diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
deleted file mode 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-
-0.11
-----
-
-API changes:
- * Added `gotoBOF`, `gotoEOF`, `killToBOF`, and `killToEOF` functions
-   (thanks Itai Y. Efrat)
-
-0.10.1
-------
-
- * WordSpec: fix a test verification bug (fixed #11)
- * WordSpec: generation of random text should never include newlines
-
-0.10
-----
-
-- Integrated word editing and navigation functions
-  courtesy of Hans-Peter Deifel's hledger-iadd project (see
-  Data.Text.Zipper.Generic.Words)
-- Added currentChar, nextChar, and previousChar (thanks @kRITZCREEK)
-
-0.9
----
-
-- insertChar and insertMany now only insert printable characters and
-  newlines (subject to text zipper line limits)
-- The GenericTextZipper class now requires a new method,
-  toList :: a -> [Char]
-
-0.8.3
------
-
-- Fixed insertMany accidental addition of trailing newline
-
-0.8.2
------
-
-- Fixed insertMany for zippers with no line limit
-
-0.8.1
------
-
-- Added Github links and CHANGELOG to package
-
-0.8
----
-
-- Added 'transposeChars' function
-
-0.7.1
------
-
-- Generic: import everything from Monoid for older GHCs
-
-0.7
----
-
-- API changes: Add Generic module to abstract over text container types
-
-0.6.1
------
-
-- Make insertMany respect the zipper's line limit
-
-0.6
----
-
-- Add insertMany for faster bulk insertion
-
-0.5
----
-
-- Added killToBOL function (thanks Hans-Peter Deifel)
-- Enabled -Wall
-- Added dependency on deepseq
-- Added NFData instance for TextZipper
-
-0.4
----
-
-- Added clearZipper
-- Added isFirstLine (thanks Kwang Yul Seo)
-- Renamed lastLine to isLastLine (thanks Kwang Yul Seo)
-
-0.3.1
------
-
-- Fixed export of vectorZipper
-
-0.3
----
-
-- Added vectorZipper for zipping over vectors of characters
-
-0.2.1
------
-
-- Exported getLineLimit to permit obtaining a zipper's line limit
-
-0.2
----
-
-- Added support for limiting the number of lines in the zipper
-- insertChar "\n" is now equivalent to breakLine
-- Improved Show instance for TextZipper
-
-0.1.1
------
-
-- Updated package metadata
-
-0.1
----
-
-Initial release (originally split off from vty-ui)
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+
+0.13
+----
+
+Bug fixes:
+ * The zipper constructors now ignores non-printable characters (see
+   also #13)
+ * `insertMany` now no longer drops the input following a non-printable
+   character (#13)
+
+0.12
+----
+
+API changes:
+ * Added `moveCursorClosest` to allow cursor placement as near as
+   possible to a specified location.
+
+0.11
+----
+
+API changes:
+ * Added `gotoBOF`, `gotoEOF`, `killToBOF`, and `killToEOF` functions
+   (thanks Itai Y. Efrat)
+
+0.10.1
+------
+
+ * WordSpec: fix a test verification bug (fixed #11)
+ * WordSpec: generation of random text should never include newlines
+
+0.10
+----
+
