--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/23 13:34:20	1.138
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtfont.C	2008/01/25 16:04:57	1.145
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * File:	rxvtfont.C
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------*
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2006 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
  *				- original version.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@
           rxvt_drawable &d2 = d.screen->scratch_drawable (w, h);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_BG_PIXMAP
-          Picture dst = 0;
+          Picture dst = 0; // the only assignment is done conditionally in the following if condition
 
           if (term->bgPixmap.pixmap
               && (bg == Color_transparent || bg == Color_bg
@@ -1390,12 +1390,13 @@
                 {
                   Picture solid_color_pict = XftDrawSrcPicture (d2, &term->pix_colors[bg].c);
 
+                  // dst can only be set when bg >= 0
                   XRenderComposite (disp, PictOpOver, solid_color_pict, None, dst, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, w, h);
                 }
             }
           else
 #endif
-            XftDrawRect (d2, &term->pix_colors[bg < 0 ? Color_bg : bg].c, 0, 0, w, h);
+            XftDrawRect (d2, &term->pix_colors[bg >= 0 ? bg : Color_bg].c, 0, 0, w, h);
 
           XftDrawGlyphSpec (d2, &term->pix_colors[fg].c, f, enc, ep - enc);
           XCopyArea (disp, d2, d, gc, 0, 0, w, h, x, y);