diff -u nano/winio.c nano-patched/winio.c
--- nano/winio.c	Mon Oct  7 10:09:54 2002
+++ nano-patched/winio.c	Mon Oct  7 10:03:03 2002
@@ -655,9 +655,10 @@
 		    /* Translate the match to the beginning of the line. */
 		    startmatch.rm_so += k;
 		    startmatch.rm_eo += k;
-		    if (startmatch.rm_so == startmatch.rm_eo)
+		    if (startmatch.rm_so == startmatch.rm_eo) {
+			startmatch.rm_eo++;
 			statusbar(_("Refusing 0 length regex match"));
-		    else if (startmatch.rm_so < start + COLS &&
+		    } else if (startmatch.rm_so < start + COLS &&
 				startmatch.rm_eo > start) {
 			x_start = startmatch.rm_so - start;
 			if (x_start < 0)