# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 997951215 0
# Node ID 633ee3b8d9f36f1f173cc9eb83babbc430d9ffa1
# Parent  3b44716c4df401fe4491abba62e53c61514a62e1
(move_it_by_lines) <DVPOS < 0>: Start at the beginning
of the screen line, not text line, containing IT's current
position.

diff -r 3b44716c4df4 -r 633ee3b8d9f3 src/xdisp.c
--- a/src/xdisp.c	Thu Aug 16 07:40:51 2001 +0000
+++ b/src/xdisp.c	Thu Aug 16 08:40:15 2001 +0000
@@ -5477,11 +5477,9 @@
       struct it it2;
       int start_charpos, i;
       
-      /* If we start in the middle of a line, move to the beginning
-	 of that line first.  */
-      if (IT_CHARPOS (*it) > BEGV
-	  && FETCH_BYTE (IT_BYTEPOS (*it) - 1) != '\n')
-	back_to_previous_visible_line_start (it);
+      /* Start at the beginning of the screen line containing IT's
+	 position.  */
+      move_it_vertically_backward (it, 0);
       
       /* Go back -DVPOS visible lines and reseat the iterator there.  */
       start_charpos = IT_CHARPOS (*it);