diff --git a/completeterminal.cpp b/completeterminal.cpp
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+#include "completeterminal.hpp"
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace Parser;
+
+string Terminal::Complete::act( const string &str )
+{
+  for ( unsigned int i = 0; i < str.size(); i++ ) {
+    /* parse octet into up to three actions */
+    list<Action *> actions( parser.input( str[ i ] ) );
+    
+    /* apply actions to terminal and delete them */
+    for ( list<Action *>::iterator it = actions.begin();
+	  it != actions.end();
+	  it++ ) {
+      Action *act = *it;
+      act->act_on_terminal( &terminal );
+      delete act;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return terminal.read_octets_to_host();
+}
+
+string Terminal::Complete::act( const Action *act )
+{
+  /* apply action to terminal */
+  act->act_on_terminal( &terminal );
+  return terminal.read_octets_to_host();
+}
diff --git a/completeterminal.hpp b/completeterminal.hpp
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+#ifndef COMPLETE_TERMINAL_HPP
+#define COMPLETE_TERMINAL_HPP
+
+#include "parser.hpp"
+#include "terminal.hpp"
+
+/* This class represents the complete terminal -- a UTF8Parser feeding Actions to an Emulator. */
+
+namespace Terminal {
+  class Complete {
+  private:
+    Parser::UTF8Parser parser;
+    Terminal::Emulator terminal;
+
+  public:
+    Complete( size_t width, size_t height ) : parser(), terminal( width, height ) {}
+    
+    std::string act( const std::string &str );
+    std::string act( const Parser::Action *act );
+
+    std::string open( void ) { return terminal.open(); }
+    std::string close( void ) { return terminal.close(); }
+
+    const Framebuffer & get_fb( void ) { return terminal.get_fb(); }
+  };
+}
+
+#endif