diff --git a/USAGE.md b/USAGE.md
index 5dd6a2166..aa6e2c05f 100644
--- a/USAGE.md
+++ b/USAGE.md
@@ -712,12 +712,14 @@ ncplane_resize_simple(struct ncplane* n, int ylen, int xlen){
   return ncplane_resize(n, 0, 0, keepleny, keeplenx, 0, 0, ylen, xlen);
 }
 
-// Move this plane relative to the standard plane. It is an error to attempt to
-// move the standard plane.
+// Move this plane relative to the standard plane, or the plane to which it is
+// bound (if it is bound to a plane). It is an error to attempt to move the
+// standard plane.
 int ncplane_move_yx(struct ncplane* n, int y, int x);
 
-// Get the origin of this ncplane relative to the standard plane.
-void ncplane_yx(struct ncplane* n, int* restrict y, int* restrict x);
+// Get the origin of this plane relative to the standard plane, or the plane to
+// which it is bound (if it is bound to a plane).
+void ncplane_yx(const struct ncplane* n, int* restrict y, int* restrict x);
 
 // Return the dimensions of this ncplane.
 void ncplane_dim_yx(struct ncplane* n, int* restrict rows, int* restrict cols);
diff --git a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md
index 084607bfd..5a25fc1d0 100644
--- a/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md
+++ b/doc/man/man3/notcurses_plane.3.md
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ anywhere. In addition to its framebuffer--a rectilinear matrix of cells
 * a current style, foreground channel, and background channel,
 * its geometry,
 * a configured user pointer,
-* its position relative to the visible plane, and
+* position relative to the standard plane,
+* the plane, if any, to which it is bound,
+* the next plane bound by the plane to which it is bound,
+* the head of the list of its bound planes, and
 * its z-index.
 
 New planes can be created with **ncplane_new**, **ncplane_bound**, and
diff --git a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
index a790f555a..d77a4846d 100644
--- a/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
+++ b/include/notcurses/notcurses.h
@@ -1212,11 +1212,13 @@ API int ncplane_set_base(struct ncplane* ncp, const char* egc,
 // 'ncp' is destroyed.
 API int ncplane_base(struct ncplane* ncp, cell* c);
 
-// Move this plane relative to the standard plane. It is an error to attempt to
-// move the standard plane.
+// Move this plane relative to the standard plane, or the plane to which it is
+// bound (if it is bound to a plane). It is an error to attempt to move the
+// standard plane.
 API int ncplane_move_yx(struct ncplane* n, int y, int x);
 
-// Get the origin of this plane relative to the standard plane.
+// Get the origin of this plane relative to the standard plane, or the plane to
+// which it is bound (if it is bound to a plane).
 API void ncplane_yx(const struct ncplane* n, int* RESTRICT y, int* RESTRICT x);
 
