diff --git a/constants.h b/constants.h
index 5d9e31f..d28be77 100644
--- a/constants.h
+++ b/constants.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#define VERSION "1.7a"
+#define VERSION "1.7c"
 
 /* variable sizes */
 #define SMALLBUFLEN 64		/* small text buffer */
diff --git a/netmapr.c b/netmapr.c
index d86130d..d7623c1 100644
--- a/netmapr.c
+++ b/netmapr.c
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ int autoload = FALSE;
 int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 	int done;
 	int c;
+	int c2;
 	int mod;
 	int tmod;
 	int o;	
@@ -193,6 +194,8 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 	}
 	atexit(cleanup);
 
+	SDL_EnableUNICODE(1);
+
 
 	if (autoload) {
 		loadmap();
@@ -1513,7 +1516,8 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 					drawscreen();
 					break;
 				case SDL_KEYDOWN:
-					c = event.key.keysym.sym;
+					c = event.key.keysym.unicode & 0x7F;
+					c2 = event.key.keysym.sym;
 					mod = SDL_GetModState();
 					/* state independant */
 					if (mod & KMOD_SHIFT) {
@@ -1564,14 +1568,14 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 							sprintf(temptext, "%c", c);
 							strcat(text, temptext);
 							updatetextcursor();
-						} else if (c == SDLK_ESCAPE) {
+						} else if (c2 == SDLK_ESCAPE) {
 							sprintf(statustext, "Aborted.");
 							changestate(S_NONE);
 							drawmap();
 						} else if (c == ' ') {
 							strcat(text, " ");
 							updatetextcursor();
-						} else if (c == SDLK_BACKSPACE) {
+						} else if (c2 == SDLK_BACKSPACE) {
 							text[strlen(text)-1] = '\0';
 							updatetextcursor();
 						} else if (c == 13) { /* enter */
@@ -1643,7 +1647,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 								changestate(S_ADDTEXT);
 							}
 						}
-						if ((c == 'e') || (c == SDLK_F2)) {  /* edit current text */
+						if ((c == 'e') || (c2 == SDLK_F2)) {  /* edit current text */
 							if (state == S_NONE) {
 								if (	(map[curmap].selecteditemtype == T_TEXT) &&
 									(map[curmap].selecteditem != -1) ){
@@ -1807,16 +1811,16 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 								drawobox();
 							}
 						}
-						if (c == SDLK_BACKSPACE) { 
+						if (c2 == SDLK_BACKSPACE) { 
 							goback();
 						}
-						if (c == SDLK_PAGEUP) { 
+						if (c2 == SDLK_PAGEUP) { 
 							scrollobox(-OBOXPAGESIZE);
 						}
-						if (c == SDLK_PAGEDOWN) { 
+						if (c2 == SDLK_PAGEDOWN) { 
 							scrollobox(OBOXPAGESIZE);
 						}
-						if (c == SDLK_DELETE) { 
+						if (c2 == SDLK_DELETE) { 
 							if (map[curmap].selecteditem != -1) {
 								if (map[curmap].selecteditemtype == T_LINKPOINT) {
 									int i;
@@ -1849,7 +1853,7 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 								int amt;
 
 								tmod = SDL_GetModState();
-								if ((mod & KMOD_SHIFT)) {
+								if ((tmod & KMOD_SHIFT)) {
 									amt = (map[curmap].numthings / MULTIRAISENUM);
 								} else amt = 1;
 
@@ -1860,13 +1864,21 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv) {
 								int amt;
 
 								tmod = SDL_GetModState();
-								if ((mod & KMOD_SHIFT)) {
+								if ((tmod & KMOD_SHIFT)) {
 									amt = (map[curmap].numthings / MULTIRAISENUM);
 								} else amt = 1;
 
 								/* lower the selected map[curmap].object */
 								lowerselected(amt);
 							}
+							if (c == '{') {  /* lower by lots */
+								int amt = (map[curmap].numthings / MULTIRAISENUM);
+								lowerselected(amt);
+							}
+							if (c == '}') {  /* raise by lots */
+								int amt = (map[curmap].numthings / MULTIRAISENUM);
+								raiseselected(amt);
+							}
 						}
 					}
 					break;
@@ -2106,6 +2118,7 @@ void cleanup(void) {
 		TTF_CloseFont(font[i]);
 	}
 	TTF_Quit();
+	SDL_EnableUNICODE(0);
 	SDL_Quit();
 }
 
diff --git a/netmapr.exe b/netmapr.exe
index c55f27d..2634329 100755
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