diff --git a/kte/Makefile b/kte/ark/Makefile
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diff --git a/kte/defs.h b/kte/ark/defs.h
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diff --git a/kte/file_buffer.c b/kte/ark/file_buffer.c
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diff --git a/kte/input.c b/kte/ark/input.c
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diff --git a/kte/main.c b/kte/ark/main.c
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diff --git a/kte/notes.txt b/kte/ark/notes.txt
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diff --git a/kte/terminal.c b/kte/ark/terminal.c
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diff --git a/kte/config.sh b/kte/config.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+TARGET="$(cat Makefile.in | grep 'TARGET :=' | awk -F' ' '{ print $3; }')"
+echo "configuring ${TARGET}"
+
+which sed 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+then
+	echo "cannot find sed!" 1>&2
+fi
+
+OPSYS=$(uname -s)
+
+echo "Configuring for ${OPSYS}..."
+if [ "x${OPSYS}" = "xLinux" ]
+then
+	OS_CFLAGS="-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE"
+	OS_LIBS="-lbsd"
+	if [ "x${CC}" = "xclang" ]; then
+		OS_CFLAGS="${OS_CFLAGS} -fsanitize=memory"
+	fi
+	if [ -e "/usr/lib/libefence.a" ]
+	then
+		OS_LIBS="${OS_LIBS} -lefence"
+	fi
+else
+	OS_CFLAGS=""
+	OS_LIBS=""
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${OS_CFLAGS}" ]
+then
+	echo "${OPSYS} requires no extra build flags."
+else
+	echo "${OPSYS} requires build flags ${OS_CFLAGS}"
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${PREFIX}" ]; then
+	PREFIX="/usr/local"
+fi    
+
+if [ "${PREFIX}" = "/usr" ]
+then
+	MANDIR="$(PREFIX)/share/man"
+elif [ "${PREFIX}" = "/usr/local" ]
+then
+	if [ "${OPSYS}" = "Darwin" ]
+	then
+		MANDIR="${PREFIX}/share/man"
+	else
+		MANDIR="${PREFIX}/man"
+	fi
+else
+	MANDIR="${PREFIX}/man"
+fi
+
+echo "prefix: ${PREFIX}"
+echo "mandir: ${MANDIR}"
+
+echo "writing new Makefile"
+cat Makefile.in | sed -e "s|OS_CFLAGS|${OS_CFLAGS}|"	| \
+		  sed -e "s|OS_LIBS|${OS_LIBS}|"	| \
+		  sed -e "s|\$PREFIX|${PREFIX}|"	| \
+		  sed -e "s|\$MANDIR|${MANDIR}|"	> Makefile
+
+echo "done."