diff --git a/lib/ace/document.js b/lib/ace/document.js
index b0e7d2d8..e969e158 100644
--- a/lib/ace/document.js
+++ b/lib/ace/document.js
@@ -174,46 +174,17 @@ var Document = function(text) {
         if (this.getLength() <= 1)
             this.$detectNewLine(text);
 
-        var newLines = this.$split(text);
+        var lines = this.$split(text);
+        var firstLine = lines.splice(0, 1)[0];
+        var lastLine = lines.length == 0 ? null : lines.splice(lines.length - 1, 1)[0];
 
-        if (this.isNewLine(text)) {
-            var end = this.insertNewLine(position);
+        position = this.insertInLine(position, firstLine);
+        if (lastLine !== null) {
+            position = this.insertNewLine(position); // terminate first line
+            position = this.insertLines(position.row, lines);
+            position = this.insertInLine(position, lastLine || "");
         }
-        else if (newLines.length == 1) {
-            var end = this.insertInLine(position, text);
-        }
-        else {
-            // Insert the first line
-            if (newLines[0].length > 0) {
-                var end = this.insertInLine(position, newLines[0]);
-                this.insertNewLine(end);
-            }
-            else {
-                this.insertNewLine(position);
-            }
-
-            // Now insert remaining lines
-
-            // If we are inserting at the end of the document, we don't need to
-            // use insertInLine (concorde depends on this optimization!)
-            if (position.row + 1 == this.getLength()) {
-                this.insertLines(position.row + 1,
-                                 newLines.slice(1, newLines.length));
-                var end = {
-                    row: position.row + newLines.length - 1,
-                    column: position.column + newLines[newLines.length - 1].length
-                };
-            } else {
-                if (newLines.length > 2)
-                    this.insertLines(position.row + 1,
-                                     newLines.slice(1, newLines.length - 1));
-                var end = this.insertInLine({
-                    row: position.row + newLines.length - 1,
-                    column: 0
-                }, newLines[newLines.length - 1]);
-            }
-        }
-        return end;
+        return position;
     };
 
     this.insertLines = function(row, lines) {