diff --git a/doc/xschem_man/commands.html b/doc/xschem_man/commands.html
index 99a486dc..144260fc 100644
--- a/doc/xschem_man/commands.html
+++ b/doc/xschem_man/commands.html
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ ctrl       Enter        Confirm closing dialog boxes
 -           '#'         Highlight components with duplicated name (refdes)
 ctrl        '#'         Rename components with duplicated name (refdes)
 -           '5'         View only probes
+ctrl        '0-9'       set current layer (4 -13)
 -           'a'         Make symbol from pin list of current schematic
 ctrl        'a'         Select all
 shift       'A'         Toggle show netlist
diff --git a/src/callback.c b/src/callback.c
index 65116bb1..ea900505 100644
--- a/src/callback.c
+++ b/src/callback.c
@@ -616,7 +616,10 @@ int callback(int event, int mx, int my, KeySym key,
    }  /* /20110112 */
    if(key<='9' && key >='0' && state==ControlMask)              /* choose layer */
    {
+    char n[30];
     rectcolor = key - '0'+4;
+    my_snprintf(n, S(n), "%d", rectcolor);
+    Tcl_VarEval(interp, "xschem set rectcolor ", n, "; reconfigure_layers_button", NULL);
     dbg(1, "callback(): new color: %d\n",color_index[rectcolor]);
     break;
    }
diff --git a/src/keys.help b/src/keys.help
index b50362b7..a314e048 100644
--- a/src/keys.help
+++ b/src/keys.help
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ ctrl       Enter        Confirm closing dialog boxes
 -           '#'         Highlight components with duplicated name (refdes)
 ctrl        '#'         Rename components with duplicated name (refdes)
 -           '5'         View only probes
+ctrl        '0-9'       set current layer (4 -13)
 -           'a'         Make symbol from pin list of current schematic
 ctrl        'a'         Select all
 shift       'A'         Toggle show netlist
diff --git a/src/ngspice_backannotate.tcl b/src/ngspice_backannotate.tcl
index dc5227be..d5504378 100644
--- a/src/ngspice_backannotate.tcl
+++ b/src/ngspice_backannotate.tcl
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ proc read_ngspice_raw {arr fp} {
   }
   if {$variables} {
     set bindata [read $fp [expr 8 * $n_vars * $n_points]]
-    binary scan $bindata d[expr $n_vars * $n_points] data
-    for {set p 0} {$p < $n_points} { incr p} {
-      for {set v 0} {$v < $n_vars} { incr v} {
-        lappend var($idx($v)) [lindex $data [expr $p * $n_vars + $v]]
-        # puts "-->|$idx($v)|$var($idx($v))|"
+    if { $n_points == 1} {
+      binary scan $bindata d[expr $n_vars * $n_points] data
+      for {set p 0} {$p < $n_points} { incr p} {
+        for {set v 0} {$v < $n_vars} { incr v} {
+          lappend var($idx($v)) [lindex $data [expr $p * $n_vars + $v]]
+          # puts "-->|$idx($v)|$var($idx($v))|"
+        }
       }
     }
     set var(n\ vars) $n_vars
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ proc annotate {} {
     } else break;
   }
   close $fp
+  puts {Raw file read ...} 
   if { $op_point_read } {
     ### disable screen redraw and undo when looping to speed up performance
     ### but save state on undo stack before doing backannotations.
@@ -169,4 +172,4 @@ proc annotate {} {
   }
 }
 
-if { ![info exists no_x] } {bind .drw <Alt-a> {annotate} }
+if { ![info exists no_x] } {bind .drw <Alt-a> {puts {Annotating...}; annotate} }