diff --git a/ftplugin/quarto.lua b/ftplugin/quarto.lua
index b139e32..f08310d 100644
--- a/ftplugin/quarto.lua
+++ b/ftplugin/quarto.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ vim.b.slime_cell_delimiter = '```'
 vim.b['quarto_is_r_mode'] = nil
 vim.b['reticulate_running'] = false
 
+vim.bo.commentstring = '<!-- %s -->'
+
 -- wrap text, but by word no character
 -- indent the wrappped line
 vim.wo.wrap = true
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index e1ba5a7..30a100b 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -20,5 +20,6 @@ require 'config.redir'
 -- vim.treesitter.language.add('pandoc_markdown_inline', { path = "/usr/local/lib/libtree-sitter-pandoc-markdown-inline.so" })
 -- vim.treesitter.language.register('pandoc_markdown', { 'quarto', 'rmarkdown' })
 
+vim.treesitter.language.register("markdown", 'quarto')
 vim.treesitter.language.register("markdown", 'text')
 
diff --git a/lua/plugins/common.lua b/lua/plugins/common.lua
index b3feadf..6b341f6 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/common.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/common.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 return {
   -- common dependencies
   { 'nvim-lua/plenary.nvim' },
+  {
+    "folke/snacks.nvim",
+    priority = 1000,
+    lazy = false,
+    opts = {
+      styles = {},
+      bigfile = { enabled = true },
+      notifier = { enabled = true },
+      quickfile = { enabled = true },
+      statuscolumn = { enabled = false },
+      words = { enabled = false },
+    },
+  },
 }
diff --git a/lua/plugins/completion.lua b/lua/plugins/completion.lua
index a5d80f4..fc126cf 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/completion.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/completion.lua
@@ -7,8 +7,99 @@ return {
     end,
   },
 
+  { -- new completion plugin
+    'saghen/blink.cmp',
+    enabled = true,
+    lazy = false, -- lazy loading handled internally
+    -- optional: provides snippets for the snippet source
+    dependencies = {
+      { 'rafamadriz/friendly-snippets' },
+      {
+        'saghen/blink.compat',
+        dev = false,
+        opts = {
+          impersonate_nvim_cmp = false,
+          enable_events = false,
+          debug = false,
+        },
+      },
+      {
+        'jmbuhr/cmp-pandoc-references',
+        dev = false,
+        ft = { 'quarto', 'markdown', 'rmarkdown' },
+        config = function()
+          vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('FileType', {
+            pattern = { "markdown", "quarto", "rmarkdown" },
+            callback = function()
+              require('cmp-pandoc-references.lsp').start()
+            end
+          })
+        end
+      },
+      { 'hrsh7th/cmp-emoji' },
+      { 'kdheepak/cmp-latex-symbols' },
+    },
+
+    -- use a release tag to download pre-built binaries
+    version = 'v0.*',
+    -- OR build from source, requires nightly: https://rust-lang.github.io/rustup/concepts/channels.html#working-with-nightly-rust
+    -- build = 'cargo build --release',
+    -- If you use nix, you can build from source using latest nightly rust with:
+    -- build = 'nix run .#build-plugin',
+
+    ---@module 'blink.cmp'
+    ---@type blink.cmp.Config
+    opts = {
+      -- 'default' for mappings similar to built-in completion
+      -- 'super-tab' for mappings similar to vscode (tab to accept, arrow keys to navigate)
+      -- 'enter' for mappings similar to 'super-tab' but with 'enter' to accept
+      -- see the "default configuration" section below for full documentation on how to define
+      -- your own keymap.
+      keymap = { preset = 'enter' },
+
+      sources = {
+        completion = {
+          enabled_providers = { "lsp", "path", "snippets", "buffer", "lazydev", "references", "emoji", "symbols" },
+        },
+        providers = {
+          -- dont show LuaLS require statements when lazydev has items
+          lsp = { fallback_for = { "lazydev" } },
+          lazydev = { name = "LazyDev", module = "lazydev.integrations.blink" },
+          -- references = {
+          --   name = "pandoc_references",
+          --   module = "blink.compat.source",
+          --   opts = {
+          --     impersonate_nvim_cmp = true,
+          --     enable_events = true,
+          --     debug = true,
+          --   }
+          -- },
+          emoji = { name = "emoji", module = "blink.compat.source" },
+          symbols = { name = "symbols", module = "blink.compat.source" },
+        },
+      },
+
+      highlight = {
+        -- sets the fallback highlight groups to nvim-cmp's highlight groups
+        -- useful for when your theme doesn't support blink.cmp
+        -- will be removed in a future release, assuming themes add support
+        use_nvim_cmp_as_default = true,
+      },
+      -- set to 'mono' for 'Nerd Font Mono' or 'normal' for 'Nerd Font'
+      -- adjusts spacing to ensure icons are aligned
+      nerd_font_variant = 'mono',
+
+      -- experimental auto-brackets support
+      accept = { auto_brackets = { enabled = true } },
+
+      -- experimental signature help support
+      trigger = { signature_help = { enabled = true } },
+    }
+  },
+
   { -- completion
     'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp',
+    enabled = false,
     event = 'InsertEnter',
     dependencies = {
       'hrsh7th/cmp-nvim-lsp',
@@ -154,7 +245,7 @@ return {
 
