--- rxvt-unicode/src/xdefaults.C	2011/11/28 16:09:15	1.155
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/xdefaults.C	2011/12/02 09:02:05	1.158
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
  *      "rxvt" "keysym" "0xFF01"
  *   value will be a string
  */
-int
+static int
 rxvt_define_key (XrmDatabase *database ecb_unused,
                  XrmBindingList bindings ecb_unused,
                  XrmQuarkList quarks,
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@
     {
       unsigned int i;
 
-      for (i=0; i < ecb_array_length (keysym_vocabulary); ++i)
+      for (i = 0; i < ecb_array_length (keysym_vocabulary); ++i)
         {
           if (strncmp (str, keysym_vocabulary [i].name, keysym_vocabulary [i].len) == 0)
             {
@@ -692,7 +692,9 @@
         return -1;
     }
 
-  keyboard->register_user_translation (sym, state, arg);
+  wchar_t *ws = rxvt_mbstowcs (arg);
+  keyboard->register_user_translation (sym, state, ws);
+  free (ws);
   return 1;
 }