+### use option --with-tparm-arg to override tparm's argument type
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for type of tparm args)
+AC_ARG_WITH(tparm-arg,
+ [ --with-tparm-arg=TYPE override parameter type of tparm],
+ [NCURSES_TPARM_ARG="$withval"],
+ [NCURSES_TPARM_ARG=long])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($NCURSES_TPARM_ARG)
+AC_SUBST(NCURSES_TPARM_ARG)
+