diff --git a/compat/imsg-buffer.c b/compat/imsg-buffer.c
index ebfd3ab7..4ee25a26 100644
--- a/compat/imsg-buffer.c
+++ b/compat/imsg-buffer.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* $Id: imsg-buffer.c,v 1.4 2009-09-15 23:59:40 tcunha Exp $ */
-/*	$OpenBSD: imsg-buffer.c,v 1.2 2009/09/15 18:12:51 jacekm Exp $	*/
+/* $Id: imsg-buffer.c,v 1.5 2010-06-06 00:08:28 tcunha Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: imsg-buffer.c,v 1.3 2010/05/26 13:56:07 nicm Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@
 
 #include "tmux.h"
 
-int	buf_realloc(struct buf *, size_t);
-void	buf_enqueue(struct msgbuf *, struct buf *);
-void	buf_dequeue(struct msgbuf *, struct buf *);
+int	ibuf_realloc(struct ibuf *, size_t);
+void	ibuf_enqueue(struct msgbuf *, struct ibuf *);
+void	ibuf_dequeue(struct msgbuf *, struct ibuf *);
 
-struct buf *
-buf_open(size_t len)
+struct ibuf *
+ibuf_open(size_t len)
 {
-	struct buf	*buf;
+	struct ibuf	*buf;
 
-	if ((buf = calloc(1, sizeof(struct buf))) == NULL)
+	if ((buf = calloc(1, sizeof(struct ibuf))) == NULL)
 		return (NULL);
 	if ((buf->buf = malloc(len)) == NULL) {
 		free(buf);
@@ -49,15 +49,15 @@ buf_open(size_t len)
 	return (buf);
 }
 
-struct buf *
-buf_dynamic(size_t len, size_t max)
+struct ibuf *
+ibuf_dynamic(size_t len, size_t max)
 {
-	struct buf	*buf;
+	struct ibuf	*buf;
 
 	if (max < len)
 		return (NULL);
 
-	if ((buf = buf_open(len)) == NULL)
+	if ((buf = ibuf_open(len)) == NULL)
 		return (NULL);
 
 	if (max > 0)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ buf_dynamic(size_t len, size_t max)
 }
 
 int
-buf_realloc(struct buf *buf, size_t len)
+ibuf_realloc(struct ibuf *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	u_char	*b;
 
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ buf_realloc(struct buf *buf, size_t len)
 }
 
 int
-buf_add(struct buf *buf, const void *data, size_t len)
+ibuf_add(struct ibuf *buf, const void *data, size_t len)
 {
 	if (buf->wpos + len > buf->size)
-		if (buf_realloc(buf, len) == -1)
+		if (ibuf_realloc(buf, len) == -1)
 			return (-1);
 
 	memcpy(buf->buf + buf->wpos, data, len);
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ buf_add(struct buf *buf, const void *data, size_t len)
 }
 
 void *
-buf_reserve(struct buf *buf, size_t len)
+ibuf_reserve(struct ibuf *buf, size_t len)
 {
 	void	*b;
 
 	if (buf->wpos + len > buf->size)
-		if (buf_realloc(buf, len) == -1)
+		if (ibuf_realloc(buf, len) == -1)
 			return (NULL);
 
 	b = buf->buf + buf->wpos;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ buf_reserve(struct buf *buf, size_t len)
 }
 
 void *
-buf_seek(struct buf *buf, size_t pos, size_t len)
+ibuf_seek(struct ibuf *buf, size_t pos, size_t len)
 {
 	/* only allowed to seek in already written parts */
 	if (pos + len > buf->wpos)
@@ -123,28 +123,28 @@ buf_seek(struct buf *buf, size_t pos, size_t len)
 }
 
 size_t
-buf_size(struct buf *buf)
+ibuf_size(struct ibuf *buf)
 {
 	return (buf->wpos);
 }
 
 size_t
-buf_left(struct buf *buf)
+ibuf_left(struct ibuf *buf)
 {
 	return (buf->max - buf->wpos);
 }
 
 void
-buf_close(struct msgbuf *msgbuf, struct buf *buf)
+ibuf_close(struct msgbuf *msgbuf, struct ibuf *buf)
 {
-	buf_enqueue(msgbuf, buf);
+	ibuf_enqueue(msgbuf, buf);
 }
 
 int
-buf_write(struct msgbuf *msgbuf)
+ibuf_write(struct msgbuf *msgbuf)
 {
 	struct iovec	 iov[IOV_MAX];
-	struct buf	*buf;
+	struct ibuf	*buf;
 	unsigned int	 i = 0;
 	ssize_t	n;
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ buf_write(struct msgbuf *msgbuf)
 }
 
 void
-buf_free(struct buf *buf)
+ibuf_free(struct ibuf *buf)
 {
 	free(buf->buf);
 	free(buf);
@@ -193,14 +193,14 @@ msgbuf_init(struct msgbuf *msgbuf)
 void
 msgbuf_drain(struct msgbuf *msgbuf, size_t n)
 {
-	struct buf	*buf, *next;
+	struct ibuf	*buf, *next;
 
 	for (buf = TAILQ_FIRST(&msgbuf->bufs); buf != NULL && n > 0;
 	    buf = next) {
 		next = TAILQ_NEXT(buf, entry);
 		if (buf->rpos + n >= buf->wpos) {
 			n -= buf->wpos - buf->rpos;
-			buf_dequeue(msgbuf, buf);
+			ibuf_dequeue(msgbuf, buf);
 		} else {
 			buf->rpos += n;
 			n = 0;
@@ -211,17 +211,17 @@ msgbuf_drain(struct msgbuf *msgbuf, size_t n)
 void
 msgbuf_clear(struct msgbuf *msgbuf)
 {
-	struct buf	*buf;
+	struct ibuf	*buf;
 
 	while ((buf = TAILQ_FIRST(&msgbuf->bufs)) != NULL)
-		buf_dequeue(msgbuf, buf);
+		ibuf_dequeue(msgbuf, buf);
 }
 
 int
 msgbuf_write(struct msgbuf *msgbuf)
 {
 	struct iovec	 iov[IOV_MAX];
-	struct buf	*buf;
+	struct ibuf	*buf;
 	unsigned int	 i = 0;
 	ssize_t		 n;
 	struct msghdr	 msg;
@@ -284,14 +284,14 @@ msgbuf_write(struct msgbuf *msgbuf)
 }
 
 void
-buf_enqueue(struct msgbuf *msgbuf, struct buf *buf)
+ibuf_enqueue(struct msgbuf *msgbuf, struct ibuf *buf)
 {
 	TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&msgbuf->bufs, buf, entry);
 	msgbuf->queued++;
 }
 
 void
-buf_dequeue(struct msgbuf *msgbuf, struct buf *buf)
+ibuf_dequeue(struct msgbuf *msgbuf, struct ibuf *buf)
 {
 	TAILQ_REMOVE(&msgbuf->bufs, buf, entry);
 
@@ -299,5 +299,5 @@ buf_dequeue(struct msgbuf *msgbuf, struct buf *buf)
 		close(buf->fd);
 
 	msgbuf->queued--;
-	buf_free(buf);
+	ibuf_free(buf);
 }
diff --git a/compat/imsg.c b/compat/imsg.c
index d2f55518..bea7bb3f 100644
--- a/compat/imsg.c
+++ b/compat/imsg.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* $Id: imsg.c,v 1.4 2010-04-12 21:45:18 tcunha Exp $ */
-/*	$OpenBSD: imsg.c,v 1.2 2010/04/07 18:09:39 nicm Exp $	*/
+/* $Id: imsg.c,v 1.5 2010-06-06 00:08:28 tcunha Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: imsg.c,v 1.3 2010/05/26 13:56:07 nicm Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Henning Brauer <henning@openbsd.org>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ int
 imsg_compose(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, u_int32_t type, u_int32_t peerid,
     pid_t pid, int fd, void *data, u_int16_t datalen)
 {
-	struct buf	*wbuf;
+	struct ibuf	*wbuf;
 
 	if ((wbuf = imsg_create(ibuf, type, peerid, pid, datalen)) == NULL)
 		return (-1);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ int
 imsg_composev(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, u_int32_t type, u_int32_t peerid,
     pid_t pid, int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt)
 {
-	struct buf	*wbuf;
+	struct ibuf	*wbuf;
 	int		 i, datalen = 0;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < iovcnt; i++)
@@ -175,11 +175,11 @@ imsg_composev(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, u_int32_t type, u_int32_t peerid,
 }
 
 /* ARGSUSED */
-struct buf *
+struct ibuf *
 imsg_create(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, u_int32_t type, u_int32_t peerid,
     pid_t pid, u_int16_t datalen)
 {
-	struct buf	*wbuf;
+	struct ibuf	*wbuf;
 	struct imsg_hdr	 hdr;
 
 	datalen += IMSG_HEADER_SIZE;
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ imsg_create(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, u_int32_t type, u_int32_t peerid,
 	hdr.peerid = peerid;
 	if ((hdr.pid = pid) == 0)
 		hdr.pid = ibuf->pid;
-	if ((wbuf = buf_dynamic(datalen, MAX_IMSGSIZE)) == NULL) {
+	if ((wbuf = ibuf_dynamic(datalen, MAX_IMSGSIZE)) == NULL) {
 		return (NULL);
 	}
 	if (imsg_add(wbuf, &hdr, sizeof(hdr)) == -1)
@@ -203,18 +203,18 @@ imsg_create(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, u_int32_t type, u_int32_t peerid,
 }
 
 int
-imsg_add(struct buf *msg, void *data, u_int16_t datalen)
+imsg_add(struct ibuf *msg, void *data, u_int16_t datalen)
 {
 	if (datalen)
-		if (buf_add(msg, data, datalen) == -1) {
-			buf_free(msg);
+		if (ibuf_add(msg, data, datalen) == -1) {
+			ibuf_free(msg);
 			return (-1);
 		}
 	return (datalen);
 }
 
 void
-imsg_close(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, struct buf *msg)
+imsg_close(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, struct ibuf *msg)
 {
 	struct imsg_hdr	*hdr;
 
