diff --git a/edit/edit.c b/edit/edit.c
index e853a96e7..4504df798 100644
--- a/edit/edit.c
+++ b/edit/edit.c
@@ -153,9 +153,10 @@ edit_load_file_fast (WEdit *edit, const char *filename)
     buf2 = edit->curs2 >> S_EDIT_BUF_SIZE;
 
     if ((file = mc_open (filename, O_RDONLY | O_BINARY)) == -1) {
-	char errmsg[8192];
-	snprintf(errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), _(" Cannot open %s for reading "), filename);
-	edit_error_dialog (_("Error"), get_sys_error (errmsg));
+	GString *errmsg = g_string_new(NULL);
+	g_string_sprintf(errmsg, _(" Cannot open %s for reading "), filename);
+	edit_error_dialog (_("Error"), get_sys_error (errmsg->str));
+	g_string_free (errmsg, TRUE);
 	return 1;
     }
 
@@ -315,8 +316,7 @@ static int
 check_file_access (WEdit *edit, const char *filename, struct stat *st)
 {
     int file;
-    char errmsg[8192];
-    errmsg[0] = 0;
+    GString *errmsg = (GString *) 0;
 
     /* Try opening an existing file */
     file = mc_open (filename, O_NONBLOCK | O_RDONLY | O_BINARY, 0666);
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ check_file_access (WEdit *edit, const char *filename, struct stat *st)
 		     O_NONBLOCK | O_RDONLY | O_BINARY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL,
 		     0666);
 	if (file < 0) {
-	    snprintf (errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), _(" Cannot open %s for reading "), filename);
+	    g_string_sprintf (errmsg = g_string_new (NULL),
+		_(" Cannot open %s for reading "), filename);
 	    goto cleanup;
 	} else {
 	    /* New file, delete it if it's not modified or saved */
@@ -341,13 +342,15 @@ check_file_access (WEdit *edit, const char *filename, struct stat *st)
 
     /* Check what we have opened */
     if (mc_fstat (file, st) < 0) {
-	snprintf (errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), _(" Cannot get size/permissions for %s "), filename);
+	g_string_sprintf (errmsg = g_string_new (NULL),
+	    _(" Cannot get size/permissions for %s "), filename);
 	goto cleanup;
     }
 
     /* We want to open regular files only */
     if (!S_ISREG (st->st_mode)) {
-	snprintf (errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), _(" %s is not a regular file "), filename);
+	g_string_sprintf (errmsg = g_string_new (NULL),
+	    _(" %s is not a regular file "), filename);
 	goto cleanup;
     }
 
@@ -360,14 +363,16 @@ check_file_access (WEdit *edit, const char *filename, struct stat *st)
     }
 
     if (st->st_size >= SIZE_LIMIT) {
-	snprintf (errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), _(" File %s is too large "), filename);
+        g_string_sprintf (errmsg = g_string_new (NULL),
+	    _(" File %s is too large "), filename);
 	goto cleanup;
     }
 
 cleanup:
     (void) mc_close (file);
-    if (errmsg[0]) {
-	edit_error_dialog (_("Error"), errmsg);
+    if (errmsg) {
+	edit_error_dialog (_("Error"), errmsg->str);
+	g_string_free (errmsg, TRUE);
 	return 1;
     }
     return 0;
diff --git a/edit/editcmd.c b/edit/editcmd.c
index 8de68eaaa..9d730e0ee 100644
--- a/edit/editcmd.c
+++ b/edit/editcmd.c
@@ -1214,16 +1214,14 @@ edit_replace_prompt (WEdit * edit, char *replace_text, int xpos, int ypos)
 	 0, 0, 0, 0, 0},
 	 NULL_QuickWidget};
 
-    const char* label_nls = _(" Replace with: ");
-    char label_text[8192];
-    if (*replace_text)
-    {
-	size_t label_len = strlen(label_nls);
-	snprintf(label_text, sizeof(label_text), "%s%s", label_nls, replace_text);
-	convert_to_display((&label_text)+label_len);
+    GString *label_text = g_string_new (_(" Replace with: "));
+    if (*replace_text) {
+        size_t label_len;
+	label_len = label_text->len;
+        g_string_append (label_text, replace_text);
+        convert_to_display (label_text->str + label_len);
     }
-
-    quick_widgets[5].text = label_text;
+    quick_widgets[5].text = label_text->str;
 
     {
 	int retval;
@@ -1242,6 +1240,7 @@ edit_replace_prompt (WEdit * edit, char *replace_text, int xpos, int ypos)
 
 	Quick_input.ypos = ypos;
 	retval = quick_dialog (&Quick_input);
+	g_string_free (label_text, TRUE);
 	return retval;
     }
 }
diff --git a/edit/syntax.c b/edit/syntax.c
index 5de3aafb5..479f3c5cc 100644
--- a/edit/syntax.c
+++ b/edit/syntax.c
@@ -505,14 +505,10 @@ void edit_get_syntax_color (WEdit * edit, long byte_index, int *color)
  */
 static int read_one_line (char **line, FILE * f)
 {
-    char buffer[8192];
-    int index = 0, c, r = 0;
-    buffer[0] = 0;
+    GString *p = g_string_new ("");
+    int c, r = 0;
 
     for (;;) {
-	if (index >= (sizeof(buffer)-1))
-	    break;
-
 	c = fgetc (f);
 	if (c == EOF) {
 	    if (ferror (f)) {
@@ -534,11 +530,13 @@ static int read_one_line (char **line, FILE * f)
 	if (c == '\n')
 	    break;
 
-	buffer[index] = c;
-	index++;
+	g_string_append_c (p, c);
     }
     if (r != 0) {
-	*line = mhl_str_dup(buffer);
+	*line = p->str;
+	g_string_free (p, FALSE);
+    } else {
+	g_string_free (p, TRUE);
     }
     return r;
 }