Merge branch 'helmutexp' into robhelmut
[uzbl-mobile] / uzbl.c
diff --git a/uzbl.c b/uzbl.c
index 6b6f7ac..fc8754f 100644 (file)
--- a/uzbl.c
+++ b/uzbl.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 
 #define LENGTH(x) (sizeof x / sizeof x[0])
-#define MAX_BINDINGS 256
 #define _POSIX_SOURCE
 
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <signal.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <poll.h>
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <assert.h>
 #include "uzbl.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
 Uzbl uzbl;
 
 /* commandline arguments (set initial values for the state variables) */
-const 
+const
 GOptionEntry entries[] =
 {
-    { "uri",     'u', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &uzbl.state.uri,
-        "Uri to load at startup (equivalent to 'set uri = URI')", "URI" },
-    { "verbose", 'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,   &uzbl.state.verbose,
+    { "uri",      'u', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &uzbl.state.uri,
+        "Uri to load at startup (equivalent to 'uzbl <uri>' or 'set uri = URI' after uzbl has launched)", "URI" },
+    { "verbose",  'v', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE,   &uzbl.state.verbose,
         "Whether to print all messages or just errors.", NULL },
-    { "name",    'n', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &uzbl.state.instance_name,
+    { "name",     'n', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &uzbl.state.instance_name,
         "Name of the current instance (defaults to Xorg window id)", "NAME" },
-    { "config",  'c', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &uzbl.state.config_file,
-        "Config file (this is pretty much equivalent to uzbl < FILE )", "FILE" },
-    { "socket",  's', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &uzbl.state.socket_id,
+    { "config",   'c', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &uzbl.state.config_file,
+        "Path to config file or '-' for stdin", "FILE" },
+    { "socket",   's', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &uzbl.state.socket_id,
         "Socket ID", "SOCKET" },
+    { "geometry", 'g', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &uzbl.gui.geometry,
+        "Set window geometry (format: WIDTHxHEIGHT+-X+-Y)", "GEOMETRY" },
     { "version",  'V', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &uzbl.behave.print_version,
         "Print the version and exit", NULL },
     { NULL,      0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL }
 };
 
+enum ptr_type {TYPE_INT, TYPE_STR, TYPE_FLOAT};
+
 /* associate command names to their properties */
-typedef const struct {
+typedef struct {
     /* TODO: Make this ambiguous void **ptr into a union { char *char_p; int *int_p; float *float_p; } val;
              the PTR() macro is kind of preventing this change at the moment. */
-    void **ptr;
-    int type;
+    enum ptr_type type;
+    union {
+        int *i;
+        float *f;
+        gchar **s;
+    } ptr;
     int dump;
-    void (*func)(void);
+    int writeable;
+    /*@null@*/ void (*func)(void);
 } uzbl_cmdprop;
 
-enum {TYPE_INT, TYPE_STR, TYPE_FLOAT};
-
-/* an abbreviation to help keep the table's width humane */
-#define PTR(var, t, d, fun) { .ptr = (void*)&(var), .type = TYPE_##t, .dump = d, .func = fun }
+/* abbreviations to help keep the table's width humane */
+#define PTR_V_STR(var, d, fun) { .ptr.s = &(var), .type = TYPE_STR, .dump = d, .writeable = 1, .func = fun }
+#define PTR_V_INT(var, d, fun) { .ptr.i = (int*)&(var), .type = TYPE_INT, .dump = d, .writeable = 1, .func = fun }
+#define PTR_V_FLOAT(var, d, fun) { .ptr.f = &(var), .type = TYPE_FLOAT, .dump = d, .writeable = 1, .func = fun }
+#define PTR_C_STR(var,    fun) { .ptr.s = &(var), .type = TYPE_STR, .dump = 0, .writeable = 0, .func = fun }
+#define PTR_C_INT(var,    fun) { .ptr.i = (int*)&(var), .type = TYPE_INT, .dump = 0, .writeable = 0, .func = fun }
+#define PTR_C_FLOAT(var,  fun) { .ptr.f = &(var), .type = TYPE_FLOAT, .dump = 0, .writeable = 0, .func = fun }
 
-const struct {
-    char *name;
+const struct var_name_to_ptr_t {
+    const char *name;
     uzbl_cmdprop cp;
 } var_name_to_ptr[] = {
-/*    variable name         pointer to variable in code          type  dump callback function    */
-/*  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-    { "uri",                 PTR(uzbl.state.uri,                  STR,  1,   cmd_load_uri)},
-    { "verbose",             PTR(uzbl.state.verbose,              INT,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "mode",                PTR(uzbl.behave.mode,                INT,  0,   NULL)},
-    { "inject_html",         PTR(uzbl.behave.inject_html,         STR,  0,   cmd_inject_html)},
-    { "base_url",            PTR(uzbl.behave.base_url,            STR,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "html_endmarker",      PTR(uzbl.behave.html_endmarker,      STR,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "html_mode_timeout",   PTR(uzbl.behave.html_timeout,        INT,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "status_message",      PTR(uzbl.gui.sbar.msg,               STR,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "show_status",         PTR(uzbl.behave.show_status,         INT,  1,   cmd_set_status)},
-    { "status_top",          PTR(uzbl.behave.status_top,          INT,  1,   move_statusbar)},
-    { "status_format",       PTR(uzbl.behave.status_format,       STR,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "status_pbar_done",    PTR(uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_s,        STR,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "status_pbar_pending", PTR(uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_u,        STR,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "status_pbar_width",   PTR(uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_w,        INT,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "status_background",   PTR(uzbl.behave.status_background,   STR,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "insert_indicator",    PTR(uzbl.behave.insert_indicator,    STR,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "command_indicator",   PTR(uzbl.behave.cmd_indicator,       STR,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "title_format_long",   PTR(uzbl.behave.title_format_long,   STR,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "title_format_short",  PTR(uzbl.behave.title_format_short,  STR,  1,   update_title)},
-    { "icon",                PTR(uzbl.gui.icon,                   STR,  1,   set_icon)},
-    { "insert_mode",         PTR(uzbl.behave.insert_mode,         INT,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "always_insert_mode",  PTR(uzbl.behave.always_insert_mode,  INT,  1,   cmd_always_insert_mode)},
-    { "reset_command_mode",  PTR(uzbl.behave.reset_command_mode,  INT,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "modkey",              PTR(uzbl.behave.modkey,              STR,  1,   cmd_modkey)},
-    { "load_finish_handler", PTR(uzbl.behave.load_finish_handler, STR,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "load_start_handler",  PTR(uzbl.behave.load_start_handler,  STR,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "load_commit_handler", PTR(uzbl.behave.load_commit_handler, STR,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "history_handler",     PTR(uzbl.behave.history_handler,     STR,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "download_handler",    PTR(uzbl.behave.download_handler,    STR,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "cookie_handler",      PTR(uzbl.behave.cookie_handler,      STR,  1,   cmd_cookie_handler)},
-    { "new_window",          PTR(uzbl.behave.new_window,          STR,  1,   cmd_new_window)},
-    { "fifo_dir",            PTR(uzbl.behave.fifo_dir,            STR,  1,   cmd_fifo_dir)},
-    { "socket_dir",          PTR(uzbl.behave.socket_dir,          STR,  1,   cmd_socket_dir)},
-    { "http_debug",          PTR(uzbl.behave.http_debug,          INT,  1,   cmd_http_debug)},
-    { "shell_cmd",           PTR(uzbl.behave.shell_cmd,           STR,  1,   NULL)},
-    { "proxy_url",           PTR(uzbl.net.proxy_url,              STR,  1,   set_proxy_url)},
-    { "max_conns",           PTR(uzbl.net.max_conns,              INT,  1,   cmd_max_conns)},
-    { "max_conns_host",      PTR(uzbl.net.max_conns_host,         INT,  1,   cmd_max_conns_host)},
-    { "useragent",           PTR(uzbl.net.useragent,              STR,  1,   cmd_useragent)},
+/*    variable name            pointer to variable in code                     dump callback function    */
+/*  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+    { "uri",                    PTR_V_STR(uzbl.state.uri,                       1,   cmd_load_uri)},
+    { "verbose",                PTR_V_INT(uzbl.state.verbose,                   1,   NULL)},
+    { "mode",                   PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.mode,                     0,   NULL)},
+    { "inject_html",            PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.inject_html,              0,   cmd_inject_html)},
+    { "base_url",               PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.base_url,                 1,   NULL)},
+    { "html_endmarker",         PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.html_endmarker,           1,   NULL)},
+    { "html_mode_timeout",      PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.html_timeout,             1,   NULL)},
+    { "keycmd",                 PTR_V_STR(uzbl.state.keycmd,                    1,   set_keycmd)},
+    { "status_message",         PTR_V_STR(uzbl.gui.sbar.msg,                    1,   update_title)},
+    { "show_status",            PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.show_status,              1,   cmd_set_status)},
+    { "status_top",             PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.status_top,               1,   move_statusbar)},
+    { "status_format",          PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.status_format,            1,   update_title)},
+    { "status_pbar_done",       PTR_V_STR(uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_s,             1,   update_title)},
+    { "status_pbar_pending",    PTR_V_STR(uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_u,             1,   update_title)},
+    { "status_pbar_width",      PTR_V_INT(uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_w,             1,   update_title)},
+    { "status_background",      PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.status_background,        1,   update_title)},
+    { "insert_indicator",       PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.insert_indicator,         1,   update_indicator)},
+    { "command_indicator",      PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.cmd_indicator,            1,   update_indicator)},
+    { "title_format_long",      PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.title_format_long,        1,   update_title)},
+    { "title_format_short",     PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.title_format_short,       1,   update_title)},
+    { "icon",                   PTR_V_STR(uzbl.gui.icon,                        1,   set_icon)},
+    { "insert_mode",            PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.insert_mode,              1,   set_mode_indicator)},
+    { "always_insert_mode",     PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.always_insert_mode,       1,   cmd_always_insert_mode)},
+    { "reset_command_mode",     PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.reset_command_mode,       1,   NULL)},
+    { "modkey",                 PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.modkey,                   1,   cmd_modkey)},
+    { "load_finish_handler",    PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.load_finish_handler,      1,   NULL)},
+    { "load_start_handler",     PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.load_start_handler,       1,   NULL)},
+    { "load_commit_handler",    PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.load_commit_handler,      1,   NULL)},
+    { "history_handler",        PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.history_handler,          1,   NULL)},
+    { "download_handler",       PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.download_handler,         1,   NULL)},
+    { "cookie_handler",         PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.cookie_handler,           1,   cmd_cookie_handler)},
+    { "new_window",             PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.new_window,               1,   cmd_new_window)},
+    { "fifo_dir",               PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.fifo_dir,                 1,   cmd_fifo_dir)},
+    { "socket_dir",             PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.socket_dir,               1,   cmd_socket_dir)},
+    { "http_debug",             PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.http_debug,               1,   cmd_http_debug)},
+    { "shell_cmd",              PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.shell_cmd,                1,   NULL)},
+    { "proxy_url",              PTR_V_STR(uzbl.net.proxy_url,                   1,   set_proxy_url)},
+    { "max_conns",              PTR_V_INT(uzbl.net.max_conns,                   1,   cmd_max_conns)},
+    { "max_conns_host",         PTR_V_INT(uzbl.net.max_conns_host,              1,   cmd_max_conns_host)},
+    { "useragent",              PTR_V_STR(uzbl.net.useragent,                   1,   cmd_useragent)},
+
     /* exported WebKitWebSettings properties */
-    { "zoom_level",          PTR(uzbl.behave.zoom_level,          FLOAT,1,   cmd_zoom_level)},
-    { "font_size",           PTR(uzbl.behave.font_size,           INT,  1,   cmd_font_size)},
-    { "monospace_size",      PTR(uzbl.behave.monospace_size,      INT,  1,   cmd_font_size)},
-    { "minimum_font_size",   PTR(uzbl.behave.minimum_font_size,   INT,  1,   cmd_minimum_font_size)},
-    { "disable_plugins",     PTR(uzbl.behave.disable_plugins,     INT,  1,   cmd_disable_plugins)},
-    { "disable_scripts",     PTR(uzbl.behave.disable_scripts,     INT,  1,   cmd_disable_scripts)},
-    { "autoload_images",     PTR(uzbl.behave.autoload_img,        INT,  1,   cmd_autoload_img)},
-    { "autoshrink_images",   PTR(uzbl.behave.autoshrink_img,      INT,  1,   cmd_autoshrink_img)},
-    { "enable_spellcheck",   PTR(uzbl.behave.enable_spellcheck,   INT,  1,   cmd_enable_spellcheck)},
-    { "enable_private",      PTR(uzbl.behave.enable_private,      INT,  1,   cmd_enable_private)},
-    { "print_backgrounds",   PTR(uzbl.behave.print_bg,            INT,  1,   cmd_print_bg)},
-    { "stylesheet_uri",      PTR(uzbl.behave.style_uri,           STR,  1,   cmd_style_uri)},
-    { "resizable_text_areas",PTR(uzbl.behave.resizable_txt,       INT,  1,   cmd_resizable_txt)},
-    { "default_encoding",    PTR(uzbl.behave.default_encoding,    STR,  1,   cmd_default_encoding)},
-    { "enforce_96_dpi",      PTR(uzbl.behave.enforce_96dpi,       INT,  1,   cmd_enforce_96dpi)},
-    { "caret_browsing",      PTR(uzbl.behave.caret_browsing,      INT,  1,   cmd_caret_browsing)},
-
-    { NULL,                  {.ptr = NULL, .type = TYPE_INT, .dump = 0, .func = NULL}}
-}, *n2v_p = var_name_to_ptr;
+    { "zoom_level",             PTR_V_FLOAT(uzbl.behave.zoom_level,             1,   cmd_zoom_level)},
+    { "font_size",              PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.font_size,                1,   cmd_font_size)},
+    { "default_font_family",    PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.default_font_family,      1,   cmd_default_font_family)},
+    { "monospace_font_family",  PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.monospace_font_family,    1,   cmd_monospace_font_family)},
+    { "cursive_font_family",    PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.cursive_font_family,      1,   cmd_cursive_font_family)},
+    { "sans_serif_font_family", PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.sans_serif_font_family,   1,   cmd_sans_serif_font_family)},
+    { "serif_font_family",      PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.serif_font_family,        1,   cmd_serif_font_family)},
+    { "fantasy_font_family",    PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.fantasy_font_family,      1,   cmd_fantasy_font_family)},
+    { "monospace_size",         PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.monospace_size,           1,   cmd_font_size)},
+    { "minimum_font_size",      PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.minimum_font_size,        1,   cmd_minimum_font_size)},
+    { "disable_plugins",        PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.disable_plugins,          1,   cmd_disable_plugins)},
+    { "disable_scripts",        PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.disable_scripts,          1,   cmd_disable_scripts)},
+    { "autoload_images",        PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.autoload_img,             1,   cmd_autoload_img)},
+    { "autoshrink_images",      PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.autoshrink_img,           1,   cmd_autoshrink_img)},
+    { "enable_spellcheck",      PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.enable_spellcheck,        1,   cmd_enable_spellcheck)},
+    { "enable_private",         PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.enable_private,           1,   cmd_enable_private)},
+    { "print_backgrounds",      PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.print_bg,                 1,   cmd_print_bg)},
+    { "stylesheet_uri",         PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.style_uri,                1,   cmd_style_uri)},
+    { "resizable_text_areas",   PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.resizable_txt,            1,   cmd_resizable_txt)},
+    { "default_encoding",       PTR_V_STR(uzbl.behave.default_encoding,         1,   cmd_default_encoding)},
+    { "enforce_96_dpi",         PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.enforce_96dpi,            1,   cmd_enforce_96dpi)},
+    { "caret_browsing",         PTR_V_INT(uzbl.behave.caret_browsing,           1,   cmd_caret_browsing)},
+
+  /* constants (not dumpable or writeable) */
+    { "WEBKIT_MAJOR",           PTR_C_INT(uzbl.info.webkit_major,                    NULL)},
+    { "WEBKIT_MINOR",           PTR_C_INT(uzbl.info.webkit_minor,                    NULL)},
+    { "WEBKIT_MICRO",           PTR_C_INT(uzbl.info.webkit_micro,                    NULL)},
+    { "ARCH_UZBL",              PTR_C_STR(uzbl.info.arch,                            NULL)},
+    { "COMMIT",                 PTR_C_STR(uzbl.info.commit,                          NULL)},
+    { "LOAD_PROGRESS",          PTR_C_INT(uzbl.gui.sbar.load_progress,               NULL)},
+    { "LOAD_PROGRESSBAR",       PTR_C_STR(uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_bar,                NULL)},
+    { "TITLE",                  PTR_C_STR(uzbl.gui.main_title,                       NULL)},
+    { "SELECTED_URI",           PTR_C_STR(uzbl.state.selected_url,                   NULL)},
+    { "MODE",                   PTR_C_STR(uzbl.gui.sbar.mode_indicator,              NULL)},
+    { "NAME",                   PTR_C_STR(uzbl.state.instance_name,                  NULL)},
+
+    { NULL,                     {.ptr.s = NULL, .type = TYPE_INT, .dump = 0, .writeable = 0, .func = NULL}}
+};
+
 
 const struct {
-    char *key;
+    /*@null@*/ char *key;
     guint mask;
 } modkeys[] = {
     { "SHIFT",   GDK_SHIFT_MASK   }, // shift
@@ -186,6 +224,7 @@ const struct {
 /* construct a hash from the var_name_to_ptr array for quick access */
 void
 make_var_to_name_hash() {
+    const struct var_name_to_ptr_t *n2v_p = var_name_to_ptr;
     uzbl.comm.proto_var = g_hash_table_new(g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
     while(n2v_p->name) {
         g_hash_table_insert(uzbl.comm.proto_var, n2v_p->name, (gpointer) &n2v_p->cp);
@@ -194,9 +233,9 @@ make_var_to_name_hash() {
 }
 
