Lars, I get several undefined references like this one with current trunk (gcc 3.3.5, 32 bit):
frontends/qt3/.libs/libqt3.a(qfont_metrics.o (.gnu.linkonce.t._ZNSbIjSt11char_traitsIjESaIjEE13_S_copy_charsEPjS3_S3_+0x1c): In function `std::basic_string<unsigned, std::char_traits<unsigned>, std::allocator<unsigned> >::_S_copy_chars(unsigned*, unsigned*, unsigned*)': qfont_metrics.C: undefined reference to `std::char_traits<unsigned>::copy(unsigned*, unsigned const*, unsigned)' The reason is the commented line here (from qt3/qfont_metrics.C): int font_metrics::signedWidth(docstring const & s, LyXFont const & f) { if (s[0] == '-') // return -font_metrics::width(s.substr(1, s.length() - 1), f); return 0; else return font_metrics::width(s, f); } font_metrics::width takes a lyx::char_type const * as first argument, and somehow the result of the substr can not be converted to that. 1) Why does font_metrics::width take a lyx::char_type const * and not a docstring const &? 2) Do you have any idea what goes wrong here? It looks like the substr does not return a docstring, otherwise it should work? Georg