diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7505309..9670f39 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 This is a fork of the `acme` text editor from the `plan9port` distribution. It combines the customizability of [lumar](https://github.com/lumar)/[sminez](https://github.com/sminez/plan9port)'s forks and [acme2k](https://github.com/karahobny/acme2k) with upstream fixes from [9fans](https://github.com/9fans/plan9port) and some custom work.
 
-Namely, when click-to-focus is enabled, the active window body or tag renders the tick (aka the text cursor) with the hilight color (`COLOR_<TAG|BODY>_HI`); otherwise the tick is rendered with the text color (`COLOR_<TAG|BODY>_TX`). This is all done with a fork of `libframe` which is included in the distribution and compiled into the program.
+Namely, when click-to-focus is enabled, the active text frame renders the tick (aka the text cursor) with the hilight color (`COLOR_<TAG|BODY>_HI`); otherwise the tick is rendered with the text color (`COLOR_<TAG|BODY>_TX`). This is all done with a fork of `libframe` which is included in the distribution and compiled into the program, and some simple logic that selects the proper ticks for each frame when the focus changes and forces a redraw.
 
-See the `config.def.h` for out of the box customizations that can be done.
+See the `config.def.h` for out of the box customizations that can be done. Below is a screenshot of my typical setup (note I use compositing rules to make the window transparent, this is not in the scope of `acme` itself).
 
 [![screenshot](./scrot.png)](./scrot.png)
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Keybindings are as follows:
 - PgUp/PgDown: the obvious
 - Esc: cut if there is a selection, otherwise hilight the most recently edited text
 
-Users unfamiliar with acme in general should check the following resources:
+Users unfamiliar with `acme` in general should check the following resources:
 
 - [Acme: A User Interface for Programmers](http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/acme/) - the definitive guide from Rob Pike
 - [A Tour of Acme](https://research.swtch.com/acme) - Russ Cox giving a tour of acme on plan9port (video)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Users unfamiliar with acme in general should check the following resources:
 ## build
 
 - Clone this repository
-- From the repo root, if desired, copy `config.def.h` to `config.h` and make your modifications
+- From the repo root, if desired, copy `config.def.h` to `config.h` and make your modifications (you will almost certainly want to change the fonts; my default primary font is Sauce Code Pro Nerd Font)
 - Run `./build.sh` from the repo root.
 
 ## install
@@ -46,13 +46,12 @@ After building, run `./install.sh`; If run as a regular user, it will install to
 
 ## TODO
 
-- [ ] allow active tick to be rendered for row/column tags, not just window body and tags
 - [ ] compile helpers
 
 ## thanks
 
-- [rob pike](https://github.com/robpike) author of the original acme for plan9
-- [russ cox](https://research.swtch.com) and the rest of the [9fans](https://github.com/9fans) for plan9port
+- [rob pike](https://github.com/robpike) - author of the original `acme` for Plan9
+- [russ cox](https://research.swtch.com) and the rest of the [9fans](https://github.com/9fans) for [plan9port](https://github.com/9fans/plan9port)
 - [lumar](https://github.com/lumar) - looks like they deleted their github repos but I originally pulled my keybinds from there
 - [sminez](https://github.com/sminez) - possibly the original source of lumar's keybindings
 - [karahobny](https://github.com/karahobny) - creator of acme2k, a big inspiration for this project
diff --git a/acme.c b/acme.c
index 7c1e142..a1c6e99 100644
--- a/acme.c
+++ b/acme.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Rune snarfrune[NSnarf + 1];
 
 char* fontnames[2] = {PRIMARY_FONT, SECONDARY_FONT};
 
-char version[] = "acme9k v9001-a02";
+char version[] = "acme9k v9001-a03";
 
 Command* command;
 
@@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ void mousethread(void* v) {
   static Alt alts[NMALT + 1];
 
   /* make sure we don't recklessly refresh the ticks */
-  int click;
   Text* oldbarttext;
 
   USED(v);
@@ -534,7 +533,6 @@ void mousethread(void* v) {
   alts[NMALT].op = CHANEND;
 
   for (;;) {
-    click = 0;
     qlock(&row.lk);
     flushwarnings();
     qunlock(&row.lk);
@@ -646,7 +644,6 @@ void mousethread(void* v) {
         }
         if (m.buttons) {
           if (w) {
-            click = 1;
             winlock(w, 'M');
           }
           t->eq0 = ~0;
@@ -679,7 +676,7 @@ void mousethread(void* v) {
         }
       Continue:
         /* won't refresh ticks if scrolling didn't change the active frame! */
-        if (oldbarttext != barttext && (m.buttons & (8 | 16) || click) && t) {
+        if (oldbarttext != barttext && (m.buttons) && t) {
           textsettick(t, t->row);
         }
         qunlock(&row.lk);