--- joe-3.5.orig/tty.c

+++ joe-3.5/tty.c

@@ -242,18 +242,19 @@ void ttclose(void)

 }

 static int winched = 0;

+int ticked = 0;

 #ifdef SIGWINCH

 /* Window size interrupt handler */

 static RETSIGTYPE winchd(int unused)

 {

 	++winched;

+	ticked = 1;

 	REINSTALL_SIGHANDLER(SIGWINCH, winchd);

 }

 #endif

 /* Second ticker */

-int ticked = 0;

 static RETSIGTYPE dotick(int unused)

 {

 	ticked = 1;

@@ -277,6 +278,8 @@ void tickon(void)

 {

 #ifdef HAVE_SETITIMER

 	struct itimerval val;

+	struct timeval now;

+	gettimeofday(&now, NULL);

 	val.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;

 	val.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;

 	if (auto_scroll) {

@@ -287,8 +290,8 @@ void tickon(void)

 		val.it_value.tv_sec = 0;

 		val.it_value.tv_usec = tim;

 	} else {

-		val.it_value.tv_sec = 1;

-		val.it_value.tv_usec = 0;

+		val.it_value.tv_sec = 60 - (now.tv_sec % 60);

+		val.it_value.tv_usec = 1000000 - now.tv_usec;

 	}

 	ticked = 0;

 	joe_set_signal(SIGALRM, dotick);