 // Splice ncplane 'n' out of the z-buffer, and reinsert it at the top or bottom.
diff --git a/src/demo/mojibake.c b/src/demo/mojibake.c
index 1034e417e..8b13a5c10 100644
--- a/src/demo/mojibake.c
+++ b/src/demo/mojibake.c
@@ -3465,34 +3465,35 @@ unicode52(struct ncplane* title, int y){
 static struct ncplane*
 unicode60(struct ncplane* title, int y){
   const char SUMMARY[] = "[Unicode 6.0 (2010), 722 codepoints]";
-  const int ROWS = 25;
+  const int ROWS = 26;
   struct ncplane* n = mojiplane(title, y, ROWS, SUMMARY);
   if(n == NULL){
     return NULL;
   }
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  1, 1, "😃😄😁😆😅😂😉😊😇😍😘😚😋😜😝😐😶😏😒😌😔😪😷😵😎😲😳😨😰😥😢😭");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  2, 1, "😱😖😣😞😓😩😫😤😡😠😈👿💀💩👹👺👻👽👾😺😸😹😻😼😽🙀😿😾🙈🙉🙊💋");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  3, 1, "💌💘💝💖💗💓💞💕💟💔💛💚💙💜💯💢💥💫💦💨💣💬💭💤👋✋👌👈👉👆👇👍");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  4, 1, "👎✊👊👏🙌👐🙏💅💪👂👃👀👅👄👶👦👧👱👨👩👴👵🙍🙎🙅🙆💁🙋🙇👮💂👷");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  5, 1, "👸👳👲👰👼🎅💆💇🚶🏃💃👯🏇🏂🏄🚣🏊🚴🚵🛀👭👫👬💏💑👪👤👥👣🐵🐒🐶");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  6, 1, "🐕🐩🐺🐱🐈🐯🐅🐆🐴🐎🐮🐂🐃🐄🐷🐖🐗🐽🐏🐑🐐🐪🐫🐘🐭🐁🐀🐹🐰🐇🐻🐨");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  7, 1, "🐼🐾🐔🐓🐣🐤🐥🐦🐧🐸🐊🐢🐍🐲🐉🐳🐋🐬🐟🐠🐡🐙🐚🐌🐛🐜🐝🐞💐🌸💮🌹");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  8, 1, "🌺🌻🌼🌷🌱🌲🌳🌴🌵🌾🌿🍀🍁🍂🍃🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍🍎🍏🍐🍑🍒🍓🍅🍆🌽🍄");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  9, 1, "🌰🍞🍖🍗🍔🍟🍕🍳🍲🍱🍘🍙🍚🍛🍜🍝🍠🍢🍣🍤🍥🍡🍦🍧🍨🍩🍪🎂🍰🍫🍬🍭");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 10, 1, "🍮🍯🍼🍵🍶🍷🍸🍹🍺🍻🍴🔪🌍🌎🌏🌐🗾🌋🗻🏠🏡🏢🏣🏤🏥🏦🏨🏩🏪🏫🏬🏭");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 11, 1, "🏯🏰💒🗼🗽🌁🌃🌄🌅🌆🌇🌉🎠🎡🎢💈🎪🚂🚃🚄🚅🚆🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🚌🚍🚎");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 12, 1, "🚐🚑🚒🚓🚔🚕🚖🚗🚘🚙🚚🚛🚜🚲🚏🚨🚥🚦🚧🚤🚢💺🚁🚟🚠🚡🚀⏳⏰⏱⏲🕛🕧");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 13, 1, "🕐🕜🕑🕝🕒🕞🕓🕟🕔🕠🕕🕡🕖🕢🕗🕣🕘🕤🕙🕥🕚🕦🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌙🌚");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 14, 1, "🌛🌜🌝🌞🌟🌠🌌🌀🌈🌂🔥💧🌊🎃🎄🎆🎇✨🎈🎉🎊🎋🎍🎎🎏🎐🎑🎀🎁🎫🏆🏀");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 15, 1, "🏈🏉🎾🎳🎣🎽🎿🎯🎱🔮🎮🎰🎲🃏🎴🎭🎨👓👔👕👖👗👘👙👚👛👜👝🎒👞👟👠");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 16, 1, "👡👢👑👒🎩🎓💄💍💎🔇🔈🔉🔊📢📣📯🔔🔕🎼🎵🎶🎤🎧📻🎷🎸🎹🎺🎻📱📲📞");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 17, 1, "📟📠🔋🔌💻💽💾💿📀🎥🎬📺📷📹📼🔍🔎💡🔦🏮📔📕📖📗📘📙📚📓📒📃📜📄");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 18, 1, "📰📑🔖💰💴💵💶💷💸💳💹📧📨📩📤📥📦📫📪📬📭📮📝💼📁📂📅📆📇📈📉📊");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 19, 1, "📋📌📍📎📏📐🔒🔓🔏🔐🔑🔨🔫🔧🔩🔗🔬🔭📡💉💊🚪🚽🚿🛁🚬🗿🏧🚮🚰🚹🚺");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 20, 1, "🚻🚼🚾🛂🛃🛄🛅🚸🚫🚳🚭🚯🚱🚷📵🔞🔃🔄🔙🔚🔛🔜🔝🔯⛎🔀🔁🔂⏩🔼⏪");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 21, 1, "⏭\ufe0f⏮\ufe0f⏫🔽⏬🎦🔅🔆📶📳📴➕➖➗❓❔❕💱💲🔱📛🔰✅❌❎➰➿🔟🔠🔡🔢");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 22, 1, "⏯\ufe0f🔣🔤🅰🆎🅱🆑🆒🆓🆔🆕🆖🅾🆗🆘🆙🆚🈁🈂🈷🈶🉐🈹🈲🉑🈸🈴🈳🈺🈵🔴🔵🔶🔷");
-  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 23, 1, "🔸🔹🔺🔻💠🔘🔳🔲🏁🚩🎌⛧⛤⛢⛦⛥");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  1, 1, "😃😄😁😆😅😂😉😊😇😍😘😚😋😜😝😐😶😏😒😌😔😪😷😵😎😲😳😨😰😥😢");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  2, 1, "😭😱😖😣😞😓😩😫😤😡😠😈👿💀💩👹👺👻👽👾😺😸😹😻😼😽🙀😿😾🙈🙉");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  3, 1, "🙊💋💌💘💝💖💗💓💞💕💟💔💛💚💙💜💯💢💥💫💦💨💣💬💭💤👋✋👌👈👉");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  4, 1, "👆👇👍👎✊👊👏🙌👐🙏💅💪👂👃👀👅👄👶👦👧👱👨👩👴👵🙍🙎🙅🙆💁🙋");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  5, 1, "🙇👮💂👷👸👳👲👰👼🎅💆💇🚶🏃💃👯🏇🏂🏄🚣🏊🚴🚵🛀👭👫👬💏💑👪👤");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  6, 1, "👥👣🐵🐒🐶🐕🐩🐺🐱🐈🐯🐅🐆🐴🐎🐮🐂🐃🐄🐷🐖🐗🐽🐏🐑🐐🐪🐫🐘🐭🐁");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  7, 1, "🐀🐹🐰🐇🐻🐨🐼🐾🐔🐓🐣🐤🐥🐦🐧🐸🐊🐢🐍🐲🐉🐳🐋🐬🐟🐠🐡🐙🐚🐌🐛");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  8, 1, "🐜🐝🐞💐🌸💮🌹🌺🌻🌼🌷🌱🌲🌳🌴🌵🌾🌿🍀🍁🍂🍃🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍🍎🍏");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n,  9, 1, "🍐🍑🍒🍓🍅🍆🌽🍄🌰🍞🍖🍗🍔🍟🍕🍳🍲🍱🍘🍙🍚🍛🍜🍝🍠🍢🍣🍤🍥🍡🍦");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 10, 1, "🍧🍨🍩🍪🎂🍰🍫🍬🍭🍮🍯🍼🍵🍶🍷🍸🍹🍺🍻🍴🔪🌍🌎🌏🌐🗾🌋🗻🏠🏡🏢");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 11, 1, "🏣🏤🏥🏦🏨🏩🏪🏫🏬🏭🏯🏰💒🗼🗽🌁🌃🌄🌅🌆🌇🌉🎠🎡🎢💈🎪🚂🚃🚄🚅");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 12, 1, "🚆🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🚌🚍🚎🚐🚑🚒🚓🚔🚕🚖🚗🚘🚙🚚🚛🚜🚲🚏🚨🚥🚦🚧🚤");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 13, 1, "🚢💺🚁🚟🚠🚡🚀⏳⏰⏱⏲🕛🕧🕐🕜🕑🕝🕒🕞🕓🕟🕔🕠🕕🕡🕖🕢🕗🕣🕘🕤🕙");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 14, 1, "🕥🕚🕦🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌙🌚🌛🌜🌝🌞🌟🌠🌌🌀🌈🌂🔥💧🌊🎃🎄🎆🎇✨");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 15, 1, "🎈🎉🎊🎋🎍🎎🎏🎐🎑🎀🎁🎫🏆🏀🏈🏉🎾🎳🎣🎽🎿🎯🎱🔮🎮🎰🎲🃏🎴🎭🎨");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 16, 1, "👓👔👕👖👗👘👙👚👛👜👝🎒👞👟👠👡👢👑👒🎩🎓💄💍💎🔇🔈🔉🔊📢📣📯");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 17, 1, "🔔🔕🎼🎵🎶🎤🎧📻🎷🎸🎹🎺🎻📱📲📞📟📠🔋🔌💻💽💾💿📀🎥🎬📺📷📹📼");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 18, 1, "🔍🔎💡🔦🏮📔📕📖📗📘📙📚📓📒📃📜📄📰📑🔖💰💴💵💶💷💸💳💹📧📨📩");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 19, 1, "📤📥📦📫📪📬📭📮📝💼📁📂📅📆📇📈📉📊📋📌📍📎📏📐🔒🔓🔏🔐🔑🔨🔫");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 20, 1, "🔧🔩🔗🔬🔭📡💉💊🚪🚽🚿🛁🚬🗿🏧🚮🚰🚹🚺🚻🚼🚾🛂🛃🛄🛅🚸🚫🚳🚭🚯");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 21, 1, "🚱🚷📵🔞🔃🔄🔙🔚🔛🔜🔝🔯⛎🔀🔁🔂⏩🔼⏪⏭\ufe0f⏮\ufe0f⏫🔽⏬🎦🔅🔆📶📳📴➕➖");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 22, 1, "➗❓❔❕💱💲🔱📛🔰✅❌❎➰➿🔟🔠🔡🔢⏯\ufe0f🔣🔤🅰🆎🅱🆑🆒🆓🆔🆕🆖🅾🆗🆘");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 23, 1, "🆙🆚🈁🈂🈷🈶🉐🈹🈲🉑🈸🈴🈳🈺🈵🔴🔵🔶🔷🔸🔹🔺🔻💠🔘🔳🔲🏁🚩🎌");
+  ncplane_putstr_yx(n, 24, 1, "⛧⛤⛢⛦⛥");
   return n;
 }
 
