diff --git a/caca/driver_slang.c b/caca/driver_slang.c
index c7a9d3a..016346d 100644
--- a/caca/driver_slang.c
+++ b/caca/driver_slang.c
@@ -211,17 +211,16 @@ static void slang_display(caca_display_t *dp)
             uint32_t ch = *chars++;
 
 #if defined(OPTIMISE_SLANG_PALETTE)
+            /* If foreground == background, just don't use this colour
+             * pair, and print a space instead of the real character.
+             * XXX: disabled, because I can't remember what it was
+             * here for, and in cases where SLang does not render
+             * bright backgrounds, it's just fucked up. */
+#if 0
             uint8_t fgcolor = _cucul_argb32_to_ansi4fg(*attr);
             uint8_t bgcolor = _cucul_argb32_to_ansi4bg(*attr);
 
-            /* If foreground == background, just don't use this colour
-             * pair, and print a space instead of the real character. */
-            if(fgcolor != bgcolor)
-            {
-                SLsmg_set_color(slang_assoc[_cucul_argb32_to_ansi8(*attr++)]);
-                slang_write_utf32(ch);
-            }
-            else
+            if(fgcolor == bgcolor)
             {
                 if(fgcolor == CUCUL_COLOR_BLACK)
                     fgcolor = CUCUL_COLOR_WHITE;
@@ -234,6 +233,12 @@ static void slang_display(caca_display_t *dp)
                 SLsmg_write_char(' ');
                 attr++;
             }
+            else
+#endif
+            {
+                SLsmg_set_color(slang_assoc[_cucul_argb32_to_ansi8(*attr++)]);
+                slang_write_utf32(ch);
+            }
 #else
             SLsmg_set_color(_cucul_argb32_to_ansi8(*attr++));
             slang_write_utf32(ch);
@@ -285,6 +290,41 @@ static int slang_get_event(caca_display_t *dp, caca_event_t *ev)
         return 1;
     }
 
+    /* If the key was UTF-8, parse the whole sequence */
+    if(intkey >= 0x80 && intkey < 0x100)
+    {
+        int keys[7]; /* Necessary for ungetkey(); */
+        char utf8[7];
+        uint32_t utf32;
+        unsigned int i, bytes = 0;
+
+        keys[0] = intkey;
+        utf8[0] = intkey;
+
+        for(i = 1; i < 6; i++)
+        {
+            if(!SLang_input_pending(0))
+                break;
+            keys[i] = SLang_getkey();
+            utf8[i] = (unsigned char)keys[i];
+        }
+
+        utf8[i] = '\0';
+        utf32 = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(utf8, &bytes);
+
+        while(i > bytes)
+            SLang_ungetkey(keys[--i]);
+
+        if(bytes)
+        {
+            ev->type = CACA_EVENT_KEY_PRESS;
+            ev->data.key.ch = 0;
+            ev->data.key.utf32 = utf32;
+            strcpy(ev->data.key.utf8, utf8);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+
     if(intkey == 0x3e9)
     {
         int button = (SLang_getkey() - ' ' + 1) & 0xf;
@@ -338,7 +378,9 @@ static int slang_get_event(caca_display_t *dp, caca_event_t *ev)
         case SL_KEY_F(11): ev->data.key.ch = CACA_KEY_F11; break;
         case SL_KEY_F(12): ev->data.key.ch = CACA_KEY_F12; break;
 
-        default: ev->type = CACA_EVENT_NONE; return 0;
+        default:
+            /* Unknown key */
+            ev->type = CACA_EVENT_NONE; return 0;
     }
 
     ev->type = CACA_EVENT_KEY_PRESS;
diff --git a/cucul/box.c b/cucul/box.c
index 6302a33..c2703dc 100644
--- a/cucul/box.c
+++ b/cucul/box.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ int cucul_fill_box(cucul_canvas_t *cv, int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2,
     if(x2 > xmax) x2 = xmax;
     if(y2 > ymax) y2 = ymax;
 
-    ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str);
+    ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str, NULL);
 
     for(y = y1; y <= y2; y++)
         for(x = x1; x <= x2; x++)
diff --git a/cucul/canvas.c b/cucul/canvas.c
index a43a229..012054c 100644
--- a/cucul/canvas.c
+++ b/cucul/canvas.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ int cucul_putstr(cucul_canvas_t *cv, int x, int y, char const *s)
 
     while(len)
     {
-        *chars++ = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(s);
+        *chars++ = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(s, NULL);
         *attr++ = (cv->bgcolor << 16) | cv->fgcolor;
 
