diff --git a/main/app/demo/core.hook b/main/app/demo/core.hook
index 7e3c0b410a..3a1460a2d5 100644
--- a/main/app/demo/core.hook
+++ b/main/app/demo/core.hook
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
   :*  [ost %give %nice ~]
       %+  turn  (~(tap by sup.hid))
       |=  [ost=bone *]
-      [ost %give %rush %txt (cat 3 p.arg (cat 3 ' says ' (scot %ud q.arg)))]
+      :-  ost
+      :^  %give  %rush  %tang
+      [rose/[" " ~ ~]^~[leaf/<p.arg> leaf/"says" leaf/(scow %ud q.arg)]]~
   ==
 ::
 ++  peer
diff --git a/main/app/ls/core.hook b/main/app/ls/core.hook
index 97aed3f166..86fa54b16a 100644
--- a/main/app/ls/core.hook
+++ b/main/app/ls/core.hook
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 !:
 |_  [hid=hide ~]
 ++  poke-ls-args
-  |=  [ost=bone you=ship arg=path]
+  |=  [ost=bone you=ship arg=path ~]
   =+  lon=((hard arch) .^(%cy arg))
   :_  +>.$
-  :*  [ost %give %nice ~]
+  :*  ::[ost %pass / %g %cide %$]
+      [ost %give %nice ~]
       %+  turn  (~(tap by sup.hid))
       |=  [ost=bone *]
       :^  ost  %give  %rush
       :-  %tang
+      :_  ~  
+      :+  %rose  [" " ~ ~]
       (turn (~(tap by r.lon) ~) |=([a=@ta b=*] leaf/(trip a)))
   ==
 ++  peer
diff --git a/main/app/shell/core.hook b/main/app/shell/core.hook
index 74bf552c5d..738c025c9f 100644
--- a/main/app/shell/core.hook
+++ b/main/app/shell/core.hook
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-::    Terminal
+::    Shell
 ::
-::::  /hook/core/terminal/app
+::::  /hook/core/shell/app
   ::
 /?    314
 /-    term-line
+/=    seeb  /~  !>(.)
 ::
 ::::  structures
   ::
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
       [%meta p=vase]                                    ::
   ==  ==  ==                                            ::
 ++  coma                                                ::
-  $%  [%start p=cord q=twig]                            ::
+  $%  [%start p=term q=(list twig)]                     ::
       [%end p=cord]                                     ::
       [%path p=path]                                    ::
       [%hoon p=twig]                                    ::
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 !:
 ::::  program
   ::
-|_  [hid=hide pax=_`path`/=try=]
+|_  [hid=hide pid=@u pax=_`path`/=try=]
 ++  maybe
   |*  fel=_rule
   ;~  pose
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
   ==
 ::
 ++  args
-  ;~(pfix ace wide:(vang | pax))
+  (star ;~(pfix ace wide:(vang | pax)))
 ::
 ++  parse
   ^-  $+(nail (like coma))
@@ -79,28 +80,32 @@
     ==
   ::
       %start
+    =+  cil=(scot %ud pid)
+    =.  pid  +(pid)
     :_  +>.$
-    =*  cil  p.u.com
     :~  :^  ost  %pass  /child/[cil]/main
         :+  %g  %meta  !>
         :*  %mess  [our.hid cil imp.hid]  you
-            (cat 3 cil '-args')  (slap seed q.u.com)
+            (cat 3 p.u.com '-args')  (slap seeb [%clsg q.u.com])
         ==
         [ost %pass /child/[cil]/lines %g %show [our.hid cil imp.hid] you /lines]
-        [ost %pass /child/[cil] %g %sire cil cil]       ::  XX strange order?
+        [ost %pass /child/[cil] %g %sire p.u.com cil]       ::  XX strange order?
         (print ost you leaf/"running {(trip p.u.com)}" ~)
     ==
   ::
       %end
     :_  +>.$
     =*  cil  p.u.com
-    :~  (print ost you leaf/"killing {(trip cil)}" ~)
-        [ost %pass /child/[cil] %g %cide cil]
+    :*  (print ost you leaf/"killing {(trip cil)}" ~)
+        %+  murn  (~(tap by cub.hid))  |=  [a=span b=term]
+        ?.  =(b cil)  ~
+        %-  some
+        [ost %pass /child/[a] %g %cide a]
     ==
   ::
       %hoon
     :_  +>.$
-    :~  (print ost you (sell (slap seed p.u.com)) ~)
+    :~  (print ost you (sell (slap seeb p.u.com)) ~)
         [ost %give %nice ~]
     ==
   ==
diff --git a/main/mar/ls-args/door.hook b/main/mar/ls-args/door.hook
index dfe2d7875a..0b6ef20fbb 100644
--- a/main/mar/ls-args/door.hook
+++ b/main/mar/ls-args/door.hook
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 ::::  /hoon/core/zing/pro
   ::
 /?  314
-|_  pax=path
+|_  pax=[path ~]
 ::
 ++  grab                                                ::  convert from
   |%
   ++  noun                                              ::  convert from %noun
     |=  src=*
     ^+  +>+
-    +>+(pax (path src))
+    +>+(pax (,[path ~] src))
   --
 --
diff --git a/main/sur/demo-args/gate.hook b/main/sur/demo-args/gate.hook
index 844ac961bb..a9046c9df2 100644
--- a/main/sur/demo-args/gate.hook
+++ b/main/sur/demo-args/gate.hook
@@ -1 +1 @@
-,[p=@t q=@ud]
+,[p=@t q=@ud ~]