diff -u -r nano/src/nano.c nano-quot/src/nano.c
--- nano/src/nano.c	2004-07-30 21:38:34.000000000 -0400
+++ nano-quot/src/nano.c	2004-07-30 22:58:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@
     size_t qdepth = 0;
 
     /* Compute quote depth level. */
-    while (!strcmp(line + qdepth, quotestr))
+    while (strncmp(line + qdepth, quotestr, quotelen) == 0)
 	qdepth += quotelen;
     return qdepth;
 #endif	/* !HAVE_REGEX_H */