diff -wbBur dia-0.97.1/plug-ins/xfig/xfig-export.c dia-0.97.1.my/plug-ins/xfig/xfig-export.c
--- dia-0.97.1/plug-ins/xfig/xfig-export.c	2009-11-07 17:28:34.000000000 +0300
+++ dia-0.97.1.my/plug-ins/xfig/xfig-export.c	2010-11-15 17:44:05.640896280 +0300
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@
     if (text[i] > 127) {
       newlen += 3;
     }
+    if (text[i] == '\\') {
+      newlen += 1;
+    }
   }
   returntext = g_malloc(sizeof(char)*(newlen+1));
   j = 0;
@@ -1085,10 +1088,10 @@
   figtext = figText(renderer, (unsigned char *) text);
   /* xfig texts are specials */
   fprintf(renderer->file, "4 %d %d %d 0 %d %s 0.0 6 0.0 0.0 %d %d %s\\001\n",
-	  figAlignment(renderer, alignment),
-	  figColor(renderer, color), 
-	  figDepth(renderer),
-	  figFont(renderer),
+	  (int)figAlignment(renderer, alignment),
+	  (int)figColor(renderer, color), 
+	  (int)figDepth(renderer),
+	  (int)figFont(renderer),
 	  xfig_dtostr(d_buf, figFontSize(renderer)),
 	  (int)figCoord(renderer, pos->x),
 	  (int)figCoord(renderer, pos->y),