diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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+++ b/Makefile.am
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+
+bin_PROGRAMS = dit
+
+my_dit_C_sources = dit.c Buffer.c CRT.c Clipboard.c DebugMemory.c Field.c \
+ FileReader.c FunctionBar.c Hashtable.c Highlight.c Line.c List.c Object.c \
+ Panel.c PatternMatcher.c Pool.c RichString.c ScreenManager.c Script.c \
+ Stack.c String.c StringBuffer.c TabManager.c Undo.c Vector.c Files.c
+
+dit_SOURCES = $(my_dit_C_sources) config.h debug.h \
+ md5.c md5.h Prototypes.h Structures.h
+
+Prototypes.h Structures.h: $(my_dit_C_sources)
+	scripts/GenHeaders
+
+AM_CFLAGS = -std=c99
+AM_CPPFLAGS = -DDATADIR=\"$(datadir)\"
+
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+++ b/configure.ac
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+#                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
+# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+
+AC_PREREQ(2.59)
+AC_INIT(dit, 0.1, loderunner@users.sf.net)
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([dit.c])
+AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+
+# Checks for programs.
+AC_PROG_CC
+
+# Checks for libraries.
+AC_CHECK_LIB([m], [pow])
+AC_CHECK_LIB([ncurses], [use_default_colors])
+
+# Checks for header files.
+AC_HEADER_DIRENT
+AC_HEADER_STDC
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([limits.h stdint.h stdlib.h string.h strings.h sys/ioctl.h sys/param.h sys/time.h unistd.h])
+
+# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+AC_HEADER_STDBOOL
+AC_C_CONST
+AC_C_INLINE
+AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+AC_HEADER_TIME
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+AC_FUNC_CLOSEDIR_VOID
+AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL
+AC_FUNC_MALLOC
+AC_FUNC_MEMCMP
+AC_FUNC_REALLOC
+AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
+AC_FUNC_STAT
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([gettimeofday memchr memmove memset mkdir putenv realpath regcomp strchr strdup strncasecmp strrchr strstr])
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
+AC_OUTPUT