 		  (progn
 		    (goto-char startpos)
 		    (skip-chars-forward "^ \t\n")))
-	      (1+ (current-column))))))
+	      (+ (current-column) py-continuation-offset 1)
+	      ))))
 
        ;; not on a continuation line
        ((bobp) (current-indentation))

  "*Amount of offset per level of indentation.
`\\[py-guess-indent-offset]' can usually guess a good value when
you're editing someone else's Python code."
  :type 'integer
  :group 'python)


	      ;; chunk of non-whitespace characters on base line, + 1 more
	      ;; column
	      (end-of-line)
	      (setq endpos (point)
		    searching t)
	      (back-to-indentation)
	      (setq startpos (point))
	      ;; look at all "=" from left to right, stopping at first
