diff -pruN -x '*~' -x '*.rej' -x '*.orig' pine4.63-patch29/pine/mailindx.c pine4.63/pine/mailindx.c
--- pine4.63-patch29/pine/mailindx.c	2005-06-01 08:55:25.139074000 -0600
+++ pine4.63/pine/mailindx.c	2005-06-01 09:10:19.126042155 -0600
@@ -2223,6 +2223,9 @@ paint_index_line(hline, line, scol, pcol
 	    int   uc, ac, do_arrow;
 	    int   i, drew_X = 0, cols = ps_global->ttyo->screen_cols;
 	    int   inverse_hack = 0, need_inverse_hack = 0, lim;
+	    int   seq = 0, w = 0;
+	    char  utf_seq[7], *cp, *r;
+
 
 	    if(uc=pico_usingcolor())
 	      lastc = pico_get_cur_color();
@@ -2302,9 +2305,26 @@ paint_index_line(hline, line, scol, pcol
 		draw[acol+i] = '>';
 	    }
 
+	    cp = NULL;
 	    if(pcol >= 0 && pcol < cols){
-		save_pchar = draw[pcol];
-		draw[pcol] = h->plus;
+		memset(utf_seq, 0, sizeof(utf_seq));
+		for(cp = draw; *cp; cp++) { 
+		    if (!(r = pine_check_utf8(cp, utf_seq, sizeof(utf_seq)))) {
+			seq = 1;
+			continue;
+		    }
+		    if (seq)
+			w++;
+		    seq = 0;
+		    if (r == cp)
+			w++;
+		    else if (*r == ' ')
+			w++;
+		    if (w > pcol)
+			break;
+		}
+		save_pchar = *cp;
+		*cp = h->plus;
 	    }
 
 	    if(h->offs[0].offset < 0 || h->offs[0].offset >= cols){
@@ -2467,8 +2487,8 @@ done_drawing:
 	    if(!ac && cur)
 	      EndInverse();
 
-	    if(pcol >= 0 && pcol < cols)
-	      draw[pcol] = save_pchar;
+	    if(cp)
+	      *cp = save_pchar;
 
 	    if(do_arrow && cur){
 		int i;