1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/uzbl-core.c b/src/uzbl-core.c
index ca936c1..6809441 100644
--- a/src/uzbl-core.c
+++ b/src/uzbl-core.c
@@ -1217,11 +1217,16 @@ move_statusbar() {
 }
 
 gboolean
+valid_name(const gchar* name) {
+    char *invalid_chars = "\t^°!\"§$%&/()=?'`'+~*'#-:,;@<>| \\{}[]¹²³¼½";
+    return strpbrk(name, invalid_chars) == NULL;
+}
+
+gboolean
 set_var_value(const gchar *name, gchar *val) {
     uzbl_cmdprop *c = NULL;
     char *endp = NULL;
     char *buf = NULL;
-    char *invalid_chars = "\t^°!\"§$%&/()=?'`'+~*'#-:,;@<>| \\{}[]¹²³¼½";
 
     if( (c = g_hash_table_lookup(uzbl.comm.proto_var, name)) ) {
         if(!c->writeable) return FALSE;
@@ -1261,7 +1266,7 @@ set_var_value(const gchar *name, gchar *val) {
         if(c->func) c->func();
     } else {
         /* check wether name violates our naming scheme */
-        if(strpbrk(name, invalid_chars)) {
+        if(!valid_name(name)) {
             if (uzbl.state.verbose)
                 printf("Invalid variable name: %s\n", name);
             return FALSE;