diff --git a/pwiki/page.js b/pwiki/page.js
index 6538b53..a2cbe5c 100755
--- a/pwiki/page.js
+++ b/pwiki/page.js
@@ -427,20 +427,22 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 	//*/
 	resolve: relMatchProxy('resolve'),
 
-
-	delete: async function(path='.', base=true){
-		if(path === true || path === false){
-			base = path
-			path = '.'	}
-		var page = this.get(path)
-		if(page.isPattern){
-			base
-				&& this.__delete__(this.path.split('*')[0])
-			for(var p of await this.get('path').raw){
-				this.__delete__(p) }
-		} else {
-			this.__delete__(path) }
-		return this },
+	delete: types.event.Event('delete', 
+		async function(handle, path='.', base=true){
+			handle(false)
+			if(path === true || path === false){
+				base = path
+				path = '.'	}
+			var page = this.get(path)
+			if(page.isPattern){
+				base
+					&& this.__delete__(this.path.split('*')[0])
+				for(var p of await this.get('path').raw){
+					this.__delete__(p) }
+			} else {
+				this.__delete__(path) }
+			handle()
+			return this }),
 	// XXX should these be implemented here or proxy to .store???
 	// XXX do we sanity check to no not contain '*'???
 	copy: async function(to, base=true){
@@ -687,8 +689,9 @@ object.Constructor('BasePage', {
 	// 		...right now this will write what-ever is given, even if it
 	// 		will never be explicitly be accessible...
 	// XXX sync/async???
-	update: function(...data){
-		return Object.assign(this, ...data) },
+	update: types.event.Event('update',
+		function(_, ...data){
+			return Object.assign(this, ...data) }),
 
 	// XXX should this take an options/dict argument????
 	__init__: function(path, referrer, store){
@@ -1359,7 +1362,7 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 				text = typeof(text) == 'string' ?
 					[...this.__parser__.group(this, text+'</macro>', 'macro')]
 					: text
-				var join
+				var join, itext
 				var iargs = {}
 
 				// stored macros...
@@ -1383,7 +1386,7 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 				// XXX is there a point in overloading text???
 				text = text.length > 0 ? 
 					text 
-					: itext
+					: itext ?? text
 				var sort = (args.sort 
 						?? iargs.sort 
 						?? '')
@@ -1441,7 +1444,7 @@ object.Constructor('Page', BasePage, {
 								seen: state.seen, 
 								depends,
 								renderer: state.renderer,
-								macros: args.inheritmacros ?
+								macros: inheritmacros ?
 									{__proto__: macros}
 									: {},
 							}
@@ -2102,7 +2105,9 @@ module.System = {
 					<div class="item">
 						<a class="tree-page-title" href="#@source(s ./path)">@source(./title)</a>
 						<a class="show-on-hover" href="#@source(s ./path)/info">&#128712;</a>
-						<a class="show-on-hover" href="#@source(s ./path)/delete">&times;</a>
+						<a class="show-on-hover" 
+							href="javascript:pwiki.delete('@source(s ./path)')"
+							>&times;</a>
 					</div>
 					<div style="padding-left: 30px">
 						@include("./tree:$ARGS")
diff --git a/pwiki/parser.js b/pwiki/parser.js
index b1a2a9c..f401025 100755
--- a/pwiki/parser.js
+++ b/pwiki/parser.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ module.BaseParser = {
 	//
 	MACRO_ARGS: ['(\\s*(',[
 				// arg='val' | arg="val" | arg=val
-				'(?<PREFIXArgName>[a-z-]+)\\s*=\\s*(?<PREFIXArgValue>'+([
+				'(?<PREFIXArgName>[a-z:-]+)\\s*=\\s*(?<PREFIXArgValue>'+([
 					// XXX CHROME/NODE BUG: this does not work yet...
 					//'\\s+(?<quote>[\'"])[^\\k<quote>]*\\k<quote>',
 					'"(?<PREFIXDoubleQuotedValue>(\\"|[^"])*?)"',
diff --git a/pwiki/store/base.js b/pwiki/store/base.js
index 5028caf..0588236 100755
--- a/pwiki/store/base.js
+++ b/pwiki/store/base.js
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ module.BaseStore = {
 			return data }, 
 		remove: async function(data, path){
 			var {tags, paths} = await data
-			for(var tag of paths[path]){
+			for(var tag of paths[path] ?? []){
 				tags[tag].delete(path) }
 			return data }, }),
 	get tags(){
@@ -609,8 +609,11 @@ module.BaseStore = {
 	// 		...this could be a sign of problems with index -- needs more 
 	// 		tought...
 	update: types.event.Event('update', 
-		function(handler, path, data, mode='update'){
-			return this.__update(...[...arguments].slice(1)) }),
+		async function(handler, path, data, mode='update'){
+			handler(false)
+			var res = await this.__update(...[...arguments].slice(1)) 
+			handler()
+			return res }),
 
 	__delete__: async function(path){
 		delete this.data[path] },
@@ -625,8 +628,11 @@ module.BaseStore = {
 			this.index('remove', path) }
 		return this },
 	delete: types.event.Event('delete', 
-		function(handler, path){
-			return this.__delete(path) }),
+		async function(handler, path){
+			handler(false)
+			var res = await this.__delete(path) 
+			handler()
+			return res }),
 
 	// XXX NEXT might be a good idea to have an API to move pages from 
 	// 		current store up the chain...
diff --git a/pwiki2.html b/pwiki2.html
index b411a3c..54a2741 100755
--- a/pwiki2.html
+++ b/pwiki2.html
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ a:hover {
 
 /* Spinner... */
 .spinner {
-	position: absolute;
+	position: fixed;
 	display: flex;
 	text-align: center;
 	left: 50%;
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@ require(['./browser'], function(browser){
 			//		when the hash is actually changed...
 			for(var lnk of this.dom.querySelectorAll(`a[href="${location.hash}"]`)){
 				lnk.addEventListener('click', refresh) } })
+		.delete(refresh)
 
 	// handle special file updates...
 	// NOTE: the actual updates are done .navigate(..)
diff --git a/pwiki2.js b/pwiki2.js
index b4c732b..d742c6d 100755
--- a/pwiki2.js
+++ b/pwiki2.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 * 		- CLI										- 
 *
 *
+* XXX macros: add @defmacro(<name> ..) to be exactly as @macro(<name> ..) 
+* 		but defines a @<name>(..) macro...
 * XXX BUG: parser:
 * 		This will break:
 * 			await pwiki.parse('<macro src=../tags join=", ">@source(.)</macro>')