diff --git a/moo/mooedit/mooedit.c b/moo/mooedit/mooedit.c
index 25ca7b8c..5b655f36 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/mooedit.c
+++ b/moo/mooedit/mooedit.c
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ try_mode_strings (MooEdit *edit)
     gtk_text_buffer_get_start_iter (buffer, &start);
     end = start;
     gtk_text_iter_forward_to_line_end (&end);
-    first = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (buffer, &start, &end, FALSE);
+    first = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (buffer, &start, &end, TRUE);
 
     gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter (buffer, &end);
 
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ try_mode_strings (MooEdit *edit)
         gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset (&start, 0);
     }
 
-    last = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (buffer, &start, &end, FALSE);
+    last = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (buffer, &start, &end, TRUE);
 
     try_mode_string (edit, first);
     try_mode_string (edit, last);
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/mooeditfileops.c b/moo/mooedit/mooeditfileops.c
index 50293c23..abe0b87e 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/mooeditfileops.c
+++ b/moo/mooedit/mooeditfileops.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ do_write (MooEdit        *edit,
             gssize len = -1;
 
             gtk_text_iter_forward_to_line_end (&line_end);
-            line = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (buffer, &line_start, &line_end, FALSE);
+            line = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (buffer, &line_start, &line_end, TRUE);
 
             status = g_io_channel_write_chars (file, line, len, &written, error);
             g_free (line);
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/mootextfind.c b/moo/mooedit/mootextfind.c
index b1cf9577..5741cb1d 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/mootextfind.c
+++ b/moo/mooedit/mootextfind.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ moo_find_setup (MooFind        *find,
     if (gtk_text_buffer_get_selection_bounds (buffer, &sel_start, &sel_end) &&
         gtk_text_iter_get_line (&sel_start) == gtk_text_iter_get_line (&sel_end))
     {
-        char *selection = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (buffer, &sel_start, &sel_end, TRUE);
+        char *selection = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (buffer, &sel_start, &sel_end, TRUE);
         gtk_entry_set_text (GTK_ENTRY (search_entry->entry), selection);
         g_free (selection);
     }
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/mootextprint.c b/moo/mooedit/mootextprint.c
index 2ed4f068..d3ee0477 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/mootextprint.c
+++ b/moo/mooedit/mootextprint.c
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ moo_print_operation_begin_print (GtkPrintOperation  *operation,
         if (!gtk_text_iter_ends_line (&end))
             gtk_text_iter_forward_to_line_end (&end);
 
-        text = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (print->buffer, &iter, &end, FALSE);
+        text = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (print->buffer, &iter, &end, TRUE);
         pango_layout_set_text (print->layout, text, -1);
         g_free (text);
 
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ print_page (MooPrintOperation *print,
 
     if (!GET_OPTION (print, MOO_PRINT_USE_STYLES))
     {
-        text = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (print->buffer, start, end, FALSE);
+        text = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (print->buffer, start, end, TRUE);
         pango_layout_set_text (print->layout, text, -1);
         g_free (text);
 
diff --git a/moo/mooedit/mootextview.c b/moo/mooedit/mootextview.c
index f510f546..f1b7f416 100644
--- a/moo/mooedit/mootextview.c
+++ b/moo/mooedit/mootextview.c
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ moo_text_view_get_selection (MooTextView *view)
     buf = get_buffer (view);
 
     if (gtk_text_buffer_get_selection_bounds (buf, &start, &end))
-        return gtk_text_buffer_get_text (buf, &start, &end, TRUE);
+        return gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (buf, &start, &end, TRUE);
     else
         return NULL;
 }
@@ -1230,7 +1230,7 @@ moo_text_view_has_text (MooTextView *view)
 }
 
 
-char*
+char *
 moo_text_view_get_text (MooTextView *view)
 {
     GtkTextBuffer *buf;
@@ -1241,7 +1241,7 @@ moo_text_view_get_text (MooTextView *view)
 
     buf = get_buffer (view);
     gtk_text_buffer_get_bounds (buf, &start, &end);
-    text = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (buf, &start, &end, TRUE);
+    text = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (buf, &start, &end, TRUE);
 
     if (text && *text)
     {
@@ -4361,7 +4361,7 @@ moo_text_view_start_quick_search (MooTextView *view)
     if (gtk_text_buffer_get_selection_bounds (buffer, &iter1, &iter2) &&
         gtk_text_iter_get_line (&iter1) == gtk_text_iter_get_line (&iter2))
     {
-        text = gtk_text_buffer_get_text (buffer, &iter1, &iter2, TRUE);
+        text = gtk_text_buffer_get_slice (buffer, &iter1, &iter2, TRUE);
     }
 
     if (text)