diff --git a/stead/gui.lua b/stead/gui.lua
index 1a7f278..15618b6 100644
--- a/stead/gui.lua
+++ b/stead/gui.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 game.hinting = true;
 game.showlast = true;
 
-iface.xref = function(self, str, obj)
+iface.xref = function(self, str, obj, ...)
 	local o = ref(obj);
 	local cmd=''
 
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ iface.xref = function(self, str, obj)
 	elseif isSceneUse(o) then
 		cmd = 'use ';	
 	end
-	return stead.cat('<a:'..cmd..'0'..tostring(o.id)..'>',str,'</a>');
+	local a = ''
+	local i
+	for i = 1, stead.table.maxn(arg) do
+		a = a..','..arg[i]
+	end
+	return stead.cat('<a:'..cmd..'0'..tostring(o.id)..a..'>',str,'</a>');
 end;
 
 iface.enum = function(self, n, str)
diff --git a/stead/para.lua b/stead/para.lua
index 39de42a..e640e80 100644
--- a/stead/para.lua
+++ b/stead/para.lua
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
-para_mod = obj {
-	nam = 'para',
-	ini = function(s)
-		s.time = stead.time()
-	end,
+para_mod = {
 	space = '    ',
 }
 
 stead.fmt = stead.hook(stead.fmt, function(f, ...)
 	local r = f(unpack(arg))
-	if type(r) == 'string' and stead.time() > para_mod.time then
-		para_mod.time = stead.time()
+	if type(r) == 'string' and stead.state then
 		r = r:gsub('\n([^\n])', '<&para;>%1'):gsub('<&para;>[ \t]*', '\n'..txtnb(para_mod.space));
 		r = r:gsub('^',txtnb(para_mod.space))
 	end
diff --git a/stead/stead.lua b/stead/stead.lua
index 23fe033..228e317 100644
--- a/stead/stead.lua
+++ b/stead/stead.lua
@@ -1713,7 +1713,7 @@ iface = {
 	cmd = function(self, inp)
 		local r, v;
 		v = false
-		local st = false; -- changed state (main screen)
+		stead.state = false; -- changed state (main screen)
 		local a = { };
 		local cmd;
 		RAW_TEXT = nil
@@ -1725,7 +1725,6 @@ iface = {
 
 		if cmd == 'look' then
 			r,v = me():look();
-			st = true;
 		elseif cmd == 'obj' then
 			r,v = me():objs();
 		elseif cmd == 'inv' then
@@ -1736,17 +1735,17 @@ iface = {
 			r = stead.par('^^', me():objs(), me():inv(), me():ways());
 			v = nil;
 		elseif cmd == 'go' then
+			stead.state = true
 			r,v = me():go(unpack(a));
-			st = true;
 		elseif cmd == 'back' then
+			stead.state = true
 			r,v = me():go(from());
-			st = true;
 		elseif cmd == 'act' then
+			stead.state = true
 			r,v = me():action(unpack(a));
-			st = true;	
 		elseif cmd == 'use' then
+			stead.state = true
 			r,v = me():use(unpack(a));
-			st = true;
 		elseif cmd == 'save' then
 			r, v = game:save(unpack(a));
 		elseif cmd == 'load' then
@@ -1757,14 +1756,14 @@ iface = {
 		elseif cmd == 'nop' then
 			v = true;
 			r = nil;
-			st = true;
+			stead.state = true
 		else
+			stead.state = true
 			r,v = me():action(cmd, unpack(a));
-			st = true;
 		end
 		-- here r is action result, v - ret code value	
-		-- st -- game state changed
-		if st and r == nil and v == true then -- we do nothing
+		-- state -- game state changed
+		if stead.state and r == nil and v == true then -- we do nothing
 			return nil;
 		end
 
@@ -1781,16 +1780,16 @@ iface = {
 		local av, pv -- av -- active lifes, pv -- background
 		local vv
 
-		if st then
+		if stead.state then
 			pv,av = game:step();
 			me():tag();
 			vv = here():look();
 		end
 
-		vv = self:fmt(cmd, st, (oldloc ~= here()) or PLAYER_MOVED, 
+		vv = self:fmt(cmd, stead.state, (oldloc ~= here()) or PLAYER_MOVED, 
 			ACTION_TEXT, av, vv, pv);
 
-		if st then
+		if stead.state then
 			game._lastdisp = vv
 		end
 
@@ -1862,9 +1861,9 @@ function ways(w)
 	end
 end
 
-function xref(str, obj)
+function xref(str, obj, ...)
 	if type(str) ~= 'string' then return nil; end; 
-	return iface:xref(str, obj);
+	return iface:xref(str, obj, unpack(arg));
 end
 
 function pon(...)