2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index b26a59b8ed9..4572cf4eb6d 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-02-16  Per Abrahamsen  <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
+
+        * wid-edit.el (widget-match-inline): An atom never matches a
+        list.
+
 2000-02-15  Dirk Herrmann  <D.Herrmann@tu-bs.de>
 
         * textmodes/bibtex.el (bibtex-mode): Replaced manual splitting of path
diff --git a/lisp/wid-edit.el b/lisp/wid-edit.el
index 277656415b7..67efcfa88ae 100644
--- a/lisp/wid-edit.el
+++ b/lisp/wid-edit.el
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ Otherwise, just return the value."
   "In WIDGET, match the start of VALS."
   (cond ((widget-get widget :inline)
          (widget-apply widget :match-inline vals))
-        ((and vals
+        ((and (listp vals)
               (widget-apply widget :match (car vals)))
          (cons (list (car vals)) (cdr vals)))
         (t nil)))