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+/*	SCCS Id: @(#)beconf.h	3.3	98/07/08	*/
+/* Copyright (c) Dean Luick 1996.	*/
+/* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
+
+/* Configuration for Be Inc.'s BeOS */
+
+#ifndef BECONF_H
+#define BECONF_H
+
+/*
+ * We must use UNWIDENED_PROTOTYPES because we mix C++ and C.
+ */
+
+#define index strchr
+#define rindex strrchr
+#define Rand rand	/* Be should have a better rand function! */
+#define tgetch getchar
+#define FCMASK 0666
+#define PORT_ID "BeOS"
+#define TEXTCOLOR
+#define POSIX_TYPES
+#define SIG_RET_TYPE __signal_func_ptr
+
+#include <time.h>	/* for time_t */
+#include <unistd.h>	/* for lseek() */
+
+/* could go in extern.h, under bemain.c (or something..) */
+void regularize(char *);
+
+
+/* instead of including system.h... */
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <termcap.h>
+
+#endif /* BECONF_H */