--- src/item-edit.c.orig	Mon Oct 30 23:06:00 2000
+++ src/item-edit.c	Mon Oct 30 23:08:03 2000
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@
 		return;
 	top_pos += item_edit->font->ascent;
 
+	/* Handle multibyte */
+	if( cursor_pos != -1 )
+		cursor_pos = strlen(gtk_editable_get_chars(GTK_EDITABLE(item_edit->entry),
+		 0, cursor_pos));
+
        	/* Draw the background (recall that gdk_draw_rectangle excludes far coords) */
 	gdk_draw_rectangle (
 		drawable, canvas->style->white_gc, TRUE,