diff --git a/src/ai/__pycache__/tui.cpython-313.pyc b/src/ai/__pycache__/tui.cpython-313.pyc
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diff --git a/src/ai/tui.py b/src/ai/tui.py
index 15ba718..c0a8876 100644
--- a/src/ai/tui.py
+++ b/src/ai/tui.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class App:
             attr = curses.color_pair(1 if role == "user" else 2) if curses.has_colors() else 0
             screen.addnstr(y, 0, line, max(0, width), attr)
 
-        # Draw a cursor in history when history has focus.
+        # Draw history cursor and character-level block selection.
         if self.focus == "history" and chat:
             self.history_cursor = max(0, min(self.history_cursor, len(chat) - 1))
             row = self.history_cursor - start + 1
@@ -174,7 +174,18 @@ class App:
                 line = chat[self.history_cursor][1]
                 col = max(0, min(self.history_col, len(line)))
                 try:
-                    screen.chgat(row, 0, min(width, max(1, len(line))), curses.A_REVERSE)
+                    if self.history_mark is not None:
+                        a = self.history_mark
+                        b = (self.history_cursor, self.history_col)
+                        if a > b:
+                            a, b = b, a
+                        for r in range(a[0], min(b[0] + 1, len(chat))):
+                            if r < start or r >= start + chat_available:
+                                continue
+                            lo = a[1] if r == a[0] else 0
+                            hi = b[1] if r == b[0] else len(chat[r][1])
+                            if hi > lo:
+                                screen.chgat(r - start + 1, lo, min(width - lo, hi - lo), curses.A_REVERSE)
                     screen.move(row, min(width - 1, col))
                 except curses.error:
                     pass
@@ -267,11 +278,55 @@ class App:
     def move_input(self, direction):
         if direction == "left" and self.cursor > 0:
             self.cursor -= 1
-        elif direction == "right" and self.cursor < len(self.input):
+            return
+        if direction == "right" and self.cursor < len(self.input):
             self.cursor += 1
-        elif direction in ("up", "down"):
-            line, col = self.line_col()
-            self.cursor = self.cursor_from_line_col(line + (1 if direction == "down" else -1), col)
+            return
+        if direction not in ("up", "down"):
+            return
+
+        # Move by *visual* terminal lines, not logical newline-separated
+        # lines. This makes Up/Down behave like a normal terminal editor:
+        # one press moves roughly one screen width while keeping the column.
+        width = max(1, self.s.getmaxyx()[1])
+        rendered, (row, col) = self.input_lines(width)
+        target = row + (-1 if direction == "up" else 1)
+        if target < 0 or target >= len(rendered):
+            return
+
+        # All input lines use a two-character prefix ("> " / "  ").
+        # Convert the visual column back to a character offset in that line.
+        prefix_len = len(rendered[target][0])
+        target_text_col = max(0, col - prefix_len)
+
+        # Walk the input using the same wrapping rules as input_lines().
+        # Build visual chunks and their character ranges.
+        chunks = []
+        pos = 0
+        logical_lines = self.input.split("\n")
+        first_width = max(1, width - 2)
+        rest_width = max(1, width - 2)
+        for li, logical in enumerate(logical_lines):
+            if logical == "":
+                chunks.append((li, pos, pos, 2))
+            else:
+                remaining = logical
+                local = pos
+                first = True
+                while remaining:
+                    n = first_width if first else rest_width
+                    piece = remaining[:n]
+                    chunks.append((li, local, local + len(piece), 2))
+                    local += len(piece)
+                    remaining = remaining[len(piece):]
+                    first = False
+            pos += len(logical) + 1
+
+        if target >= len(chunks):
+            self.cursor = len(self.input)
+            return
+        _, start, end, _ = chunks[target]
+        self.cursor = min(end, start + target_text_col)
 
