diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 954d9019..07e0beb3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 <pre>
 2008-XX-XX:
     * version 2.0 (probably)
+    * IMPORTANT: 'verbose' is now used for message levels. Logging is
+      controlled by the extensions.liberator.loglevel preference.
     * IMPORTANT: :viusage and :exusage now jump to the help index, use the
       special versions for the old behavior
     * IMPORTANT: renamed Startup and Quit autocmd events to VimperatorEnter and
       VimperatorLeave respectively
+    * add :messages and 'messages'
     * add :runtime
     * add 'runtimepath'
     * allow ; hints to work in the multiline output widget
diff --git a/content/events.js b/content/events.js
index 0d2bf059..af5c6278 100644
--- a/content/events.js
+++ b/content/events.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ liberator.AutoCommands = function () //{{{
             {
                 let values = value.split(",");
                 let events = liberator.config.autocommands.map(function (e) e[0]);
-                
+
                 events.push("all");
 
                 return values.every(function (event) events.indexOf(event) >= 0);
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ liberator.AutoCommands = function () //{{{
             if (events.some(function (event) event == "all" || event == auEvent))
                 return;
 
+            liberator.echomsg("Executing " + auEvent + " Auto commands for \"*\"", 8);
+
             if (autoCommands[auEvent])
             {
                 for (let i = 0; i < autoCommands[auEvent].length; i++)
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ liberator.Events = function () //{{{
             }
             else // background tab
             {
-                liberator.commandline.echo("Background tab loaded: " + title || url, liberator.commandline.HL_INFOMSG);
+                liberator.echomsg("Background tab loaded: " + title || url, 1);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -557,8 +559,7 @@ liberator.Events = function () //{{{
             {
                 for (let [,dir] in Iterator(dirs))
                 {
-                    if (liberator.options["verbose"] >= 2)
-                        liberator.echo("Searching for \"macros/*\" in \"" + dir.path + "\"\n");
+                    liberator.echomsg("Searching for \"macros/*\" in \"" + dir.path + "\"", 2);
 
                     liberator.log("Sourcing macros directory: " + dir.path + "...", 3);
 
diff --git a/content/find.js b/content/find.js
index c3e60630..f948c770 100644
--- a/content/find.js
+++ b/content/find.js
@@ -375,9 +375,11 @@ liberator.Search = function () //{{{
                 // our command line
                 setTimeout(function () {
                     if (up)
-                        liberator.commandline.echo("search hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM", liberator.commandline.HL_WARNINGMSG);
+                        liberator.commandline.echo("search hit TOP, continuing at BOTTOM",
+                            liberator.commandline.HL_WARNINGMSG, liberator.commandline.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES);
                     else
-                        liberator.commandline.echo("search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP", liberator.commandline.HL_WARNINGMSG);
+                        liberator.commandline.echo("search hit BOTTOM, continuing at TOP",
+                            liberator.commandline.HL_WARNINGMSG, liberator.commandline.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES);
                 }, 0);
             }
             else
diff --git a/content/io.js b/content/io.js
index 039f8112..81348cc9 100644
--- a/content/io.js
+++ b/content/io.js
@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ liberator.IO = function () //{{{
             //     : unify with startup sourcing loop
             let paths = args.arguments;
             let runtimeDirs = liberator.options["runtimepath"].split(",");
+            let found = false;
+
+            // FIXME: should use original arg string
+            liberator.echomsg("Searching for \"" + paths.join(" ") + "\" in \"" + liberator.options["runtimepath"] + "\"", 2);
 
             outer:
             for (let [,runtimeDir] in Iterator(runtimeDirs))
@@ -281,8 +285,11 @@ liberator.IO = function () //{{{
                 {
                     let file = liberator.io.getFile(joinPaths(runtimeDir, path));
 
+                    liberator.echomsg("Searching for \"" + file.path + "\" in \"", 3);
+
                     if (file.exists() && file.isReadable() && !file.isDirectory()) // XXX
                     {
+                        found = true;
                         liberator.io.source(file.path, false);
 
