diff -ur seaview.orig/seaview.cxx seaview/seaview.cxx
--- seaview.orig/seaview.cxx	2007-10-23 18:11:34.000000000 +0300
+++ seaview/seaview.cxx	2009-09-04 12:22:13.000000000 +0300
@@ -3924,7 +3924,7 @@
 if( clipboard_contains_alignment(clipboard) ) {
 	char **seqs, **seqnames, **comments, *p, *message; 
 	int i, count, num, changedwname = FALSE;
-	p = strchr(clipboard, ':') + 1;
+	p = const_cast<char*> (strchr(clipboard, ':') + 1);
 	count = read_mase_seqs_header(p, &seqs, &seqnames, 
 		&comments, NULL, &message);
 	if(count == 0) return;