# HG changeset patch
# User jwe
# Date 949487465 0
# Node ID ee1eea24f078af97a189866f27b76b93ce8da48d
# Parent  b80bbb43a1a951eb9eb8591a38a36826316227f2
[project @ 2000-02-02 10:31:05 by jwe]

diff --git a/liboctave/oct-rl-hist.c b/liboctave/oct-rl-hist.c
--- a/liboctave/oct-rl-hist.c
+++ b/liboctave/oct-rl-hist.c
@@ -206,16 +206,14 @@
       k = 0;
       for (i = beg; i < end; i++)
 	{
-	  char *tmp = 0;
-	  char buf[64];
+	  char *line = hlist[i]->line;
+	  int len = line ? strlen (line) : 0;
+	  char *tmp = malloc (len + 64);
 
 	  if (number_lines)
-	    sprintf (buf, "%5d%c", i + history_base,
-		     hlist[i]->data ? '*' : ' '); 
-
-	  tmp = malloc (strlen (buf) + 1);
-
-	  strcpy (tmp, buf);
+	    sprintf (tmp, "%5d%c%s", i + history_base,
+		     hlist[i]->data ? '*' : ' '
+		     line ? line : "");
 
 	  retval[k++] = tmp;
 	}