diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
index 7033136..b825aa9 100644
--- a/.tool-versions
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 elm 0.19.1
-python 3.13.1-v2
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3bd2ea6..0429641 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ Next, we concatenate this with the Elm JavaScript output and an app launcher sni
 ## Limitations
 
 * No event loop
-* Hence, no [TEA](https://guide.elm-lang.org/architecture/); the `main` function must return a static view
-* Hence, no Time, no Random, no Json Encoder/Decoder (!), no Http
+* Hence, no [TEA](https://guide.elm-lang.org/architecture/); no `update` can be triggered
+* Hence, no Time, no Random, no Http
 * Nodes can only have one parent (this should always be the case)
 * Does not scale well : creating thousands of Nodes consumes a [lot of RAM](#Performances)
 
@@ -37,19 +37,73 @@ Next, we concatenate this with the Elm JavaScript output and an app launcher sni
 ```elm
 module Hello exposing(main)
 
-import Html exposing (p, text)
+import Html exposing (text)
 
-main = p [] [text "Hello World!"]
+main = text "Hello World!"
 ```
 
-4. Run `./build.sh src/Hello.elm`; this generates the corresponding HTML code:
+4. Run `./elmscript.sh src/Hello.elm`
 
-```html
-<p>
+This produces the expected output:
+
+```text
 Hello World!
-</p>
 ```
 
+## passing input
+
+Input content can be passed to the script via the standard input. The content is then passed to the Elm script as "flags". The script must then use `Browser.element` and implement `init flags` function.
+
+
+Create `src/Greet.elm` with the following content:
+
+```elm
+module Greet exposing (main)
+
+import Browser
+import Html exposing (text)
+
+
+main =
+  Browser.element
+    { init = \f -> (f, Cmd.none)
+    , update = \m _ -> (m, Cmd.none)
+    , view = \m -> text ("hello " ++ m)
+    , subscriptions = always Sub.none
+    }
+```
+
+Run `./elmscript.sh src/Greet.elm <<< 'Elm'`
+
+This produces the expected output:  `hello Elm`.
+
+
+I's even more natural when passing file :
+
+* run `elm install elm-explorations/markdown`
+* create `src/MdRender.elm` with the following content:
+
+```elm
+module MdRender exposing (main)
+
+import Browser
+import Html.Attributes exposing (class)
+import Markdown
+
+main =
+  Browser.element
+    { init = \s -> (s, Cmd.none)
+    , update = \m c -> (m, Cmd.none)
+    , view = \m -> Markdown.toHtml [class "content"] m
+    , subscriptions = always Sub.none
+    }
+
+```
+
+* run `./elmscript.sh src/MdRender.elm < README.md > README.html`
+
+
+
 ## Performances
 
 Acceptable for small scripts : 250ms on a modest x86_64 CPU and 64MB RAM for a 500 records into a table ; but is does not scale well as everything is loaded before processing ; no streaming contrary to the usual Unix way.
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index c10d2a5..5ed91ff 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
 # Major
 
-- find a way to process external data
-  - [ ] from stdout (use case : json)
+- [ ] find a way to process external data
+  - [x] from stdout (use case : json), use flags
   - [ ] from files (use case : SSG)
   - [ ] from http (use case : spider)
 
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 # Minor
 
 - [ ] support for Elm debug (`-d`) mode (qjs does not implement `console.warn`, only `console.log`)
-- [ ] in debug mode, keep the output
+  - [ ] in debug mode, keep the output
 - [x] allow to specify or guess the main module name
 - [x] if `innerHTML` attribute is set, output its value instead of the node tree
-- [ ] allow to create standalone (`-s`) HTML document instead of fragment
-- [ ] silence elm compiler message when successful
+- [x] allow to create standalone (`-s`) HTML document instead of fragment => use template engine instead
+- [x] silence elm compiler message when successful