@@ -3511,10 +3512,10 @@ unicode7emoji2(struct ncplane* title, int y){
 struct ncplane*
 makegroup(struct ncplane* title, int y, const char* emoji, const char* name){
   int cols = mbswidth(emoji);
-  if(cols < 0){ // take a wild guess on mbswidth() error.
+  if(cols < 0){ // take a wild guess on mbswidth() error from old libcs, sigh.
     cols = strlen(emoji) * 3 / 5; // best by test
   }
-  struct ncplane* n = mojiplane(title, y, 2 + (cols + (planewidth - 3)) / (planewidth - 2), name);
+  struct ncplane* n = mojiplane(title, y, 3 + cols / (planewidth - 12), name);
   if(n == NULL){
     return NULL;
   }
@@ -3705,9 +3706,12 @@ int mojibake_demo(struct notcurses* nc){
         break;
       }
       ncplane_dim_yx(planes[u], &leny, &lenx);
-      if(y == 1){
+      if(y == 2){
         if(leny > 1){
-          if(ncplane_resize(planes[u], 1, 0, leny - 1, lenx, -1, 0, leny - 1, lenx)){
+          if(ncplane_resize(planes[u], 1, 0, leny - 1, lenx, 0, 0, leny - 1, lenx)){
+            goto err;
+          }
+          if(ncplane_move_yx(planes[u], y, x)){
             goto err;
           }
         }else{
diff --git a/src/demo/zoo.c b/src/demo/zoo.c
index 1d6d92727..44262bef8 100644
--- a/src/demo/zoo.c
+++ b/src/demo/zoo.c
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ draw_background(struct notcurses* nc){
       ncvisual_destroy(ncv);
       return -1;
     }
+    ncplane_greyscale(n);
   }
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/internal.h b/src/lib/internal.h
index c38ef87d6..c26fed105 100644
--- a/src/lib/internal.h
+++ b/src/lib/internal.h
@@ -381,12 +381,14 @@ int ncvisual_init(int loglevel);
 
