diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/pwiki/page.js b/pwiki/page.js
index ea4c97b..e1e3adc 100755
--- a/pwiki/page.js
+++ b/pwiki/page.js
@@ -422,9 +422,7 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 
 	// relative proxies to store...
 	exists: relProxy('exists'), 
-	//* XXX MATCH
 	match: relMatchProxy('match'), 
-	/*/
 	match: async function(path='.', strict=false){
 		if(path === true || path === false){
 			strict = path
@@ -548,11 +546,6 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 			: paths instanceof Promise ?
 				await paths
 			: [paths]
-		/*/ XXX MATCH
-		paths = paths.length == 0 ?
-			[await this.find(path)]
-			: paths
-		//*/
 		for(var path of paths){
 			yield this.get('/'+ path) } },
 	[Symbol.asyncIterator]: async function*(){
@@ -861,23 +854,23 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 	// XXX ASYNC make these support async page getters...
 	macros: { __proto__: {
 		//
-		//	@(<name>[ <default>][ local])
-		//	@(name=<name>[ default=<default>][ local])
+		//	@(<name>[ <else>][ local])
+		//	@(name=<name>[ else=<value>][ local])
 		//
-		//	@arg(<name>[ <default>][ local])
-		//	@arg(name=<name>[ default=<value>][ local])
+		//	@arg(<name>[ <else>][ local])
+		//	@arg(name=<name>[ else=<value>][ local])
 		//
-		//	<arg <name>[ <default>][ local]/>
-		//	<arg name=<name>[ default=<value>][ local]/>
+		//	<arg <name>[ <else>][ local]/>
+		//	<arg name=<name>[ else=<value>][ local]/>
 		//
 		// Resolution order:
 		// 		- local
 		// 		- .renderer
 		// 		- .root
 		//
-		// NOTE: default value is parsed when accessed...
+		// NOTE: else (default) value is parsed when accessed...
 		arg: Macro(
-			['name', 'default', ['local']],
+			['name', 'else', ['local']],
 			function(args){
 				var v = this.args[args.name] 
 					|| (!args.local 
@@ -889,10 +882,10 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 					args.name
 					: v
 				return v
-					|| (args.default 
-						&& this.parse(args.default)) }),
+					|| (args['else']
+						&& this.parse(args['else'])) }),
 		'': Macro(
-			['name', 'default', ['local']],
+			['name', 'else', ['local']],
 			function(args){
 				return this.macros.arg.call(this, args) }),
 		args: function(){
diff --git a/pwiki/store/base.js b/pwiki/store/base.js
index 385c393..c593441 100755
--- a/pwiki/store/base.js
+++ b/pwiki/store/base.js
@@ -158,28 +158,6 @@ object.Constructor('JournalDB', {
 })
 
 
-var awaitOrDo = 
-module.awaitOrDo =
-function(data, func){
-	if(arguments.length > 2){
-		data = [...arguments]
-		func = data.pop()
-		var promise = data
-			.reduce(function(res, e){
-				return res 
-					|| e instanceof Promise }, false) 
-		return promise ?
-			Promise.all(data)
-				.then(function(res){ 
-					return func(...res) })
-			: func(...data) 
-	// single data item...
-	} else {
-		return data instanceof Promise ?
-			data.then(func)
-			: func(data) } }
-
-
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Store...
 
@@ -839,7 +817,7 @@ module.BaseStore = {
 		var {path, args} = 
 			pwpath.splitArgs(
 				pwpath.sanitize(path, 'string'))
-		return awaitOrDo(
+		return Promise.awaitOrRun(
 			this.paths,
 			function(paths){
 				return paths.includes(path) ?
@@ -850,7 +828,7 @@ module.BaseStore = {
 	find: function(path, strict=false){
 		var {path, args} = pwpath.splitArgs(path)
 		args = pwpath.joinArgs('', args)
-		return awaitOrDo(
+		return Promise.awaitOrRun(
 			this.names,
 			function(names){
 				// build list of existing page candidates...
diff --git a/pwiki2.js b/pwiki2.js
index 614adda..c572991 100755
--- a/pwiki2.js
+++ b/pwiki2.js
@@ -38,22 +38,6 @@
 *
 *
 *
-* XXX sort: aliases (a-la imagegrid)???
-* XXX sort: revise how we store order...
-* 			.metadata.order = [ .. ]
-* 			.metadata.order_<name> = [ .. ]
-* 			...
-* 		or:
-* 			.metadata.order = {
-* 				'default': [ .. ],
-* 				<name>: [ .. ]
-* 				...
-* 			}
-* 		...this would make updating order more complicated (i.e. require a fetch)
-* 		Q: will it be a good idea to use the cache/index api???
-* XXX sort: might be a good idea to pre-sort (index) all the pages and 
-* 		simply reference that for sorts...
-* 		...this needs thought and weighing...
 * XXX macros: else/default macro args essentially mean the same thing, should we
 * 		unify them to use the same name???
 * XXX parser: error handling: revise page quoting... 
@@ -284,6 +268,22 @@
 *	 	fixable (more general macro name pattern + ns matching) but I'm not 
 *	 	sure if this is worth it
 * 		...see: <page>.defmacro(..)
+* XXX sort: revise how we store order...
+* 			.metadata.order = [ .. ]
+* 			.metadata.order_<name> = [ .. ]
+* 			...
+* 		or:
+* 			.metadata.order = {
+* 				'default': [ .. ],
+* 				<name>: [ .. ]
+* 				...
+* 			}
+* 		...this would make updating order more complicated (i.e. require a fetch)
+* 		Q: will it be a good idea to use the cache/index api???
+* XXX sort: aliases (a-la imagegrid)???
+* XXX sort/cache: might be a good idea to pre-sort (index) all the pages and 
+* 		simply reference that for sorts...
+* 		...this needs thought and weighing...
 * XXX EXPERIMENTAL DOC INHERIT_ARGS added a special-case...
 * 		as basename will get appended :$ARGS if no args are given...
 * 		...this only applies to paths referring to the current context