- String glyph_string = scm_is_string (glyph) ? ly_scm2string (glyph) : "";
- if (glyph_string.left_string (1) == "|" || glyph_string.left_string (1) == ".")
+ string glyph_string = scm_is_string (glyph) ? ly_scm2string (glyph) : "";
+ if (glyph_string.substr (0, 1) == "|"
+ || glyph_string.substr (0, 1) == ".")