$data = {}

$data['cat'] = <<'EOF'
def cat *args
  puts args.map{|arg| $data[arg]}.join "\n"
end
EOF

$data['set'] = <<'EOF'
def set arg
  $data[arg] = STDIN.read
end
EOF

$data['edit'] = <<'EOF'
def edit key
  require 'tempfile'
  path = ""
  Tempfile.open "-meta--#{key}-" do |temp|
    path = temp.path
    temp.print $data[key]
  end
  system(ENV['EDITOR'] || ENV['VISUAL'] || '/usr/bin/nano', path)
  File.open(path, 'r') {|f| $data[key] = f.read }
end
EOF

$data['code'] = <<'EOF'
eval $data['cat']
eval $data['set']
eval $data['edit']
command = ARGV.shift
send command.to_sym, *ARGV
File.open $0, 'w' do |f|
  f.print '$data = {}', "\n"
  $data.each_key do |k|
    f.print '$data[\'', k, '\'] = <<\'EOF\'', "\n#{$data[k]}EOF\n"
  end
  f.print $data['bootstrap']
end
EOF

$data['bootstrap'] = <<'EOF'
eval $data['code']
EOF

eval $data['code']