--- rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2005/12/21 14:23:30	1.184
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2005/12/21 14:25:41	1.185
@@ -1480,7 +1480,7 @@
         if (line->is_longer ()) /* break line continuation */
           line->l = ncol;
         
-        max_it (line->l - count, 0);
+        line->l = max (line->l - count, 0);
 
         if (selection.op && current_screen == selection.screen
             && ROWCOL_IN_ROW_AT_OR_AFTER (selection.beg, screen.cur))