initialize_spokecone(arg)

  if #arg == 0 then
    initialize_spokecone(arg)
  else
    local type = detect_filetype(arg[1])
    if type == 'spokecone' then
      initialize_spokecone(arg)
    else
      initialize_tenonauger(arg)
    end
  end
end
function detect_filetype(filename)
  return 'spokecone'
end
-- environment for immutable logs
-- optionally reads extensions for rendering some types from the source codebase that generated them
function initialize_tenonauger(arg)

-- environment for a mutable file of bifolded text