diff --git a/application.py b/application.py
index 327c356..8d35e68 100755
--- a/application.py
+++ b/application.py
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ class Application(object):
                  'lisp', 'make', 'mini', 'mutt', 'nasm', 'ocaml', 'perl',
                  'python', 'replace', 'rst', 'scheme', 'search', 'sh', 'sql',
                  'tt', 'text', 'text2', 'which', 'xml', 'cheetah', 'colortext',
-                 'latex', 'insertmini', 'conf', 'haskell', 'erlang')
+                 'latex', 'insertmini', 'conf', 'haskell', 'erlang',
+                 'iperl', 'iperlmini',
+        )
         for name in names:
             exec("import mode.%s; mode.%s.install(self)" % (name, name))
 
diff --git a/buffer.py b/buffer.py
index 0a22e20..85f1154 100644
--- a/buffer.py
+++ b/buffer.py
@@ -398,6 +398,31 @@ class ConsoleBuffer(Buffer):
     def readonly(self):
         return True
 
+# console is another singleton
+iperl = None
+class IperlBuffer(Buffer):
+    btype    = 'iperl'
+    modename = 'iperl'
+    def __new__(cls, *args, **kwargs):
+        global iperl
+        if iperl is None:
+            iperl = object.__new__(IperlBuffer, *args, **kwargs)
+        return iperl
+    def __init__(self):
+        Buffer.__init__(self)
+        self.clear()
+    def clear(self):
+        iperl.set_data('', force=True)
+    def name(self):
+        return '*IPerl*'
+    def changed(self):
+        return False
+    def close(self):
+        global iperl
+        iperl = None
+    def readonly(self):
+        return True
+
 class BinaryDataException(Exception):
     pass
 
diff --git a/mode/consolemini.py b/mode/consolemini.py
index 0eba718..1a6f9b1 100644
--- a/mode/consolemini.py
+++ b/mode/consolemini.py
@@ -186,14 +186,15 @@ class ConsoleTab(method.Method):
 
 class ConsoleBaseMethod(method.Method):
     subcls = method.Method
+    subbuf = '*Console*'
     def __init__(self):
         method.Method.__init__(self)
         self.submethod = self.subcls()
     def _execute(self, w, **vargs):
         a = w.application
-        if not a.has_buffer_name('*Console*'):
+        if not a.has_buffer_name(self.subbuf):
             raise Exception, "No console found!"
-        w2 = a.bufferlist.get_buffer_by_name('*Console*').windows[0]
+        w2 = a.bufferlist.get_buffer_by_name(self.subbuf).windows[0]
         self.submethod.execute(w2, **vargs)
 
 class ConsolePageUp(ConsoleBaseMethod):
diff --git a/mode/iperl.py b/mode/iperl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba82d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mode/iperl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import color, mode
+#from lex import Grammar, PatternRule, RegionRule
+#from mode.python import StringGrammar, PythonGrammar
+
+#class ReprGrammar(Grammar):
+#    rules = [
+#        RegionRule(r'string', r'"', StringGrammar, r'"'),
+#        RegionRule(r'string', r"'", StringGrammar, r"'"),
+#    ]
+#class ConsoleGrammar(Grammar):
+#    rules = [
+#        PatternRule(r'console_mesg', r'^[A-Za-z].*$'),
+#        PatternRule(r'console_input', r'^>>>.*$'),
+#        PatternRule(r'console_input', r'^-->.*$'),
+#        RegionRule(r'string', r'"', StringGrammar, r'"'),
+#        RegionRule(r'string', r"'", StringGrammar, r"'"),
+#        #RegionRule(r'console_repr', r"<", ReprGrammar, r">"),
+#        PatternRule(r'console_reserved', r'True|False|None'),
+#        PatternRule(r'console_bareword', r'[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*'),
+#    ]
+class Console(mode.Fundamental):
+    modename = 'IPerl'
+#    grammar = ConsoleGrammar()
+#    colors = {
+#        'console_mesg':              ('magenta', 'default', 'bold'),
+#        'console_input':             ('cyan', 'default', 'bold'),
+#        'console_reserved':          ('magenta', 'default', 'bold'),
+#        'console_bareword':          ('default', 'default', 'bold'),
+#        'console_repr.start':        ('default', 'default', 'bold'),
+#        'console_repr.null':         ('blue', 'default', 'bold'),
+#        'console_repr.string.start': ('cyan', 'default', 'bold'),
+#        'console_repr.string.null':  ('cyan', 'default', 'bold'),
+#        'console_repr.string.end':   ('cyan', 'default', 'bold'),
+#        'console_repr.end':          ('default', 'default', 'bold'),
+#    }
+
+install = Console.install
diff --git a/mode/iperlmini.py b/mode/iperlmini.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ada584
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mode/iperlmini.py
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+import code, re, string, StringIO, sys, traceback
+import buffer, color, completer, lex, method, mode, mode.mini, mode.consolemini, window
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
+#from lex import Grammar, PatternRule
+from mode.perl import PerlGrammar
+from point import Point
+
+PAD   = '   '
+LIMIT = 79
+
+class IperlExec(method.Method):
+    def _execute(self, w, **vargs):
+        s = w.buffer.make_string()
+        w.mode.history[-1] = s
+        w.mode.history.append('')
+        w.buffer.set_data('')
+        w.mode.hindex = len(w.mode.history) - 1
+
+        a = w.application
+        if not a.has_buffer_name('*IPerl*'):
+            raise Exception, "No iperl found!"
