Dead stores

common.cpp

@@ -866,11 +866,7 @@ void write_screen(const wcstring &msg, wcstring &buff)
             /*
               If token is zero character long, we don't do anything
             */
-            if (pos == start)
-            {
-                start = pos = pos+1;
-            }
-            else if (overflow)
+            if (overflow)
             {
                 /*
                   In case of overflow, we print a newline, except if we already are at position 0