diff --git a/.config/kak/.kakrc.kak.e6XXkH b/.config/kak/.kakrc.kak.e6XXkH
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+# Daniel's Personal kakrc
+# Author: Daniel Fichtinger <daniel@ficd.ca>
+# See README.md for explanations.
+
+evaluate-commands %sh{ kak-tree-sitter -dks --init $kak_session }
+evaluate-commands %sh{kak-popup init}
+colorscheme ashen
+require-module hop-kak
+require-module fishr
+require-module surround
+require-module ficgrep
+require-module byline
+require-module spell
+require-module title-bar
+require-module notes
+set-option global scrolloff 3,3
+require-module ui-mode
+
+require-module luar
+set-option global luar_interpreter luajit
+
+
+try %{
+	set-option global ashen_dynamic_cursor true
+	set-option global ashen_eol_cursor true
+}
+# disable clippy
+set-option -add global ui_options terminal_assistant=none
+
+# only set to foot if we are on wayland
+hook global ModuleLoaded wayland %{
+	set-option global termcmd 'footclient dash -c'
+}
+
+# This gets overridden by editorconfig but we set sane default anyways
+set-option global tabstop 4
+set-option global indentwidth 4
+
+# needed for tree-sitter to respect show-matching
+define-command -override tree-sitter-user-after-highlighter %{
+	add-highlighter -override buffer/show-matching show-matching
+	# try %{
+ #    	remove-highlighter window/bracket
+ #    	remove-highlighter window/regex-escaped
+	# }
+}
+
+hook global WinSetOption filetype=kak %{
+    # make brackets gray a-la Ashen
+    add-highlighter window/bracket regex [\[\]\(\)\{\}]{1} 0:rgb:737373
+    # special highlighting for escaped goodies in regex
+    add-highlighter window/regex-escaped regex \\[\[\]\(\)\{\}fnrtv0\\dwshDWSH] 0:rgb:e5e5e5
+}
+
+# default window settings
+# wrap enabled
+# scrolloff enabled
+hook global WinCreate .* %{
+	ui-wrap-enable
+	# TODO: fix ui-scrolloff-enable and use that instead
+	ui-scrolloff-toggle
+	add-highlighter window/number-lines number-lines -hlcursor -relative -separator "  "
+	# only-trailing is nice QOL otherwise it gets hard to read the screen
+	# and it makes it easy to see trailing spaces
+	add-highlighter window/show-whitespaces show-whitespaces -only-trailing
+	add-highlighter window/show-matching show-matching
+}
+
+# convenience mappings
+# quitting & saving
+map -docstring "quit" global user q ": q<ret>"
+map -docstring "quit" global normal <c-q> ": q<ret>"
+map -docstring "force quit" global user Q ": q!<ret>"
+map -docstring "force quit" global normal <c-Q> ": q!<ret>"
+map -docstring "kill session" global normal <a-q> ':kill<ret>'
+map -docstring "force kill session" global normal <a-q> ':kill!<ret>'
+map -docstring "save" global normal <c-s> ": write<ret>"
+map -docstring "save" global normal <c-S> ": write!<ret>"
+
+# buffer operations
+map -docstring "close current buffer" global user x ": db<ret>"
+map -docstring "goto previous buffer" global user m ": bp<ret>"
+map -docstring "goto next buffer" global user i ": bn<ret>"
+map -docstring "goto previous buffer" global normal <c-m> ": bp<ret>"
+map -docstring "goto next buffer" global normal <c-i> ": bn<ret>"
+
+# trim whitespace
+map global normal <tab> _
+
+# comments
+map -docstring "comment line" global normal "#" ": comment-line<ret>"
+map -docstring "comment block" global normal "<a-#>" ": comment-block<ret>"
+
+# formatting
+map -docstring "format" global normal = ": format-buffer<ret>"
+map -docstring "format" global normal <a-=> ": format-selections<ret>"
+
+# Case-insensitive Search
+map -docstring 'case insensitive search' global user '/' /(?i)
+map -docstring 'case insensitive backward search' global user '<a-/>' <a-/>(?i)
+map -docstring 'case insensitive extend search' global user '?' ?(?i)
+map -docstring 'case insensitive backward extend-search' global user '<a-?>' <a-?>(?i)
+
+# TODO: how to bind these to goto mode while respecting g/G??
+map -docstring 'Select to file end' global user N "Gj<a-L>L"
+map -docstring 'Extend to file end' global user n "gj<a-l>l"
+
+define-command -docstring "Create a scratch buffer" scratch %{
+	edit -scratch
+}
+
+alias global s scratch
+
+define-command -params 1 -docstring "Set buffer filetype" filetype %{
+    set-option buffer filetype %arg{1}
+}
+
+define-command -docstring "New terminal in cwd" cwd-terminal %{
+    terminal fish
+}
+# make easy to open new shell
+alias global t cwd-terminal
+
+# manually requiring needed for some reason 😢
+require-module peneira
+
+declare-user-mode peneira
+map -docstring %{
+	Picker mode
+} global user f ': enter-user-mode peneira<ret>'
+map -docstring 'pick file' global peneira f ': peneira-files<ret>'
+map -docstring 'pick unopened file' global peneira F ': peneira-files -hide-opened<ret>'
+map -docstring %{
+    pick line in buffer
+} global peneira '/' ': peneira-lines<ret>'
+
+map global normal <backspace> '"_'
+define-command goto-debug %{
+    try %{
+        buffer *debug*
+        ui-scrolloff-disable
+        execute-keys 'gj'
+    }
+}
+
+declare-user-mode debug
+map -docstring 'open debug buffer' global debug d ':goto-debug<ret>'
+map -docstring 'open debug buffer' global user D ': enter-user-mode debug<ret>'
+
+define-command exec-selection %{
+    execute-keys ':<c-r>.<ret>'
+}
+
+map -docstring 'execute selection' global debug x ': exec-selection<ret>'
+define-command repl %{
+    new %{ edit -scratch; set buffer filetype kak }
+}
+define-command -override -hidden consume %{
+    nop %sh{
+        niri msg action consume-or-expel-window-left
+    }
+}
+
+define-command terminal-consume %{
+    terminal dash -c 'niri msg action consume-or-expel-window-left; exec fish'
+}
+
+alias global tc terminal-consume
+
+define-command -docstring %{
+    Create a new client in vertial split
+} new-consume %{
+    new consume
+}
+
+alias global nc new-consume
+alias global n new
+
+# jumplist
+
+map -docstring 'jump forward' global normal <c-f> <c-i>
+map -docstring 'save to jumplist' global normal <c-v> <c-s>
+
+# selection saving
+map -docstring 'add selection' global normal Y <a-Z>a
+
+define-command -docstring 'open popup shell' popup-shell %{
+    popup fish
+}
+alias global pp popup-shell
+
+map -docstring 'popup shell' global user . ': popup-shell<ret>'
+
+# hook -once global ClientCreate .* %{
+#     evaluate-commands %sh{
+#         if [ "$kak_buflist" != "*debug* *scratch*" ]; then
+#             echo "delete-buffer *scratch*"
+#         else
+#             echo "echo -debug dumping buffers"
+#             echo "echo -debug %val{buflist}"
+#         fi
+#     }
+# }
+
+try %{
+    evaluate-commands %sh{kak-lsp-diags}
+    map -docstring 'enable diagnostic hover' global ui "'" ': lsp-diag-hover-enable<ret>'
+    map -docstring 'disable diagnostic hover' global ui '"' ': lsp-diag-hover-disable<ret>'
+}
diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
index 2762a8a3..2959c6a7 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/lsp.kak
@@ -165,8 +165,41 @@ hook -group lsp-filetype-python global BufSetOption filetype=python %{
 