 /* --- UTILITY FUNCTIONS --- */
-enum {EXP_ERR, EXP_SIMPLE_VAR, EXP_BRACED_VAR, EXP_EXPR, EXP_JS};
-guint
-get_exp_type(gchar *s) {
+enum exp_type {EXP_ERR, EXP_SIMPLE_VAR, EXP_BRACED_VAR, EXP_EXPR, EXP_JS, EXP_ESCAPE};
+enum exp_type
+get_exp_type(const gchar *s) {
     /* variables */
     if(*(s+1) == '(')
         return EXP_EXPR;
@@ -204,9 +243,12 @@ get_exp_type(gchar *s) {
         return EXP_BRACED_VAR;
     else if(*(s+1) == '<')
         return EXP_JS;
+    else if(*(s+1) == '[')
+        return EXP_ESCAPE;
     else
         return EXP_SIMPLE_VAR;
 
+    /*@notreached@*/
 return EXP_ERR;
 }
 
@@ -215,14 +257,12 @@ return EXP_ERR;
  * recurse == 2: don't expand '@<java script>@'
  */
 gchar *
-expand(char *s, guint recurse) {
+expand(const char *s, guint recurse) {
     uzbl_cmdprop *c;
-    guint etype;
-    char upto = ' ';
+    enum exp_type etype;
     char *end_simple_var = "^°!\"§$%&/()=?'`'+~*'#-.:,;@<>| \\{}[]¹²³¼½";
-    char str_end[2];
-    char ret[4096];
-    char *vend;
+    char *ret = NULL;
+    char *vend = NULL;
     GError *err = NULL;
     gchar *cmd_stdout = NULL;
     gchar *mycmd = NULL;
@@ -242,54 +282,47 @@ expand(char *s, guint recurse) {
 
                 switch(etype) {
                     case EXP_SIMPLE_VAR:
-                        if( (vend = strpbrk(s, end_simple_var)) ||
-                            (vend = strchr(s, '\0')) ) {
-                            strncpy(ret, s, vend-s);
-                            ret[vend-s] = '\0';
-                        }
+                        vend = strpbrk(s, end_simple_var);
+                        if(!vend) vend = strchr(s, '\0');
                         break;
                     case EXP_BRACED_VAR:
-                        s++; upto = '}';
-                        if( (vend = strchr(s, upto)) ||
-                            (vend = strchr(s, '\0')) ) {
-                            strncpy(ret, s, vend-s);
-                            ret[vend-s] = '\0';
-                        }
+                        s++;
+                        vend = strchr(s, '}');
+                        if(!vend) vend = strchr(s, '\0');
                         break;
                     case EXP_EXPR:
                         s++;
-                        strcpy(str_end, ")@");
-                        str_end[2] = '\0';
-                        if( (vend = strstr(s, str_end)) ||
-                            (vend = strchr(s, '\0')) ) {
-                            strncpy(ret, s, vend-s);
-                            ret[vend-s] = '\0';
-                        }
+                        vend = strstr(s, ")@");
+                        if(!vend) vend = strchr(s, '\0');
                         break;
                     case EXP_JS:
                         s++;
-                        strcpy(str_end, ">@");
-                        str_end[2] = '\0';
-                        if( (vend = strstr(s, str_end)) ||
-                            (vend = strchr(s, '\0')) ) {
-                            strncpy(ret, s, vend-s);
-                            ret[vend-s] = '\0';
-                        }
+                        vend = strstr(s, ">@");
+                        if(!vend) vend = strchr(s, '\0');
+                        break;
+                    case EXP_ESCAPE:
+                        s++;
+                        vend = strstr(s, "]@");
+                        if(!vend) vend = strchr(s, '\0');
                         break;
                 }
+                assert(vend);
+
+                ret = g_strndup(s, vend-s);
 
                 if(etype == EXP_SIMPLE_VAR ||
                    etype == EXP_BRACED_VAR) {
                     if( (c = g_hash_table_lookup(uzbl.comm.proto_var, ret)) ) {
-                        if(c->type == TYPE_STR)
-                            g_string_append(buf, (gchar *)*c->ptr);
-                        else if(c->type == TYPE_INT) {
-                            g_string_append_printf(buf, "%d", (int)*c->ptr);
+                        if(c->type == TYPE_STR && *c->ptr.s != NULL) {
+                            g_string_append(buf, (gchar *)*c->ptr.s);
+                        } else if(c->type == TYPE_INT) {
+                            g_string_append_printf(buf, "%d", *c->ptr.i);
                         }
                         else if(c->type == TYPE_FLOAT) {
-                            g_string_append_printf(buf, "%f", *(float *)c->ptr);
+                            g_string_append_printf(buf, "%f", *c->ptr.f);
                         }
                     }
+
                     if(etype == EXP_SIMPLE_VAR)
                         s = vend;
                     else
@@ -306,6 +339,11 @@ expand(char *s, guint recurse) {
                         g_error_free (err);
                     }
                     else if (*cmd_stdout) {
+                        size_t len = strlen(cmd_stdout);
+
+                        if(len > 0 && cmd_stdout[len-1] == '\n')
+                            cmd_stdout[--len] = '\0'; /* strip trailing newline */
+
                         g_string_append(buf, cmd_stdout);
                         g_free(cmd_stdout);
                     }
@@ -324,6 +362,19 @@ expand(char *s, guint recurse) {
                     }
                     s = vend+2;
                 }
+                else if(etype == EXP_ESCAPE) {
+                    mycmd = expand(ret, 0);
+                    char *escaped = g_markup_escape_text(mycmd, strlen(mycmd));
+
+                    g_string_append(buf, escaped);
+
+                    g_free(escaped);
+                    g_free(mycmd);
+                    s = vend+2;
+                }
+
+                g_free(ret);
+                ret = NULL;
                 break;
 
             default:
@@ -363,7 +414,7 @@ str_replace (const char* search, const char* replace, const char* string) {
 }
 
 GArray*
-read_file_by_line (gchar *path) {
+read_file_by_line (const gchar *path) {
     GIOChannel *chan = NULL;
     gchar *readbuf = NULL;
     gsize len;
@@ -388,7 +439,7 @@ read_file_by_line (gchar *path) {
     return lines;
 }
 
-gchar* 
+gchar*
 parseenv (char* string) {
     extern char** environ;
     gchar* tmpstr = NULL;
@@ -436,10 +487,9 @@ clean_up(void) {
         unlink (uzbl.comm.socket_path);
 
     g_free(uzbl.state.executable_path);
-    g_string_free(uzbl.state.keycmd, TRUE);
+    g_free(uzbl.state.keycmd);
     g_hash_table_destroy(uzbl.bindings);
     g_hash_table_destroy(uzbl.behave.commands);
-    g_scanner_destroy(uzbl.scan);
 }
 
 /* used for html_mode_timeout
@@ -513,7 +563,7 @@ mime_policy_cb(WebKitWebView *web_view, WebKitWebFrame *frame, WebKitNetworkRequ
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-WebKitWebView*
+/*@null@*/ WebKitWebView*
 create_web_view_cb (WebKitWebView  *web_view, WebKitWebFrame *frame, gpointer user_data) {
     (void) web_view;
     (void) frame;
@@ -592,6 +642,20 @@ scroll_horz(WebKitWebView* page, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
 }
 
 void
+cmd_set_geometry() {
+    if(!gtk_window_parse_geometry(GTK_WINDOW(uzbl.gui.main_window), uzbl.gui.geometry)) {
+        if(uzbl.state.verbose)
+            printf("Error in geometry string: %s\n", uzbl.gui.geometry);
+    }
+    /* update geometry var with the actual geometry
+       this is necessary as some WMs don't seem to honour
+       the above setting and we don't want to end up with
+       wrong geometry information
+    */
+    retrieve_geometry();
+}
+
+void
 cmd_set_status() {
     if (!uzbl.behave.show_status) {
         gtk_widget_hide(uzbl.gui.mainbar);
@@ -606,7 +670,7 @@ toggle_zoom_type (WebKitWebView* page, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
     (void)page;
     (void)argv;
     (void)result;
+
     webkit_web_view_set_full_content_zoom (page, !webkit_web_view_get_full_content_zoom (page));
 }
 
@@ -655,6 +719,10 @@ progress_change_cb (WebKitWebView* page, gint progress, gpointer data) {
     (void) page;
     (void) data;
     uzbl.gui.sbar.load_progress = progress;
+
+    g_free(uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_bar);
+    uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_bar = build_progressbar_ascii(uzbl.gui.sbar.load_progress);
+
     update_title();
 }
 
@@ -667,13 +735,18 @@ load_finish_cb (WebKitWebView* page, WebKitWebFrame* frame, gpointer data) {
         run_handler(uzbl.behave.load_finish_handler, "");
 }
 
