diff --git a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
index dfad806b..4e07d24a 100644
--- a/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
+++ b/lib/ace/keyboard/textinput.js
@@ -78,17 +78,25 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
     var tempStyle = '';
 
     function resetValue() {
+        if (inCompostion)
+            return;
         text.value = PLACEHOLDER;
         //http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=76516
-        if (useragent.isWebKit && !resetTimeout)
+        if (!resetTimeout) {
             resetTimeout = setTimeout(function(){
-                text.value = PLACEHOLDER;
-                resetSelection();
                 resetTimeout = null;
+                if (inCompostion)
+                    return;
+                if (useragent.isWebKit)
+                    text.value = PLACEHOLDER;
+                resetSelection();
             });
+        }
     };
 
     function resetSelection(isEmpty) {
+        if (inCompostion)
+            return;
         var selectionStart = isEmpty ? 2 : 1;
         var selectionEnd = 2;
         // on firefox this throws if textarea is hidden
@@ -125,31 +133,30 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
     var onInput = function(e) {
         if (inCompostion)
             return;
+        var data = text.value;
+        resetValue();
 
         if (pasted) {
-            var data = text.value;
-            resetValue();
+            resetSelection();
             if (data)
                 host.onPaste(data);
             pasted = false;
-            return;
+        } else if (data == PLACEHOLDER[0]) {
+            host.execCommand("del", {source: "ace"});
+        } else {
+            if (data.substring(0, 2) == PLACEHOLDER)
+                data = data.substr(2);
+            else if (data[0] == PLACEHOLDER[0])
+                data = data.substr(1);
+            
+            if (data) {
+                // can happen if undo in textarea isn't stopped
+                if (data[data.length - 1] == PLACEHOLDER[0])
+                    data = data.slice(0, -1);
+                if (data)
+                    host.onTextInput(data);
+            }
         }
-
-        var data = text.value;
-        if (data.substring(0, 2) == PLACEHOLDER)
-            data = data.substr(2);
-        else
-            data = data.substr(1);
-
-        resetValue();
-        if (data) {
-            // can happen if undo in textarea isn't stopped
-            if (data[data.length - 1] == PLACEHOLDER[0])
-                data = data.slice(0, -1);
-        if (data)
-            host.onTextInput(data);
-        } else
-            host.onDelete();
     };
 
     var onCompositionStart = function(e) {
@@ -238,6 +245,8 @@ var TextInput = function(parentNode, host) {
             var data = clipboardData.getData("Text");
             if (data)
                 host.onPaste(data);
+            if (useragent.isIE)
+                setTimeout(resetSelection);
             event.preventDefault(e);
         }
         else {