     def insert(self, text):
         self.input = self.input[:self.cursor] + text + self.input[self.cursor:]
@@ -338,19 +393,40 @@ class App:
         lines = self.chat_lines(self.display_messages(), max(1, self.s.getmaxyx()[1]))
         if not lines:
             return
+        row = self.history_cursor
+        col = self.history_col
         if key == curses.KEY_UP:
-            self.history_cursor = max(0, self.history_cursor - 1)
+            if row > 0:
+                row -= 1
+                col = min(col, len(lines[row][1]))
         elif key == curses.KEY_DOWN:
-            self.history_cursor = min(len(lines) - 1, self.history_cursor + 1)
+            if row < len(lines) - 1:
+                row += 1
+                col = min(col, len(lines[row][1]))
         elif key == curses.KEY_LEFT:
-            self.history_col = max(0, self.history_col - 1)
+            if col > 0:
+                col -= 1
+            elif row > 0:
+                row -= 1
+                col = len(lines[row][1])
         elif key == curses.KEY_RIGHT:
-            self.history_col = min(len(lines[self.history_cursor][1]), self.history_col + 1)
+            if col < len(lines[row][1]):
+                col += 1
+            elif row < len(lines) - 1:
+                row += 1
+                col = 0
         elif key == curses.KEY_PPAGE:
-            self.history_cursor = max(0, self.history_cursor - 5)
+            row = max(0, row - 5)
+            col = min(col, len(lines[row][1]))
         elif key == curses.KEY_NPAGE:
-            self.history_cursor = min(len(lines) - 1, self.history_cursor + 5)
-        self.scroll = max(0, self.history_cursor - 2)
+            row = min(len(lines) - 1, row + 5)
+            col = min(col, len(lines[row][1]))
+        self.history_cursor = row
+        self.history_col = col
+        height, width = self.s.getmaxyx()
+        input_height = min(max(1, height - 4), self.input_visual_height(max(1, width)))
+        available = max(1, height - 3 - input_height)
+        self.scroll = max(0, min(self.history_cursor, max(0, len(lines) - available)))
 
     def history_mark_start(self):
         self.history_mark = (self.history_cursor, self.history_col)
@@ -379,12 +455,34 @@ class App:
         self.send_osc52(self.kill_buffer)
 
     def send_osc52(self, text):
-        # OSC 52 lets compatible terminals copy the selected history text
-        # to the system clipboard. Unsupported terminals simply ignore it.
+        # Keep a persistent clipboard for local/embedded terminals and also
+        # offer the terminal emulator clipboard through OSC 52 when supported.
         import base64
+        import os
+        import shutil
+        import subprocess
+
+        try:
+            clip = Path.home() / ".ai" / "clipboard"
+            clip.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+            clip.write_text(text, encoding="utf-8")
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
+        for command in (("wl-copy",), ("xclip", "-selection", "clipboard"),
+                        ("xsel", "--clipboard", "--input")):
+            if shutil.which(command[0]):
+                try:
+                    subprocess.run(command, input=text, text=True,
+                                   stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL,
+                                   stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, check=False)
+                    break
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+
         data = base64.b64encode(text.encode("utf-8")).decode("ascii")
         try:
-            print(f"\033]52;c;{data}\a", end="", flush=True)
+            os.write(1, f"\033]52;c;{data}\a".encode("ascii"))
         except Exception:
             pass
 
@@ -443,11 +541,13 @@ class App:
     def handle_key(self, key):
         if self.prefix_ctrl_b:
             self.prefix_ctrl_b = False
-            if key == curses.KEY_UP:
-                self.history_focus("up")
-                return
-            if key == curses.KEY_DOWN:
-                self.history_focus("down")
+            if key in (curses.KEY_UP, curses.KEY_DOWN):
+                if self.focus == "history":
+                    # Ctrl-B + arrow returns to the input field.  Ctrl-B
+                    # + arrow from the input enters history.
+                    self.return_to_input()
+                else:
+                    self.history_focus("up" if key == curses.KEY_UP else "down")
                 return
             if key == "b":
                 self.prefix_ctrl_b = True