diff --git a/fish_pager.c b/fish_pager.c
index ffbe725d0..2aefdb97b 100644
--- a/fish_pager.c
+++ b/fish_pager.c
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ static int completion_try_print( int cols,
 	memset( pref_width, 0, sizeof(pref_width) );
 	memset( min_width, 0, sizeof(min_width) );
 
-	/* Calculated how wide the list would be */
+	/* Calculate how wide the list would be */
 	for( j = 0; j < cols; j++ )
 	{
 		for( i = 0; i<rows; i++ )
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ static void mangle_descriptions( array_list_t *l )
 	{
 		wchar_t *next = (wchar_t *)al_get(l, i);
 		wchar_t *in, *out;
-		skip=0;
+		skip=1;
 		
 		while( *next != COMPLETE_SEP && *next )
 			next++;
@@ -865,7 +865,11 @@ static void init()
 	struct sigaction act;
 	program_name = L"fish_pager";
 	wsetlocale( LC_ALL, L"" );
-	
+
+	/*
+	  Make fd 1 output to screen, and use some other fd for writing
+	  the resulting output back to the caller
+	*/
 	int out = dup( 1 );
 	close(1);
 	if( open( ttyname(0), O_WRONLY ) != 1 )
@@ -877,6 +881,10 @@ static void init()
 		}
 	}
 	out_file = fdopen( out, "w" );
+
+	/**
+	   Init the stringbuffer used to keep any output in
+	*/
 	sb_init( &out_buff );
 
 	output_init();
@@ -894,33 +902,6 @@ static void init()
 		exit(1);
 	}
 	
-	/* Loop until we are in the foreground.  */
-	while (tcgetpgrp( 0 ) != getpid())
-	{
-		kill (- getpid(), SIGTTIN);
-	}
-
-	/* Put ourselves in our own process group.  */
-	if( getpgrp() != getpid() )
-	{
-		if (setpgid (getpid(), getpid()) < 0)
-		{
-			debug( 1,
-				   L"Couldn't put the shell in its own process group");
-			wperror( L"setpgid" );
-			exit (1);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/* Grab control of the terminal.  */
-	if( tcsetpgrp (STDIN_FILENO, getpid()) )
-	{
-		debug( 1,
-			   L"Couldn't grab control of terminal" );
-		wperror( L"tcsetpgrp" );
-		exit(1);
-	}
-
 	handle_winch( 0 );                /* Set handler for window change events */
 	
 	tcgetattr(0,&pager_modes);        /* get the current terminal modes */