diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 262c18b..65bb852 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ LDFLAGS  += -lm
 
 OUT := eaxhla
 
+PLUG := tool/plug
+
 SOURCE.d  := source
 OBJECT.d  := object
 
@@ -67,26 +69,22 @@ bootstrap:
 	./library/bootstrap.sh
 
 test: ${OUT}
-	#fcpp -C -LL debug/xop.eax > debug/xop.eax.pp
 	#${WRAP} ./${OUT} debug/xop.eax
-	#./${OUT} debug/xop.eax # NOTE as of now broken, but only because of undefined instructions
-	#${WRAP} ./${OUT} debug/artimetrics.eax
-	#@echo -e "\033[31;1m --- ERROR TESTING BEGINS BELOW ---\033[0m"
-	#debug/error_test.sh
-	#./${OUT} debug/heyo_world.eax
 	ORIGIN="$$(realpath .)" PATH="$$(realpath .):${PATH}" cmdtest
 
-clean:
+clean: unplug
 	-rm ${OUT} ${OBJECT} ${GENOBJECT} ${GENSOURCE}
 
 ${OBJECT.d}/%.pp: debug/%.tcl debug/instructions.tcl
 	tclsh $< > $@
 
+unplug:
+	${PLUG} -u -d token_list '' -d scanner_instructions '' -d parser_rules '' source/eaxhla.l source/eaxhla.y
+
 plug: ${OBJECT.d}/token_list.pp ${OBJECT.d}/scanner_instructions.pp ${OBJECT.d}/parser_rules.pp
-	plug -u -d token_list '' -d scanner_instructions '' -d parser_rules '' source/eaxhla.l source/eaxhla.y
-	plug -g -e token_list           ${OBJECT.d}/token_list.pp           source/eaxhla.y
-	plug -g -e scanner_instructions ${OBJECT.d}/scanner_instructions.pp source/eaxhla.l
-	plug -g -e parser_rules         ${OBJECT.d}/parser_rules.pp         source/eaxhla.y
+	${PLUG} -g -e token_list           ${OBJECT.d}/token_list.pp           source/eaxhla.y
+	${PLUG} -g -e scanner_instructions ${OBJECT.d}/scanner_instructions.pp source/eaxhla.l
+	${PLUG} -g -e parser_rules         ${OBJECT.d}/parser_rules.pp         source/eaxhla.y
 	
 
 .PHONY: test clean bootstrap
diff --git a/documentation/DEADLINES.md b/documentation/DEADLINES.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bf26f6..0000000
--- a/documentation/DEADLINES.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# DEADLINES
-
-- EAXHLA Stable By 24/07/26: Waiting.
diff --git a/documentation/TODO.md b/documentation/TODO.md
index 67344e9..2eacf04 100644
--- a/documentation/TODO.md
+++ b/documentation/TODO.md
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-+ {} is the new artimetric
-+ [] is the new dereference
 + terrible infinit error on ../debug/comment\_as\_space.eax
-+ arrays
diff --git a/source/eaxhla.y b/source/eaxhla.y
index 0f7c74c..8ec8559 100644
--- a/source/eaxhla.y
+++ b/source/eaxhla.y
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ instruction: INOP { append_instruction_t1(NOP); }
     | ITSUB register register { append_instruction_t6( SUB, $2.size, REG, $2.number, REG, $3.number ); }
     | ITXOR register register { append_instruction_t6( XOR, $2.size, REG, $2.number, REG, $3.number ); }
     | ITCMP register register { append_instruction_t6( CMP, $2.size, REG, $2.number, REG, $3.number ); }
-    | ITMOV register immediate { append_instruction_t6( MOV, $2.size, REG, $2.number, IMM, (int)3 ); }
+    | ITMOV register immediate { append_instruction_t6( MOV, $2.size, REG, $2.number, IMM, (int)$3 ); }
 
     // #placeholder<parser_rules> END
     ;
diff --git a/debug/instructions.tcl b/tool/instruction_generator/instructions.tcl
similarity index 100%
rename from debug/instructions.tcl
rename to tool/instruction_generator/instructions.tcl
diff --git a/debug/parser_rules.tcl b/tool/instruction_generator/parser_rules.tcl
similarity index 98%
rename from debug/parser_rules.tcl
rename to tool/instruction_generator/parser_rules.tcl
index a8b7b47..c96c575 100644
--- a/debug/parser_rules.tcl
+++ b/tool/instruction_generator/parser_rules.tcl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ proc make_parser_rules {is} {
             }
             "immediate" {
                 dict set r enum  "IMM"
-                dict set r value "(int)$n"
+                dict set r value "(int)$$n"
                 dict set r size  "32"
             }
             "memory"    {
diff --git a/debug/scanner_instructions.tcl b/tool/instruction_generator/scanner_instructions.tcl
similarity index 100%
rename from debug/scanner_instructions.tcl
rename to tool/instruction_generator/scanner_instructions.tcl
diff --git a/debug/token_list.tcl b/tool/instruction_generator/token_list.tcl
similarity index 100%
rename from debug/token_list.tcl
rename to tool/instruction_generator/token_list.tcl
diff --git a/tool/plug b/tool/plug
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a60479a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tool/plug
@@ -0,0 +1,239 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python3
+# "PlacehoLder Un- and Generator"
+
+import sys
+import re
+from enum import Enum, auto
+
+C = {} # ANSI colors
+
+def has_color():
+    import os
+    return "color" in os.environ.get('TERM')
+
+def def_colors():
+    global C
+    C = {
+        'b': '\033[34m',
+        'y': '\033[33m',
+        'g': '\033[32m',
+        'r': '\033[31m',
+        'm': '\033[35m',
+        'B': '\033[1m',
+        'R': '\033[7m',
+        'n': '\033[0m',
+    }
+
+def undef_colors():
+    global C
+    C = {
+        'b': '',
+        'y': '',
+        'g': '',
+        'r': '',
+        'B': '',
+        'n': '',
+        'R': '',
+        'm': '',
+    }
+undef_colors()
+
+class Error(Enum):
+    PARAM_MISS = auto()
+    UNK_FLAG   = auto()
+    IO         = auto()
+    UNK_OPT    = auto()
+    UNTERM_DEF = auto()
+    NO_FILES   = auto()
+    MULTI_OP   = auto()
+    NO_OP      = auto()
+
+def usage():
+    print(
+'''{C[g]}{C[B]}{argv0}{C[n]} {C[B]}{C[y]}({C[b]}-g{C[y]}|{C[b]}-u{C[y]}) {C[B]}{C[y]}({C[b]}<option>{C[y]}|{C[b]}<file>{C[y]})+{C[n]}
+  {C[y]}Options:{C[n]}
+    {C[g]}{C[B]}-h{C[n]} {C[b]}{C[B]}{C[n]}                       : print help and exit
+    {C[g]}{C[B]}--color{C[n]} {C[B]}{C[b]}never{C[y]}|{C[b]}auto{C[y]}|{C[b]}always{C[n]} : set output coloring option; default: auto
+    {C[g]}{C[B]}-d{C[n]} {C[b]}{C[B]}<name> <value>{C[n]}         : define placeholder on the cli
+    {C[g]}{C[B]}-e{C[n]} {C[b]}{C[B]}<name> <file>{C[n]}          : define placeholder as the contents of <file>
+    {C[g]}{C[B]}-u{C[n]}                        : ungenerate placeholders (ie. collapse)
+    {C[g]}{C[B]}-g{C[n]}                        : generate placeholders (ie. expand)
+  Every argument not starting with '-' is considered a file.
+  If multiple files are specified, actions apply to all of them.
+  Undefine placeholders are left intact.
+
+  {C[y]}{C[B]}Placeholder syntax:{C[n]}
+    {C[y]}#placeholder<{C[n]}<name>{C[y]}> COLLAPSED{C[n]}
+    {C[m]}{C[R]}NOTE:{C[n]} text located on the same line and before the placeholder is preserved.
+     This allows you to comment it out while embedding.
+    {C[y]}Builtins:{C[n]}
+      Builtin placeholder names start with '@', these names are reserved.
+      This Plug version defines the following builtins:
+        {C[b]}@gnu-tofile-*{C[n]}
+
+  {C[y]}{C[B]}Example:{C[n]}
+    // XXX REDO THIS WHOLE SECTION
+'''.format(**globals(), argv0 = sys.argv[0]), end='')
+
+destination_files = []
+operation = ""
+
+placeholders = {}
+
+placeholder = '#placeholder<{0}>'
+placeholder_collapsed  = placeholder + ' COLLAPSED'
+placeholder_expanded_beginning = placeholder + ' BEGIN'
+placeholder_expanded_ending = placeholder + ' END'
+del placeholder
+
+re_placeholder_collapsed          = re.compile('''^(.*){0}.*'''.format(placeholder_collapsed.format('''([a-zA-Z0-9_@-]+)''')), re.M)
+re_placeholder_expanded_beginning = re.compile('''^(.*){0}.*'''.format(placeholder_expanded_beginning.format('''([a-zA-Z0-9_@-]+)''')), re.M)
+re_placeholder_expanded_ending    = re.compile('''^.*{0}.*'''.format(placeholder_expanded_ending.format('''([a-zA-Z0-9_@-]+)''')), re.M)
+
+
+builtins = [
+('''@gnu-tofile-(.*)''',
+'''payload_data=$(sed -n '/#placeholder<payload> START$/,/#placeholder<payload> END$/p' "$(realpath $0)")
+payload_data=$(echo "$payload_data" | grep -vE '#placeholder<payload> (START|END)')
+[ -z "$PAYLOADOUT" ] && PAYLOADOUT="out"