+void clear_keycmd() {
+  g_free(uzbl.state.keycmd);
+  uzbl.state.keycmd = g_strdup("");
+}
+
 void
 load_start_cb (WebKitWebView* page, WebKitWebFrame* frame, gpointer data) {
     (void) page;
     (void) frame;
     (void) data;
     uzbl.gui.sbar.load_progress = 0;
-    g_string_truncate(uzbl.state.keycmd, 0); // don't need old commands to remain on new page?
+    clear_keycmd(); // don't need old commands to remain on new page?
     if (uzbl.behave.load_start_handler)
         run_handler(uzbl.behave.load_start_handler, "");
 }
@@ -686,7 +759,7 @@ load_commit_cb (WebKitWebView* page, WebKitWebFrame* frame, gpointer data) {
     GString* newuri = g_string_new (webkit_web_frame_get_uri (frame));
     uzbl.state.uri = g_string_free (newuri, FALSE);
     if (uzbl.behave.reset_command_mode && uzbl.behave.insert_mode) {
-        uzbl.behave.insert_mode = uzbl.behave.always_insert_mode;
+        set_insert_mode(uzbl.behave.always_insert_mode);
         update_title();
     }
     if (uzbl.behave.load_commit_handler)
@@ -703,15 +776,13 @@ destroy_cb (GtkWidget* widget, gpointer data) {
 void
 log_history_cb () {
    if (uzbl.behave.history_handler) {
-       GTimeVal the_time;
-       gchar *date;
-       
-       g_get_current_time(&the_time);
-       /* no need to wrap this string with quotes since it contains no spaces.
-          format is like: 2009-06-26T20:02:05.262864Z */
-       date = g_time_val_to_iso8601(&the_time);
+       time_t rawtime;
+       struct tm * timeinfo;
+       char date [80];
+       time ( &rawtime );
+       timeinfo = localtime ( &rawtime );
+       strftime (date, 80, "\"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S\"", timeinfo);
        run_handler(uzbl.behave.history_handler, date);
-       g_free(date);
    }
 }
 
@@ -728,7 +799,7 @@ VIEWFUNC(go_forward)
 #undef VIEWFUNC
 
 /* -- command to callback/function map for things we cannot attach to any signals */
-struct {char *key; CommandInfo value;} cmdlist[] =
+struct {const char *key; CommandInfo value;} cmdlist[] =
 {   /* key                   function      no_split      */
     { "back",               {view_go_back, 0}              },
     { "forward",            {view_go_forward, 0}           },
@@ -750,8 +821,8 @@ struct {char *key; CommandInfo value;} cmdlist[] =
     { "sync_spawn",         {spawn_sync, 0}                }, // needed for cookie handler
     { "sh",                 {spawn_sh, 0}                  },
     { "sync_sh",            {spawn_sh_sync, 0}             }, // needed for cookie handler
+    { "talk_to_socket",     {talk_to_socket, 0}            },
     { "exit",               {close_uzbl, 0}                },
-    { "quit",               {close_uzbl, 0}                },
     { "search",             {search_forward_text, TRUE}    },
     { "search_reverse",     {search_reverse_text, TRUE}    },
     { "dehilight",          {dehilight, 0}                 },
@@ -764,7 +835,8 @@ struct {char *key; CommandInfo value;} cmdlist[] =
     { "keycmd_nl",          {keycmd_nl, TRUE}              },
     { "keycmd_bs",          {keycmd_bs, 0}                 },
     { "chain",              {chain, 0}                     },
-    { "print",              {print, TRUE}                  }
+    { "print",              {print, TRUE}                  },
+    { "update_gui",         {update_gui, TRUE}           }
 };
 
 void
@@ -819,6 +891,13 @@ set_var(WebKitWebView *page, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
 }
 
 void
+update_gui(WebKitWebView *page, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
+    (void) page; (void) argv; (void) result;
+
+    update_title();
+}
+
+void
 print(WebKitWebView *page, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
     (void) page; (void) result;
     gchar* buf;
@@ -845,17 +924,41 @@ act_dump_config() {
 }
 
 void
+set_keycmd() {
+    run_keycmd(FALSE);
+    update_title();
+}
+
+void
+set_mode_indicator() {
+    uzbl.gui.sbar.mode_indicator = (uzbl.behave.insert_mode ?
+        uzbl.behave.insert_indicator : uzbl.behave.cmd_indicator);
+}
+
+void
+update_indicator() {
+  set_mode_indicator();
+  update_title();
+}
+
+void
+set_insert_mode(gboolean mode) {
+    uzbl.behave.insert_mode = mode;
+    set_mode_indicator();
+}
+
+void
 toggle_insert_mode(WebKitWebView *page, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
     (void) page; (void) result;
 
     if (argv_idx(argv, 0)) {
         if (strcmp (argv_idx(argv, 0), "0") == 0) {
-            uzbl.behave.insert_mode = FALSE;
+            set_insert_mode(FALSE);
         } else {
-            uzbl.behave.insert_mode = TRUE;
+            set_insert_mode(TRUE);
         }
     } else {
-        uzbl.behave.insert_mode = ! uzbl.behave.insert_mode;
+        set_insert_mode( !uzbl.behave.insert_mode );
     }
 
     update_title();
@@ -926,7 +1029,7 @@ js_init() {
 }
 
 
-void 
+void
 eval_js(WebKitWebView * web_view, gchar *script, GString *result) {
     WebKitWebFrame *frame;
     JSGlobalContextRef context;
@@ -1094,7 +1197,7 @@ keycmd (WebKitWebView *page, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
     (void)page;
     (void)argv;
     (void)result;
-    g_string_assign(uzbl.state.keycmd, argv_idx(argv, 0));
+    uzbl.state.keycmd = g_strdup(argv_idx(argv, 0));
     run_keycmd(FALSE);
     update_title();
 }
@@ -1104,7 +1207,7 @@ keycmd_nl (WebKitWebView *page, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
     (void)page;
     (void)argv;
     (void)result;
-    g_string_assign(uzbl.state.keycmd, argv_idx(argv, 0));
+    uzbl.state.keycmd = g_strdup(argv_idx(argv, 0));
     run_keycmd(TRUE);
     update_title();
 }
@@ -1115,9 +1218,10 @@ keycmd_bs (WebKitWebView *page, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
     (void)page;
     (void)argv;
     (void)result;
-    prev = g_utf8_find_prev_char(uzbl.state.keycmd->str, uzbl.state.keycmd->str + uzbl.state.keycmd->len);
+    int len = strlen(uzbl.state.keycmd);
+    prev = g_utf8_find_prev_char(uzbl.state.keycmd, uzbl.state.keycmd + len);
     if (prev)
-      g_string_truncate(uzbl.state.keycmd, prev - uzbl.state.keycmd->str);
+      uzbl.state.keycmd[prev - uzbl.state.keycmd] = '\0';
     update_title();
 }
 
@@ -1148,212 +1252,6 @@ build_progressbar_ascii(int percent) {
 
    return g_string_free(bar, FALSE);
 }
-
-void
-setup_scanner() {
-     const GScannerConfig scan_config = {
-             (
-              "\t\r\n"
-             )            /* cset_skip_characters */,
-             (
-              G_CSET_a_2_z
-              "_#"
-              G_CSET_A_2_Z
-             )            /* cset_identifier_first */,
-             (
-              G_CSET_a_2_z
-              "_0123456789"
-              G_CSET_A_2_Z
-              G_CSET_LATINS
-              G_CSET_LATINC
-             )            /* cset_identifier_nth */,
-             ( "" )    /* cpair_comment_single */,
-
-             TRUE         /* case_sensitive */,
-
-             FALSE        /* skip_comment_multi */,
-             FALSE        /* skip_comment_single */,
-             FALSE        /* scan_comment_multi */,
-             TRUE         /* scan_identifier */,
-             TRUE         /* scan_identifier_1char */,
-             FALSE        /* scan_identifier_NULL */,
-             TRUE         /* scan_symbols */,
-             FALSE        /* scan_binary */,
-             FALSE        /* scan_octal */,
-             FALSE        /* scan_float */,
-             FALSE        /* scan_hex */,
-             FALSE        /* scan_hex_dollar */,
-             FALSE        /* scan_string_sq */,
-             FALSE        /* scan_string_dq */,
-             TRUE         /* numbers_2_int */,
-             FALSE        /* int_2_float */,
-             FALSE        /* identifier_2_string */,
-             FALSE        /* char_2_token */,
-             FALSE        /* symbol_2_token */,
-             TRUE         /* scope_0_fallback */,
-             FALSE,
-             TRUE
-     };
-
-     uzbl.scan = g_scanner_new(&scan_config);
-     while(symp->symbol_name) {
-         g_scanner_scope_add_symbol(uzbl.scan, 0,
-                         symp->symbol_name,
-                         GINT_TO_POINTER(symp->symbol_token));
-         symp++;
-     }
-}
-
-gchar *
-expand_template(const char *template, gboolean escape_markup) {
-     if(!template) return NULL;
-
-     GTokenType token = G_TOKEN_NONE;
-     GString *ret = g_string_new("");
-     char *buf=NULL;
-     int sym;
-
-     g_scanner_input_text(uzbl.scan, template, strlen(template));
-     while(!g_scanner_eof(uzbl.scan) && token != G_TOKEN_LAST) {
-         token = g_scanner_get_next_token(uzbl.scan);
-
-         if(token == G_TOKEN_SYMBOL) {
-             sym = GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_scanner_cur_value(uzbl.scan).v_symbol);
-             switch(sym) {
-                 case SYM_URI:
-                     if(escape_markup) {
-                         buf = uzbl.state.uri ?
-                             g_markup_printf_escaped("%s", uzbl.state.uri) : g_strdup("");
-                         g_string_append(ret, buf);
-                         g_free(buf);
-                     }
-                     else
-                         g_string_append(ret, uzbl.state.uri ?
-                                 uzbl.state.uri : g_strdup(""));
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_LOADPRGS:
-                     buf = itos(uzbl.gui.sbar.load_progress);
-                     g_string_append(ret, buf);
-                     g_free(buf);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_LOADPRGSBAR:
-                     buf = build_progressbar_ascii(uzbl.gui.sbar.load_progress);
-                     g_string_append(ret, buf);
-                     g_free(buf);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_TITLE:
-                     if(escape_markup) {
-                         buf = uzbl.gui.main_title ?
-                             g_markup_printf_escaped("%s", uzbl.gui.main_title) : g_strdup("");
-                         g_string_append(ret, buf);
-                         g_free(buf);
-                     }
-                     else
-                         g_string_append(ret, uzbl.gui.main_title ?
-                                 uzbl.gui.main_title : "");
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_SELECTED_URI:
-                     if(escape_markup) {
-                         buf = uzbl.state.selected_url ?
-                             g_markup_printf_escaped("%s", uzbl.state.selected_url) : g_strdup("");
-                         g_string_append(ret, buf);
-                         g_free(buf);
-                     }
-                     else
-                         g_string_append(ret, uzbl.state.selected_url ?
-                                 uzbl.state.selected_url : "");
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_NAME:
-                     buf = itos(uzbl.xwin);
-                     g_string_append(ret,
-                             uzbl.state.instance_name ? uzbl.state.instance_name : buf);
-                     g_free(buf);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_KEYCMD:
-                     if(escape_markup) {
-                         buf = uzbl.state.keycmd->str ?
-                             g_markup_printf_escaped("%s", uzbl.state.keycmd->str) : g_strdup("");
-                         g_string_append(ret, buf);
-                         g_free(buf);
-                     }
-                     else
-                         g_string_append(ret, uzbl.state.keycmd->str ?
-                                 uzbl.state.keycmd->str : "");
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_MODE:
-                     g_string_append(ret,
-                             uzbl.behave.insert_mode ?
-                             uzbl.behave.insert_indicator : uzbl.behave.cmd_indicator);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_MSG:
-                     g_string_append(ret,
-                             uzbl.gui.sbar.msg ? uzbl.gui.sbar.msg : "");
-                     break;
-                     /* useragent syms */
-                 case SYM_WK_MAJ:
-                     buf = itos(WEBKIT_MAJOR_VERSION);
-                     g_string_append(ret, buf);
-                     g_free(buf);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_WK_MIN:
-                     buf = itos(WEBKIT_MINOR_VERSION);
-                     g_string_append(ret, buf);
-                     g_free(buf);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_WK_MIC:
-                     buf = itos(WEBKIT_MICRO_VERSION);
-                     g_string_append(ret, buf);
-                     g_free(buf);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_SYSNAME:
-                     g_string_append(ret, uzbl.state.unameinfo.sysname);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_NODENAME:
-                     g_string_append(ret, uzbl.state.unameinfo.nodename);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_KERNREL:
-                     g_string_append(ret, uzbl.state.unameinfo.release);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_KERNVER:
-                     g_string_append(ret, uzbl.state.unameinfo.version);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_ARCHSYS:
-                     g_string_append(ret, uzbl.state.unameinfo.machine);
-                     break;
-                 case SYM_ARCHUZBL:
-                     g_string_append(ret, ARCH);
-                     break;
-#ifdef _GNU_SOURCE
-                 case SYM_DOMAINNAME:
-                     g_string_append(ret, uzbl.state.unameinfo.domainname);
-                     break;
-#endif
-                 case SYM_COMMIT:
-                     g_string_append(ret, COMMIT);
-                     break;
-                 default:
-                     break;
-             }
-         }
-         else if(token == G_TOKEN_INT) {
-             g_string_append_printf(ret, "%lu", g_scanner_cur_value(uzbl.scan).v_int);
-         }
-         else if(token == G_TOKEN_IDENTIFIER) {
-             g_string_append(ret, (gchar *)g_scanner_cur_value(uzbl.scan).v_identifier);
-         }
-         else if(token == G_TOKEN_CHAR) {
-             g_string_append_c(ret, (gchar)g_scanner_cur_value(uzbl.scan).v_char);
-         }
-         else if(token == G_TOKEN_ERROR) {
-             g_scanner_error(uzbl.scan, "Token error in template ('%s') at line %d, column %d.", 
-                                        template, 
-                                        g_scanner_cur_line(uzbl.scan), 
-                                        g_scanner_cur_position(uzbl.scan));
-         }
-     }
-
-     return g_string_free(ret, FALSE);
-}
 /* --End Statusbar functions-- */
 
 void
@@ -1420,7 +1318,7 @@ run_command (const gchar *command, const guint npre, const gchar **args,
     return result;
 }
 
-gchar**
+/*@null@*/ gchar**
 split_quoted(const gchar* src, const gboolean unquote) {
     /* split on unquoted space, return array of strings;
        remove a layer of quotes and backslashes if unquote */
@@ -1518,6 +1416,118 @@ spawn_sh_sync(WebKitWebView *web_view, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
 }
 
 void
+talk_to_socket(WebKitWebView *web_view, GArray *argv, GString *result) {
+    (void)web_view; (void)result;
+
+    int fd, len;
+    struct sockaddr_un sa;
+    char* sockpath;
+    ssize_t ret;
+    struct pollfd pfd;
+    struct iovec* iov;
+    guint i;
+
+    if(uzbl.comm.sync_stdout) uzbl.comm.sync_stdout = strfree(uzbl.comm.sync_stdout);
+
+    /* This function could be optimised by storing a hash table of socket paths
+       and associated connected file descriptors rather than closing and
+       re-opening for every call. Also we could launch a script if socket connect
+       fails. */
+
+    /* First element argv[0] is path to socket. Following elements are tokens to
+       write to the socket. We write them as a single packet with each token
+       separated by an ASCII nul (\0). */
+    if(argv->len < 2) {
+        g_printerr("talk_to_socket called with only %d args (need at least two).\n",
+            (int)argv->len);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* copy socket path, null terminate result */
+    sockpath = g_array_index(argv, char*, 0);
+    g_strlcpy(sa.sun_path, sockpath, sizeof(sa.sun_path));
+    sa.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
+
+    /* create socket file descriptor and connect it to path */
+    fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0);
+    if(fd == -1) {
+        g_printerr("talk_to_socket: creating socket failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+        return;
+    }
+    if(connect(fd, (struct sockaddr*)&sa, sizeof(sa))) {
+        g_printerr("talk_to_socket: connect failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+        close(fd);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* build request vector */
+    iov = g_malloc(sizeof(struct iovec) * (argv->len - 1));
+    if(!iov) {
+        g_printerr("talk_to_socket: unable to allocated memory for token vector\n");
+        close(fd);
+        return;
+    }
+    for(i = 1; i < argv->len; ++i) {
+        iov[i - 1].iov_base = g_array_index(argv, char*, i);
+        iov[i - 1].iov_len = strlen(iov[i - 1].iov_base) + 1; /* string plus \0 */
+    }
+
+    /* write request */
+    ret = writev(fd, iov, argv->len - 1);
+    g_free(iov);
+    if(ret == -1) {
+        g_printerr("talk_to_socket: write failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+        close(fd);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* wait for a response, with a 500ms timeout */
+    pfd.fd = fd;
+    pfd.events = POLLIN;
+    while(1) {
+        ret = poll(&pfd, 1, 500);
+        if(ret == 1) break;
+        if(ret == 0) errno = ETIMEDOUT;
+        if(errno == EINTR) continue;
+        g_printerr("talk_to_socket: poll failed while waiting for input (%s)\n",
+            strerror(errno));
+        close(fd);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* get length of response */
+    if(ioctl(fd, FIONREAD, &len) == -1) {
+        g_printerr("talk_to_socket: cannot find daemon response length, "
+            "ioctl failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
+        close(fd);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    /* if there is a response, read it */
+    if(len) {
+        uzbl.comm.sync_stdout = g_malloc(len + 1);
+        if(!uzbl.comm.sync_stdout) {
+            g_printerr("talk_to_socket: failed to allocate %d bytes\n", len);
+            close(fd);
+            return;
+        }
+        uzbl.comm.sync_stdout[len] = 0; /* ensure result is null terminated */
+
+        ret = read(fd, uzbl.comm.sync_stdout, len);
+        if(ret == -1) {
+            g_printerr("talk_to_socket: failed to read from socket (%s)\n",
+                strerror(errno));
+            close(fd);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /* clean up */
+    close(fd);
+    return;
+}
+
+void
 parse_command(const char *cmd, const char *param, GString *result) {
     CommandInfo *c;
 
