+source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
+source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/tty/terminal_titler.sh"
+
+# the maximum depth that the recursive functions will try to go below the starting directory.
+export MAX_DEPTH=5
+
+#hmmm: re-address this code, since it doesn't make a lot of sense to me right now...