1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/ui/widget/style-swatch.cpp b/src/ui/widget/style-swatch.cpp
index 857ae7019..1ee26e803 100644
--- a/src/ui/widget/style-swatch.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/widget/style-swatch.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,8 @@ StyleSwatch::setWatchedTool(const char *path, bool synthesize)
 }
 
 
-void StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPCSSAttr *css)
+void
+StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPCSSAttr *css)
 {
     if (_css)
         sp_repr_css_attr_unref (_css);
@@ -238,18 +239,18 @@ void StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPCSSAttr *css)
     _css = sp_repr_css_attr_new();
     sp_repr_css_merge(_css, css);
 
-    Glib::ustring css_string;
-    sp_repr_css_write_string (_css, css_string);
+    gchar const *css_string = sp_repr_css_write_string (_css);
     SPStyle *temp_spstyle = sp_style_new(SP_ACTIVE_DOCUMENT);
-    if (~css_string.empty()) {
-        sp_style_merge_from_style_string (temp_spstyle, css_string.c_str());
-    }
-    
+    if (css_string)
+        sp_style_merge_from_style_string (temp_spstyle, css_string);
+
     setStyle (temp_spstyle);
+
     sp_style_unref (temp_spstyle);
 }
 
-void StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPStyle *query)
+void
+StyleSwatch::setStyle(SPStyle *query)
 {
     _place[SS_FILL].remove();
     _place[SS_STROKE].remove();