diff -u screen-4.0.2/input.c screen-4.0.2/input.c
--- screen-4.0.2/input.c	2006-02-22 23:38:20.000000000 +0200
+++ screen-4.0.2/input.c	2006-02-23 00:31:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 struct inpline
 {
-  char  buf[101];	/* text buffer */
+  char  buf[MAX_INPUTLINE];	/* text buffer */
   int  len;		/* length of the editible string */
   int  pos;		/* cursor position in editable string */
 };
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 struct inpdata
 {
   struct inpline inp;
-  int  inpmaxlen;	/* 100, or less, if caller has shorter buffer */
+  int  inpmaxlen;	/* MAX_INPUTLINE-1, or less, if caller has shorter buffer */
   char *inpstring;	/* the prompt */
   int  inpstringlen;	/* length of the prompt */
   int  inpmode;		/* INP_NOECHO, INP_RAW, INP_EVERY */
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@
   int maxlen;
   struct inpdata *inpdata;
   
-  if (len > 100)
-    len = 100;
+  if (len > MAX_INPUTLINE - 1)
+    len = MAX_INPUTLINE - 1;
   if (!(mode & INP_NOECHO))
     {
       maxlen = flayer->l_width - 1 - strlen(istr);
diff -u screen-4.0.2/process.c screen-4.0.2/process.c
--- screen-4.0.2/process.c	2006-02-23 00:27:01.000000000 +0200
+++ screen-4.0.2/process.c	2006-02-23 00:32:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -1891,7 +1891,7 @@
 	ChangeAKA(fore, *args, strlen(*args));
       break;
     case RC_COLON:
-      Input(":", 100, INP_COOKED, Colonfin, NULL);
+      Input(":", MAX_INPUTLINE - 1, INP_COOKED, Colonfin, NULL);
       if (*args && **args)
 	{
 	  s = *args;
@@ -3004,7 +3004,7 @@
 	      Msg(0, "%s: password: window required", rc_name);
 	      break;
 	    }
-	  Input("New screen password:", 100, INP_NOECHO, pass1, display ? (char *)D_user : (char *)users);
+	  Input("New screen password:", MAX_INPUTLINE - 1, INP_NOECHO, pass1, display ? (char *)D_user : (char *)users);
 	}
       break;
 #endif				/* PASSWORD */
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- screen-4.0.2/screen.h~	2006-02-23 00:27:51.000000000 +0200
+++ screen-4.0.2/screen.h	2006-02-23 00:31:32.000000000 +0200
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@
 #define INP_RAW		2
 #define INP_EVERY	4
 
+#define MAX_INPUTLINE 512
 
 #ifdef MULTIUSER
 struct acl