diff --git a/autoload/nuwiki/commands.vim b/autoload/nuwiki/commands.vim
index 6e215cb..a27ff42 100644
--- a/autoload/nuwiki/commands.vim
+++ b/autoload/nuwiki/commands.vim
@@ -1089,7 +1089,9 @@ function! nuwiki#commands#colorize(...) abort
   " __COLORFG__ replaced by the colour. Configurable via g:nuwiki_color_tag_template.
   let l:tpl = get(g:, 'nuwiki_color_tag_template',
         \ '<span style="color:__COLORFG__">__CONTENT__</span>')
-  let l:tpl = substitute(l:tpl, '__COLORFG__', l:color, 'g')
+  " Escape `\`, `&`, `~` so a colour containing them isn't treated as a
+  " substitute() replacement metacharacter.
+  let l:tpl = substitute(l:tpl, '__COLORFG__', escape(l:color, '\&~'), 'g')
   let l:parts = split(l:tpl, '__CONTENT__', 1)
   let l:open_tag = get(l:parts, 0, '')
   let l:close_tag = get(l:parts, 1, '')
diff --git a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/commands.rs b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/commands.rs
index 693bb20..8920f72 100644
--- a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/commands.rs
+++ b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/commands.rs
@@ -2725,9 +2725,11 @@ pub mod ops {
         // vimwiki `cycle_bullets`: as an unordered item changes indent level,
         // rotate its glyph through `bullet_types` (ring buffer keyed by depth).
         if cycle_bullets && !bullet_types.is_empty() {
-            if let Some((mspan, marker, col_off)) = find_marker_span(text, item.span) {
+            if let Some((mspan, marker, _)) = find_marker_span(text, item.span) {
                 if marker.chars().count() == 1 && bullet_types.iter().any(|b| b == marker) {
-                    let old_depth = (col_off / 2) as i32;
+                    // The marker's column is the item's indentation width (the
+                    // item span starts at line start). 2 cols per depth level.
+                    let old_depth = (mspan.start.column / 2) as i32;
                     let new_depth = (old_depth + delta).max(0) as usize;
                     let glyph = &bullet_types[new_depth % bullet_types.len()];
                     if glyph.as_str() != marker {
@@ -3160,10 +3162,17 @@ pub mod ops {
     ) -> Option<String> {
         // Swap the column-width slots first so the rendered table
         // remains visually aligned after the move.
-        let mut widths = column_widths(table, text, reduce_last_col);
+        let mut widths = column_widths(table, text, false);
         if a < widths.len() && b < widths.len() {
             widths.swap(a, b);
         }
+        // Apply reduce_last_col AFTER the swap so the column physically last
+        // stays minimal (clamping before the swap would move the narrow slot).
+        if reduce_last_col {
+            if let Some(last) = widths.last_mut() {
+                *last = 1;
+            }
+        }
         let mut out = String::new();
         for (row_idx, row) in table.rows.iter().enumerate() {
             out.push('|');
diff --git a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/config.rs b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/config.rs
index 16d4918..a713bbe 100644
--- a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/src/config.rs
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ pub struct WikiConfig {
     /// `[[page|Heading]]` (first heading as caption) from `:VimwikiGenerateLinks`.
     pub generated_links_caption: bool,
     /// vimwiki `toc_link_format` (default `0`): `0` = `[[#anchor|title]]`
-    /// (leaf anchor, with description); `1` = `[[#parent#child]]` (full path,
-    /// no description).
+    /// (with description); `1` = `[[#anchor]]` (anchor only, no description).
     pub toc_link_format: u8,
     /// vimwiki `table_reduce_last_col` (default `false`): don't pad the last
     /// table column to fill — keep it at its minimum width.
diff --git a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/tests/commands_lists.rs b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/tests/commands_lists.rs
index 3e3b4b9..f724e44 100644
--- a/crates/nuwiki-lsp/tests/commands_lists.rs
+++ b/crates/nuwiki-lsp/tests/commands_lists.rs
@@ -275,10 +275,12 @@ fn cycle_bullets_rotates_glyph_on_indent() {
     // With cycle_bullets + bullet_types [-,*,#], indenting a `-` item (depth 0
     // → 1) rotates the glyph to `*` (and dedenting back to `-`).
     let bullets: Vec<String> = ["-", "*", "#"].iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect();
-    let src = "- one\n- two\n";
+    // Put the list well into the document so depth must come from the item's
+    // indentation, not its absolute byte offset (regression guard).
+    let src = "some intro paragraph text here\n\n- one\n- two\n";
     let ast = parse(src);
     let edit =
-        ops::change_level_edit(src, &ast, &uri(), 1, 1, false, true, true, &bullets).expect("edit");
+        ops::change_level_edit(src, &ast, &uri(), 3, 1, false, true, true, &bullets).expect("edit");
     let texts: Vec<String> = edit.changes.unwrap()[&uri()]
         .iter()
         .map(|e| e.new_text.clone())
diff --git a/lua/nuwiki/commands.lua b/lua/nuwiki/commands.lua
index 99651ab..5ff74c9 100644
--- a/lua/nuwiki/commands.lua
+++ b/lua/nuwiki/commands.lua
@@ -1219,7 +1219,9 @@ function M.colorize(color, visual)
   local tpl = (require('nuwiki.config').options or {}).color_tag_template
     or vim.g.nuwiki_color_tag_template
     or '<span style="color:__COLORFG__">__CONTENT__</span>'
-  tpl = tpl:gsub('__COLORFG__', color)
+  -- Function replacement returns the colour verbatim (a string replacement
+  -- would treat `%` specially).
+  tpl = tpl:gsub('__COLORFG__', function() return color end)
   local open_tag, close_tag = tpl:match('^(.*)__CONTENT__(.*)$')
   if not open_tag then
     open_tag, close_tag = string.format('<span style="color:%s">', color), '</span>'