diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index edb13b66ff..1ac073b302 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2000-09-27  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@lyx.org>
+
+	* src/insets/insettext.C (Ascii): return numer of '\n' in the text
+	outputed to the ostream.
+
+	* several files: fixed types based on warnings from cxx 
+
 2000-09-26  John Levon  <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>
 
 	* src/frontends/kde/Makefile.am: fix rule for
diff --git a/src/LaTeX.h b/src/LaTeX.h
index e490695442..b57a57e6ab 100644
--- a/src/LaTeX.h
+++ b/src/LaTeX.h
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ public:
 	   path = name of the files original path.
 	*/
 	LaTeX(string const & cmd, string const & file, string const & path);
+
+	///
+	virtual ~LaTeX() {}
 	
 	/// runs LaTeX several times
 	int run(TeXErrors &, MiniBuffer *);
diff --git a/src/LaTeXFeatures.C b/src/LaTeXFeatures.C
index 204e9a66d9..6e1fec3c98 100644
--- a/src/LaTeXFeatures.C
+++ b/src/LaTeXFeatures.C
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 using std::endl;
 
-LaTeXFeatures::LaTeXFeatures(BufferParams const & p, int n)
+LaTeXFeatures::LaTeXFeatures(BufferParams const & p, LyXTextClass::size_type n)
 	: layout(n, false), params(p)
 {
 	// packages
diff --git a/src/LaTeXFeatures.h b/src/LaTeXFeatures.h
index 5e6ff72c56..91165ad7f0 100644
--- a/src/LaTeXFeatures.h
+++ b/src/LaTeXFeatures.h
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 #include <set>
 
 #include "LString.h"
+#include "layout.h"
 
 class BufferParams; 
-class LyXTextClass;
 struct Language;
 
 /** The packages and commands that a buffer needs. This struct
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ struct Language;
 */
 struct LaTeXFeatures {
 	///
-	LaTeXFeatures(BufferParams const &, int n) ;
+	LaTeXFeatures(BufferParams const &, LyXTextClass::size_type n) ;
 	/// The packaes needed by the document
 	string const getPackages();
 	/// The macros definitions needed by the document
diff --git a/src/buffer.C b/src/buffer.C
index 67d59801bc..845b038737 100644
--- a/src/buffer.C
+++ b/src/buffer.C
@@ -1461,18 +1461,21 @@ void Buffer::writeFileAscii(string const & fname, int linelen)
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #else
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-string const Buffer::asciiParagraph(LyXParagraph const * par, int linelen) const
+string const Buffer::asciiParagraph(LyXParagraph const * par,
+				    unsigned int linelen) const
 {
 	ostringstream buffer;
 	LyXFont font1, font2;
 	Inset const * inset;
-	char c, footnoteflag = 0, depth = 0;
+	char c;
+	LyXParagraph::footnote_flag footnoteflag = LyXParagraph::NO_FOOTNOTE;
+	char depth = 0;
 	string tmp;
 	LyXParagraph::size_type i;
-	int j;
+	unsigned int j;
 	int ltype = 0;
 	int ltype_depth = 0;
-	int currlinelen = 0;
+	unsigned int currlinelen = 0;
 	bool ref_printed = false;
 
 	int noparbreak = 0;
@@ -2691,8 +2694,8 @@ void Buffer::pop_tag(ostream & os, string const & tag,
 // checks, if newcol chars should be put into this line
 // writes newline, if necessary.
 static
-void linux_doc_line_break(ostream & os, unsigned int & colcount,
-			  const unsigned int newcol)
+void linux_doc_line_break(ostream & os, string::size_type & colcount,
+			  string::size_type newcol)
 {
 	colcount += newcol;
 	if (colcount > lyxrc.ascii_linelen) {
@@ -2703,7 +2706,7 @@ void linux_doc_line_break(ostream & os, unsigned int & colcount,
 
 
 void Buffer::SimpleLinuxDocOnePar(ostream & os, LyXParagraph * par,
-				  int desc_on, int const /*depth*/)
+				  int desc_on, int /*depth*/)
 {
 	LyXFont font1;
 	char c;
@@ -2721,7 +2724,7 @@ void Buffer::SimpleLinuxDocOnePar(ostream & os, LyXParagraph * par,
 	int stack_num = -1;          // style stack position
 	// Can this be rewritten to use a std::stack, please. (Lgb)
 	char stack[5][3];    	     // style stack 
-        unsigned int char_line_count = 5;     // Heuristic choice ;-) 
+        string::size_type char_line_count = 5;     // Heuristic choice ;-) 
 
 	if (style.labeltype != LABEL_MANUAL)
 		main_body = 0;
diff --git a/src/buffer.h b/src/buffer.h
index 53df1feade..ad3249b579 100644
--- a/src/buffer.h
+++ b/src/buffer.h
@@ -150,8 +150,11 @@ public:
 	
 	///
 	void writeFileAscii(string const & , int);
+	///
 	void writeFileAscii(std::ostream &, int);
-	string const asciiParagraph(LyXParagraph const *, int linelen) const;
+	///
+	string const asciiParagraph(LyXParagraph const *,
+				    unsigned int linelen) const;
 	///
 	void makeLaTeXFile(string const & filename,
 			   string const & original_path,
diff --git a/src/bufferlist.h b/src/bufferlist.h
index 57c59faffb..7a89a8a87e 100644
--- a/src/bufferlist.h
+++ b/src/bufferlist.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ public:
 	///
 	typedef Container::const_iterator const_iterator;
 	///
+	typedef Container::size_type size_type;
+	///
 	bool empty() const { return container.empty(); }
 	///
 	void release(Buffer * buf);
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ public:
 	///
 	Buffer * operator[](int c) { return container[c]; }
 	///
-	int size() const { return container.size(); }
+	size_type size() const { return container.size(); }
 private:
 	///
 	Container container;
diff --git a/src/insets/insettext.C b/src/insets/insettext.C
index a22efa5466..ec9e2ed665 100644
--- a/src/insets/insettext.C
+++ b/src/insets/insettext.C
@@ -1026,11 +1026,17 @@ int InsetText::Latex(Buffer const * buf, ostream & os, bool, bool) const
 int InsetText::Ascii(Buffer const * buf, ostream & os, int linelen) const
 {
     LyXParagraph * p = par;
+    unsigned int lines = 0;
+    
     while (p) {
-	os << buf->asciiParagraph(p, linelen);
+	string const tmp = buf->asciiParagraph(p, linelen);
+	lines += countChar(tmp, '\n');
+	os << tmp;
 	p = p->next;
     }
     os << "\n";
+    ++lines;
+    return lines;
 }