diff -ru htdig-3.1.3/htlib/String.cc htdig-3.1.3.patched/htlib/String.cc
--- htdig-3.1.3/htlib/String.cc	Sat Nov 20 20:12:55 1999
+++ htdig-3.1.3.patched/htlib/String.cc	Sat Nov 20 20:38:12 1999
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@
 	    return result;
 		
 	left -= result;
+	wptr += result;
     }
     return left;
 }
@@ -544,6 +545,35 @@
     return o;
 }
 
+istream &operator >> (istream &is, String &s)
+{
+    int w = is.width (0);
+    if (is.ipfx0 ())
+      {
+        register streambuf *sb = is.rdbuf ();
+        s.Length = 0;
+        while (1)
+	  {
+	    int ch = sb->sbumpc ();
+	    if (ch == EOF)
+	      {
+	        is.setstate (ios::eofbit);
+	        break;
+	      }
+	    s << static_cast <char> (ch);
+	    if (ch == '\n')
+	      break;
+	    if (--w == 1)
+	      break;
+	  }
+      }
+
+    is.isfx ();
+    if (s.length () == 0)
+      is.setstate (ios::failbit);
+
+    return is;
+}
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Private Methods.
 //