diff --git a/src/editor.cc b/src/editor.cc
index 4f925374..95b4c0f5 100644
--- a/src/editor.cc
+++ b/src/editor.cc
@@ -17,20 +17,6 @@ Editor::Editor(Buffer& buffer)
       m_selections(buffer, { {{},{}} })
 {}
 
-void avoid_eol(const Buffer& buffer, BufferCoord& coord)
-{
-    const auto column = coord.column;
-    const auto& line = buffer[coord.line];
-    if (column != 0 and column == line.length() - 1)
-        coord.column = line.byte_count_to(line.char_length() - 2);
-}
-
-void avoid_eol(const Buffer& buffer, Range& sel)
-{
-    avoid_eol(buffer, sel.first());
-    avoid_eol(buffer, sel.last());
-}
-
 void Editor::erase()
 {
     scoped_edition edition(*this);
@@ -165,48 +151,6 @@ void Editor::move_selections(LineCount offset, SelectMode mode)
     m_selections.sort_and_merge_overlapping();
 }
 
-void Editor::clear_selections()
-{
-    auto& sel = m_selections.main();
-    auto& pos = sel.last();
-    avoid_eol(*m_buffer, pos);
-    sel.first() = pos;
-
-    m_selections = SelectionList{ std::move(sel) };
-    check_invariant();
-}
-
-void Editor::flip_selections()
-{
-    for (auto& sel : m_selections)
-        std::swap(sel.first(), sel.last());
-    check_invariant();
-}
-
-void Editor::keep_selection(int index)
-{
-    if (index < m_selections.size())
-    {
-        size_t real_index = (index + m_selections.main_index() + 1) % m_selections.size();
-        m_selections = SelectionList{ std::move(m_selections[real_index]) };
-    }
-    check_invariant();
-}
-
-void Editor::remove_selection(int index)
-{
-    if (m_selections.size() > 1 and index < m_selections.size())
-    {
-        size_t real_index = (index + m_selections.main_index() + 1) % m_selections.size();
-        m_selections.erase(m_selections.begin() + real_index);
-        size_t main_index = m_selections.main_index();
-        if (real_index <= main_index)
-            m_selections.set_main_index((main_index > 0 ? main_index
-                                         : m_selections.size()) - 1);
-    }
-    check_invariant();
-}
-
 void Editor::select(const Selection& selection, SelectMode mode)
 {
     if (mode == SelectMode::Replace)
diff --git a/src/editor.hh b/src/editor.hh
index 16e4eb2b..f3076ad1 100644
--- a/src/editor.hh
+++ b/src/editor.hh
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ public:
                          SelectMode mode = SelectMode::Replace);
     void move_selections(CharCount move,
                          SelectMode mode = SelectMode::Replace);
-    void clear_selections();
-    void flip_selections();
-    void keep_selection(int index);
-    void remove_selection(int index);
     void select(BufferCoord c, SelectMode mode = SelectMode::Replace)
     { select(Selection{ buffer().clamp(c) }, mode); }
     void select(const Selection& sel,
diff --git a/src/normal.cc b/src/normal.cc
index 148b0369..219df354 100644
--- a/src/normal.cc
+++ b/src/normal.cc
@@ -1055,10 +1055,10 @@ KeyMap keymap =
 
     { ':', command },
     { '|', pipe },
-    { ' ', [](Context& context, int count) { if (count == 0) context.editor().clear_selections();
-                                                                       else context.editor().keep_selection(count-1); } },
-    { alt(' '), [](Context& context, int count) { if (count == 0) context.editor().flip_selections();
-                                                                       else context.editor().remove_selection(count-1); } },
+    { ' ', [](Context& context, int count) { if (count == 0) context.editor().select(clear_selections);
+                                             else context.editor().select(std::bind(keep_selection, _1, _2, count-1)); } },
+    { alt(' '), [](Context& context, int count) { if (count == 0) context.editor().select(flip_selections);
+                                                                       else context.editor().select(std::bind(remove_selection, _1, _2, count-1)); } },
     { 'w', repeated(select<SelectMode::Replace>(select_to_next_word<Word>)) },
     { 'e', repeated(select<SelectMode::Replace>(select_to_next_word_end<Word>)) },
     { 'b', repeated(select<SelectMode::Replace>(select_to_previous_word<Word>)) },
diff --git a/src/selection.hh b/src/selection.hh
index 6dae9e95..cd60f87d 100644
--- a/src/selection.hh
+++ b/src/selection.hh
@@ -51,6 +51,21 @@ inline BufferIterator erase(Buffer& buffer, const Range& range)
                         utf8::next(buffer.iterator_at(range.max())));
 }
 
