From: Jan Engelhardt Date: 2015-09-23 11:59:16.636824539 +0200 In modern ncurses, ESCDELAY is not an lvalue (also because the ESCDELAY "variable" is meant to be read-only). --- src/gtypist.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: gtypist-2.9.5/src/gtypist.c =================================================================== --- gtypist-2.9.5.orig/src/gtypist.c +++ gtypist-2.9.5/src/gtypist.c @@ -2205,7 +2205,7 @@ int main( int argc, char **argv ) // Quick hack to get rid of the escape delays #ifdef __NCURSES_H - ESCDELAY = 1; + set_escdelay(1); #endif /* set up colour pairs if possible */