diff --git a/build_file.c b/build_file.c
index 55c9799..32afd59 100644
--- a/build_file.c
+++ b/build_file.c
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
 #include "src/app/app.meta.c"
 #include "src/ui/ui.meta.c"
 #include "src/render/render.meta.c"
-#include "src/wasm_app/wasm_app.meta.c"
-#include "src/text_editor/text_editor.meta.c"
+#include "src/prototype/prototype.meta.c"
 #include "src/testing/testing.meta.c"
 
 void build_testing_target(void) {
@@ -69,26 +68,12 @@ void build_win32_app_base_target(void) {
     if (ok != 0) exit(ok);
 }
 
-void build_text_editor_dll_target(void) {
-    if (!cache_code_modified(s8("../src/text_editor/text_editor_main.c"), s8("app.dll"))) {
-        return;
-    }
-    int ok = os_systemf(
-        "cl ../src/text_editor/text_editor_main.c -Fe:app.dll -Fd:app.pdb"
-        " -I ../src /DAPP_IS_DLL"
-        " /Zi /FC /nologo /Oi"
-        " /WX /W3 /wd4200 /diagnostics:column"
-        " /link /incremental:no /DEBUG:FULL /DLL"
-    );
-    if (ok != 0) exit(ok);
-}
-
 void build_prototype_dll_target(void) {
-    if (!cache_code_modified(s8("../src/wasm_app/main.c"), s8("app.dll"))) {
+    if (!cache_code_modified(s8("../src/prototype/main.c"), s8("app.dll"))) {
         return;
     }
     int ok = os_systemf(
-        "cl ../src/wasm_app/main.c -Fe:app.dll -Fd:app.pdb"
+        "cl ../src/prototype/main.c -Fe:app.dll -Fd:app.pdb"
         " -I ../src /DAPP_IS_DLL"
         " /Zi /FC /nologo /Oi"
         " /WX /W3 /wd4200 /diagnostics:column"
@@ -99,13 +84,13 @@ void build_prototype_dll_target(void) {
 
 void build_prototype_wasm_target(void) {
     b32 html_code_modified = cache_code_modified(s8("../src/app/app_wasm.html"), s8("../package/index.html"));
-    b32 wasm_code_modified = cache_code_modified(s8("../src/wasm_app/main.c"), s8("main.wasm"));
+    b32 wasm_code_modified = cache_code_modified(s8("../src/prototype/main.c"), s8("main.wasm"));
     if (html_code_modified) {
         os_copy("../src/app/app_wasm.html", "../package/index.html", os_copy_overwrite);
     }
     if (wasm_code_modified) {
         int ok = os_systemf(
-            "clang ../src/wasm_app/main.c -o main.wasm"
+            "clang ../src/prototype/main.c -o main.wasm"
             " -Oz -g -I../src"
             " -Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-single-bit-bitfield-constant-conversion -Wno-unsequenced -Wno-initializer-overrides"
             " -fdiagnostics-absolute-paths -fdiagnostics-format=msvc"
@@ -118,12 +103,12 @@ void build_prototype_wasm_target(void) {
 }
 
 void build_prototype_standalone_target(void) {
-    if (!cache_code_modified(s8("../src/wasm_app/main.c"), s8("standalone_app.exe"))) {
+    if (!cache_code_modified(s8("../src/prototype/main.c"), s8("standalone_app.exe"))) {
         return;
     }
 
     int ok = os_systemf(
-        "cl ../src/wasm_app/main.c -Fe:standalone_app.exe -Fd:standalone_app.pdb"
+        "cl ../src/prototype/main.c -Fe:standalone_app.exe -Fd:standalone_app.pdb"
         " -I ../src"
         " /Zi /FC /nologo /Oi"
         " /WX /W3 /wd4200 /diagnostics:column"
@@ -159,15 +144,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     generate_math_code(tcx->temp);
     generate_ui_code(tcx->temp);
     generate_app_code(tcx->temp);
-    generate_wasm_app_code(tcx->temp);
+    generate_prototype_code(tcx->temp);
     generate_render_code(tcx->temp);
     generate_testing_code(tcx->temp);
-    generate_text_editor_code(tcx->temp);
 
