diff --git a/src/Context.cpp b/src/Context.cpp
index 1abaf59e0..636b1951b 100644
--- a/src/Context.cpp
+++ b/src/Context.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include <iostream>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -127,18 +128,53 @@ void Context::initialize (int argc, char** argv)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int Context::run ()
 {
-  // TODO Dispatch to command handlers.
-  // TODO Auto shadow update.
-  // TODO Auto gc.
-  // TODO tdb.load (Filter);
+  std::cout << "--- start 1.8.0 ---" << std::endl;
+  try
+  {
+    parse ();
 
-  throw std::string ("unimplemented Context::run");
+    // TODO Dispatch to command handlers.
+    // TODO Auto shadow update.
+    // TODO Auto gc.
+    // TODO tdb.load (Filter);
+  }
+
+  catch (const std::string& error)
+  {
+    messages.push_back (error);
+  }
+
+  catch (...)
+  {
+    messages.push_back (stringtable.get (100, "Unknown error."));
+  }
+
+  // Dump all messages.
+  foreach (m, messages)
+    std::cout << *m << std::endl;
+
+  if (footnotes.size ())
+  {
+    std::cout << std::endl;
+    foreach (f, footnotes)
+      std::cout << *f << std::endl;
+  }
+
+  std::cout << "--- end 1.8.0 ---" << std::endl;
   return 0;
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int Context::interactive ()
 {
+  // TODO init ncurses
+  // TODO create worker thread
+  // TODO create refresh thread
+
+  // TODO join refresh thread
+  // TODO join worker thread
+  // TODO take down ncurses
+
   throw std::string ("unimplemented Context::interactive");
   return 0;
 }
@@ -172,3 +208,10 @@ void Context::loadCorrectConfigFile (int argc, char** argv)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+void Context::parse ()
+{
+  // TODO Replace parse.cpp:parse
+  throw std::string ("unimplemented Context::parse");
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/Context.h b/src/Context.h
index eebcaf96f..50b509138 100644
--- a/src/Context.h
+++ b/src/Context.h
@@ -43,12 +43,16 @@ public:
   Context& operator= (const Context&); // Assignment operator
   ~Context ();                         // Destructor
 
-  void initialize (int, char**);
-  int run ();
-  int interactive ();
+  void initialize (int, char**);       // all startup
+  int run ();                          // task classic
+  int interactive ();                  // task interactive (not implemented)
+
+  void message (const std::string&);   // Message sink
+  void footnote (const std::string&);  // Footnote sink
 
 private:
   void loadCorrectConfigFile (int, char**);
+  void parse ();
 
 public:
   Config      config;
@@ -60,6 +64,8 @@ public:
   StringTable stringtable;
 
 private:
+  std::vector <std::string> messages;
+  std::vector <std::string> footnotes;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/task.cpp b/src/task.cpp
index dbb00d3ac..4bd1174f2 100644
--- a/src/task.cpp
+++ b/src/task.cpp
@@ -297,16 +297,9 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
   try
   {
     context.initialize (argc, argv);
+    /* return */ context.run ();
 
-    // When redirecting output to a file, do not use color, curses.
-    if (!isatty (fileno (stdout)))
-    {
-      context.config.set ("curses", "off");
-
-      if (! context.config.get (std::string ("_forcecolor"), false))
-        context.config.set ("color",  "off");
-    }
-
+// start OBSOLETE
     TDB tdb;
     std::string dataLocation = expandPath (context.config.get ("data.location"));
     tdb.dataDirectory (dataLocation);
@@ -342,6 +335,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
     std::cerr << context.stringtable.get (100, "Unknown error.") << std::endl;
     return -2;
   }
+// end OBSOLETE
 
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/t2.t.cpp b/src/tests/t2.t.cpp
index 68bfb6aac..28490483b 100644
--- a/src/tests/t2.t.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/t2.t.cpp
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
   T2 t;
   t.addTag ("tag1");
   t.addTag ("tag2");
-  test.is (t.composeF4 (), "[tag:\"tag1&commatag2\" uuid:\"...\"]", "T2::addTag");
+  test.is (t.composeF4 (), "[tags:\"tag1&comma;tag2\" uuid:\"...\"]", "T2::addTag");
 
   T2 t2 (t.composeF4 ());
-  test.is (t2.composeF4 (), "[tag:\"tag1&commatag2\" uuid:\"...\"]", "T2::composeF4 -> parse round trip");
+  test.is (t2.composeF4 (), "[tags:\"tag1&comma;tag2\" uuid:\"...\"]", "T2::composeF4 -> parse round trip");
 
   // Round-trip testing.
   T2 t3;