diff --git a/Tag.cpp b/Tag.cpp
index 4c03f9d..16b3a28 100644
--- a/Tag.cpp
+++ b/Tag.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include "__header.h"
 #include "__whiledir.h"
 #include "__tag.h"
+#include "__dotag.h"
+#include "__stream.h"
 #include <iostream>
 
 namespace jet {
@@ -105,12 +107,13 @@ namespace jet {
 	  copyContainer(container, parent);
    }
 
-   void Tag::processContainer(coreutils::ZString &container) {
+   void Tag::processContainer(coreutils::ZString &container, coreutils::ZString container2) {
       if(hasContainer && evaluate)
-	parseContainer(container);      
+	parseContainer(container, container2);      
    }
       
-   void Tag::parseContainer(coreutils::ZString &in) {
+   void Tag::parseContainer(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::ZString container2) {
+      coreutils::ZString tag;
       char *start = in.getCursor();
       while(!in.eod()) {
 	 if(in.startsWith("<")) {
@@ -165,12 +168,17 @@ namespace jet {
 	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "whiledir")) {
 	       __whiledir _whiledir(in, out, global);
 	       continue;
+	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "stream")) {
+	       __stream _stream(in, out, global);
+	       continue;
 	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "tag")) {
 	       __tag _tag(in, out, global);
 	       continue;
-	    } else if(global.tags.contains(in)) {
-	       std::cout << "finding tag" << std::endl;
-	       __tag _tag(in, out, global);
+	    } else if(ifTagDefined(in, tag)) {
+	       __dotag _dotag(in, out, global);
+	       continue;
+	    } else if(ifTagName(in, "container")) {
+	       processContainer(container2);
 	       continue;
 	    } else {
 	       out.write(in.charAt(0));
@@ -233,6 +241,28 @@ namespace jet {
       in.pop();
       return false;
    }
+
+   bool Tag::ifTagDefined(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::ZString &tag) {
+      in.push();
+      if(in.ifNext("<")) {
+	 tag = in.getTokenInclude("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_");
+	 if(global.tags.count(tag)) {
+	    if(in.ifNext(" ")) {
+	       in.pop();
+	       return true;
+	    } else if(in.ifNext("/>")) {
+	       in.pop();
+	       return true;
+	    } else if(in.ifNext(">")) {
+	       in.pop();
+	       return true;
+	    }	   
+	    in.pop();
+	 }
+      }	 
+      in.pop();
+      return false;
+   }
    
    bool Tag::ifEndTagName(coreutils::ZString &in) {
       in.push();
diff --git a/Tag.h b/Tag.h
index 09c0ea4..4bc24cd 100644
--- a/Tag.h
+++ b/Tag.h
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ namespace jet {
       bool hasContainer2;
       std::map<coreutils::ZString, coreutils::MString> variables;
       bool variableDefined(coreutils::ZString variable);
-      void parseContainer(coreutils::ZString &in);
-      void processContainer(coreutils::ZString &container);
+      void parseContainer(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::ZString container2 = NULL);
+      void processContainer(coreutils::ZString &container, coreutils::ZString container2 = NULL);
       void copyContainer(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &out);
 
       Global &global;
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ namespace jet {
       bool ifNested(coreutils::ZString &in);
       bool ifTagName(coreutils::ZString &in, const char *tag);
       bool ifTagName(coreutils::ZString &in);
+      bool ifTagDefined(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::ZString &tag);
       bool ifEndTagName(coreutils::ZString &in);
       bool ifSplitTagName(coreutils::ZString &in);
 
diff --git a/__dotag.cpp b/__dotag.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7e8258
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__dotag.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include "__dotag.h"
+#include "Exception.h"
+
+namespace jet {
+   
+   __dotag::__dotag(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parent, Global &global) : Tag(in, parent, global) {
+      hasContainer = true;
+      coreutils::ZString container3 = global.tags[name];
+      processContainer(container3, container);
+   }
+}
+
diff --git a/__dotag.h b/__dotag.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44b9754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__dotag.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#ifndef ____dotag_h__
+#define ____dotag_h__
+
+#include "Tag.h"
+#include "ZString.h"
+
+namespace jet {
+   
+   class __dotag : public Tag {
+   
+    public:
+      __dotag(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parent, Global &global);
+      
+   };
+      
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/__tag.cpp b/__tag.cpp
index 195a641..243698f 100644
--- a/__tag.cpp
+++ b/__tag.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 namespace jet {
    
    __tag::__tag(coreutils::ZString &in, coreutils::MString &parent, Global &global) : Tag(in, parent, global) {
+      evaluate = false;
+      output = false;
       if(!variableDefined("name"))
 	throw coreutils::Exception("tag must have a name.");
       if(!hasContainer)
diff --git a/testtag.jet b/testtag.jet
index 05b9fed..489a6b8 100755
--- a/testtag.jet
+++ b/testtag.jet
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 #!./jet-2.0
-<tag named="test">
- <set name="ix" expr="$[ix]+1" />
- $[ix]
-</tag>
-<set name="ix" value="1" />
-<test />
+<jet filterblanklines="true" trimlines="true">
+<tag name="test">-->
+ ><set name="ix" expr="$[ix]+1" /><
+ <--<container />++>
+ >>>$[ix]<<<
+<++</tag>
+=<set name="ix" value="1" />=
+<test>
+ >><set name="ix" expr="$[ix]+1" /><<
+</test>
 <test />
+</jet>
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