diff --git a/content/editor.js b/content/editor.js
index 6bca188c..025f8937 100644
--- a/content/editor.js
+++ b/content/editor.js
@@ -929,29 +929,29 @@ liberator.Editor = function () //{{{
             else // list all (for that filter {i,c,!})
             {
                 var searchFilter = (filter == "!") ? "!ci" : filter + "!"; // ! -> list all, on c or i ! matches too)
+
                 XML.prettyPrinting = false;
-                let list = <></>;
+                let list = <table/>;
                 for (let tmplhs in abbrev)
                 {
                     abbrev[tmplhs].forEach(function (abbr)
                     {
                         if (searchFilter.indexOf(abbr[0]) > -1)
                         {
-                            list += <tr>
-                                        <td>{abbr[0]}</td>
-                                        <td>{tmplhs}</td>
-                                        <td>{abbr[1]}</td>
-                                    </tr>;
+                            list.* += <tr>
+                                          <td>{abbr[0]}</td>
+                                          <td>{tmplhs}</td>
+                                          <td>{abbr[1]}</td>
+                                      </tr>;
                         }
                     });
                 }
 
-                if (!list.length())
+                if (!list.*.length())
                 {
                     liberator.echoerr("No abbreviations found");
                     return;
                 }
-                list = <table>{list}</table>
                 liberator.commandline.echo(list, liberator.commandline.HL_NORMAL, liberator.commandline.FORCE_MULTILINE);
             }
         },
diff --git a/content/options.js b/content/options.js
index dbd1f3b2..4da2eb27 100644
--- a/content/options.js
+++ b/content/options.js
@@ -269,16 +269,19 @@ liberator.Options = function () //{{{
             if (!args)
             {
                 XML.prettyPrinting = false;
-                var str = <></>;
+                var str = <table/>
                 for (let [i, value] in Iterator(liberator.globalVariables))
                 {
                     let prefix = typeof value == "number"   ? "#" :
                                  typeof value == "function" ? "*" :
                                                               " ";
-                    str += <tr><td style="width: 200px;">{i}</td><td>{prefix}{value}</td></tr>;
+                    str.* += <tr>
+                                 <td style="width: 200px;">{i}</td>
+                                 <td>{prefix}{value}</td>
+                             </tr>;
                 }
-                if (str.length())
-                    liberator.echo(<table>{str}</table>, liberator.commandline.FORCE_MULTILINE);
+                if (str.*.length())
+                    liberator.echo(str, liberator.commandline.FORCE_MULTILINE);
                 else
                     liberator.echo("No variables found");
                 return;
diff --git a/content/tabs.js b/content/tabs.js
index d4e45032..19f85b88 100644
--- a/content/tabs.js
+++ b/content/tabs.js
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ liberator.Tabs = function () //{{{
         {
             // TODO: move this to liberator.tabs.get()
 
-            let items = <></>;
+            let items = <table/>
             for (let [i, item] in Iterator(liberator.completion.buffer("")[1]))
             {
                 if (i == liberator.tabs.index())
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ liberator.Tabs = function () //{{{
                    indicator = " ";
 
                 let [number, title] = item[0].split(/:\s+/, 2);
-                items +=
+                items.* +=
                     <tr>
                         <td align="right">  {number}</td>
                         <td><span style="color: blue"> {indicator} </span></td>