--- src/lib/Unidraw/text.c.org	Wed Mar 25 10:18:22 1992
+++ src/lib/Unidraw/text.c	Mon Jan  3 15:32:12 2000
@@ -560,9 +560,10 @@
 // errors in a Postscript string.
 
 const char* PSText::Filter (const char* string, int len) {
+    int dot;
     TextBuffer stext(sbuf, 0, SBUFSIZE);
 
-    for (int dot = 0; len--; string++) {
+    for (dot = 0; len--; string++) {
 	char c = *string;
 
 	if (!isascii(c) || iscntrl(c)) {