+echo "$payload_data" > "$PAYLOADOUT"'''
+),
+]
+
+def builtin_lookup(phl : str) -> str:
+    for i in builtins:
+        regex, value = i
+        m = re.compile(regex).match(phl)
+        if m:
+            value = value.format(m.groups()[1:])
+            return value
+    return ''
+
+def gen(s : str, phls : [str]) -> str:
+    for phl in phls:
+        buf = ''
+        l = 0
+        for m in re_placeholder_collapsed.finditer(s):
+            if (m.group(2) != phl): continue
+            buf += s[l : m.start(0)]
+            buf += m.group(1) + placeholder_expanded_beginning.format(phl) + '\n'
+            buf += builtin_lookup(phl) if phl[0] == '@' else placeholders[phl]
+            buf += '\n' + m.group(1) + placeholder_expanded_ending.format(phl)
+            l = m.end(0)
+        buf += s[l:]
+        s = buf
+
+    return s
+
+def ungen(s : str, phls : [str]) -> str:
+    for phl in phls:
+        buf = ''
+        l = 0
+        for m in re_placeholder_expanded_beginning.finditer(s):
+            if(m.group(2) != phl): continue
+            buf += s[l : m.start(0)]
+            buf += m.group(1) + placeholder_collapsed.format(phl)
+            l = m.end(0)
+            for me in re_placeholder_expanded_ending.finditer(s[m.end(0):]):
+                if(me.group(1) != phl): continue
+                l = m.end(0) + me.end(0)
+                break
+        buf += s[l:]
+        s = buf
+    return s
+
+def error_and_quit(e : int, argv : [str]) -> None:
+    message = {
+        Error.PARAM_MISS : "Missing parameter to flag '{0}'.",
+        Error.UNK_FLAG   : "Unrecognized flag '{0}'.",
+        Error.UNK_OPT    : "Unknown option passed to {0}: '{1}'.",
+        Error.IO         : "I/O error encountered while interacting with '{0}'.",
+        Error.UNTERM_DEF : "Unterminated definition ({0}).",
+        Error.NO_FILES   : "Flags were specified, but no files.",
+        Error.MULTI_OP   : "Multiple operations specified, '-g'/'-u' are mutually exclive.",
+        Error.NO_OP      : "No operation operation specified. Either '-g' or '-u' is required.",
+    }
+    formatted_message = message[e].format(*argv, **globals())
+    print("{C[r]}{msg}{C[n]}".format(**globals(), msg=formatted_message))
+    exit(e.value)
+
+# We need this function because getopt does not support a single flag taking 2 arguments
+def parse_args(argv : [str]) -> None:
+    global destination_files, operation
+    def get_param(argv : [str], i : int) -> str:
+        try: param = argv[i]
+        except: error_and_quit(Error.PARAM_MISS, [argv[i-1]])
+        return param
+
+    for arg in argv:
+        if arg == '-h' or arg == '--help':
+            usage()
+            exit(0)
+
+    try:
+        i = 0
+        while i < len(argv):
+            # 0 parama opt
+            if argv[i] == '-u' or argv[i] == '-g':
+                if operation != '': error_and_quit(Error.MULTI_OP, [])
+                operation = argv[i][1]
+                i = i + 1
+                continue
+
+            # 1 param opt
+            if argv[i-1] == '--color':
+                p = get_param(argv, i)
+                if p == 'always': def_colors()
+                elif p == 'auto' and has_color: def_colors()
+                elif p == 'never': undef_colors()
+                else: error_and_quit(Error.UNK_OPT, ['--color', p])
+                i = i + 2
+                continue
+
+            # 2 param opt
+            if argv[i] == '-d':
+                placeholders[argv[i+1]] = argv[i+2]
+                i = i + 3
+                continue
+
+            if argv[i] == '-e':
+                with open(argv[i+2], "r") as f: placeholders[argv[i+1]] = f.read()
+                i = i + 3
+                continue
+
+            # catch all
+            if argv[i][0] != '-': # file
+                destination_files.append(argv[i])
+                i = i + 1
+                continue
+
+            error_and_quit(Error.UNK_FLAG, [argv[i]])
+    except IndexError: error_and_quit(Error.PARAM_MISS, [argv[i]])
+    except FileNotFoundError as e: error_and_quit(Error.IO, [e.filename])
+
+def plug(argv : [str]) -> int:
+    global destination_files, operation
+    if has_color: def_colors()
+
+    if len(argv) < 2:
+        usage()
+        exit(1)
+
+    parse_args(argv)
+
+    if destination_files == []:
+        error_and_quit(Error.NO_FILES, [])
+
+    if operation == '': error_and_quit(Error.NO_OP, [argv[i-1]])
+    elif operation == 'g': gen_callback = gen
+    elif operation == 'u': gen_callback = ungen
+
+    for df in destination_files:
+        try:
+            with open(df, 'r') as f: s = gen_callback(f.read(), placeholders)
+            with open(df, 'w') as f: f.write(s)
+        except FileNotFoundError: error_and_quit(Error.IO, df)
+    return 0
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    raise SystemExit(plug(sys.argv[1:]))