diff --git a/libr/Makefile b/libr/Makefile
index e71e7d1f2f..ae429e09ae 100644
--- a/libr/Makefile
+++ b/libr/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PREFIX=../prefix
 
 # Libraries
-LIBLIST=io util lib meta lang flags bin macro hash line cons line print config syscall range socket cmd asm anal search diff debug reg core
+LIBLIST=io util lib meta lang flags bin macro hash line cons line print config syscall range socket cmd asm anal search diff debug reg core var
 
 
 # Under development
@@ -48,3 +48,4 @@ todo:
 
 clean:
 	for lib in ${LIBLIST}; do ( cd $${lib} && ${MAKE} clean ); done
+	cd vapi/t && ${MAKE} clean
diff --git a/libr/cons/cons.c b/libr/cons/cons.c
index f8d30e5ed7..5aa7150049 100644
--- a/libr/cons/cons.c
+++ b/libr/cons/cons.c
@@ -41,6 +41,39 @@ int r_cons_noflush = 0;
 static int grepline = -1, greptoken = -1, grepcounter = 0, grepneg = 0;
 static char *grepstr = NULL;
 
+int r_cons_breaked = 0;
+
+static void (*r_cons_break_cb)(void *user);
+static void *r_cons_break_user;
+
+static void break_signal(int sig)
+{
+	r_cons_breaked = 1;
+	printf("break received\n");
+	if (r_cons_break_cb)
+		r_cons_break_cb(r_cons_break_user);
+}
+
+void r_cons_break(void (*cb)(void *u), void *user)
+{
+	r_cons_breaked = 0;
+	r_cons_break_user = user;
+	r_cons_break_cb = cb;
+	printf("break enabled\n");
+#if __UNIX__
+	signal(SIGINT, break_signal);
+#endif
+}
+
+void r_cons_break_end()
+{
+	printf("break end\n");
+	r_cons_breaked = 0;
+#if __UNIX__
+	signal(SIGINT, SIG_IGN);
+#endif
+}
+
 int r_cons_init()
 {
 	r_cons_stdin_fd = stdin;
diff --git a/libr/core/cmd.c b/libr/core/cmd.c
index 0bf0062e61..18057106ef 100644
--- a/libr/core/cmd.c
+++ b/libr/core/cmd.c
@@ -67,7 +67,22 @@ static int cmd_interpret(void *data, const char *input)
 		"Usage: . [file] | [!command] | [(macro)]\n"
 		" . foo.rs          ; interpret r script\n"
 		" .!rabin -ri $FILE ; interpret output of command\n"
-		" .(foo 1 2 3)      ; run macro 'foo' with args 1, 2, 3\n");
+		" .(foo 1 2 3)      ; run macro 'foo' with args 1, 2, 3\n"
+		" ./m ELF           ; interpret output of command /m ELF as r. commands\n");
+		break;
+	default:
+		{
+		char *str = r_core_cmd_str(core, input);
+		char *ptr = str;
+		while(1) {
+			char *eol = strchr(ptr, '\n');
+			if (eol) eol[0]='\0';
+			r_core_cmd(core, ptr, 0);
+			if (!eol) break;
+			ptr = eol+1;
+		}
+		free(str);
+		}
 		break;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -285,22 +300,20 @@ static int cmd_flag(void *data, const char *input)
 	char *str = alloca(len);
 	//u64 seek = core->seek;
 	//u64 size = core->blocksize;
-	memcpy(str, input, len);
+	memcpy(str, input+1, len);
 	ptr = strchr(str+1, ' ');
 	if (ptr) {
 		*ptr='\0';
 		ptr = strchr(ptr+1, ' ');
-		if (ptr) {
-			*ptr='\0';
-		}
+		if (ptr) *ptr='\0';
 		// TODO redefine seek and size here
 	}
 	switch(input[0]) {
 	case '+':
-		r_flag_set(&core->flags, input+1, core->seek, core->blocksize, 1);
+		r_flag_set(&core->flags, str, core->seek, core->blocksize, 1);
 		break;
 	case ' ':
-		r_flag_set(&core->flags, input+1, core->seek, core->blocksize, 0);
+		r_flag_set(&core->flags, str, core->seek, core->blocksize, 0);
 		break;
 	case '-':
 		r_flag_unset(&core->flags, input+1);
@@ -579,6 +592,24 @@ static int cmd_search(void *data, const char *input)
 		r_search_begin(core->search);
 		dosearch = 1;
 		break;
+	case 'm': /* match regexp */
+		{
+		char *inp = strdup(input+2);
+		char *res = r_str_lchr(inp+1, inp[0]);
+		char *opt = NULL;
+		if (res > inp) {
+			opt = strdup(res+1);
+			res[1]='\0';
+		}
+		r_search_free(core->search);
+		core->search = r_search_new(R_SEARCH_REGEXP);
+		r_search_kw_add(core->search, inp, opt);
+		r_search_begin(core->search);
+		dosearch = 1;
+		free(inp);
+		free(opt);
+		}
+		break;
 	case 'x': /* search hex */
 		r_search_free(core->search);
 		core->search = r_search_new(R_SEARCH_KEYWORD);
@@ -587,12 +618,16 @@ static int cmd_search(void *data, const char *input)
 		dosearch = 1;
 		break;
 	default:
-		r_cons_printf("Usage: /[x/] [arg]\n"
+		r_cons_printf("Usage: /[xm/] [arg]\n"
 		" / foo     ; search for string 'foo'\n"
+		" /m /E.F/i ; match regular expression\n"
 		" /x ff0033 ; search for hex string\n"
 		" //        ; repeat last search\n");
 		break;
 	}
+	if (core->search->n_kws==0) {
+		printf("No keywords defined\n");
+	} else
 	if (dosearch) {
 		/* set callback */
 		/* TODO: handle last block of data */
@@ -600,13 +635,20 @@ static int cmd_search(void *data, const char *input)
 		/* TODO: launch search in background support */
 		buf = (u8 *)malloc(core->blocksize);
 		r_search_set_callback(core->search, &__cb_hit, &core);
+		r_cons_break(NULL, NULL);
 		for(at = core->seek; at < core->file->size; at += core->blocksize) {
+			if (r_cons_breaked)
+				break;
 			r_io_lseek(&core->io, core->file->fd, at, R_IO_SEEK_SET);
 			ret = r_io_read(&core->io, core->file->fd, buf, core->blocksize);
 			if (ret != core->blocksize)
 				break;
-			r_search_update(core->search, &at, buf, ret);
+			if (r_search_update(core->search, &at, buf, ret) == -1) {
+				printf("search:update error\n");
+				break;
+			}
 		}
+		r_cons_break_end();
 	}
 	return R_TRUE;
 }
@@ -868,7 +910,12 @@ static int r_core_cmd_subst(struct r_core_t *core, char *cmd, int *rs, int *rfd,
 	}
 	ptr = strchr(cmd, '@');
 	if (ptr) {
+		char *pt = ptr;
 		ptr[0]='\0';
+		while(pt[0]==' '||pt=='\t') {
+			pt[0]='\0';
+			pt = pt-1;
+		}
 		*rs = 1;
 		if (ptr[1]=='@') {
 			fprintf(stderr, "TODO: foreach @ loop\n");
diff --git a/libr/core/config.c b/libr/core/config.c
index 2a2be480e7..778eca46eb 100644
--- a/libr/core/config.c
+++ b/libr/core/config.c
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ int r_core_config_init(struct r_core_t *core)
 	//r_config_callback_int("");
 	
 	r_config_set(cfg, "asm.arch", "x86");
+	r_config_set_i(cfg, "asm.bits", 32);
 	r_config_set(cfg, "asm.syntax", "x86");
+	r_config_set(cfg, "asm.os", "linux"); 
 #if 0
 	node = config_set("asm.profile", "default");
 //	node->callback = &config_asm_profile;
diff --git a/libr/debug/README b/libr/debug/README
index e16689e71a..57cd1cef44 100644
--- a/libr/debug/README
+++ b/libr/debug/README
@@ -24,3 +24,15 @@ controlflow commands: (should be splitted in two layers)
 We also need a load/store/dump/restore functions to move the
 program from one engine to another (ptrace -> qemu).. we should
 provide a way for all this operations between them.
+
+[continue]
+    |--- check if bp api allows us to continue or we should step into..
+    |--- check if debug plugin supports continue
+
+[getregs]
+    |--- r_reg give us a list of registers
+    |    - dr (show bitsize debug registers) // 32 by default
+    |    - dr 32 (show 32 bit debug registers) // depends on size
+    |    - dr eax (show 'eax' register value)
+    |    - dr al  (show 8bit register 'al')
+    |    - dr eax=33 (set 'eax' register value)
diff --git a/libr/debug/debug.c b/libr/debug/debug.c
index 4f098d418d..579fc34d4f 100644
--- a/libr/debug/debug.c
+++ b/libr/debug/debug.c
@@ -149,6 +149,18 @@ int r_debug_register_set(struct r_debug_t *dbg, int reg, u64 value)
 	return R_TRUE;
 }
 
+/* for debugging purposes? */
+int r_debug_register_list(struct r_debug_t *dbg)
+{
+	int i =0;
+	for(i=0;i<dbg->reg.nregs;i++) {
+		u64 value;
+		r_debug_register_get(dbg, i, &value);
+		printf("%d %s 0x%08llx\n", i, dbg->reg.regs[i], value);
+	}
+	return R_TRUE;
+}
+
 /* mmu */
 
 int r_debug_mmu_alloc(struct r_debug_t *dbg, u64 size, u64 *addr)
diff --git a/libr/debug/p/ptrace.c b/libr/debug/p/ptrace.c
index e8b22654f5..d871cd1552 100644
--- a/libr/debug/p/ptrace.c
+++ b/libr/debug/p/ptrace.c
@@ -31,11 +31,19 @@ int r_debug_ptrace_continue(int pid)
 	return ptrace(PTRACE_CONT, pid, addr, data);
 }
 
+int r_debug_ptrace_import(struct r_debug_handle_t *from)
+{
+	//int pid = from->export(R_DEBUG_GET_PID);
+	//int maps = from->export(R_DEBUG_GET_MAPS);
+}
+
 struct r_debug_handle_t {
 	.step = &r_debug_ptrace_step,
 	.cont = &r_debug_ptrace_continue,
 	.attach = &r_debug_ptrace_attach,
 	.detach = &r_debug_ptrace_detach,
+//	.import = &r_debug_ptrace_import,
+//	.export = &r_debug_ptrace_export,
 };
 #if 0
 int r_debug_ptrace_init(struct r_debug_t *dbg)
diff --git a/libr/include/r_cons.h b/libr/include/r_cons.h
index 27e9f0a9fc..baa135e4d6 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_cons.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_cons.h
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ extern FILE *stdin_fd;
 extern FILE *r_cons_stdin_fd;
 extern int r_cons_stdout_fd;
 extern int r_cons_stdout_file;
+extern int r_cons_breaked;
 
+void r_cons_break(void (*cb)(void *u), void *user);
+void r_cons_break_end();
 /* pipe */
 int r_cons_pipe_open(const char *file, int append);
 void r_cons_pipe_close(int fd);
diff --git a/libr/include/r_debug.h b/libr/include/r_debug.h
index 3359ea1f65..bd3fdceae6 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_debug.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_debug.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct r_debug_t {
 	int tid;    /* selected thread id */
 	int swstep; /* steps with software traps */
 	int steps;  /* counter of steps done */
-	struct r_reg_t reg;  /* counter of steps done */
+	struct r_reg_t reg;
 	/* io */
 	int (*read)(int pid, u64 addr, u8 *buf, int len);
 	int (*write)(int pid, u64 addr, u8 *buf, int len);
diff --git a/libr/include/r_io.h b/libr/include/r_io.h
index f8978b57a8..32778f1d79 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_io.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_io.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #define R_IO_SEEK_CUR 1
 #define R_IO_SEEK_END 2
 
-#define IO_MAP_N 10
+#define IO_MAP_N 32
 struct r_io_maps_t {
         int fd;
         char file[128];
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ struct r_io_maps_t {
         struct list_head list;
 };
 
+/* stores write and seek changes */
+#define R_IO_UNDOS 64
+struct r_io_undo_t {
+	struct list_head undo_w_list;
+	int w_init;
+	int w_lock;
+	u64 seek[R_IO_UNDOS];
+	int fd[R_IO_UNDOS];
+	int idx;
+	int lim;
+};
+
 struct r_io_t {
 	int fd;
 	u64 seek;
@@ -38,12 +50,17 @@ struct r_io_t {
 	struct list_head maps;
 };
 
+//struct r_io_handle_fd_t {
+// ... store io changes here
+//};
+
 struct r_io_handle_t {
         void *handle;
         char *name;
         char *desc;
         void *widget;
         int (*init)();
+	struct r_io_undo_t undo;
         struct debug_t *debug;
         int (*system)(struct r_io_t *io, int fd, const char *);
         int (*open)(struct r_io_t *io, const char *, int rw, int mode);
diff --git a/libr/include/r_reg.h b/libr/include/r_reg.h
index d49a5a010a..8f7d456d30 100644
--- a/libr/include/r_reg.h
+++ b/libr/include/r_reg.h
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ struct r_reg_t {
 	char **regs;
 };
 
+int r_reg_set_arch(struct r_reg_t *reg, int arch, int bits);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/libr/io/undo.c b/libr/io/undo.c
index bc3630bcda..a6831aea11 100644
--- a/libr/io/undo.c
+++ b/libr/io/undo.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2007, 2008
+ * Copyright (C) 2007, 2008, 2009
  *       pancake <@youterm.com>
  *
  * radare is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 #include "list.h"
 #include "undo.h"
 
+#if 0
+* Handle changes in write and seeks
+* Per-fd history log
+#endif
+
+#if 0
 /* History for writes support indexing and undo/redo with state flags */
 static struct list_head undo_w_list;
 static int undo_w_init = 0;
@@ -33,6 +39,21 @@ static int undo_w_lock = 0;
 static u64 undos[UNDOS];
 static int undos_idx = 0;
 static int undos_lim = 0;
+#endif
+
+
+int r_io_undo_init(struct r_io_undo_t *undo)
+{
+	u->undo_w_init = 0;
+	u->undo_w_lock = 0;
+	u->undos_idx = 0;
+	u->undos_lim = 0;
+	return R_TRUE;
+}
+
+// u64 r_io_undo_get_last()
+{
+}
 
 u64 undo_get_last_seek()
 {
diff --git a/libr/reg/reg.c b/libr/reg/reg.c
index e2373c954f..1701d8f85e 100644
--- a/libr/reg/reg.c
+++ b/libr/reg/reg.c
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ struct r_reg_arch_t x86 {
 }
 #endif
 
-int r_reg_set(struct r_reg_t *reg, int arch, int bits)
+int r_reg_set_arch(struct r_reg_t *reg, int arch, int bits)
 {
+	int ret = R_TRUE;
+
 	switch(arch) {
 	case R_ASM_ARCH_X86:
 		switch(bits) {
@@ -59,6 +61,12 @@ int r_reg_set(struct r_reg_t *reg, int arch, int bits)
 			break;
 		}
 		break;
+	/* TODO: add more architectures */
+	case R_ASM_ARCH_ARM:
+	case R_ASM_ARCH_MIPS:
+	default:
+		ret = R_FALSE;
+		break;
 	}
-	return R_TRUE;
+	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/libr/search/regexp.c b/libr/search/regexp.c
index 7621cf7fec..944cf7e9f9 100644
--- a/libr/search/regexp.c
+++ b/libr/search/regexp.c
@@ -16,16 +16,23 @@ int r_search_regexp_update(struct r_search_t *s, u64 from, const u8 *buf, int le
 	list_for_each_prev(pos, &s->kws) {
 		struct r_search_kw_t *kw = list_entry(pos, struct r_search_kw_t, list);
 		int reflags = REG_EXTENDED;
-		int delta = 0;
+		int ret, delta = 0;
 		regmatch_t matches[10];
 		regex_t compiled;
 
 		if (strchr(kw->binmask, 'i'))
 			reflags |= REG_ICASE;
 
-		regcomp(&compiled, kw->keyword, reflags);
+		if (regcomp(&compiled, kw->keyword, reflags)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Cannot compile '%s' regexp\n",kw->keyword);
+			return -1;
+		}
 		foo:
-		while (!regexec(&compiled, buffer+delta, 1, &matches, 0)) {
+		ret = regexec(&compiled, buffer+delta, 1, &matches, 0);
+		if (ret) {
+			return 0;
+		} else
+		do {
 			if (s->callback)
 				s->callback(kw, s->user, (u64)from+matches[0].rm_so+delta);
 			else printf("hit%d_%d 0x%08llx ; %s\n",
@@ -34,7 +41,9 @@ int r_search_regexp_update(struct r_search_t *s, u64 from, const u8 *buf, int le
 			delta += matches[0].rm_so+1;
 			kw->count++;
 			count++;
-		}
+		} while(!regexec(&compiled, buffer+delta, 1, &matches, 0));
+		if (delta == 0)
+			return 0;
 
 		/* TODO: check if skip 0 works */
 		skipz = strchr(buffer, '\0');
@@ -42,7 +51,8 @@ int r_search_regexp_update(struct r_search_t *s, u64 from, const u8 *buf, int le
 		if (skipz && skipz+1 < end) {
 			for(;!*skipz&&end;skipz=skipz+1);
 			delta = skipz-buffer;
-			goto foo;
+			if (kw->count>0)
+				goto foo;
 		}
 	}
 	return count;
diff --git a/libr/search/search.c b/libr/search/search.c
index ab4cb2659b..e8031edbaf 100644
--- a/libr/search/search.c
+++ b/libr/search/search.c
@@ -172,12 +172,17 @@ int r_search_kw_add(struct r_search_t *s, const char *kw, const char *bm)
 	struct r_search_kw_t *k = MALLOC_STRUCT(struct r_search_kw_t);
 	if (k == NULL)
 		return R_FALSE;
+	if (bm == NULL) bm = "";
 	strncpy(k->keyword, kw, sizeof(k->keyword));
 	strncpy(k->bin_keyword, kw, sizeof(k->keyword));
 	k->keyword_length = strlen(kw);
 	strncpy(k->binmask, bm, sizeof(k->binmask));
 	k->binmask_length = r_hex_str2bin(bm, k->bin_binmask);
+	if (k->binmask_length == -1)
+		k->binmask_length = strlen(bm);
+printf("kw add\n");
 	list_add(&(k->list), &(s->kws));
+	s->n_kws++;
 	return R_TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -192,6 +197,7 @@ int r_search_kw_add_hex(struct r_search_t *s, const char *kw, const char *bm)
 	strncpy(k->binmask, bm, sizeof(k->binmask));
 	k->binmask_length = r_hex_str2bin(bm, k->bin_binmask);
 	list_add(&(k->list), &(s->kws));
+	s->n_kws++;
 	return R_TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -208,6 +214,7 @@ int r_search_kw_add_bin(struct r_search_t *s, const u8 *kw, int kw_len, const u8
 	r_hex_bin2str(kw, kw_len, k->keyword);
 	r_hex_bin2str(bm, bm_len, k->binmask);
 	list_add(&(k->list), &(s->kws));
+	s->n_kws++;
 	return R_TRUE;
 }
 
diff --git a/libr/util/hex.c b/libr/util/hex.c
index 65e32de55b..9fd9d3e162 100644
--- a/libr/util/hex.c
+++ b/libr/util/hex.c
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ int r_hex_str2bin(const char *in, u8 *out) // 0A 3B 4E A0
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (r_hex_to_byte(&c, ptr[0])) {
-			eprintf("binstr: Invalid hexa string at %d ('0x%02x') (%s).\n", (int)(ptr-in), ptr[0], in);
-			return 0;
+			//eprintf("binstr: Invalid hexa string at %d ('0x%02x') (%s).\n", (int)(ptr-in), ptr[0], in);
+			return -1;
 		}
 		c |= d;
 		if (j++ == 0) c <<= 4;
diff --git a/libr/util/str.c b/libr/util/str.c
index 40db819075..ab5028850d 100644
--- a/libr/util/str.c
+++ b/libr/util/str.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ char *r_str_ichr(char *str, char chr)
 
 char *r_str_lchr(char *str, char chr)
 {
-        int len = strlen(str);
+        int len = strlen(str)+1;
         for(;len>=0;len--)
                 if (str[len]==chr)
                         return str+len;
diff --git a/libr/vm/vm.c b/libr/vm/vm.c
index 6ec90a3c58..871b4799ac 100644
--- a/libr/vm/vm.c
+++ b/libr/vm/vm.c
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ int r_vm_init(struct r_vm_t *vm, int init)
 
 	//vm_mmu_real(vm, config_get_i("vm.realio"));
 	/* vm_dbg_arch_x86_nregs */
+	/* XXX: this is hardcoded ..should be moved outside or as in plugins */
 	switch (1) { //config.arch) {
 #if 0
 	case ARCH_X86_64: