diff --git a/src/scan.re.c b/src/scan.re.c
index 7aeb76c..ce02ae7 100644
--- a/src/scan.re.c
+++ b/src/scan.re.c
@@ -817,28 +817,26 @@ static int scan_day(struct scan *const scan, union date32 date,
 
 		/* fixme: This is a cool way of doing things. Avoid repetition, make
 		 all the things this way. */
-		/* Text is only at the end of a line. */
 		<input_text, input_text_multi> * { fail = "text input"; goto catch; }
-		<input_text> ws { fprintf(stderr, "text space\n"); continue; }
+		<input_text> ws { continue; }
 		<input_text> "<<\n" @s0 => input_text_multi { // multi-line
-			line++;
 			input.pair->a = s0;
+			line++;
 			continue;
 		}
-		<input_text> @s0 anylabel @s1 / "\n" /*future*/ { // one line
-			line++;
+		<input_text> @s0 anylabel? @s1 "\n" => line { // one line; last one
 			fprintf(stderr, "text: <<%.*s>>\n", (int)(s1 - s0), s0);
 			input.pair->a = s0, input.pair->b = s1;
-			assert(input.future == yycnewline);
-			condition = input.future;
-			assert(1);
+			if(input.future != yycnewline)
+				{ fail = "use <<text>>"; goto catch; }
+			line++;
 			continue;
 		}
 		<input_text_multi> [^\x00\n] { continue; }
 		<input_text_multi> [\x00]
 			{ fail = "missing closing \">>\""; goto catch; }
 		<input_text_multi> "\n" { line++; continue; }
-		<input_text_multi> @s1 ">>" /*future*/ {
+		<input_text_multi> @s1 ">>" / [^>] /*future*/ {
 			fprintf(stderr, "text: <<\n%.*s>>\n",
 				(int)(s1 - input.pair->a), input.pair->a);
 			input.pair->b = s1;