diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a379dca..c5d6b78 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ Julia.  Its main features are:
 - fast data transmission to gnuplot through system pipes (no temporary
   files involved);
   
-- support for running multiple gnuplot process simulatneously;
+- handles multiple gnuplot process simultaneously;
 
 - support for multiplots;
 
 - save sessions into gnuplot scripts;
 
-- extremely concise syntax (see examples below), makes it ideal for
+- extremely concise syntax (see examples below) makes it ideal for
   interactive data exploration;
 
 - very easy to use: if you know gnuplot you're ready to go.
diff --git a/REQUIRE b/REQUIRE
index e5c15cf..11f518b 100644
--- a/REQUIRE
+++ b/REQUIRE
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 julia 0.6
-StatsBase
+AbbrvKW 0.3.0
+
diff --git a/src/Gnuplot.jl b/src/Gnuplot.jl
index a33d2d0..2a163bf 100644
--- a/src/Gnuplot.jl
+++ b/src/Gnuplot.jl
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 module Gnuplot
 
+using AbbrvKW
+
 include("GnuplotInternals.jl")
 importall .p_
-import .p_.@AbbrvKW
 
 ######################################################################
 # Get/set options
diff --git a/src/GnuplotInternals.jl b/src/GnuplotInternals.jl
index 23f2969..58c003a 100644
--- a/src/GnuplotInternals.jl
+++ b/src/GnuplotInternals.jl
@@ -7,155 +7,6 @@ importall Gnuplot
 const P_ = Gnuplot
 
 
-import StatsBase.countmap
-
-
-function findAbbrv(symLong::Vector{Symbol})
-    if length(symLong) == 0 
-        return symLong
-    end
-
-    out = Dict()
-    for sym in symLong
-        out[sym] = Vector{Symbol}()
-    end
-
-    symAbbr = deepcopy(symLong)
-    symStr = convert.(String, symLong)
-    kwCount = length(symLong)
-
-    # Max length of string representation of keywords
-    maxLen = maximum(length.(symStr))
-
-    # Identify all abbreviations
-    for len in 1:maxLen
-        for i in 1:kwCount
-            s = symStr[i]
-            if length(s) >= len
-                s = s[1:len]
-                push!(symLong, symLong[i])
-                push!(symAbbr, convert(Symbol, s))
-                push!(symStr , s)
-            end
-        end
-    end
-    symStr = nothing # no longer needed
-
-    # Identify unique abbreviations
-    abbrCount = 0
-    for (sym, count) in countmap(symAbbr)
-        if count == 1
-            i = find(symAbbr .== sym)
-            @assert length(i) == 1
-            i = i[1]
-            if symLong[i] != symAbbr[i]
-                push!(out[symLong[i]], symAbbr[i])
-                abbrCount += 1
-            end
-        end
-    end
-
-    for (key, val) in out
-        sort!(out[key])
-    end
-
-    return (out, abbrCount)
-end
-
-
-macro AbbrvKW(func)
-    @assert func.head == :function "Not a function"
-
-    if length(func.args[1].args) <= 1
-        # Empty parameter list"
-        return esc(func)
-    end
-
-    if (typeof(func.args[1].args[2]) != Expr)  ||
-        (func.args[1].args[2].head != :parameters)
-        # No keywords given
-        return esc(func)
-    end
-    
-    sym = Vector{Symbol}() # Symbol, long version
-    typ = Dict()           # Data type
-    splat = Symbol()
-    splatFound = false    
-    for k in func.args[1].args[2].args
-        @assert typeof(k) == Expr "Expr expected"
-        @assert k.head in (:kw, :(...)) "Expected :kw or :..., got $(k.head)"
-
-        #dump(k)
-        if k.head == :kw
-            @assert typeof(k.args[1]) in (Expr, Symbol) "Expected Expr or Symbol"
-
-            if typeof(k.args[1]) == Symbol
-                push!(sym, k.args[1])
-                typ[sym[end]] = :Any
-            elseif typeof(k.args[1]) == Expr
-                @assert k.args[1].head == :(::) "Expected :(::), got $(k.args[1].head)"
-                push!(sym, k.args[1].args[1])
-                typ[sym[end]] = k.args[1].args[2]
-            end
-        elseif k.head == :(...)
-            splat = k.args[1]
-            splatFound = true
-        end
-    end
-
-    # Find abbreviations
-    (abbr, count) = findAbbrv(sym)
-    if count == 0
-        # No abbreviations found
-        return esc(func)
-    end
-
-    # Add a splat variable if not present
-    if !splatFound
-        splat = :_abbrvkw_
-        a = :($splat...)
-        a = a.args[1]
-        push!(func.args[1].args[2].args, a)
-        a = nothing
-    end
-
-    # Build output Expr
-    expr = Expr(:block)
-    push!(expr.args, :(_ii_ = 1))
-    push!(expr.args, Expr(:while, :(_ii_ <= length($splat)), Expr(:block)))
-
-    for (sym, tup) in abbr
-        length(tup) > 0 || continue
-        tup = tuple(tup...)
-        push!(expr.args[end].args[end].args,
-              :(
-                if $(splat)[_ii_][1] in $tup
-                typeassert($(splat)[_ii_][2], $(typ[sym]))
-                $(sym) = $(splat)[_ii_][2]
-                deleteat!($splat, _ii_)
-                continue
-                end
-                ))
-    end
-    push!(expr.args[end].args[end].args, :(_ii_ += 1))
-    push!(expr.args, :(_ii_ = nothing))
-
-    if !splatFound
-        push!(expr.args, :(if length($splat) !=0 ;
-                           error("Unrecognized keyword abbreviation(s): " * string($splat))
-                           end))
-        push!(expr.args, :($splat = nothing))
-    end
-
-    @assert length(func.args) == 2 "Function Expr has " * string(length(func.args)) * " args"
-    @assert func.args[2].head == :block "Function block is not a block, but " * string(func.args[2].head)
-
-    prepend!(func.args[2].args, [expr])
-    #@show func
-    return esc(func)
-end
-
-
 ######################################################################
 # Structure definitions
 ######################################################################