diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 56d0a212..e8074095 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+locals.zsh
 log/.zsh_history
-
 projects.zsh
diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index bf408691..1735e150 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ TODO: Update this..
 ** Take a look at the "current themes":http://wiki.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/themes that come bundled with Oh My Zsh.
 * much much more..
 
+h2. Useful
+the "refcard":http://www.bash2zsh.com/zsh_refcard/refcard.pdf is pretty tasty for tips.
+
 h3. Uninstalling
 
 If you want to uninstall it, just run @uninstall_oh_my_zsh@ from the command line and it'll remove itself and revert you to bash (or your previous zsh config).
@@ -59,3 +62,7 @@ h3. Send us your theme!
 
 I'm hoping to collect a bunch of themes for our command prompts. You can see existing ones in the @themes/@ directory.
 
+h3. Todo from imajes:
+
+* need to make the title bar support git folder
+* 
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diff --git a/aliases.zsh b/aliases.zsh
index 253c2ac6..cd17781a 100644
--- a/aliases.zsh
+++ b/aliases.zsh
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ alias .='pwd'
 alias ...='cd ../..'
 
 alias _='sudo'
+alias ss='sudo su -'
 
 #alias g='grep -in'
 
@@ -26,7 +27,10 @@ alias gba='git branch -a'
 alias history='fc -l 1'
 
 alias ls='ls -F'
-alias ll='ls -al'
+alias ll='ls -alr'
+alias l='ls'
+alias ll='ls -l'
+alias sl=ls # often screw this up
 
 alias sgem='sudo gem'
 
diff --git a/completion.zsh b/completion.zsh
index dff71cfd..795903d0 100644
--- a/completion.zsh
+++ b/completion.zsh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+## fixme - the load process here seems a bit bizarre
+
 setopt noautomenu
-setopt COMPLETE_IN_WORD
-setopt ALWAYS_TO_END
+setopt complete_in_word
+setopt always_to_end
 
 unsetopt flowcontrol
 
@@ -18,8 +20,9 @@ zstyle ':completion:*' list-colors ''
 zstyle ':completion:*' hosts $( sed 's/[, ].*$//' $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts )
 
 unsetopt MENU_COMPLETE
-setopt AUTO_MENU
+#setopt AUTO_MENU
 
+# should this be in keybindings?
 bindkey -M menuselect '^o' accept-and-infer-next-history
 
 zstyle ':completion:*:*:*:*:*' menu yes select
@@ -28,3 +31,10 @@ zstyle ':completion:*:*:*:*:*' menu yes select
 zstyle ':completion:*:*:kill:*:processes' list-colors '=(#b) #([0-9]#) ([0-9a-z-]#)*=01;34=0=01'
 zstyle ':completion:*:*:*:*:processes' command "ps -u `whoami` -o pid,user,comm -w -w"
 zstyle ':completion:*:*:(ssh|scp):*:*' hosts `sed 's/^\([^ ,]*\).*$/\1/' ~/.ssh/known_hosts`
+
+
+#complete on history
+# zstyle ':completion:*:history-words' stop yes
+# zstyle ':completion:*:history-words' remove-all-dups yes
+# zstyle ':completion:*:history-words' list false
+# zstyle ':completion:*:history-words' menu yes
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diff --git a/correction.zsh b/correction.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9fecb0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/correction.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+setopt correct_all
+
+alias man='nocorrect man'
+alias mv='nocorrect mv'
+alias mysql='nocorrect mysql'
+alias mv='nocorrect mv'
diff --git a/directories.zsh b/directories.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56d7a231
--- /dev/null
+++ b/directories.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Changing/making/removing directory
+setopt auto_name_dirs
+setopt auto_pushd
+setopt pushd_ignore_dups
+
+alias ..='cd ..'
+alias cd..='cd ..'
+alias cd...='cd ../..'
+alias cd....='cd ../../..'
+alias cd.....='cd ../../../..'
+alias cd/='cd /'
+
+alias 1='cd -'
+alias 2='cd +2'
+alias 3='cd +3'
+alias 4='cd +4'
+alias 5='cd +5'
+alias 6='cd +6'
+alias 7='cd +7'
+alias 8='cd +8'
+alias 9='cd +9'
+
+cd () {
+  if   [[ "x$*" == "x..." ]]; then
+    cd ../..
+  elif [[ "x$*" == "x...." ]]; then
+    cd ../../..
+  elif [[ "x$*" == "x....." ]]; then
+    cd ../../..
+  elif [[ "x$*" == "x......" ]]; then
+    cd ../../../..
+  else
+    builtin cd "$@"
+  fi
+}
+
+alias md='mkdir -p'
+alias rd=rmdir
+
+alias d='dirs -v'
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diff --git a/functions.zsh b/functions.zsh
index e3891f6f..2fb096dd 100644
--- a/functions.zsh
+++ b/functions.zsh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+## fixme, i duplicated this in xterms - oops
 function title {
   if [[ $TERM == "screen" ]]; then
     # Use these two for GNU Screen:
diff --git a/history.zsh b/history.zsh
index a093aa27..356b6498 100644
--- a/history.zsh
+++ b/history.zsh
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
-# History stuff.
-setopt HIST_VERIFY
-setopt INC_APPEND_HISTORY
-setopt SHARE_HISTORY
-setopt EXTENDED_HISTORY
-setopt HIST_IGNORE_DUPS
-
 ## Command history configuration
 #
-HISTFILE=$ZSH/log/.zsh_history
-HISTSIZE=2500
-SAVEHIST=2500
+HISTFILE=$HOME/.zsh_history
+HISTSIZE=5000
+SAVEHIST=5000
 setopt hist_ignore_dups # ignore duplication command history list
 setopt share_history # share command history data
 
