diff -urN --exclude=configure --exclude=Makefile flash-0.9.5/Makefile.in flash-0.9.5-rs/Makefile.in
--- flash-0.9.5/Makefile.in	Sun Nov 11 11:05:28 2001
+++ flash-0.9.5-rs/Makefile.in	Wed Nov 14 08:39:45 2001
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 CC = @CC@ 
 DEBUG  = -g
 CPPFLAGS = -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DPREFIX=\"$(EXEC_PREFIX)\" -DDONT_HIGHLIGHT_WITH_REVERSE 
-CFLAGS = -O2 $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEBUG) -rdynamic
+CFLAGS = -O2 $(CPPFLAGS) @NCURSES_INCLUDE@ $(DEBUG) -rdynamic
 # For Solaris users please use the next 2 lines instead.
 #CPPFLAGS = -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DPREFIX=\"$(EXEC_PREFIX)\" -DDONT_HIGHLIGHT_WITH_REVERSE -DSOLARIS
 #CFLAGS = -O2 $(CPPFLAGS) $(DEBUG)
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 # Comment out for Solaris
 LDFLAGS = -rdynamic
 
-LIBRARIES = -lncurses -ldl
+LIBRARIES = @NCURSES_LIBS@ -lncurses -ldl
 # For Solaris:
 #LIBRARIES = -lcurses -ldl
 
diff -urN --exclude=configure --exclude=Makefile flash-0.9.5/configure.in flash-0.9.5-rs/configure.in
--- flash-0.9.5/configure.in	Sat Nov  3 19:09:21 2001
+++ flash-0.9.5-rs/configure.in	Wed Nov 14 08:45:33 2001
@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@
 dnl Checks for libraries.
 dnl Replace `main' with a function in -ldl:
 AC_CHECK_LIB(dl, main)
+
+dnl Check for alternative path to libncurses
+AC_ARG_WITH(ncurses-path,
+  [  --with-ncurses-path     Path to an alternative ncurses location.],,
+  [with_ncurses_path='']
+)
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for system or alternative ncurses)
+if test x$with_ncurses_path != x ; then
+  AC_MSG_RESULT(alternative)
+  AC_SUBST(NCURSES_INCLUDE)
+  NCURSES_INCLUDE="-I$with_ncurses_path/include"
+  AC_SUBST(NCURSES_LIBS)
+  NCURSES_LIBS="-L$with_ncurses_path/lib"
+else
+  AC_MSG_RESULT(system)
+fi
+
 dnl Replace `main' with a function in -lncurses:
 AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, main)
 
diff -urN --exclude=configure --exclude=Makefile flash-0.9.5/exec.c flash-0.9.5-rs/exec.c
--- flash-0.9.5/exec.c	Sun Nov  4 01:10:09 2001
+++ flash-0.9.5-rs/exec.c	Wed Nov 14 08:58:24 2001
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <wchar.h>
 
 #include "exec.h"
 #include "misc.h"
diff -urN --exclude=configure --exclude=Makefile flash-0.9.5/install-sh flash-0.9.5-rs/install-sh
--- flash-0.9.5/install-sh	Thu Jan  1 01:00:00 1970
+++ flash-0.9.5-rs/install-sh	Wed Nov 14 09:35:52 2001
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#!/bin/bash
diff -urN --exclude=configure --exclude=Makefile flash-0.9.5/modules/Makefile.in flash-0.9.5-rs/modules/Makefile.in
--- flash-0.9.5/modules/Makefile.in	Sat Nov  3 19:09:21 2001
+++ flash-0.9.5-rs/modules/Makefile.in	Wed Nov 14 08:49:20 2001
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CC = gcc
 DEBUG = -g
-CFLAGS = $(DEBUG) -O3 -fpic -shared -Wall
-LDFLAGS = -shared
+CFLAGS = $(DEBUG) @NCURSES_INCLUDE@ -O3 -fpic -shared -Wall
+LDFLAGS = -shared @NCURSES_LIBS@
 
 OBJECTS = countdown background alarms
 
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diff -urN --exclude=configure --exclude=Makefile flash-0.9.5/modules/alarms.c flash-0.9.5-rs/modules/alarms.c
--- flash-0.9.5/modules/alarms.c	Sat Nov  3 19:09:21 2001
+++ flash-0.9.5-rs/modules/alarms.c	Wed Nov 14 08:58:01 2001
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <wchar.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
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diff -urN --exclude=configure --exclude=Makefile flash-0.9.5/screen.h flash-0.9.5-rs/screen.h
--- flash-0.9.5/screen.h	Sat Nov  3 19:09:21 2001
+++ flash-0.9.5-rs/screen.h	Wed Nov 14 08:58:41 2001
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #   define _SCREEN_H
 
 #include "parse.h"
-#include <wchar.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 void init_scr();
Binary files flash-0.9.5/screens/nc_about.o and flash-0.9.5-rs/screens/nc_about.o differ
diff -urN --exclude=configure --exclude=Makefile flash-0.9.5/screens/nc_init.c flash-0.9.5-rs/screens/nc_init.c
--- flash-0.9.5/screens/nc_init.c	Sat Nov  3 19:09:21 2001
+++ flash-0.9.5-rs/screens/nc_init.c	Wed Nov 14 08:58:12 2001
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include <wchar.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
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diff -urN --exclude=configure --exclude=Makefile flash-0.9.5/string.h flash-0.9.5-rs/string.h
--- flash-0.9.5/string.h	Sat Nov  3 19:09:21 2001
+++ flash-0.9.5-rs/string.h	Wed Nov 14 08:58:47 2001
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #   define __STRING_H
 
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <wchar.h>
 
 #define CR '\n'
 #define TAB '\t'