diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gcmpall.h b/goldlib/gall/gcmpall.h
index c815adc..0b43e21 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gcmpall.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gcmpall.h
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __GNUC__
+#define __attribute__(A)
+#define __inline__ static
+#define __extension__
+#endif
 
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Check if type "char" is unsigned or signed
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gctype.h b/goldlib/gall/gctype.h
index 9e455a5..49dc9fc 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gctype.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gctype.h
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@
 #define __gctype_h
 
 
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#include <gcmpall.h>
+
+
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gdefs.h b/goldlib/gall/gdefs.h
index c004de6..8f1c421 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gdefs.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gdefs.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #define GAUTO  3
 #define MAYBE  4
 
-#define NUL '\x00'    // Common ASCII control codes
+#define NUL ((char)'\x00')    // Common ASCII control codes
 #define BEL '\x07'
 #define BS  '\x08'
 #define HT  '\x09'
@@ -118,8 +118,13 @@ typedef int (*StdCmpCP)(const void*, const void*);
 template <class T> inline bool in_range(T a, T b, T c)   { return (a >= b) and (a <= c); }
 template <class T> inline    T absolute(T a)             { return a < 0 ? -a : a; }
 template <class T> inline  int compare_two(T a, T b)     { return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0; }
+#ifdef __GNUC__
 template <class T> inline    T minimum_of_two(T a, T b)  { return __extension__ (a <? b); }
 template <class T> inline    T maximum_of_two(T a, T b)  { return __extension__ (a >? b); }
+#else
+template <class T> inline    T minimum_of_two(T a, T b)  { return (a < b) ? a : b; }
+template <class T> inline    T maximum_of_two(T a, T b)  { return (a > b) ? a : b; }
+#endif
 template <class T> inline  int zero_or_one(T e)          { return e ? 1 : 0; }
 template <class T> inline bool make_bool(T a)            { return a ? true : false; }
 
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gfile.h b/goldlib/gall/gfile.h
index 6ccf59e..f3759d8 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gfile.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gfile.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public:
 
   ~gfile();             // Destructor (closes file)
 
-  operator bool() { return isopen(); }
+  operator bool() { return isopen() ? true : false; }
 
 
   //  --------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gfilutil.h b/goldlib/gall/gfilutil.h
index a3e81d6..417e50e 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gfilutil.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gfilutil.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #else
 #include <cstdlib>
+#include <direct.h>
 #endif
 #include <cerrno>
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -68,6 +69,17 @@
 #define S_STDRD S_IRUSR
 #endif
 
+#ifndef S_ISDIR
+#define S_ISDIR(st_mode) ((st_mode)&_S_IFDIR)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef S_ISREG
+#define S_ISREG(st_mode) ((st_mode)&_S_IFREG)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef R_OK
+#define R_OK 0
+#endif
 
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -138,7 +150,7 @@ inline FILE* fsopen(const std::string& path, const char* type, int shflag) { ret
 int is_dir(const char* path);
 inline int is_dir(const std::string& path) { return is_dir(path.c_str()); }
 
-inline bool fexist(const char* filename) { return *filename ? ((access(filename, 0) == 0) and not is_dir(filename)) : false; }
+inline bool fexist(const char* filename) { return *filename ? ((access(filename, R_OK) == 0) and not is_dir(filename)) : false; }
 inline bool fexist(const std::string& filename) { return fexist(filename.c_str()); }
 
 dword gfixstattime(time_t st_time);
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gfilutl1.cpp b/goldlib/gall/gfilutl1.cpp
index e8571f9..1c5f43d 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gfilutl1.cpp
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gfilutl1.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #include <gtimall.h>
 #include <gstrall.h>
 #include <gfilutil.h>
-#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+#if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 #include <sys/utime.h>
 #else
 #include <utime.h>
@@ -360,11 +360,10 @@ void WipeFile(const char* file, int options) {
   uint n;
   byte buf[512];
 
-  switch(options) {
-    default:
-      for(n=0; n<512; n++)
-        buf[n] = (byte)(rand() % 256);
-  }
+  (void)options;
+
+  for(n=0; n<512; n++)
+    buf[n] = (byte)(rand() % 256);
 
   int fh = sopen(file, O_RDWR|O_BINARY, SH_DENYRW, S_STDRW);
   if(fh != -1) {
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gregex.cpp b/goldlib/gall/gregex.cpp
index 504badf..42453ab 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gregex.cpp
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gregex.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <cstddef>
-#include <regex.h>
 #include <gregex.h>
 #include <gmemdbg.h>
 
