diff --git a/textcode/fmt_cescape.c b/textcode/fmt_cescape.c
index 2ff9f12..369e478 100644
--- a/textcode/fmt_cescape.c
+++ b/textcode/fmt_cescape.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ unsigned long fmt_cescape(char* dest,const char* src,unsigned long len) {
     switch (s[i]) {
     case '\a': c='a'; goto doescape;
     case '\b': c='b'; goto doescape;
-    case '\e': c='e'; goto doescape;
+    case 0x1b: c='e'; goto doescape;
     case '\f': c='f'; goto doescape;
     case '\n': c='n'; goto doescape;
     case '\r': c='r'; goto doescape;
diff --git a/textcode/fmt_html.c b/textcode/fmt_html.c
index 64bc395..ca97541 100644
--- a/textcode/fmt_html.c
+++ b/textcode/fmt_html.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ unsigned long fmt_html(char* dest,const char* src,unsigned long len) {
     case '\n':
 	seq="<br>";
       doit:
-	written+=fmt_str(dest?dest+written:0,"&gt;");
+	written+=fmt_str(dest?dest+written:0,seq);
 	break;
     default: if (dest) dest[written]=s[i]; ++written; break;
     }
diff --git a/textcode/fmt_to_array.c b/textcode/fmt_to_array.c
index cbae6aa..28704ab 100644
--- a/textcode/fmt_to_array.c
+++ b/textcode/fmt_to_array.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ void fmt_to_array(unsigned long (*func)(char*,const char*,unsigned long),
 		  array* a,const char* src,unsigned long len) {
   unsigned long needed=func(0,src,len);
   if (array_allocate(a,1,array_bytes(a)+needed-1)) {
-    char* x=array_start(a)+array_bytes(a)-needed;
+    char* x=((char*)array_start(a))+array_bytes(a)-needed;
     func(x,src,len);
   } else
     array_fail(a);
diff --git a/textcode/fmt_tofrom_array.c b/textcode/fmt_tofrom_array.c
index 78e4fef..e38bf6b 100644
--- a/textcode/fmt_tofrom_array.c
+++ b/textcode/fmt_tofrom_array.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ void fmt_tofrom_array(unsigned long (*func)(char*,const char*,unsigned long),
   if (array_failed(dest) || array_failed(src)) { array_fail(dest); return; }
   needed=func(0,array_start(src),array_bytes(src));
   if (array_allocate(dest,1,array_bytes(dest)+needed-1)) {
-    x=array_start(dest)+array_bytes(dest)-needed;
+    x=((char*)array_start(dest))+array_bytes(dest)-needed;
     func(x,array_start(src),array_bytes(src));
   } else
     array_fail(dest);
diff --git a/textcode/scan_cescape.c b/textcode/scan_cescape.c
index 8f0cdc4..a235f53 100644
--- a/textcode/scan_cescape.c
+++ b/textcode/scan_cescape.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ unsigned long scan_cescape(const char *src,char *dest,unsigned long *destlen) {
       switch (s[i+1]) {
       case 'a': c='\a'; break;
       case 'b': c='\b'; break;
-      case 'e': c='\e'; break;
+      case 'e': c=0x1b; break;
       case 'f': c='\f'; break;
       case 'n': c='\n'; break;
       case 'r': c='\r'; break;
diff --git a/textcode/scan_html.c b/textcode/scan_html.c
index 722b3e8..3fae56b 100644
--- a/textcode/scan_html.c
+++ b/textcode/scan_html.c
@@ -8,21 +8,21 @@ unsigned long scan_html(const char *src,char *dest,unsigned long *destlen) {
   unsigned long written=0,i;
   for (i=0; s[i]; ++i) {
     if (s[i]=='&') {
-      if (case_starts(s+i+1,"amp;")) {
+      if (case_starts((const char*)s+i+1,"amp;")) {
 	dest[written]='&';
 	i+=4;
-      } else if (case_starts(s+i+1,"lt;")) {
+      } else if (case_starts((const char*)s+i+1,"lt;")) {
 	dest[written]='<';
 	i+=3;
-      } else if (case_starts(s+i+1,"gt;")) {
+      } else if (case_starts((const char*)s+i+1,"gt;")) {
 	dest[written]='>';
 	i+=3;
       }
     } else if (s[i]=='<') {
-      if (case_starts(s+i+1,"br>")) {
+      if (case_starts((const char*)s+i+1,"br>")) {
 	dest[written]='\n';
 	i+=3;
-      } else if (case_starts(s+i+1,"p>")) {
+      } else if (case_starts((const char*)s+i+1,"p>")) {
 	dest[written]='\n'; ++written;
 	dest[written]='\n';
 	i+=3;
diff --git a/textcode/scan_to_array.c b/textcode/scan_to_array.c
index 17c662e..4409b10 100644
--- a/textcode/scan_to_array.c
+++ b/textcode/scan_to_array.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ unsigned long scan_to_array(unsigned long (*func)(const char*,char*,unsigned lon
 			    const char* src,array* dest) {
   unsigned long scanned;
   unsigned long needed=str_len(src);
-  char* x=array_start(dest)+array_bytes(dest);
+  char* x=((char*)array_start(dest))+array_bytes(dest);
   if (!array_allocate(dest,1,array_bytes(dest)+needed-1)) return 0;
   return func(src,x,&scanned);
 }