diff -u nano/nano.c nano-enablestring/nano.c
--- nano/nano.c	Mon Feb 10 10:03:22 2003
+++ nano-enablestring/nano.c	Mon Feb 10 10:14:29 2003
@@ -389,13 +389,13 @@
 
 #ifndef NANO_SMALL
     /* If we're on the main list, we also count the toggle help text. 
-     * Each line has "M-%c\t\t\t", which fills 24 columns, plus at most
-     * COLS - 24 characters, plus '\n'.*/
+     * Each line has "M-%c\t\t\t", which fills 24 columns, plus t->desc
+     * and "enable/disable", plus '\n'.*/
     if (currshortcut == main_list) {
-	size_t endislen = strlen(_("enable/disable"));
+	size_t endislen = strlen(_("%.*s enable/disable\n"));
 
 	for (t = toggles; t != NULL; t = t->next)
-	    allocsize += 8 + strlen(t->desc) + endislen;
+	    allocsize += 6 + strlen(t->desc) + endislen;
     }
 #endif /* !NANO_SMALL */
 
@@ -460,9 +460,9 @@
     /* And the toggles... */
     if (currshortcut == main_list)
 	for (t = toggles; t != NULL; t = t->next) {
+	    ptr += sprintf(ptr, "M-%c\t\t\t", t->val - 32);
 	    assert(t->desc != NULL);
-	    ptr += sprintf(ptr, "M-%c\t\t\t%s %s\n", t->val - 32, t->desc,
-				_("enable/disable"));
+	    ptr += sprintf(ptr, _("%.*s enable/disable\n"), INT_MAX, t->desc);
 	}
 #endif /* !NANO_SMALL */