diff --git a/docs/v0.6-markdown.md b/docs/v0.6-markdown.md
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--- a/docs/v0.6-markdown.md
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@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 > Part of the [Typoena macro plan](macroplan.md). Requirements and targets:
 > [qfd.md](qfd.md). Load-bearing decisions: [adr.md](adr.md).
 
-**Status:** render affordances done early; the snippet engine is the remaining
-work (snippets are net-new scope, added 2026-07-08; reshaped 2026-07-12 from a
-hard-coded table into a git-synced, Zed-compatible library with a `$` palette
-launcher — see [`typoena-snippets.md`](typoena-snippets.md) for the file format).
+**Status:** render affordances done early. The snippet engine (tab-stop core,
+inline Tab-expansion, hint-on-pause, `$` palette) and the `>` command-palette
+generalisation are **done in core, host-tested** (187 editor tests); the
+remaining work is the **firmware boot-read + `just init` catalog** (slice 5, the
+on-device gate). Snippets are net-new scope, added 2026-07-08; reshaped
+2026-07-12 from a hard-coded table into a git-synced, Zed-compatible library with
+a `$` palette launcher — see [`typoena-snippets.md`](typoena-snippets.md) for the
+file format.
 
 - [x] Heading lines bolded in render (faux-bold double-strike)
 - [x] List continuation on Enter inside `- ` / `1. ` (with empty-item exit)
@@ -54,26 +58,28 @@ behaviour.
       malformed file is non-fatal (no snippets, editor runs). Parse lives in the
       host-testable `editor` crate via `serde_json` — the one new dependency.
 
-## The palette, generalised (`Cmd-P` · `>` · `$`)
+## The palette, generalised (`Cmd-P` · `>` · `$`) — done in core
 
 v0.5 shipped `Cmd-P` = files and `>` = a five-entry settings list (`save_on_idle`,
 `format_on_save`, `line_numbers` toggles + `theme`/`auto_sync` rotations). v0.6
-makes the sigils a clean split by verb, and the empty-palette placeholder legends:
-`Go to file · > settings · $ snippets`.
+makes the sigils a clean split by verb, and the empty-palette placeholder legends
+them: `Go to file · > settings · $ snippets`.
 
 - **bare `Cmd-P`** → *navigate*: go to file (unchanged).
-- **`>`** → *act on the editor* — the command palette. The pref toggles are just
-  its stateful entries, not a special section. Dispatch differs per entry: a
-  **toggle** flips and the list **stays open** (as today); a **one-shot** (e.g.
-  `format`, `publish`) runs and **closes**; a **parameterised** command morphs
-  the palette into a second **input step** (select `New file` → the box becomes a
-  filename prompt → Enter creates it, scope read from a `repo/`/`local/` prefix as
-  `:enew` does today). This retires `:e` (bare `Cmd-P` covers file-opening;
-  dotfiles get a dedicated `> edit …` command if/when wanted).
+- **`>`** → *act on the editor* — the command palette, a real action registry (the
+  `PALETTE_CMDS` list, actions first then settings). The pref toggles are just its
+  stateful entries, not a special section. Dispatch is by `PaletteCmd::kind`: a
+  **toggle** flips and the list **stays open**; a **one-shot** (`format`,
+  `publish` — the latter shares `run_publish` with `:sync`) runs and **closes**; a
+  **parameterised** command (`new file...`) morphs the palette into a second
+  **input step** (the box becomes a filename prompt → Enter creates it, scope read
+  from a `repo/`/`local/` prefix as `:enew` does; backspacing past the start steps
+  back to the `>` list). This **retired `:e`** — bare `Cmd-P` covers file-opening;
+  dotfiles can get a dedicated `> edit ...` command if/when wanted.
 - **`$`** → *insert content* — the snippet launcher above.
 
-`format` / `publish` as `>` entries are a small opportunistic add (they prove `>`
-is a real action registry, not a settings box); the headline is snippets.
+Labels avoid `…`/`↹` — the palette/panel fonts are ISO-8859-15, which has neither
+glyph — so `new file...` uses ASCII dots and the pause hint leads with `»`.
 
 ## First-time setup — snippet catalog (`just init`)