diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 46fc1f9dd..305cd745c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-10-16  Robert Larice
+ * src/frontend/com_setscale.c ,
+ * src/frontend/plotting/plotting.h :
+    collect plot_cur in "fteext.h"
+
 2010-10-16  Robert Larice
  * src/frontend/com_dump.c ,
  * src/frontend/inp.c ,
diff --git a/src/frontend/com_setscale.c b/src/frontend/com_setscale.c
index 576691f4a..529213076 100644
--- a/src/frontend/com_setscale.c
+++ b/src/frontend/com_setscale.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "vectors.h"
 #include "plotting/plotting.h"
 #include "plotting/pvec.h"
+#include "fteext.h"
 
 
 /* Set the default scale to the named vector.  If no vector named,
diff --git a/src/frontend/plotting/plotting.h b/src/frontend/plotting/plotting.h
index 30f7cba76..9c741d53b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/plotting/plotting.h
+++ b/src/frontend/plotting/plotting.h
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include <plot.h>
 
 extern struct plot constantplot;
-extern struct plot *plot_cur;
 extern struct plot *plot_list;
 extern int plotl_changed;
 extern int plot_num;