diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 7f9d99661..2745ba180 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-09-10  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
+	* screen.c (use_display_format): Set dirty flag.  Remove calls
+	to paint_panel() where they become unneeded.
+
 	* screen.c (file_mark): Set dirty flag if the mark changes.
 	* cmd.c: Remove calls to paint_panel() due to file marks.
 
diff --git a/src/cmd.c b/src/cmd.c
index e9e822137..b7e3714f5 100644
--- a/src/cmd.c
+++ b/src/cmd.c
@@ -1298,8 +1298,6 @@ configure_panel_listing (WPanel *p, int view_type, int use_msformat, char *user,
     }
 
     set_panel_formats (p);
-    paint_panel (p);
-    
     do_refresh ();
 }
 
@@ -1389,7 +1387,6 @@ set_basic_panel_listing_to (int panel_index, int listing_mode)
     if (set_panel_formats (p))
 	return 0;
 	
-    paint_panel (p);
     do_refresh ();
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 3fa217159..81ef35d3f 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -807,7 +807,6 @@ listmode_cmd (void)
     cpanel->list_type = list_user;
     cpanel->user_format = newmode;
     set_panel_formats (cpanel);
-    paint_panel (cpanel);
 
     do_refresh ();
 }
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 7f7947160..de5028046 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -1315,6 +1315,8 @@ use_display_format (WPanel *panel, char *format, char **error, int isstatus)
     if (*error)
 	return 0;
 
+    panel->dirty = 1;
+
     /* Status needn't to be split */
     usable_columns = ((panel->widget.cols-2)/((isstatus)
 					      ? 1