diff --git a/conf.org b/conf.org
index 536d5dc..004150c 100644
--- a/conf.org
+++ b/conf.org
@@ -3053,6 +3053,9 @@ Everyone forgets keybindings. When typing a key chord, this will display a windo
     (:send-group "g")
     (:send-group-step "G" :exit nil)
     (:send-group-follow "C-g")
+    (:send-region "r")
+    (:send-region-step "R" :exit nil)
+    (:send-region-follow "C-r")
     (:send-buffer "b")
     (:send-buffer-follow "C-b")
     (:shell-start "z")
@@ -3061,8 +3064,23 @@ Everyone forgets keybindings. When typing a key chord, this will display a windo
     (:shell-kill-all "K"))
   "Standard hydra keymap for interactive REPL workflow.")
 
+(defvar nd/hydra-standard-navigation-map
+  '(("M-n" :exit t)
+    (:def-at "M-n")
+    (:def-at-new-win "N")
+    (:asgn-at "a")
+    (:asgn-at-new-win "A")
+    (:ref-at "r")
+    (:ref-at-new-win "R")
+    (:pop-marker-stack "b")
+    (:doc-at "d")
+    (:doc-at-new-win "D")
+    (:type-at "t")
+    (:type-at-new-win "T"))
+  "Standard hydra keymap for navigation and information workflow.")
+
 (defmacro nd/hydra-standard (hydra-map suffix keymap &rest cmds)
-  "Docstring"
+  "Create a standardized hydra keymap."
   (unless (s-match "-mode-map" (symbol-name keymap))
     (error "Not a valid keymap: %s" keymap))
   (let* ((hydra-name (--> keymap
@@ -3084,37 +3102,28 @@ Everyone forgets keybindings. When typing a key chord, this will display a windo
     `(defhydra ,hydra-name ,body ,docstring ,@heads)))
 
 (defmacro nd/hydra-standard-int (keymap &rest cmds)
-  "Docstring"
+  "Create a standardized interactive REPL hydra keymap.
+
+KEYMAP is the keymap to which the hydra should be added and CMDS are
+cons cells like (':kw' . 'command') where 'command is an interactive
+command that corresponds to ':kw'.
+
+See `nd/hydra-standard-interactive-map' which keywords are valid along
+with their corresponding body/head hydra keys."
   `(nd/hydra-standard ,nd/hydra-standard-interactive-map "int"
                       ,keymap ,@cmds))
 
-;; ;; TODO this can be generalized
-;; (defmacro nd/hydra-standard-int (name map docstring &rest keys)
-;;   "Create a standardized hydra map for process interaction."
-;;   ;; TODO this should be outside with a docstring so it is easy to look up
-;;   (let* ((nav-key-alist
-;;           '((:send-line "M-i")
-;;             (:send-line-step "I" :exit nil)
-;;             (:send-line-follow "C-i")
-;;             (:send-group "g")
-;;             (:send-group-step "G" :exit nil)
-;;             (:send-group-follow "C-g")
-;;             (:send-buffer "b")
-;;             (:send-buffer-follow "C-b")
-;;             (:shell-start "z")
-;;             (:shell-start-follow "C-z")
-;;             (:shell-kill "k")
-;;             (:shell-kill-all "K")))
-;;          ;; TODO warning if a keyword is wrong
-;;          (set-keys
-;;           (--map (-when-let (key (alist-get (car it) nav-key-alist))
-;;                    (append (list (car key)) (cdr it) (cdr key)))
-;;                  keys)))
-;;     ;; TODO get the previous binding for the command and unset it
-;;     ;; (--> set-keys
-;;     ;;     (-map #'car it)
-;;     ;;     (--each it (define-key (eval map) (kbd it) nil)))
-;;     `(defhydra ,name (,map "M-i" :exit t) ,docstring ,@set-keys)))
+(defmacro nd/hydra-standard-nav (keymap &rest cmds)
+  "Create a standardized navigation hydra keymap.
+
+KEYMAP is the keymap to which the hydra should be added and CMDS are
+cons cells like (':kw' . 'command') where 'command is an interactive
+command that corresponds to ':kw'.
+
+See `nd/hydra-standard-navigation-map' which keywords are valid along
+with their corresponding body/head hydra keys."
+  `(nd/hydra-standard ,nd/hydra-standard-navigation-map "nav"
+                      ,keymap ,@cmds))
 #+END_SRC
 ** evil
 I like being evil. All package and custom bindings go here.
@@ -3572,19 +3581,29 @@ The only thing I like about elpy is the interactive shell
  (:shell-kill elpy-shell-kill)
  (:shell-kill-all elpy-shell-kill-all))
 
-(defhydra hydra-nav (python-mode-map "M-n" :exit t)
-  "python query commands"
-  ("M-n" anaconda-mode-find-definitions)
-  ("N" anaconda-mode-find-definitions-other-window)
+(nd/hydra-standard-nav python-mode-map
+  (:def-at . anaconda-mode-find-definitions)
+  (:def-at-new-win . anaconda-mode-find-definitions-other-window)
+  (:asgn-at . anaconda-mode-find-assignments)
+  (:asgn-at-new-win . anaconda-mode-find-assignments-other-window)
+  (:ref-at . anaconda-mode-find-references)
+  (:ref-at-new-win . anaconda-mode-find-references-other-window)
+  (:pop-marker-stack . xref-pop-marker-stack)
+  (:doc-at . anaconda-mode-show-doc))
 
-  ("a" anaconda-mode-find-assignments)
-  ("A" anaconda-mode-find-assignments-other-window)
+;; (defhydra hydra-nav (python-mode-map "M-n" :exit t)
+;;   "python query commands"
+;;   ("M-n" anaconda-mode-find-definitions)
+;;   ("N" anaconda-mode-find-definitions-other-window)
 
-  ("r" anaconda-mode-find-references)
-  ("R" anaconda-mode-find-references-other-window)
+;;   ("a" anaconda-mode-find-assignments)
+;;   ("A" anaconda-mode-find-assignments-other-window)
 
-  ("b" xref-pop-marker-stack)
-  ("?" anaconda-mode-show-doc))
+;;   ("r" anaconda-mode-find-references)
+;;   ("R" anaconda-mode-find-references-other-window)
+
+;;   ("b" xref-pop-marker-stack)
+;;   ("?" anaconda-mode-show-doc))
 #+END_SRC
 *** haskell
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp