diff --git a/src/editor/edit-impl.h b/src/editor/edit-impl.h
index 55a5707fa..26ffaf6cb 100644
--- a/src/editor/edit-impl.h
+++ b/src/editor/edit-impl.h
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ int edit_save_block_cmd (WEdit * edit);
 int edit_insert_file_cmd (WEdit * edit);
 void edit_insert_column_of_text (WEdit * edit, unsigned char *data, int size, int width);
 int edit_insert_column_of_text_from_file (WEdit * edit, int file);
-int edit_insert_file (WEdit * edit, const char *filename);
+long edit_insert_file (WEdit * edit, const char *filename);
 int edit_load_back_cmd (WEdit * edit);
 int edit_load_forward_cmd (WEdit * edit);
 void edit_block_process_cmd (WEdit * edit, const char *shell_cmd, int block);
diff --git a/src/editor/edit.c b/src/editor/edit.c
index 8241e6d8a..607d27171 100644
--- a/src/editor/edit.c
+++ b/src/editor/edit.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ edit_load_file (WEdit * edit)
         if (*edit->filename)
         {
             edit->undo_stack_disable = 1;
-            if (!edit_insert_file (edit, edit->filename))
+            if (edit_insert_file (edit, edit->filename) == 0)
             {
                 edit_clean (edit);
                 return 1;
@@ -1685,22 +1685,23 @@ user_menu (WEdit * edit)
         edit_save_block (edit, block_file, start_mark, end_mark);
 
     /* run shell scripts from menu */
-    user_menu_cmd (edit);
-
-    if ((mc_stat (block_file, &status) == 0) && (status.st_size != 0))
+    if (user_menu_cmd (edit) && (mc_stat (block_file, &status) == 0) && (status.st_size != 0))
     {
         int rc = 0;
         FILE *fd;
 
+        /* i.e. we have marked block */
         if (nomark == 0)
-        {
-            /* i.e. we have marked block */
             rc = edit_block_delete_cmd (edit);
-        }
 
         if (rc == 0)
-            edit_insert_file (edit, block_file);
+        {
+            long ins_len;
 
+            ins_len = edit_insert_file (edit, block_file);
+            if (nomark == 0 && ins_len > 0)
+                edit_set_markers (edit, start_mark, start_mark + ins_len, 0, 0);
+        }
         /* truncate block file */
         fd = fopen (block_file, "w");
         if (fd != NULL)
@@ -2012,11 +2013,12 @@ edit_write_stream (WEdit * edit, FILE * f)
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-/** inserts a file at the cursor, returns 1 on success */
-int
+/** inserts a file at the cursor, returns count of inserted bytes on success */
+long
 edit_insert_file (WEdit * edit, const char *filename)
 {
     char *p;
+    long ins_len = 0;
 
     p = edit_get_filter (filename);
     if (p != NULL)
@@ -2027,6 +2029,7 @@ edit_insert_file (WEdit * edit, const char *filename)
         if (f != NULL)
         {
             edit_insert_stream (edit, f);
+            ins_len = edit->curs1 - current;
             edit_cursor_move (edit, current - edit->curs1);
             if (pclose (f) > 0)
             {
@@ -2062,25 +2065,32 @@ edit_insert_file (WEdit * edit, const char *filename)
         blocklen = mc_read (file, buf, sizeof (VERTICAL_MAGIC));
         if (blocklen > 0)
         {
-            /* if contain signature VERTICAL_MAGIC tnen it vertical block */
+            /* if contain signature VERTICAL_MAGIC then it vertical block */
             if (memcmp (buf, VERTICAL_MAGIC, sizeof (VERTICAL_MAGIC)) == 0)
                 vertical_insertion = 1;
             else
                 mc_lseek (file, 0, SEEK_SET);
         }
         if (vertical_insertion)
+        {
             blocklen = edit_insert_column_of_text_from_file (edit, file);
+        }
         else
+        {
             while ((blocklen = mc_read (file, (char *) buf, TEMP_BUF_LEN)) > 0)
+            {
                 for (i = 0; i < blocklen; i++)
                     edit_insert (edit, buf[i]);
+            }
+        }
+        ins_len = edit->curs1 - current;
         edit_cursor_move (edit, current - edit->curs1);
         g_free (buf);
         mc_close (file);
         if (blocklen != 0)
             return 0;
     }
-    return 1;
+    return ins_len;
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/editor/editcmd.c b/src/editor/editcmd.c
index d91619177..e6079d3df 100644
--- a/src/editor/editcmd.c
+++ b/src/editor/editcmd.c
@@ -2617,7 +2617,7 @@ edit_insert_file_cmd (WEdit * edit)
         }
         else
         {
-            if (edit_insert_file (edit, exp))
+            if (edit_insert_file (edit, exp) != 0)
             {
                 g_free (exp);
                 edit->force |= REDRAW_COMPLETELY;
diff --git a/src/filemanager/cmd.c b/src/filemanager/cmd.c
index 3641b4a70..3af5f0674 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/cmd.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/cmd.c
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ help_cmd (void)
 void
 user_file_menu_cmd (void)
 {
-    user_menu_cmd (NULL);
+    (void) user_menu_cmd (NULL);
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/filemanager/usermenu.c b/src/filemanager/usermenu.c
index 2a3b9677e..24358481f 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/usermenu.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/usermenu.c
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ expand_format (struct WEdit *edit_widget, char c, gboolean do_quote)
  * otherwise we are called from the mcedit menu.
  */
 
-void
+gboolean
 user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget)
 {
     char *p;
@@ -859,11 +859,12 @@ user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget)
     int col, i, accept_entry = 1;
     int selected, old_patterns;
     Listbox *listbox;
+    gboolean res = FALSE;
 
     if (!vfs_current_is_local ())
     {
         message (D_ERROR, MSG_ERROR, "%s", _("Cannot execute commands on non-local filesystems"));
-        return;
+        return FALSE;
     }
 
     menu = g_strdup (edit_widget ? EDIT_LOCAL_MENU : MC_LOCAL_MENU);
@@ -894,7 +895,7 @@ user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget)
         message (D_ERROR, MSG_ERROR, _("Cannot open file%s\n%s"), menu, unix_error_string (errno));
         g_free (menu);
         menu = NULL;
-        return;
+        return FALSE;
     }
 
     max_cols = 0;
@@ -990,7 +991,10 @@ user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget)
     }
 
     if (menu_lines == 0)
+    {
         message (D_ERROR, MSG_ERROR, _("No suitable entries found in %s"), menu);
+        res = FALSE;
+    }
     else
     {
         max_cols = min (max (max_cols, col), MAX_ENTRY_LEN);
@@ -1010,7 +1014,10 @@ user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget)
 
         selected = run_listbox (listbox);
         if (selected >= 0)
+        {
             execute_menu_command (edit_widget, entries[selected]);
+            res = TRUE;
+        }
 
         do_refresh ();
     }
@@ -1020,6 +1027,7 @@ user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget)
     menu = NULL;
     g_free (entries);
     g_free (data);
+    return res;
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/src/filemanager/usermenu.h b/src/filemanager/usermenu.h
index 675ed4076..9cbefccb2 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/usermenu.h
+++ b/src/filemanager/usermenu.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ struct WEdit;
 
 /*** declarations of public functions ************************************************************/
 
-void user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget);
+gboolean user_menu_cmd (struct WEdit *edit_widget);
 char *expand_format (struct WEdit *edit_widget, char c, gboolean do_quote);
 int check_format_view (const char *);
 int check_format_var (const char *, char **);