diff --git a/ncurses/win32con/win_driver.c b/ncurses/win32con/win_driver.c
index 78ccfed..2425b3a 100644
--- a/ncurses/win32con/win_driver.c
+++ b/ncurses/win32con/win_driver.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ * Copyright 2018-2021,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+ * Copyright 2008-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 
 #include <curses.priv.h>
 
-#ifdef __MINGW32__
+#ifdef _WIN32
 #include <tchar.h>
 #else
 #include <windows.h>
@@ -52,13 +53,13 @@
 #define PSAPI_VERSION 2
 #include <psapi.h>
 
-#define CUR my_term.type.
+#define CUR TerminalType(my_term).
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: win_driver.c,v 1.55 2015/02/28 21:30:23 tom Exp $")
+#define CONTROL_PRESSED (LEFT_CTRL_PRESSED | RIGHT_CTRL_PRESSED)
 
-#ifndef __GNUC__
-#  error We need GCC to compile for MinGW
-#endif
+MODULE_ID("$Id: win_driver.c,v 1.74 2023/09/16 16:27:44 tom Exp $")
+
+#define TypeAlloca(type,count) (type*) _alloca(sizeof(type) * (size_t) (count))
 
 #define WINMAGIC NCDRV_MAGIC(NCDRV_WINCONSOLE)
 
@@ -83,39 +84,40 @@
 #define write_screen WriteConsoleOutput
 #define read_screen  ReadConsoleOutput
 #endif
-
+/* *INDENT-OFF* */
 static const LONG keylist[] =
 {
-    GenMap(VK_PRIOR, KEY_PPAGE),
-    GenMap(VK_NEXT, KEY_NPAGE),
-    GenMap(VK_END, KEY_END),
-    GenMap(VK_HOME, KEY_HOME),
-    GenMap(VK_LEFT, KEY_LEFT),
-    GenMap(VK_UP, KEY_UP),
-    GenMap(VK_RIGHT, KEY_RIGHT),
-    GenMap(VK_DOWN, KEY_DOWN),
+    GenMap(VK_PRIOR,  KEY_PPAGE),
+    GenMap(VK_NEXT,   KEY_NPAGE),
+    GenMap(VK_END,    KEY_END),
+    GenMap(VK_HOME,   KEY_HOME),
+    GenMap(VK_LEFT,   KEY_LEFT),
+    GenMap(VK_UP,     KEY_UP),
+    GenMap(VK_RIGHT,  KEY_RIGHT),
+    GenMap(VK_DOWN,   KEY_DOWN),
     GenMap(VK_DELETE, KEY_DC),
     GenMap(VK_INSERT, KEY_IC)
 };
 static const LONG ansi_keys[] =
 {
-    GenMap(VK_PRIOR, 'I'),
-    GenMap(VK_NEXT, 'Q'),
-    GenMap(VK_END, 'O'),
-    GenMap(VK_HOME, 'H'),
-    GenMap(VK_LEFT, 'K'),
-    GenMap(VK_UP, 'H'),
-    GenMap(VK_RIGHT, 'M'),
-    GenMap(VK_DOWN, 'P'),
+    GenMap(VK_PRIOR,  'I'),
+    GenMap(VK_NEXT,   'Q'),
+    GenMap(VK_END,    'O'),
+    GenMap(VK_HOME,   'H'),
+    GenMap(VK_LEFT,   'K'),
+    GenMap(VK_UP,     'H'),
+    GenMap(VK_RIGHT,  'M'),
+    GenMap(VK_DOWN,   'P'),
     GenMap(VK_DELETE, 'S'),
     GenMap(VK_INSERT, 'R')
 };
+/* *INDENT-ON* */
 #define N_INI ((int)array_length(keylist))
 #define FKEYS 24
 #define MAPSIZE (FKEYS + N_INI)
 #define NUMPAIRS 64
 
-/*   A process can only have a single console, so it's safe
+/*   A process can only have a single console, so it is safe
      to maintain all the information about it in a single
      static structure.
  */
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@
     BOOL buffered;
     BOOL window_only;
     BOOL progMode;
-    BOOL isMinTTY;
     BOOL isTermInfoConsole;
     HANDLE out;
     HANDLE inp;
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@
 con_write16(TERMINAL_CONTROL_BLOCK * TCB, int y, int x, cchar_t *str, int limit)
 {
     int actual = 0;
-    CHAR_INFO ci[limit];
+    CHAR_INFO *ci = TypeAlloca(CHAR_INFO, limit);
     COORD loc, siz;
     SMALL_RECT rec;
     int i;
@@ -310,7 +311,7 @@
 static BOOL
 con_write8(TERMINAL_CONTROL_BLOCK * TCB, int y, int x, chtype *str, int n)
 {
-    CHAR_INFO ci[n];
+    CHAR_INFO *ci = TypeAlloca(CHAR_INFO, n);
     COORD loc, siz;
     SMALL_RECT rec;
     int i;
@@ -487,14 +488,14 @@
 
 	Width = screen_columns(sp);
 	Height = screen_lines(sp);
-	nonempty = min(Height, NewScreen(sp)->_maxy + 1);
+	nonempty = Min(Height, NewScreen(sp)->_maxy + 1);
 
