diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/maps.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/maps.vim
index 28f2ad6..e3ca78c 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/maps.vim
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/maps.vim
@@ -242,9 +242,13 @@ nnoremap <silent> <localleader>cc :CiteRef<cr>
 " map <leader>cm to insert markdown prettified citation
 nnoremap <silent> <localleader>cm :CiteMarkdown<cr>
 
-" p to comPile a document (or file, works for some languages like go/python/c)
+" pp to comPile a document (or file, works for some languages like go/python/c)
 " o to open the resulting document (mostly for pdfs)
-" P to comPile *and* open a doc
-nnoremap <localleader>po :CompileOpen<cr>
-nnoremap <localleader>pp :CompileDoc<cr>
-nnoremap <localleader>PP :CompileDocAndOpen<cr>
+" po to comPile *and* open a doc
+" and all the same in uppercase for verbose output
+nnoremap <localleader>pp :DocCompile<cr>
+nnoremap <localleader>PP :DocCompile!<cr>
+nnoremap <localleader>po :DocCompileOpen<cr>
+nnoremap <localleader>PO :DocCompileOpen!<cr>
+nnoremap <localleader>o :DocOpen<cr>
+nnoremap <localleader>O :DocOpen!<cr>
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/compiledoc.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/compiledoc.vim
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e4310f..0000000
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/compiledoc.vim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-function CompileDoc()
-  :execute(":w!")
-  :execute(":!compile \"%\"")
-endfunction
-
-function CompileDocNoOutput()
-  :execute(":w!")
-  :execute(":silent !compile \"%\"")
-endfunction
-
-function CompiledOpen()
-  :execute(":silent !open-compiled \"%\"")
-endfunction
-
-function CompileDocAndOpen()
-  call CompileDocNoOutput()
-  call CompiledOpen()
-endfunction
-
-command CompileDoc call CompileDoc()
-command CompileOpen call CompiledOpen()
-command CompileDocAndOpen call CompileDocAndOpen()
diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/personal/doccompile.vim b/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/personal/doccompile.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0170a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/plugin/personal/doccompile.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+function s:_compile(verbose, ...)
+  :execute(":w!")
+  if a:verbose
+    execute "!" . "compile" . " " . "%" . " " . join(a:000)
+  else
+    silent "!" . "compile" . " " . "%" . " " . join(a:000)
+  endif
+endfunction
+
+function s:_open(verbose, ...)
+  if a:verbose
+    execute "!" . "open-compiled" . " " . "%" . " " . join(a:000)
+  else
+    silent "!" . "open-compiled" . " " . "%" . " " . join(a:000)
+  endif
+endfunction
+
+function s:_compileopen(verbose, ...)
+  call s:_compile(<bang>0, <f-args>)
+  call s:_open(<bang>0, <f-args>)
+endfunction
+
+command -bang -nargs=* DocCompile call s:_compile(<bang>0, <f-args>)
+command -bang -nargs=* DocCompileOpen call s:_compileopen(<bang>0, <f-args>)
+command -bang -nargs=* DocOpen call s:_open(<bang>0, <f-args>)
diff --git a/scripts/.local/bin/compile b/scripts/.local/bin/compile
index 375adea..1dd0e5d 100755
--- a/scripts/.local/bin/compile
+++ b/scripts/.local/bin/compile
@@ -7,8 +7,18 @@
 #
 # Compiles .tex. groff (.mom, .ms), .rmd, .md.  Opens .sent files as sent
 # presentations.  Runs scripts based on extention or shebang
+#
+# Expects the file to compile as first argument.
+# Desired output format(s) can be specified in optional arguments following.
 
 file=$(readlink -f "$1")
+printf "file: %s\n" "$file"
+
+if [ "$#" -gt 1 ]; then
+  shift
+  formats="$*"
+fi
+
 dir=$(dirname "$file")
 base="${file%.*}"
 
@@ -28,14 +38,17 @@ textype() {
 }
 
 sendtoRmd() {
-  ifinstalled R && echo "require(rmarkdown); render('$1')" | R -q --vanilla
+  # v removed for too much magic that can break; simply input pdf_document if you want it
+  # formats=$(echo "$formats" | perl -pe 's/([\w-]+)(?<!_document)\b/"\1_document"/gm' | tr ' ' ',')
+  printf "formats: %s\n" "$formats"
+  ifinstalled R && echo "require(rmarkdown); render('$1', c($formats))" | R -q --vanilla
 }
 
 case "$file" in
 *\.ms) refer -PS -e "$file" | groff -me -ms -kept -T pdf >"$base".pdf ;;
 *\.mom) refer -PS -e "$file" | groff -mom -kept -T pdf >"$base".pdf ;;
 *\.[0-9]) refer -PS -e "$file" | groff -mandoc -T pdf >"$base".pdf ;;
-*\.[Rr]md | *\.md | *\.mkd | *\.markdown) sendtoRmd "$file" ;;
+*\.[Rr]md | *\.md | *\.mkd | *\.markdown) sendtoRmd "$file" "$formats" ;;
 *\.tex) textype "$file" ;;
 *config.h) sudo make install ;;
 *\.c) cc "$file" -o "$base" && "$base" ;;