2 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 8d35fa06ac5..cfbc404dc51 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-08-03  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+        * term.el (term-erase-in-display): Fix case when point is not at
+        the beginning of the line.
+
 2007-08-03  Jay Belanger  <jay.p.belanger@gmail.com>
 
         * calc/calc-ext.el (math-get-value,math-get-sdev)
diff --git a/lisp/term.el b/lisp/term.el
index c7b5ee249d1..55c5090fb2c 100644
--- a/lisp/term.el
+++ b/lisp/term.el
@@ -3715,12 +3715,12 @@ all pending output has been dealt with."))
 (defun term-erase-in-display (kind)
   "Erases (that is blanks out) part of the window.
 If KIND is 0, erase from (point) to (point-max);
-if KIND is 1, erase from home to point; else erase from home to point-max.
-Should only be called when point is at the start of a screen line."
+if KIND is 1, erase from home to point; else erase from home to point-max."
   (term-handle-deferred-scroll)
   (cond ((eq term-terminal-parameter 0)
-         (delete-region (point) (point-max))
-         (term-unwrap-line))
+         (let ((need-unwrap (bolp)))
+           (delete-region (point) (point-max))
+           (when need-unwrap (term-unwrap-line))))
         ((let ((row (term-current-row))
               (col (term-horizontal-column))
               (start-region term-home-marker)