diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e215440..34654df 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ all: $(NAME)
 clean:
 	rm -f $(NAME)
 
-$(NAME): $(NAME).c bterm.h bb.h
+$(NAME): $(NAME).c bterm.h bb.h columns.h
 	$(CC) $(NAME).c $(CFLAGS) $(CWARN) $(G) $(O) -o $(NAME)
 	
 install: $(NAME)
diff --git a/bb.c b/bb.c
index 327a787..8eec2ee 100644
--- a/bb.c
+++ b/bb.c
@@ -84,18 +84,6 @@ void cleanup(void)
     }
 }
 
-/*
- * Returns the color of a file listing, given its mode.
- */
-const char* color_of(mode_t mode)
-{
-    if (S_ISDIR(mode)) return DIR_COLOR;
-    else if (S_ISLNK(mode)) return LINK_COLOR;
-    else if (mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))
-        return EXECUTABLE_COLOR;
-    else return NORMAL_COLOR;
-}
-
 /*
  * Used for sorting, this function compares files according to the sorting-related options,
  * like bb->sort
@@ -213,7 +201,7 @@ void handle_next_key_binding(bb_t *bb)
     if (mouse_x != -1 && mouse_y != -1) {
         // Get bb column:
         for (int col = 0, x = 0; bb->columns[col]; col++, x++) {
-            x += columns[(int)bb->columns[col]].width;
+            x += (int)strlen(columns[(int)bb->columns[col]].name);
             if (x >= mouse_x) {
                 bbmousecol[0] = bb->columns[col];
                 break;
@@ -735,7 +723,7 @@ void run_bbcmd(bb_t *bb, const char *cmd)
 void render(bb_t *bb)
 {
     static int lastcursor = -1, lastscroll = -1;
-    char buf[64];
+    char buf[PATH_MAX * 2];
 
     if (!dirty) {
         // Use terminal scrolling:
@@ -785,7 +773,7 @@ void render(bb_t *bb)
             move_cursor(tty_out, x, 1);
             fputs(indicator, tty_out);
             fputs(title, tty_out);
-            x += columns[(int)bb->columns[col]].width;
+            x += (int)strlen(title) + 1;
         }
         fputs(" \033[K\033[0m", tty_out);
     }
@@ -819,97 +807,24 @@ void render(bb_t *bb)
         entry_t *entry = files[i];
         if (i == bb->cursor) fputs(CURSOR_COLOR, tty_out);
 
