diff --git a/src/changes.hh b/src/changes.hh
index 5ebb3ded..9d0328d4 100644
--- a/src/changes.hh
+++ b/src/changes.hh
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ void update_forward(ConstArrayView<Buffer::Change> changes, RangeContainer& rang
             changes_tracker.update(*it++);
     };
 
-    for (auto& range : ranges)
-        update_range(changes_tracker, range, advance_while_relevant);
+    auto range_it = std::lower_bound(ranges.begin(), ranges.end(), changes.front(),
+                                     [](auto& range, const Buffer::Change& change) { return get_last(range) < change.begin; });
+    for (auto end = ranges.end(); range_it != end; ++range_it)
+        update_range(changes_tracker, *range_it, advance_while_relevant);
 }
 
 template<typename RangeContainer>
diff --git a/src/highlighters.cc b/src/highlighters.cc
index c3b996a8..912c41fe 100644
--- a/src/highlighters.cc
+++ b/src/highlighters.cc
@@ -1523,14 +1523,16 @@ private:
 BufferCoord& get_first(RangeAndString& r) { return std::get<0>(r).first; }
 BufferCoord& get_last(RangeAndString& r) { return std::get<0>(r).last; }
 
+bool option_element_compare(RangeAndString const& lhs, RangeAndString const& rhs)
+{
+    return std::get<0>(lhs).first == std::get<0>(rhs).first ?
+        std::get<0>(lhs).last < std::get<0>(rhs).last
+      : std::get<0>(lhs).first < std::get<0>(rhs).first;
+}
+
 void option_list_postprocess(Vector<RangeAndString, MemoryDomain::Options>& opt)
 {
-    std::sort(opt.begin(), opt.end(),
-              [](auto& lhs, auto& rhs) {
-        return std::get<0>(lhs).first == std::get<0>(rhs).first ?
-            std::get<0>(lhs).last < std::get<0>(rhs).last
-          : std::get<0>(lhs).first < std::get<0>(rhs).first;
-    });
+    std::sort(opt.begin(), opt.end(), option_element_compare);
 }
 
 void option_update(RangeAndStringList& opt, const Context& context)
@@ -1538,6 +1540,19 @@ void option_update(RangeAndStringList& opt, const Context& context)
     update_ranges(context.buffer(), opt.prefix, opt.list);
 }
 
+bool option_add_from_strings(Vector<RangeAndString, MemoryDomain::Options>& opt, ConstArrayView<String> strs)
+{
+    auto vec = option_from_strings(Meta::Type<Vector<RangeAndString, MemoryDomain::Options>>{}, strs);
+    if (vec.empty())
+        return false;
+    auto middle = opt.insert(opt.end(),
+                             std::make_move_iterator(vec.begin()),
+                             std::make_move_iterator(vec.end()));
+    std::sort(middle, opt.end(), option_element_compare);
+    std::inplace_merge(opt.begin(), middle, opt.end(), option_element_compare);
+    return true;
+}
+
 struct RangesHighlighter : OptionBasedHighlighter<RangeAndStringList, RangesHighlighter>
 {
     using RangesHighlighter::OptionBasedHighlighter::OptionBasedHighlighter;
diff --git a/src/highlighters.hh b/src/highlighters.hh
index c635b8df..f68f0b26 100644
--- a/src/highlighters.hh
+++ b/src/highlighters.hh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ constexpr StringView option_type_name(Meta::Type<RangeAndStringList>)
 }
 void option_update(RangeAndStringList& opt, const Context& context);
 void option_list_postprocess(Vector<RangeAndString, MemoryDomain::Options>& opt);
+bool option_add_from_strings(Vector<RangeAndString, MemoryDomain::Options>& opt, ConstArrayView<String> strs);
 
 }