)\\_>" (1 "<b"))
     ("\\_<\\(\"\\)>\\_>" (1 ">b"))
+    ;; postpone
+    ("\\_<POSTPONE:\\( \\).*\\(\n\\)" (1 "<b") (2 ">b"))
     ;; Multiline constructs
     ("\\_<\\(E\\)BNF:\\( \\|\n\\)" (1 "<b"))
     ("\\_<;EBN\\(F\\)\\_>" (1 ">b"))