     b32 run_win32_app_base_target = true;
     b32 run_testing_target = true;
-    b32 run_text_editor_dll_target = true;
-    b32 run_prototype_dll_target = false;
+    b32 run_prototype_dll_target = true;
     b32 run_prototype_wasm_target = false;
     b32 run_prototype_standalone_target = false;
     b32 run_server = false;
@@ -192,10 +175,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         build_win32_app_base_target();
     }
 
-    if (run_text_editor_dll_target) {
-        build_text_editor_dll_target();
-    }
-
     if (run_prototype_wasm_target) {
         build_prototype_wasm_target();
     }
diff --git a/init.project.lua b/init.project.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..859ffa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/init.project.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+function CC(cmd)
+    Cmd { working_dir = GetProjectPath(), destination = "console", cmd = cmd }
+end
+
+
diff --git a/src/app/app_win32.c b/src/app/app_win32.c
index 4c75033..1323577 100644
--- a/src/app/app_win32.c
+++ b/src/app/app_win32.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ int WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int n
     w32_library_t lib = {0};
     lib.dll_name = s8("app.dll");
     lib.update_fn_name = s8("app_update");
-    tcx->data[tcx_slot_app] = w32_load_opengl_fn;
+    tcx->app_ctx = w32_load_opengl_fn;
 
     // Set VSync
     if (wglSwapIntervalEXT) {
diff --git a/src/core/core_ctx.c b/src/core/core_ctx.c
index 16f0813..0343140 100644
--- a/src/core/core_ctx.c
+++ b/src/core/core_ctx.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ gb_thread thread_ctx_t global_thread_context = {
         .log_proc = default_log_proc,
     }
 };
+gb_thread thread_ctx_t *tcx;
 
 fn void core_init(void) {
     tcx = &global_thread_context;
diff --git a/src/core/core_ctx.h b/src/core/core_ctx.h
index 25ac551..1b45429 100644
--- a/src/core/core_ctx.h
+++ b/src/core/core_ctx.h
@@ -9,14 +9,12 @@ struct thread_ctx_t {
     // and which functions have state
     ma_arena_t perm;
 
-    void *data[32];
-    logger_t log;
-};
+    void *app_ctx;
+    void *rn_ctx;
+    void *ui_ctx;
+    void *te_ctx;
 
-enum {
-    tcx_slot_rn,
-    tcx_slot_ui,
-    tcx_slot_app,
+    logger_t log;
 };
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -36,5 +34,6 @@ fn alo_t malo(ma_arena_t *arena);
 fn alo_t malot(ma_temp_t temp);
 fn void  dealloc(alo_t alo, void *ptr);
 fn void *alloc_size(alo_t alo, size_t size);
+fn int   tcx_alloc_id(void);
 
-gb_thread thread_ctx_t *tcx;
+extern gb_thread thread_ctx_t *tcx;
diff --git a/src/meta/build_tool.c b/src/meta/build_tool.c
index 1661b15..72589c7 100644
--- a/src/meta/build_tool.c
+++ b/src/meta/build_tool.c
@@ -2884,7 +2884,7 @@ OS_API OS_Result os_write_file(S8_String path, S8_String string) {
 OS_API int os_systemf(const char *string, ...) {
     MA_Temp scratch = MA_GetScratch();
     S8_FORMAT(scratch.arena, string, result);
-    IO_Printf("%.*s\n", S8_Expand(result));
+    // IO_Printf("%.*s\n", S8_Expand(result));
     int error_code = system(result.str);
     MA_ReleaseScratch(scratch);
     return error_code;
diff --git a/src/wasm_app/main.c b/src/prototype/main.c
similarity index 80%
rename from src/wasm_app/main.c
rename to src/prototype/main.c
index 90b7559..aa0ebcf 100644
--- a/src/wasm_app/main.c
+++ b/src/prototype/main.c
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@
 #include "render/render.c"
 #include "ui/ui.c"
 
-#include "wasm_app.gen.c"
+#include "transcript_browser.c"
+#include "prototype.gen.c"
 
 fn_export b32 app_update(thread_ctx_t *thread_ctx, app_frame_t *frame) {
     tcx = thread_ctx;
     if (frame->first_event->kind == app_event_kind_init) {
-        run_all_tests();
+        // run_all_tests();
 
         mt_tweak_f32(font_size, 30, 4, 200);
         mt_tweak_f32(_font_size, 30, 30, 30);
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ fn_export b32 app_update(thread_ctx_t *thread_ctx, app_frame_t *frame) {
         _font_size = font_size;
         rn_reload_font(font_size, frame->dpr);
     }
-    ui_demo_update(frame, tweak_table, lengthof(tweak_table));
+    // ui_demo_update(frame, tweak_table, lengthof(tweak_table));
+    transcript_browser_update(frame, tweak_table, lengthof(tweak_table));
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.gen.c b/src/prototype/prototype.gen.c
similarity index 79%
rename from src/wasm_app/wasm_app.gen.c
rename to src/prototype/prototype.gen.c
index 37bc685..4e9c88d 100644
--- a/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.gen.c
+++ b/src/prototype/prototype.gen.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// automatically generated using: C:\dev\wasm\src/wasm_app/wasm_app.meta.c
+// automatically generated using: C:\dev\wasm\src/prototype/prototype.meta.c
 gb f32 font_size = 30;
 gb f32 _font_size = 30;
 gb_read_only mt_tweak_t tweak_table[] = {
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ void run_all_tests(void) {
     test_intern_table();
     test_array();
     ui_test_text_replace();
+    buffer16_test();
 }// run_all_tests()
diff --git a/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.meta.c b/src/prototype/prototype.meta.c
similarity index 97%
rename from src/wasm_app/wasm_app.meta.c
rename to src/prototype/prototype.meta.c
index fbbf11e..c60f034 100644
--- a/src/wasm_app/wasm_app.meta.c
+++ b/src/prototype/prototype.meta.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-void generate_wasm_app_code(ma_arena_t *arena) {
+void generate_prototype_code(ma_arena_t *arena) {
     sb8_t *include_paths = sb8(arena);
     sb8_append(include_paths, OS_GetAbsolutePath(&Perm, s8("../src")));
-    mt_files_t files = mt_lex_files(arena, s8("../src/wasm_app/main.c"), include_paths);
+    mt_files_t files = mt_lex_files(arena, s8("../src/prototype/main.c"), include_paths);
 
