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2 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fluid/tools/ExternalCodeEditor_UNIX.cxx b/fluid/tools/ExternalCodeEditor_UNIX.cxx
index 60ed16814..1d1efc462 100644
--- a/fluid/tools/ExternalCodeEditor_UNIX.cxx
+++ b/fluid/tools/ExternalCodeEditor_UNIX.cxx
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ ExternalCodeEditor::ExternalCodeEditor() {
   filename_   = 0;
   file_mtime_ = 0;
   file_size_  = 0;
+  command_line_ = 0;
   alert_pipe_[0] = alert_pipe_[1] = -1;
   alert_pipe_open_ = false;
 }
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ ExternalCodeEditor::~ExternalCodeEditor() {
            (void*)this, (long)pid_);
   close_editor();   // close editor, delete tmp file
   set_filename(0);  // free()s filename
+  if (command_line_) free(command_line_);
 
   if (alert_pipe_open_) {
     Fl::remove_fd(alert_pipe_[0]);
@@ -389,7 +391,8 @@ int ExternalCodeEditor::start_editor(const char *editor_cmd,
                         editor_cmd, filename);
   char cmd[1024];
   snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "%s %s", editor_cmd, filename);
-  command_line_ = editor_cmd;
+  if (command_line_) free(command_line_);
+  command_line_ = fl_strdup(editor_cmd);
   open_alert_pipe();
   // Fork editor to background..
   switch ( pid_ = fork() ) {
@@ -564,7 +567,7 @@ void ExternalCodeEditor::alert_pipe_cb(FL_SOCKET s, void* d) {
   self->last_error_ = 0;
   if (::read(s, &self->last_error_, sizeof(int)) != sizeof(int))
     return;
-  const char* cmd = self->command_line_.c_str();
+  const char* cmd = self->command_line_;
   if (cmd && *cmd) {
     if (cmd[0] == '/') { // is this an absolute filename?
       fl_alert("Can't launch external editor '%s':\n%s\n\ncmd: \"%s\"",
diff --git a/fluid/tools/ExternalCodeEditor_UNIX.h b/fluid/tools/ExternalCodeEditor_UNIX.h
index dfcc1e785..0542a5e94 100644
--- a/fluid/tools/ExternalCodeEditor_UNIX.h
+++ b/fluid/tools/ExternalCodeEditor_UNIX.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class ExternalCodeEditor {
   time_t file_mtime_;                   // last modify time of the file (used to determine if file changed)
   size_t file_size_;                    // last file size (used to determine if changed)
   const char *filename_;
-  std::string command_line_;
+  char *command_line_;
   int last_error_;
   int alert_pipe_[2];
   bool alert_pipe_open_;