diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
index 306141ec..6e13ba4e 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ char *gui_entry_get_cutbuffer(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-void gui_entry_erase_to(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int pos, int update_cutbuffer)
+void gui_entry_erase_to(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int pos, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP update_cutbuffer)
 {
 	int newpos, size = 0;
 
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ void gui_entry_erase_to(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int pos, int update_cutbuffer)
 	gui_entry_erase(entry, size, update_cutbuffer);
 }
 
-void gui_entry_erase(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int size, int update_cutbuffer)
+void gui_entry_erase(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int size, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP update_cutbuffer)
 {
 	size_t w = 0;
 
@@ -582,17 +582,39 @@ void gui_entry_erase(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int size, int update_cutbuffer)
 	if (size == 0 || entry->pos < size)
 		return;
 
-	if (update_cutbuffer) {
-		/* put erased text to cutbuffer */
-		if (entry->cutbuffer_len < size) {
-			g_free(entry->cutbuffer);
-			entry->cutbuffer = g_new(unichar, size+1);
-		}
+	switch (update_cutbuffer) {
+		case CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_PREPEND:
+			if (entry->cutbuffer_len) {
+				int cutbuffer_new_size = entry->cutbuffer_len + size;
+				unichar *tmpcutbuffer = entry->cutbuffer;
+				entry->cutbuffer = g_new(unichar, cutbuffer_new_size+1);
 
-		entry->cutbuffer_len = size;
-		entry->cutbuffer[size] = '\0';
-		memcpy(entry->cutbuffer, entry->text + entry->pos - size,
-		       size * sizeof(unichar));
+				memcpy(entry->cutbuffer, entry->text + entry->pos - size,
+						size * sizeof(unichar));
+				memcpy(entry->cutbuffer + size, tmpcutbuffer,
+						entry->cutbuffer_len * sizeof(unichar));
+
+				entry->cutbuffer_len = cutbuffer_new_size;
+				entry->cutbuffer[cutbuffer_new_size] = '\0';
+
+				g_free(tmpcutbuffer);
+				break;
+			}
+			/* fall through to REPLACE if cutbuffer_len was 0 */
+		case CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE:
+			/* put erased text to cutbuffer */
+			if (entry->cutbuffer_len < size) {
+				g_free(entry->cutbuffer);
+				entry->cutbuffer = g_new(unichar, size+1);
+			}
+
+			entry->cutbuffer_len = size;
+			entry->cutbuffer[size] = '\0';
+			memcpy(entry->cutbuffer, entry->text + entry->pos - size,
+			       size * sizeof(unichar));
+			break;
+		case CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_NOOP:
+			break;
 	}
 
 	if (entry->utf8)
@@ -629,7 +651,7 @@ void gui_entry_erase_cell(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry)
 	gui_entry_draw(entry);
 }
 
-void gui_entry_erase_word(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int to_space)
+void gui_entry_erase_word(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int to_space, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP cutbuffer_op)
 {
 	int to;
 
@@ -652,7 +674,7 @@ void gui_entry_erase_word(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int to_space)
 	}
 	if (to > 0) to++;
 
-        gui_entry_erase(entry, entry->pos-to, TRUE);
+	gui_entry_erase(entry, entry->pos-to, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE);
 }
 
 void gui_entry_erase_next_word(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int to_space)
@@ -678,7 +700,7 @@ void gui_entry_erase_next_word(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int to_space)
 
         size = to-entry->pos;
 	entry->pos = to;
-        gui_entry_erase(entry, size, TRUE);
+        gui_entry_erase(entry, size, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE);
 }
 
 void gui_entry_transpose_chars(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry)
diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h
index 29d8dea2..498f95b9 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-entry.h
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned int utf8:1;
 } GUI_ENTRY_REC;
 
+typedef enum {
+	CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_NOOP,
+	CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE,
+	CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_PREPEND
+} CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP;
+
 extern GUI_ENTRY_REC *active_entry;
 
 GUI_ENTRY_REC *gui_entry_create(int xpos, int ypos, int width, int utf8);
@@ -40,10 +46,10 @@ void gui_entry_insert_text(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, const char *str);
 void gui_entry_insert_char(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, unichar chr);
 
 char *gui_entry_get_cutbuffer(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry);
-void gui_entry_erase_to(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int pos, int update_cutbuffer);
-void gui_entry_erase(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int size, int update_cutbuffer);
+void gui_entry_erase_to(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int pos, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP update_cutbuffer);
+void gui_entry_erase(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int size, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP update_cutbuffer);
 void gui_entry_erase_cell(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry);
-void gui_entry_erase_word(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int to_space);
+void gui_entry_erase_word(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int to_space, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_OP cutbuffer_op);
 void gui_entry_erase_next_word(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int to_space);
 
 void gui_entry_transpose_chars(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry);
@@ -60,4 +66,5 @@ void gui_entry_move_words(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry, int count, int to_space);
 
 void gui_entry_redraw(GUI_ENTRY_REC *entry);
 
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c b/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c
index 5acfaf60..0dd17394 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/gui-readline.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static void key_forward_to_space(void)
 static void key_erase_line(void)
 {
 	gui_entry_set_pos(active_entry, active_entry->text_len);
-	gui_entry_erase(active_entry, active_entry->text_len, TRUE);
+	gui_entry_erase(active_entry, active_entry->text_len, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE);
 }
 
 static void key_erase_to_beg_of_line(void)
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static void key_erase_to_beg_of_line(void)
 	int pos;
 
 	pos = gui_entry_get_pos(active_entry);
-	gui_entry_erase(active_entry, pos, TRUE);
+	gui_entry_erase(active_entry, pos, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE);
 }
 
 static void key_erase_to_end_of_line(void)
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static void key_erase_to_end_of_line(void)
 
 	pos = gui_entry_get_pos(active_entry);
 	gui_entry_set_pos(active_entry, active_entry->text_len);
-	gui_entry_erase(active_entry, active_entry->text_len - pos, TRUE);
+	gui_entry_erase(active_entry, active_entry->text_len - pos, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE);
 }
 
 static void key_yank_from_cutbuffer(void)
@@ -611,12 +611,12 @@ static void key_delete_character(void)
 
 static void key_backspace(void)
 {
-	gui_entry_erase(active_entry, 1, FALSE);
+	gui_entry_erase(active_entry, 1, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_NOOP);
 }
 
 static void key_delete_previous_word(void)
 {
-	gui_entry_erase_word(active_entry, FALSE);
+	gui_entry_erase_word(active_entry, FALSE, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE);
 }
 
 static void key_delete_next_word(void)
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ static void key_delete_next_word(void)
 
 static void key_delete_to_previous_space(void)
 {
-	gui_entry_erase_word(active_entry, TRUE);
+	gui_entry_erase_word(active_entry, TRUE, CUTBUFFER_UPDATE_REPLACE);
 }
 
 static void key_delete_to_next_space(void)