     typedef struct cg_tweak_t cg_tweak_t;
     struct cg_tweak_t {
diff --git a/src/prototype/transcript_browser.c b/src/prototype/transcript_browser.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7319e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/prototype/transcript_browser.c
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+fn void transcript_browser_update(app_frame_t *frame, mt_tweak_t *tweak_table, i32 tweak_count) {
+    ui_begin_frame(frame);
+    rn_begin_frame(frame);
+
+
+    s8_t cmds[] = {
+        s8("show data tab"),
+        s8("show log tab"),
+        s8("show menus tab"),
+        s8("show menus tab2"),
+        s8("show menus tab3"),
+        s8("show menus tab4"),
+        s8("show menus tab5"),
+        s8("show menus tab6"),
+        s8("show menus tab8"),
+        s8("show menus tab7"),
+        s8("show menus tab9"),
+        s8("show menus tab0"),
+        s8("show menus tab11"),
+        s8("show menus tab22"),
+        s8("show menus tab33"),
+        s8("show menus tab44"),
+        s8("show menus tab55"),
+        s8("show menus tab66"),
+    };
+
+    for (app_event_t *ev = frame->first_event; ev; ev = ev->next) {
+        ui_begin_build(UILOC, ev, window_rect_from_frame(frame));
+
+        locl b8 set_focus;
+        locl char buff[128];
+        locl ui_text_input_t text_input;
+        ui_signal_t text_input_sig;
+        text_input.str = buff;
+        text_input.cap = lengthof(buff);
+
+        ui_box_t *top_box = ui_box(.null_id = true, .rect = r2f32_cut_top(ui_top_rectp(), ui_em(1.0f)), .flags = {.draw_rect = true, .clip_rect = true});
+        ui_set_text_align(ui_text_align_left)
+        ui_set_lop(ui_lop_cut_top)
+        ui_set_top(top_box) {
+            text_input_sig = ui_text_input(&text_input, .sim_even_if_no_focus = true, .keyboard_nav = false);
+        }
+
+        ma_temp_t scratch = ma_begin_scratch();
+        s8_t needle = s8_make(text_input.str, text_input.len);
+        fuzzy_pair_t *pairs = s8_fuzzy_rate_array(scratch.arena, needle, cmds, lengthof(cmds));
+        if (text_input_sig.text_changed) {
+            set_focus = true;
+        }
+
+        ui_box_t *lister = ui_box(.null_id = true, .rect = r2f32_cut_top(ui_top_rectp(), ui_max), .flags = {.draw_rect = true, .clip_rect = true});
+        locl f32 verti_scroller_value;
+        ui_scroller_t scroller = ui_begin_scroller(UILOC, (ui_scroller_params_t){
+            .parent = lister,
+            .verti = {
+                .enabled = true,
+                .value = &verti_scroller_value,
+                .item_pixels = ui_em(1),
+                .item_count = (i32)lengthof(cmds),
+            },
+        });
+
+        ui_set_top(lister)
+        ui_set_string_pos_offset(ui_dm(1)) {
+            ui_cut_top_scroller_offset(scroller);
+            for (i32 i = scroller.verti.istart; i < scroller.verti.iend; i += 1) {
+                s8_t text = cmds[pairs[i].index];
+                ui_box_t *box = ui_box(.string = text, .flags = { .draw_rect = true, .draw_text = true, .keyboard_nav = true });
+                ui_signal_from_box(box);
+
+                if (set_focus) {
+                    ui->focus = box->id;
+                    set_focus = false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (text_input_sig.text_commit) {
+            fuzzy_pair_t *pair = &pairs[0];
+            // ui_g_panel = (i32)pair->index + 1;
+            ui_text_clear(&text_input);
+            set_focus = true;
+        }
+
+        ui_end_scroller(scroller);
+        ui_end_build();
+        ma_end_scratch(scratch);
+    }
+
+    rn_begin(white_color);
+    ui_draw();
+    rn_end();
+    ui_end_frame();
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/render/render_opengl.c b/src/render/render_opengl.c
index a19e923..16e786f 100644
--- a/src/render/render_opengl.c
+++ b/src/render/render_opengl.c
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ fn void rn_reload_font(f32 font_size, f32 dpr) {
 }
 
 fn void rn_reload(void) {
-    if (!gladLoadGLLoader((GLADloadproc)tcx->data[tcx_slot_app])) {
+    if (!gladLoadGLLoader((GLADloadproc)tcx->app_ctx)) {
         fatalf("couldn't load opengl!");
     }
 }
 
 fn void rn_init(ma_arena_t *perm, f32 font_size, f32 dpr) {
-    tcx->data[tcx_slot_rn] = ma_push_type(perm, rn_state_t);
-    rn = tcx->data[tcx_slot_rn];
+    tcx->rn_ctx = ma_push_type(perm, rn_state_t);
+    rn = tcx->rn_ctx;
 
     rn_reload();
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ fn void rn_init(ma_arena_t *perm, f32 font_size, f32 dpr) {
 }
 
