# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 997704855 0
# Node ID 9c6ef0fd5c4da1b718b1c17dc54a62bf4c658ba7
# Parent  d4a3eb49c20c6d45be10610a2cd822bef1f813f6
(move_it_by_lines) <DVPOS < 0>: If not already on
a line start, move back to the line start.

diff -r d4a3eb49c20c -r 9c6ef0fd5c4d src/xdisp.c
--- a/src/xdisp.c	Mon Aug 13 10:45:57 2001 +0000
+++ b/src/xdisp.c	Mon Aug 13 12:14:15 2001 +0000
@@ -5477,6 +5477,12 @@
       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);
+      
       /* Go back -DVPOS visible lines and reseat the iterator there.  */
       start_charpos = IT_CHARPOS (*it);
       for (i = -dvpos; i && IT_CHARPOS (*it) > BEGV; --i)