 - [ ] skip compilation steps if source has not been modified ; run directly ; this mean keeping the output
-- [ ] add proper copyright and license
+- [x] add proper copyright and license
diff --git a/build.debug.sh b/build.debug.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2d16c97..0000000
--- a/build.debug.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
-
-w1="$(mktemp out_$$_1_XXXX.js)"
-
-elm make --output=${w1} $1 1>&2
-sed -i -e 's!console.warn(!console.log(!g' ${w1}
-
-w2="$(mktemp out_$$_XXXX.js)"
-
-cat dom.js ${w1} launch.js > ${w2}
-
-rm ${w1}
-
-qjs --std ${w2}
-
-# if qjs fails, output file will stay for debugging, else
-
-rm ${w2}
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9af20a9..0000000
--- a/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
-
-CMDD=$(dirname $(realpath 0))
-
-w1="$(mktemp out_$$_1_XXXX.js)"
-
-elm make --optimize --output=${w1} $1 1>&2
-
-w2="$(mktemp out_$$_XXXX.js)"
-
-cat ${CMDD}/dom.js ${CMDD}/preelm.js ${w1} ${CMDD}/postelm.js > ${w2}
-
-rm ${w1}
-
-qjs --std ${w2}
-
-# if qjs fails, output file will stay for debugging, else
-
-rm ${w2}
diff --git a/dom.js b/dom.js
index 7e70b6b..c72b75c 100644
--- a/dom.js
+++ b/dom.js
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ function Node(parent, tag) {
 	this.text =  null;
 	// attributes are stored directly on the node object
 	// see https://github.com/elm/virtual-dom/blob/master/src/Elm/Kernel/VirtualDom.js#L511
+	// but Html.Attributes.attribute/2 uses Element.setAttribute
+	this.setAttribute = (key, val) => {
+		// as of now, there is no check if key conflict with the ones defined by Dom implementation
+		this[key] = val;
+	}
 	this.children =  [];  // List of Node
 	this.replaceChild =  (newNode, domNode) => {
 		this.children[domNode.pos-1] = newNode;
@@ -16,6 +21,9 @@ function Node(parent, tag) {
 	this.appendChild = (node) => {
 		node.pos = this.children.push(node);
 	}
+	this.replaceData = (offset, count, data) => {
+		this.text = data; // elm runtime will always replace the whole text
+	}
   this.dump = (d=0) => {
   	if (this.text != null) {
   		print(this.text);
diff --git a/elmscript.sh b/elmscript.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c647cb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elmscript.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eu
+
+CMDD=$(dirname $(realpath 0))
+
+w1="$(mktemp out_$$_1_XXXX.js)"
+
+elm make --optimize --output=${w1} $1 1>/dev/null
+
+w2="$(mktemp out_$$_XXXX.js)"
+
+cat ${CMDD}/dom.js >> ${w2}
+cat << EEE >> ${w2}
+try {
+EEE
+cat ${w1} >> ${w2}
+cat << EEE >> ${w2}
+  Elm[Object.keys(Elm)[0]].init({
+    node: document.getElementById("elm")
+EEE
+flags=$(grep -c 'main = $elm$browser$Browser$element' ${w1} || true)
+if [ $flags -eq 1 ];
+then
+cat << EEE >> ${w2};
+    , flags: std.in.readAsString()
+EEE
+fi
+cat << EEE >> ${w2}
+  });
+  document.children[0].dump();
+} catch(e) {
+  throw e;
+}
+EEE
+
+rm ${w1}
+
+qjs --std ${w2}
+
+# if qjs fails, output file will stay for debugging, else
+
+rm ${w2}
diff --git a/postelm.js b/postelm.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 20c6fd8..0000000
--- a/postelm.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-
-
-	// above is the DOM implementation
-	// and the Elm app code
-
-	// here we lanch the app
-  Elm[Object.keys(Elm)[0]].init({ node: document.getElementById("elm") });
-
-	document.children[0].dump();
-
-} catch(e) {
-		throw e;
-}
diff --git a/preelm.js b/preelm.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d86e51..0000000
--- a/preelm.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-
-try {
-
-// here will come the Elm app code
-
-
diff --git a/uloc.sh b/uloc.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index bcbbca5..0000000
--- a/uloc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -eu
-
-countuniq0 build.sh dom.js postelm.js preelm.js