diff --git a/ke/config.sh b/ke/config.sh
index 47005f7..8da5afe 100755
--- a/ke/config.sh
+++ b/ke/config.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ then
 	fi
 	if [ -e "/usr/lib/libefence.a" ]
 	then
-		OS_LIBS="${OS_LIBS} -lefence"
+		OS_LIBS="${OS_LIBS}" # -lefence"
 	fi
 else
 	OS_CFLAGS=""
diff --git a/ke/keypress.c b/ke/keypress.c
index 8586fb2..e531322 100644
--- a/ke/keypress.c
+++ b/ke/keypress.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <wctype.h>
 
 
 struct termios orig_termios;
@@ -33,15 +34,16 @@ main()
 {
 	enableRawMode();
 
-	char c;
-	while (read(STDIN_FILENO, &c, 1) == 1 && c != 'q') {
-		if (iscntrl(c)) {
+	wchar_t c;
+	while (read(STDIN_FILENO, &c, sizeof(c)) > 0 && c != 'q') {
+		if (iswcntrl(c)) {
 			printf("$%02x\n", c);
 		} else {
-			printf("$%02x ('%c')\n", c, c);
+			printf("$%02x ('%lc')\n", c, c);
 		}
 	}
 
+	perror("read");
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/ke/main.c b/ke/main.c
index ed5687d..87f3069 100644
--- a/ke/main.c
+++ b/ke/main.c
@@ -51,8 +51,9 @@
 struct abuf {
 	char	*b;
 	int	 len;
+	int	 cap;
 };
-#define ABUF_INIT	{NULL, 0}
+#define ABUF_INIT	{NULL, 0, 0}
 
 void	 ab_append(struct abuf *buf, const char *s, int len);
 void	 ab_free(struct abuf *buf);
@@ -157,10 +158,19 @@ struct editor_t {
 void
 ab_append(struct abuf *buf, const char *s, int len)
 {
-	char	*nc = realloc(buf->b, buf->len + len);
+	char	*nc = buf->b;
+	int	 sz = buf->len + len;
 
-	if (nc == NULL) {
-		abort();
+	if (sz >= buf->cap) {
+		while (sz > buf->cap) {
+			if (buf->cap == 0) {
+				buf->cap = 1;
+			} else {
+				buf->cap *= 2;
+			}
+		}
+		nc = realloc(nc, buf->cap);
+		assert(nc != NULL);
 	}
 
 	memcpy(&nc[buf->len], s, len);
@@ -174,6 +184,8 @@ ab_free(struct abuf *buf)
 {
 	free(buf->b);
 	buf->b = NULL;
+	buf->len = 0;
+	buf->cap = 0;
 }
 
 char