diff -upNr ratpoison.orig/src/communications.c ratpoison/src/communications.c
--- ratpoison.orig/src/communications.c	2004-10-05 18:20:49 +1000
+++ ratpoison/src/communications.c	2004-11-03 15:10:57 +1100
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ receive_command_result (Window w)
     }
 
   /* If result is not the empty string, print it. */
-  if (strlen (result))
+  if (strlen ((char *)result))
     printf ("%s\n", result);
 
   /* Free the result. */
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ send_command (unsigned char interactive,
   XSelectInput (dpy, w, PropertyChangeMask);
 
   XChangeProperty (dpy, w, rp_command, XA_STRING,
-		   8, PropModeReplace, sbuf_get(s), strlen (cmd) + 2);
+		   8, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *)sbuf_get(s), strlen ((char *)cmd) + 2);
 
   XChangeProperty (dpy, root, 
 		   rp_command_request, XA_WINDOW,
diff -upNr ratpoison.orig/src/editor.c ratpoison/src/editor.c
--- ratpoison.orig/src/editor.c	2004-09-30 15:23:57 +1000
+++ ratpoison/src/editor.c	2004-11-03 15:10:57 +1100
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ paste_primary_selection (rp_input_line *
            offset += nitems;
 
 /*            editor_insert (line, data, nitems); */
-           editor_insert (line, data);
+           editor_insert (line, (char *)data);
 
            PRINT_DEBUG (("bytes_after = %ld, nitems = %ld, data = '%s'\n", bytes_after, nitems, data));
 
diff -upNr ratpoison.orig/src/events.c ratpoison/src/events.c
--- ratpoison.orig/src/events.c	2004-10-05 18:20:49 +1000
+++ ratpoison/src/events.c	2004-11-03 15:10:57 +1100
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ execute_remote_command (Window w)
     }
 
   PRINT_DEBUG (("command: %s\n", req));
-  result = command (req[0], &req[1]);
+  result = command (req[0], (char *)&req[1]);
   XFree (req);
 
   return result;
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ receive_command (Window root)
       if (result)
 	{
 	  XChangeProperty (dpy, w, rp_command_result, XA_STRING,
-			   8, PropModeReplace, result, strlen (result));
+			   8, PropModeReplace, (unsigned char *)result, strlen (result));
 	  free (result);
 	}
       else
diff -upNr ratpoison.orig/src/main.c ratpoison/src/main.c
--- ratpoison.orig/src/main.c	2004-10-18 14:59:50 +1000
+++ ratpoison/src/main.c	2004-11-03 15:12:02 +1100
@@ -584,9 +584,9 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
       for (i=0; i<cmd_count; i++)
 	{
 	  if (screen_arg)
-	    send_command (interactive, command[i], screen_num);
+	    send_command (interactive, (unsigned char *)command[i], screen_num);
 	  else
-	    send_command (interactive, command[i], -1);
+	    send_command (interactive, (unsigned char *)command[i], -1);
 
 	  free (command[i]);
 	}
diff -upNr ratpoison.orig/src/manage.c ratpoison/src/manage.c
--- ratpoison.orig/src/manage.c	2004-09-30 15:23:58 +1000
+++ ratpoison/src/manage.c	2004-11-03 15:12:24 +1100
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ get_wmname (Window w)
 
   /* duplicate the string into our own buffer, and free the one given
      to us by X. */
-  ret = xstrdup (name);
+  ret = xstrdup ((char *)name);
   XFree (name);
 
   return ret;