+- Integrated word editing and navigation functions
+  courtesy of Hans-Peter Deifel's hledger-iadd project (see
+  Data.Text.Zipper.Generic.Words)
+- Added currentChar, nextChar, and previousChar (thanks @kRITZCREEK)
+
+0.9
+---
+
+- insertChar and insertMany now only insert printable characters and
+  newlines (subject to text zipper line limits)
+- The GenericTextZipper class now requires a new method,
+  toList :: a -> [Char]
+
+0.8.3
+-----
+
+- Fixed insertMany accidental addition of trailing newline
+
+0.8.2
+-----
+
+- Fixed insertMany for zippers with no line limit
+
+0.8.1
+-----
+
+- Added Github links and CHANGELOG to package
+
+0.8
+---
+
+- Added 'transposeChars' function
+
+0.7.1
+-----
+
+- Generic: import everything from Monoid for older GHCs
+
+0.7
+---
+
+- API changes: Add Generic module to abstract over text container types
+
+0.6.1
+-----
+
+- Make insertMany respect the zipper's line limit
+
+0.6
+---
+
+- Add insertMany for faster bulk insertion
+
+0.5
+---
+
+- Added killToBOL function (thanks Hans-Peter Deifel)
+- Enabled -Wall
+- Added dependency on deepseq
+- Added NFData instance for TextZipper
+
+0.4
+---
+
+- Added clearZipper
+- Added isFirstLine (thanks Kwang Yul Seo)
+- Renamed lastLine to isLastLine (thanks Kwang Yul Seo)
+
+0.3.1
+-----
+
+- Fixed export of vectorZipper
+
+0.3
+---
+
+- Added vectorZipper for zipping over vectors of characters
+
+0.2.1
+-----
+
+- Exported getLineLimit to permit obtaining a zipper's line limit
+
+0.2
+---
+
+- Added support for limiting the number of lines in the zipper
+- insertChar "\n" is now equivalent to breakLine
+- Improved Show instance for TextZipper
+
+0.1.1
+-----
+
+- Updated package metadata
+
+0.1
+---
+
+Initial release (originally split off from vty-ui)
diff --git a/src/Data/Text/Zipper.hs b/src/Data/Text/Zipper.hs
--- a/src/Data/Text/Zipper.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Text/Zipper.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
     -- * Navigation functions
     , moveCursor
+    , moveCursorClosest
     , moveRight
     , moveLeft
     , moveUp
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
 import Control.Applicative ((<$>))
 import Control.DeepSeq
 import Data.Char (isPrint)
+import Data.List (foldl')
 import Data.Monoid
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
@@ -145,7 +147,10 @@
         (first, rest) = if null limitedLs
                         then (mempty, mempty)
                         else (head limitedLs, tail limitedLs)
-    in TZ mempty first [] rest fromCh drp tk lngth lst int nl linesFunc toListF lmt
+        numLines = length ls
+        insertLine z (i, l) = (if i < numLines - 1 then breakLine else id) $ insertMany l z
+        loadInitial z = foldl' insertLine z $ zip [0..] (first:rest)
+    in loadInitial $ TZ mempty mempty mempty mempty fromCh drp tk lngth lst int nl linesFunc toListF lmt
 
