diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index e018b8cd7..8e0eca1bc 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2003-09-09  Andrew V. Samoilov  <sav@bcs.zp.ua>
 
+	* view.c (view_init): Constify "_command" argument.
+	(view): Likewise.
+	(do_view_init): Likewise.
+	(init_growing_view): Constify "name" and "filename" args.
+	* view.h: Fix declarations and comment.
+
 	* user.c (execute_menu_command: Fix rare segmentation violation
 	if last line in menu file contain space(s) only and no trailing
 	newline.
diff --git a/src/view.c b/src/view.c
index a33b73b5d..e85433a3a 100644
--- a/src/view.c
+++ b/src/view.c
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ set_view_init_error (WView *view, const char *msg)
 
 /* return values: NULL for success, else points to error message */
 static char *
-init_growing_view (WView *view, char *name, char *filename)
+init_growing_view (WView *view, const char *name, const char *filename)
 {
     char *err_msg = NULL;
 
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ load_view_file (WView *view, int fd)
 
 /* Return zero on success, -1 on failure */
 static int
-do_view_init (WView *view, char *_command, const char *_file,
+do_view_init (WView *view, const char *_command, const char *_file,
 	      int start_line)
 {
     char *error = 0;
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ view_update_bytes_per_line (WView *view)
 /* Both views */
 /* Return zero on success, -1 on failure */
 int
-view_init (WView *view, char *_command, const char *_file, int start_line)
+view_init (WView *view, const char *_command, const char *_file, int start_line)
 {
     if (!view->view_active || strcmp (_file, view->filename)
 	|| altered_magic_flag)
@@ -2623,7 +2623,7 @@ view_dialog_callback (Dlg_head *h, dlg_msg_t msg, int parm)
 
 /* Real view only */
 int
-view (char *_command, const char *_file, int *move_dir_p, int start_line)
+view (const char *_command, const char *_file, int *move_dir_p, int start_line)
 {
     int error;
     WView *wview;
diff --git a/src/view.h b/src/view.h
index 15c97e65f..9821f1fde 100644
--- a/src/view.h
+++ b/src/view.h
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ typedef struct WView WView;
 
 /* Creation/initialization of a new view widget */
 WView *view_new (int y, int x, int cols, int lines, int is_panel);
-int view_init (WView *view, char *_command, const char *_file,
+int view_init (WView *view, const char *_command, const char *_file,
 	       int start_line);
 
 void view_update_bytes_per_line (WView *view);
 
-/* Command: view a file, if _command != NULL we use popen on _command */
-/* move direction should be apointer that will hold the direction in which the user */
-/* wants to move (-1 previous file, 1 next file, 0 do nothing) */
-int view (char *_command, const char *_file, int *move_direction,
+/* Command: view a _file, if _command != NULL we use popen on _command */
+/* move direction should be a pointer that will hold the direction in which */
+/* the user wants to move (-1 previous file, 1 next file, 0 do nothing) */
+int view (const char *_command, const char *_file, int *move_direction,
 	  int start_line);
 
 extern int mouse_move_pages_viewer;