> Questions:
> 
> Is this sufficient?
> Is this too much?
> 	Is the "*" tty support needed (my feeling is probably not)?
> 	Is the "-" no-change support needed (my feeling is it might be)?
> 	Is the escape-to-an-external-script-or-binary (entry type 2)
> 	 support needed (my feeling is it might be)?
> Anything else that should be changed?

I like gordon's idea a lot better, overall, i think...  it seems
much easier to use, and much easier to implement.