@@ -180,10 +180,13 @@ void run(){

 			search[search_size++] = ch;

 			search[search_size] = '\0';

 			run_search(search);

-		}else if(ch == 127){ /* DEL */

+		}else if(ch == 127 || ch == 8){ /* DEL || backspace */

 			if(search_size)

 				search[--search_size] = '\0';

 			run_search(search);

+		}else if(ch == 21){ /* C-U */

+			search_size = 0;

+			search[0] = '\0';

 		}else if(ch == 23){ /* C-W */

 			if(search_size)

 				search[--search_size] = '\0';