diff -r 3aa3ccce97bd -r 63f951281392 src/gtkimhtml.c
--- a/src/gtkimhtml.c	Sun Oct 23 13:12:08 2005 +0000
+++ b/src/gtkimhtml.c	Sun Oct 23 13:13:21 2005 +0000
@@ -4344,6 +4344,9 @@
 	GtkTextMark *mark;
 	GtkTextIter iter;
 
+	if (gtk_text_buffer_get_selection_bounds(imhtml->text_buffer, NULL, NULL))
+		gtk_text_buffer_delete_selection(imhtml->text_buffer, TRUE, TRUE);
+
 	mark = gtk_text_buffer_get_insert(imhtml->text_buffer);
 
 	gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark(imhtml->text_buffer, &iter, mark);