shr.el (shr-put-color): Special-case background colours: Do put them at the blank parts at the front of the lines.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index 5f20d2cfa65..1e3a1b670c9 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 2011-01-27  Lars Ingebrigtsen  <larsi@gnus.org>
 
+        * shr.el (shr-put-color): Special-case background colours: Do put them
+        at the blank parts at the front of the lines.
+
         * gnus-draft.el (gnus-draft-clear-marks): New function to be run as an
         exit hook to nix out all data on readedness on group exit.
 
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/shr.el b/lisp/gnus/shr.el
index 899a5defaeb..4568f45dbb5 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/shr.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/shr.el
@@ -612,7 +612,8 @@ ones, in case fg and bg are nil."
   (save-excursion
     (goto-char start)
     (while (< (point) end)
-      (when (bolp)
+      (when (and (bolp)
+                 (not (eq type :background)))
         (skip-chars-forward " "))
       (when (> (line-end-position) (point))
         (shr-put-color-1 (point) (min (line-end-position) end) type color))