diff --git a/src/examples/parse.cc b/src/examples/parse.cc
index 1a20163..3a55258 100644
--- a/src/examples/parse.cc
+++ b/src/examples/parse.cc
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ int vt_parser( int fd, Parser::UTF8Parser *parser )
 
       if ( act->char_present ) {
 	if ( iswprint( act->ch ) ) {
-	  printf( "%s(0x%02x=%lc) ", act->name().c_str(), act->ch, act->ch );
+	  printf( "%s(0x%02x=%lc) ", act->name().c_str(), (unsigned int)act->ch, act->ch );
 	} else {
-	  printf( "%s(0x%02x) ", act->name().c_str(), act->ch );
+	  printf( "%s(0x%02x) ", act->name().c_str(), (unsigned int)act->ch );
 	}
       } else {
 	printf( "[%s] ", act->name().c_str() );
diff --git a/src/terminal/parseraction.cc b/src/terminal/parseraction.cc
index 7fa7334..5d77958 100644
--- a/src/terminal/parseraction.cc
+++ b/src/terminal/parseraction.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ std::string Action::str( void )
 {
   char thechar[ 10 ] = { 0 };
   if ( char_present ) {
-    snprintf( thechar, 10, iswprint( ch ) ? "(%lc)" : "(0x%x)", ch );
+    if ( iswprint( ch ) )
+      snprintf( thechar, 10, "(%lc)", ch );
+    else
+      snprintf( thechar, 10, "(0x%x)", (unsigned int)ch );
   }
 
   return name() + std::string( thechar );
diff --git a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
index 5f3027a..c105b5e 100644
--- a/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
+++ b/src/terminal/terminaldisplay.cc
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void Display::put_cell( bool initialized, FrameState &frame, const Framebuffer &
 
   /* cells that begin with combining character get combiner attached to no-break space */
   if ( cell->fallback ) {
-    snprintf( tmp, 64, "%lc", 0xA0 );
+    snprintf( tmp, 64, "%lc", L'\xA0' );
     frame.append( tmp );
   }