diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4a8117b1..46bc95f8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 2017-09-11  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Some code improvements 
+	* Fix handling of negative numbers in FString::toLong()
 
 2017-09-09  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Wrong UTF-8 string length fixed when attaching to FString
diff --git a/src/ffiledialog.cpp b/src/ffiledialog.cpp
index b7108a38..c54287c5 100644
--- a/src/ffiledialog.cpp
+++ b/src/ffiledialog.cpp
@@ -588,24 +588,6 @@ void FFileDialog::init()
   readDir();
 }
 
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------
-char* FFileDialog::getHomeDir()
-{
-  struct passwd pwd;
-  struct passwd* pwd_ptr;
-  char buf[1024];
-
-  if ( getpwuid_r (geteuid(), &pwd, buf, sizeof(buf), &pwd_ptr) )
-    return const_cast<char*>("");
-  else
-  {
-    if ( getpwnam_r (pwd.pw_name, &pwd, buf, sizeof(buf), &pwd_ptr) )
-      return const_cast<char*>("");
-    else
-      return pwd.pw_dir;
-  }
-}
-
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 inline bool FFileDialog::pattern_match ( const char* const pattern
                                        , char*& fname )
@@ -754,6 +736,19 @@ void FFileDialog::printPath (const FString& txt)
     filebrowser->setText(path);
 }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+const FString FFileDialog::getHomeDir()
+{
+  struct passwd pwd;
+  struct passwd* pwd_ptr;
+  char buf[1024];
+
+  if ( getpwuid_r (geteuid(), &pwd, buf, sizeof(buf), &pwd_ptr) )
+    return FString("");
+  else
+    return FString(pwd.pw_dir);
+}
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 void FFileDialog::cb_processActivate (FWidget*, data_ptr)
 {
diff --git a/src/ffiledialog.h b/src/ffiledialog.h
index 16e6c78a..7abbecda 100644
--- a/src/ffiledialog.h
+++ b/src/ffiledialog.h
@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ class FFileDialog : public FDialog
 
     // Method
     void          init();
-    static char*  getHomeDir();
     inline bool   pattern_match (const char* const, char*&);
     void          clear();
     int           numOfDirs();
     int           changeDir (const FString&);
     void          printPath (const FString&);
+    static const FString getHomeDir();
 
     // Callback methods
     void          cb_processActivate (FWidget*, data_ptr);
diff --git a/src/fstring.cpp b/src/fstring.cpp
index d44fe0ec..8cd2deda 100644
--- a/src/fstring.cpp
+++ b/src/fstring.cpp
@@ -682,12 +682,14 @@ uInt FString::toUInt() const
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 long FString::toLong() const
 {
+  register bool neg;
   register long num;
   register long tenth_limit;
   register long tenth_limit_digit;
   register wchar_t* p;
   FString s;
 
+  neg = false;
   num = 0;
   tenth_limit = LONG_MAX / 10;
   tenth_limit_digit = LONG_MAX % 10;
@@ -703,6 +705,7 @@ long FString::toLong() const
   if ( *p == L'-' )
   {
     p++;
+    neg = true;
     tenth_limit = -(LONG_MIN / 10);
     tenth_limit_digit += 1;
   }
@@ -721,13 +724,16 @@ long FString::toLong() const
       throw std::overflow_error ("overflow");
     }
 
-    num = (num<<3)+(num<<1) + d;  // (10 * num) + d
+    num = (num << 3) + (num << 1) + d;  // (10 * num) + d
     p++;
   }
 
   if ( *p != L'\0' && ! std::iswdigit(wint_t(*p)) )
     throw std::invalid_argument ("no valid number");
 
+  if ( neg )
+    num = (~num) + 1;
+
   return num;
 }
 
@@ -2654,3 +2660,14 @@ const FString operator + (const wchar_t c, const std::wstring& s)
   tmp._insert (1, uInt(s.length()), s.c_str());
   return (tmp);
 }
+
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+const FString operator + (const FString& s, const char c)
+{
+  FString tmp1(s);
+  wchar_t tmp2[2];
+  tmp2[0] = wchar_t(c & 0xff);
+  tmp2[1] = L'\0';
+  tmp1._insert (s.length, 1, tmp2);
+  return (tmp1);
+}
diff --git a/src/fstring.h b/src/fstring.h
index d2d0e5d6..45a44aff 100644
--- a/src/fstring.h
+++ b/src/fstring.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ class FString
     friend const FString operator + (const wchar_t, const FString&);
     friend const FString operator + (const char, const FString&);
     friend const FString operator + (const wchar_t, const std::wstring&);
+    friend const FString operator + (const FString&, const char);
 
     // inquiries
     bool isNull() const;
diff --git a/src/fterm.cpp b/src/fterm.cpp
index b3aa548c..b580c171 100644
--- a/src/fterm.cpp
+++ b/src/fterm.cpp
@@ -3699,7 +3699,7 @@ void FTerm::init()
     std::abort();
 
   // Get pathname of the terminal device
-  if ( ! ttyname_r (stdout_no, term_name, sizeof(term_name)) )
+  if ( ttyname_r(stdout_no, term_name, sizeof(term_name)) )
     term_name[0] = '\0';
 
 #if defined(__linux__)
diff --git a/test/ui.cpp b/test/ui.cpp
index e91b08fc..65ad0627 100644
--- a/test/ui.cpp
+++ b/test/ui.cpp
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ MyDialog::MyDialog (FWidget* parent)
 
   FLabel* sum_count = new FLabel (this);
   sum_count->setGeometry(29, 5, 5, 3);
-  sum_count->setNumber (myList->getCount());
+  sum_count->setNumber (long(myList->getCount()));
 
   // Statusbar at the bottom
   FStatusBar* statusbar = new FStatusBar (this);