+        b = a.bufferlist.get_buffer_by_name('*IPerl*')
+        if a.window().buffer is not b:
+            a.switch_buffer(b)
+        p = a.get_mini_buffer_prompt()
+        b.insert_string(b.get_buffer_end(), p + s + '\n', force=True)
+
+        w.mode.pipe.stdin.write("ENTER:%s\n" % s)
+        w.mode.pipe.stdin.flush()
+        output = w.mode._read()
+        b.insert_string(b.get_buffer_end(), output, force=True)
+
+class IperlTab(method.Method):
+    def execute(self, w, **vargs):
+        a = w.application
+        s = w.buffer.make_string()
+
+        x = w.logical_cursor().x
+        if not s or s[:x].isspace():
+            w.insert_string_at_cursor(' ' * w.mode.tabwidth)
+            return
+
+        l = lex.Lexer(w.mode, PerlGrammar)
+        tokens = list(l.lex([s]))
+
+        t = None
+        for t2 in tokens:
+            if t2.x < x and t2.end_x() >= x:
+                t = t2
+                break
+        if t is None:
+            return
+
+        s = t.string
+        w.mode.pipe.stdin.write("COMPLETE:%s\n" % s)
+        w.mode.pipe.stdin.flush()
+        (typ_, value) = w.mode._readline()
+        assert typ_ == 'COMPLETIONS'
+
+        candidates = [x for x in value.split('|') if x]
+        w.mode._read()
+
+        if candidates:
+            s = completer.find_common_string(candidates)
+            w.buffer.delete(Point(t.x, 0), Point(t.end_x(), 0), force=True)
+            w.insert_string_at_cursor(s)
+        mode.mini.use_completion_window(a, s, candidates)
+
+class IperlStart(method.Method):
+    '''Evaluate python expressions (for advanced use and debugging only)'''
+    def execute(self, w, **vargs):
+        a = w.application
+        if not a.has_buffer_name('*IPerl*'):
+            b = buffer.IperlBuffer()
+            a.add_buffer(b)
+            window.Window(b, a)
+        b = a.bufferlist.get_buffer_by_name('*IPerl*')
+        if a.window().buffer is not b:
+            a.switch_buffer(b)
+        f = lambda x: None
+        w.application.open_mini_buffer('*** ', f, self, None, 'iperlmini')
+
+class IperlPageUp(mode.consolemini.ConsolePageUp):
+    subbuf = '*IPerl*'
+class IperlPageDown(mode.consolemini.ConsolePageDown):
+    subbuf = '*IPerl*'
+class IperlGotoBeginning(mode.consolemini.ConsoleGotoBeginning):
+    subbuf = '*IPerl*'
+class IperlGotoEnd(mode.consolemini.ConsoleGotoEnd):
+    subbuf = '*IPerl*'
+
+class IperlMini(mode.Fundamental):
+    modename = 'IperlMini'
+    actions  = [IperlExec, IperlTab, IperlStart,
+                IperlPageUp, IperlPageDown, IperlGotoBeginning, IperlGotoEnd]
+    readre = re.compile('^([A-Z]+):(.*)\n$')
+    def _readline(self):
+        line = self.pipe.stdout.readline()
+        m = self.readre.match(line)
+        if m:
+            return (m.group(1), m.group(2))
+        else:
+            return ('RAW', line.rstrip())
+    def _read(self):
+        output = []
+        while True:
+            (type_, value) = self._readline()
+            if type_ == 'PROMPT':
+                self.window.application.set_mini_buffer_prompt(value + ' ')
+                break
+            elif type_ in ('ERROR', 'RESULT'):
+                output.append(value.replace('\\n', '\n').replace('\\\\', '\\'))
+            elif type_ == 'RAW':
+                output.append(value)
+        return '\n'.join(output) + '\n'
+
+    def __init__(self, w):
+        mode.Fundamental.__init__(self, w)
+        self.bindings    = {}
+        self.history = ['']
+        self.hindex  = 0
+
+        cmd = ('iperl', '-p')
+        self.pipe = Popen(cmd, stdin=PIPE, stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+        (type_, value) = self._readline()
+        assert type_ == 'PROMPT', type_
+        w.application.set_mini_buffer_prompt('%s ' % value.strip())
+
+        self.add_bindings('start-of-line', ('C-a', 'HOME',))
+        self.add_bindings('end-of-line', ('C-e', 'END',))
+        self.add_bindings('backward', ('C-b', 'L_ARROW',))
+        self.add_bindings('forward', ('C-f', 'R_ARROW',))
+        self.add_bindings('delete-left', ('DELETE', 'BACKSPACE',))
+        self.add_bindings('delete-left-word', ('M-DELETE', 'M-BACKSPACE',))
+        self.add_bindings('delete-right', ('C-d',))
+        self.add_bindings('delete-right-word', ('M-d',))
