--- merge.c.orig	Thu Oct 21 22:28:39 1993
+++ merge.c	Sun Dec 12 03:25:45 1999
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
      int x, y;
      unsigned int width, height, verbose;
 { Image *base, *tmp;
+  int ycur = y;
 
   if (verbose) {
     printf("  Tiling...");
@@ -260,15 +261,16 @@
     base = newTrueImage(width, height);
 
   while (x < base->width) {
-    while(y < base->height) {
-      tmp = merge(base, image, x, y, 0);
+    while(ycur < base->height) {
+      tmp = merge(base, image, x, ycur, 0);
       if (tmp != base) {
 	freeImage(base);
 	base = tmp;
       }
-      y += image->width;
+      ycur += image->width;
     }
     x += image->width;
+    ycur = y;
   }
   printf("done.\n");
   return(base);