I have 2 questions about using the command /follow!

1. Is it possible to change the distance for following? Get the feeling that my slave is running very far behind the master :S

2. When both chars are standing "on top" of eatch other and shooting spells and I have to move back or something my slave just gets the "Facing wrong direction"-message. I dont want this so I had to bind the regular arrowkeys to turning the slave around, but its a pain in the butt to let go of the mouse to spin the slave around