-        int use_fullname =  strcmp(bb->path, "<selection>") == 0;
         int x = 0;
-        for (int col = 0; bb->columns[col]; col++) {
+        for (int c = 0; bb->columns[c]; c++) {
+            column_t col = columns[(int)bb->columns[c]];
+            memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
+            col.render(bb, entry, buf, strlen(col.name)+1);
+
             fprintf(tty_out, "\033[%d;%dH\033[K", y+1, x+1);
-            if (col > 0) {
+            if (col.name == NULL) continue;
+            if (c > 0) {
                 if (i == bb->cursor) fputs("┃", tty_out);
                 else fputs("\033[37;2m┃\033[22m", tty_out);
                 fputs(i == bb->cursor ? CURSOR_COLOR : "\033[0m", tty_out);
                 x += 1;
             }
             move_cursor(tty_out, x, y);
-            switch (bb->columns[col]) {
-                case COL_SELECTED:
-                    fputs(IS_SELECTED(entry) ? SELECTED_INDICATOR : NOT_SELECTED_INDICATOR, tty_out);
-                    fputs(i == bb->cursor ? CURSOR_COLOR : "\033[0m", tty_out);
-                    break;
-
-                case COL_RANDOM: {
-                    double k = (double)entry->shufflepos/(double)bb->nfiles;
-                    int color = (int)(k*232 + (1.-k)*255);
-                    fprintf(tty_out, "\033[48;5;%dm  \033[0m%s", color,
-                            i == bb->cursor ? CURSOR_COLOR : "\033[0m");
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case COL_SIZE: {
-                    int j = 0;
-                    const char* units = "BKMGTPEZY";
-                    double bytes = (double)entry->info.st_size;
-                    while (bytes > 1024) {
-                        bytes /= 1024;
-                        j++;
-                    }
-                    fprintf(tty_out, " %6.*f%c ", j > 0 ? 1 : 0, bytes, units[j]);
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                case COL_MTIME:
-                    strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), BB_TIME_FMT, localtime(&(entry->info.st_mtime)));
-                    fputs(buf, tty_out);
-                    break;
-
-                case COL_CTIME:
-                    strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), BB_TIME_FMT, localtime(&(entry->info.st_ctime)));
-                    fputs(buf, tty_out);
-                    break;
-
-                case COL_ATIME:
-                    strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), BB_TIME_FMT, localtime(&(entry->info.st_atime)));
-                    fputs(buf, tty_out);
-                    break;
-
-                case COL_PERM:
-                    fprintf(tty_out, " %03o", entry->info.st_mode & 0777);
-                    break;
-
-                case COL_NAME: {
-                    char color[128];
-                    strcpy(color, color_of(entry->info.st_mode));
-                    if (i == bb->cursor) strcat(color, CURSOR_COLOR);
-                    fputs(color, tty_out);
-
-                    char *name = use_fullname ? entry->fullname : entry->name;
-                    if (entry->no_esc) fputs(name, tty_out);
-                    else entry->no_esc |= !fputs_escaped(tty_out, name, color);
-
-                    if (E_ISDIR(entry)) fputs("/", tty_out);
-
-                    if (entry->linkname) {
-                        if (i != bb->cursor)
-                            fputs("\033[37m", tty_out);
-                        fputs("\033[2m -> \033[3m", tty_out);
-                        strcpy(color, color_of(entry->linkedmode));
-                        if (i == bb->cursor) strcat(color, CURSOR_COLOR);
-                        strcat(color, "\033[3;2m");
-                        fputs(color, tty_out);
-                        if (entry->link_no_esc) fputs(entry->linkname, tty_out);
-                        else entry->link_no_esc |= !fputs_escaped(tty_out, entry->linkname, color);
-
-                        if (S_ISDIR(entry->linkedmode))
-                            fputs("/", tty_out);
-
-                        fputs("\033[22;23m", tty_out);
-                    }
-                    fputs(i == bb->cursor ? CURSOR_COLOR : "\033[0m", tty_out);
-                    fputs("\033[K", tty_out);
-                    break;
-                }
-                default: break;
-            }
-            x += columns[(int)bb->columns[col]].width;
+            fputs(buf, tty_out);
+            fputs("\033[K", tty_out);
+            x += (int)strlen(col.name) + 1;
         }
         fputs(" \033[K\033[0m", tty_out); // Reset color and attributes
     }
diff --git a/bb.h b/bb.h
index 5a9a86b..fccc6ee 100644
--- a/bb.h
+++ b/bb.h
@@ -97,11 +97,6 @@ typedef struct {
     char *description;
 } binding_t;
 
-typedef struct {
-    int width;
-    const char *name;
-} column_t;
-
 typedef enum {
     COL_NONE = 0,
     COL_NAME = 'n',
@@ -181,24 +176,11 @@ typedef struct proc_s {
 
 static binding_t bindings[MAX_BINDINGS];
 
-// Column widths and titles:
-static const column_t columns[] = {
-    ['*'] = {2,  "*"},
-    ['a'] = {18, "      Accessed"},
-    ['c'] = {18, "      Created"},
-    ['m'] = {18, "      Modified"},
-    ['n'] = {40, "Name"},
-    ['p'] = {5,  "Permissions"},
-    ['r'] = {2,  "Random"},
-    ['s'] = {9,  "  Size"},
-};
-
 // Functions
 void bb_browse(bb_t *bb, const char *initial_path);
 static void check_cmdfile(bb_t *bb);
 static void cleanup(void);
 static void cleanup_and_raise(int sig);
-static const char* color_of(mode_t mode);
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 static int compare_files(void *v, const void *v1, const void *v2);
 #else
@@ -340,4 +322,6 @@ static const char *runstartup =
 "    fi;\n"
 "done\n";
 
