diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index de78ca1..a70367e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-source = parse.cpp parserstate.cpp parser.cpp templates.cpp terminal.cpp termemu.cpp parseraction.cpp terminalfunctions.cpp swrite.cpp terminalframebuffer.cpp terminaldispatcher.cpp
-objects = parserstate.o parser.o templates.o terminal.o parseraction.o terminalfunctions.o swrite.o terminalframebuffer.o terminaldispatcher.o
+source = parse.cpp parserstate.cpp parser.cpp templates.cpp terminal.cpp termemu.cpp parseraction.cpp terminalfunctions.cpp swrite.cpp terminalframebuffer.cpp terminaldispatcher.cpp terminaluserinput.cpp
+objects = parserstate.o parser.o templates.o terminal.o parseraction.o terminalfunctions.o swrite.o terminalframebuffer.o terminaldispatcher.o terminaluserinput.o
 repos = templates.rpo
 executables = parse termemu
 
diff --git a/parseraction.cpp b/parseraction.cpp
index 9d1326e..a234e98 100644
--- a/parseraction.cpp
+++ b/parseraction.cpp
@@ -65,3 +65,8 @@ void OSC_End::act_on_terminal( Terminal::Emulator *emu )
 {
   emu->OSC_end( this );
 }
+
+void UserByte::act_on_terminal( Terminal::Emulator *emu )
+{
+  emu->dispatch.terminal_to_host.append( emu->user.input( this ) );
+}
diff --git a/parseraction.hpp b/parseraction.hpp
index 14743ae..fc9a329 100644
--- a/parseraction.hpp
+++ b/parseraction.hpp
@@ -87,6 +87,17 @@ namespace Parser {
     std::string name( void ) { return std::string( "OSC_End" ); }
     void act_on_terminal( Terminal::Emulator *emu );
   };
+
+  class UserByte : public Action {
+    /* user keystroke -- not part of the host-source state machine*/
+  public:
+    char c; /* The user-source byte. We don't try to interpret the charset */
+
+    std::string name( void ) { return std::string( "UserByte" ); }
+    void act_on_terminal( Terminal::Emulator *emu );
+
+    UserByte( int s_c ) : c( s_c ) {}
+  };
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/termemu.cpp b/termemu.cpp
index ced15b8..cf0d292 100644
--- a/termemu.cpp
+++ b/termemu.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ const size_t buf_size = 1024;
 
 void emulate_terminal( int fd, int debug_fd );
 int copy( int src, int dest );
-int termemu( int fd, Parser::UTF8Parser *parser,
-	     Terminal::Emulator *terminal, int debug_fd );
+int termemu( int host_fd, int src_fd, bool user, int debug_fd,
+	     Parser::UTF8Parser *parser,
+	     Terminal::Emulator *terminal );
 
 int main( int argc,
 	  char *argv[],
@@ -134,11 +135,11 @@ void emulate_terminal( int fd, int debug_fd )
     }
 
     if ( pollfds[ 0 ].revents & POLLIN ) {
-      if ( copy( STDIN_FILENO, fd ) < 0 ) {
+      if ( termemu( fd, STDIN_FILENO, true, debug_fd, &parser, &terminal ) < 0 ) {
 	return;
       }
     } else if ( pollfds[ 1 ].revents & POLLIN ) {
-      if ( termemu( fd, &parser, &terminal, debug_fd ) < 0 ) {
+      if ( termemu( fd, fd, false, debug_fd, &parser, &terminal ) < 0 ) {
 	return;
       }
     } else if ( (pollfds[ 0 ].revents | pollfds[ 1 ].revents)
@@ -150,28 +151,14 @@ void emulate_terminal( int fd, int debug_fd )
   }
 }
 
-int copy( int src, int dest )
-{
-  char buf[ buf_size ];
-
-  ssize_t bytes_read = read( src, buf, buf_size );
-  if ( bytes_read == 0 ) { /* EOF */
-    return -1;
-  } else if ( bytes_read < 0 ) {
-    perror( "read" );
-    return -1;
-  }
-
-  return swrite( dest, buf, bytes_read );
-}
-
-int termemu( int fd, Parser::UTF8Parser *parser,
-	     Terminal::Emulator *terminal, int debug_fd )
+int termemu( int host_fd, int src_fd, bool user, int debug_fd,
+	     Parser::UTF8Parser *parser,
+	     Terminal::Emulator *terminal )
 {
   char buf[ buf_size ];
 
