--- rxvt-unicode/src/perl/selection	2006/01/21 21:20:34	1.32
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/perl/selection	2006/01/22 11:57:06	1.33
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 
       # convert back from UTF-8 offset space to character space
       {
-         my $length = substr $text, $ofs, $len;
+         my $length = substr "$text ", $ofs, $len;
          utf8::decode $length;
          $len = length $length;
       }