 void rn_begin_frame(app_frame_t *frame) {
-    rn = tcx->data[tcx_slot_rn];
+    rn = tcx->rn_ctx;
     rn->frame = frame;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/testing/testing_main.c b/src/testing/testing_main.c
index 81f53c0..3e16d73 100644
--- a/src/testing/testing_main.c
+++ b/src/testing/testing_main.c
@@ -145,4 +145,4 @@ int main() {
     test_s8();
     os_test();
     return 0;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/text_editor/text_editor.gen.c b/src/text_editor/text_editor.gen.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9fddced..0000000
--- a/src/text_editor/text_editor.gen.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-// automatically generated using: C:\dev\wasm\src/text_editor/text_editor.meta.c
-gb f32 font_size = 30;
-gb f32 _font_size = 30;
-gb_read_only mt_tweak_t tweak_table[] = {
-    {type(f32), s8_const("font_size"), &font_size, 4, 200},
-    {type(f32), s8_const("_font_size"), &_font_size, 30, 30},
-
-};
-void run_all_tests(void) {
-    test_string16();
-    test_hash_table();
-    test_intern_table();
-    test_array();
-    buffer16_test();
-}// run_all_tests()
diff --git a/src/text_editor/text_editor.meta.c b/src/text_editor/text_editor.meta.c
deleted file mode 100644
index bf1420c..0000000
--- a/src/text_editor/text_editor.meta.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,122 +0,0 @@
-void generate_text_editor_code(ma_arena_t *arena) {
-    sb8_t *include_paths = sb8(arena);
-    sb8_append(include_paths, OS_GetAbsolutePath(&Perm, s8("../src")));
-    mt_files_t files = mt_lex_files(arena, s8("../src/text_editor/text_editor_main.c"), include_paths);
-
-    typedef struct cg_tweak_t cg_tweak_t;
-    struct cg_tweak_t {
-        cg_tweak_t *next;
-        type_t *type;
-        s8_t name;
-        s8_t value;
-        s8_t min, max;
-    };
-
-    cg_tweak_t *first_tweak = NULL;
-    cg_tweak_t *last_tweak  = NULL;
-
-    sb8_t *tests = sb8_serial_begin(arena);
-
-    sb8_t *sb_embeds = sb8_serial_begin(arena);
-    sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "// automatically generated using: " __FILE__ "\n");
-    for (mt_file_t *it = files.first; it; it = it->next) {
-        parser_t *par = parser_make(arena, it->tokens.data);
-        for (;par->at->kind != lex_kind_eof;) {
-            b32 matched = false;
-
-            if (par->at->inside_macro == false && parser_matchi(par, s8("fn_test"))) {
-                parser_expecti(par, s8("void"));
-                lex_t *ident = parser_match(par, lex_kind_ident);
-                sb8_append(tests, ident->string);
-                matched = true;
-            }
-
-            if (par->at->inside_macro == false && parser_matchi(par, s8("mt_embed_file"))) {
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_open_paren);
-                lex_t *var_name = parser_expect(par, lex_kind_ident);
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_comma);
-                lex_t *path = parser_expect(par, lex_kind_string);
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_close_paren);
-                s8_t relpath = s8_printf(arena, "../%S", path->string);
-                s8_t content = OS_ReadFile(&Perm, relpath);
-
-                sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "gb_read_only ");
-                mt_serial_to_cbyte_array_ex(sb_embeds, content, s8_printf(arena, "%S_data", var_name->string));
-                sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "gb_read_only s8_t %S = s8_array_lit(%S_data);\n", var_name->string, var_name->string);
-                matched = true;
-            }
-
-            if (par->at->inside_macro == false && parser_matchi(par, s8("mt_tweak_b32"))) {
-                cg_tweak_t *tweak = ma_push_type(arena, cg_tweak_t);
-                tweak->type = type(b32);
-                tweak->min = tweak->max = s8("0");
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_open_paren);
-                tweak->name = parser_expect(par, lex_kind_ident)->string;
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_comma);
-                tweak->value = parser_next(par)->string;
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_close_paren);
-                SLLQ_APPEND(first_tweak, last_tweak, tweak);
-                matched = true;
-            }
-
-            if (par->at->inside_macro == false && parser_matchi(par, s8("mt_tweak_f32"))) {
-                cg_tweak_t *tweak = ma_push_type(arena, cg_tweak_t);
-                tweak->type = type(f32);
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_open_paren);
-                tweak->name = parser_expect(par, lex_kind_ident)->string;
