diff --git a/c/Makefile b/c/Makefile
index d3efce1da..bd4530823 100644
--- a/c/Makefile
+++ b/c/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ FDSL_OBJS = ./dsls/filter_dsl_parse.o ./dsls/filter_dsl_lexer.o ./dsls/filter_ds
 
 top: tags mlr test
 
-install: mlr
+install: top
 	cp mlr $(HOME)/bin/
 
 mlr: .always tags dsls
diff --git a/c/cli/mlrcli.c b/c/cli/mlrcli.c
index 2e703bd9e..9b9b694c6 100644
--- a/c/cli/mlrcli.c
+++ b/c/cli/mlrcli.c
@@ -86,15 +86,15 @@ static void check_arg_count(char** argv, int argi, int argc, int n) {
 }
 
 static char sep_from_arg(char* arg, char* argv0) {
-	if (streq(arg, "TAB"))
+	if (streq(arg, "tab"))
 		return '\t';
-	if (streq(arg, "SPACE"))
+	if (streq(arg, "space"))
 		return ' ';
-	if (streq(arg, "NEWLINE"))
+	if (streq(arg, "newline"))
 		return '\n';
-	if (streq(arg, "PIPE"))
+	if (streq(arg, "pipe"))
 		return '|';
-	if (streq(arg, "SEMICOLON"))
+	if (streq(arg, "semicolon"))
 		return '|';
 	if (strlen(arg) != 1)
 		main_usage(argv0);
diff --git a/doc/content-for-reference.html b/doc/content-for-reference.html
index b561d6819..d17d0819f 100644
--- a/doc/content-for-reference.html
+++ b/doc/content-for-reference.html
@@ -168,8 +168,9 @@ same as <tt>2 4 5</tt>: <tt>--repifs --ifs ' '</tt> lets this happen.  In fact,
 the <tt>--ipprint</tt> option above is internally implemented in terms of
 <tt>--repifs</tt>.
 
-<li/> Just write out the desired separator, e.g. <tt>--ofs '|'</tt>. But you may use
-the symbolic names <tt>NEWLINE</tt>, <tt>TAB</tt>, <tt>PIPE</tt>, or <tt>SEMICOLON</tt> if you like.
+<li/> Just write out the desired separator, e.g. <tt>--ofs '|'</tt>. But you
+may use the symbolic names <tt>newline</tt>, <tt>space</tt>, <tt>tab</tt>,
+<tt>pipe</tt>, or <tt>semicolon</tt> if you like.
 
 </ul>
 
diff --git a/doc/data/linreg-example.txt b/doc/data/linreg-example.txt
index 2bebfa1e3..81865a3bb 100644
--- a/doc/data/linreg-example.txt
+++ b/doc/data/linreg-example.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 
 mlr filter '($x<.5 && $y<.5) || ($x>.5 && $y>.5)' data/medium > data/medium-squares
 
-mlr --ofs NEWLINE stats2 -a linreg -f x,y data/medium-squares
+mlr --ofs newline stats2 -a linreg -f x,y data/medium-squares
 x_y_m=0.764675
 x_y_b=0.124841
 
 # Set x_y_m and x_y_b as shell variables
-eval $(mlr --ofs NEWLINE stats2 -a linreg -f x,y data/medium-squares)
+eval $(mlr --ofs newline stats2 -a linreg -f x,y data/medium-squares)
 
 # In addition to x and y, make a new yfit which is the line fit. Plot using your favorite tool.
 mlr --onidx put '$yfit='$x_y_m'*$x+'$x_y_b then cut -x -f a,b,i data/medium-squares \
diff --git a/doc/reference.html b/doc/reference.html
index 5797f66e1..c3fc1d724 100644
--- a/doc/reference.html
+++ b/doc/reference.html
@@ -338,8 +338,9 @@ same as <tt>2 4 5</tt>: <tt>--repifs --ifs ' '</tt> lets this happen.  In fact,
 the <tt>--ipprint</tt> option above is internally implemented in terms of
 <tt>--repifs</tt>.
 
-<li/> Just write out the desired separator, e.g. <tt>--ofs '|'</tt>. But you may use
-the symbolic names <tt>NEWLINE</tt>, <tt>TAB</tt>, <tt>PIPE</tt>, or <tt>SEMICOLON</tt> if you like.
+<li/> Just write out the desired separator, e.g. <tt>--ofs '|'</tt>. But you
+may use the symbolic names <tt>newline</tt>, <tt>space</tt>, <tt>tab</tt>,
+<tt>pipe</tt>, or <tt>semicolon</tt> if you like.
 
 </ul>
 
@@ -1175,12 +1176,12 @@ distributed on the unit interval. Here we remove half the data and fit a line to
 
 mlr filter '($x&lt;.5 &amp;&amp; $y&lt;.5) || ($x&gt;.5 &amp;&amp; $y&gt;.5)' data/medium &gt; data/medium-squares
 
-mlr --ofs NEWLINE stats2 -a linreg -f x,y data/medium-squares
+mlr --ofs newline stats2 -a linreg -f x,y data/medium-squares
 x_y_m=0.764675
 x_y_b=0.124841
 
 # Set x_y_m and x_y_b as shell variables
-eval $(mlr --ofs NEWLINE stats2 -a linreg -f x,y data/medium-squares)
+eval $(mlr --ofs newline stats2 -a linreg -f x,y data/medium-squares)
 
 # In addition to x and y, make a new yfit which is the line fit. Plot using your favorite tool.
 mlr --onidx put '$yfit='$x_y_m'*$x+'$x_y_b then cut -x -f a,b,i data/medium-squares \