 	T(("... %dx%d clear cur:%d new:%d",
 	   Height, Width,
 	   CurScreen(sp)->_clear,
 	   NewScreen(sp)->_clear));
 
-	if (SP_PARM->_endwin) {
+	if (SP_PARM->_endwin == ewSuspend) {
 
 	    T(("coming back from shell mode"));
 	    NCURSES_SP_NAME(reset_prog_mode) (NCURSES_SP_ARG);
@@ -503,13 +504,13 @@
 	    NCURSES_SP_NAME(_nc_screen_resume) (NCURSES_SP_ARG);
 	    SP_PARM->_mouse_resume(SP_PARM);
 
-	    SP_PARM->_endwin = FALSE;
+	    SP_PARM->_endwin = ewRunning;
 	}
 
 	if ((CurScreen(sp)->_clear || NewScreen(sp)->_clear)) {
 	    int x;
 #if USE_WIDEC_SUPPORT
-	    cchar_t empty[Width];
+	    cchar_t *empty = TypeAlloca(cchar_t, Width);
 	    wchar_t blank[2] =
 	    {
 		L' ', L'\0'
@@ -518,7 +519,7 @@
 	    for (x = 0; x < Width; x++)
 		setcchar(&empty[x], blank, 0, 0, 0);
 #else
-	    chtype empty[Width];
+	    chtype *empty = TypeAlloca(chtype, Width);
 
 	    for (x = 0; x < Width; x++)
 		empty[x] = ' ';
@@ -611,6 +612,12 @@
     returnCode(result);
 }
 
+#ifdef __MING32__
+#define SysISATTY(fd) _isatty(fd)
+#else
+#define SysISATTY(fd) isatty(fd)
+#endif
+
 static bool
 wcon_CanHandle(TERMINAL_CONTROL_BLOCK * TCB,
 	       const char *tname,
@@ -642,14 +649,19 @@
 	}
     } else if (tname != 0 && stricmp(tname, "unknown") == 0) {
 	code = TRUE;
+    } else if (SysISATTY(TCB->term.Filedes)) {
+	code = TRUE;
     }
 
     /*
      * This is intentional, to avoid unnecessary breakage of applications
      * using <term.h> symbols.
      */
-    if (code && (TCB->term.type.Booleans == 0)) {
-	_nc_init_termtype(&(TCB->term.type));
+    if (code && (TerminalType(&TCB->term).Booleans == 0)) {
+	_nc_init_termtype(&TerminalType(&TCB->term));
+#if NCURSES_EXT_NUMBERS
+	_nc_export_termtype2(&TCB->term.type, &TerminalType(&TCB->term));
+#endif
     }
 
     if (!code) {
@@ -671,8 +683,8 @@
     int max_cells = (high * wide);
     int i;
 
-    CHAR_INFO this_screen[max_cells];
-    CHAR_INFO that_screen[max_cells];
+    CHAR_INFO *this_screen = TypeAlloca(CHAR_INFO, max_cells);
+    CHAR_INFO *that_screen = TypeAlloca(CHAR_INFO, max_cells);
     COORD this_size;
     SMALL_RECT this_region;
     COORD bufferCoord;
@@ -697,7 +709,9 @@
 			bufferCoord,
 			&this_region)) {
 
-	    memcpy(that_screen, this_screen, sizeof(that_screen));
+	    memcpy(that_screen,
+		   this_screen,
+		   sizeof(CHAR_INFO) * (size_t) max_cells);
 
 	    for (i = 0; i < max_cells; i++) {
 		that_screen[i].Attributes = RevAttr(that_screen[i].Attributes);
@@ -1313,7 +1327,9 @@
 }
 
 static int
-wcon_testmouse(TERMINAL_CONTROL_BLOCK * TCB, int delay)
+wcon_testmouse(TERMINAL_CONTROL_BLOCK * TCB,
+	       int delay
+	       EVENTLIST_2nd(_nc_eventlist * evl))
 {
     int rc = 0;
     SCREEN *sp;
@@ -1470,10 +1486,10 @@
 		     FROM_LEFT_4TH_BUTTON_PRESSED | \
 		     RIGHTMOST_BUTTON_PRESSED)
 
-static int
+static mmask_t
 decode_mouse(SCREEN *sp, int mask)
 {
-    int result = 0;
+    mmask_t result = 0;
 
     (void) sp;
     assert(sp && console_initialized);
@@ -1525,6 +1541,10 @@
     int diff;
     bool isImmed = (milliseconds == 0);
 
+#ifdef NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
+    (void) evl;			/* TODO: implement wgetch-events */
+#endif
+
 #define CONSUME() ReadConsoleInput(fd,&inp_rec,1,&nRead)
 
     assert(sp);
@@ -1632,7 +1652,7 @@
 			     CON.inp,
 			     mode,
 			     milliseconds,
-			     timeleft EVENTLIST_2nd(_nc_eventlist * evl));
+			     timeleft EVENTLIST_2nd(evl));
     }
     return code;
 }
@@ -1658,14 +1678,14 @@
 
 	if (sp->_drv_mouse_new_buttons) {
 
-	    work.bstate |= (mmask_t) decode_mouse(sp, sp->_drv_mouse_new_buttons);
+	    work.bstate |= decode_mouse(sp, sp->_drv_mouse_new_buttons);
 
