diff --git a/src/dialog.c b/src/dialog.c
index c2d9026f3..f14c65456 100644
--- a/src/dialog.c
+++ b/src/dialog.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "dialog.h"
 #include "layout.h"	/* winch_flag, change_screen_size() */
 #include "execute.h"	/* suspend_cmd() */
-#include "main.h"	/* slow_terminal */
+#include "main.h"	/* fast_refresh */
 #include "strutil.h"
 #include "setup.h"	/* mouse_close_dialog */
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ slow_box (Dlg_head *h, int y, int x, int ys, int xs)
 void
 draw_box (Dlg_head *h, int y, int x, int ys, int xs)
 {
-    if (slow_terminal)
+    if (tty_is_slow ())
 	slow_box (h, y, x, ys, xs);
     else
 	tty_draw_box (h->y + y, h->x + x, ys, xs);
diff --git a/src/layout.c b/src/layout.c
index a829ccc9b..dc97386c6 100644
--- a/src/layout.c
+++ b/src/layout.c
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "../src/tty/color.h"
 #include "../src/tty/key.h"
 #include "../src/tty/mouse.h"
+#include "../src/tty/win.h"	/* do_enter_ca_mode() */
 
 #include "dialog.h"
 #include "widget.h"
@@ -714,15 +715,17 @@ change_screen_size (void)
     tty_reset_screen ();
 #endif
     low_level_change_screen_size ();
-    check_split ();
-#ifndef NCURSES_VERSION
+#ifdef HAVE_SLANG
     /* XSI Curses spec states that portable applications shall not invoke
      * initscr() more than once.  This kludge could be done within the scope
      * of the specification by using endwin followed by a refresh (in fact,
      * more than one curses implementation does this); it is guaranteed to work
      * only with slang.
      */
-    tty_init_curses ();
+    SLsmg_init_smg ();
+    do_enter_ca_mode ();
+    tty_keypad (TRUE);
+    tty_nodelay (FALSE);
 #endif
     setup_panels ();
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ed24b94be..3ca909982 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -202,7 +202,10 @@ WLabel *the_hint;
 WButtonBar *the_bar;
 
 /* For slow terminals */
-int slow_terminal = 0;
+static int slow_terminal = 0;
+
+/* If true use +, -, | for line drawing */
+static int ugly_line_drawing = 0;
 
 /* Mouse type: GPM, xterm or none */
 Mouse_Type use_mouse_p = MOUSE_NONE;
@@ -295,7 +298,7 @@ static int edit_one_file_start_line = 0;
 int midnight_shutdown = 0;
 
 /* The user's shell */
-const char *shell = NULL;
+char *shell = NULL;
 
 /* mc_home: The home of MC - /etc/mc or defined by MC_DATADIR */
 char *mc_home = NULL;
@@ -1444,7 +1447,7 @@ setup_mc (void)
 
     setup_sigwinch ();
 
-    verbose = !((tty_baudrate () < 9600) || slow_terminal);
+    verbose = !((tty_baudrate () < 9600) || tty_is_slow ());
 
     init_mouse ();
 }
@@ -2058,10 +2061,6 @@ process_args (poptContext ctx, int c, const char *option_arg)
 	exit (0);
 	break;
 
-    case 'a':
-	tty_set_ugly_line_drawing (TRUE);
-	break;
-
     case 'c':
 	disable_colors = FALSE;
 	force_colors = TRUE;	/* for S-Lang only */
@@ -2128,7 +2127,7 @@ static const struct poptOption argument_table[] = {
      N_("Resets soft keys on HP terminals"), NULL},
     {"slow", 's', POPT_ARG_NONE, {&slow_terminal}, 0,
      N_("To run on slow terminals"), NULL},
-    {"stickchars", 'a', POPT_ARG_NONE, {NULL}, 'a',
+    {"stickchars", 'a', POPT_ARG_NONE, {&ugly_line_drawing}, 0,
      N_("Use stickchars to draw"), NULL},
 
     /* color options */
@@ -2300,7 +2299,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
     handle_args (argc, argv);
 
-    /* NOTE: This has to be called before tty_init_slang or whatever routine
+    /* NOTE: This has to be called before tty_init or whatever routine
        calls any define_sequence */
     init_key ();
 
@@ -2324,14 +2323,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
     /* Must be done before init_subshell, to set up the terminal size: */
     /* FIXME: Should be removed and LINES and COLS computed on subshell */
-    tty_init_slang ();
+    tty_init ((gboolean) slow_terminal, (gboolean) ugly_line_drawing);
 
     load_setup ();
 
-    tty_init_curses ();
-
     tty_init_colors (disable_colors, force_colors);
-
     dlg_set_default_colors ();
 
     /* create home directory */
diff --git a/src/main.h b/src/main.h
index 5f84d4dbc..11bea3e68 100644
--- a/src/main.h
+++ b/src/main.h
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ extern int navigate_with_arrows;
 extern int drop_menus;
 extern int cd_symlinks;
 extern int show_all_if_ambiguous;
-extern int slow_terminal;
 extern int update_prompt;	/* To comunicate with subshell */
 extern int safe_delete;
 extern int confirm_delete;
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ extern int only_leading_plus_minus;
 extern int output_starts_shell;
 extern int midnight_shutdown;
 extern char cmd_buf [512];
-extern const char *shell;
+extern char *shell;
 extern int auto_fill_mkdir_name;
 extern int skip_check_codeset;
 /* Ugly hack in order to distinguish between left and right panel in menubar */
diff --git a/src/menu.c b/src/menu.c
index c3c34bac2..64b4fc11e 100644
--- a/src/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include "menu.h"
 #include "help.h"
 #include "dialog.h"
-#include "main.h"
+#include "main.h"		/* is_right */
 #include "strutil.h"
 
 int menubar_visible = 1;	/* This is the new default */
@@ -89,15 +89,15 @@ static void menubar_paint_idx (WMenu *menubar, int idx, int color)
         /* menu separator */
         tty_setcolor (SELECTED_COLOR);
 
-        if (!slow_terminal) {
+        if (!tty_is_slow ()) {
             widget_move (&menubar->widget, y, x - 1);
             tty_print_alt_char (ACS_LTEE);
         }
 
         tty_draw_hline (menubar->widget.y + y, menubar->widget.x + x,
-                        slow_terminal ? ' ' : ACS_HLINE, menubar->max_entry_len + 2);
+                        tty_is_slow () ? ' ' : ACS_HLINE, menubar->max_entry_len + 2);
 
-        if (!slow_terminal) {
+        if (!tty_is_slow ()) {
             widget_move (&menubar->widget, y, x + menubar->max_entry_len + 2);
             tty_print_alt_char (ACS_RTEE);
         }
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index 5be194811..e649783db 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #include "widget.h"
 #include "menu.h"		/* menubar_visible */
 #include "main-widgets.h"
-#include "main.h"		/* the_menubar, slow_terminal */
+#include "main.h"
 #include "unixcompat.h"
 #include "mountlist.h"		/* my_statfs */
 #include "selcodepage.h"	/* select_charset () */
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ format_file (char *dest, int limit, WPanel *panel, int file_index, int width, in
                 tty_setcolor (SELECTED_COLOR);
             else
                 tty_setcolor (NORMAL_COLOR);
-	    tty_print_one_vline (slow_terminal);
+	    tty_print_one_vline ();
 	    length++;
 	}
     }
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ repaint_file (WPanel *panel, int file_index, int mv, int attr, int isstatus)
 	    tty_print_char (' ');
 	else {
 	    tty_setcolor (NORMAL_COLOR);
-	    tty_print_one_vline (slow_terminal);
+	    tty_print_one_vline ();
 	}
     }
 }
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ mini_info_separator (WPanel *panel)
 
     tty_setcolor (NORMAL_COLOR);
     tty_draw_hline (panel->widget.y + y, panel->widget.x + 1,
-		    slow_terminal ? '-' : ACS_HLINE,
+		    tty_is_slow () ? '-' : ACS_HLINE,
 		    panel->widget.cols - 2);
     /* Status displays total marked size.
      * Centered in panel, full format. */
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ show_dir (WPanel *panel)
 		 panel->widget.y, panel->widget.x,
 		 panel->widget.lines, panel->widget.cols);
 