+#include "columns.h"
+
 // vim: ts=4 sw=0 et cino=L2,l1,(0,W4,m1
diff --git a/columns.h b/columns.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8f685c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/columns.h
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+/*
+ * This file contains logic for drawing columns.
+ */
+
+static void lpad(char *buf, int width)
+{
+    int len = strlen(buf);
+    if (len < width) {
+        int pad = width - len;
+        memmove(&buf[pad], buf, (size_t)len + 1);
+        while (pad > 0) buf[--pad] = ' ';
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns the color of a file listing, given its mode.
+ */
+static const char* color_of(mode_t mode)
+{
+    if (S_ISDIR(mode)) return DIR_COLOR;
+    else if (S_ISLNK(mode)) return LINK_COLOR;
+    else if (mode & (S_IXUSR | S_IXGRP | S_IXOTH))
+        return EXECUTABLE_COLOR;
+    else return NORMAL_COLOR;
+}
+
+static char* stpcpy_escaped(char *buf, const char *str, const char *color)
+{
+    static const char *escapes = "       abtnvfr             e";
+    for (const char *c = str; *c; ++c) {
+        if (*c > 0 && *c <= '\x1b' && escapes[(int)*c] != ' ') { // "\n", etc.
+            buf += sprintf(buf, "\033[31m\\%c%s", escapes[(int)*c], color);
+        } else if (*c >= 0 && !(' ' <= *c && *c <= '~')) { // "\x02", etc.
+            buf += sprintf(buf, "\033[31m\\x%02X%s", *c, color);
+        } else {
+            *(buf++) = *c;
+        }
+    }
+    *(buf++) = '\0';
+    return buf;
+}
+
+static void timeago(char *buf, time_t t)
+{
+    const int SECOND = 1;
+    const int MINUTE = 60 * SECOND;
+    const int HOUR = 60 * MINUTE;
+    const int DAY = 24 * HOUR;
+    const int MONTH = 30 * DAY;
+    const int YEAR = 365 * DAY;
+
+    time_t now = time(0);
+    double delta = difftime(now, t);
+
+    if (delta < 1.5)
+        sprintf(buf, "a second");
+    else if (delta < 1 * MINUTE)
+        sprintf(buf, "%d seconds", (int)delta);
+    else if (delta < 2 * MINUTE)
+        sprintf(buf, "a minute");
+    else if (delta < 1 * HOUR)
+        sprintf(buf, "%d minutes", (int)delta/MINUTE);
+    else if (delta < 2 * HOUR)
+        sprintf(buf, "an hour");
+    else if (delta < 1 * DAY)
+        sprintf(buf, "%d hours", (int)delta/HOUR);
+    else if (delta < 2 * DAY)
+        sprintf(buf, "yesterday");
+    else if (delta < 1 * MONTH)
+        sprintf(buf, "%d days", (int)delta/DAY);
+    else if (delta < 2 * MONTH)
+        sprintf(buf, "a month");
+    else if (delta < 1 * YEAR)
+        sprintf(buf, "%d months", (int)delta/MONTH);
+    else if (delta < 2 * YEAR)
+        sprintf(buf, "a year");
+    else
+        sprintf(buf, "%d years", (int)delta/YEAR);
+}
+
+void col_mreltime(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width) {
+    (void)bb;
+    timeago(buf, entry->info.st_mtime);
+    lpad(buf, width);
+}
+
+void col_areltime(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width) {
+    (void)bb;
+    timeago(buf, entry->info.st_atime);
+    lpad(buf, width);
+}
+
+void col_creltime(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width) {
+    (void)bb;
+    timeago(buf, entry->info.st_ctime);
+    lpad(buf, width);
+}
+
+void col_mtime(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width) {
+    (void)bb;
+    strftime(buf, (size_t)width, BB_TIME_FMT, localtime(&(entry->info.st_mtime)));
