diff --git a/src/matrix/auto.clj b/src/matrix/auto.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f63917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/matrix/auto.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+(ns matrix.auto
+  (:require [matrix.base :refer :all]))
+
+(defn get-before-bar-row
+  "Get the side of a row of an augmented matrix before the bar"
+  [r]
+  (let [width   (count r)
+        to-take (dec width)]
+    (into [] (take to-take r))))
+
+(defn get-before-bar
+  "Get the side of an augmented matrix before the bar"
+  [m]
+  (let [width   (matrix-width m)
+        to-take (dec width)]
+    (->> m
+         (map get-before-bar-row)
+         (into []))))
+
+(defn is-id-matrix
+  "Determines if a matrix is *exactly* the id-matrix"
+  [m]
+  (= (id-matrix (matrix-height m))
+     m))
+
+;; (defn apply-operations-with-steps
+;;   "Takes a matrix and a list of operations and returns a seq of matrices"
+;;   )
diff --git a/src/matrix/core.clj b/src/matrix/core.clj
index ea4b180..c7daa86 100644
--- a/src/matrix/core.clj
+++ b/src/matrix/core.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (ns matrix.core
   (:require [matrix.base        :refer :all])
   (:require [matrix.interactive :refer :all])
+  (:require [matrix.auto        :refer :all])
   (:gen-class))
 
 (defn -main
diff --git a/src/matrix/render.clj b/src/matrix/render.clj
index af26752..06ae39f 100644
--- a/src/matrix/render.clj
+++ b/src/matrix/render.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
+; TODO: actually use the render options lol, and merging provided with default
+
 (ns matrix.render
   (:require [clojure.string :as str])
   (:require [matrix.base :refer :all]))
 
+(def default-render-options
+  {:bar? false
+   :bar-char "│"
+
+   :tl-char "┏"
+   :tr-char "┓"
+   :bl-char "┗"
+   :br-char "┛"
+
+   :pprint-row-ops? false})
+
 (defn surround-with
   "Surround a string with the given left and right"
   ([left right] #(surround-with left right %))
@@ -117,3 +130,48 @@
           z
           (if (not-empty z) " ")
           "= " eq))))
+
+(defn shrink-digit
+  "Takes a digit and returns the subscript version"
+  [d]
+  (case (str d)
+    "0" "₀"
+    "1" "₁"
+    "2" "₂"
+    "3" "₃"
+    "4" "₄"
+    "5" "₅"
+    "6" "₆"
+    "7" "₇"
+    "8" "₈"
+    "9" "₉"))
+
+(defn shrink-number
+  "Takes a number and returns the subscript version"
+  [n]
+  (str/join (map shrink-digit (str n))))
+
+(defn pretty-swap [op]
+  (str "R" (shrink-number (:a op))
+       " ↔ "
+       "R" (shrink-number (:b op))))
+
+(defn pretty-mul [op]
+  (str (:n op) "R" (shrink-number (:row op))))
+
+(defn pretty-add [op]
+  (let [n (if (= 1 (:n op))
+            ""
+            (str (:n op)))]
+    (str n
+         "R" (shrink-number (:from op))
+         " + "
+         "R" (shrink-number (:to op)))))
+
+(defn pretty-row-op
+  "Returns a pretty string of a row operation"
+  [op]
+  (cond
+    (:swap op) (pretty-swap op)
+    (:mul  op) (pretty-mul  op)
+    (:add  op) (pretty-add  op)))
diff --git a/test/matrix/core_test.clj b/test/matrix/core_test.clj
index 6748a50..d337a25 100644
--- a/test/matrix/core_test.clj
+++ b/test/matrix/core_test.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 (ns matrix.core-test
   (:require [clojure.test :refer :all]
-            [matrix.core :refer :all]))
+            [matrix.base :refer :all]))
 
 (deftest test-mul-row
   (testing "Multiplying by one remains the same"