 -- | Get the text contents of the zipper.
 getText :: (Monoid a) => TextZipper a -> [a]
@@ -185,6 +190,22 @@
                , toRight = drop_ tz col (t !! row)
                }
 
+-- | Move the cursor to the specified row and column. Invalid cursor
+-- positions will be reinterpreted as the closest valid position. Valid
+-- cursor positions range as described for 'cursorPosition'.
+moveCursorClosest :: (Monoid a) => (Int, Int) -> TextZipper a -> TextZipper a
+moveCursorClosest (row, col) tz =
+    let t = getText tz
+        bestRow = min (max 0 $ length t - 1) $ max 0 row
+        bestCol = if bestRow < length t
+                  then min (length_ tz (t !! bestRow)) $ max 0 col
+                  else 0
+    in tz { above = take bestRow t
+          , below = drop (bestRow + 1) t
+          , toLeft = take_ tz bestCol (t !! bestRow)
+          , toRight = drop_ tz bestCol (t !! bestRow)
+          }
+
 isFirstLine :: TextZipper a -> Bool
 isFirstLine = null . above
 
@@ -207,28 +228,19 @@
 -- Otherwise insert the character and move the cursor one position to
 -- the right.
 insertChar :: (Monoid a) => Char -> TextZipper a -> TextZipper a
-insertChar ch tz = maybe tz id $ insertChar_ ch tz
-
-insertChar_ :: (Monoid a) => Char -> TextZipper a -> Maybe (TextZipper a)
-insertChar_ ch tz
-    | ch == '\n' = breakLine_ tz
-    | isPrint ch = Just $ tz { toLeft = toLeft tz `mappend` (fromChar tz ch) }
-    | otherwise  = Nothing
+insertChar ch tz
+    | ch == '\n' = breakLine tz
+    | isPrint ch = tz { toLeft = toLeft tz `mappend` (fromChar tz ch) }
+    | otherwise  = tz
 
 -- | Insert many characters at the current cursor position. Move the
 -- cursor to the end of the inserted text.
 insertMany :: (Monoid a) => a -> TextZipper a -> TextZipper a
-insertMany str tz =
-    let go [] z = z
-        go (c:cs) z = maybe z (go cs) $ insertChar_ c z
-    in go (toList_ tz str) tz
+insertMany str tz = foldl' (flip insertChar) tz $ toList_ tz str
 
 -- | Insert a line break at the current cursor position.
 breakLine :: (Monoid a) => TextZipper a -> TextZipper a
-breakLine tz = maybe tz id $ breakLine_ tz
-
-breakLine_ :: (Monoid a) => TextZipper a -> Maybe (TextZipper a)
-breakLine_ tz =
+breakLine tz =
     -- Plus two because we count the current line and the line we are
     -- about to create; if that number of lines exceeds the limit,
     -- ignore this operation.
@@ -237,9 +249,9 @@
                       }
     in case lineLimit tz of
           Just lim -> if length (above tz) + length (below tz) + 2 > lim
-                      then Nothing
-                      else Just modified
-          Nothing -> Just modified
+                      then tz
+                      else modified
+          Nothing -> modified
 
 -- | Move the cursor to the end of the current line.
 gotoEOL :: (Monoid a) => TextZipper a -> TextZipper a
diff --git a/tests/WordsSpec.hs b/tests/WordsSpec.hs
--- a/tests/WordsSpec.hs
+++ b/tests/WordsSpec.hs
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
 module WordsSpec (spec) where
 
--- This test suite is Copyright (c) Hans-Peter Deifel
-
 import Test.Hspec
 import Test.QuickCheck
 
@@ -17,10 +15,30 @@
 
 spec :: Spec
 spec = do
+    constructorSpec
+    insertCharSpec
+    insertManySpec
     moveWordLeftSpec
     moveWordRightSpec
     deletePrevWordSpec
     deleteWordSpec
+
+constructorSpec :: Spec
+constructorSpec = describe "constructor" $ do
+    it "inserts only printable characters at construction time" $
+      (stringZipper ["abc\x1b def"] Nothing) `shouldBe` (stringZipper ["abc def"] Nothing)
+
+insertCharSpec :: Spec
+insertCharSpec = describe "insertChar" $ do
+    it "ignores an insert of a non-printable character" $
+      let z = stringZipper [] Nothing
+      in (insertChar '\x1b' z) `shouldBe` z
+
+insertManySpec :: Spec
+insertManySpec = describe "insertMany" $ do
+    it "ignores an insert of a non-printable character" $
+      let z = stringZipper ["abc"] Nothing
+      in (insertMany "ghi\x1bjkl" z) `shouldBe` (insertMany "ghijkl" z)
 
 moveWordLeftSpec :: Spec
 moveWordLeftSpec = describe "moveWordLeft" $ do
diff --git a/text-zipper.cabal b/text-zipper.cabal
--- a/text-zipper.cabal
+++ b/text-zipper.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                text-zipper
-version:             0.11
+version:             0.13
 synopsis:            A text editor zipper library
 description:         This library provides a zipper and API for editing text.
 license:             BSD3
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 category:            Text
 build-type:          Simple
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
-data-files:          CHANGELOG
+data-files:          CHANGELOG.md
 homepage:            https://github.com/jtdaugherty/text-zipper/
 bug-reports:         https://github.com/jtdaugherty/text-zipper/issues
 