   { -- gh copilot
     'zbirenbaum/copilot.lua',
-    enabled = false,
+    enabled = true,
     config = function()
       require('copilot').setup {
         suggestion = {
@@ -177,6 +268,7 @@ return {
 
   { -- LLMs
     "olimorris/codecompanion.nvim",
+    enabled = false,
     dependencies = {
       "nvim-lua/plenary.nvim",
       "nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter",
diff --git a/lua/plugins/editing.lua b/lua/plugins/editing.lua
index 33e09b5..993a9a7 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/editing.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/editing.lua
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 return {
 
-  -- disables hungry features for files larget than 2MB
-  { 'LunarVim/bigfile.nvim' },
-
   -- add/delete/change can be done with the keymaps
   -- ys{motion}{char}, ds{char}, and cs{target}{replacement}
   {
diff --git a/lua/plugins/lsp.lua b/lua/plugins/lsp.lua
index 6ce4eee..bccdc87 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/lsp.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/lsp.lua
@@ -44,16 +44,16 @@ return {
           },
         },
         { 'Bilal2453/luvit-meta', lazy = true }, -- optional `vim.uv` typings
-        { -- optional completion source for require statements and module annotations
-          'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp',
-          opts = function(_, opts)
-            opts.sources = opts.sources or {}
-            table.insert(opts.sources, {
-              name = 'lazydev',
-              group_index = 0, -- set group index to 0 to skip loading LuaLS completions
-            })
-          end,
-        },
+        -- { -- optional completion source for require statements and module annotations
+        --   'hrsh7th/nvim-cmp',
+        --   opts = function(_, opts)
+        --     opts.sources = opts.sources or {}
+        --     table.insert(opts.sources, {
+        --       name = 'lazydev',
+        --       group_index = 0, -- set group index to 0 to skip loading LuaLS completions
+        --     })
+        --   end,
+        -- },
         -- { "folke/neodev.nvim", enabled = false }, -- make sure to uninstall or disable neodev.nvim
       },
       { 'folke/neoconf.nvim', opts = {}, enabled = false },
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ return {
       }
 
       local capabilities = vim.lsp.protocol.make_client_capabilities()
-      capabilities = vim.tbl_deep_extend('force', capabilities, require('cmp_nvim_lsp').default_capabilities())
-      capabilities.textDocument.completion.completionItem.snippetSupport = true
+      -- capabilities = vim.tbl_deep_extend('force', capabilities, require('cmp_nvim_lsp').default_capabilities())
+      -- capabilities.textDocument.completion.completionItem.snippetSupport = true
+      capabilities = require('blink.cmp').get_lsp_capabilities(capabilities)
 
       -- also needs:
       -- $home/.config/marksman/config.toml :
diff --git a/lua/plugins/ui.lua b/lua/plugins/ui.lua
index 6b8142c..c889450 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/ui.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 return {
+
+  { -- nice quickfix list
+    'stevearc/quicker.nvim',
+    event = "FileType qf",
+    opts = {},
+  },
+  { -- more qf improvements
+    'romainl/vim-qf'
+  },
+
   -- telescope
   -- a nice seletion UI also to find and open files
   {
@@ -273,7 +283,7 @@ return {
     },
     opts = {
       providers = {
-        priority = { 'markdown', 'lsp',  'norg' },
+        priority = { 'markdown', 'lsp', 'norg' },
         -- Configuration for each provider (3rd party providers are supported)
         lsp = {
           -- Lsp client names to ignore
@@ -374,10 +384,10 @@ return {
     ft = { 'markdown', 'quarto', 'vimwiki' },
     cond = function()
       -- Disable on Windows system
-       return vim.fn.has 'win32' ~= 1 
+      return vim.fn.has 'win32' ~= 1
     end,
     dependencies = {
-       'leafo/magick', -- that's a lua rock
+      'leafo/magick', -- that's a lua rock
     },
     config = function()
       -- Requirements