 static inline int
 fbcellidx(int row, int rowlen, int col){
+//fprintf(stderr, "row: %d rowlen: %d col: %d\n", row, rowlen, col);
   return row * rowlen + col;
 }
 
 // take a logical 'y' and convert it to the virtual 'y'. see HACKING.md.
 static inline int
 logical_to_virtual(const ncplane* n, int y){
+//fprintf(stderr, "y: %d n->logrow: %d n->leny: %d\n", y, n->logrow, n->leny);
   return (y + n->logrow) % n->leny;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/poc/firstline.c b/src/poc/firstline.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a231e1864..000000000
--- a/src/poc/firstline.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include "notcurses/notcurses.h"
-
-int main(void){
-  struct notcurses_options nopts = {
-    .flags = NCOPTION_NO_ALTERNATE_SCREEN,
-  };
-  struct notcurses* nc = notcurses_init(&nopts, NULL);
-  if(nc == NULL){
-    return EXIT_FAILURE;
-  }
-  if(ncplane_putstr_aligned(notcurses_stdplane(nc), 0, NCALIGN_CENTER,
-                            "Heute Die Welt, Morgens Das Sonnensystem!") <= 0){
-    notcurses_stop(nc);
-    return EXIT_FAILURE;
-  }
-  if(ncplane_putstr_aligned(notcurses_stdplane(nc), 2, NCALIGN_CENTER,
-                            "Heute Die Welt, Morgens Das Sonnensystem!") <= 0){
-    notcurses_stop(nc);
-    return EXIT_FAILURE;
-  }
-  notcurses_render(nc);
-  sleep(5);
-  notcurses_stop(nc);
-  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-}