diff --git a/contrib/samples/stc/edit.cpp b/contrib/samples/stc/edit.cpp
index 5c0aef717d..a402edc521 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/stc/edit.cpp
+++ b/contrib/samples/stc/edit.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ Edit::Edit (wxWindow *parent, wxWindowID id,
     SetMarginWidth (m_LineNrID,
                     g_CommonPrefs.lineNumberEnable? m_LineNrMargin: 0);
     CmdKeyClear (wxSTC_KEY_TAB, 0); // this is done by the menu accelerator key
-    UsePopUp (0);
     SetLayoutCache (wxSTC_CACHE_PAGE);
 
 }
@@ -361,7 +360,7 @@ void Edit::OnCharAdded (wxStyledTextEvent &event) {
 // private functions
 wxString Edit::DeterminePrefs (const wxString &filename) {
 
-    LanguageInfo const* curInfo = NULL;
+    LanguageInfo const* curInfo;
 
     // determine language from filepatterns
     int languageNr;
diff --git a/contrib/samples/stc/stctest.cpp b/contrib/samples/stc/stctest.cpp
index 5331ae5114..4f32ca3cd4 100644
--- a/contrib/samples/stc/stctest.cpp
+++ b/contrib/samples/stc/stctest.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 //============================================================================
 
 #define APP_NAME _T("STC-Test")
-#define APP_DESCR _("See http://wxguide.sourceforge.net/indexedit.html")
+#define APP_DESCR _("See http://wxguide.sourceforge.net/")
 
 #define APP_MAINT _T("Otto Wyss")
 #define APP_VENDOR _T("wxWindows")
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ BEGIN_EVENT_TABLE (AppFrame, wxFrame)
 END_EVENT_TABLE ()
 
 AppFrame::AppFrame (const wxString &title)
-        : wxFrame ((wxFrame *)NULL, -1, title, wxDefaultPosition, wxSize(600,400),
+        : wxFrame ((wxFrame *)NULL, -1, title, wxDefaultPosition, wxDefaultSize,
                     wxDEFAULT_FRAME_STYLE | wxNO_FULL_REPAINT_ON_RESIZE) {
 
     // intitialize important variables
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ AppFrame::AppFrame (const wxString &title)
     m_edit = new Edit (this, -1);
     m_edit->SetFocus();
 
+    FileOpen (_T("stctest.cpp"));
 }
 
 AppFrame::~AppFrame () {
@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ void AppFrame::OnFileClose (wxCommandEvent &WXUNUSED(event)) {
                 return;
             }
         }
+        Destroy();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/src/stc/PlatWX.cpp b/contrib/src/stc/PlatWX.cpp
index 859d11ce9a..db2960ad5b 100644
--- a/contrib/src/stc/PlatWX.cpp
+++ b/contrib/src/stc/PlatWX.cpp
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ void Window::SetCursor(Cursor curs) {
         break;
     case cursorHand:
         cursorId = wxCURSOR_HAND;
+        break;
     default:
         cursorId = wxCURSOR_ARROW;
         break;
@@ -888,7 +889,7 @@ PRectangle ListBoxImpl::GetDesiredRect() {
     // wxListCtrl doesn't have a DoGetBestSize, so instead we kept track of
     // the max size in Append and calculate it here...
     int maxw = maxStrWidth;
-    int maxh = 0;
+    int maxh ;
 
     // give it a default if there are no lines, and/or add a bit more
     if (maxw == 0) maxw = 100;
diff --git a/contrib/src/stc/ScintillaWX.cpp b/contrib/src/stc/ScintillaWX.cpp
index 9c6d8600ed..73fd2d1f75 100644
--- a/contrib/src/stc/ScintillaWX.cpp
+++ b/contrib/src/stc/ScintillaWX.cpp
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ void ScintillaWX::AddToPopUp(const char *label, int cmd, bool enabled) {
     if (!label[0])
         ((wxMenu*)popup.GetID())->AppendSeparator();
     else
-        ((wxMenu*)popup.GetID())->Append(cmd, stc2wx(label));
+        ((wxMenu*)popup.GetID())->Append(cmd, wxGetTranslation(stc2wx(label)));
 
     if (!enabled)
         ((wxMenu*)popup.GetID())->Enable(cmd, enabled);