   /* fill buffer if possible */
-  ssize_t bytes_read = read( fd, buf, buf_size );
+  ssize_t bytes_read = read( src_fd, buf, buf_size );
   if ( bytes_read == 0 ) { /* EOF */
     return -1;
   } else if ( bytes_read < 0 ) {
@@ -179,21 +166,37 @@ int termemu( int fd, Parser::UTF8Parser *parser,
     return -1;
   }
 
-  /* feed bytes to parser, and actions to terminal */
   for ( int i = 0; i < bytes_read; i++ ) {
-    std::list<Parser::Action *> actions = parser->input( buf[ i ] );
+    /* feed bytes to parser */
+    std::list<Parser::Action *> actions;
+    if ( user ) {
+      actions.push_back( new Parser::UserByte( buf[ i ] ) );
+    } else {
+      actions = parser->input( buf[ i ] );
+    }
+
+    /* apply actions to terminal */
     for ( std::list<Parser::Action *>::iterator i = actions.begin();
 	  i != actions.end();
 	  i++ ) {
-      (*i)->act_on_terminal( terminal );
+      Parser::Action *act = *i;
+      /* apply action to terminal */
+      act->act_on_terminal( terminal );
+
+      /* print out action for debugging */
+      if ( (debug_fd > 0) ) {
+	char actsum[ 64 ];
+	snprintf( actsum, 64, "%s ", act->str().c_str() );
+	swrite( debug_fd, actsum );
+      }
+
+      delete *i;
     }
   }
 
   terminal->debug_printout( STDOUT_FILENO );
 
-  debug_fd = debug_fd;
-
   /* write writeback */
   std::string terminal_to_host = terminal->read_octets_to_host();
-  return swrite( fd, terminal_to_host.c_str(), terminal_to_host.length() );
+  return swrite( host_fd, terminal_to_host.c_str(), terminal_to_host.length() );
 }
diff --git a/terminal.cpp b/terminal.cpp
index b2b8998..55218c5 100644
--- a/terminal.cpp
+++ b/terminal.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 using namespace Terminal;
 
 Emulator::Emulator( size_t s_width, size_t s_height )
-  : fb( s_width, s_height ), dispatch()
+  : fb( s_width, s_height ), dispatch(), user()
 {}
 
 std::string Emulator::read_octets_to_host( void )
diff --git a/terminal.hpp b/terminal.hpp
index ba462ed..5877d85 100644
--- a/terminal.hpp
+++ b/terminal.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include "parseraction.hpp"
 #include "terminalframebuffer.hpp"
 #include "terminaldispatcher.hpp"
+#include "terminaluserinput.hpp"
 
 namespace Terminal {
   class Emulator {
@@ -22,10 +23,12 @@ namespace Terminal {
     friend void Parser::OSC_Start::act_on_terminal( Emulator * );
     friend void Parser::OSC_Put::act_on_terminal( Emulator * );
     friend void Parser::OSC_End::act_on_terminal( Emulator * );
+    friend void Parser::UserByte::act_on_terminal( Emulator * );
 
   private:
     Framebuffer fb;
     Dispatcher dispatch;
+    UserInput user;
 
     /* action methods */
     void print( Parser::Print *act );
diff --git a/terminaluserinput.cpp b/terminaluserinput.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f279989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminaluserinput.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "terminaluserinput.hpp"
+
+using namespace Terminal;
+
+std::string UserInput::input( Parser::UserByte *act )
+{
+  char translated_str[ 2 ] = { act->c, 0 };
+
+  /* The user will always be in application mode. If rtm is not in
+     application mode, convert user's cursor control function to an
+     ANSI cursor control sequence */
+
+  /* We don't need lookahead to do this for 7-bit. */
+
+  if ( (!application_mode_cursor)
+       && (last_byte == 0x1b) /* ESC */
+       && (act->c == 'O') ) { /* ESC O = 7-bit SS3 = application mode */
+    translated_str[ 0 ] = '[';
+  }
+
+  /* This doesn't handle the 8-bit SS3 C1 control, which would be
+     two octets in UTF-8. Fortunately nobody seems to send this. */
+
+  return std::string( translated_str );
+}
diff --git a/terminaluserinput.hpp b/terminaluserinput.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37cec66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminaluserinput.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef TERMINALUSERINPUT_HPP
+#define TERMINALUSERINPUT_HPP
+
+#include <string>
+#include "parseraction.hpp"
+
+namespace Terminal {
+  class UserInput {
+  private:
+    bool last_byte;
+    bool application_mode_cursor;
+
+  public:
+    UserInput()
+      : last_byte( 0 ),
+	application_mode_cursor( false )
+    {}
+
+    std::string input( Parser::UserByte *act );
+    void set_cursor_application_mode( bool mode ) { application_mode_cursor = mode; }
+  };
+}
+
+#endif