diff --git a/Donators b/Donators
index b519261a..cc072a07 100644
--- a/Donators
+++ b/Donators
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 * Albert Menkveld
 * Ian Taylor
 * Thomas Svensen
+* Ramana Kumar
 
 I want to say a big <b>THANK YOU</b> for all people which supported this project in this way.
 </pre>
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 6e135d35..c33ffb29 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 2007-xx-xx:
 	* version 0.6
 	* THIS VERSION ONLY WORKS WITH FIREFOX 3.0
+	* new :redraw and Ctrl-L commands for forced redrawing of the screen
 	* added new 'laststatus' option and removed "s" value from 'guioptions'
 	* Tab-completion improvements for :javascript and :open
 	* IMPORTANT: changed semantics of :echo and :echoerr: Strings must be quoted with " or ' now,
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@
 	  behaviour of the message list pager 
 	* added 'hlsearchstyle' option to allow for user CSS styling of the
 	  highlighted text strings when 'hlsearch' is set
-	* added 'linksearch' option to restrict page searches to link text - \U
-	  and \u can be used in the search pattern to override 'linksearch'
+	* added 'linksearch' option to restrict page searches to link text - \L
+	  and \l can be used in the search pattern to override 'linksearch'
 	* improvements for scrollable -- more -- prompt
 	* changed 'I' key to Ctrl-Q to also work in textboxes
 	* sites like msn.com or yahoo.com don't focus search field anymore on keydown
diff --git a/content/commands.js b/content/commands.js
index f9f08af2..46f0d0ae 100644
--- a/content/commands.js
+++ b/content/commands.js
@@ -1051,6 +1051,18 @@ function Commands() //{{{
             help: "Quit Vimperator, no matter how many tabs/windows are open. The session is not stored."
         }
     ));
+    addDefaultCommand(new Command(["redr[aw]"],
+        function()
+        {
+            var wu = window.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIInterfaceRequestor).
+                            getInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIDOMWindowUtils);
+            wu.redraw();
+        },
+        {
+            short_help: "Redraw the screen",
+            help: "Useful to update the screen halfway executing a script or function."
+        }
+    ));
     addDefaultCommand(new Command(["re[load]"],
         function(args, special) { vimperator.tabs.reload(getBrowser().mCurrentTab, special); },
         {
diff --git a/content/find.js b/content/find.js
index 1ca6095d..2109030f 100644
--- a/content/find.js
+++ b/content/find.js
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ function Search() //{{{
 
         search_pattern = pattern;
 
-        // links only search - \u wins if both modifiers specified
-        if (/\\u/.test(pattern))
+        // links only search - \l wins if both modifiers specified
+        if (/\\l/.test(pattern))
             links_only = false;
-        else if (/\U/.test(pattern))
+        else if (/\L/.test(pattern))
             links_only = true;
         else if (vimperator.options["linksearch"])
             links_only = true;
diff --git a/content/mappings.js b/content/mappings.js
index 58297091..51fe9b37 100644
--- a/content/mappings.js
+++ b/content/mappings.js
@@ -628,6 +628,14 @@ function Mappings() //{{{
                   "Whether the new buffer is activated, depends on the <code class=\"option\">'activate'</code> option."
         }
     ));
+    addDefaultMap(new Map([vimperator.modes.NORMAL], ["<C-l>"],
+        function(count) { vimperator.commands.redraw(); },
+        {
+            short_help: "Redraw the screen",
+            help: "Works like <code class=\"command\">:redraw</code>.",
+            flags: Mappings.flags.COUNT
+        }
+    ));
     addDefaultMap(new Map([vimperator.modes.NORMAL], ["r"],
         function() { vimperator.tabs.reload(getBrowser().mCurrentTab, false); },
         {