diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 4d644e2..d58f603 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Release ...
 * Made it work for Big5 locales (Patches by Matthew Fischer).
 * Fixed a problem with the 'r' command in EUC-JP and Big5 locales (Bugreport
   by Matthew Fischer).
+* The insertion of multicolumn characters now works with terminals that have
+  the 'ic' but no 'im' termcap capability (Bugreport by Matthew Fischer).
 
 Release 1/19/05
 * The last release erroneously made 'X' work like 'x' in visual mode. It now
diff --git a/ex_version.c b/ex_version.c
index fbce393..86fb644 100644
--- a/ex_version.c
+++ b/ex_version.c
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
  * OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
  * EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- * Sccsid @(#)ex_version.c	1.120 (gritter) 1/22/05
+ * Sccsid @(#)ex_version.c	1.121 (gritter) 2/3/05
  */
 
 #include "ex.h"
 
-static char *versionstring = "@(#)Version 4.0 (gritter) 1/22/05";
+static char *versionstring = "@(#)Version 4.0 (gritter) 2/3/05";
 
 void 
 printver(void)
diff --git a/ex_vput.c b/ex_vput.c
index 60e52a8..3b9688d 100644
--- a/ex_vput.c
+++ b/ex_vput.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
 #ifndef	lint
 #ifdef	DOSCCS
-static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ex_vput.c	1.45 (gritter) 1/22/05";
+static char sccsid[] = "@(#)ex_vput.c	1.46 (gritter) 2/3/05";
 #endif
 #endif
 
@@ -1395,7 +1395,11 @@ def:
 		 */
 		if (insmode && (!IM || !*IM))
 #endif	/* !notdef */
-			vputp(IC, DEPTH(vcline));
+		{
+			n = colsc(c);
+			for (m = 0; m < n; m++)
+				vputp(IC, DEPTH(vcline));
+		}
 		vputc(c & TRIM);
 
 		/*