--- rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2013/03/30 08:47:06	1.442
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/screen.C	2013/04/02 21:03:35	1.444
@@ -2680,8 +2680,8 @@
 rxvt_term::selection_changed () NOTHROW
 {
   line_t &r1 = ROW (selection.beg.row);
-  while (selection.beg.col >    0 && r1.t [selection.beg.col] == NOCHAR)
-    --selection.beg.col;
+  while (selection.beg.col < r1.l && r1.t [selection.beg.col] == NOCHAR)
+    ++selection.beg.col;
 
   line_t &r2 = ROW (selection.end.row);
   while (selection.end.col < r2.l && r2.t [selection.end.col] == NOCHAR)
@@ -3074,14 +3074,6 @@
 
   if (dirn == DN)
     col++;                  /* put us on one past the end */
-  else
-    {
-      // if the delimiter on the left has width > 1 col points to the
-      // first NOCHAR in the delimiter cell and so we must move it to the
-      // beginning of the next cell.
-      while (ROW(row).t[col] == NOCHAR)
-        col++;
-    }
 
   /* Poke the values back in */
   ret->row = row;