diff --git a/CHANGESTODO b/CHANGESTODO
index bcf1d43..b58d1d5 100644
--- a/CHANGESTODO
+++ b/CHANGESTODO
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@ ________________________________________________________________________
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 ? support tls multiplexing on all suitable ports
 
+? bugs in psyced install procedure
+
 - pointless to keep gentoo files in this git, if they can't be updated
   separately
 ________________________________________________________________________
 == currently being inspected ===========================================
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+- jabber logout isn't announced or offline avail isn't processed
+  ... apparently other side did not logout properly, as it doesn't happen always
+
 - neither USE_THE_NICK or USE_AUTOALIAS work flawlessly. in the case of
   the latter, _nick either displays without uniform for remote people,
   or it occasionally shows a room's nick instead of the user's nick.
@@ -22,6 +27,11 @@ ________________________________________________________________________
   templates and removing _nick vars. during this tradition we keep the
   USE_THE_NICK code running. several "invite issues" should be solved once
   nicks are gone.
+
+- psyced.org tells me: Ungültige Route nach psyc://psyced.org
+    im psyc://psyced.org/~lynx Context festgestellt.
+
+? who's gonna clean up the mess of having too many websites ?
 ________________________________________________________________________
 == psyced 1.0 ==========================================================
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@@ -3870,4 +3880,5 @@ psyctext
 	entity nicknames (experimental). allows to remove nicks from protocol.
 spyc/* psyc/*
 +	should a _date type run on unixtime minus PSYC_EPOCH?
-
+install.sh
++	don't leave _host_IP uncommented
diff --git a/bin/psyconf b/bin/psyconf
index 3625e4b..7b4d5ab 100755
--- a/bin/psyconf
+++ b/bin/psyconf
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ X
 
 	my $hc = 0;
 	## ldmud bug number one: you have to provide hostname AFTER hostaddr
-	if ($c{_basic_host_IP}) {
+	if ($c{_basic_host_IP} =~ /^[0-9\.]+$/) {
 		$psyced .= " --hostaddr $c{_basic_host_IP}";
 		$hc = 1;	# problem?
 	}
diff --git a/config/versioncontrol.tcsh b/config/versioncontrol.tcsh
index e16e5ea..4304350 100644
--- a/config/versioncontrol.tcsh
+++ b/config/versioncontrol.tcsh
@@ -36,3 +36,10 @@ alias	ctoc	'(cd $CVSHOME;cvs diff -bur HEAD CHANGESTODO|& difvu -'
 alias	ctodo	'(cd $PSYCEDHOME;cvs update CHANGESTODO;$EDITOR CHANGESTODO;cvs ci -m + CHANGESTODO)'
 alias	todo	'(cd $PSYCEDHOME;$EDITOR CHANGESTODO)'
 
+# edit all files that contain a certain keyword
+# uses the +/searchstring syntax supported by vi and other smart editors
+alias   gred	'$EDITOR "+/\!*" `grep -swIrl \!* .`'
+# grep -r is a bit stupid: it follows symlinks, then shows us files twice
+# so using the git full text index may be smarter and faster
+alias	ggred	'$EDITOR "+/\!*" `git grep -w -l \!*`'
+
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index fdc9378..4187754 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ _host_domain = $DOMAIN_NAME
 
 ; Would you like to bind the server to a specific IP address?
 ; If you do you MUST also provide _host_name and _host_domain
-;_host_IP = $HOST_IP
+_host_IP = $HOST_IP
 
 ; Nickname for the chatserver. Appears in login message, telnet prompt,
 ; IRC gateways and some web pages. Will use _host_name if unspecified.
diff --git a/place/ircgate.c b/place/ircgate.c
index bc64167..c06e1ec 100644
--- a/place/ircgate.c
+++ b/place/ircgate.c
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 //
 // to make this work you need to add the following to local.h:
 //
-//	#define RELAY "ircgate"
+//	#define RELAY		"ircgate"	    // name of ircnet (?)
+//	#define RELAY_OBJECT	"place/ircgate"	    // this class
 //
 // do not use in existing psyced communities in the current set up
 // as currently all incoming traffic is presumed to be meant for the
@@ -39,13 +40,13 @@
 #define IRCGATE_LOCAL	"pw"
 
 #define	NAME		"IRCgate"
-#define ON_CONNECT	login();
+#define ON_CONNECT	onConnect();
 #define	CONNECT_IRC	"localhost", 7000
 #define EMULATE_SERVER	// don't be a bot
 
 #include <place.gen>
 
-login() {
+onConnect() {
 	PT(("ircgate serving into "+query_ip_number()+"\n"))
 	// login procedure may vary with different flavors of ircd,
 	// that's why we keep it entirely here