diff --git a/editor/imstate.fnl b/editor/imstate.fnl
index 88df89d..df74d1d 100644
--- a/editor/imstate.fnl
+++ b/editor/imstate.fnl
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 (local core (require :core))
+(local config (require :core.config))
 (local command (require :core.command))
 (local keymap (require :core.keymap))
 (local style (require :core.style))
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@
   (command.add #(not= (-?> core.active_view.imstate (. :focus)) nil) commands)
   (keymap.add keymaps))
 
-(register-keys [:backspace :delete :left :right :shift+left :shift+right :home :end :shift+home :shift+end])
+(register-keys [:backspace :delete :left :right :shift+left :shift+right :home :end :shift+home :shift+end
+                :ctrl+left :ctrl+right :ctrl+shift+left :ctrl+shift+right :ctrl+c :ctrl+v])
 
 (fn cmd-predicate [p]
   (var p-fn p)
@@ -103,19 +105,36 @@
   (if (or (<= x xMid) (= s "")) i
       (i-from-x (s:sub 2) x (+ xLeft w) font (+ i 1))))
 
+(fn next-match [text i di pred]
+  (local imax (+ (length text) 1))
+  (local inext (+ i di))
+  (if (<= inext 1) 1
+      (> inext imax) imax
+      (pred (text:sub inext inext)) (if (< di 0) i inext)
+    (next-match text inext di pred)))
+(fn is-nonword-char [char] (config.non_word_chars:find char nil true))
+(fn next-word [text i di]
+  (let [iwordboundary (next-match text i di #(is-nonword-char $1))]
+    (next-match text iwordboundary di #(not (is-nonword-char $1)))))
+
 (fn textnav [key i text]
   (local imax (+ (length text) 1))
   (match key
-    :left  (math.max 1 (- i 1))
-    :right (math.min imax (+ i 1))
-    :home  1
-    :end   imax))
+    :left       (math.max 1 (- i 1))
+    :right      (math.min imax (+ i 1))
+    :ctrl+left  (next-word text i -1)
+    :ctrl+right (next-word text i 1)
+    :home       1
+    :end        imax))
 
 (fn selection-span [view]
   (let [f       view.imstate.focus
         iStart  (math.min f.i f.iAnchor)
         iLim    (math.max f.i f.iAnchor)]
     (values iStart iLim)))
+(fn selection-text [view text]
+  (local (iStart iLim) (selection-span view))
+  (text:sub iStart (- iLim 1)))
 
 (fn replace-selection [view s replacement ?iStart ?iLim]
   (local (iStart iLim) (if ?iLim (values ?iStart ?iLim) (selection-span view)))
@@ -139,20 +158,19 @@
       (set textNew (replace-selection view textNew view.imstate.text)))
     (each [_ key (ipairs (or view.imstate.keys []))]
       (set view.imstate.focus.blink (love.timer.getTime))
-      (if (= (key:sub 1 6) "shift+")
-        (set f.i (or (textnav (key:sub 7) f.i textNew) f.i))
+      (if (= key :ctrl+c) (system.set_clipboard (selection-text view textNew))
+          (= key :ctrl+v) (set textNew (replace-selection view textNew (system.get_clipboard)))
+          (key:find "shift%+") (set f.i (or (textnav (key:gsub "shift%+" "") f.i textNew) f.i))
         (let [iNav (textnav key f.i textNew)]
           (when iNav
             (set f.i iNav)
             (set f.iAnchor iNav))
-          (if (= f.i f.iAnchor)
-            (set textNew
-              (match key
-                :delete                  (replace-selection view textNew "" f.i (+ f.i 1))
-                (:backspace ? (> f.i 1)) (replace-selection view textNew "" (- f.i 1) f.i)
-                _                        textNew))
-            (when (or (= key :delete) (= key :backspace))
-              (set textNew (replace-selection view textNew ""))))))))
+          (when (or (= key :delete) (= key :backspace))
+            (local (iStartDel iLimDel)
+              (if (not= f.i f.iAnchor) (selection-span view)
+                  (= key :delete)      (values f.i (+ f.i 1))
+                  (= key :backspace)   (values (math.max 1 (- f.i 1)) f.i)))
+            (set textNew (replace-selection view textNew "" iStartDel iLimDel)))))))
 
   ; handle mouse events
   (when (mouse-inside x y w h) (set view.cursor :ibeam))
diff --git a/game/tiles.fnl b/game/tiles.fnl
index d961e58..e279f21 100644
--- a/game/tiles.fnl
+++ b/game/tiles.fnl
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
     (org:append [:bytes tile.gfx])))
 
 (fn appendmaps [org]
-  (local map (: (util.readjson "game/map00001.json") :fromhex))
-  (org:append :map [:bytes map]))
+  (local map (util.readjson "game/map00001.json"))
+  (org:append :map [:bytes (map.map:fromhex)]))
 
 {: loadtiles : savetiles : appendtiles : appendmaps : flags}