+        self.add_bindings('kill-region', ('C-w',))
+        self.add_bindings('copy-region', ('M-w',))
+        self.add_bindings('kill', ('C-k',))
+        self.add_bindings('copy', ('M-k',))
+        self.add_bindings('yank', ('C-y',))
+        self.add_bindings('pop-kill', ('M-y',))
+        self.add_bindings('right-word', ('M-f',))
+        self.add_bindings('left-word', ('M-b',))
+        self.add_bindings('set-mark', ('C-@',))
+        self.add_bindings('switch-mark', ('C-x C-x',))
+        self.add_bindings('undo', ('C-/', 'C-x u',))
+        self.add_bindings('redo', ('M-/', 'M-_', 'C-x r',))
+        self.add_bindings('toggle-margins', ('M-m',))
+        self.add_bindings('transpose-words', ('M-t',))
+        self.add_bindings('delete-left-whitespace', ('C-c DELETE', 'C-c BACKSPACE',))
+        self.add_bindings('delete-right-whitespace', ('C-c d',))
+        self.add_bindings('insert-space', ('SPACE',))
+        self.add_bindings('iperl-exec', ('RETURN',))
+        self.add_bindings('console-clear', ('C-l',))
+        self.add_bindings('console-cancel', ('C-]',))
+        self.add_bindings('console-history-prev', ('C-p',))
+        self.add_bindings('console-history-next', ('C-n',))
+        self.add_bindings('iperl-tab', ('TAB',))
+        self.add_bindings('iperl-page-up', ('M-v',))
+        self.add_bindings('iperl-page-down', ('C-v',))
+        self.add_bindings('iperl-goto-beginning', ('M-<',))
+        self.add_bindings('iperl-goto-end', ('M->',))
+        for c in string.letters + string.digits + string.punctuation:
+            self.add_binding('insert-string-%s' % c, c)
+
+install = IperlMini.install
diff --git a/mode/mini.py b/mode/mini.py
index 8d9097d..3b605be 100644
--- a/mode/mini.py
+++ b/mode/mini.py
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 import string
 import buffer, method, mode, window
 
+def use_completion_window(app, s, candidates):
+    if app.completion_window_is_open():
+        w = app.get_completion_window()
+        if w.buffer._completion != s:
+            app.close_completion_buffer()
+
+    if app.completion_window_is_open():
+        w = app.get_completion_window()
+        if w.last_is_visible():
+            w.goto_beginning()
+        else:
+            w.page_down()
+    elif len(candidates) > 1:
+        app.open_completion_buffer(s, sorted(candidates))
+
 class MiniCallback(method.Method):
     def execute(self, w, **vargs):
         app = w.application
@@ -19,21 +34,8 @@ class MiniTabComplete(method.Method):
         s2, exists, complete = b.tabber.tab_string(s1, w)
         b.set_data(s2)
 
-        if app.completion_window_is_open():
-            w2 = app.get_completion_window()
-            if w2.buffer._completion != s2:
-                app.close_completion_buffer()
-
-        if app.completion_window_is_open():
-            w2 = app.get_completion_window()
-            if w2.last_is_visible():
-                w2.goto_beginning()
-            else:
-                w2.page_down()
-        else:
-            candidates = sorted(b.tabber.get_candidates(s1, w))
-            if len(candidates) > 1:
-                app.open_completion_buffer(s2, candidates)
+        candidates = b.tabber.get_candidates(s1, w)
+        use_completion_window(app, s2, candidates)
 
 class Mini(mode.Fundamental):
     modename = 'Mini'
diff --git a/tools/iperl b/tools/iperl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..654f53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/iperl
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# by Erik Osheim
+#
+# licensed under the GNU GPL version 2
+
+use Data::Dumper;
+use File::Basename;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Perl6::Slurp;
+use Scalar::Util;
+use Term::ReadLine;
+
+Getopt::Long::Configure('bundling');
+
+$| = 1;
+$Data::Dumper::Terse  = 1;
+$Data::Dumper::Indent = 1;
+
+sub usage {
+    my($status) = @_;
+    my $prog = basename($0);
+    print <<EOT;
+usage: $prog [options]
+    -h,--help            show this message
+    -e,--eval STR        eval STR before interaction
+    -p,--pipe            run in pipe mode (as a subprocess)
+    -q,--quiet           do not output eval results
+    -r,--run PATH        run PATH before interaction
+    -v,--verbose         output eval results (default)
+
+perl needs a good interpreter.