                         if (!special)
@@ -290,6 +297,9 @@ liberator.IO = function () //{{{
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            if (!found)
+                liberator.echomsg("not found in 'runtimepath': \"" + paths.join(" ") + "\"", 1); // FIXME: should use original arg string
         },
         { argCount: "+" }
     );
@@ -696,8 +706,10 @@ lookup:
 
         // when https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68702 is fixed
         // is fixed, should use that instead of a tmpfile
-        system: function (str, input)
+        system: function (command, input)
         {
+            liberator.echomsg("Calling shell to execute: " + command, 4);
+
             var stdoutFile = ioManager.createTempFile();
             var stderrFile = ioManager.createTempFile();
 
@@ -707,10 +719,9 @@ lookup:
                 return "";
 
             if (WINDOWS)
-                var command = str + " > " + stdoutFile.path + " 2> " + stderrFile.path;
+                command += " > " + stdoutFile.path + " 2> " + stderrFile.path;
             else
-                var command = str + " > \"" + escapeQuotes(stdoutFile.path) + "\""
-                                  + " 2> \"" + escapeQuotes(stderrFile.path) + "\"";
+                command += " > \"" + escapeQuotes(stdoutFile.path) + "\"" + " 2> \"" + escapeQuotes(stderrFile.path) + "\"";
 
             var stdinFile = null;
 
@@ -754,7 +765,9 @@ lookup:
                     if (!silent)
                     {
                         if (file.isDirectory())
-                            liberator.echo("Cannot source a directory: \"" + filename + "\"\n");
+                            liberator.echomsg("Cannot source a directory: \"" + filename + "\"", 0);
+                        else
+                            liberator.echomsg("could not source: \"" + filename + "\"", 1);
 
                         liberator.echoerr("E484: Can't open file " + filename);
                     }
@@ -762,6 +775,8 @@ lookup:
                     return;
                 }
 
+                liberator.echomsg("sourcing \"" + filename + "\"", 2);
+
                 var str = ioManager.readFile(file);
 
                 // handle pure javascript files specially
@@ -833,6 +848,8 @@ lookup:
                 if (scriptNames.indexOf(file.path) == -1)
                     scriptNames.push(file.path);
 
+                liberator.echomsg("finished sourcing \"" + filename + "\"", 2);
+
                 liberator.log("Sourced: " + file.path, 3);
             }
             catch (e)
diff --git a/content/liberator.js b/content/liberator.js
index 33f536eb..230d89c8 100644
--- a/content/liberator.js
+++ b/content/liberator.js
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
             "boolean", true);
 
         liberator.options.add(["verbose", "vbs"],
-            "Define which type of messages are logged",
+            "Define which info messages are displayed",
             "number", 0,
             {
-                validator: function (value) value >= 0 && value <= 9
+                validator: function (value) value >= 0 && value <= 15
             });
 
         liberator.options.add(["visualbell", "vb"],
@@ -785,7 +785,25 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
 
         echo:    function (str, flags) { liberator.commandline.echo(str, liberator.commandline.HL_NORMAL, flags); },
 
-        echoerr: function (str, flags) { liberator.commandline.echo(str, liberator.commandline.HL_ERRORMSG, flags); },
+        // TODO: Vim replaces unprintable characters in echoerr/echomsg
+        echoerr: function (str, flags)
+        {
+            flags |= liberator.commandline.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES;
+
+            liberator.commandline.echo(str, liberator.commandline.HL_ERRORMSG, flags);
+        },
+
+        // TODO: add proper level constants
+        echomsg: function (str, verbosity, flags)
+        {
+            flags |= liberator.commandline.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES;
+
+            if (verbosity == null)
+                verbosity = 0; // verbosity level is exclusionary
+
+            if (liberator.options["verbose"] >= verbosity)
+                liberator.commandline.echo(str, liberator.commandline.HL_INFOMSG, flags);
+        },
 
