2 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index fe7080f9c02..6d1a645c3ee 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
         after recentering, and scroll-conservatively is set to a large
         number, scroll window by a few more lines to make the cursor fully
         visible and out of scroll-margin.  (Bug#10105)
+        (start_display): Don't move to the next line if the display should
+        start at a newline that is part of a display vector or an overlay
+        string.  (Bug#10119)
 
 2011-11-24  Juri Linkov  <juri@jurta.org>
 
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 9397d15acb7..921155940b5 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -2846,8 +2846,14 @@ start_display (struct it *it, struct window *w, struct text_pos pos)
                   || (new_x == it->last_visible_x
                       && FRAME_WINDOW_P (it->f))))
             {
-              if (it->current.dpvec_index >= 0
-                  || it->current.overlay_string_index >= 0)
+              if ((it->current.dpvec_index >= 0
+                   || it->current.overlay_string_index >= 0)
+                  /* If we are on a newline from a display vector or
+                     overlay string, then we are already at the end of
+                     a screen line; no need to go to the next line in
+                     that case, as this line is not really continued.
+                     (If we do go to the next line, C-e will not DTRT.)  */
+                  && it->c != '\n')
                 {
                   set_iterator_to_next (it, 1);
                   move_it_in_display_line_to (it, -1, -1, 0);