diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4741eaebbd877fed1c90ed2355ed6ee7f21289d0..23670bc0b8a50d95e69487a4728ca1a1ca6ed988 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ CVS code -
   do_justify()
 	- For consistency, preserve placewewant if we didn't unjustify
 	  instead of setting it to 0. (DLR)
+- winio.c:
+  get_kbinput(), get_translated_kbinput(), get_ascii_kbinput(),
+  get_untranslated_kbinput()
+	- Make the ascii_digits variables ints instead of size_t's,
+	  since they will only hold very small values. (DLR)
 
 GNU nano 1.3.5 - 2004.11.22
 - General:
diff --git a/src/proto.h b/src/proto.h
index 621f3d928f43ff891d21120f780c44c9ba48bf07..bd7b952ff119c9c6f5e471c73288a5efaff5c537 100644
--- a/src/proto.h
+++ b/src/proto.h
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ int get_translated_kbinput(int kbinput, seq_type *seq
 	, bool reset
 #endif
 	);
-int get_ascii_kbinput(int kbinput, size_t ascii_digits
+int get_ascii_kbinput(int kbinput, int ascii_digits
 #ifndef NANO_SMALL
 	, bool reset
 #endif
diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 6b466b900853151491f06a5639b4af5fbf5e70c2..f1e7426ee53ea63a109ae7ff898cb4b4ac3d5cb0 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ int get_translated_kbinput(int kbinput, seq_type *seq
 	)
 {
     static int escapes = 0;
-    static size_t ascii_digits = 0;
+    static int ascii_digits = 0;
     int retval = ERR;
 
 #ifndef NANO_SMALL
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ int get_translated_kbinput(int kbinput, seq_type *seq
 	*seq = UTF8_SEQ;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-    fprintf(stderr, "get_translated_kbinput(): kbinput = %d, seq = %d, escapes = %d, ascii_digits = %lu, retval = %d\n", kbinput, (int)*seq, escapes, (unsigned long)ascii_digits, retval);
+    fprintf(stderr, "get_translated_kbinput(): kbinput = %d, seq = %d, escapes = %d, ascii_digits = %d, retval = %d\n", kbinput, (int)*seq, escapes, ascii_digits, retval);
 #endif
 
     /* Return the result. */
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ int get_translated_kbinput(int kbinput, seq_type *seq
 
 /* Translate an ASCII character sequence: turn a three-digit decimal
  * ASCII code from 000-255 into its corresponding ASCII character. */
-int get_ascii_kbinput(int kbinput, size_t ascii_digits
+int get_ascii_kbinput(int kbinput, int ascii_digits
 #ifndef NANO_SMALL
 	, bool reset
 #endif
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ int get_ascii_kbinput(int kbinput, size_t ascii_digits
     }
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-    fprintf(stderr, "get_ascii_kbinput(): kbinput = %d, ascii_digits = %lu, ascii_kbinput = %d, retval = %d\n", kbinput, (unsigned long)ascii_digits, ascii_kbinput, retval);
+    fprintf(stderr, "get_ascii_kbinput(): kbinput = %d, ascii_digits = %d, ascii_kbinput = %d, retval = %d\n", kbinput, ascii_digits, ascii_kbinput, retval);
 #endif
 
     /* If the result is an ASCII character, reset the ASCII character
@@ -1290,7 +1290,7 @@ int get_untranslated_kbinput(int kbinput, size_t position, bool
 #endif
 	)
 {
-    static size_t ascii_digits = 0;
+    static int ascii_digits = 0;
     int retval;
 
 #ifndef NANO_SMALL
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ int get_untranslated_kbinput(int kbinput, size_t position, bool
      retval = kbinput;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-    fprintf(stderr, "get_untranslated_kbinput(): kbinput = %d, position = %lu, ascii_digits = %lu\n", kbinput, (unsigned long)position, (unsigned long)ascii_digits);
+    fprintf(stderr, "get_untranslated_kbinput(): kbinput = %d, position = %lu, ascii_digits = %d\n", kbinput, (unsigned long)position, ascii_digits);
 #endif
 
     return retval;