diff -r 9550074991e1 st.c
--- a/st.c	Tue Feb 07 23:53:45 2012 +0100
+++ b/st.c	Thu Feb 09 17:09:59 2012 +0100
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 #define XK_NO_MOD     UINT_MAX
 #define XK_ANY_MOD    0
 
-#define SELECT_TIMEOUT (20*1000) /* 20 ms */
-#define DRAW_TIMEOUT  (20*1000) /* 20 ms */
+#define SELECT_TIMEOUT (20*1000) /*  20 ms */
+#define DRAW_TIMEOUT  (200*1000) /* 200 ms */
 
 #define SERRNO strerror(errno)
 #define MIN(a, b)  ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
@@ -2050,17 +2050,19 @@
 		FD_SET(xfd, &rfd);
 		timeout.tv_sec  = 0;
 		timeout.tv_usec = SELECT_TIMEOUT;
-		if(select(MAX(xfd, cmdfd)+1, &rfd, NULL, NULL, &timeout) < 0) {
+		if(select(MAX(xfd, cmdfd)+1, &rfd, NULL, NULL, stuff_to_print ? &timeout : NULL) < 0) {
 			if(errno == EINTR)
 				continue;
 			die("select failed: %s\n", SERRNO);
 		}
 		if(FD_ISSET(cmdfd, &rfd)) {
 			ttyread();
-			stuff_to_print = 1;
-		}
-
-		if(stuff_to_print && last_draw_too_old()) {
+			if(last_draw_too_old()) {
+				stuff_to_print = 0;
+				draw();
+			} else
+				stuff_to_print = 1;
+		} else if(!FD_ISSET(xfd, &rfd) && stuff_to_print) {
 			stuff_to_print = 0;
 			draw();
 		}