diff -N -a -B -b -U 3 screen-configure.old/configure screen-configure.new/configure
--- screen-configure.old/configure	2008-06-10 10:07:48.000000000 -0400
+++ screen-configure.new/configure	2008-06-10 10:24:55.000000000 -0400
@@ -2990,6 +2990,18 @@
 sh etc/toolcheck 1>&6
 fi
 
+# Check whether --with-maxwin was given
+if test "${with_maxwin+set}" = set; then
+    withval="$with_maxwin"
+   MAXWIN=${withval}
+fi;
+	echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: ${MAXWIN}" >&5
+echo "${ECHO_T}MAXWIN is ${MAXWIN}"
+echo "${ECHO_T}MAXWIN is ${MAXWIN}" >&6
+	cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define MAXWIN $MAXWIN
+_ACEOF
+
 
 
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking if a system-wide socket dir should be used" >&5