diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a726c427..a7007ece 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
     "stream": "stream-browserify"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "arg": "^5.0.2",
     "cleanslate": "^0.10.1",
     "csp-serdes": "github:cmcaine/csp-serdes",
     "css": "^3.0.0",
     "editor-adapter": "^0.0.3",
     "esbuild": "^0.14.47",
     "fuse.js": "^6.6.2",
-    "minimist": "^1.2.6",
     "nearley": "^2.20.1",
     "ramda": "^0.28.0",
     "semver-compare": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/src/excmds.ts b/src/excmds.ts
index 18b39c3b..d005d59d 100644
--- a/src/excmds.ts
+++ b/src/excmds.ts
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ import semverCompare from "semver-compare"
 import * as hint_util from "@src/lib/hint_util"
 import { OpenMode } from "@src/lib/hint_util"
 import * as Proxy from "@src/lib/proxy"
-import minimist from "minimist"
+import * as arg from "@src/lib/arg_util"
 
 /**
  * This is used to drive some excmd handling in `composite`.
@@ -1461,17 +1461,20 @@ export function find(...args: string[]) {
 //#content
 export function findnext(...args: string[]) {
     let n = 1
-    const option = minimist(args, {
-        boolean: Array.from("f?"),
-        alias: {
-            f: ["search-from-view", "searchFromView"],
-            "?": "reverse",
+    const option = arg.lib(
+        {
+            "--search-from-view": Boolean,
+            "--searchFromView": "--search-from-view",
+            "-f": "--search-from-view",
+
+            "--reverse": Boolean,
+            "-?": "--reverse",
         },
-        default: { f: false, "?": false },
-    })
+        { argv: args },
+    )
     if (option._.length > 0) n = Number(option._[0])
-    if (option.reverse) n = -n
-    return finding.jumpToNextMatch(n, option.searchFromView)
+    if (option["--reverse"]) n = -n
+    return finding.jumpToNextMatch(n, Boolean(option["--search-from-view"]))
 }
 
 //#content
diff --git a/src/lib/arg_util.ts b/src/lib/arg_util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eff2f66e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/arg_util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import arg from "arg"
+
+export const name = "arg"
+export const lib = arg
+export function correctSingleHyphen(argv, ...singleNames) {
+    return argv.map(arg => {
+        const scan = arg.match(/^-[\w-]{2,}/)
+        if (!scan) return arg
+        const index = singleNames.indexOf(scan[0])
+        if (index === -1) return arg
+        else return "-" + arg
+    })
+}
+export function isLastDoubleHyphen(argv) {
+    return argv.at(-1) === "--"
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index aea1b7e7..ffc5bb23 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1242,6 +1242,11 @@ anymatch@^3.0.3:
     normalize-path "^3.0.0"
     picomatch "^2.0.4"
 
+arg@^5.0.2:
+  version "5.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/arg/-/arg-5.0.2.tgz#c81433cc427c92c4dcf4865142dbca6f15acd59c"
+  integrity sha512-PYjyFOLKQ9y57JvQ6QLo8dAgNqswh8M1RMJYdQduT6xbWSgK36P/Z/v+p888pM69jMMfS8Xd8F6I1kQ/I9HUGg==
+
 argparse@^1.0.7:
   version "1.0.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.10.tgz#bcd6791ea5ae09725e17e5ad988134cd40b3d911"