diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e1e4928..0f2b04d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4939,3 +4939,10 @@ Tue Nov 26 17:51:34 2002                        Michael Jennings (mej)
 
 I need my Escreen sessions to be able to beep, so let's allow that.
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Nov 27 15:17:04 2002                        Michael Jennings (mej)
+
+Same as yesterday, only this time I'm *actually* going to fix the
+problem. >:I  I should really read more carefully.
+
+While I was at it, I fixed some bad uses of BEG_STRCASECMP().
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/command.c b/src/command.c
index 48b4df8..988237e 100644
--- a/src/command.c
+++ b/src/command.c
@@ -2518,7 +2518,7 @@ err_msg(void *xd, int err, char *msg)
 {
 #if DEBUG >= DEBUG_ESCREEN
     if (DEBUG_LEVEL >= DEBUG_ESCREEN) {
-        char *sc[] = { "Copy mode", "Bell in", "Wuff" };
+        char *sc[] = { "Copy mode", "Bell in" };
         int n, nsc = sizeof(sc) / sizeof(char *);
 
         /* there are certain things that would make sense if we were displaying
@@ -2527,10 +2527,6 @@ err_msg(void *xd, int err, char *msg)
         if (strlen(msg)) {
             for (n = 0; n < nsc; n++) {
                 if (!strncmp(msg, sc[n], strlen(sc[n]))) {
-                    if (n == 2) {
-                        /* Beep */
-                        scr_bell();
-                    }
                     break;
                 }
             }
@@ -2538,11 +2534,16 @@ err_msg(void *xd, int err, char *msg)
                 menu_dialog(NULL, msg, 0, NULL, NULL);
             }
         }
-    }
+    } else
 #endif
+
+    if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(msg, "Wuff")) {
+        /* screen beeped, so go ahead and use our normal beep. */
+        scr_bell();
+    }
+
     USE_VAR(xd);
     USE_VAR(err);
-    USE_VAR(msg);
     return NS_SUCC;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/options.c b/src/options.c
index e03261c..c19eebe 100644
--- a/src/options.c
+++ b/src/options.c
@@ -1617,15 +1617,15 @@ parse_image(char *buff, void *state)
             char *allow;
 
             for (; (allow = (char *) strsep(&allow_list, " ")) != NULL;) {
-                if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("image", allow)) {
+                if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(allow, "image")) {
                     images[idx].mode |= ALLOW_IMAGE;
-                } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("transparent", allow)) {
+                } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(allow, "trans")) {
                     images[idx].mode |= ALLOW_TRANS;
-                } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("viewport", allow)) {
+                } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(allow, "viewport")) {
                     images[idx].mode |= ALLOW_VIEWPORT;
-                } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("auto", allow)) {
+                } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(allow, "auto")) {
                     images[idx].mode |= ALLOW_AUTO;
-                } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("solid", allow)) {
+                } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(allow, "solid")) {
                 } else {
                     print_error("Parse error in file %s, line %lu:  Invalid mode \"%s\"\n", file_peek_path(), file_peek_line(), allow);
                 }
diff --git a/src/pixmap.c b/src/pixmap.c
index 147a590..cf89eb2 100644
--- a/src/pixmap.c
+++ b/src/pixmap.c
@@ -222,15 +222,15 @@ parse_pixmap_ops(char *str)
     D_PIXMAP(("parse_pixmap_ops(str [%s]) called.\n", str));
 
     for (; (token = (char *) strsep(&str, ":"));) {
-        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("tiled", token)) {
+        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(token, "tile")) {
             op |= OP_TILE;
-        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("hscaled", token)) {
+        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(token, "hscale")) {
             op |= OP_HSCALE;
-        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("vscaled", token)) {
+        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(token, "vscale")) {
             op |= OP_VSCALE;
-        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("scaled", token)) {
+        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(token, "scale")) {
             op |= OP_SCALE;
-        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("propscaled", token)) {
+        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(token, "propscale")) {
             op |= OP_PROPSCALE;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/term.c b/src/term.c
index 1ab5561..869e038 100644
--- a/src/term.c
+++ b/src/term.c
@@ -1978,11 +1978,11 @@ xterm_seq(int op, const char *str)
                         if (iml->mod == NULL) {
                             iml->mod = create_colormod();
                         }
-                        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("brightness", mod)) {
+                        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "brightness")) {
                             iml->mod->brightness = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
-                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("contrast", mod)) {
+                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "contrast")) {
                             iml->mod->contrast = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
-                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("gamma", mod)) {
+                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "gamma")) {
                             iml->mod->gamma = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
                         }
                         update_cmod(iml->mod);
@@ -1995,11 +1995,11 @@ xterm_seq(int op, const char *str)
                         if (iml->rmod == NULL) {
                             iml->rmod = create_colormod();
                         }
-                        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("brightness", mod)) {
+                        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "brightness")) {
                             iml->rmod->brightness = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
-                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("contrast", mod)) {
+                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "contrast")) {
                             iml->rmod->contrast = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
-                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("gamma", mod)) {
+                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "gamma")) {
                             iml->rmod->gamma = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
                         }
                         update_cmod(iml->rmod);
@@ -2012,11 +2012,11 @@ xterm_seq(int op, const char *str)
                         if (iml->gmod == NULL) {
                             iml->gmod = create_colormod();
                         }
-                        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("brightness", mod)) {
+                        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "brightness")) {
                             iml->gmod->brightness = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
-                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("contrast", mod)) {
+                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "contrast")) {
                             iml->gmod->contrast = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
-                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("gamma", mod)) {
+                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "gamma")) {
                             iml->gmod->gamma = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
                         }
                         update_cmod(iml->gmod);
@@ -2029,11 +2029,11 @@ xterm_seq(int op, const char *str)
                         if (iml->bmod == NULL) {
                             iml->bmod = create_colormod();
                         }
-                        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("brightness", mod)) {
+                        if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "bright")) {
                             iml->bmod->brightness = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
-                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("contrast", mod)) {
+                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "contrast")) {
                             iml->bmod->contrast = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
-                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP("gamma", mod)) {
+                        } else if (!BEG_STRCASECMP(mod, "gamma")) {
                             iml->bmod->gamma = (int) strtol(valptr, (char **) NULL, 0);
                         }
                         update_cmod(iml->bmod);