Avoid a boatload of warnings like this: In file included from ComicalApp.cpp:34: ./../Comical Icons/comical.xpm:3:1: warning: conversion from string literal to 'char *' is deprecated [-Wc++11-compat-deprecated-writable-strings] --- ComicalIcons/comical.xpm.orig 2017-01-06 15:58:55 UTC +++ ComicalIcons/comical.xpm @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* XPM */ -static char *comical_xpm[]={ +static const char *comical_xpm[]={ "128 128 131 2", "Qt c None", ".8 c #080000",