diff --git a/yazi-fm/src/lives/selected.rs b/yazi-fm/src/lives/selected.rs
index de75f2148..0b7c99393 100644
--- a/yazi-fm/src/lives/selected.rs
+++ b/yazi-fm/src/lives/selected.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ impl UserData for Selected {
 
 		methods.add_meta_method(MetaMethod::Pairs, |lua, me, ()| {
 			let iter = lua.create_function(
-				// TODO: UserDataRef
+				// FIXME: UserDataRef
 				|lua, mut iter: UserDataRefMut<Iter<hash_map::Keys<yazi_shared::fs::Url, u64>, _>>| {
 					if let Some(next) = iter.next() {
 						(next.0, Url::cast(lua, next.1.clone())?).into_lua_multi(lua)
diff --git a/yazi-fm/src/lives/yanked.rs b/yazi-fm/src/lives/yanked.rs
index 0f1ec782e..6a002d822 100644
--- a/yazi-fm/src/lives/yanked.rs
+++ b/yazi-fm/src/lives/yanked.rs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ impl UserData for Yanked {
 
 		methods.add_meta_method(MetaMethod::Pairs, |lua, me, ()| {
 			let iter = lua.create_function(
-				// TODO: UserDataRef
+				// FIXME: UserDataRef
 				|lua, mut iter: UserDataRefMut<Iter<hash_set::Iter<yazi_shared::fs::Url>, _>>| {
 					if let Some(next) = iter.next() {
 						(next.0, Url::cast(lua, next.1.clone())?).into_lua_multi(lua)
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/permit.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/permit.rs
index dd8c01d44..bb975f062 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/permit.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/bindings/permit.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ use std::{mem, ops::Deref};
 use mlua::{UserData, prelude::LuaUserDataMethods};
 use tokio::sync::SemaphorePermit;
 
+pub type PermitRef<'lua, F> = mlua::UserDataRef<Permit<F>>;
+
 pub struct Permit<F: FnOnce()> {
 	inner:    Option<SemaphorePermit<'static>>,
 	destruct: Option<F>,
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/cha/cha.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/cha/cha.rs
index ab9c8ed78..95e0ed136 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/cha/cha.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/cha/cha.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 use mlua::{AnyUserData, ExternalError, Lua, Table, UserDataFields, UserDataMethods};
 use yazi_shared::fs::ChaKind;
 
-use crate::{Runtime, bindings::Cast};
+use crate::{RtRef, bindings::Cast};
 
 pub struct Cha;
 
@@ -76,33 +76,23 @@ impl Cha {
 			// TODO: remove these deprecated properties in the future
 			{
 				reg.add_field_method_get("length", |lua, me| {
-					lua
-						.named_registry_value::<AnyUserData>("rt")?
-						.borrow_scoped(|rt: &Runtime| warn_deprecated(rt.current()))?;
+					warn_deprecated(lua.named_registry_value::<RtRef>("rt")?.current());
 					Ok(me.len)
 				});
 				reg.add_field_method_get("created", |lua, me| {
-					lua
-						.named_registry_value::<AnyUserData>("rt")?
-						.borrow_scoped(|rt: &Runtime| warn_deprecated(rt.current()))?;
+					warn_deprecated(lua.named_registry_value::<RtRef>("rt")?.current());
 					Ok(me.btime.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map(|d| d.as_secs_f64()).ok()))
 				});
 				reg.add_field_method_get("modified", |lua, me| {
-					lua
-						.named_registry_value::<AnyUserData>("rt")?
-						.borrow_scoped(|rt: &Runtime| warn_deprecated(rt.current()))?;
+					warn_deprecated(lua.named_registry_value::<RtRef>("rt")?.current());
 					Ok(me.mtime.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map(|d| d.as_secs_f64()).ok()))
 				});
 				reg.add_field_method_get("accessed", |lua, me| {
-					lua
-						.named_registry_value::<AnyUserData>("rt")?
-						.borrow_scoped(|rt: &Runtime| warn_deprecated(rt.current()))?;
+					warn_deprecated(lua.named_registry_value::<RtRef>("rt")?.current());
 					Ok(me.atime.and_then(|t| t.duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH).map(|d| d.as_secs_f64()).ok()))
 				});
 				reg.add_method("permissions", |lua, _me, ()| {
-					lua
-						.named_registry_value::<AnyUserData>("rt")?
-						.borrow_scoped(|rt: &Runtime| warn_deprecated(rt.current()))?;
+					warn_deprecated(lua.named_registry_value::<RtRef>("rt")?.current());
 					Ok(
 						#[cfg(unix)]
 						Some(yazi_shared::fs::permissions(_me.mode, _me.is_dummy())),
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/elements/paragraph.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/elements/paragraph.rs
index b66d86dea..7bb9c1b79 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/elements/paragraph.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/elements/paragraph.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use mlua::{AnyUserData, FromLua, Lua, MultiValue, Table, Value};
+use mlua::{FromLua, Lua, MultiValue, Table, Value};
 
 use super::Rect;
-use crate::Runtime;
+use crate::RtRef;
 
 static WARNED: std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool = std::sync::atomic::AtomicBool::new(false);
 
