--- a/gui.h	Fri Apr 07 07:40:44 2006 +0000
+++ b/gui.h	Fri Apr 07 08:27:43 2006 +0000
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 
 /* network gui */
 void ShowNetworkGameWindow(void);
-void ShowChatWindow(StringID str, StringID caption, int maxlen, int maxwidth, WindowClass window_class, WindowNumber window_number);
+void ShowChatWindow(StringID caption, int maxlen, int maxwidth, WindowClass window_class, WindowNumber window_number);
 
 /* bridge_gui.c */
 void ShowBuildBridgeWindow(uint start, uint end, byte type);

--- a/main_gui.c	Fri Apr 07 07:40:44 2006 +0000
+++ b/main_gui.c	Fri Apr 07 08:27:43 2006 +0000
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 {
 	_rename_id = desttype + (dest << 8);
 	_rename_what = 2;
-	ShowChatWindow(STR_EMPTY, STR_NETWORK_CHAT_QUERY_CAPTION, 150, 338, 1, 0);
+	ShowChatWindow(STR_NETWORK_CHAT_QUERY_CAPTION, 150, 338, 1, 0);
 }
 
 void ShowNetworkGiveMoneyWindow(byte player)

--- a/network_gui.c	Fri Apr 07 07:40:44 2006 +0000
+++ b/network_gui.c	Fri Apr 07 08:27:43 2006 +0000
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 /* Global to remember sorting after window has been closed */
 static NetworkGameSorting _ng_sorting;
 
-static char _edit_str_buf[MAX_QUERYSTR_LEN*2];
+static char _edit_str_buf[MAX_QUERYSTR_LEN];
 static void ShowNetworkStartServerWindow(void);
 static void ShowNetworkLobbyWindow(NetworkGameList *ngl);
 
@@ -1463,9 +1463,6 @@
 }
 
 
-
-#define MAX_QUERYSTR_LEN 64
-
 /* uses querystr_d WP macro */
 static void ChatWindowWndProc(Window *w, WindowEvent *e)
 {
@@ -1485,7 +1482,7 @@
 		case 3: DeleteWindow(w); break; // Cancel
 		case 2: // Send
 press_ok:;
-			if (strcmp(WP(w, querystr_d).text.buf, WP(w, querystr_d).text.buf + MAX_QUERYSTR_LEN) == 0) {
+			if (WP(w, querystr_d).text.buf[0] == '\0') {
 				DeleteWindow(w);
 			} else {
 				char *buf = WP(w, querystr_d).text.buf;
@@ -1548,19 +1545,13 @@
 	ChatWindowWndProc
 };
 
-void ShowChatWindow(StringID str, StringID caption, int maxlen, int maxwidth, WindowClass window_class, WindowNumber window_number)
+void ShowChatWindow(StringID caption, int maxlen, int maxwidth, WindowClass window_class, WindowNumber window_number)
 {
 	Window *w;
 
-#define _orig_edit_str_buf (_edit_str_buf+MAX_QUERYSTR_LEN)
-
 	DeleteWindowById(WC_SEND_NETWORK_MSG, 0);
 
-	GetString(_orig_edit_str_buf, str);
-
-	_orig_edit_str_buf[maxlen] = '\0';
-
-	memcpy(_edit_str_buf, _orig_edit_str_buf, MAX_QUERYSTR_LEN);
+	_edit_str_buf[0] = '\0';
 
 	w = AllocateWindowDesc(&_chat_window_desc);