diff --git a/argv.js b/argv.js
index 71f632c..a62632d 100644
--- a/argv.js
+++ b/argv.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ module.ERROR =
 //	afterCallback(name)
 //		-> func
 //
-//	afterCallback(name, pre-action, post-action)
+//	afterCallback(name, pre_action, post_action)
 //		-> func
 //
 //
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ module.ERROR =
 //		-> this
 //		-> res 
 //
+//	pre_action(...args)
+//		-> false
+//		-> ...
+//
+//	post_action(...args)
+//		-> ...
+//
 var afterCallback = function(name, pre, post){
 	var attr = '__after_'+ name
 	return function(...args){
@@ -179,6 +186,7 @@ var afterCallback = function(name, pre, post){
 // NOTE: essentially this parser is a very basic stack language...
 // 		XXX can we implement the whole thing directly as a stack language???
 //
+// XXX should a flag have more than one value???
 // XXX can we add more prefixes, like '+' and the like???
 // 		...add prefix handlers???
 // XXX should -help should work for any command?
@@ -206,7 +214,8 @@ object.Constructor('Parser', {
 	// NOTE: we only care about differentiating an option from a command
 	// 		here by design...
 	optionInputPattern: /^--?(.*)$/,
-	commandInputPattern: /^([a-zA-Z*].*)$/,
+	//commandInputPattern: /^([.0-9a-zA-Z*].*)$/,
+	commandInputPattern: /^([^-].*)$/,
 
 
 	// instance stuff...
@@ -303,10 +312,12 @@ object.Constructor('Parser', {
 	handler: function(key){
 		// clear arg value...
 		key = key.split(/=/).shift()
-		// option or command?
+		// normalize option/command name...
 		key = this.optionInputPattern.test(key) ?
-			key.replace(this.optionInputPattern, this.optionPrefix+'$1')
-			: key.replace(this.commandInputPattern, this.commandPrefix+'$1')
+				key.replace(this.optionInputPattern, this.optionPrefix+'$1')
+			: !key.startsWith(this.commandPrefix) ?
+				key.replace(this.commandInputPattern, this.commandPrefix+'$1')
+			: key
 		var seen = new Set()
 		while(key in this 
 				&& typeof(this[key]) == typeof('str')){
@@ -680,15 +691,20 @@ object.Constructor('Parser', {
 					handler
 					: (handler.handler 
 						|| defaultHandler(handler)))
-				.call(parsed, rest, arg,
+				// XXX should we pass unhandled explicitly???
+				// 		...if yes then we do not need to splice it back in below...
+				.call(parsed, 
+					rest, 
+					arg,
 					...(value != null ? 
 						[value] 
 						: []))
 
 			// add nested parser result parsed...
 			// XXX should this be done also for .STOP / .ERROR / ... ???
-			handler instanceof Parser
-				&& parsed.handlerDefault(handler, rest, arg, res)
+			if(handler instanceof Parser){
+				parsed.unhandled.splice(parsed.unhandled.length, 0, ...res.unhandled)
+				parsed.handlerDefault(handler, rest, arg, res) }
 
 			res === module.STOP
 				&& parsed.stop(arg, rest)
@@ -721,6 +737,10 @@ object.Constructor('Parser', {
 		var unhandled = parsed.unhandled = []
 		while(rest.length > 0){
 			var arg = rest.shift()
+			// non-string stuff in arg list...
+			if(typeof(arg) != typeof('str')){
+				unhandled.push(arg) 
+				continue }
 			// NOTE: opts and commands do not follow the same path here 
 			// 		because options if unidentified need to be split into
 			// 		single letter options and commands to not...
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 08704a5..b27f14a 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -109,6 +109,105 @@ argv.Parser({
 
 
 
+var lang =
+module.lang =
+argv.Parser({
+	// helpers...
+	push: function(...items){
+		this.unhandled.splice(this.unhandled.length, 0, ...items) 
+		return this },
+	exec: function(...items){
+		this.rest.splice(0, 0, ...items) 
+		return this }, 
+
+	pre_ns: argv.Parser({
+	}),
+
+	// XXX do not like the split namespaces....
+	ns: {
+		'[': [ 'blockto', '[:]' ],
+		'(': [ 'blockto', ')', 'exec' ],
+		'quote': [ 'quotenn', '0', '1' ],
+	},
+
+	'@*': function(code, value){
+		this.unhandled.push(...(
+			// type-convert...
+			/^[+-]?[0-9]+$/.test(value) ?
+				[parseInt(value)]
+			: /^[+-]?[0-9.]+$/.test(value) ?
+				[parseFloat(value)]
+			// call user macros...
+			: value in this.ns ?
+				(this.exec(...this.ns[value]), [])
+			// unhandled...
+			: [value])) },
+
+	// XXX hanck...
+	'@quotenn': function(code){
+		var skip = code.shift()
+		var quote = code.shift()
+		this.push(...code.splice(skip, quote)) },
+
+	// XXX this needs blocks to be already made...
+	//	:: ( | name code -- | )
+	'@::': function(code){
+		this.ns[code.shift()] = code.shift() },
+
+	// XXX revise...
+	// 	groupb ( B | .. B -- | [ .. ])
+	// 	groupb ( A:B | .. A .. B .. B -- | [ .. [ .. ] .. ])
+	'@blockto': function(code, do_pack, value){
+		value = value || code.shift()
+		value = value instanceof Array ?
+			value
+			: value.split(':')
+		var [f, t] = value.length == 1 ? 
+			[undefined, ...value] 
+			: value
+		var pack = []
+		var cur = code.shift()
+		while(code.length > 0 && cur != t){
+			cur = cur == f ?
+				this['@blockto'](code, false, value)
+				: cur
+			pack.push(cur) 
+			cur = code.shift() }
+		do_pack !== false
+			&& code.unshift(pack)
+		return pack },
+	'@exec': function(code){
+		var c = this.unhandled.pop()
+		code.splice(0, 0, ...(c instanceof Array ? c : [c])) },
+
+	'@exit': '-',
+
+	'@dup': function(){
+		this.push(...this.unhandled.slice(-1)) },
+	'@dup2': function(){
+		this.push(...this.unhandled.slice(-2)) },
+
+	'@print': function(){
+		this.print(this.unhandled.pop()) },
+
+	'@add': function(){
+		var [b, a] = [this.unhandled.pop(), this.unhandled.pop()]
+		this.unhandled.push(a + b) },
+	'@sub': function(){
+		var [b, a] = [this.unhandled.pop(), this.unhandled.pop()]
+		this.unhandled.push(a - b) },
+	'@mul': function(){
+		var [b, a] = [this.unhandled.pop(), this.unhandled.pop()]
+		this.unhandled.push(a * b) },
+	'@div': function(){
+		var [b, a] = [this.unhandled.pop(), this.unhandled.pop()]
+		this.unhandled.push(a / b) },
+
+})
+.then(function(){
+	this.print('>>>', this.unhandled) })
+
+
 /*
 console.log('  ->', p(['test', '--verbose', 'a', 'b', 'c']))
 
@@ -127,7 +226,8 @@ p(['test', '-h'])
 
 typeof(__filename) != 'undefined'
 	&& __filename == (require.main || {}).filename
-	&& console.log(p())
+	//&& console.log(p())
+	&& console.log(lang())