2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 44c55252b62..3048e901494 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-03-30  Dan Nicolaescu  <dann@ics.uci.edu>
+
+        * xdisp.c (syms_of_xdisp): Use intern_c_string instead of intern.
+
 2010-03-30  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
 
         * bidi.c (bidi_cache_iterator_state): Invalidate the cache if we
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index ed2db08905d..17a018b7493 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -25663,9 +25663,9 @@ syms_of_xdisp ()
   staticpro (&previous_help_echo_string);
   help_echo_pos = -1;
 
-  Qright_to_left = intern ("right-to-left");
+  Qright_to_left = intern_c_string ("right-to-left");
   staticpro (&Qright_to_left);
-  Qleft_to_right = intern ("left-to-right");
+  Qleft_to_right = intern_c_string ("left-to-right");
   staticpro (&Qleft_to_right);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM