diff --git a/win/curses/cursmesg.c b/win/curses/cursmesg.c
index 98723fcbe..96f91e60b 100644
--- a/win/curses/cursmesg.c
+++ b/win/curses/cursmesg.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ curses_teardown_messages(void)
 void
 curses_prev_mesg()
 {
-    int count, fifo_count;
+    int count;
     winid wid;
     long turn = 0;
     anything Id;
@@ -296,9 +296,8 @@ curses_prev_mesg()
     curses_create_nhmenu(wid);
     Id = zeroany;
 
-    for (count = 0, fifo_count = num_messages - 1; count < num_messages;
-         ++count, --fifo_count) {
-        mesg = get_msg_line(TRUE, do_lifo ? count : fifo_count);
+    for (count = 0; count < num_messages; ++count) {
+        mesg = get_msg_line(do_lifo, count);
         if (turn != mesg->turn && count != 0) {
             curses_add_menu(wid, NO_GLYPH, &Id, 0, 0, A_NORMAL, "---", FALSE);
         }
@@ -323,13 +322,13 @@ curses_prev_mesg()
 void
 curses_count_window(const char *count_text)
 {
+    static WINDOW *countwin = NULL;
     int startx, starty, winx, winy;
     int messageh, messagew;
-    static WINDOW *countwin = NULL;
 
     if (!count_text) {
         if (countwin)
-             delwin(countwin), countwin = NULL;
+            delwin(countwin), countwin = NULL;
         counting = FALSE;
         return;
     }
diff --git a/win/curses/cursstat.c b/win/curses/cursstat.c
index 9dfd39fe8..999b1ecda 100644
--- a/win/curses/cursstat.c
+++ b/win/curses/cursstat.c
@@ -301,14 +301,14 @@ unsigned long *colormasks;
     const enum statusfields (*fieldorder)[3][15];
     xchar spacing[MAXBLSTATS], valline[MAXBLSTATS];
     enum statusfields fld, prev_fld;
-    char *text, *p, cbuf[BUFSZ];
+    char *text, *p, cbuf[BUFSZ], ebuf[STATVAL_WIDTH];
 #ifdef SCORE_ON_BOTL
     char *colon;
     char sbuf[STATVAL_WIDTH];
 #endif
     int i, j, number_of_lines,
         cap_and_hunger, exp_points, sho_score,
-        height, width, w, xtra, clen, x, y, t,
+        height, width, w, xtra, clen, x, y, t, ex, ey,
         condstart = 0, conddummy = 0;
     int coloridx = NO_COLOR, attrmask = 0;
     boolean asis = FALSE;
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ unsigned long *colormasks;
  startover:
         /* first pass for line #j -- figure out spacing */
         (void) memset((genericptr_t) spacing, 0, sizeof spacing);
-        w = xtra = 0;
+        w = xtra = 0; /* w: width so far; xtra: number of extra spaces */
         prev_fld = BL_FLUSH;
         for (i = 0; (fld = (*fieldorder)[j][i]) != BL_FLUSH; ++i) {
             text = status_vals[fld];
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ unsigned long *colormasks;
                 /*FALLTHRU*/
             case BL_ALIGN:
             case BL_LEVELDESC:
-                spacing[fld] = (i > 0 ? 1 : 0);
+                spacing[fld] = (i > 0 ? 1 : 0); /* extra space unless first */
                 break;
             case BL_HUNGER:
                 spacing[fld] = (cap_and_hunger & 1);
@@ -525,6 +525,19 @@ unsigned long *colormasks;
                 /* always enabled but might be empty */
                 if (!(cap_and_hunger & 2))
                     continue;
+                /* check whether encumbrance is going to go past right edge
+                   and wrap; if so, truncate it; (won't wrap on last line
+                   of borderless window, but will when there's a border);
+                   could only do that after all extra spaces are gone */
+                if (!xtra) {
+                     getyx(win, ey, ex);
+                     t = (int) strlen(text);
+                     if (ex + t > width - (border ? 0 : 1)) {
+                         text = strcpy(ebuf, text);
+                         t = (width - (border ? 0 : 1)) - (ex - 1);
+                         ebuf[max(t, 2)] = '\0'; /* might still wrap... */
+                     }
+                }
                 break;
             case BL_SCORE:
 #ifdef SCORE_ON_BOTL
@@ -545,7 +558,7 @@ unsigned long *colormasks;
             if (fld == BL_TITLE && iflags.wc2_hitpointbar) {
                 /* hitpointbar using hp percent calculation; title width
                    is padded to 30 if shorter, truncated at 30 if longer;
-                   otherall width is 32 because of the enclosing brackets */
+                   overall width is 32 because of the enclosing brackets */
                 curs_HPbar(text, 0);
 
