diff --git a/bin/linewise b/bin/linewise
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..50711ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/linewise
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [[ ! -z "${1+x}" ]]; then
+	while read r; do
+		<<< "${r}" "$1"
+	done
+else
+	echo "No reader program provided."
+	exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/bin/pipeline b/bin/pipeline
index b39ea47..0f589f5 100755
--- a/bin/pipeline
+++ b/bin/pipeline
@@ -25,16 +25,21 @@ if [[ ! -e "$transform" ]]; then
 fi
 
 in="$td/in"
+if [[ ! -z "${1+x}" ]]; then
+	in="${1}"; shift
+fi
 out="$td/out"
+if [[ ! -z "${1+x}" ]]; then
+	out="${1}"; shift
+fi
 
 chmod +x "$transform"
 echo "Hello World" > "$in"
 
-touch /tmp/ll.log
-FSW_DEBUG=1 fswi \
+fswi \
 	"bash -c '< \"$in\" \"$transform\" > \"$out\"'" \
 	'in$|transform$' \
-	"$td" "$pdir" \ &> /tmp/ll.log &
+	"$td" "$pdir" &> /dev/null &
 watcher="$!"
 
 if [[ -z ${cleanup_trap+x} ]]; then
@@ -43,13 +48,17 @@ else
 	trap "${cleanup_trap}; kill \"$watcher\"" EXIT
 fi
 
+job="call jobstart(['inotifywait', '-m', '-e', 'close_write', '${out}'], {'on_stdout':{j,d,e->execute('checktime')}})"
+echo "$job"
+
+# this will only autosave (and therefore autoreload) for the out buffer (since
+# it was opened last) - autosaving (and therefore autorunning) is potentially
+# very scary
 nvim \
 	--cmd 'set shm+=atIWF' \
 	--cmd 'set shm-=Oo' \
 	-o "$in" "$transform" "$out" \
 	--cmd 'set autoread' \
 	--cmd 'set updatetime=250' \
-	--cmd 'autocmd CursorHold,CursorHoldI <buffer> silent write'
-	--cmd 'autocmd BufWrite * sleep 500m | checktime'
-
-# TODO: vim set autoread
+	--cmd 'autocmd CursorHold,CursorHoldI <buffer> silent write' \
+	--cmd "$(<<< "$job" tr "'" '"')"