diff --git a/home/.config/compton.conf b/home/.config/compton.conf
index 97f4a514..600d3e4c 100644
--- a/home/.config/compton.conf
+++ b/home/.config/compton.conf
@@ -2,12 +2,10 @@
 shadow = true;
 no-dnd-shadow = true;
 no-dock-shadow = true;
-clear-shadow = true;
 shadow-radius = 7;
 shadow-offset-x = -7;
 shadow-offset-y = -7;
 shadow-opacity = 0.60;
-shadow-ignore-shaped = true;
 
 # Opacity
 menu-opacity = 1.0;
@@ -17,7 +15,7 @@ inactive-opacity-override = false;
 
 # Fade
 fading = true;
-fade-delta = 7.0;
+fade-delta = 8.0;
 fade-in-step = 0.03;
 fade-out-step = 0.028;
 alpha-step = 0.06;
diff --git a/home/bin/baph b/home/bin/baph
index 48b4b0ee..cdecb9f1 100755
--- a/home/bin/baph
+++ b/home/bin/baph
@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@ EOF
 
 #-- Utility functions --#
 
-msg() { printf "$1\e[0m \e[1m$2\e[0m\n"; }
+msg() { printf "$1\\e[0m \e[1m$2\e[0m\n"; }
 die() { printf "\e[1m\e[31merror:\e[0m $1\n"; exit ${2:-1}; }
 
 comp() { # compare AUR package versions, returns 0 or 1.. usage: comp "package" "current version"
     NEW="$(curl --silent "$PKG_ADDR/$1" | awk '/Details:/ {sub(/<\/h.?>/, ""); print $4}')"
+    [[ $i =~ -git$ ]] && NEW="$(grep -ow '[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*' <<< "$NEW")"
     [[ -n $NEW && "$2" == "$NEW" ]] && return 0 || return 1
 }
 
 yesno() { # only shown when not using --noconfirm, returns 0 or 1.. usage: yesno "question"
-    if [[ $NOCONF ]]; then
-        printf "\n\e[34m::\e[0m \e[1m$1? [Y/n]\e[0m "; read -r conf
-        [[ $conf =~ [nN] ]] && return 1  # return non zero when confirm n/N
-    fi
+    [[ $NOCONF ]] && return 0
+    printf "\n\e[34m::\e[0m \e[1m$1? [Y/n]\e[0m "; read -r conf
+    [[ $conf =~ [nN] ]] && return 1  # return non zero when confirm n/N
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -64,23 +64,22 @@ prepupdate() { # prep for package update.. usage: prepupdate
 }
 
 update() { # check update for each package in AUR_PKGS=().. usage: update
-    local cur
+    local ver
     local up=()
     msg '\e[34m::' "Synchronizing AUR package versions..."
     for i in "${AUR_PKGS[@]}"; do
         ver="$(pacman -Qs "^$i$" 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR==1 {print $2}')"
+        [[ $i =~ -git$ ]] && ver="$(grep -ow '[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*' <<< "$ver")"
         if [[ $ver ]]; then
-            comp "$i" "$ver" && printf "$i-$ver --> up to date\n" || up+=("$i")
-        else
-            msg '\e[33m::' "$i is not installed.. skipping"
+            printf "\e7 $i-$ver \e[1m\e[33m?\e[0m\e8"
+            comp "$i" "$ver" && printf " $i-$ver \e[1m\e[32m✓\e[0m\n" ||
+                { up+=("$i"); printf " $i-$ver \e[1m\e[33m*\e[0m\n"; }
         fi
     done
     msg '\e[34m::' "Starting AUR package upgrade..."
     if (( ${#up[@]} > 0 )); then
         printf "\n\e[1mPackages (${#up[@]})\e[0m  %s\n\n" "${up[@]}"
-        for i in "${up[@]}"; do
-            getpkg "$i"
-        done
+        for i in "${up[@]}"; do getpkg "$i" 0; done
     else
         printf " there is nothing to do\n"
     fi
@@ -103,15 +102,14 @@ getpkg() { # install an AUR package.. usage: getpkg "package"
     local bd="$BUILD_DIR/$1"
     local pkgbuild="$bd/PKGBUILD"
 
-    comp "$1" && msg '\e[1m'$'\e[33mwarning:' "$1-$OLD is up to date -- reinstalling"
+    (( $# > 1 )) && comp "$1" && msg '\e[1m'$'\e[33mwarning:' "$1-$OLD is up to date -- reinstalling"
     (( CACHE == 1 )) || rm -rf "$bd" >/dev/null 2>&1
     [[ -d $bd ]] || mkdir -p "$bd"
 
     if [[ ! -e $pkgbuild || $CACHE -eq 0 ]]; then
         git clone "$AUR_ADDR/$1" "$bd" || die "failed to clone $AUR_ADDR/$1"
     elif [[ -e $pkgbuild ]]; then
-        cd "$bd"
-        git pull || die "failed to pull from $AUR_ADDR/$1"
+        cd "$bd" && git pull || die "failed to pull from $AUR_ADDR/$1"
     fi
 
     [[ -e $pkgbuild ]] && cd "$bd" || die "$bd doesn't contain a PKGBUILD"
@@ -121,19 +119,20 @@ getpkg() { # install an AUR package.. usage: getpkg "package"
 }
 
 view() { # view PKGBUILD.. usage: view "package" "/path/to/PKGBUILD"
-    if ! [[ $NOVIEW ]]; then
-        yesno "View the PKGBUILD for $1" || return 1
-        if hash nvim >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            nvim -n -R -u "$(find /usr/share/nvim/ -wholename '*/macros/less.vim')" "$2"
-        elif hash vim >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-            vim -n -R -u "$(find /usr/share/vim/ -wholename '*/macros/less.vim')" "$2"
-        else
-            less -P " -- Viewing PKGBUILD for $1 -- (press q to exit)" "$2"
-        fi
+    [[ $NOVIEW ]] && return 0
+    yesno "View the PKGBUILD for $1" || return 0
+    if hash nvimpager >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+        nvimpager "$2"
+    elif [[ $PAGER ]]; then
+        $PAGER "$2"
+    else
+        less -P " -- Viewing PKGBUILD for $1 -- (press q to exit)" "$2"
     fi
 }
 
 buildpkg() { # build package.. usage: buildpkg "package" "/path/to/PKGBUILD"
+    local depends=()
+    local validpgpkeys=()
     eval "$(cat "$BUILD_DIR/$1/PKGBUILD")"
     (( ${#validpgpkeys[@]} > 0 )) && importkeys ${validpgpkeys[*]}
     (( ${#depends[@]} > 0 )) && builddeps "$1" ${depends[*]}
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ builddeps() { # build package depends.. usage: builddeps "package" ${DEPENDS[@]}
         msg '\e[33m::' "resolving AUR dependency -> $depend"
         getpkg "$depend" || die "failed to build dependency $depend"
     done
-    cd "$BUILD_DIR/$pdir"
+    cd "$BUILD_DIR/$pdir" || die "failed to cd $BUILD_DIR/$pdir"
 }
 
 #-- Argument parsing & execution --#