             } else if (fld != BL_CONDITION) {
@@ -584,6 +597,12 @@ unsigned long *colormasks;
                 /* status conditions */
                 if (curses_condition_bits) {
                     getyx(win, y, x);
+                    /* encumbrance is truncated if too wide, but other fields
+                       aren't; if window is narrower than normal, last field
+                       written might have wrapped to the next line */
+                    if (y > j + (border ? 1 : 0))
+                        x = width - (border ? -1 : 0), /* (width-=2 above) */
+                        y = j + (border ? 1 : 0);
                     /* cbuf[] was populated above; clen is its length */
                     if (number_of_lines == 3) {
                         /*
@@ -610,7 +629,7 @@ unsigned long *colormasks;
                        condition string as-is if it will overflow; we
                        want curs_stat_conds() to write '+' in last column
                        if any conditions are all the way off the edge */
-                    if (x + clen <= width - (border ? 1 : 0))
+                    if (x + clen > width - (border ? 1 : 0))
                         asis = FALSE;
 
                     if (asis)
@@ -967,8 +986,8 @@ curs_stat_conds(int vert_cond, /* 0 => horizontal, 1 => vertical */
         for (i = 0; i < BL_MASK_BITS; ++i) {
             bitmsk = valid_conditions[i].bitmask;
             if (curses_condition_bits & bitmsk) {
-                Strcat(strcat(condbuf, " "),
-                       upstart(strcpy(condnam, valid_conditions[i].id)));
+                Strcpy(condnam, valid_conditions[i].id);
+                Strcat(strcat(condbuf, " "), upstart(condnam));
                 if (nohilite && *nohilite
                     && (condcolor(bitmsk, colormasks) != NO_COLOR
                         || condattr(bitmsk, colormasks) != 0))
@@ -977,7 +996,8 @@ curs_stat_conds(int vert_cond, /* 0 => horizontal, 1 => vertical */
         }
     } else if (curses_condition_bits) {
         unsigned long cond_bits;
-        int height = 0, width, cx, cy, cy0, attrmask = 0, color = NO_COLOR;
+        int height = 0, width, cx, cy, cy0, cndlen,
+            attrmask = 0, color = NO_COLOR;
         boolean border, do_vert = (vert_cond != 0);
         WINDOW *win = curses_get_nhwin(STATUS_WIN);
 
@@ -990,10 +1010,19 @@ curs_stat_conds(int vert_cond, /* 0 => horizontal, 1 => vertical */
         for (i = 0; i < BL_MASK_BITS; ++i) {
             bitmsk = valid_conditions[i].bitmask;
             if (cond_bits & bitmsk) {
+                Strcpy(condnam, valid_conditions[i].id);
+                cndlen = 1 + (int) strlen(condnam); /* count leading space */
                 if (!do_vert) {
                     getyx(win, cy, cx);
-                    if (cx >= width - (border ? 2 : 1) || (border && cy > cy0))
-                        break; /* skip rest if not enough room for any more */
+                    if (cy > cy0) /* wrap to next line shouldn't happen */
+                        cx = width, cy = cy0;
+                    if (cx + cndlen > width - (border ? 2 : 1)) {
+                        /* not enough room for current condition */
+                        if (cx + 1 > width - (border ? 2 : 1))
+                            break; /* no room at all; skip it and the rest */
+                        /* room for part; truncate it to avoid wrapping */
+                        condnam[width - (border ? 2 : 1) - cx] = '\0';
+                    }
                 }
                 cond_bits &= ~bitmsk; /* nonzero if another cond after this */
                 /* output unhighlighted leading space unless at #1 of 3 */
@@ -1011,7 +1040,7 @@ curs_stat_conds(int vert_cond, /* 0 => horizontal, 1 => vertical */
                 }
 
                 /* output the condition name */
-                waddstr(win, upstart(strcpy(condnam, valid_conditions[i].id)));
+                waddstr(win, upstart(condnam));
 
                 if (iflags.hilite_delta) {
 #ifdef TEXTCOLOR