+inline void avoid_eol(const Buffer& buffer, BufferCoord& coord)
+{
+    const auto column = coord.column;
+    const auto& line = buffer[coord.line];
+    if (column != 0 and column == line.length() - 1)
+        coord.column = line.byte_count_to(line.char_length() - 2);
+}
+
+inline void avoid_eol(const Buffer& buffer, Range& sel)
+{
+    avoid_eol(buffer, sel.first());
+    avoid_eol(buffer, sel.last());
+}
+
+
 using CaptureList = std::vector<String>;
 
 // A selection is a Range, associated with a CaptureList
diff --git a/src/selectors.cc b/src/selectors.cc
index ac5523e7..dee4d1ef 100644
--- a/src/selectors.cc
+++ b/src/selectors.cc
@@ -626,6 +626,7 @@ void select_all_matches(const Buffer& buffer, SelectionList& selections,
     }
     if (result.empty())
         throw runtime_error("nothing selected");
+    result.set_main_index(result.size() - 1);
     selections = std::move(result);
 }
 
@@ -650,6 +651,7 @@ void split_selection(const Buffer& buffer, SelectionList& selections,
         }
         result.emplace_back(begin.coord(), sel.max());
     }
+    result.set_main_index(result.size() - 1);
     selections = std::move(result);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/selectors.hh b/src/selectors.hh
index 4005a716..64887e31 100644
--- a/src/selectors.hh
+++ b/src/selectors.hh
@@ -8,6 +8,47 @@
 namespace Kakoune
 {
 
+inline void clear_selections(const Buffer& buffer, SelectionList& selections)
+{
+    auto& sel = selections.main();
+    auto& pos = sel.last();
+    avoid_eol(buffer, pos);
+    sel.first() = pos;
+
+    selections = SelectionList{ std::move(sel) };
+}
+
+inline void flip_selections(const Buffer&, SelectionList& selections)
+{
+    for (auto& sel : selections)
+        std::swap(sel.first(), sel.last());
+    selections.check_invariant();
+}
+
+inline void keep_selection(const Buffer&, SelectionList& selections, int index)
+{
+    if (index < selections.size())
+    {
+        size_t real_index = (index + selections.main_index() + 1) % selections.size();
+        selections = SelectionList{ std::move(selections[real_index]) };
+    }
+    selections.check_invariant();
+}
+
+inline void remove_selection(const Buffer&, SelectionList& selections, int index)
+{
+    if (selections.size() > 1 and index < selections.size())
+    {
+        size_t real_index = (index + selections.main_index() + 1) % selections.size();
+        selections.erase(selections.begin() + real_index);
+        size_t main_index = selections.main_index();
+        if (real_index <= main_index)
+            selections.set_main_index((main_index > 0 ? main_index
+                                         : selections.size()) - 1);
+    }
+    selections.check_invariant();
+}
+
 enum WordType { Word, WORD };
 
 template<WordType word_type>
@@ -127,7 +168,7 @@ void select_next_match(const Buffer& buffer, SelectionList& selections,
 }
 
 void select_all_matches(const Buffer& buffer, SelectionList& selections,
-                                 const Regex& regex);
+                        const Regex& regex);
 
 void split_selection(const Buffer& buffer, SelectionList& selections,
                               const Regex& separator_regex);