-    if (show_mini_info && !slow_terminal) {
+    if (show_mini_info && !tty_is_slow ()) {
 	widget_move (&panel->widget, llines (panel) + 2, 0);
 	tty_print_alt_char (ACS_LTEE);
 	widget_move (&panel->widget, llines (panel) + 2,
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ paint_frame (WPanel *panel)
 
 	if (side){
 	    tty_setcolor (NORMAL_COLOR);
-	    tty_print_one_vline (slow_terminal);
+	    tty_print_one_vline ();
 	    width = panel->widget.cols - panel->widget.cols/2 - 1;
 	} else if (panel->split)
 	    width = panel->widget.cols/2 - 3;
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ paint_frame (WPanel *panel)
                 width -= format->field_len;
 	    } else {
 		tty_setcolor (NORMAL_COLOR);
-		tty_print_one_vline (slow_terminal);
+		tty_print_one_vline ();
 		width--;
 	    }
 	}
diff --git a/src/tty/Makefile.am b/src/tty/Makefile.am
index f3ee061ad..6822c374b 100644
--- a/src/tty/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/tty/Makefile.am
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ TTY_SRC = \
 	color.c color.h \
 	key.c key.h keyxdef.c \
 	mouse.c mouse.h \
-	tty.c tty.h \
+	tty.c tty.h tty-internal.h \
 	win.c win.h \
 	x11conn.c x11conn.h
 
diff --git a/src/tty/tty-internal.h b/src/tty/tty-internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..520216b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tty/tty-internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+/** \file tty-internal.h
+ *  \brief Header: internal suff of the terminal controlling library
+ */
+
+#ifndef MC_TTY_INTERNAL_H
+#define MC_TTY_INTERNAL_H
+
+#include "../../src/global.h"		/* include <glib.h> */
+
+/* If true lines are shown by spaces */
+extern gboolean slow_tty;
+
+#endif			/* MC_TTY_INTERNAL_H */
diff --git a/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c b/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c
index e8ed0d6f3..2fe3d44c0 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c
+++ b/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #   define WANT_TERM_H
 #endif
 
-#include "../../src/tty/tty.h"		/* tty_is_ugly_line_drawing() */
+#include "../../src/tty/tty-internal.h"		/* slow_tty */
 #include "../../src/tty/color-ncurses.h"
 #include "../../src/tty/color-internal.h"
 #include "../../src/tty/win.h"
@@ -86,8 +86,10 @@ static const struct {
 /*** public functions **************************************************/
 
 void
-tty_init_curses (void)
+tty_init (gboolean slow, gboolean ugly_lines)
 {
+    slow_tty = slow;
+
     initscr ();
 
 #ifdef HAVE_ESCDELAY
@@ -109,18 +111,13 @@ tty_init_curses (void)
     keypad (stdscr, TRUE);
     nodelay (stdscr, FALSE);
 
-    if (tty_is_ugly_line_drawing ()) {
+    if (ugly_lines) {
 	int i;
 	for (i = 0; acs_approx[i].acscode != 0; i++)
 	    acs_map[acs_approx[i].acscode] = acs_approx[i].character;
     }
 }
 
-void
-tty_init_slang (void)
-{
-}
-
 void
 tty_shutdown (void)
 {
diff --git a/src/tty/tty-slang.c b/src/tty/tty-slang.c
index 1538d608a..5ca8b9cb1 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty-slang.c
+++ b/src/tty/tty-slang.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 #include "../../src/global.h"
 
-#include "../../src/tty/tty.h"		/* tty_is_ugly_line_drawing() */
+#include "../../src/tty/tty-internal.h"		/* slow_tty */
 #include "../../src/tty/color-slang.h"
 #include "../../src/tty/color-internal.h"
 #include "../../src/tty/mouse.h"	/* Gpm_Event is required in key.h */
@@ -242,17 +242,10 @@ load_terminfo_keys (void)
 /*** public functions **************************************************/
 
 void
-tty_init_curses (void)
+tty_init (gboolean slow, gboolean ugly_lines)
 {
-    SLsmg_init_smg ();
-    do_enter_ca_mode ();
-    tty_keypad (TRUE);
-    tty_nodelay (FALSE);
-}
+    slow_tty = slow;
 
-void
-tty_init_slang (void)
-{
     SLtt_get_terminfo ();
 #if SLANG_VERSION >= 20000
     SLutf8_enable (-1);
@@ -278,6 +271,9 @@ tty_init_slang (void)
     /* 255 = ignore abort char; XCTRL('g') for abort char = ^g */
     SLang_init_tty (XCTRL('c'), 1, 0);
 