 hook -group lsp-filetype-bibtex global BufSetOption filetype=bibtex %{
     set-option buffer lsp_servers %{
+    	[ltex-ls-plus]
+    	root_globs = [".git", ".hg", "main.tex"]
+    	[ltex-ls-plus.settings.ltex]
+    	# TODO: write a script where the dictionary is a list of words
+    	# that's read from a file and then output in TOML format.
+    	# This way we can implement adding our own words to this list dynamically
+    	# dictionary = { "en-US" = ["builtin", "Fichtinger", "SonarAuth", "sexpenis" ], "en-CA" = ["more", "words"] }
+    	dictionary = { "en-US" = [] }
+
         [texlab]
-        root_globs = [".git", ".hg", "."]
+        root_globs = [".git", ".hg"]
+        [texlab.settings.texlab]
+        # See https://github.com/latex-lsp/texlab/wiki/Configuration
+        #
+        # Preview configuration for zathura with SyncTeX search.
+        # For other PDF viewers see https://github.com/latex-lsp/texlab/wiki/Previewing
+        build.onSave = true
+        forwardSearch.executable = "zathura"
+        forwardSearch.args = [
+	"%p",
+            "--synctex-forward", # Support texlab-forward-search
+            "%l:1:%f",
+            "--synctex-editor-command", # Inverse search: use Control+Left-Mouse-Button to jump to source.
+            """
+                sh -c '
+                    echo "
+                        evaluate-commands -client %%opt{texlab_client} %%{
+                            evaluate-commands -try-client %%opt{jumpclient} %%{
+                                edit -- %%{input} %%{line}
+                            }
+                        }
+                    " | kak -p $kak_session
+                '
+            """,
+        ]
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index 0e318869..7b7ef8a1 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -39,12 +39,18 @@ set-option global indentwidth 4
 # needed for tree-sitter to respect show-matching
 define-command -override tree-sitter-user-after-highlighter %{
 	add-highlighter -override buffer/show-matching show-matching
+	# try %{
+ #    	remove-highlighter window/bracket
+ #    	remove-highlighter window/regex-escaped
+	# }
 }
 
-# make brackets gray a-la Ashen
-add-highlighter global/bracket regex [\[\]\(\)\{\}]{1} 0:rgb:737373
-# special highlighting for escaped goodies in regex
-add-highlighter global/regex-escaped regex \\[\[\]\(\)\{\}fnrtv0\\dwshDWSH] 0:rgb:e5e5e5
+hook global WinSetOption filetype=kak %{
+    # make brackets gray a-la Ashen
+    add-highlighter window/bracket regex [\[\]\(\)\{\}]{1} 0:rgb:737373
+    # special highlighting for escaped goodies in regex
+    add-highlighter window/regex-escaped regex \\[\[\]\(\)\{\}fnrtv0\\dwshDWSH] 0:rgb:e5e5e5
+}
 
 # default window settings
 # wrap enabled