         // return true, if this VIM-like extension has a certain feature
         has: function (feature)
@@ -853,15 +871,16 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
 
         // logs a message to the javascript error console
         // if msg is an object, it is beautified
+        // TODO: add proper level constants
         log: function (msg, level)
         {
             var verbose = 0;
-            if (typeof level != "number")
+            if (typeof level != "number") // XXX
                 level = 1;
 
             // liberator.options does not exist at the very beginning
             if (liberator.options)
-                verbose = liberator.options["verbose"];
+                verbose = liberator.options.getPref("extensions.liberator.loglevel", 0);
 
             if (level > verbose)
                 return;
@@ -871,7 +890,7 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
 
             var consoleService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1"]
                                            .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIConsoleService);
-            consoleService.logStringMessage("vimperator: " + msg);
+            consoleService.logStringMessage(liberator.config.name.toLowerCase() + ": " + msg);
         },
 
         // open one or more URLs
@@ -1080,8 +1099,7 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                             for (let [,dir] in Iterator(dirs))
                             {
                                 // TODO: search plugins/**/* for plugins
-                                if (liberator.options["verbose"] >= 2)
-                                    liberator.echo("Searching for \"plugin/*.{js,vimp}\" in \"" + dir.path + "\"\n");
+                                liberator.echomsg("Searching for \"plugin/*.{js,vimp}\" in \"" + dir.path + "\"", 2);
 
                                 liberator.log("Sourcing plugin directory: " + dir.path + "...", 3);
 
diff --git a/content/options.js b/content/options.js
index 50244d34..78a364d0 100644
--- a/content/options.js
+++ b/content/options.js
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ liberator.Options = function () //{{{
 
     function loadPreference(name, forcedDefault, defaultBranch)
     {
-        var defaultValue = null;
+        var defaultValue = null; // XXX
         if (forcedDefault != null)  // this argument sets defaults for non-user settable options (like extensions.history.comp_history)
             defaultValue = forcedDefault;
 
diff --git a/content/ui.js b/content/ui.js
index dd92bca4..3a5ab392 100644
--- a/content/ui.js
+++ b/content/ui.js
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
     liberator.storage.newArray("history-search", true);
     liberator.storage.newArray("history-command", true);
 
-    // TODO: clean this up when it's not 3am...
     var history = {
         get mode() (liberator.modes.extended == liberator.modes.EX) ? "command" : "search",
 
@@ -67,6 +66,34 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
     var historyIndex = UNINITIALIZED;
     var historyStart = "";
 
+    var messageHistory = {
+        _messages: [],
+        get messages()
+        {
+            let max = liberator.options["messages"];
+
+            // resize if 'messages' has changed
+            if (this._messages.length > max)
+                this._messages = this._messages.splice(this._messages.length - max);
+
+            return this._messages;
+        },
+
+        get length() this._messages.length,
+
+        add: function (message)
+        {
+            if (!message)
+                return;
+
+            if (this._messages.length >= liberator.options["messages"])
+                this._messages.shift();
+
+            this._messages.push(message);
+        }
+    };
+    var lastMowOutput = null;
+
     var completionList = new liberator.ItemList("liberator-completions");
     var completions = [];
     // for the example command "open sometext| othertext" (| is the cursor pos):
@@ -97,8 +124,8 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
     multilineOutputWidget.contentDocument.body.id = "liberator-multiline-output-content";
 
     // TODO: is there a better way to determine and set the UI font, 'guifont' perhaps?
-    var id = liberator.config.mainWindowID || "main-window";
-    var fontSize = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById(id), null).getPropertyValue("font-size");
+    var mainWindowID = liberator.config.mainWindowID || "main-window";
+    var fontSize = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById(mainWindowID), null).getPropertyValue("font-size");
     multilineOutputWidget.contentDocument.body.setAttribute("style", "font-size: " + fontSize);
 
     multilineOutputWidget.contentDocument.body.innerHTML = "";
@@ -188,6 +215,9 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
         //outputContainer.collapsed = true;
 
         var output = "<div class=\"ex-command-output " + highlightGroup + "\">" + str + "</div>";
+
+        lastMowOutput = output;
+
         if (!outputContainer.collapsed)
         {
             // FIXME: need to make sure an open MOW is closed when commands
@@ -276,17 +306,6 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
     ////////////////////// OPTIONS /////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////{{{
 
-    liberator.options.add(["history", "hi"],
-        "Number of Ex commands and search patterns to store in the command-line history",
-        "number", 500,
-        {
-            validator: function (value) value >= 0
-        });
-
-    liberator.options.add(["more"],
-        "Pause the message list window when more than one screen of listings is displayed",
-        "boolean", true);
-
     // TODO: doesn't belong in ui.js
     liberator.options.add(["complete", "cpt"],
         "Items which are completed at the :[tab]open prompt",
@@ -306,6 +325,28 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
             validator: function (value) !/[^sfbhSl]/.test(value)
         });
 
+    liberator.options.add(["history", "hi"],
+        "Number of Ex commands and search patterns to store in the command-line history",
+        "number", 500,
+        {
+            validator: function (value) value >= 0
+        });
+
+    liberator.options.add(["messages", "msgs"],
+        "Number of messages to store in the message history",
+        "number", 100,
+        {
+            validator: function (value) value >= 0
+        });
+
+    liberator.options.add(["more"],
+        "Pause the message list window when more than one screen of listings is displayed",
+        "boolean", true);
+
+    liberator.options.add(["showmode", "smd"],
+        "Show the current mode in the command line",
+        "boolean", true);
+
     liberator.options.add(["suggestengines"],
          "Engine Alias which has a feature of suggest",
          "stringlist", "google",
@@ -316,7 +357,7 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
                                     .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIBrowserSearchService);
                  let engines = ss.getEngines({})
                                  .filter(function (engine) engine.supportsResponseType("application/x-suggestions+json"));
-                 
+
                  return engines.map(function (engine) [engine.alias, engine.description]);
              },
              validator: function (value)
@@ -331,9 +372,24 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
              }
          });
 
-    liberator.options.add(["showmode", "smd"],
-        "Show the current mode in the command line",
-        "boolean", true);
+    liberator.options.add(["wildignore", "wig"],
+        "List of file patterns to ignore when completing files",
+        "stringlist", "",
+        {
+            validator: function (value)
+            {
+                // TODO: allow for escaping the ","
+                try
+                {
+                    new RegExp("^(" + value.replace(",", "|", "g") + ")$");
+                    return true;
+                }
+                catch (e)
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        });
 
     liberator.options.add(["wildmode", "wim"],
         "Define how command line completion works",
@@ -358,25 +414,6 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
             }
         });
 
-    liberator.options.add(["wildignore", "wig"],
-        "List of file patterns to ignore when completing files",
-        "stringlist", "",
-        {
-            validator: function (value)
-            {
-                // TODO: allow for escaping the ","
-                try
-                {
-                    new RegExp("^(" + value.replace(",", "|", "g") + ")$");
-                    return true;
-                }
-                catch (e)
-                {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-        });
-
     liberator.options.add(["wildoptions", "wop"],
         "Change how command line completion is done",
         "stringlist", "",
@@ -418,33 +455,74 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
         ["<C-]>", "<C-5>"], "Expand command line abbreviation",
         function () { liberator.editor.expandAbbreviation("c"); });
 
+    // FIXME: Should be "g<" but that doesn't work unless it has a non-null
+    // rhs, getCandidates broken?
+    liberator.mappings.add([liberator.modes.NORMAL],
+        ["gm"], "Redisplay the last command output",
+        function ()
+        {
+            if (lastMowOutput)
+                liberator.commandline.echo(lastMowOutput,
+                    liberator.commandline.HL_NORMAL, liberator.commandline.FORCE_MULTILINE)
+            else
+                liberator.beep();
+        });
+
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////}}}
     ////////////////////// COMMANDS ////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////{{{
 
-    liberator.commands.add(["ec[ho]"],
-        "Display a string at the bottom of the window",
-        function (args)
+    var echoCommands = [
         {
-            var res = echoArgumentToString(args, true);
-            if (res != null)
-                liberator.echo(res);
+            name: "ec[ho]",
+            description: "Display a string at the bottom of the window",
+            action: liberator.echo
         },
         {
-            completer: function (filter) liberator.completion.javascript(filter)
-        });
+            name: "echoe[rr]",
+            description: "Display an error string at the bottom of the window",
+            action: liberator.echoerr
+        },
+        {
+            name: "echom[sg]",
+            description: "Display a message at the bottom of the window saving it in the message history",
+            action: liberator.echomsg
+        }
+    ];
 
-    liberator.commands.add(["echoe[rr]"],
-        "Display an error string at the bottom of the window",
-        function (args)
+    echoCommands.forEach(function (command) {
+        liberator.commands.add([command.name],
+            command.description,
+            function (args)
+            {
+                var str = echoArgumentToString(args, true);
+                if (str != null)
+                    command.action(str);
+            },
+            {
+                completer: function (filter) liberator.completion.javascript(filter)
+            });
+    });
+
+    liberator.commands.add(["mes[sages]"],
+        "Display previously given messages",
+        function ()
         {
-            var res = echoArgumentToString(args, false);
-            if (res != null)
-                liberator.echoerr(res);
-        },
-        {
-            completer: function (filter) liberator.completion.javascript(filter)
-        });
+            // TODO: the MOW<->command-line disjoint is really annoying
+            if (messageHistory.length == 1)
+            {
+                liberator.commandline.echo(messageHistory.messages[0], liberator.commandline.HL_NORMAL);
+            }
+            else if (messageHistory.length > 1)
+            {
+                let list = "";
+
+                for (let [,message] in Iterator(messageHistory.messages))
+                    list += message + "<br/>";
+
+                liberator.commandline.echo(list, liberator.commandline.HL_NORMAL, liberator.commandline.FORCE_MULTILINE);
+            }
+        }, { argCount: "0" });
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////}}}
     ////////////////////// PUBLIC SECTION //////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -466,7 +544,7 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
         DISALLOW_MULTILINE : 1 << 2, // if an echo() should try to use the single line
                                      // but output nothing when the MOW is open; when also
                                      // FORCE_MULTILINE is given, FORCE_MULTILINE takes precedence
-        APPEND_TO_MESSAGES : 1 << 3, // will show the string in :messages
+        APPEND_TO_MESSAGES : 1 << 3, // add the string to the message history
 
         get mode() (liberator.modes.extended == liberator.modes.EX) ? "cmd" : "search",
 
@@ -523,7 +601,6 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
             setLine("", this.HL_NORMAL);
         },
 
-        // TODO: add :messages entry
         // liberator.echo uses different order of flags as it omits the hightlight group, change v.commandline.echo argument order? --mst
         echo: function (str, highlightGroup, flags)
         {
@@ -540,6 +617,9 @@ liberator.CommandLine = function () //{{{
 
             highlightGroup = highlightGroup || this.HL_NORMAL;
 
+            if (flags & this.APPEND_TO_MESSAGES)
+                messageHistory.add(str);
+
             var where = setLine;
             if (flags & this.FORCE_MULTILINE)
                 where = setMultiline;
@@ -1133,8 +1213,8 @@ liberator.ItemList = function (id) //{{{
 
     doc.body.id = id + "-content";
 
-    var id = liberator.config.mainWindowID || "main-window";
-    var fontSize = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById(id), null).getPropertyValue("font-size");
+    var mainWindowID = liberator.config.mainWindowID || "main-window";
+    var fontSize = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(document.getElementById(mainWindowID), null).getPropertyValue("font-size");
     doc.body.setAttribute("style", "font-size: " + fontSize);
 
     var completions = []; // a reference to the Array of completions
diff --git a/content/vimperator.js b/content/vimperator.js
index 068a8738..e84da7db 100644
--- a/content/vimperator.js
+++ b/content/vimperator.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ liberator.config = { //{{{
         "buffer.html", "cmdline.html", "options.html", "pattern.html",
         "tabs.html", "hints.html", "map.html", "eval.html", "marks.html",
         "repeat.html", "autocommands.html", "print.html", "gui.html",
-        "developer.html", "various.html", "index.html"
+        "message.html", "developer.html", "various.html", "index.html"
     ],
 
     init: function ()
diff --git a/locale/en-US/index.txt b/locale/en-US/index.txt
index 070dd3e9..d89213ea 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/index.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/index.txt
@@ -270,10 +270,11 @@ section:Options[option-index]
 ||'linkfgcolor'|| Foreground color of a link during hint mode +
 ||'linksearch'|| Limit the search to hyperlink text +
 ||'loadplugins'|| Load plugin scripts when starting up +
+||'messages'|| Number of messages to store in the message history +
 ||'more'|| Pause the message list window when more than one screen of listings is displayed +
 ||'newtab'|| Define which commands should output in a new tab by default +
 ||'nextpattern'|| Patterns to use when guessing the 'next' page in a document sequence +
-||'online'|| Set the 'work offline' option +
+||'online'|| Set the \'work offline' option +
 ||'pageinfo'|| Desired info on :pa[geinfo] +
 ||'popups'|| Where to show requested popup windows +
 ||'preload'|| Speed up first time history/bookmark completion +
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ section:Options[option-index]
 ||'titlestring'|| Change the title of the window +
 ||'urlseparator'|| Set the separator regexp used to separate multiple URL args +
 ||'usermode'|| Show current website with a minimal style sheet to make it easily accessible +
-||'verbose'|| Define which type of messages are logged +
+||'verbose'|| Define which info messages are displayed +
 ||'visualbell'|| Use visual bell instead of beeping on errors +
 ||'visualbellstyle'|| CSS specification of the visual bell +
 ||'wildignore'|| List of file patterns to ignore when completing files +
diff --git a/locale/en-US/intro.txt b/locale/en-US/intro.txt
index f42fa800..5e13808e 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/intro.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/intro.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ section:Help{nbsp}topics[overview]
   events.
 - help:Print[print.html]: Printing pages.
 - help:GUI[gui.html]: Accessing Firefox menus, dialogs and the sidebar.
+- help:Messages[message.html]: A description of messages and error messages.
 - help:Developer{nbsp}information[developer.html]: How to write docs or
   plugins.
 - help:Various[various.html]: Other help which didn't fit into any other
diff --git a/locale/en-US/message.txt b/locale/en-US/message.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..29f03c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/locale/en-US/message.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+HEADER
+
+|message-history| +
+
+Vimperator stores all info and error messages in a message history. The type of
+info messages output can be controlled by the 'verbose' option.
+
+|:mes| |:messages| +
+||:mes[sages]||
+________________________________________________________________________________
+Display previously given messages.
+________________________________________________________________________________
+
+
+|gm| +
+||gm||
+________________________________________________________________________________
+Redisplay the last command output. Only the most recent commands output is
+available.
+________________________________________________________________________________
+
+// vim: set syntax=asciidoc:
diff --git a/locale/en-US/options.txt b/locale/en-US/options.txt
index debe3b47..4053e1c7 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/options.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/options.txt
@@ -468,6 +468,13 @@ Load plugin scripts when starting up.
 ____
 
 
+|\'msgs'| |\'messages'|
+||'messages' 'msgs'|| number (default: 100)
+____
+Number of messages to store in the message history.
+____
+
+
 |\'nomore'| |\'more'|
 ||'more'|| boolean (default: on)
 ____
@@ -708,10 +715,12 @@ ____
 |\'verbose', \'vbs'|
 ||'verbose' 'vbs'|| number (default: 0)
 ____
-Define which type of messages are logged.
+Define which info messages are displayed.
 When bigger than zero, Vimperator will give messages about what it is doing.
-They are printed to the error console which can be shown with [c]:javascript![c].
-The highest value is 9, being the most verbose mode.
+These can be viewed at any time with the [c]:messages[c] command. The highest
+value is 15, being the most verbose mode.
+
+TODO: list levels and associated messages
 ____
 
 
diff --git a/vimperator.vim b/vimperator.vim
index a13ce4f1..5ce85268 100644
--- a/vimperator.vim
+++ b/vimperator.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim syntax file
 " Language:         VIMperator configuration file
 " Maintainer:       Doug Kearns <dougkearns@gmail.com>
-" Last Change:      2008 Sep 21
+" Last Change:      2008 Sep 27
 
 if exists("b:current_syntax")
   finish
@@ -13,21 +13,19 @@ set cpo&vim
 syn include @javascriptTop syntax/javascript.vim
 unlet b:current_syntax
 
-syn region  vimperatorString start="\z(["']\)" end="\z1" skip="\\\\\|\\\z1" oneline
-
 syn match vimperatorCommandStart "\%(^\s*:\=\)\@<=" nextgroup=vimperatorCommand,vimperatorAutoCmd
 
 syn keyword vimperatorCommand ab[breviate] ab[clear] addo[ns] b[uffer] ba[ck] bd[elete] beep bf[irst] bl[ast] bma[rk] bmarks
     \ bn[ext] bN[ext] bp[revious] br[ewind] buffers bun[load] bw[ipeout] ca[bbrev] cabc[lear] cd chd[ir] cuna[bbrev] cm[ap]
     \ cmapc[lear] cno[remap] comc[lear] com[mand] cu[nmap] delbm[arks] delc[ommand] delmac[ros] delm[arks] delqm[arks] dia[log] dl
-    \ downl[oads] e[dit] ec[ho] echoe[rr] em[enu] exe[cute] exu[sage] fini[sh] files fo[rward] fw h[elp] ha[rdcopy] hist[ory] hs
-    \ ia[bbrev] iabc[lear] im[ap] imapc[lear] ino[remap] iuna[bbrev] iu[nmap] javas[cript] ju[mps] js let ls macros ma[rk] map
-    \ mapc[lear] marks mkv[imperatorrc] no[remap] noh[lsearch] norm[al] o[pen] pa[geinfo] pagest[yle] pc[lose] pl[ay]
-    \ pref[erences] prefs pw[d] q[uit] qa[ll] qma[rk] qmarks quita[ll] re[draw] re[load] reloada[ll] res[tart] run ru[ntime]
-    \ sav[eas] sb[ar] sb[open] sbcl[ose] scrip[tnames] se[t] setg[lobal] setl[ocal] sideb[ar] so[urce] st[op] tN[ext] t[open] tab
-    \ tabde[tach] tabd[uplicate] tabN[ext] tabc[lose] tabe[dit] tabfir[st] tabl[ast] tabm[ove] tabn[ext] tabnew tabo[nly] tabopen
-    \ tabp[revious] tabr[ewind] tabs time tn[ext] tp[revious] u[ndo] una[bbreviate] undoa[ll] unl[et] unm[ap] ve[rsion]
-    \ vie[wsource] viu[sage] w[rite] wc[lose] win[open] winc[lose] wine[dit] wo[pen] wqa[ll] wq xa[ll] zo[om]
+    \ downl[oads] e[dit] ec[ho] echoe[rr] echom[sg] em[enu] exe[cute] exu[sage] fini[sh] files fo[rward] fw h[elp] ha[rdcopy]
+    \ hist[ory] hs ia[bbrev] iabc[lear] im[ap] imapc[lear] ino[remap] iuna[bbrev] iu[nmap] javas[cript] ju[mps] js let ls macros
+    \ ma[rk] map mapc[lear] marks mes[sages] mkv[imperatorrc] no[remap] noh[lsearch] norm[al] o[pen] pa[geinfo] pagest[yle]
+    \ pc[lose] pl[ay] pref[erences] prefs pw[d] q[uit] qa[ll] qma[rk] qmarks quita[ll] re[draw] re[load] reloada[ll] res[tart] run
+    \ ru[ntime] sav[eas] sb[ar] sb[open] sbcl[ose] scrip[tnames] se[t] setg[lobal] setl[ocal] sideb[ar] so[urce] st[op] tN[ext]
+    \ t[open] tab tabde[tach] tabd[uplicate] tabN[ext] tabc[lose] tabe[dit] tabfir[st] tabl[ast] tabm[ove] tabn[ext] tabnew
+    \ tabo[nly] tabopen tabp[revious] tabr[ewind] tabs time tn[ext] tp[revious] u[ndo] una[bbreviate] undoa[ll] unl[et] unm[ap]
+    \ ve[rsion] vie[wsource] viu[sage] w[rite] wc[lose] win[open] winc[lose] wine[dit] wo[pen] wqa[ll] wq xa[ll] zo[om]
 	\ contained
 
 syn match vimperatorCommand "!" contained
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ syn region vimperatorSet matchgroup=vimperatorCommand start="\%(^\s*:\=\)\@<=\<\
 
 syn keyword vimperatorOption activate act activelinkfgcolor alfc activelinkbgcolor albc cdpath cd complete cpt defsearch ds editor
     \ extendedhinttags eht eventignore ei guioptions go helpfile hf hintmatching hm hintstyle hs hinttags ht hinttimeout hto
-    \ history hi hlsearchstyle hlss laststatus ls linkbgcolor lbc linkfgcolor lfc newtab nextpattern pageinfo pa
+    \ history hi hlsearchstyle hlss laststatus ls linkbgcolor lbc linkfgcolor lfc messages msgs newtab nextpattern pageinfo pa
     \ popups pps previewheight pvh previouspattern runtimepath rtp scroll scr shell sh shellcmdflag shcf showstatuslinks ssli
     \ showtabline stal suggestengines titlestring urlseparator verbose vbs visualbellstyle t_vb wildignore wig wildmode wim
     \ wildoptions wop wordseparators wsp
@@ -67,15 +65,15 @@ syn region vimperatorJavascript start="\%(^\s*\%(javascript\|js\)\s\+\)\@<=" end
 syn region vimperatorJavascript matchgroup=vimperatorJavascriptDelimiter
 	\ start="\%(^\s*\%(javascript\|js\)\s\+\)\@<=<<\s*\z(\h\w*\)"hs=s+2 end="^\z1$" contains=@javascriptTop fold
 
-syn region vimperatorMap matchgroup=vimperatorCommand start="\%(^\s*:\=\)\@<=\<map\>" end="$" keepend oneline
-    \ contains=vimperatorNotation
-
 syn match vimperatorNotation "<[0-9A-Za-z-]\+>"
 
-syn match   vimperatorLineComment +^\s*".*$+ contains=vimperatorTodo,@Spell
 syn match   vimperatorComment +".*$+ contains=vimperatorTodo,@Spell
 syn keyword vimperatorTodo FIXME NOTE TODO XXX contained
 
+syn region vimperatorString start="\z(["']\)" end="\z1" skip="\\\\\|\\\z1" oneline
+
+syn match   vimperatorLineComment +^\s*".*$+ contains=vimperatorTodo,@Spell
+
 " NOTE: match vim.vim highlighting group names
 hi def link vimperatorAutoCmd               vimperatorCommand
 hi def link vimperatorAutoEvent             Type