+#define HELP_KEY_1 '?'
+#define HELP_KEY_2 KEY_F(1)
+
+/* from nc_string.h, to make this stand alone */
+#if HAVE_BSD_STRING_H
+#include <bsd/string.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#define NCURSES_VOID /* nothing */
+#else
+#define NCURSES_VOID (void)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_STRLCAT
+#define HAVE_STRLCAT 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
+#define HAVE_STRLCPY 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_SNPRINTF
+#define HAVE_SNPRINTF 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef USE_STRING_HACKS
+#define USE_STRING_HACKS 0
+#endif
+
+#if USE_STRING_HACKS && HAVE_STRLCAT
+#define _nc_STRCAT(d,s,n) NCURSES_VOID strlcat((d),(s),NCURSES_CAST(size_t,n))
+#define _nc_STRNCAT(d,s,m,n) NCURSES_VOID strlcat((d),(s),NCURSES_CAST(size_t,m))
+#else
+#define _nc_STRCAT(d,s,n) NCURSES_VOID strcat((d),(s))
+#define _nc_STRNCAT(d,s,m,n) NCURSES_VOID strncat((d),(s),(n))
+#endif
+
+#if USE_STRING_HACKS && HAVE_STRLCPY
+#define _nc_STRCPY(d,s,n) NCURSES_VOID strlcpy((d),(s),NCURSES_CAST(size_t,n))
+#define _nc_STRNCPY(d,s,n) NCURSES_VOID strlcpy((d),(s),NCURSES_CAST(size_t,n))
+#else
+#define _nc_STRCPY(d,s,n) NCURSES_VOID strcpy((d),(s))
+#define _nc_STRNCPY(d,s,n) NCURSES_VOID strncpy((d),(s),(n))
+#endif
+
+#if USE_STRING_HACKS && HAVE_SNPRINTF
+#define _nc_SPRINTF NCURSES_VOID snprintf
+#define _nc_SLIMIT(n) NCURSES_CAST(size_t,n),
+#else
+#define _nc_SPRINTF NCURSES_VOID sprintf
+#define _nc_SLIMIT(n) /* nothing */
+#endif
+