+EOT
+    exit($status);
+}
+
+my @OLDARGV = @ARGV;
+my $verbose = 'yes';
+my $pipe;
+my @preload;
+GetOptions(
+    'help|h'    => sub { usage(0); },
+    'eval|e=s'  => sub { push(@preload, ['eval', $_[1]]); },
+    'pipe|p'    => sub { $pipe = 'line' },
+    'quiet|q'   => sub { $verbose = 0 },
+    'run|r=s'   => sub { push(@preload, ['run', $_[1]]); },
+    'use|u=s'   => sub { push(@preload, ['use', $_[1]]); },
+    'verbose|v' => sub { $verbose = 'please'; },
+) || usage(1);
+
+my ($prompt, $input) = (">>>", "");
+unless($pipe) {
+    print "Welcome to Erik's Perl Interpreter\n";
+    print "(Type \"help\", \"exit\", or something else)\n";
+}
+
+my $pkgregex  = qr/^(?:[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*::)+$/;
+my $nameregex = qr/^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$/;
+sub sigilfind {
+    my ($pkg, $sigil, $base, $proc) = @_;
+    $base = "" unless $base;
+    $proc = {$pkg => 1} unless $proc;
+    $pkg  = $base if $base;
+    my @results;
+    foreach my $item (eval("keys(\%${pkg})")) {
+        my $item2 = $base . $item;
+        next if $proc->{$item2};
+        if($item =~ m/$nameregex/) {
+            push(@results, $item2) if eval("defined(${sigil}::${base}${item})");
+        } elsif($item =~ m/$pkgregex/) {
+            $proc->{$item2} = 1;
+            push(@results, sigilfind($item2, $sigil, $item2, $proc));
+        }
+    }
+    return @results;
+}
+
+sub _repr {
+    my ($item) = @_;
+    if(!defined($item)) {
+        return 'undef';
+    } elsif(Scalar::Util::blessed($item)) {
+        return "$item";
+    } elsif(ref($item) eq 'CODE') {
+        return "$item";
+    } else {
+        my $s = Dumper($item);
+        $s =~ s/\n+$//;
+        return $s;
+    }
+}
+
+sub repr {
+    my @output;
+    foreach my $item (@_) {
+        push(@output, _repr($item));
+    }
+    return join("\n", @output);
+}
+
+sub escape {
+    my($s) = @_;
+    $s =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;
+    $s =~ s/\n/\\n/g;
+    return $s;
+}
+
+sub _draw {
+    my ($s, $prefix, $suffix) = @_;
+    if($pipe) {
+        print "$prefix:" . escape($s) . "\n";
+    } else {
+        print $s . ($suffix ? $suffix : '');
+    }
+}
+
+sub draw_prompt {
+    my($p) = @_;
+    _draw($p, "PROMPT", " ");
+}
+sub draw_result {
+    my ($result) = @_;
+    $result = 'undef' unless defined($result);
+    _draw($result, "RESULT", "\n");
+}
+sub draw_error {
+    my ($err) = @_;
+    _draw($err, "ERROR");
+}
+sub draw_completions {
+    my (@items) = @_;
+    if($pipe) {
+        print 'COMPLETIONS:' . join('|', @items) . "\n";
+    } else {
+        print join("\n", @items) . "\n";
+    }
+}
+sub draw_message {
+    my ($mesg) = @_;
+    _draw($mesg, "MESSAGE");
+}
+sub draw_exit {
+    _draw("Bye.", "EXIT", "\n");
+}
+
+sub complete {
+    my ($word) = @_;
+    $word =~ m/^([&\$%@\*]?)(.*)$/;
+    my $sigil = $1 ? $1 : '&';
+    my $name = $2;
+    my @candidates = grep {
+        $_ =~ m/^$name/
+    } sigilfind('main::', $sigil);
+    return map { "${1}$_" } sort(@candidates);
+}
+
+my $HELP = <<EOT;
+Greetings!
