diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 51104d780e..0d826b97c3 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-07-10  John Levon  <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>
+
+	* LyXAction.C: allow command-sequence with NoBuffer
+
+	* lyxfunc.C: don't insist on trailing ';' for command-sequence
+ 
 2002-07-10  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* lyxrc.[Ch]: preview_scale_factor should be a float not an int.
diff --git a/src/LyXAction.C b/src/LyXAction.C
index 97872c3ebf..a2a4a20561 100644
--- a/src/LyXAction.C
+++ b/src/LyXAction.C
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void LyXAction::init()
 		{ LFUN_EXEC_COMMAND, "command-execute", "", NoBuffer },
 		{ LFUN_PREFIX, "command-prefix",
 		  N_("Execute command"), NoBuffer },
-		{ LFUN_SEQUENCE, "command-sequence", "", Noop },
+		{ LFUN_SEQUENCE, "command-sequence", "", NoBuffer },
 		{ LFUN_COPY, "copy", N_("Copy"), ReadOnly },
 		{ LFUN_CUT, "cut", N_("Cut"), Noop },
 		{ LFUN_DATE_INSERT, "date-insert", "", Noop },
diff --git a/src/lyxfunc.C b/src/lyxfunc.C
index c024395fae..d1d920895f 100644
--- a/src/lyxfunc.C
+++ b/src/lyxfunc.C
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ string const LyXFunc::dispatch(kb_action action, string argument)
 	case LFUN_SEQUENCE:
 	{
 		// argument contains ';'-terminated commands
-		while (argument.find(';') != string::npos) {
+		while (!argument.empty()) {
 			string first;
 			argument = split(argument, first, ';');
 			verboseDispatch(first, false);