 	} else {
 
 	    /* cf: BUTTON_PRESSED, BUTTON_RELEASED */
-	    work.bstate |= (mmask_t) (decode_mouse(sp,
-						   sp->_drv_mouse_old_buttons)
-				      >> 1);
+	    work.bstate |= (decode_mouse(sp,
+					 sp->_drv_mouse_old_buttons)
+			    >> 1);
 
 	    result = TRUE;
 	}
@@ -1857,7 +1877,7 @@
 #if WINVER >= 0x0600
 /*   This function tests, whether or not the ncurses application
      is running as a descendant of MSYS2/cygwin mintty terminal
-     application. mintty doesn't use Windows Console for it's screen
+     application. mintty doesn't use Windows Console for its screen
      I/O, so the native Windows _isatty doesn't recognize it as
      character device. But we can discover we are at the end of an
      Pipe and can query to server side of the pipe, looking whether
@@ -1947,11 +1967,6 @@
 {
     int result = 0;
 
-#ifdef __MING32__
-#define SysISATTY(fd) _isatty(fd)
-#else
-#define SysISATTY(fd) isatty(fd)
-#endif
     if (SysISATTY(fd)) {
 	result = 1;
     } else {
@@ -1964,7 +1979,7 @@
 
 /*   This is used when running in terminfo mode to discover,
      whether or not the "terminal" is actually a Windows
-     Console. It's the responsibilty of the console to deal
+     Console. It is the responsibility of the console to deal
      with the terminal escape sequences that are sent by
      terminfo.
  */
@@ -2066,7 +2081,8 @@
 _nc_mingw_testmouse(
 		       SCREEN *sp,
 		       HANDLE fd,
-		       int delay)
+		       int delay
+		       EVENTLIST_2nd(_nc_eventlist * evl))
 {
     int rc = 0;
 
@@ -2108,16 +2124,16 @@
 	if (b && nRead > 0) {
 	    if (rc < 0)
 		rc = 0;
-	    rc += nRead;
+	    rc = rc + (int) nRead;
 	    if (inp_rec.EventType == KEY_EVENT) {
 		if (!inp_rec.Event.KeyEvent.bKeyDown)
 		    continue;
 		*buf = (int) inp_rec.Event.KeyEvent.uChar.AsciiChar;
 		vk = inp_rec.Event.KeyEvent.wVirtualKeyCode;
 		/*
-		 * There are 24 virtual function-keys, and typically
-		 * 12 function-keys on a keyboard.  Use the shift-modifier
-		 * to provide the remaining 12 keys.
+		 * There are 24 virtual function-keys (defined in winuser.h),
+		 * and typically 12 function-keys on a keyboard.  Use the
+		 * shift-modifier to provide the remaining keys.
 		 */
 		if (vk >= VK_F1 && vk <= VK_F12) {
 		    if (inp_rec.Event.KeyEvent.dwControlKeyState & SHIFT_PRESSED) {
@@ -2134,6 +2150,11 @@
 			ungetch('\0');
 			*buf = AnsiKey(vk);
 		    }
+		} else if (vk == VK_BACK) {
+		    if (!(inp_rec.Event.KeyEvent.dwControlKeyState
+			  & (SHIFT_PRESSED | CONTROL_PRESSED))) {
+			*buf = KEY_BACKSPACE;
+		    }
 		}
 		break;
 	    } else if (inp_rec.EventType == MOUSE_EVENT) {
@@ -2152,7 +2173,7 @@
 static bool
 InitConsole(void)
 {
-    /* initalize once, or not at all */
+    /* initialize once, or not at all */
     if (!console_initialized) {
 	int i;
 	DWORD num_buttons;
@@ -2161,9 +2182,6 @@
 	BOOL b;
 
 	START_TRACE();
-	if (_nc_mingw_isatty(0)) {
-	    CON.isMinTTY = TRUE;
-	}
 
 	for (i = 0; i < (N_INI + FKEYS); i++) {
 	    if (i < N_INI) {
@@ -2202,14 +2220,14 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < NUMPAIRS; i++)
 	    CON.pairs[i] = a;
 
-	CON.inp = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
-	CON.out = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
-
 	b = AllocConsole();
 
 	if (!b)
 	    b = AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS);
 
+	CON.inp = GetDirectHandle("CONIN$", FILE_SHARE_READ);
+	CON.out = GetDirectHandle("CONOUT$", FILE_SHARE_WRITE);
+
 	if (getenv("NCGDB") || getenv("NCURSES_CONSOLE2")) {
 	    T(("... will not buffer console"));
 	    buffered = FALSE;
@@ -2217,7 +2235,7 @@
 	} else {
 	    T(("... creating console buffer"));
 	    CON.hdl = CreateConsoleScreenBuffer(GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE,
-						0,
+						FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE,
 						NULL,
 						CONSOLE_TEXTMODE_BUFFER,
 						NULL);