+
+I'm program is designed to help you write Perl. Like the "perl" command,
+I can parse and execute Perl code. Unlike it, I can execute perl code
+interactively, allowing you to call functions, save their results, inspect
+the results, and repeat.
+
+I contain a lot of tricky functionality.
+
+One side-note: I can't be run under the "strict" pragma; thus, you don't
+need to use my() or our() to declare variables. The reaon for this has to
+do with the way I evaluate blocks you enter. Sorry.
+EOT
+
+my $term;
+
+sub main {
+    foreach my $pair (@preload) {
+        if($pair->[0] eq 'eval') {
+            eval $pair->[1];
+            die "failed to eval '$pair->[1]': $@" if $@;
+        } elsif($pair->[0] eq 'run') {
+            die "no path named $pair->[1] found" unless -e $pair->[1];
+            my $data = slurp($pair->[1]);
+            eval $data;
+            die "failed to run $pair->[1]: $@" if $@;
+        } elsif($pair->[0] eq 'use') {
+            eval "use $pair->[1]";
+            die "failed to use $pair->[1]: $@" if $@;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    unless($pipe) {
+        $term = Term::ReadLine->new('IPERL');
+        my $attribs = $term->Attribs();
+        $attribs->{special_prefixes} = '$@%*&';
+        $attribs->{completion_function} = sub {
+            my ($word, $line, $x) = @_;
+            return complete($word);
+        };
+    }
+
+    while(1) {
+        my $line;
+        if($pipe) {
+            draw_prompt($prompt);
+            $line = <STDIN>;
+        } else {
+            $line = $term->readline("$prompt ");
+        }
+        last unless defined($line);
+        chomp($line);
+
+        if($pipe) {
+            if($line =~ m/ENTER:(.*)$/) {
+                $line = $1;
+            } else {
+                if($line =~ m/COMPLETE:(.*)$/) {
+                    draw_completions(complete($1));
+                } else {
+                    draw_error("malformed pipe input line");
+                }
+                next;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if($line eq '') {
+        } elsif($line eq 'exit') {
+            last;
+        } elsif($line eq 'help') {
+            ($input, $prompt) = ("", ">>>");
+            draw_message($HELP);
+        } elsif($line eq 'reload') {
+            ($input, $prompt) = ("", ">>>");
+            draw_message("reloading...\n");
+            exec($0, @OLDARGV);
+        } elsif($line eq 'sh') {
+            ($input, $prompt) = ("", ">>>");
+            system("bash") unless $pipe;
+        } elsif($line =~ m/^sh (.+)$/) {
+            ($input, $prompt) = ("", ">>>");
+            system($1) unless $pipe;
+        } elsif($line =~ m/^:tab *(.*)$/) {
+        } elsif($line eq ':code') {
+            draw_completions(sigilfind('main::', '&'));
+        } elsif($line eq ':scalar') {
+            draw_completions(sigilfind('main::', '$'));
+        } elsif($line eq ':hash') {
+            draw_completions(sigilfind('main::', '%'));
+        } elsif($line eq ':array') {
+            draw_completions(sigilfind('main::', '@'));
+        } elsif($line eq ':glob') {
+            draw_completions(sigilfind('main::', '*'));
+        } elsif($line =~ m/^[\t ]/ || $line =~ m/\{ *$/) {
+            $input .= $line;
+            $prompt = "..>";
+        } elsif($line =~ m/\\ *$/) {
+            $line =~ s/\\ *$//;
+            $input .= $line;
+            $prompt = "..>";
+        } else {
+            $input .= $line;
+            my @results = map { chomp($_); repr($_); } eval($input);
+            if($@) {
+                draw_error($@);
+            } elsif(scalar(@results) < 2) {
+                draw_result($results[0]);
+            } else {
+                draw_result(join(", ", @results));
+            }
+            ($input, $prompt) = ("", ">>>");
+        }
+    }
+    draw_exit();
+}
+main();