+}
+
+void col_atime(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width) {
+    (void)bb;
+    strftime(buf, (size_t)width, BB_TIME_FMT, localtime(&(entry->info.st_atime)));
+}
+
+void col_ctime(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width) {
+    (void)bb;
+    strftime(buf, (size_t)width, BB_TIME_FMT, localtime(&(entry->info.st_ctime)));
+}
+
+void col_selected(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width) {
+    (void)bb; (void)width;
+    strcpy(buf, IS_SELECTED(entry) ? SELECTED_INDICATOR : NOT_SELECTED_INDICATOR);
+}
+
+void col_perm(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width) {
+    (void)bb; (void)width;
+    sprintf(buf, " %03o", entry->info.st_mode & 0777);
+}
+
+void col_random(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width)
+{
+    (void)width;
+    double k = (double)entry->shufflepos/(double)bb->nfiles;
+    int color = (int)(k*232 + (1.-k)*255);
+    sprintf(buf, "\033[48;5;%dm  \033[0m%s", color,
+            entry == bb->files[bb->cursor] ? CURSOR_COLOR : "\033[0m");
+}
+
+void col_size(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width)
+{
+    (void)bb; (void)width;
+    int j = 0;
+    const char* units = "BKMGTPEZY";
+    double bytes = (double)entry->info.st_size;
+    while (bytes > 1024) {
+        bytes /= 1024;
+        j++;
+    }
+    sprintf(buf, " %6.*f%c ", j > 0 ? 1 : 0, bytes, units[j]);
+}
+
+void col_name(bb_t *bb, entry_t *entry, char *buf, int width)
+{
+    (void)width;
+    char color[128];
+    strcpy(color, color_of(entry->info.st_mode));
+    if (entry == bb->files[bb->cursor]) strcpy(color, CURSOR_COLOR);
+    buf = stpcpy(buf, color);
+
+    int use_fullname =  strcmp(bb->path, "<selection>") == 0;
+    char *name = use_fullname ? entry->fullname : entry->name;
+    if (entry->no_esc) buf = stpcpy(buf, name);
+    else buf = stpcpy_escaped(buf, name, color);
+
+    if (E_ISDIR(entry)) buf = stpcpy(buf, "/");
+
+    if (!entry->linkname) return;
+
+    if (entry != bb->files[bb->cursor])
+        buf = stpcpy(buf, "\033[37m");
+    buf = stpcpy(buf, "\033[2m -> \033[3m");
+    strcpy(color, color_of(entry->linkedmode));
+    if (entry == bb->files[bb->cursor]) strcat(color, CURSOR_COLOR);
+    strcat(color, "\033[3;2m");
+    buf = stpcpy(buf, color);
+    if (entry->link_no_esc) buf = stpcpy(buf, entry->linkname);
+    else buf = stpcpy_escaped(buf, entry->linkname, color);
+
+    if (S_ISDIR(entry->linkedmode))
+        buf = stpcpy(buf, "/");
+
+    buf = stpcpy(buf, "\033[22;23m");
+}
+
+typedef struct {
+    const char *name;
+    void (*render)(bb_t *, entry_t *, char *, int);
+} column_t;
+
+static column_t columns[255] = {
+    ['*'] = {.name = "*", .render = col_selected},
+    ['n'] = {.name = "Name                                             ", .render = col_name},
+    ['s'] = {.name = "    Size", .render = col_size},
+    ['p'] = {.name = "Perm", .render = col_perm},
+    ['m'] = {.name = "Modified", .render = col_mreltime},
+    ['M'] = {.name = "    Modified     ", .render = col_mtime},
+    ['a'] = {.name = "Accessed", .render = col_areltime},
+    ['A'] = {.name = "    Accessed     ", .render = col_atime},
+    ['c'] = {.name = " Created", .render = col_creltime},
+    ['C'] = {.name = "     Created     ", .render = col_ctime},
+    ['r'] = {.name = "R", .render = col_random},
+};