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ imsg_close(struct imsgbuf *ibuf, struct buf *msg)
 
 	hdr->len = (u_int16_t)msg->wpos;
 
-	buf_close(&ibuf->w, msg);
+	ibuf_close(&ibuf->w, msg);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/compat/imsg.h b/compat/imsg.h
index 6ff4901c..b71a6124 100644
--- a/compat/imsg.h
+++ b/compat/imsg.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/* $Id: imsg.h,v 1.4 2009-09-15 23:59:40 tcunha Exp $ */
-/*	$OpenBSD: imsg.h,v 1.2 2009/09/15 18:12:51 jacekm Exp $	*/
+/* $Id: imsg.h,v 1.5 2010-06-06 00:08:28 tcunha Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: imsg.h,v 1.4 2010/05/26 13:56:07 nicm Exp $	*/
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Pierre-Yves Ritschard <pyr@openbsd.org>
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@
 
 #include "tmux.h"
 
-#define READ_BUF_SIZE		65535
+#define IBUF_READ_SIZE		65535
 #define IMSG_HEADER_SIZE	sizeof(struct imsg_hdr)
 #define MAX_IMSGSIZE		16384
 
-struct buf {
-	TAILQ_ENTRY(buf)	 entry;
+struct ibuf {
+	TAILQ_ENTRY(ibuf)	 entry;
 	u_char			*buf;
 	size_t			 size;
 	size_t			 max;
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ struct buf {
 };
 
 struct msgbuf {
-	TAILQ_HEAD(, buf)	 bufs;
+	TAILQ_HEAD(, ibuf)	 bufs;
 	u_int32_t		 queued;
 	int			 fd;
 };
 
-struct buf_read {
-	u_char			 buf[READ_BUF_SIZE];
+struct ibuf_read {
+	u_char			 buf[IBUF_READ_SIZE];
 	u_char			*rptr;
 	size_t			 wpos;
 };
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ struct imsg_fd {
 
 struct imsgbuf {
 	TAILQ_HEAD(, imsg_fd)	 fds;
-	struct buf_read		 r;
+	struct ibuf_read	 r;
 	struct msgbuf		 w;
 	int			 fd;
 	pid_t			 pid;
@@ -78,16 +78,16 @@ struct imsg {
 
 
 /* buffer.c */
-struct buf	*buf_open(size_t);
-struct buf	*buf_dynamic(size_t, size_t);
-int		 buf_add(struct buf *, const void *, size_t);
-void		*buf_reserve(struct buf *, size_t);
-void		*buf_seek(struct buf *, size_t, size_t);
-size_t		 buf_size(struct buf *);
-size_t		 buf_left(struct buf *);
-void		 buf_close(struct msgbuf *, struct buf *);
-int		 buf_write(struct msgbuf *);
-void		 buf_free(struct buf *);
+struct ibuf	*ibuf_open(size_t);
+struct ibuf	*ibuf_dynamic(size_t, size_t);
+int		 ibuf_add(struct ibuf *, const void *, size_t);
+void		*ibuf_reserve(struct ibuf *, size_t);
+void		*ibuf_seek(struct ibuf *, size_t, size_t);
+size_t		 ibuf_size(struct ibuf *);
+size_t		 ibuf_left(struct ibuf *);
+void		 ibuf_close(struct msgbuf *, struct ibuf *);
+int		 ibuf_write(struct msgbuf *);
+void		 ibuf_free(struct ibuf *);
 void		 msgbuf_init(struct msgbuf *);
 void		 msgbuf_clear(struct msgbuf *);
 int		 msgbuf_write(struct msgbuf *);
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ int	 imsg_compose(struct imsgbuf *, u_int32_t, u_int32_t, pid_t,
 	    int, void *, u_int16_t);
 int	 imsg_composev(struct imsgbuf *, u_int32_t, u_int32_t,  pid_t,
 	    int, const struct iovec *, int);
-struct buf *imsg_create(struct imsgbuf *, u_int32_t, u_int32_t, pid_t,
+struct ibuf *imsg_create(struct imsgbuf *, u_int32_t, u_int32_t, pid_t,
 	    u_int16_t);
-int	 imsg_add(struct buf *, void *, u_int16_t);
-void	 imsg_close(struct imsgbuf *, struct buf *);
+int	 imsg_add(struct ibuf *, void *, u_int16_t);
+void	 imsg_close(struct imsgbuf *, struct ibuf *);
 void	 imsg_free(struct imsg *);
 int	 imsg_flush(struct imsgbuf *);
 void	 imsg_clear(struct imsgbuf *);