--- rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtperl.xs	2008/08/22 15:36:45	1.125
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/rxvtperl.xs	2008/11/05 14:43:54	1.126
@@ -109,13 +109,11 @@
 
 #define SvOVERLAY(sv) (overlay *)SvPTR (sv, "urxvt::overlay")
 
-class overlay {
+class overlay : overlay_base
+{
   rxvt_term *THIS;
   AV *overlay_av;
-  int x, y, w, h;
   int border;
-  text_t **text;
-  rend_t **rend;
 
 public:
   HV *self;
@@ -132,8 +130,13 @@
 };
 
 overlay::overlay (rxvt_term *THIS, int x_, int y_, int w_, int h_, rend_t rstyle, int border)
-: THIS(THIS), x(x_), y(y_), w(w_), h(h_), border(border == 2), overlay_av (0)
+: THIS(THIS), border(border == 2), overlay_av (0)
 {
+  x = x_;
+  y = y_;
+  w = w_;
+  h = h_;
+
   if (w < 0) w = 0;
   if (h < 0) h = 0;
 
@@ -247,6 +250,11 @@
   int ov_w = min (w, THIS->ncol - ov_x);
   int ov_h = min (h, THIS->nrow - ov_y);
 
+  // hide cursor if it is within the overlay area
+  if (IN_RANGE_EXC (THIS->screen.cur.col - ov_x, 0, ov_w)
+      && IN_RANGE_EXC (THIS->screen.cur.row - ov_y, 0, ov_h))
+    THIS->screen.flags &= ~Screen_VisibleCursor;
+
   for (int y = ov_h; y--; )
     {
       text_t *t1 = text [y];