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diff --git a/NOTES b/NOTES
index fcb4e95..5d57e99 100644
--- a/NOTES
+++ b/NOTES
@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
-&=			=>	subdir
-&_			=>	subdir_
-&/			=>	subdir/
-&CAPS			=>	subdir_CAPS	_ counts
-&lc			=>	subdir/lc	_ counts
+&CAPS		=>	subdir_CAPS  			or TOP_CAPS
+&lc		=>	subdir/lc    			or lc
 
-&,= &,_ &,/ &,CAPS &,lc		prefixes $(top_srcdir)/subdir
-&;= &;_ &;/ &;CAPS &;lc		prefixes $(abs_top_srcdir)/subdir
+&_		=>	subdir_				or TOP_
+&/		=>	subdir/				or nothing
+&=_		=>	subdir				or TOP
+&=/		=>	subdir				or .
+&^		=>	$(top_srcdir)/subdir		or $(top_srcdir)
+&~		=>	$(abs_top_srcdir)/subdir	or $(abs_top_srcdir)
 
-&.			=>	$(top_srcdir)
-&:			=>	$(abs_top_srcdir)
+&&		=>	&&
+\&		=>	&
 
-& thing thing		=>	like &thing &thing (until EOL)
-				(edits only `thing's which are CAPS or lc
-				and follow a space)
+& thing thing... &	=>	each thing prefixed by &/ &^ &~ resp
+& ^ thing thing... &		each thing is any non-ws
+& ~ thing thing... &		& may be omitted before EOL or before \EOL
+				other &'s not recognised
 
-&&			=>	&
+CAPS is [A-Z][0-9_A-Z]*(?!\w)
+lc is [a-z][-+,0-9_a-z]*(?!\w)
 
-&! spc		disables & *until* EOL
+&!<spaces or tabs>	disables & *until* EOL (and disappears)
 
 &!STUFF		STUFF is recognised instead of & (beyond EOL)
-		STUFF is either all punct or all alphanum (incl _)
+		STUFF is either all ASCII punct or all ASCII alphanum (incl _)
 		any lwsp after STUFF is discarded too
+
 eg notably
  STUFF!&		now & is recognised instead (ie back to normal)
  STUFFSTUFF	STUFF
@@ -32,3 +36,5 @@ eg
 &TARGETS[_things]		is handled specially
 				must be spelled precisely this way
 				if no _things, means _all
+
+Also, `all' is weird in that it is present even if not specified