--- gui-x.c~	Thu Aug 05 18:40:10 1999
+++ gui-x.c	Tue Aug 17 09:02:00 1999
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@
     {
       wv->type = TEXT_TYPE;
       wv->name = (char *) XSTRING_DATA (gui_item);
+      wv->name = xstrdup (wv->name);
       return 1;
     }
   else if (!GUI_ITEMP (gui_item))
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@
 
   CHECK_STRING (pgui->name);
   wv->name = (char *) XSTRING_DATA (pgui->name);
+  wv->name = xstrdup (wv->name);
   wv->accel = LISP_TO_VOID (gui_item_accelerator (gui_item));
 
   if (!NILP (pgui->suffix))