diff -urN lynx2-8-5.orig/src/GridText.c lynx2-8-5/src/GridText.c
--- lynx2-8-5.orig/src/GridText.c	2004-12-09 11:21:08.652210336 +0100
+++ lynx2-8-5/src/GridText.c	2004-12-09 11:25:38.677160304 +0100
@@ -9589,8 +9589,8 @@
     /*
      *  Set SIZE.
      */
-    if (I->size != NULL) {
-	f->size = atoi(I->size);
+    if (I->size != 0) {
+       f->size = I->size;
 	/*
 	 *  Leave at zero for option lists.
 	 */
diff -urN lynx2-8-5.orig/src/HTForms.h lynx2-8-5/src/HTForms.h
--- lynx2-8-5.orig/src/HTForms.h	2004-12-09 11:21:08.642211856 +0100
+++ lynx2-8-5/src/HTForms.h	2004-12-09 11:27:05.426972328 +0100
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	CONST char *md;
 	CONST char *min;
 	CONST char *name;
-	CONST char *size;
+	int size;
 	CONST char *src;
 	CONST char *type;
 	char *value;
diff -urN lynx2-8-5.orig/src/HTML.c lynx2-8-5/src/HTML.c
--- lynx2-8-5.orig/src/HTML.c	2004-12-09 11:21:08.650210640 +0100
+++ lynx2-8-5/src/HTML.c	2004-12-09 11:40:31.215473856 +0100
@@ -79,7 +79,18 @@
 #include <LYLeaks.h>
 
 #define STACKLEVEL(me) ((me->stack + MAX_NESTING - 1) - me->sp)
+#define DFT_TEXTAREA_COLS 60
+#define DFT_TEXTAREA_ROWS 4
 
+#define MAX_TEXTAREA_COLS LYcolLimit
+#define MAX_TEXTAREA_ROWS (3 * LYlines)
+
+#define LimitValue(name, value) \
+       if (name > value) { \
+               CTRACE((tfp, "Limited " #name " to %d, was %d\n", \
+                       value, name)); \
+               name = value; \
+       }
 struct _HTStream {
     CONST HTStreamClass *	isa;
 #ifdef USE_SOURCE_CACHE
@@ -4316,7 +4327,7 @@
 	    I.align=NULL; I.accept=NULL; I.checked=NO; I.class=NULL;
 	    I.disabled=NO; I.error=NULL; I.height= NULL; I.id=NULL;
 	    I.lang=NULL; I.max=NULL; I.maxlength=NULL; I.md=NULL;
-	    I.min=NULL; I.name=NULL; I.size=NULL; I.src=NULL;
+	    I.min=NULL; I.name=NULL; I.size=0; I.src=NULL;
 	    I.type=NULL; I.value=NULL; I.width=NULL;
 	    I.accept_cs = NULL;
 	    I.name_cs = ATTR_CS_IN;
@@ -4502,7 +4513,7 @@
 	    I.align=NULL; I.accept=NULL; I.checked=NO; I.class=NULL;
 	    I.disabled=NO; I.error=NULL; I.height= NULL; I.id=NULL;
 	    I.lang=NULL; I.max=NULL; I.maxlength=NULL; I.md=NULL;
-	    I.min=NULL; I.name=NULL; I.size=NULL; I.src=NULL;
+	    I.min=NULL; I.name=NULL; I.size=0; I.src=NULL;
 	    I.type=NULL; I.value=NULL; I.width=NULL;
 	    I.accept_cs = NULL;
 	    I.name_cs = ATTR_CS_IN;
@@ -4794,7 +4805,7 @@
 		I.checked = YES;
 	    if (present && present[HTML_INPUT_SIZE] &&
 		value[HTML_INPUT_SIZE] && *value[HTML_INPUT_SIZE])
-		I.size = value[HTML_INPUT_SIZE];
+		I.size = atoi(value[HTML_INPUT_SIZE]);
 	    if (present && present[HTML_INPUT_MAXLENGTH] &&
 		value[HTML_INPUT_MAXLENGTH] && *value[HTML_INPUT_MAXLENGTH])
 		I.maxlength = value[HTML_INPUT_MAXLENGTH];
@@ -5033,26 +5044,28 @@
 	if (present && present[HTML_TEXTAREA_COLS] &&
 	    value[HTML_TEXTAREA_COLS] &&
 	    isdigit(UCH(*value[HTML_TEXTAREA_COLS])))
-	    StrAllocCopy(me->textarea_cols, value[HTML_TEXTAREA_COLS]);
+	    me->textarea_cols = atoi(value[HTML_TEXTAREA_COLS]);
 	else {
 	    int width;
 	    width = LYcols - 1 -
 		    me->new_style->leftIndent - me->new_style->rightIndent;
 	    if (dump_output_immediately) /* don't waste too much for this */
-		width = HTMIN(width, 60);
+	    	width = HTMIN(width, DFT_TEXTAREA_COLS);
 	    if (width > 1 && (width-1)*6 < MAX_LINE - 3 -
 		me->new_style->leftIndent - me->new_style->rightIndent)
-		HTSprintf0(&me->textarea_cols, "%d", width);
+	    	me->textarea_cols = width;
 	    else
-		StrAllocCopy(me->textarea_cols, "60");
+	    	me->textarea_cols = DFT_TEXTAREA_COLS;
 	}
+	LimitValue(me->textarea_cols, MAX_TEXTAREA_COLS);
 
