diff -r 9a7e4a335b2b -r 2019fdbaadfd ui/motif/text.c
--- a/ui/motif/text.c	Sun Feb 15 15:44:24 2015 +0100
+++ b/ui/motif/text.c	Tue Feb 17 20:12:22 2015 +0100
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
         value->get = ui_textarea_get;
         value->getsubstr = ui_textarea_getsubstr;
         value->insert = ui_textarea_insert;
+        value->setposition = ui_textarea_setposition;
         value->position = ui_textarea_position;
         value->selection = ui_textarea_selection;
         value->length = ui_textarea_length;
@@ -136,11 +137,16 @@
     XmTextInsert(text->obj, pos, str);
 }
 
+void ui_textarea_setposition(UiText *text, int pos) {
+    XmTextSetInsertionPosition(text->obj, pos);
+}
+
 int ui_textarea_position(UiText *text) {
     long begin;
     long end;
     XmTextGetSelectionPosition(text->obj, &begin, &end);
-    return begin;
+    text->pos = begin;
+    return text->pos;
 }
 
 void ui_textarea_selection(UiText *text, int *begin, int *end) {