diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 66b4e8bb..ed696dc8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 CVS code -
 - General
-	- Added configure argument --disable tabcomp.  Affects
-	  configure.in, configure, bottom of files.c and write_file, and
-	  winio.c:nanogettsr().
+	- Added configure argument --disable-tabcomp.  Affects
+	  configure.in, configure, bottom of files.c and write_file,
+	  utils.c:check_wildcard_match() and winio.c:nanogettsr().
 	- Username tab completion code, and cleaned up existing tabcomp
 	  code. New functions real_dir_from_tide(), append_slash_if_dir(),
 	  username_tab_completion is more than a stub now =-).
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ CVS code -
   write_file()
 	- Unsetting modified on temp files bug fixed (Rocco Corsi).
   do_insertfile()
-	- Added call to real_name_from tilde, oops.
+	- Added call to real_name_from tilde, oops.  Added check for
+	  DISABLE_TABCOMP.
   read_file()
 	- Added check for fileptr == NULL.
 - global.c:
diff --git a/files.c b/files.c
index 3cc2dfc6..bed3cd31 100644
--- a/files.c
+++ b/files.c
@@ -256,7 +256,11 @@ int do_insertfile(void)
 	fprintf(stderr, "filename is %s", answer);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_TABCOMP
         realname = real_dir_from_tilde(answer);
+#else
+        realname = mallocstrcpy(realname, answer);
+#endif
 
 	i = open_file(realname, 1, 0);
 	free(realname);
diff --git a/po/nano.pot b/po/nano.pot
index 2510b4bd..f9ac71a2 100644
--- a/po/nano.pot
+++ b/po/nano.pot
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: PACKAGE VERSION\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-11-29 18:56-0500\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2000-11-29 21:22-0500\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
 "Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
 "Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
@@ -55,59 +55,59 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "File to insert [from ./] "
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:280 files.c:305 files.c:513 nano.c:1381
+#: files.c:284 files.c:309 files.c:517 nano.c:1381
 msgid "Cancelled"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:335 files.c:356 files.c:370 files.c:387 files.c:393
+#: files.c:339 files.c:360 files.c:374 files.c:391 files.c:397
 #, c-format
 msgid "Could not open file for writing: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:344
+#: files.c:348
 msgid "Could not open file: Path length exceeded."
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:375
+#: files.c:379
 #, c-format
 msgid "Wrote >%s\n"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:402
+#: files.c:406
 #, c-format
 msgid "Could not close %s: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. Try a rename??
-#: files.c:423 files.c:434 files.c:439
+#: files.c:427 files.c:438 files.c:443
 #, c-format
 msgid "Could not open %s for writing: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:445
+#: files.c:449
 #, c-format
 msgid "Could not set permissions %o on %s: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:452
+#: files.c:456
 #, c-format
 msgid "Wrote %d lines"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:484
+#: files.c:488
 msgid "File Name to write"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:489
+#: files.c:493
 #, c-format
 msgid "filename is %s"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:502
+#: files.c:506
 msgid "File exists, OVERWRITE ?"
 msgstr ""
 
-#: files.c:991
+#: files.c:995
 msgid "(more)"
 msgstr ""
 
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index e38d88f1..1270a9ee 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ void new_magicline(void)
     totlines++;
 }
 
+#ifndef DISABLE_TABCOMP
 /*
  * Routine to see if a text string is matched by a wildcard pattern.
  * Returns TRUE if the text is matched, or FALSE if it is not matched
@@ -253,3 +254,4 @@ int check_wildcard_match(const char *text, const char *pattern)
 
     return TRUE;
 }
+#endif