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_comma);
-                tweak->value = parser_next(par)->string;
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_comma);
-                tweak->min = parser_next(par)->string;
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_comma);
-                tweak->max = parser_next(par)->string;
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_close_paren);
-                SLLQ_APPEND(first_tweak, last_tweak, tweak);
-                matched = true;
-            }
-
-            if (par->at->inside_macro == false && parser_matchi(par, s8("mt_tweak_color"))) {
-                cg_tweak_t *tweak = ma_push_type(arena, cg_tweak_t);
-                tweak->type = type(v4f32_t);
-                tweak->min = s8("0.0f");
-                tweak->max = s8("1.0f");
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_open_paren);
-                tweak->name = parser_expect(par, lex_kind_ident)->string;
-                parser_expect(par, lex_kind_comma);
-                tweak->value = parser_next(par)->string;
-                while (par->at->kind != lex_kind_close_paren && par->at->kind != lex_kind_eof) parser_next(par);
-                lex_t *end = parser_expect(par, lex_kind_close_paren);
-                tweak->value.len = (i64)(end->str - tweak->value.str);
-                SLLQ_APPEND(first_tweak, last_tweak, tweak);
-                matched = true;
-            }
-
-            if (!matched) {
-                parser_next(par);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    if (first_tweak != NULL) {
-        for (cg_tweak_t *it = first_tweak; it; it = it->next) {
-            sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "gb %S %S = %S;\n", it->type->name, it->name, it->value);
-        }
-        sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "gb_read_only mt_tweak_t tweak_table[] = {\n");
-        for (cg_tweak_t *it = first_tweak; it; it = it->next) {
-            sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "    {type(%S), s8_const(\"%S\"), &%S, %S, %S},\n", it->type->name, it->name, it->name, it->min, it->max);
-        }
-        sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "\n};\n");
-    }
-
-    sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "void run_all_tests(void) {\n");
-    for (sb8_node_t *it = tests->first; it; it = it->next) {
-        sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "    %S();\n", it->string);
-    }
-    sb8_printf(sb_embeds, "}// run_all_tests()\n");
-
-
-    s8_t embeds = sb8_serial_end(arena, sb_embeds);
-    os_write_file(mt_cpath(arena), embeds);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/text_editor/text_editor_main.c b/src/text_editor/text_editor_main.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ade677..0000000
--- a/src/text_editor/text_editor_main.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#include "core/core.h"
-#include "os/os.h"
-#include "app/app.h"
-#include "profiler/profiler.h"
-#include "buffer16.h"
-// #include "ui/ui.h"
-
-
-#include "core/core.c"
-#include "os/os.c"
-#include "app/app.c"
-#include "profiler/profiler.c"
-#include "render/render.c"
-#include "buffer16.c"
-// #include "ui/ui.c"
-
-#include "text_editor.gen.c"
-
-/*todo:
- * OK Create a complete string16 library
- * OK (Win32) Win32 SDL_GetPrefPath, create configuration directory, get path
- * Array
- *
- *
- *
- * Win32 upload icon
-**/
-
-fn_export b32 app_update(thread_ctx_t *thread_ctx, app_frame_t *frame) {
-    tcx = thread_ctx;
-    if (frame->first_event->kind == app_event_kind_init) {
-        run_all_tests();
-
-        mt_tweak_f32(font_size, 30, 4, 200);
-        mt_tweak_f32(_font_size, 30, 30, 30);
-
-        rn_init(&tcx->perm, font_size, frame->dpr);
-        return true;
-    } else if (frame->first_event->kind == app_event_kind_reload) {
-        rn_reload();
-
-        return true;
-    } else if (frame->first_event->kind == app_event_kind_unload) {
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    if (!f32_are_equal(font_size, _font_size)) {
-        _font_size = font_size;
-        rn_reload_font(font_size, frame->dpr);
-    }
-
-    rn_begin_frame(frame);
-    rn_begin(white_color);
-    rn_end();
-
-
-    return true;
-}
diff --git a/src/text_editor/buffer16.c b/src/ui/buffer16.c
similarity index 99%
rename from src/text_editor/buffer16.c
rename to src/ui/buffer16.c
index 9adc33d..7a7cfed 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/buffer16.c
+++ b/src/ui/buffer16.c
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 gb i64 buffer_raw_ids;
 
