diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 243851da..cf722dd4 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -62,48 +62,10 @@
 - split clients into three RB trees by fd: attached/unattached/dead?
   or tailqs? what would be fastest per-char?
 - multiple paste buffers
+- window splitting?
 
 -- For 0.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------
-- window splitting?
 - anything which uses cmd_{send,recv}_string will break if the string is
   split. string length should be part of the command size
-- echo \\033[35\;46m\\033[2J last line quirk (with C-b r)
 - quick intro section (tmux new/attach/detach) etc
 - is ACS the right way round??
-
---------
-
-screen redraw.
-
-ops:
-- redraw screen or section of screen to tty without altering it
-	(screen-redraw.c, screen_redraw_ctx)
-	(switching screen etc)
-- draw to screen and optionally tty
-	(window output)
-	(screen-write.c, screen_write_ctx)
-- copy line/column from one screen (inc history) at offset??
-	(scroll/copy mode)
-
---------
-kmous -- \E[M
-
-mouse init:     putp("\033[?1000h");
-mouse deinit:   putp("\033[?1000l");
-
-\e[M CbCxCy
-         * On button press or release, xterm sends ESC [ M CbCxCy.
-         * The low two bits of Cb encode button information: 0=MB1
-         * pressed, 1=MB2 pressed, 2=MB3 pressed, 3=release.  The
-         * upper bits encode what modifiers were down when the
-         * button was pressed and are added together.  4=Shift,
-         * 8=Meta, 16=Control.  Cx and Cy are the x and y coordinates
-         * of the mouse event.  The upper left corner is (1,1).
-
-
-       get_mouse                 getm     Gm   Curses should get
-                                               button events
-       key_mouse                 kmous    Km   Mouse event has
-                                               occurred
-       mouse_info                minfo    Mi   Mouse status
-                                               information
diff --git a/screen-display.c b/screen-display.c
index 66cd4e1d..bf85f1e0 100644
--- a/screen-display.c
+++ b/screen-display.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: screen-display.c,v 1.12 2007-12-06 10:36:01 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: screen-display.c,v 1.13 2007-12-06 21:57:57 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -378,8 +378,8 @@ screen_display_insert_characters(struct screen *s, u_int px, u_int py, u_int nx)
 	}
 
 	memset(&s->grid_data[py][px], SCREEN_DEFDATA, nx);
-	memset(&s->grid_attr[py][px], SCREEN_DEFATTR, nx);
-	memset(&s->grid_colr[py][px], SCREEN_DEFCOLR, nx);
+	memset(&s->grid_attr[py][px], s->attr, nx);
+	memset(&s->grid_colr[py][px], s->colr, nx);
 }
 
 /* Delete characters. */
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@ screen_display_delete_characters(struct screen *s, u_int px, u_int py, u_int nx)
 	}
 
 	memset(&s->grid_data[py][screen_size_x(s) - nx], SCREEN_DEFDATA, nx);
-	memset(&s->grid_attr[py][screen_size_x(s) - nx], SCREEN_DEFATTR, nx);
-	memset(&s->grid_colr[py][screen_size_x(s) - nx], SCREEN_DEFCOLR, nx);
+	memset(&s->grid_attr[py][screen_size_x(s) - nx], s->attr, nx);
+	memset(&s->grid_colr[py][screen_size_x(s) - nx], s->colr, nx);
 }
 
 /* Fill cells from another screen, with an offset. */
diff --git a/screen.c b/screen.c
index 051d5ef5..89dd5d63 100644
--- a/screen.c
+++ b/screen.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: screen.c,v 1.56 2007-12-06 09:46:23 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: screen.c,v 1.57 2007-12-06 21:57:57 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -299,7 +299,8 @@ screen_set_cell(struct screen *s,
 {
 	if (cx >= s->grid_size[cy]) {
 		if (data == SCREEN_DEFDATA &&
-		    attr == SCREEN_DEFATTR && colr == SCREEN_DEFCOLR)
+		    attr == SCREEN_DEFATTR &&
+		    colr == SCREEN_DEFCOLR)
 			return;
 		screen_expand_line(s, cy, cx + 1);
 	}
@@ -333,6 +334,12 @@ screen_make_lines(struct screen *s, u_int py, u_int ny)
 		s->grid_colr[i] = NULL;
 		s->grid_size[i] = 0;
 	}
+
+	/* XXX should this be done in the callers? */
+	if (s->attr != SCREEN_DEFATTR || s->colr != SCREEN_DEFCOLR) {
+		screen_fill_area(s, 0, py,
+		    screen_size_x(s), ny, SCREEN_DEFDATA, s->attr, s->colr);
+	}
 }
 
 /* Free a range of ny lines at py. */
diff --git a/tmux.h b/tmux.h
index ac4e2986..e46abdf7 100644
--- a/tmux.h
+++ b/tmux.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: tmux.h,v 1.112 2007-12-06 18:28:55 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: tmux.h,v 1.113 2007-12-06 21:57:57 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ struct screen_write_ctx {
 /* Screen default contents. */
 #define SCREEN_DEFDATA ' '
 #define SCREEN_DEFATTR 0
-#define SCREEN_DEFCOLR 0x88
+#define SCREEN_DEFCOLR 0x70	/* white on black */
 
 /* Input parser sequence argument. */
 struct input_arg {
diff --git a/tty.c b/tty.c
index aca5ce46..f422b69a 100644
--- a/tty.c
+++ b/tty.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: tty.c,v 1.14 2007-12-06 21:26:22 nicm Exp $ */
+/* $Id: tty.c,v 1.15 2007-12-06 21:57:57 nicm Exp $ */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net>
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ tty_open(struct tty *tty, char **cause)
 	tty->in = buffer_create(BUFSIZ);
 	tty->out = buffer_create(BUFSIZ);
 
-	tty->attr = SCREEN_DEFATTR;
-	tty->colr = SCREEN_DEFCOLR;
+	tty->attr = 0;
+	tty->colr = 0x70;
 
 	tty_keys_init(tty);
 
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ tty_attributes(struct tty *tty, u_char attr, u_char colr)
 		    exit_alt_charset_mode != NULL)
 			tty_puts(tty, exit_alt_charset_mode);
 		tty_puts(tty, exit_attribute_mode);
-		tty->colr = 0x88;
+		tty->colr = 0x70;
 		tty->attr = 0;
 	}