diff --git a/bash_aliases b/bash_aliases
index 66980ea..d9ebc2e 100755
--- a/bash_aliases
+++ b/bash_aliases
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ function git-config-joshs()
     git config --global alias.gdiff 'difftool -y -t gvimdiff'
     git config --global alias.gdiffc 'difftool -y -t gvimdiff --cached'
     git config --global alias.wdiff 'diff --word-diff=color'
+    git config --global alias.mktar '!function f { name="$1"; pos="$2"; if [ "$pos" == "" ]; then pos=HEAD; fi; git archive --prefix="$name"/ "$pos" | bzip2 > ../"$name".tar.bz2; }; f'
+    git config --global push.default tracking
     if [ -e /bin/cygwin1.dll ]; then
         git config --global alias.bcdiff 'difftool -y -t bc2'
         git config --global alias.bcdiffc 'difftool -y -t bc2 --cached'
@@ -129,6 +131,14 @@ alias jindent='indent -bbo -bl -blf -bli0 -bls -i4 -npcs -nut -ts8'
 # cygwin-specific aliases
 if [ -e /bin/cygwin1.dll ]; then
     alias ip="ipconfig | grep -E 'IP(v4)? Address' | sed -e 's/.*: //'"
+    function cs
+    {
+        while [ "$1" != "" ]
+        do
+            cygstart "$1"
+            shift
+        done
+    }
 fi
 
 # source any machine-local aliases
diff --git a/vimrc b/vimrc
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 562bfec..e095067
--- a/vimrc
+++ b/vimrc
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ set incsearch
 set tags=./tags;/
 let Tlist_WinWidth = 40
 set grepprg=internal
+set tabpagemax=999
 
 " GUI settings
 set background=dark
@@ -78,9 +79,8 @@ end
 " mappings
 map ,# :set paste
O75A#yypO#73A A#0ll:set nopaste
R
 map ,p :set paste
o#73A A#0ll:set nopaste
R
-map ,* :set paste
O/74A*o *72A A*o 73A*A/0klll:set nopaste
R
+map ,* :set paste
O/74A*o 73A*A/O * :set nopaste
A
 map ,; :set paste
O;74A*o;*72A A*o;74A*0klll:set nopaste
R
-map ,c :set paste
o *72A A*0lll:set nopaste
R
 map ,8 :set paste
o20A-A8<20A-:set nopaste
0
 map ,m mz:%s/
//g
:noh
'z
 map ,t :tabn
@@ -122,3 +122,28 @@ if has("autocmd")
   autocmd FileType html set sw=2 ts=2 sts=2
   autocmd FileType xhtml set sw=2 ts=2 sts=2
 endif " has("autocmd")
+
+if !exists('s:loaded')
+    s:loaded = 0
+endif
+
+if s:loaded
+    delfunction Bwmatch
+    delcommand Bwmatch
+endif
+
+function Bwmatch(exp)
+    let last = bufnr('$')
+    let index = 0
+    while index <= last
+        if bufexists(index) && bufname(index) =~ a:exp
+            execute ':bw ' . index
+        endif
+        let index += 1
+    endwhile
+    redraw!
+endfunction
+
+command -nargs=1 Bwmatch :call Bwmatch('<args>')
+
+let s:loaded = 1