+fn void buffer16_dealloc_history_entries(buffer16_t *buffer, array_history16_t *entries);
+fn void buffer16_dealloc_history_array(buffer16_t *buffer, array_history16_t *entries);
+fn void buffer16_multi_cursor_apply_edits(buffer16_t *buffer, array_edit16_t edits);
 
 ///////////////////////////////
 // caret helpers
diff --git a/src/text_editor/buffer16.h b/src/ui/buffer16.h
similarity index 89%
rename from src/text_editor/buffer16.h
rename to src/ui/buffer16.h
index bb58012..117eab1 100644
--- a/src/text_editor/buffer16.h
+++ b/src/ui/buffer16.h
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@ struct buffer16_t {
     alo_t alo;
 };
 
+
+typedef struct view_id_t view_id_t;
+struct view_id_t { i64 e; };
+typedef struct view_t view_t;
+struct view_t {
+    view_id_t id;
+    buffer16_id_t active_buffer;
+    v2i32_t scroll;
+    array_caret_t carets;
+
+    caret_t main_caret_on_begin_frame;
+    b32 update_scroll;
+};
+
 const b32 dont_kill_selection = false;
 const b32 kill_selection = true;
 
@@ -111,19 +125,12 @@ fn void           buffer16_raw_replace_text(buffer16_t *buffer, r1i64_t range, s
 // buffer multicursor + history
 fn void           buffer16_init(alo_t alo, buffer16_t *buffer, s8_t name, i64 size);
 fn void           buffer16_deinit(buffer16_t *buffer);
-fn void           buffer16_add_edit(array_edit16_t *edits, r1i64_t range, s16_t string);
 fn array_edit16_t buffer16_begin_edit(alo_t alo, buffer16_t *buffer, array_caret_t *carets);
+fn void           buffer16_add_edit(array_edit16_t *edits, r1i64_t range, s16_t string);
 fn void           buffer16_end_edit(buffer16_t *buffer, array_edit16_t *edits, array_caret_t *carets, b32 kill_selection);
 fn void           buffer16_merge_carets(buffer16_t *buffer, array_caret_t *carets);
 fn void           buffer16_adjust_carets(array_edit16_t *edits, array_caret_t *carets);
+fn void           buffer16_pre_begin_edit_save_caret_history(buffer16_t *buffer, array_caret_t *carets);
 
 fn void           buffer16_redo_edit(buffer16_t *buffer, array_caret_t *carets);
 fn void           buffer16_undo_edit(buffer16_t *buffer, array_caret_t *carets);
-
-fn void           buffer16_save_history_before_merge_cursor(buffer16_t *buffer, array_history16_t *stack, array_caret_t *carets);
-fn void           buffer16_save_history_before_apply_edits(buffer16_t *buffer, array_history16_t *stack, array_edit16_t *edits);
-fn void           buffer16_pre_begin_edit_save_caret_history(buffer16_t *buffer, array_caret_t *carets);
-
-fn void           buffer16_dealloc_history_entries(buffer16_t *buffer, array_history16_t *entries);
-fn void           buffer16_dealloc_history_array(buffer16_t *buffer, array_history16_t *entries);
-fn void           buffer16_multi_cursor_apply_edits(buffer16_t *buffer, array_edit16_t edits);
diff --git a/src/ui/ui.c b/src/ui/ui.c
index 2af5ff8..9815a8f 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui/ui.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "ui.gen.c"
+#include "buffer16.c"
 
 fn ui_caret_t ui_caret_clamp(ui_caret_t c, i32 min, i32 max) {
     return (ui_caret_t){CLAMP(c.e[0],min,max), CLAMP(c.e[1],min,max), c.ifront};
@@ -517,15 +518,15 @@ fn_test void ui_test_text_replace(void) {
     assert(s8_are_equal(ti.string, s8("qaer")));
 }
 
