diff --git a/cup.py b/cup.py
index 5af1e6d..ae72b1c 100644
--- a/cup.py
+++ b/cup.py
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ import pyperclip
 
 from voussoirkit import pipeable
 
-text = '\n'.join(pipeable.input('!i'))
+text = pipeable.input('!i', split_lines=False)
 pyperclip.copy(text)
diff --git a/repeat.py b/repeat.py
index f73e0c5..fd47dad 100644
--- a/repeat.py
+++ b/repeat.py
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ Repeat the input as many times as you want.
 import argparse
 import sys
 
-from voussoirkit import clipext
 from voussoirkit import pipeable
 
 def repeat_argparse(args):
-    text = clipext.resolve(args.text)
+    text = pipeable.input(args.text, split_lines=False)
     if args.times == 'inf':
         try:
             while True:
diff --git a/search.py b/search.py
index 2f65ea4..a00b556 100644
--- a/search.py
+++ b/search.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import argparse
+import inspect
 import itertools
 import os
 import re
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     winshell = None
 
-from voussoirkit import clipext
 from voussoirkit import expressionmatch
 from voussoirkit import pathclass
 from voussoirkit import pipeable
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ class HeaderedText:
     def with_header(self):
         return f'{self.header}: {self.text}'
 
-
 def all_terms_match(search_text, terms, match_function):
     matches = (
         (not terms['yes_all'] or all(match_function(search_text, term) for term in terms['yes_all'])) and
@@ -170,7 +169,7 @@ def search(
             recurse=not local_only,
             yield_directories=True,
         )
-    elif isinstance(text, (list, tuple)):
+    elif isinstance(text, (list, tuple)) or inspect.isgenerator(text):
         search_objects = text
     else:
         search_objects = text.splitlines()
@@ -217,9 +216,9 @@ def search(
 def argparse_to_dict(args):
     text = args.text
     if text is not None:
-        text = clipext.resolve(text)
+        text = pipeable.input(text)
     elif STDIN_MODE == 'pipe':
-        text = clipext.resolve('!i')
+        text = pipeable.multi_line_input()
 
     if hasattr(args, 'content_args') and args.content_args is not None:
         content_args = argparse_to_dict(args.content_args)
diff --git a/tempeditor.py b/tempeditor.py
index 778e605..6dfc53e 100644
--- a/tempeditor.py
+++ b/tempeditor.py
@@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ def tempeditor(initial_text=None):
         raise BadStatus(subproctools.format_command(command), status)
 
 def tempeditor_argparse(args):
-    initial_text = '\n'.join(pipeable.input(args.initial_text)) if args.initial_text else None
+    if args.initial_text is not None:
+        initial_text = pipeable.input(args.initial_text, split_lines=False)
+
     try:
         text = tempeditor(initial_text=initial_text)
         pipeable.stdout(text)
diff --git a/threaded_dl.py b/threaded_dl.py
index 7921101..5f4d0ef 100644
--- a/threaded_dl.py
+++ b/threaded_dl.py
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ import threading
 import time
 
 from voussoirkit import bytestring
-from voussoirkit import clipext
 from voussoirkit import downloady
-
+from voussoirkit import pipeable
 
 def clean_url_list(urls):
     for url in urls:
@@ -108,14 +107,7 @@ def threaded_dl(
         time.sleep(0.1)
 
 def threaded_dl_argparse(args):
-    if os.path.isfile(args.url_file):
-        f = open(args.url_file, 'r')
-        with f:
-            urls = f.read()
-    else:
-        urls = clipext.resolve(args.url_file)
-    urls = urls.replace('\r', '').split('\n')
-
+    urls = pipeable.input(args.url_file, read_files=True, skip_blank=True, strip=True)
     urls = [u.split(' ', 1) if ' ' in u else u for u in urls]
 
     headers = args.headers