 	if (present && present[HTML_TEXTAREA_ROWS] &&
 	    value[HTML_TEXTAREA_ROWS] &&
 	    isdigit(UCH(*value[HTML_TEXTAREA_ROWS])))
 	    me->textarea_rows = atoi(value[HTML_TEXTAREA_ROWS]);
 	else
-	    me->textarea_rows = 4;
+	    me->textarea_rows = DFT_TEXTAREA_ROWS;
+	LimitValue(me->textarea_rows, MAX_TEXTAREA_ROWS);
 
 	if (present && present[HTML_TEXTAREA_DISABLED])
 	    me->textarea_disabled = YES;
@@ -5169,7 +5182,7 @@
 		I.align=NULL; I.accept=NULL; I.checked=NO; I.class=NULL;
 		I.disabled=NO; I.error=NULL; I.height= NULL; I.id=NULL;
 		I.lang=NULL; I.max=NULL; I.maxlength=NULL; I.md=NULL;
-		I.min=NULL; I.name=NULL; I.size=NULL; I.src=NULL;
+		I.min=NULL; I.name=NULL; I.size=0; I.src=NULL;
 		I.type=NULL; I.value=NULL; I.width=NULL;
 		I.accept_cs = NULL;
 		I.name_cs = -1;
@@ -6818,7 +6831,7 @@
 	    I.align=NULL; I.accept=NULL; I.checked=NO; I.class=NULL;
 	    I.disabled=NO; I.error=NULL; I.height= NULL; I.id=NULL;
 	    I.lang=NULL; I.max=NULL; I.maxlength=NULL; I.md=NULL;
-	    I.min=NULL; I.name=NULL; I.size=NULL; I.src=NULL;
+	    I.min=NULL; I.name=NULL; I.size=0; I.src=NULL;
 	    I.type=NULL; I.value=NULL; I.width=NULL;
 	    I.value_cs = current_char_set;
 
@@ -6969,7 +6982,7 @@
 		}
 		I.value = temp;
 		chars = HText_beginInput(me->text, me->inUnderline, &I);
-		for (chars = atoi(me->textarea_cols); chars > 0; chars--)
+		for (chars = me->textarea_cols; chars > 0; chars--)
 		    HTML_put_character(me, '_');
 		HText_appendCharacter(me->text, '\r');
 		if (*data == '\n') {
@@ -6994,7 +7007,6 @@
 	    HTChunkClear(&me->textarea);
 	    FREE(me->textarea_name);
 	    me->textarea_name_cs = -1;
-	    FREE(me->textarea_cols);
 	    FREE(me->textarea_id);
 	    break;
 	}
@@ -7541,7 +7553,6 @@
     FREE(me->map_address);
     FREE(me->textarea_name);
     FREE(me->textarea_accept_cs);
-    FREE(me->textarea_cols);
     FREE(me->textarea_id);
     FREE(me->LastOptionValue);
     FREE(me->xinclude);
@@ -7721,7 +7732,7 @@
     me->textarea_name = NULL;
     me->textarea_name_cs = -1;
     me->textarea_accept_cs = NULL;
-    me->textarea_cols = NULL;
+    me->textarea_cols = 0;
     me->textarea_rows = 4;
     me->textarea_disabled = NO;
     me->textarea_id = NULL;
diff -urN lynx2-8-5.orig/src/HTML.h lynx2-8-5/src/HTML.h
--- lynx2-8-5.orig/src/HTML.h	2004-12-09 11:21:08.636212768 +0100
+++ lynx2-8-5/src/HTML.h	2004-12-09 11:41:52.768075976 +0100
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     char *			textarea_name;
     int				textarea_name_cs;
     char *			textarea_accept_cs;
-    char *			textarea_cols;
+    int				textarea_cols;
     int				textarea_rows;
     int				textarea_disabled;
     char *			textarea_id;
diff -urN lynx2-8-5.orig/src/LYCurses.h lynx2-8-5/src/LYCurses.h
--- lynx2-8-5.orig/src/LYCurses.h	2004-12-09 11:21:08.640212160 +0100
+++ lynx2-8-5/src/LYCurses.h	2004-12-09 11:46:48.367138088 +0100
@@ -364,6 +364,23 @@
 
 extern int LYlines;	/* replaces LINES */
 extern int LYcols;	/* replaces COLS */
+/*
+ * The scrollbar, if used, occupies the rightmost column.
+ */
+#ifdef USE_SCROLLBAR
+#define LYbarWidth (LYShowScrollbar ? 1 : 0)
+#else
+#define LYbarWidth 0
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Usable limits for display:
+ */
+#if defined(FANCY_CURSES) || defined(USE_SLANG)
+#define LYcolLimit (LYcols - LYbarWidth)
+#else
+#define LYcolLimit (LYcols - 1)
+#endif
 
 #ifdef USE_CURSES_PADS
 extern WINDOW *LYwin;
diff -urN lynx2-8-5.orig/userdefs.h lynx2-8-5/userdefs.h
--- lynx2-8-5.orig/userdefs.h	2004-12-09 11:21:08.662208816 +0100
+++ lynx2-8-5/userdefs.h	2004-12-09 11:22:34.371179072 +0100
@@ -1379,6 +1379,8 @@
 #define MAXCHARSETS 60		/* max character sets supported */
 #define TRST_MAXROWSPAN 10000	/* max rowspan accepted by TRST code */
 #define TRST_MAXCOLSPAN 1000	/* max colspan and COL/COLGROUP span accepted */
+#define MAX_TABLE_ROWS  200    /* max rows for tables */
+#define MAX_TABLE_COLS  200    /* max cols for tables */
 #define SAVE_TIME_NOT_SPACE	/* minimize number of some malloc calls */
 
 /* Win32 may support more, but old win16 helper apps may not. */