(display_mode_element): If the mode element is a symbol

with a string value, use that string's multibyteness for
displaying.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 1b596258496..509cd8d4005 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2001-09-25  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
 
+        * xdisp.c (display_mode_element): If the mode element is a symbol
+        with a string value, use that string's multibyteness for
+        displaying.
+
         * keyboard.c (read_char): Don't clear a message for a switch-frame
         event.   From Stefan Monnier  <monnier@cs.yale.edu>.
 
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index cf518632aa1..e7ee384f381 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -13511,7 +13511,7 @@ display_mode_element (it, depth, field_width, precision, elt)
                   n += store_frame_title (XSTRING (tem)->data, -1, prec);
                 else
                   n += display_string (NULL, tem, Qnil, 0, 0, it,
-                                       0, prec, 0, -1);
+                                       0, prec, 0, STRING_MULTIBYTE (tem));
               }
             else if (!EQ (tem, elt))
               {