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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 527960be..cdc3513a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.137 2009/01/03 23:59:23 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.140 2009/08/01 19:32:04 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -687,6 +687,10 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	to use a terminfo database which is compatible with the native
 	applications.
 
+    --with-ccharw-max=XXX
+	Override the size of the wide-character array in cchar_t structures.
+	Changing this will alter the binary interface.  This defaults to 5.
+
     --with-chtype=TYPE
 	Override type of chtype, which stores the video attributes and (if
 	--enable-widec is not given) a character.  Prior to ncurses 5.5, this
@@ -954,6 +958,17 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	For testing, compile with debug option.
 	This also sets the --disable-leaks option.
 
+    --with-wrap-prefix=XXX
+	When using the --enable-reentrant option, ncurses redefines variables
+	that would be global in curses, e.g., LINES, as a macro that calls a
+	"wrapping" function which fetches the data from the current SCREEN
+	structure.  Normally that function is named by prepending "_nc_" to the
+	variable's name.  The function is technically private (since portable
+	applications would not refer directly to it).  But according to one
+	line of reasoning, it is not the same type of "private" as functions
+	which applications should not call even via a macro.  This configure
+	option lets you choose the prefix for these wrapped variables.
+
     --without-ada
 	Suppress the configure script's check for Ada95, do not build the
 	Ada95 binding and related demo.
@@ -1595,7 +1610,8 @@ CONFIGURING FALLBACK ENTRIES:
 	tree is accessible (that is, in single-user mode or at OS installation
 	time) the ncurses library can be compiled to include an array of
 	pre-fetched fallback entries.  This must be done on a machine which
-	has ncurses' infocmp and terminfo database installed.
+	has ncurses' infocmp and terminfo database installed (as well as
+	ncurses' tic and infocmp programs).
 
 	These entries are checked by setupterm() only when the conventional
 	fetches from the terminfo tree and the termcap fallback (if configured)
@@ -1746,6 +1762,10 @@ BUILDING NCURSES WITH A CROSS-COMPILER
 	option), ncurses uses the development platform's tic to do the
 	"make install.data" portion.
 
+	The system's tic program is used to install the terminal database,
+	even for cross-compiles.  For best results, the tic program should
+	be from the most current version of ncurses.
+
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