diff -uF^[a-zA-Z_][a-z 	A-Z0-9_]*ARGS[1-9]?(?$ src/LYCurses.c.orig src/LYCurses.c
--- src/LYCurses.c.orig	Sun Oct 11 05:53:16 1998
+++ src/LYCurses.c	Fri Mar 12 08:08:08 1999
@@ -742,7 +742,10 @@ PUBLIC void start_curses NOARGS
 #else /* Unix: */
     static BOOLEAN first_time = TRUE;
 
-    if (first_time) {
+#if 0
+    if (first_time)
+#endif
+    {
 	/*
 	 *  If we're not VMS then only do initscr() one time,
 	 *  and one time only!
@@ -804,6 +807,10 @@ PUBLIC void start_curses NOARGS
 #ifdef USE_COLOR_STYLE
 	parse_userstyles();
 #endif
+#ifdef NCURSES	/* ncurses workaround.... */
+	if (!first_time)
+	    endwin();
+#endif
 	first_time = FALSE;
 #if USE_COLOR_TABLE
 	lynx_init_colors();