diff --git a/rc/base/lint.kak b/rc/base/lint.kak
index 86f4543d..ff3a8b47 100644
--- a/rc/base/lint.kak
+++ b/rc/base/lint.kak
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def lint -docstring 'Parse the current buffer with a linter' %{
 
         { # do the parsing in the background and when ready send to the session
 
-        eval "$kak_opt_lintcmd '$dir'/buf" | sort -t: -k2 -n > "$dir"/stderr
+        eval "$kak_opt_lintcmd '$dir'/buf" | sort -t: -k2,2 -n > "$dir"/stderr
         printf '%s\n' "eval -client $kak_client echo 'linting done'" | kak -p "$kak_session"
 
         # Flags for the gutter:
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ def lint -docstring 'Parse the current buffer with a linter' %{
             }
             END {
                 print "set \"buffer=" file "\" lint_flags  %{" stamp ":" substr(flags,  1, length(flags)-1)  "}"
-                print "set \"buffer=" file "\" lint_errors %{"           substr(errors, 1, length(errors)-1) "}"
+                errors = substr(errors, 1, length(errors)-1)
+                gsub("~", "\\~", errors)
+                print "set \"buffer=" file "\" lint_errors %~" errors "~"
             }
         ' "$dir"/stderr | kak -p "$kak_session"
 
@@ -68,7 +70,6 @@ def -hidden lint-show %{ %sh{
 def lint-enable -docstring "Activate automatic diagnostics of the code" %{
     addhl flag_lines default lint_flags
     hook window -group lint-diagnostics NormalIdle .* %{ lint-show }
-    hook window -group lint-diagnostics WinSetOption ^lint_errors=.* %{ info; lint-show }
 }
 
 def lint-disable -docstring "Disable automatic diagnostics of the code" %{
@@ -98,3 +99,26 @@ def lint-next -docstring "Jump to the next line that contains an error" %{ %sh{
         printf '%s\n' "select $candidate.$col,$candidate.$col"
     }
 }}
+
+def lint-prev -docstring "Jump to the previous line that contains an error" %{ %sh{
+    printf '%s\n' "$kak_opt_lint_errors" | sort -t, -k1,1 -rn | {
+        while read -r line
+        do
+            coords=$(printf %s "$line" | cut -d, -f1,2)
+            candidate="${coords%,*}"
+            if [ "$candidate" -lt "$kak_cursor_line" ]
+            then
+                break
+            fi
+        done
+        if [ "$candidate" -lt "$kak_cursor_line" ]
+        then
+            col="${coords#*,}"
+        else
+            last=$(printf '%s\n' "$kak_opt_lint_errors" | tail -n1)
+            candidate=$(printf '%s\n' "$last" | cut -d, -f1)
+            col=$(printf '%s\n' "$last" | cut -d, -f2)
+        fi
+        printf '%s\n' "select $candidate.$col,$candidate.$col"
+    }
+}}