(Fcompare_strings): Fix return values.

2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index bab28c171c2..bf6c5522d25 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2001-04-10  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
 
+        * fns.c (Fcompare_strings): Fix return values.
+
         * window.c (window_scroll): Change the meaning of N to mean
         N screen-fulls or N lines.
         (window_scroll_pixel_based, window_scroll_line_based)
diff --git a/src/fns.c b/src/fns.c
index 4bd577772fd..ceda1cfbf41 100644
--- a/src/fns.c
+++ b/src/fns.c
@@ -326,9 +326,9 @@ If string STR1 is greater, the value is a positive number N;\n\
          past the character that we are comparing;
          hence we don't add or subtract 1 here.  */
       if (c1 < c2)
-        return make_number (- i1);
+        return make_number (- i1 + XINT (start1));
       else
-        return make_number (i1);
+        return make_number (i1 - XINT (start1));
     }
 
   if (i1 < end1_char)