+    if (ugly_lines)
+	SLtt_Has_Alt_Charset = 0;
+
     /* If SLang uses fileno(stderr) for terminal input MC will hang
        if we call SLang_getkey between calls to open_error_pipe and
        close_error_pipe, e.g. when we do a growing view of an gzipped
@@ -285,8 +281,6 @@ tty_init_slang (void)
     if (SLang_TT_Read_FD == fileno (stderr))
 	SLang_TT_Read_FD = fileno (stdin);
 
-    if (tty_is_ugly_line_drawing ())
-	SLtt_Has_Alt_Charset = 0;
     if (tcgetattr (SLang_TT_Read_FD, &new_mode) == 0) {
 #ifdef VDSUSP
 	new_mode.c_cc[VDSUSP] = NULL_VALUE;	/* to ignore ^Y */
@@ -303,6 +297,11 @@ tty_init_slang (void)
 
     /* It's the small part from the previous init_key() */
     init_key_input_fd ();
+
+    SLsmg_init_smg ();
+    do_enter_ca_mode ();
+    tty_keypad (TRUE);
+    tty_nodelay (FALSE);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/tty/tty.c b/src/tty/tty.c
index 89f764194..b281f130e 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty.c
+++ b/src/tty/tty.c
@@ -37,12 +37,19 @@
 #include "../../src/global.h"
 
 #include "../../src/tty/tty.h"
+#include "../../src/tty/tty-internal.h"
 
 #include "../../src/strutil.h"
 #include "../../src/background.h"	/* we_are_background */
 
 /*** global variables **************************************************/
 
+/* If true lines are drown by spaces */
+gboolean slow_tty = FALSE;
+
+/* If true use +, -, | for line drawing */
+gboolean ugly_line_drawing = FALSE;
+
 /*** file scope macro definitions **************************************/
 
 /*** file scope type declarations **************************************/
@@ -51,9 +58,6 @@
 
 static volatile sig_atomic_t got_interrupt = 0;
 
-/* If true use +, -, | for line drawing */
-static gboolean force_ugly_line_drawing = FALSE;
-
 /*** file scope functions **********************************************/
 
 static void
@@ -65,6 +69,12 @@ sigintr_handler(int signo)
 
 /*** public functions **************************************************/
 
+extern gboolean
+tty_is_slow (void)
+{
+    return slow_tty;
+}
+
 extern void
 tty_start_interrupt_key(void)
 {
@@ -110,30 +120,18 @@ tty_got_interrupt(void)
 }
 
 void
-tty_set_ugly_line_drawing (gboolean do_ugly)
+tty_print_one_hline (void)
 {
-    force_ugly_line_drawing = do_ugly;
-}
-
-gboolean
-tty_is_ugly_line_drawing (void)
-{
-    return force_ugly_line_drawing;
-}
-
-void
-tty_print_one_hline (gboolean is_slow_term)
-{
-    if (is_slow_term)
+    if (slow_tty)
 	tty_print_char (' ');
     else
 	tty_print_alt_char (ACS_HLINE);
 }
 
 void
-tty_print_one_vline (gboolean is_slow_term)
+tty_print_one_vline (void)
 {
-    if (is_slow_term)
+    if (slow_tty)
 	tty_print_char (' ');
     else
 	tty_print_alt_char (ACS_VLINE);
diff --git a/src/tty/tty.h b/src/tty/tty.h
index f5c549a2c..2098c53c2 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty.h
+++ b/src/tty/tty.h
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@
 
 /* {{{ Input }}} */
 
-extern void tty_init_slang (void);
-extern void tty_init_curses (void);
+extern void tty_init (gboolean slow, gboolean ugly_lines);
 extern void tty_shutdown (void);
 
+extern gboolean tty_is_slow (void);
+
 extern void tty_start_interrupt_key(void);
 extern void tty_enable_interrupt_key(void);
 extern void tty_disable_interrupt_key(void);
@@ -68,10 +69,8 @@ extern void tty_print_alt_char(int c);
 extern void tty_print_string(const char *s);
 extern void tty_printf(const char *s, ...);
 