+setopt hist_verify
+setopt inc_append_history
+setopt extended_history
+setopt hist_expire_dups_first
diff --git a/key-bindings.zsh b/key-bindings.zsh
index 20caad11..87e47bab 100644
--- a/key-bindings.zsh
+++ b/key-bindings.zsh
@@ -1,14 +1,41 @@
 # TODO: Explain what some of this does..
 autoload -U compinit
 compinit
+
+bindkey -e
 bindkey '\ew' kill-region
 bindkey -s '\el' "ls\n"
 bindkey -s '\e.' "..\n"
 bindkey '^r' history-incremental-search-backward
 bindkey "^[[5~" up-line-or-history
 bindkey "^[[6~" down-line-or-history
+
+# make search up and down work, so partially type and hit up/down to find relevant stuff
+bindkey '^[[A' up-line-or-search
+bindkey '^[[B' down-line-or-search
+
 bindkey "^[[H" beginning-of-line
 bindkey "^[[1~" beginning-of-line
 bindkey "^[[F"  end-of-line
 bindkey "^[[4~" end-of-line
-bindkey ' ' magic-space    # also do history expansion on space
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+bindkey ' ' magic-space    # also do history expansion on space
+
+
+# consider emacs keybindings:
+
+#bindkey -e  ## emacs key bindings
+#
+#bindkey '^[[A' up-line-or-search
+#bindkey '^[[B' down-line-or-search
+#bindkey '^[^[[C' emacs-forward-word
+#bindkey '^[^[[D' emacs-backward-word
+#
+#bindkey -s '^X^Z' '%-^M'
+#bindkey '^[e' expand-cmd-path
+#bindkey '^[^I' reverse-menu-complete
+#bindkey '^X^N' accept-and-infer-next-history
+#bindkey '^W' kill-region
+#bindkey '^I' complete-word
+## Fix weird sequence that rxvt produces
+#bindkey -s '^[[Z' '\t'
+#
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diff --git a/misc.zsh b/misc.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fab4be93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## smart urls
+autoload -U url-quote-magic
+zle -N self-insert url-quote-magic
+
+## file rename magick
+bindkey "^[m" copy-prev-shell-word
+
+## jobs
+setopt long_list_jobs
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diff --git a/prompt.zsh b/prompt.zsh
index 31c33feb..39689684 100644
--- a/prompt.zsh
+++ b/prompt.zsh
@@ -1,19 +1,12 @@
 export PAGER=less
 export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
 
-bindkey -e
+# speed stuff.
 
-# Directory stuff.
-setopt AUTO_NAME_DIRS
-
-# Speed stuff.
-
-#setopt NO_BEEP
-setopt AUTO_CD
-setopt MULTIOS
-setopt CDABLEVARS
-
-bindkey -e
+#setopt no_beep
+setopt auto_cd
+setopt multios
+setopt cdablevarS
 
 if [[ x$WINDOW != x ]]
 then
diff --git a/themes/imajes.zsh-theme b/themes/imajes.zsh-theme
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..88c35b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/imajes.zsh-theme
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Found on the ZshWiki
+#  http://zshwiki.org/home/config/prompt
+#
+
+PROMPT="%{$fg[red]%}%%%{$reset_color%} "
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diff --git a/xterms.zsh b/xterms.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fef97874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xterms.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+case "$TERM" in
+  xterm*|rxvt*)
+    preexec () {
+      print -Pn "\e]0;%n@%m: $1\a"  # xterm
+    }
+    precmd () {
+      print -Pn "\e]0;%n@%m: %~\a"  # xterm
+    }
+    ;;
+  screen*)
+    preexec () {
+      local CMD=${1[(wr)^(*=*|sudo|ssh|-*)]}
+      echo -ne "\ek$CMD\e\\"
+      print -Pn "\e]0;%n@%m: $1\a"  # xterm
+    }
+    precmd () {
+      echo -ne "\ekzsh\e\\"
+      print -Pn "\e]0;%n@%m: %~\a"  # xterm
+    }
+    ;;
+esac
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