@@ -1538,7 +1548,7 @@ parse_command(const char *cmd, const char *param, GString *result) {
 
                 c->function(uzbl.gui.web_view, a, result_print);
                 if (result_print->len)
-                    printf("%*s\n", result_print->len, result_print->str);
+                    printf("%*s\n", (int)result_print->len, result_print->str);
 
                 g_string_free(result_print, TRUE);
             } else {
@@ -1555,8 +1565,7 @@ void
 set_proxy_url() {
     SoupURI *suri;
 
-    if(*uzbl.net.proxy_url == ' '
-       || uzbl.net.proxy_url == NULL) {
+    if(uzbl.net.proxy_url == NULL || *uzbl.net.proxy_url == ' ') {
         soup_session_remove_feature_by_type(uzbl.net.soup_session,
                 (GType) SOUP_SESSION_PROXY_URI);
     }
@@ -1588,10 +1597,9 @@ cmd_load_uri() {
     g_array_free (a, TRUE);
 }
 
-void 
+void
 cmd_always_insert_mode() {
-    uzbl.behave.insert_mode =
-        uzbl.behave.always_insert_mode ?  TRUE : FALSE;
+    set_insert_mode(uzbl.behave.always_insert_mode);
     update_title();
 }
 
@@ -1641,6 +1649,42 @@ cmd_font_size() {
 }
 
 void
+cmd_default_font_family() {
+    g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "default-font-family",
+            uzbl.behave.default_font_family, NULL);
+}
+
+void
+cmd_monospace_font_family() {
+    g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "monospace-font-family",
+            uzbl.behave.monospace_font_family, NULL);
+}
+
+void
+cmd_sans_serif_font_family() {
+    g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "sans_serif-font-family",
+            uzbl.behave.sans_serif_font_family, NULL);
+}
+
+void
+cmd_serif_font_family() {
+    g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "serif-font-family",
+            uzbl.behave.serif_font_family, NULL);
+}
+
+void
+cmd_cursive_font_family() {
+    g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "cursive-font-family",
+            uzbl.behave.cursive_font_family, NULL);
+}
+
+void
+cmd_fantasy_font_family() {
+    g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "fantasy-font-family",
+            uzbl.behave.fantasy_font_family, NULL);
+}
+
+void
 cmd_zoom_level() {
     webkit_web_view_set_zoom_level (uzbl.gui.web_view, uzbl.behave.zoom_level);
 }
@@ -1694,31 +1738,31 @@ cmd_print_bg() {
             uzbl.behave.print_bg, NULL);
 }
 
-void 
+void
 cmd_style_uri() {
     g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "user-stylesheet-uri",
             uzbl.behave.style_uri, NULL);
 }
 
-void 
+void
 cmd_resizable_txt() {
     g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "resizable-text-areas",
             uzbl.behave.resizable_txt, NULL);
 }
 
-void 
+void
 cmd_default_encoding() {
     g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "default-encoding",
             uzbl.behave.default_encoding, NULL);
 }
 
-void 
+void
 cmd_enforce_96dpi() {
     g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "enforce-96-dpi",
             uzbl.behave.enforce_96dpi, NULL);
 }
 
-void 
+void
 cmd_caret_browsing() {
     g_object_set (G_OBJECT(view_settings()), "enable-caret-browsing",
             uzbl.behave.caret_browsing, NULL);
@@ -1792,16 +1836,17 @@ cmd_useragent() {
         g_free (uzbl.net.useragent);
         uzbl.net.useragent = NULL;
     } else {
-        gchar *ua = expand_template(uzbl.net.useragent, FALSE);
-        if (ua)
-            g_object_set(G_OBJECT(uzbl.net.soup_session), SOUP_SESSION_USER_AGENT, ua, NULL);
-        g_free(uzbl.net.useragent);
-        uzbl.net.useragent = ua;
+        g_object_set(G_OBJECT(uzbl.net.soup_session), SOUP_SESSION_USER_AGENT,
+            uzbl.net.useragent, NULL);
     }
 }
 
 void
 move_statusbar() {
+    if (!uzbl.gui.scrolled_win &&
+            !uzbl.gui.mainbar)
+        return;
+
     gtk_widget_ref(uzbl.gui.scrolled_win);
     gtk_widget_ref(uzbl.gui.mainbar);
     gtk_container_remove(GTK_CONTAINER(uzbl.gui.vbox), uzbl.gui.scrolled_win);
@@ -1822,31 +1867,51 @@ move_statusbar() {
 }
 
 gboolean
-set_var_value(gchar *name, gchar *val) {
+set_var_value(const gchar *name, gchar *val) {
     uzbl_cmdprop *c = NULL;
     char *endp = NULL;
     char *buf = NULL;
+    char *invalid_chars = "^°!\"§$%&/()=?'`'+~*'#-.:,;@<>| \\{}[]¹²³¼½";
 
     if( (c = g_hash_table_lookup(uzbl.comm.proto_var, name)) ) {
+        if(!c->writeable) return FALSE;
+
         /* check for the variable type */
         if (c->type == TYPE_STR) {
             buf = expand(val, 0);
-            g_free(*c->ptr);
-            *c->ptr = buf;
+            g_free(*c->ptr.s);
+            *c->ptr.s = buf;
         } else if(c->type == TYPE_INT) {
-            int *ip = (int *)c->ptr;
             buf = expand(val, 0);
-            *ip = (int)strtoul(buf, &endp, 10);
+            *c->ptr.i = (int)strtoul(buf, &endp, 10);
             g_free(buf);
         } else if (c->type == TYPE_FLOAT) {
-            float *fp = (float *)c->ptr;
             buf = expand(val, 0);
-            *fp = strtod(buf, &endp);
+            *c->ptr.f = strtod(buf, &endp);
             g_free(buf);
         }
 
         /* invoke a command specific function */
         if(c->func) c->func();
+    } else {
+        /* check wether name violates our naming scheme */
+        if(strpbrk(name, invalid_chars)) {
+            if (uzbl.state.verbose)
+                printf("Invalid variable name\n");
+            return FALSE;
+        }
+
+        /* custom vars */
+        c = malloc(sizeof(uzbl_cmdprop));
+        c->type = TYPE_STR;
+        c->dump = 0;
+        c->func = NULL;
+        c->writeable = 1;
+        buf = expand(val, 0);
+        c->ptr.s = malloc(sizeof(char *));
+        *c->ptr.s = buf;
+        g_hash_table_insert(uzbl.comm.proto_var,
+                g_strdup(name), (gpointer) c);
     }
     return TRUE;
 }
@@ -1904,23 +1969,18 @@ parse_cmd_line(const char *ctl_line, GString *result) {
     }
 }
 
-gchar*
+/*@null@*/ gchar*
 build_stream_name(int type, const gchar* dir) {
-    char *xwin_str = NULL;
     State *s = &uzbl.state;
     gchar *str = NULL;
 
-    xwin_str = itos((int)uzbl.xwin);
     if (type == FIFO) {
         str = g_strdup_printf
-            ("%s/uzbl_fifo_%s", dir,
-             s->instance_name ? s->instance_name : xwin_str);
+            ("%s/uzbl_fifo_%s", dir, s->instance_name);
     } else if (type == SOCKET) {
         str = g_strdup_printf
-            ("%s/uzbl_socket_%s", dir,
-             s->instance_name ? s->instance_name : xwin_str );
+            ("%s/uzbl_socket_%s", dir, s->instance_name);
     }
-    g_free(xwin_str);
     return str;
 }
 
@@ -1950,8 +2010,15 @@ control_fifo(GIOChannel *gio, GIOCondition condition) {
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-gchar*
+/*@null@*/ gchar*
 init_fifo(gchar *dir) { /* return dir or, on error, free dir and return NULL */
+    if (uzbl.comm.fifo_path) { /* get rid of the old fifo if one exists */
+        if (unlink(uzbl.comm.fifo_path) == -1)
+            g_warning ("Fifo: Can't unlink old fifo at %s\n", uzbl.comm.fifo_path);
+        g_free(uzbl.comm.fifo_path);
+        uzbl.comm.fifo_path = NULL;
+    }
+
     GIOChannel *chan = NULL;
     GError *error = NULL;
     gchar *path = build_stream_name(FIFO, dir);
@@ -2067,7 +2134,7 @@ control_client_socket(GIOChannel *clientchan) {
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-gchar*
+/*@null@*/ gchar*
 init_socket(gchar *dir) { /* return dir or, on error, free dir and return NULL */
     if (uzbl.comm.socket_path) { /* remove an existing socket should one exist */
         if (unlink(uzbl.comm.socket_path) == -1)
@@ -2123,13 +2190,13 @@ update_title (void) {
 
     if (b->show_status) {
         if (b->title_format_short) {
-            parsed = expand_template(b->title_format_short, FALSE);
+            parsed = expand(b->title_format_short, 0);
             if (uzbl.gui.main_window)
                 gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW(uzbl.gui.main_window), parsed);
             g_free(parsed);
         }
         if (b->status_format) {
-            parsed = expand_template(b->status_format, TRUE);
+            parsed = expand(b->status_format, 0);
             gtk_label_set_markup(GTK_LABEL(uzbl.gui.mainbar_label), parsed);
             g_free(parsed);
         }
@@ -2144,7 +2211,7 @@ update_title (void) {
         }
     } else {
         if (b->title_format_long) {
-            parsed = expand_template(b->title_format_long, FALSE);
+            parsed = expand(b->title_format_long, 0);
             if (uzbl.gui.main_window)
                 gtk_window_set_title (GTK_WINDOW(uzbl.gui.main_window), parsed);
             g_free(parsed);
@@ -2153,28 +2220,48 @@ update_title (void) {
 }
 
 gboolean
+configure_event_cb(GtkWidget* window, GdkEventConfigure* event) {
+    (void) window;
+    (void) event;
+
+    retrieve_geometry();
+    return FALSE;
+}
+
+gboolean
 key_press_cb (GtkWidget* window, GdkEventKey* event)
 {
     //TRUE to stop other handlers from being invoked for the event. FALSE to propagate the event further.
 
