diff --git a/docs/example_generation.jl b/docs/example_generation.jl
index 37cdc050..c37ec04d 100644
--- a/docs/example_generation.jl
+++ b/docs/example_generation.jl
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ const examples = PlotExample[
   PlotExample("Global",
               "Change the guides/background/limits/ticks.  Convenience args `xaxis` and `yaxis` allow you to pass a tuple or value which will be mapped to the relevant args automatically.  The `xaxis` below will be replaced with `xlabel` and `xlims` args automatically during the preprocessing step. You can also use shorthand functions: `title!`, `xaxis!`, `yaxis!`, `xlabel!`, `ylabel!`, `xlims!`, `ylims!`, `xticks!`, `yticks!`",
               [
-                :(plot(rand(20,3), xaxis=("XLABEL",(-5,30),0:2:20,:flip), background_color = RGB(0.2,0.2,0.2), leg=false)),
+                :(y = rand(20,3)),
+                :(plot(y, xaxis=("XLABEL",(-5,30),0:2:20,:flip), background_color = RGB(0.2,0.2,0.2), leg=false)),
+                :(hline!(mean(y,1)+rand(1,3), line=(4,:dash,0.6,[:lightgreen :green :darkgreen]))),
+                :(vline!([5,10])),
                 :(title!("TITLE")),
                 :(yaxis!("YLABEL", :log10))
               ]),
diff --git a/src/backends/gadfly.jl b/src/backends/gadfly.jl
index 166a7162..39abf507 100644
--- a/src/backends/gadfly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gadfly.jl
@@ -63,17 +63,19 @@ end
 
 function getGadflyLineTheme(d::Dict)
   
-  lc = getColor(d[:linecolor])
-  α = d[:linealpha]
-  if α != nothing
-    lc = RGBA(lc, α)
-  end
+  lc = convertColor(getColor(d[:linecolor]), d[:linealpha])
+  # lc = getColor(d[:linecolor])
+  # α = d[:linealpha]
+  # if α != nothing
+  #   lc = RGBA(lc, α)
+  # end
 
-  fc = getColor(d[:fillcolor])
-  α = d[:fillalpha]
-  if α != nothing
-    fc = RGBA(fc, α)
-  end
+  fc = convertColor(getColor(d[:fillcolor]), d[:fillalpha])
+  # fc = getColor(d[:fillcolor])
+  # α = d[:fillalpha]
+  # if α != nothing
+  #   fc = RGBA(fc, α)
+  # end
 
 
   Gadfly.Theme(;
@@ -104,23 +106,49 @@ function addGadflyLine!(plt::Plot, numlayers::Int, d::Dict, geoms...)
     push!(gfargs, Gadfly.Geom.ribbon)
   end
 
-  # h/vlines
-  if lt == :hline
-    kwargs[:yintercept] = d[:y]
-  elseif lt == :vline
-    kwargs[:xintercept] = d[:y]
-  elseif lt == :sticks
-    w = 0.01 * mean(diff(d[:x]))
-    kwargs[:xmin] = d[:x] - w
-    kwargs[:xmax] = d[:x] + w
-  elseif lt == :contour
-    d[:y] = reverse(d[:y])
-    kwargs[:z] = d[:surface]
+  if lt in (:hline, :vline)
+    kwargs[lt == :hline ? :yintercept : :xintercept] = d[:y]
+    
+  else
+    if lt == :sticks
+      w = 0.01 * mean(diff(d[:x]))
+      kwargs[:xmin] = d[:x] - w
+      kwargs[:xmax] = d[:x] + w
+    elseif lt == :contour
+      d[:y] = reverse(d[:y])
+      kwargs[:z] = d[:surface]
+    end
+
+    kwargs[:x] = d[lt == :hist ? :y : :x]
+    kwargs[:y] = d[:y]
+
   end
+
+  # # h/vlines
+  # if lt == :hline
+  #   kwargs[:yintercept] = d[:y]
+  # elseif lt == :vline
+  #   kwargs[:xintercept] = d[:y]
+  # elseif lt == :sticks
+  #   w = 0.01 * mean(diff(d[:x]))
+  #   kwargs[:xmin] = d[:x] - w
+  #   kwargs[:xmax] = d[:x] + w
+  # elseif lt == :contour
+  #   d[:y] = reverse(d[:y])
+  #   kwargs[:z] = d[:surface]
+  # end
+
+  # if lt == :hist
+  #   kwargs[:x] = kwargs[:y] = d[:y]
+  # elseif lt != :hline && lt != :vline
+  #   kwargs[:x] = d[:x]
+  #   kwargs[:y] = d[:y]
+  # end
   
-  # add the layer
-  x = d[d[:linetype] == :hist ? :y : :x]
-  Gadfly.layer(gfargs...; x = x, y = d[:y], order=numlayers, kwargs...)
+  # # add the layer
+  # x = d[d[:linetype] == :hist ? :y : :x]
+  # Gadfly.layer(gfargs...; x = x, y = d[:y], order=numlayers, kwargs...)
+  Gadfly.layer(gfargs...; order=numlayers, kwargs...)
 end
 
 
diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index a91effa2..67b8ec11 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ function _add_series(pkg::PyPlotPackage, plt::Plot; kw...)
     linecolor = color
     linestyle = getPyPlotLineStyle(lt, d[:linestyle])
     for yi in d[:y]
-      func = ax[lt == :hline ? :axhline : axvline]
+      func = ax[lt == :hline ? :axhline : :axvline]
       func(yi, linewidth=d[:linewidth], color=linecolor, linestyle=linestyle)
     end
 
diff --git a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
index 3d77ce11..a85b4ff5 100644
--- a/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/unicodeplots.jl
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function rebuildUnicodePlot!(plt::Plot)
 
   # create a plot window with xlim/ylim set, but the X/Y vectors are outside the bounds
   width, height = iargs[:size]
-  o = UnicodePlots.createPlotWindow(x, y; width = width,
+  o = UnicodePlots.Plot(x, y; width = width,
                                 height = height,
                                 title = iargs[:title],
                                 # labels = iargs[:legend],