Hi I was looking at this bug (which you reported on 05 Nove 2004, http://bugs.debian.org/279909) and think it is actually a problem of the example.
Not exactly being into C++ these days but I suspect the behaviour could have been changed in the compilers. Anyhow, in the example change the start of main() as such: int main () { char* myletter = "letter" Plotter::parmpl ("PAGESIZE", myletter); ... Now "letter" is not a const (unless you'd write 'const char*') so the compiler does not complain about this. If you don't mind I'll close this bug some time soon unless you disagree. Floris -- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom www.debian.org | www.gnu.org | www.kernel.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]