diff --git a/collects/texpict/code.ss b/collects/texpict/code.ss
index eb5e3f2db4..970f122b8c 100644
--- a/collects/texpict/code.ss
+++ b/collects/texpict/code.ss
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
      code-colorize-enabled code-colorize-quote-enabled 
      code-italic-underscore-enabled code-scripts-enabled
      current-comment-color current-keyword-color 
-     current-base-color current-id-color current-literal-color
+     current-base-color current-id-color current-literal-color current-const-color
      current-reader-forms
      mzscheme-const-list))
 
diff --git a/collects/texpict/symbol.ss b/collects/texpict/symbol.ss
index a73990ecb6..b58515b31a 100644
--- a/collects/texpict/symbol.ss
+++ b/collects/texpict/symbol.ss
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   (define sym:infinity (symbol #x221E))
   (define sym:times (symbol 215))
   (define sym:implies (symbol #x21D2))
-  (define sym:emdash (symbol 8212))
+  (define sym:emdash (symbol #x2014))
   (define sym:therefore (symbol #x2234)))