+### use option --with-ccharw-max to override CCHARW_MAX size
+AC_MSG_CHECKING(for size CCHARW_MAX)
+AC_ARG_WITH(ccharw-max,
+ [ --with-ccharw-max=XXX override size CCHARW_MAX],
+ [NCURSES_CCHARW_MAX="$withval"],
+ [NCURSES_CCHARW_MAX=5])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($NCURSES_CCHARW_MAX)
+AC_SUBST(NCURSES_CCHARW_MAX)
+