         s = _cucul_skip_utf8(s, 1);
diff --git a/cucul/charset.c b/cucul/charset.c
index aae4ab8..b1a4958 100644
--- a/cucul/charset.c
+++ b/cucul/charset.c
@@ -95,31 +95,45 @@ static uint32_t const cp437_lookup2[] =
 /** \brief Convert a UTF-8 character to UTF-32.
  *
  *  This function converts a UTF-8 character read from a string and returns
- *  its value in the UTF-32 character set.
+ *  its value in the UTF-32 character set. If the second argument is not null,
+ *  the total number of read bytes is written in it.
+ *
+ *  If a null byte was reached before the expected end of the UTF-8 sequence,
+ *  this function returns zero and the number of read bytes is set to zero.
  *
  *  This function never fails, but its behaviour with illegal UTF-8 sequences
  *  is undefined.
  *
  *  \param s A string containing the UTF-8 character.
- *  \return The corresponding UTF-32 character.
+ *  \param read A pointer to an unsigned integer to store the number of
+ *  bytes in the character, or NULL.
+ *  \return The corresponding UTF-32 character, or zero if the character
+ *  is incomplete.
  */
-unsigned long int cucul_utf8_to_utf32(char const *s)
+unsigned long int cucul_utf8_to_utf32(char const *s, unsigned int *read)
 {
-    int bytes = trailing[(int)(unsigned char)*s];
+    unsigned int bytes = trailing[(int)(unsigned char)*s];
+    unsigned int i = 0;
     uint32_t ret = 0;
 
-    switch(bytes)
+    for(;;)
     {
-        /* FIXME: do something for invalid sequences (4 and 5) */
-        case 3: ret += (uint8_t)*s++; ret <<= 6;
-        case 2: ret += (uint8_t)*s++; ret <<= 6;
-        case 1: ret += (uint8_t)*s++; ret <<= 6;
-        case 0: ret += (uint8_t)*s++;
+        if(!*s)
+        {
+            if(read)
+                *read = 0;
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        ret += ((uint32_t)(unsigned char)*s++) << (6 * (bytes - i));
+
+        if(bytes == i++)
+        {
+            if(read)
+                *read = i;
+            return ret - offsets[bytes];
+        }
     }
-
-    ret -= offsets[bytes];
-
-    return ret;
 }
 
 /** \brief Convert a UTF-32 character to UTF-8.
diff --git a/cucul/conic.c b/cucul/conic.c
index 6ca7183..bc07719 100644
--- a/cucul/conic.c
+++ b/cucul/conic.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static void ellipsepoints(cucul_canvas_t *, int, int, int, int, uint32_t);
 int cucul_draw_circle(cucul_canvas_t *cv, int x, int y, int r, char const *str)
 {
     int test, dx, dy;
-    uint32_t ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str);
+    uint32_t ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str, NULL);
 
     /* Optimized Bresenham. Kick ass. */
     for(test = 0, dx = 0, dy = r ; dx <= dy ; dx++)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ int cucul_draw_ellipse(cucul_canvas_t *cv, int xo, int yo, int a, int b,
     int x = 0;
     int y = b;
     int d1 = b*b - (a*a*b) + (a*a/4);
-    uint32_t ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str);
+    uint32_t ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str, NULL);
 
     ellipsepoints(cv, xo, yo, x, y, ch);
 
diff --git a/cucul/cucul.h b/cucul/cucul.h
index e55f45e..2fed11d 100644
--- a/cucul/cucul.h
+++ b/cucul/cucul.h
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ int cucul_rotate(cucul_canvas_t *);
  *  These functions perform conversions between usual character sets.
  *
  *  @{ */
-extern unsigned long int cucul_utf8_to_utf32(char const *);
+extern unsigned long int cucul_utf8_to_utf32(char const *, unsigned int *);
 extern unsigned int cucul_utf32_to_utf8(char *, unsigned long int);
 extern unsigned char cucul_utf32_to_cp437(unsigned long int);
 extern unsigned long int cucul_cp437_to_utf32(unsigned char);
diff --git a/cucul/line.c b/cucul/line.c
index 0e558d7..19c3782 100644
--- a/cucul/line.c
+++ b/cucul/line.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int cucul_draw_line(cucul_canvas_t *cv, int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2,
     s.y1 = y1;
     s.x2 = x2;
     s.y2 = y2;
-    s.ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str);
+    s.ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str, NULL);
     s.draw = draw_solid_line;
     clip_line(cv, &s);
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ int cucul_draw_polyline(cucul_canvas_t *cv, int const x[], int const y[],
 {
     int i;
     struct line s;
-    s.ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str);
+    s.ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str, NULL);
     s.draw = draw_solid_line;
 
     for(i = 0; i < n; i++)
diff --git a/cucul/triangle.c b/cucul/triangle.c
index 6e13a9d..6d787cb 100644
--- a/cucul/triangle.c
+++ b/cucul/triangle.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ int cucul_fill_triangle(cucul_canvas_t *cv, int x1, int y1, int x2, int y2,
     xmax = cv->width - 1;
     ymax = cv->height - 1;
 
-    ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str);
+    ch = cucul_utf8_to_utf32(str, NULL);
 
     /* Rasterize our triangle */
     for(y = y1 < 0 ? 0 : y1; y <= y3 && y <= ymax; y++)