Hi Rob,
Stand down my friend, it appears to have been fixed in 1.0.5!
I thought the length it was breaking comments in was 132, but I may have miss-counted. That number rings a bell from the old days of green-screen terminals. And you are right, in my example above, the "e" from the word "next" is lost.
Thanks for your suggestion. All I need to do now is install 1.0.5 "properly".
Paul