2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 10eb9c87415..dd63a3572fc 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-11-13  Gerd Moellmann  <gerd@gnu.org>
+
+        * keyboard.c (show_help_echo): Call message3_nolog with number of
+        bytes in the help string as 2nd parameter, instead of the number
+        of characters.
+
 2000-11-13  Miles Bader  <miles@gnu.org>
 
         * lread.c (openp): Return -2 instead of 0 for the `remote file' case.
diff --git a/src/keyboard.c b/src/keyboard.c
index b086ae57ca6..a8472f2318b 100644
--- a/src/keyboard.c
+++ b/src/keyboard.c
@@ -2001,7 +2001,7 @@ show_help_echo (help, window, object, pos, ok_to_overwrite_keystroke_echo)
             {
               int count = specpdl_ptr - specpdl;
               specbind (Qmessage_truncate_lines, Qt);
-              message3_nolog (help, XSTRING (help)->size,
+              message3_nolog (help, STRING_BYTES (XSTRING (help)),
                               STRING_MULTIBYTE (help));
               unbind_to (count, Qnil);
             }