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ impl Paragraph {
 			(
 				"__call",
 				lua.create_function(|lua, (_, area, lines): (Table, Rect, Value)| {
-					lua
-						.named_registry_value::<AnyUserData>("rt")?
-						.borrow_scoped(|rt: &Runtime| warn_deprecated(rt.current()))?;
+					warn_deprecated(lua.named_registry_value::<RtRef>("rt")?.current());
 					lua
 						.load(mlua::chunk! {
 							return ui.Text($lines):area($area)
@@ -49,9 +47,7 @@ impl Paragraph {
 			(
 				"__index",
 				lua.create_function(|lua, (_, key): (Table, mlua::String)| {
-					lua
-						.named_registry_value::<AnyUserData>("rt")?
-						.borrow_scoped(|rt: &Runtime| warn_deprecated(rt.current()))?;
+					warn_deprecated(lua.named_registry_value::<RtRef>("rt")?.current());
 					lua
 						.load(mlua::chunk! {
 							return ui.Text[$key]
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/elements/text.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/elements/text.rs
index 0aad70d18..66b0ec630 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/elements/text.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/elements/text.rs
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ impl Text {
 		let new = lua.create_function(|_, (_, value): (Table, Value)| Text::try_from(value))?;
 
 		let parse = lua.create_function(|_, code: mlua::String| {
-			todo!();
-			Ok(1)
-			// Ok(Text { inner: code.into_text().into_lua_err()?, ..Default::default()
-			// })
+			Ok(Text { inner: code.as_bytes().into_text().into_lua_err()?, ..Default::default() })
 		})?;
 
 		let text = lua.create_table_from([
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/file/file.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/file/file.rs
index 2643a88e3..e20c587c1 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/file/file.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/file/file.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use mlua::{AnyUserData, Lua, Table, UserDataRef};
 
 use crate::{bindings::Cast, impl_file_fields, impl_file_methods};
 
+pub type FileRef<'lua> = UserDataRef<yazi_shared::fs::File>;
+
 pub struct File;
 
 impl File {
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/fs/fs.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/fs/fs.rs
index 609ab7cfd..9fa6af13c 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/fs/fs.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/fs/fs.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use mlua::{ExternalError, ExternalResult, IntoLuaMulti, Lua, Table, Value};
 use tokio::fs;
 use yazi_shared::fs::remove_dir_clean;
 
-use crate::{bindings::Cast, cha::Cha, file::File, url::Url};
+use crate::{bindings::Cast, cha::Cha, file::File, url::{Url, UrlRef}};
 
 pub fn install(lua: &Lua) -> mlua::Result<()> {
 	lua.globals().raw_set(
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/runtime.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/runtime.rs
index 58c8505c2..2da617197 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/runtime.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ struct RuntimeFrame {
 	calls: usize,
 }
 
+pub type RtRef<'lua> = mlua::UserDataRefMut<Runtime>;
+
 impl Runtime {
 	pub fn new(id: &str) -> Self {
 		Self {
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/url/url.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/url/url.rs
index 2c602b132..8cc9d9949 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/url/url.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/url/url.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ use mlua::{AnyUserData, ExternalError, Lua, MetaMethod, UserDataFields, UserData
 
 use crate::bindings::Cast;
 
+pub type UrlRef = UserDataRef<yazi_shared::fs::Url>;
+
 pub struct Url;
 
 impl Url {
diff --git a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/text.rs b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/text.rs
index d6932ddee..74f626ab8 100644
--- a/yazi-plugin/src/utils/text.rs
+++ b/yazi-plugin/src/utils/text.rs
@@ -26,15 +26,14 @@ impl Utils {
 
 		ya.raw_set(
 			"quote",
-			lua.create_function(|_, (s, unix): (mlua::String, Option<bool>)| {
-				todo!();
-				Ok(1)
-				// let s = match unix {
-				// 	Some(true) => yazi_shared::shell::escape_unix(&s.to_str()?),
-				// 	Some(false) => yazi_shared::shell::escape_windows(&s.to_str()?),
-				// 	None => yazi_shared::shell::escape_native(&s.to_str()?),
-				// };
-				// Ok(s.into_owned())
+			lua.create_function(|lua, (s, unix): (mlua::String, Option<bool>)| {
+				let s = s.to_str()?;
+				let s = match unix {
+					Some(true) => yazi_shared::shell::escape_unix(s.as_ref()),
+					Some(false) => yazi_shared::shell::escape_windows(s.as_ref()),
+					None => yazi_shared::shell::escape_native(s.as_ref()),
+				};
+				lua.create_string(s.as_ref())
 			})?,
 		)?;