diff --git a/outdated/win/Qt3/qt3_win.cpp b/outdated/win/Qt3/qt3_win.cpp
index f48c0d211..30b23370b 100644
--- a/outdated/win/Qt3/qt3_win.cpp
+++ b/outdated/win/Qt3/qt3_win.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// NetHack 3.6	qt_win.cpp	$NHDT-Date: 1575917720 2019/12/09 18:55:20 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.0 $
+// NetHack 3.6	qt_win.cpp	$NHDT-Date: 1596404695 2020/08/02 21:44:55 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.91 $
 // Copyright (c) Warwick Allison, 1999.
 // NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details.
 
@@ -146,23 +146,44 @@ static const char nh_attribution[] = "<center><big>NetHack</big>"
 static QString
 aboutMsg()
 {
+    char vbuf[BUFSZ];
     QString msg;
     msg.sprintf(
-    "Qt NetHack is a version of NetHack built\n"
+        // format
+        "Qt NetHack is a version of NetHack\n"
+        "built using"           // no newline
 #ifdef KDE
-    "using KDE and the Qt GUI toolkit.\n"
+        " KDE and"              // ditto
+#endif
+        " the Qt %d GUI toolkit.\n"
+        "\nThis is NetHack %s%s.\n"
+        "\nNetHack's Qt interface originally developed by Warwick Allison.\n"
+        "\n"
+#if 0
+        "Homepage:\n     http://trolls.troll.no/warwick/nethack/\n" //obsolete
+#endif
+#ifdef KDE
+        "KDE:\n     https://kde.org/\n"
+#endif
+#if 1
+        "Qt:\n     https://qt.io/\n"
 #else
-    "using the Qt GUI toolkit.\n"
+        "Qt:\n     http://www.troll.no/\n"      // obsolete
 #endif
-    "This is version %d.%d.%d\n\n"
-    "Homepage:\n     http://trolls.troll.no/warwick/nethack/\n\n"
-#ifdef KDE
-	  "KDE:\n     http://www.kde.org\n"
+        "NetHack:\n     %s\n",
+        // arguments
+#ifdef QT_VERSION_MAJOR
+        QT_VERSION_MAJOR,
+#else
+        3,              // Qt version macro should exist; if not, assume Qt3
 #endif
-	  "Qt:\n     http://www.troll.no",
-	VERSION_MAJOR,
-	VERSION_MINOR,
-	PATCHLEVEL);
+        version_string(vbuf), /* nethack version */
+#ifdef QT_VERSION_STR
+        " with Qt " QT_VERSION_STR,
+#else
+        "",
+#endif
+        DEVTEAM_URL);
     return msg;
 }
 
diff --git a/win/Qt/qt_menu.cpp b/win/Qt/qt_menu.cpp
index 2f4d41762..aad4d5885 100644
--- a/win/Qt/qt_menu.cpp
+++ b/win/Qt/qt_menu.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@ NetHackQtMenuWindow::NetHackQtMenuWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     prompt(0),
     counting(false)
 {
+    // setFont() was in SelectMenu(), in time to be rendered but too late
+    // when measuring the width and height that will be needed
+    QFont tablefont(qt_settings->normalFixedFont());
+    table->setFont(tablefont);
+
     QGridLayout *grid = new QGridLayout();
     table->setColumnCount(5);
     table->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Panel|QFrame::Sunken);
@@ -134,7 +139,8 @@ NetHackQtMenuWindow::NetHackQtMenuWindow(QWidget *parent) :
     grid->setRowStretch(2, 1);
     setFocusPolicy(Qt::StrongFocus);
     table->setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
-    connect(table, SIGNAL(cellClicked(int,int)), this, SLOT(cellToggleSelect(int,int)));
+    connect(table, SIGNAL(cellClicked(int,int)),
+            this, SLOT(cellToggleSelect(int,int)));
 
     setLayout(grid);
 }
@@ -214,9 +220,6 @@ void NetHackQtMenuWindow::EndMenu(const QString& p)
 
 int NetHackQtMenuWindow::SelectMenu(int h, MENU_ITEM_P **menu_list)
 {
-    QFont tablefont(qt_settings->normalFixedFont());
-    table->setFont(tablefont);
-
     table->setRowCount(itemcount);
 
     how=h;
@@ -243,10 +246,18 @@ int NetHackQtMenuWindow::SelectMenu(int h, MENU_ITEM_P **menu_list)
     std::vector<int> col_widths;
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < (size_t) itemlist.size(); ++i) {
 	QStringList columns = itemlist[i].str.split("\t");
-        if (!itemlist[i].Selectable() && columns.size() == 1)
-        {
-            // Nonselectable line with no column dividers
+        if (!itemlist[i].Selectable() && columns.size() == 1) {
+            // Nonselectable line with no column dividers.
             // Assume this is a section header
+            // or ordinary text (^X feedback, for instance) rendered in
+            // a menu because tty's paginated menus can be used to go
+            // backward, unlike text windows which can only go forward.
+            QTableWidgetItem *twi = table->item(i, 4);
+            if (twi) {
+                QString text = twi->text();
+#define MENU_WIDTH_SLOP 20 /* this should not be necessary */
+                WidenColumn(4, fm.width(text) + MENU_WIDTH_SLOP);
+            }
             continue;
         }
 	for (std::size_t j = 0U; j < (size_t) columns.size(); ++j) {