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diff --git a/selector.cc b/selector.cc
index fbd2d3d..96e1b3d 100644
--- a/selector.cc
+++ b/selector.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  */
 
 // To use it as a super-history-search for bash:
-// alias h='selector -d -i -b -v -f <(history)'
+// selector -q -b -i -d -v -w -l 10000 <(history)
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -70,10 +70,11 @@ void inject_into_tty_buffer(char *string) {
   memset(&newtio, 0, sizeof(newtio));
   // Set input mode (non-canonical, *no echo*,...)
   tcsetattr(STDIN_FILENO, TCSANOW, &newtio);
+  const char control_q = '\021';
   // Put the selected string in the tty input buffer
-  char control_q = '\021';
-  for(char *k = string; *k; k++) {
-    if(add_control_qs) {
+  for(const char *k = string; *k; k++) {
+    if(add_control_qs && !(*k >= ' ' && *k <= '~')) {
+      // Add ^Q to quote control characters
       ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSTI, &control_q);
     }
     ioctl(STDIN_FILENO, TIOCSTI, k);
@@ -348,7 +349,6 @@ void update_screen(int *current_line, int *temporary_line, int motion,
 
   int nb_printed_lines = 0;
 
-  clear();
   use_default_colors();
   addstr("\n");
 
@@ -444,6 +444,8 @@ void update_screen(int *current_line, int *temporary_line, int motion,
           buffer[k++] = '\n';
           buffer[k++] = '\0';
 
+          clrtoeol();
+
           // Highlight the highlighted line ...
 
           if(l == new_line) {
@@ -478,6 +480,8 @@ void update_screen(int *current_line, int *temporary_line, int motion,
     addnstr("[empty choice]\n", console_width);
   }
 
+  clrtobot();
+
   // Draw the modeline
 
   move(0, 0);
@@ -868,6 +872,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   char pattern[buffer_size];
   pattern[0] = '\0';
+
   int cursor_position;
   cursor_position = 0;
 
@@ -908,7 +913,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   int key;
   int current_line = 0, temporary_line = 0;
 
-  update_screen(&current_line, &temporary_line, 0, nb_lines, labels, cursor_position, pattern);
+  update_screen(&current_line, &temporary_line, 0,
+                nb_lines, labels, cursor_position, pattern);
 
   do {
 
@@ -993,6 +999,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
       kill_after_cursor(pattern, &cursor_position);
     }
 
+    else if(key == '\014') { // ^L
+      // I suspect that we may sometime mess up the display
+      clear();
+    }
+
     update_screen(&current_line, &temporary_line, motion,
                   nb_lines, labels, cursor_position, pattern);