diff --git a/lua/luadev.lua b/lua/luadev.lua
index 67d7f5e..478aa9d 100644
--- a/lua/luadev.lua
+++ b/lua/luadev.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 local a = vim.api
-if __lua_dev_state == nil then
-    __lua_dev_state = {}
+if _G.__lua_dev_state == nil then
+    _G.__lua_dev_state = {}
 end
-local s = __lua_dev_state
+local s = _G.__lua_dev_state
 
 local function create_buf(window)
   if s.buf ~= nil then
@@ -22,18 +22,44 @@ local function create_buf(window)
   s.buf = buf
 end
 
+local function dosplit(str, delimiter)
+  local result = { }
+  local from  = 1
+  local delim_from, delim_to = string.find( str, delimiter, from  )
+  while delim_from do
+    table.insert( result, string.sub( str, from , delim_from-1 ) )
+    from  = delim_to + 1
+    delim_from, delim_to = string.find( str, delimiter, from  )
+  end
+  table.insert( result, string.sub( str, from  ) )
+  return result
+end
+
+local function splitlines(str)
+ return dosplit(str, "\n")
+end
+
 local function append_buf(lines, hl)
+  if s.buf == nil then
+    return
+  end
   local l0 = a.nvim_buf_line_count(s.buf)
   if type(lines) == type("") then
-    unimplemented()
+    lines = splitlines(lines)
   end
   a.nvim_buf_set_lines(s.buf, l0, l0, true, lines)
+  local l1 = a.nvim_buf_line_count(s.buf)
   if hl ~= nil then
-    for i = l0, a.nvim_buf_line_count(s.buf)-1 do
+    for i = l0, l1-1 do
       a.nvim_buf_add_highlight(s.buf, -1, hl, i, 0, -1)
     end
   end
-  -- TODO: scroll!
+  local curwin = a.nvim_get_current_win()
+  for _,win in ipairs(a.nvim_list_wins()) do
+    if a.nvim_win_get_buf(win) == s.buf and win ~= curwin then
+      a.nvim_win_set_cursor(win, {l1, 1e9})
+    end
+  end
   return l0
 end
 
@@ -42,17 +68,52 @@ local function luadev_print(x) -- TODO: ...
   append_buf({str})
 end
 
+local function dedent(str, leave_indent)
+  -- find minimum common indent across lines
+  local indent = nil
+  for line in str:gmatch('[^\n]+') do
+    local line_indent = line:match('^%s+') or ''
+    if indent == nil or #line_indent < #indent then
+      indent = line_indent
+    end
+  end
+  if indent == nil or #indent == 0 then
+    -- no minimum common indent
+    return str
+  end
+  local left_indent = (' '):rep(leave_indent or 0)
+  -- create a pattern for the indent
+  indent = indent:gsub('%s', '[ \t]')
+  -- strip it from the first line
+  str = str:gsub('^'..indent, left_indent)
+  -- strip it from the remaining lines
+  str = str:gsub('[\n]'..indent, '\n' .. left_indent)
+  return str
+end
+
 local function exec(str)
-  local s, err = loadstring(str,"g")
-  if s == nil then
+  local chunk, err = loadstring(str,"g")
+  local inlines = splitlines(dedent(str))
+  if inlines[#inlines] == "" then
+    inlines[#inlines] = nil
+  end
+  for i,l in ipairs(inlines) do
+    inlines[i] = "> "..l
+  end
+  append_buf({""})
+  local start = append_buf(inlines)
+  for i,_ in ipairs(inlines) do
+     a.nvim_buf_add_highlight(s.buf, -1, "Question", start+i-1, 0, 2)
+  end
+  if chunk == nil then
     append_buf({err},"WarningMsg")
   else
     local oldprint = _G.print
     _G.print = luadev_print
-    s, err = pcall(s)
+    local st, err2 = pcall(chunk)
     _G.print = oldprint
-    if s == false then
-      append_buf({err},"WarningMsg")
+    if st == false then
+      append_buf({err2},"WarningMsg")
     end
   end
 end
@@ -61,9 +122,19 @@ local function start()
   create_buf(true)
 end
 
-return {
+local mod = {
   start=start,
   exec=exec,
   print=luadev_print,
   append_buf=append_buf
 }
+
+-- TODO: export abstraction for autoreload
+if s.mod == nil then
+  s.mod = mod
+else
+  for k,v in pairs(mod) do
+    s.mod[k] = v
+  end
+end
+return s.mod
diff --git a/plugin/luadev.vim b/plugin/luadev.vim
index ebd71a3..7e9886a 100644
--- a/plugin/luadev.vim
+++ b/plugin/luadev.vim
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
 command! Luadev lua require'luadev'.start()
 
-nnoremap <Plug>(Luadev-Run) <Cmd>lua require'luadev'.exec(vim.api.nvim_get_current_line())<cr>
+noremap <Plug>(Luadev-RunLine) <Cmd>lua require'luadev'.exec(vim.api.nvim_get_current_line())<cr>
+vnoremap <Plug>(Luadev-Run) :<c-u>call luaeval("require'luadev'.exec(_A)", <SID>get_visual_selection())<cr>
+
+" thanks to @xolox on stackoverflow
+function! s:get_visual_selection()
+    let [lnum1, col1] = getpos("'<")[1:2]
+    let [lnum2, col2] = getpos("'>")[1:2]
+
+    if lnum1 > lnum2
+      let [lnum1, col1, lnum2, col2] = [lnum2, col2, lnum1, col1]
+    endif
+
+    let lines = getline(lnum1, lnum2)
+    let lines[-1] = lines[-1][: col2 - (&selection == 'inclusive' ? 1 : 2)]
+    let lines[0] = lines[0][col1 - 1:]
+    return join(lines, "\n")."\n"
+endfunction
+