     (void) window;
 
-    if (event->type != GDK_KEY_PRESS || event->keyval == GDK_Page_Up || event->keyval == GDK_Page_Down
-        || event->keyval == GDK_Up || event->keyval == GDK_Down || event->keyval == GDK_Left || event->keyval == GDK_Right || event->keyval == GDK_Shift_L || event->keyval == GDK_Shift_R)
+    if (event->type   != GDK_KEY_PRESS ||
+        event->keyval == GDK_Page_Up   ||
+        event->keyval == GDK_Page_Down ||
+        event->keyval == GDK_Up        ||
+        event->keyval == GDK_Down      ||
+        event->keyval == GDK_Left      ||
+        event->keyval == GDK_Right     ||
+        event->keyval == GDK_Shift_L   ||
+        event->keyval == GDK_Shift_R)
         return FALSE;
 
     /* turn off insert mode (if always_insert_mode is not used) */
     if (uzbl.behave.insert_mode && (event->keyval == GDK_Escape)) {
-        uzbl.behave.insert_mode = uzbl.behave.always_insert_mode;
+        set_insert_mode(uzbl.behave.always_insert_mode);
         update_title();
         return TRUE;
     }
 
-    if (uzbl.behave.insert_mode && (((event->state & uzbl.behave.modmask) != uzbl.behave.modmask) || (!uzbl.behave.modmask)))
+    if (uzbl.behave.insert_mode &&
+        ( ((event->state & uzbl.behave.modmask) != uzbl.behave.modmask) ||
+          (!uzbl.behave.modmask)
+        )
+       )
         return FALSE;
 
     if (event->keyval == GDK_Escape) {
-        g_string_truncate(uzbl.state.keycmd, 0);
+        clear_keycmd();
         update_title();
         dehilight(uzbl.gui.web_view, NULL, NULL);
         return TRUE;
@@ -2189,7 +2276,9 @@ key_press_cb (GtkWidget* window, GdkEventKey* event)
             str = gtk_clipboard_wait_for_text (gtk_clipboard_get (GDK_SELECTION_CLIPBOARD));
         }
         if (str) {
-            g_string_append (uzbl.state.keycmd, str);
+            GString* keycmd = g_string_new(uzbl.state.keycmd);
+            g_string_append (keycmd, str);
+            uzbl.state.keycmd = g_string_free(keycmd, FALSE);
             update_title ();
             g_free (str);
         }
@@ -2202,7 +2291,11 @@ key_press_cb (GtkWidget* window, GdkEventKey* event)
     gboolean key_ret = FALSE;
     if ((event->keyval == GDK_Return) || (event->keyval == GDK_KP_Enter))
         key_ret = TRUE;
-    if (!key_ret) g_string_append(uzbl.state.keycmd, event->string);
+    if (!key_ret) {
+        GString* keycmd = g_string_new(uzbl.state.keycmd);
+        g_string_append(keycmd, event->string);
+        uzbl.state.keycmd = g_string_free(keycmd, FALSE);
+    }
 
     run_keycmd(key_ret);
     update_title();
@@ -2214,8 +2307,8 @@ void
 run_keycmd(const gboolean key_ret) {
     /* run the keycmd immediately if it isn't incremental and doesn't take args */
     Action *act;
-    if ((act = g_hash_table_lookup(uzbl.bindings, uzbl.state.keycmd->str))) {
-        g_string_truncate(uzbl.state.keycmd, 0);
+    if ((act = g_hash_table_lookup(uzbl.bindings, uzbl.state.keycmd))) {
+        clear_keycmd();
         parse_command(act->name, act->param, NULL);
         return;
     }
@@ -2224,8 +2317,9 @@ run_keycmd(const gboolean key_ret) {
     GString* short_keys = g_string_new ("");
     GString* short_keys_inc = g_string_new ("");
     guint i;
-    for (i=0; i<(uzbl.state.keycmd->len); i++) {
-        g_string_append_c(short_keys, uzbl.state.keycmd->str[i]);
+    guint len = strlen(uzbl.state.keycmd);
+    for (i=0; i<len; i++) {
+        g_string_append_c(short_keys, uzbl.state.keycmd[i]);
         g_string_assign(short_keys_inc, short_keys->str);
         g_string_append_c(short_keys, '_');
         g_string_append_c(short_keys_inc, '*');
@@ -2233,11 +2327,11 @@ run_keycmd(const gboolean key_ret) {
         if (key_ret && (act = g_hash_table_lookup(uzbl.bindings, short_keys->str))) {
             /* run normal cmds only if return was pressed */
             exec_paramcmd(act, i);
-            g_string_truncate(uzbl.state.keycmd, 0);
+            clear_keycmd();
             break;
         } else if ((act = g_hash_table_lookup(uzbl.bindings, short_keys_inc->str))) {
             if (key_ret)  /* just quit the incremental command on return */
-                g_string_truncate(uzbl.state.keycmd, 0);
+                clear_keycmd();
             else exec_paramcmd(act, i); /* otherwise execute the incremental */
             break;
         }
@@ -2250,7 +2344,7 @@ run_keycmd(const gboolean key_ret) {
 
 void
 exec_paramcmd(const Action *act, const guint i) {
-    GString *parampart = g_string_new (uzbl.state.keycmd->str);
+    GString *parampart = g_string_new (uzbl.state.keycmd);
     GString *actionname = g_string_new ("");
     GString *actionparam = g_string_new ("");
     g_string_erase (parampart, 0, i+1);
@@ -2265,16 +2359,11 @@ exec_paramcmd(const Action *act, const guint i) {
 }
 
 
-GtkWidget*
+void
 create_browser () {
     GUI *g = &uzbl.gui;
 
-    GtkWidget* scrolled_window = gtk_scrolled_window_new (NULL, NULL);
-    //main_window_ref = g_object_ref(scrolled_window);
-    gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scrolled_window), GTK_POLICY_NEVER, GTK_POLICY_NEVER); //todo: some sort of display of position/total length. like what emacs does
-
     g->web_view = WEBKIT_WEB_VIEW (webkit_web_view_new ());
-    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (scrolled_window), GTK_WIDGET (g->web_view));
 
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (g->web_view), "notify::title", G_CALLBACK (title_change_cb), NULL);
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (g->web_view), "load-progress-changed", G_CALLBACK (progress_change_cb), g->web_view);
@@ -2287,8 +2376,6 @@ create_browser () {
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (g->web_view), "download-requested", G_CALLBACK (download_cb), g->web_view);
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (g->web_view), "create-web-view", G_CALLBACK (create_web_view_cb), g->web_view);
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (g->web_view), "mime-type-policy-decision-requested", G_CALLBACK (mime_policy_cb), g->web_view);
-
-    return scrolled_window;
 }
 
 GtkWidget*
@@ -2317,11 +2404,12 @@ create_window () {
     gtk_widget_set_name (window, "Uzbl browser");
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "destroy", G_CALLBACK (destroy_cb), NULL);
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "key-press-event", G_CALLBACK (key_press_cb), NULL);
+    g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (window), "configure-event", G_CALLBACK (configure_event_cb), NULL);
 
     return window;
 }
 
-GtkPlug* 
+GtkPlug*
 create_plug () {
     GtkPlug* plug = GTK_PLUG (gtk_plug_new (uzbl.state.socket_id));
     g_signal_connect (G_OBJECT (plug), "destroy", G_CALLBACK (destroy_cb), NULL);
@@ -2354,7 +2442,8 @@ inject_handler_args(const gchar *actname, const gchar *origargs, const gchar *ne
     if ((g_strcmp0(actname, "spawn") == 0) ||
         (g_strcmp0(actname, "sh") == 0) ||
         (g_strcmp0(actname, "sync_spawn") == 0) ||
-        (g_strcmp0(actname, "sync_sh") == 0)) {
+        (g_strcmp0(actname, "sync_sh") == 0) ||
+        (g_strcmp0(actname, "talk_to_socket") == 0)) {
         guint i;
         GString *a = g_string_new("");
         gchar **spawnparts = split_quoted(origargs, FALSE);
@@ -2452,7 +2541,7 @@ add_binding (const gchar *key, const gchar *act) {
     g_strfreev(parts);
 }
 
