diff -u typist-2.3.1.old/configure.in typist-2.3.1/configure.in
--- typist-2.3.1.old/configure.in	Sat Sep  9 20:20:03 2000
+++ typist-2.3.1/configure.in	Mon Oct 23 12:42:22 2000
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 AC_PROG_LN_S
 
 dnl Checks for libraries.
-dnl Replace `main' with a function in -lncurses:
-AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, main,,echo "*** The ncurses library is required!";exit 1)
+dnl Search for ncurses or curses
+AC_SEARCH_LIBS(wbkgdset, ncurses curses,,echo "*** The ncurses library is required!";exit 1)
 
 dnl Checks for header files.
 AC_HEADER_STDC