-extern void tty_set_ugly_line_drawing (gboolean do_ugly);
-extern gboolean tty_is_ugly_line_drawing (void);
-extern void tty_print_one_vline (gboolean is_slow_term);
-extern void tty_print_one_hline (gboolean is_slow_term);
+extern void tty_print_one_vline (void);
+extern void tty_print_one_hline (void);
 extern void tty_draw_hline (int y, int x, int ch, int len);
 extern void tty_draw_vline (int y, int x, int ch, int len);
 extern void tty_draw_box (int y, int x, int rows, int cols);
diff --git a/src/tty/win.c b/src/tty/win.c
index a0e852fd0..3f8155ff9 100644
--- a/src/tty/win.c
+++ b/src/tty/win.c
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ void
 do_enter_ca_mode (void)
 {
     if (!xterm_flag) {
-	    fprintf (stdout, /* ESC_STR ")0" */ ESC_STR "7" ESC_STR "[?47h");
-	    fflush (stdout);
+	fprintf (stdout, /* ESC_STR ")0" */ ESC_STR "7" ESC_STR "[?47h");
+	fflush (stdout);
     }
 }
 
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ void
 do_exit_ca_mode (void)
 {
     if (!xterm_flag) {
-	    fprintf (stdout, ESC_STR "[?47l" ESC_STR "8" ESC_STR "[m");
-	    fflush (stdout);
+	fprintf (stdout, ESC_STR "[?47l" ESC_STR "8" ESC_STR "[m");
+	fflush (stdout);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/view.c b/src/view.c
index f574d7ee5..07d9be34f 100644
--- a/src/view.c
+++ b/src/view.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #include "dir.h"
 #include "panel.h"		/* Needed for current_panel and other_panel */
 #include "execute.h"
-#include "main.h"		/* slow_terminal */
+#include "main.h"		/* source_codepage */
 #include "view.h"
 #include "history.h"		/* MC_HISTORY_SHARED_SEARCH */
 #include "charsets.h"
@@ -2357,7 +2357,7 @@ view_display_hex (WView *view)
 		/* After every four bytes, print a group separator */
 		if (bytes % 4 == 3) {
 		    if (view->data_area.width >= 80 && col < width) {
-			tty_print_one_vline (slow_terminal);
+			tty_print_one_vline ();
 			col += 1;
 		    }
 		    if (col < width) {
diff --git a/src/widget.c b/src/widget.c
index 43c2d66ae..a4b6324ea 100644
--- a/src/widget.c
+++ b/src/widget.c
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
 #include "widget.h"
 #include "../src/mcconfig/mcconfig.h"	/* for history loading and saving */
 #include "wtools.h"	/* For common_dialog_repaint() */
-#include "main.h"	/* for `slow_terminal' */
 #include "strutil.h"
 
 #define HISTORY_FILE_NAME ".mc/history"
@@ -1847,7 +1846,7 @@ listbox_drawscroll (WListbox *l)
     /* Are we at the top? */
     widget_move (&l->widget, 0, l->width);
     if (l->list == l->top)
-	tty_print_one_vline (FALSE);
+	tty_print_one_vline ();
     else
 	tty_print_char ('^');
 
@@ -1855,7 +1854,7 @@ listbox_drawscroll (WListbox *l)
     widget_move (&l->widget, max_line, l->width);
     top = listbox_cdiff (l->list, l->top);
     if ((top + l->height == l->count) || l->height >= l->count)
-	tty_print_one_vline (FALSE);
+	tty_print_one_vline ();
     else
 	tty_print_char ('v');
 
@@ -1868,7 +1867,7 @@ listbox_drawscroll (WListbox *l)
     for (i = 1; i < max_line; i++){
 	widget_move (&l->widget, i, l->width);
 	if (i != line)
-	    tty_print_one_vline (FALSE);
+	    tty_print_one_vline ();
 	else
 	    tty_print_char ('*');
     }
@@ -2301,7 +2300,7 @@ listbox_new (int y, int x, int height, int width, lcback callback)
     l->count = 0;
     l->cback = callback;
     l->allow_duplicates = 1;
-    l->scrollbar = !slow_terminal;
+    l->scrollbar = !tty_is_slow ();
     widget_want_hotkey (l->widget, 1);
 
     return l;