-#define ui_text_input(...) ui__text_input(UILOC, __VA_ARGS__)
-fn ui_signal_t ui__text_input(ui_code_loc_t loc, ui_text_input_t *ti, b32 sim_even_if_no_focus) {
-    ui_box_t *box = ui_box(.loc = loc, .string = s8("text_input"), .flags = { .draw_border = true, .draw_rect = true, .draw_text = true, .keyboard_nav = true });
+#define ui_text_input(ti, ...) ui__text_input(UILOC, ti, (ui_box_flags_t){ .draw_border = true, .draw_rect = true, .draw_text = true, .keyboard_nav = true, __VA_ARGS__ })
+fn ui_signal_t ui__text_input(ui_code_loc_t loc, ui_text_input_t *ti, ui_box_flags_t flags) {
+    ui_box_t *box = ui_box(.loc = loc, .string = s8("text_input"), .flags = flags);
 
     box->text_input = ti;
     box->custom_draw = ui_text_input_draw;
     ui_signal_t signal = ui_signal_from_box(box);
 
-    b32 sim = sim_even_if_no_focus || ui_is_focused_box(box);
+    b32 sim = flags.sim_even_if_no_focus || ui_is_focused_box(box);
     if (sim) {
         app_event_t *ev = ui->event;
         i32 sel_size = r1i32_size(ti->caret.range);
@@ -1198,7 +1199,7 @@ fn void ui_draw(void) {
 }
 
 fn void ui_begin_frame(app_frame_t *frame) {
-    ui = tcx->data[tcx_slot_ui];
+    ui = tcx->ui_ctx;
     ui->frame = frame;
 }
 
@@ -1234,8 +1235,8 @@ fn void ui_reload(void) {
 }
 
 fn void ui_init(ma_arena_t *arena) {
-    tcx->data[tcx_slot_ui] = ma_push_type(arena, ui_t);
-    ui = tcx->data[tcx_slot_ui];
+    tcx->ui_ctx = ma_push_type(arena, ui_t);
+    ui = tcx->ui_ctx;
     ui->box_arena = ma_push_arena(arena, mib(1));
     ui_reload();
 }
@@ -1288,7 +1289,7 @@ fn void ui_demo_everything_lister(void) {
             locl ui_text_input_t text_input;
             text_input.str = buff;
             text_input.cap = lengthof(buff);
-            ui_signal_t ti_sig = ui_text_input(&text_input, true);
+            ui_signal_t ti_sig = ui_text_input(&text_input, .sim_even_if_no_focus = true);
             if (lister_just_opened) text_input.len = 0;
 
             ma_temp_t scratch = ma_begin_scratch();
diff --git a/src/ui/ui.h b/src/ui/ui.h
index af29593..9597558 100644
--- a/src/ui/ui.h
+++ b/src/ui/ui.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include "buffer16.h"
+
 typedef struct ui_code_loc_t ui_code_loc_t;
 struct ui_code_loc_t {
     char *file;
@@ -22,6 +24,8 @@ struct ui_box_flags_t {
     b8 children_sum_x: 1;
     b8 children_sum_y: 1;
     b8 keyboard_nav: 1;
+
+    b8 sim_even_if_no_focus: 1;
 };
 
 typedef enum {
@@ -101,6 +105,7 @@ struct ui_box_t {
     b32     expanded;
 
     ui_text_input_t *text_input;
+    view_id_t view;
 };
 
 typedef struct ui_signal_t ui_signal_t;