diff --git a/home/conf/xonsh/xonshrc b/home/conf/xonsh/xonshrc
index 23ab671..c589184 100644
--- a/home/conf/xonsh/xonshrc
+++ b/home/conf/xonsh/xonshrc
@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@
 ## ALIASES ##
+# home network utils
 aliases["tsla-fan"] = "ipmitool -H 10.30.0.3 -U ADMIN -P ADMIN raw 0x30 0x70 0x66 0x01 0x0"
+aliases["weboot"] = "bash -c 'nix shell nixpkgs#efibootmgr -c sudo efibootmgr -n 0000 && reboot'"
+
+# nixos helpers
 aliases["nixoss"] = "sudo nixos-rebuild switch --flake @('.#' + $(hostname))"
 aliases["nixost"] = "sudo nixos-rebuild test --flake @('.#' + $(hostname))"
 aliases["nixosb"] = "sudo nixos-rebuild build --flake @('.#' + $(hostname))"
 aliases["nixos-dry"] = "sudo nixos-rebuild dry-build --flake @('.#' + $(hostname))"
+
+# devenv
 aliases["init-python"] = "nix flake update --flake templates && nix flake init -t 'templates#python' && direnv allow"
-aliases["weboot"] = "bash -c 'nix shell nixpkgs#efibootmgr -c sudo efibootmgr -n 0000 && reboot'"
+
+# utilities
 aliases["ls"] = "exa"
 aliases["ll"] = "exa -lah"
 aliases["grep"] = "rg"
+aliases["op"] = "xdg-open"
+
+# scrips
 aliases["theo"] = "python ~/.config/xonsh/theo.py"
 aliases["kittycatsay"] = "python ~/.config/xonsh/kittycatsay.py"
 
+# Kitty helpers
+aliases["kicat"] = "kitten icat"
+aliases["kissh"] = "kitten ssh"
+aliases["kidiff"] = "kitten diff"
+
+
 ## INTERACTIVE CONFIGURATION ##
 if $XONSH_INTERACTIVE:
     from datetime import datetime
+    from xonsh.built_ins import XSH
     import importlib.util
     t0 = datetime.now()
 
@@ -22,15 +39,18 @@ if $XONSH_INTERACTIVE:
     $XONSH_COLOR_STYLE = 'native'
     $PROMPT = '{YELLOW}{env_name}{RESET}{BOLD_GREEN}{user}@{hostname} {cwd}{branch_color}{curr_branch: {}}{RESET} {RED}{last_return_code_if_nonzero:[{BOLD_INTENSE_RED}{}{RED}] }{RESET}{BOLD_BLUE}{prompt_end}{RESET} '
 
-    # Coloured man page support using 'less' env vars
-    $LESS_TERMCAP_mb = "\033[01;31m"
-    $LESS_TERMCAP_md = "\033[01;31m"
-    $LESS_TERMCAP_me = "\033[0m"
-    $LESS_TERMCAP_so = "\033[01;44;36m"
-    $LESS_TERMCAP_se = "\033[0m"
-    $LESS_TERMCAP_us = "\033[00;36m"
-    $LESS_TERMCAP_ue = "\033[0m"
+    # Coloured man page support
+    # using 'less' env vars (format is '\E[<brightness>;<colour>m')
+    $LESS_TERMCAP_mb = "\033[01;31m"     # begin blinking
+    $LESS_TERMCAP_md = "\033[01;31m"     # begin bold
+    $LESS_TERMCAP_me = "\033[0m"         # end mode
+    $LESS_TERMCAP_so = "\033[01;44;36m"  # begin standout-mode (bottom of screen)
+    $LESS_TERMCAP_se = "\033[0m"         # end standout-mode
+    $LESS_TERMCAP_us = "\033[00;36m"     # begin underline
+    $LESS_TERMCAP_ue = "\033[0m"         # end underline
+    
     $SHELL_THICKENED = "FALSE"
+    
     ## XONTRIB ##
     if importlib.util.find_spec("xontrib.coreutils") is not None:
         xontrib load coreutils
@@ -44,14 +64,10 @@ if $XONSH_INTERACTIVE:
         xontrib load bashisms
     if importlib.util.find_spec("xontrib.fzf_completions") is not None:
         xontrib load fzf-completions
-        from xonsh.built_ins import XSH
-        XSH.env['fzf_history_binding'] = "c-r"  # Ctrl+R
-        XSH.env['fzf_ssh_binding'] = "c-s"  # Ctrl+S
-        XSH.env['fzf_file_binding'] = "c-t"  # Ctrl+T
-        XSH.env['fzf_dir_binding'] = "c-g"  # Ctrl+G
+        XSH.env['fzf_history_binding'] = "c-r"
 
-    ## THICC SHELL
-    if $SHELL_THICCNESS == "HIGH" and not $SHELL_THICKENED == "TRUE":
+    ## THICC SHELL ##
+    if XSH.env.get("SHELL_THICCNESS", "LOW") == "HIGH" and not XSH.env.get("SHELL_THICKENED", "FALSE") == "TRUE":
         t0_0 = datetime.now()
         # Standard Library Imports
         import os
@@ -78,8 +94,7 @@ if $XONSH_INTERACTIVE:
         xonsh_rc_path = $XONSHRC[0]
         aliases["thicken-shell"] = f"export SHELL_THICCNESS=HIGH && source {xonsh_rc_path}"
     
-    ## THEO GREETING ##
-    hour = t0.hour
+    ## SHELL GREETING ##
     theo | kittycatsay
     dt = round((datetime.now() - t0).microseconds/1000000, 2)
     if $SHELL_THICKENED == "TRUE":