-gchar*
+/*@null@*/ gchar*
 get_xdg_var (XDG_Var xdg) {
     const gchar* actual_value = getenv (xdg.environmental);
     const gchar* home         = getenv ("HOME");
@@ -2471,8 +2560,8 @@ get_xdg_var (XDG_Var xdg) {
     return return_value;
 }
 
-gchar*
-find_xdg_file (int xdg_type, char* filename) {
+/*@null@*/ gchar*
+find_xdg_file (int xdg_type, const char* filename) {
     /* xdg_type = 0 => config
        xdg_type = 1 => data
        xdg_type = 2 => cache*/
@@ -2501,6 +2590,7 @@ find_xdg_file (int xdg_type, char* filename) {
     if (file_exists (temporary_file)) {
         return temporary_file;
     } else {
+        g_free(temporary_file);
         return NULL;
     }
 }
@@ -2512,7 +2602,7 @@ settings_init () {
     for (i = 0; default_config[i].command != NULL; i++) {
         parse_cmd_line(default_config[i].command, NULL);
     }
-    
+
     if (g_strcmp0(s->config_file, "-") == 0) {
         s->config_file = NULL;
         create_stdin();
@@ -2550,7 +2640,7 @@ void handle_cookies (SoupSession *session, SoupMessage *msg, gpointer user_data)
     soup_message_add_header_handler(msg, "got-headers", "Set-Cookie", G_CALLBACK(save_cookies), NULL);
     GString *s = g_string_new ("");
     SoupURI * soup_uri = soup_message_get_uri(msg);
-    g_string_printf(s, "GET '%s' '%s'", soup_uri->host, soup_uri->path);
+    g_string_printf(s, "GET '%s' '%s' '%s'", soup_uri->scheme, soup_uri->host, soup_uri->path);
     run_handler(uzbl.behave.cookie_handler, s->str);
 
     if(uzbl.comm.sync_stdout && strcmp (uzbl.comm.sync_stdout, "") != 0) {
@@ -2573,7 +2663,7 @@ save_cookies (SoupMessage *msg, gpointer user_data){
         cookie = soup_cookie_to_set_cookie_header(ck->data);
         SoupURI * soup_uri = soup_message_get_uri(msg);
         GString *s = g_string_new ("");
-        g_string_printf(s, "PUT '%s' '%s' '%s'", soup_uri->host, soup_uri->path, cookie);
+        g_string_printf(s, "PUT '%s' '%s' '%s' '%s'", soup_uri->scheme, soup_uri->host, soup_uri->path, cookie);
         run_handler(uzbl.behave.cookie_handler, s->str);
         g_free (cookie);
         g_string_free(s, TRUE);
@@ -2682,11 +2772,11 @@ dump_var_hash(gpointer k, gpointer v, gpointer ud) {
         return;
 
     if(c->type == TYPE_STR)
-        printf("set %s = %s\n", (char *)k, *c->ptr ? (char *)*c->ptr : " ");
+        printf("set %s = %s\n", (char *)k, *c->ptr.s ? *c->ptr.s : " ");
     else if(c->type == TYPE_INT)
-        printf("set %s = %d\n", (char *)k, (int)*c->ptr);
+        printf("set %s = %d\n", (char *)k, *c->ptr.i);
     else if(c->type == TYPE_FLOAT)
-        printf("set %s = %f\n", (char *)k, *(float *)c->ptr);
+        printf("set %s = %f\n", (char *)k, *c->ptr.f);
 }
 
 void
@@ -2704,11 +2794,25 @@ dump_config() {
     g_hash_table_foreach(uzbl.bindings, dump_key_hash, NULL);
 }
 
-#ifndef UZBL_LIBRARY
-/** -- MAIN -- **/
-int
-main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
-    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
+void
+retrieve_geometry() {
+    int w, h, x, y;
+    GString *buf = g_string_new("");
+
+    gtk_window_get_size(GTK_WINDOW(uzbl.gui.main_window), &w, &h);
+    gtk_window_get_position(GTK_WINDOW(uzbl.gui.main_window), &x, &y);
+
+    g_string_printf(buf, "%dx%d+%d+%d", w, h, x, y);
+
+    if(uzbl.gui.geometry)
+        g_free(uzbl.gui.geometry);
+    uzbl.gui.geometry = g_string_free(buf, FALSE);
+}
+
+/* set up gtk, gobject, variable defaults and other things that tests and other
+ * external applications need to do anyhow */
+void
+initialize(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     if (!g_thread_supported ())
         g_thread_init (NULL);
     uzbl.state.executable_path = g_strdup(argv[0]);
@@ -2723,19 +2827,14 @@ main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
 
     if (uzbl.behave.print_version) {
         printf("Commit: %s\n", COMMIT);
-        exit(0);
+        exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
     }
 
-    gchar *uri_override = (uzbl.state.uri ? g_strdup(uzbl.state.uri) : NULL);
-    if (argc > 1 && !uzbl.state.uri)
-        uri_override = g_strdup(argv[1]);
-    gboolean verbose_override = uzbl.state.verbose;
-
     /* initialize hash table */
     uzbl.bindings = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, free_action);
 
     uzbl.net.soup_session = webkit_get_default_session();
-    uzbl.state.keycmd = g_string_new("");
+    uzbl.state.keycmd = g_strdup("");
 
     if(setup_signal(SIGTERM, catch_sigterm) == SIG_ERR)
         fprintf(stderr, "uzbl: error hooking SIGTERM\n");
@@ -2744,11 +2843,7 @@ main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
     if(setup_signal(SIGALRM, catch_alrm) == SIG_ERR)
         fprintf(stderr, "uzbl: error hooking SIGALARM\n");
 
-
-    if(uname(&uzbl.state.unameinfo) == -1)
-        g_printerr("Can't retrieve unameinfo.  Your useragent might appear wrong.\n");
-
-    uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_s = g_strdup("=");
+    uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_s = g_strdup("="); //TODO: move these to config.h
     uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_u = g_strdup("·");
     uzbl.gui.sbar.progress_w = 10;
 
@@ -2762,13 +2857,36 @@ main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
     uzbl.behave.insert_indicator = g_strdup("I");
     uzbl.behave.cmd_indicator    = g_strdup("C");
 
-    setup_scanner();
+    uzbl.info.webkit_major = WEBKIT_MAJOR_VERSION;
+    uzbl.info.webkit_minor = WEBKIT_MINOR_VERSION;
+    uzbl.info.webkit_micro = WEBKIT_MICRO_VERSION;
+    uzbl.info.arch         = ARCH;
+    uzbl.info.commit       = COMMIT;
+
     commands_hash ();
     make_var_to_name_hash();
 
+    create_browser();
+}
+
+#ifndef UZBL_LIBRARY
+/** -- MAIN -- **/
+int
+main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    initialize(argc, argv);
+
+    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
+
+    uzbl.gui.scrolled_win = gtk_scrolled_window_new (NULL, NULL);
+    //main_window_ref = g_object_ref(scrolled_window);
+    gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (uzbl.gui.scrolled_win),
+        GTK_POLICY_NEVER, GTK_POLICY_NEVER); //todo: some sort of display of position/total length. like what emacs does
+
+    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (uzbl.gui.scrolled_win),
+        GTK_WIDGET (uzbl.gui.web_view));
+
     uzbl.gui.vbox = gtk_vbox_new (FALSE, 0);
 
-    uzbl.gui.scrolled_win = create_browser();
     create_mainbar();
 
     /* initial packing */
@@ -2786,6 +2904,9 @@ main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
         uzbl.xwin = GDK_WINDOW_XID (GTK_WIDGET (uzbl.gui.main_window)->window);
     }
 
+    if(!uzbl.state.instance_name)
+        uzbl.state.instance_name = itos((int)uzbl.xwin);
+
     gtk_widget_grab_focus (GTK_WIDGET (uzbl.gui.web_view));
 
     if (uzbl.state.verbose) {
@@ -2804,7 +2925,18 @@ main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
     uzbl.gui.bar_h = gtk_range_get_adjustment((GtkRange*) uzbl.gui.scbar_h);
     gtk_widget_set_scroll_adjustments ((GtkWidget*) uzbl.gui.web_view, uzbl.gui.bar_h, uzbl.gui.bar_v);
 
+    if(uzbl.gui.geometry)
+        cmd_set_geometry();
+    else
+        retrieve_geometry();
+
+    gchar *uri_override = (uzbl.state.uri ? g_strdup(uzbl.state.uri) : NULL);
+    if (argc > 1 && !uzbl.state.uri)
+        uri_override = g_strdup(argv[1]);
+    gboolean verbose_override = uzbl.state.verbose;
+
     settings_init ();
+    set_insert_mode(FALSE);
 
     if (!uzbl.behave.show_status)
         gtk_widget_hide(uzbl.gui.mainbar);
@@ -2821,7 +2953,7 @@ main (int argc, char* argv[]) {
         set_var_value("uri", uri_override);
         g_free(uri_override);
     } else if (uzbl.state.uri)
-        cmd_load_uri(uzbl.gui.web_view, NULL);
+        cmd_load_uri();
 
     gtk_main ();
     clean_up();