diff -Burp lynx2-8-3/src/GridText.c lynx2-8-3-patched/src/GridText.c
--- lynx2-8-3/src/GridText.c	Wed Nov 17 23:08:08 1999
+++ lynx2-8-3-patched/src/GridText.c	Mon Nov 22 07:16:14 1999
@@ -7345,8 +7345,10 @@ PUBLIC void print_wwwfile_to_fd ARGS2(
 
     line = HTMainText->last_line->next;
     for (;; line = line->next) {
-	if (!first
-	 && line->data[0] != LY_SOFT_NEWLINE && line->data[1] != LY_SOFT_NEWLINE) {
+	if (!first && 
+	 line->data[0] != LY_SOFT_NEWLINE && 
+	 line->data[0] != '\0' &&
+	 line->data[1] != LY_SOFT_NEWLINE) {
 	    /* data[0] can be LY_*START_CHAR, so LY_SOFT_NEWLINE can be in [1] - VH */
 	    fputc('\n',fp);
 	    /*
diff -Burp lynx2-8-3/src/TRSTable.c lynx2-8-3-patched/src/TRSTable.c
--- lynx2-8-3/src/TRSTable.c	Wed Nov 17 23:08:08 1999
+++ lynx2-8-3-patched/src/TRSTable.c	Mon Nov 22 06:52:56 1999
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ PRIVATE int Stbl_addCellToRow ARGS9(
 	me->cells[i].alignment = HT_LEFT;
     }
     me->cells[me->ncells + colspan].pos = -1; /* not yet used */
+    me->cells[me->ncells + colspan].alignment = HT_ALIGN_NONE;
     me->ncells++;
     return (me->ncells - 1);
 }