diff --git a/src/insets/ChangeLog b/src/insets/ChangeLog
index 43dc2e3979..9cc1b43f53 100644
--- a/src/insets/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/insets/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-05-22  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@gullik.net>
+
+	* insetspecialchar.C (dimension): use a string.
+
 2003-05-22  Angus Leeming  <leeming@lyx.org>
 
 	* inset*.[Ch] (latex):
diff --git a/src/insets/insetspecialchar.C b/src/insets/insetspecialchar.C
index 72b0877e55..e5f2536ca8 100644
--- a/src/insets/insetspecialchar.C
+++ b/src/insets/insetspecialchar.C
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void InsetSpecialChar::dimension(BufferView *, LyXFont const & font,
 	dim.a = font_metrics::maxAscent(font);
 	dim.d = font_metrics::maxDescent(font);
 
-	char const * s = 0;
+	string s;
 	switch (kind_) {
 		case LIGATURE_BREAK:      s = "|";     break;
 		case END_OF_SENTENCE:     s = ".";     break;