diff --git a/c/todo.txt b/c/todo.txt
index 175965414..3805894bd 100644
--- a/c/todo.txt
+++ b/c/todo.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ================================================================
 BUGFIXES
 
-* nidx with repifs & leading spaces :^/
+:D
 
 ================================================================
 5.0.0 POST-RELEASE TO DO:
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ MSYS2 TO-DO
 * needs-DLL issue:
   - find out how to fix at ./configure / msys2 build
 
-* needs-dot-exe issue:
-  - wtf
-
 ----------------------------------------------------------------
 MSYS2 NOTES
 
@@ -150,14 +147,10 @@ MAPVAR CHECKLIST:
 
 * mt_error/fatal/skip-assign audit
 
-* mlr hex -> auxes. and make an aux-list. and doc: olh as well as webdoc?
-
 * perf note: DSL stuff performant w/r/t ruby/python (mand bench & maybe others)
 
 ! more than 'syntax error' from lemon-parse failures ... lemon API research
 
-* strtok -> strsep ?
-
 ? some sort of debug/single-step/trace ... include the AST in the CST & reverse-generate ?
 
 ? formalize _ for skipvars?
@@ -230,8 +223,6 @@ COMPARES:
 
 !! coroutines: line-oriented; operate on field(s); r/w popen
 
-* split-column verb: down/across modes. across-mode with optional prefix?
-
 * aux-entries doc @ mlh, mld
 
 * json_encode / json_decode functions? (map->string and string->map)