diff --git a/src/wrapdaisy.cpp b/src/wrapdaisy.cpp
index 23b71ef..6d45599 100644
--- a/src/wrapdaisy.cpp
+++ b/src/wrapdaisy.cpp
@@ -128,8 +128,7 @@ bool WrapDaisy::run (
        
         if ( !success )
         {
-            std::string stdError = wrapLibxml.getLastError();
-            error = wxString ( stdError.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, stdError.size() );
+            error = wrapLibxml.getLastError();
             return false;   
         }
         
diff --git a/src/wraplibxml.cpp b/src/wraplibxml.cpp
index 1a04ea3..49055c4 100644
--- a/src/wraplibxml.cpp
+++ b/src/wraplibxml.cpp
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ void WrapLibxml::Init ( const wxString &catalogPath ) throw()
 
 WrapLibxml::WrapLibxml ( bool netAccessParameter )
 		: netAccess ( netAccessParameter )
-		, errorLine ( 0 )
 {
 	WrapLibxml::Init();
 }
@@ -500,8 +499,8 @@ bool WrapLibxml::xslt (
 	} while ( false );
 
 	xmlFreeDoc ( doc );
-	xmlFreeDoc ( res );
 	xmlFreeParserCtxt ( ctxt );
+	xmlFreeDoc ( res );
 	xsltFreeStylesheet ( cur );
 
 	return ret;
@@ -592,33 +591,28 @@ int WrapLibxml::saveEncodingFromFile (
 
 	// ensure entity warnings are treated as errors!
 	if ( !getLastError().empty() )
-		return -1;
+		result = -1;
 
 	xmlFreeDoc ( docPtr );
 	xmlFreeParserCtxt ( ctxt );
+
 	return result;
 }
 
-std::string WrapLibxml::getLastError()
+wxString WrapLibxml::getLastError()
 {
 	xmlErrorPtr err = xmlGetLastError();
 
 	if ( !err )
-	{
 		return nonParserError;
-	}
 
-	std::stringstream ss;
-	ss << "Error at line ";
-	ss << err->line;
+	wxString error ( err->message, wxConvLocal );
 	if ( err->int2 )
-	{
-		ss << ", column ";
-		ss << err->int2;
-	}
-	ss << ": ";
-	ss << err->message;
-	return ss.str();
+		return wxString::Format ( _("Error at line %d, column %d: %s"),
+				err->line, err->int2, error.c_str() );
+
+	return wxString::Format ( _("Error at line %d: %s"),
+			err->line, error.c_str() );
 }
 
 std::pair<int, int> WrapLibxml::getErrorPosition()
diff --git a/src/wraplibxml.h b/src/wraplibxml.h
index f6d02b9..cb48993 100644
--- a/src/wraplibxml.h
+++ b/src/wraplibxml.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class WrapLibxml
 		    const char *utf8DocBuf,
 		    size_t utf8DocBufSize,
 		    const wxString &docUrl );
-		std::string getLastError();
+		wxString getLastError();
 		std::pair<int, int> getErrorPosition();
 		std::string getOutput();
 		int saveEncoding (
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ class WrapLibxml
 		    const wxString &systemId );
 	private:
 		bool netAccess;
-		std::string output, nonParserError;
-		int errorLine;
+		std::string output;
+		wxString nonParserError;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp b/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
index 1fd19a6..f0e1975 100644
--- a/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/xmlcopyeditor.cpp
@@ -3781,8 +3781,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnValidateDTD ( wxCommandEvent& event )
 	wxString fname = doc->getFullFileName();
 	if ( !wl->validate ( doc->myGetTextRaw(), fname ) )
 	{
-		std::string error = wl->getLastError();
-		wxString wideError = wxString ( error.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, error.size() );
+		wxString wideError = wl->getLastError();
 		statusProgress ( wxEmptyString );
 		messagePane ( wideError, CONST_WARNING );
 
@@ -3858,8 +3857,7 @@ void MyFrame::validateRelaxNG (
 
 	if ( !wl->validateRelaxNG ( schemaName, doc->myGetTextRaw(), fileName ) )
 	{
-		std::string error = wl->getLastError();
-		wxString wideError = wxString ( error.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, error.size() );
+		wxString wideError = wl->getLastError();
 		statusProgress ( wxEmptyString );
 
 		std::pair<int, int> posPair = wl->getErrorPosition();
@@ -4060,8 +4058,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnXPath ( wxCommandEvent& event )
 
 	if ( !success )
 	{
-		std::string error = wl->getLastError();
-		wxString wideError = wxString ( error.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, error.size() );
+		wxString wideError = wl->getLastError();
 		if ( !wideError.empty() )
 			wideError.Prepend ( _T ( ": " ) );
 		wideError.Prepend ( _ ( "Cannot evaluate XPath" ) );
@@ -4189,8 +4186,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnXslt ( wxCommandEvent& event )
 	wxString fileName = doc->getFullFileName();
 	if ( !wl->xslt ( path, rawBufferUtf8, fileName ) )
 	{
-		std::string error = wl->getLastError();
-		wxString wideError = wxString ( error.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, error.size() );
+		wxString wideError = wl->getLastError();
 		wideError.Prepend ( _ ( "Cannot transform: " ) );
 		statusProgress ( wxEmptyString );
 		messagePane ( wideError, CONST_WARNING );
@@ -4238,8 +4234,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnPrettyPrint ( wxCommandEvent& event )
 
 		if ( !wl->parse ( rawBufferUtf8, fileName, true ) )
 		{
-			std::string error = wl->getLastError();
-			wxString wideError = wxString ( error.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, error.size() );
+			wxString wideError = wl->getLastError();
 			wideError.Prepend ( _ ( "Cannot pretty-print: " ) );
 			statusProgress ( wxEmptyString );
 			messagePane ( wideError, CONST_WARNING );
@@ -4323,8 +4318,7 @@ void MyFrame::OnEncoding ( wxCommandEvent& event )
 	res = wl->saveEncodingFromFile ( sourceFileName.name(), tempFileName.name(), selectionUtf8 );
 	if ( res == -1 )
 	{
-		std::string error = wl->getLastError();
-		wxString wideError = wxString ( error.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, error.size() );
+		wxString wideError = wl->getLastError();
 		wideError.Prepend ( _ ( "Cannot set encoding: " ) );
 		messagePane ( wideError, CONST_STOP );
 		return;
@@ -4818,12 +4812,11 @@ bool MyFrame::saveFile ( XmlDoc *doc, wxString& fileName, bool checkLastModified
 					success = saveRawUtf8 ( fileNameLocal, utf8Buffer, false, isXml );
 					if ( success )
 					{
-						std::string libxmlError = wl->getLastError();
+						wxString wideError = wl->getLastError();
 						bytes = utf8Buffer.size();
-						wxString msg, wideEncoding, wideError;
+						wxString msg, wideEncoding;
 						wideEncoding =
 						    wxString ( encoding.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, encoding.size() );
-						wideError = wxString ( libxmlError.c_str(), wxConvUTF8, libxmlError.size() );
 						if ( wideError.empty() )
 							wideError = _ ( "unknown error" );