@@ -52,8 +51,8 @@ gregex::~gregex() {
 void gregex::reset() {
 
   if(preg) {
-    regfree((regex_t*)preg);
-    throw_delete((regex_t*)preg);
+    regfree(preg);
+    throw_delete(preg);
   }
 }
 
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ bool gregex::compile(const char* pattern, int cflags) {
     throw_new(preg);
   }
 
-  return (bool)regcomp((regex_t*)preg, pattern, cflgs);
+  return regcomp(preg, pattern, cflgs) ? true : false;
 }
 
 
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ bool gregex::match(const char* str, int eflags) {
   if(eflags & notbol) eflgs |= REG_NOTBOL;
   if(eflags & noteol) eflgs |= REG_NOTEOL;
 
-  return not regexec((regex_t*)preg, str, 0, NULL, eflgs);
+  return not regexec(preg, str, 0, NULL, eflgs);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gregex.h b/goldlib/gall/gregex.h
index 34f8a84..a19b931 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gregex.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gregex.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #include <gdefs.h>
+#include <regex.h>
 
 
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ class gregex {
 
 protected:
 
-  void* preg;
+  regex_t* preg;
 
 public:
 
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gstrmail.h b/goldlib/gall/gstrmail.h
index a4e28f9..1fbc55d 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gstrmail.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gstrmail.h
@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ extern mail_ctype mail_ctype_global;
 
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-inline bool is_mail_char(uint c)       { return mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_char; }
-inline bool is_mail_alpha(uint c)      { return mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_alpha; }
-inline bool is_mail_ctl(uint c)        { return mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_ctl; }
+inline bool is_mail_char(uint c)       { return (mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_char) ? true : false; }
+inline bool is_mail_alpha(uint c)      { return (mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_alpha) ? true : false; }
+inline bool is_mail_ctl(uint c)        { return (mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_ctl) ? true : false; }
 inline bool is_mail_cr(uint c)         { return c == CR; }
 inline bool is_mail_lf(uint c)         { return c == LF; }
 inline bool is_mail_space(uint c)      { return c == ' '; }
 inline bool is_mail_htab(uint c)       { return c == HT; }
 inline bool is_mail_crlf(uint c)       { return is_mail_cr(c) or is_mail_lf(c); }
-inline bool is_mail_lwsp(uint c)       { return mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_lwsp; }
-inline bool is_mail_special(uint c)    { return mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_special; }
-inline bool is_mail_delimiters(uint c) { return mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_delimiters; }
-inline bool is_mime_tspecial(uint c)   { return mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mime_tspecial; }
-inline bool is_mime_especial(uint c)   { return mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mime_especial; }
+inline bool is_mail_lwsp(uint c)       { return (mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_lwsp) ? true : false; }
+inline bool is_mail_special(uint c)    { return (mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_special) ? true : false; }
+inline bool is_mail_delimiters(uint c) { return (mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mail_delimiters) ? true : false; }
+inline bool is_mime_tspecial(uint c)   { return (mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mime_tspecial) ? true : false; }
+inline bool is_mime_especial(uint c)   { return (mail_ctype_global.table[c] & mail_ctype::mime_especial) ? true : false; }
 inline bool is_mail_atom_delimiters(uint c) { return is_mail_delimiters(c) or is_mail_ctl(c); }
 inline bool is_mime_ct_token_valid(uint c) { return not (is_mail_lwsp(c) or is_mail_ctl(c) or is_mime_tspecial(c)); }
 
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gtimall.h b/goldlib/gall/gtimall.h
index a8354f8..057d178 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gtimall.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gtimall.h
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@
 typedef long Clock;
 
 
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if defined(GOLD_CANPACK)
+#pragma pack(1)
+#endif
+
+
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  DOS "findfirst" timestamp
 
@@ -65,7 +72,7 @@ struct gfiletime {
 
   const char* c_str(char* buf);
   dword number() { return *(dword*)this; }
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 typedef gfiletime FFTime;
 
@@ -83,11 +90,18 @@ struct gopustime {
 
   const char* c_str(char* buf);
   dword number() { return *(dword*)this; }
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 typedef gopustime FTime;
 
 
+//  ------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#if defined(GOLD_CANPACK)
+#pragma pack()
+#endif
+
+
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Externs for strftimei()
 
@@ -129,6 +143,10 @@ inline void usleep(long duration) { DosSleep(duration); }
 inline void usleep(long duration) { Sleep(duration); }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef CLK_TCK
+#define CLK_TCK CLOCKS_PER_SEC
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __UNIX__
 inline Clock gclock() { struct tms z; return Clock(times(&z)*10/sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK)); }
 #else
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gutlgrp.cpp b/goldlib/gall/gutlgrp.cpp
index 4539893..28484bb 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gutlgrp.cpp
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gutlgrp.cpp
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ Grp::~Grp() {
   std::multimap<int, grp_stock>::iterator i;
   for(currgrp = container.begin(); currgrp != container.end(); currgrp++)
     for(i = currgrp->second.begin(); i != currgrp->second.end(); i++) {
-      if(i->second.type == TYPE_OBJECT)
+      if(i->second.type == grp_stock::TYPE_OBJECT)
         throw_free(i->second.data.object_item);
-      else if(i->second.type == TYPE_STRING)
+      else if(i->second.type == grp_stock::TYPE_STRING)
         throw_delete(i->second.data.string_item);
     }
 }
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gutlgrp.h b/goldlib/gall/gutlgrp.h
index 5563e19..8bb4ff7 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gutlgrp.h
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gutlgrp.h
@@ -116,18 +116,18 @@ class Grp {
 
 private:
 
-  enum {
-    TYPE_BOOL,
-    TYPE_CHAR,
-    TYPE_INT,
-    TYPE_STRING,
-    TYPE_OBJECT
-  };
-
   class grp_stock { 
 
   public:
 
+    enum {
+      TYPE_BOOL,
+      TYPE_CHAR,
+      TYPE_INT,
+      TYPE_STRING,
+      TYPE_OBJECT
+	};
+
     int type;
     union {
       bool   bool_item;
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gutlmtsk.cpp b/goldlib/gall/gutlmtsk.cpp
index 259712d..e4b51df 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gutlmtsk.cpp
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gutlmtsk.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ int GMTsk::os2() {
   #if defined(__OS2__)
   detected = GMTSK_OS2;
   name = "OS/2";
-  #elif !defined(__GNUC__)
+  #elif !defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
   if(_osmajor >= 10) {
     detected = GMTSK_OS2;
     name = "OS/2";
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gutlwin.cpp b/goldlib/gall/gutlwin.cpp
index 71216d6..81029a9 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gutlwin.cpp
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gutlwin.cpp
@@ -115,13 +115,7 @@ char          tl[256] = {
   0xf8, 0xf9, 0xfa, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0xfd, 0xfe, 0xff
 };
 
-WCHAR         oem2unicode[256] = {
-//  MB_USEGLYPHCHARS should do the same :-)
-//  0x0000, 0x263a, 0x263b, 0x2665, 0x2666, 0x2663, 0x2660, 0x2219,
-//  0x25d8, 0x25cb, 0x25d9, 0x2642, 0x2640, 0x266a, 0x266b, 0x263c,
-//  0x25ba, 0x25c4, 0x2195, 0x203c, 0x00b6, 0x00a7, 0x25a0, 0x21a8,
-//  0x2191, 0x2193, 0x2192, 0x2190, 0x221f, 0x2194, 0x25b2, 0x25bc
-};
+WCHAR         oem2unicode[256];
 
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gvidinit.cpp b/goldlib/gall/gvidinit.cpp
index 9444141..fc5ace7 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gvidinit.cpp
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gvidinit.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 //  Device-independent video functions
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+#include <cassert>
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cstdarg>
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gwildmat.cpp b/goldlib/gall/gwildmat.cpp
index a46349d..0bb1971 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gwildmat.cpp
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gwildmat.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 
 #include <gstrall.h>
 #include <gwildmat.h>
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#include <malloc.h>
+#endif
 
 
 //  ------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/goldlib/gall/gwinput2.cpp b/goldlib/gall/gwinput2.cpp
index 1192c06..79d7285 100644
--- a/goldlib/gall/gwinput2.cpp
+++ b/goldlib/gall/gwinput2.cpp
@@ -1004,12 +1004,12 @@ bool gwinput::field::delete_word(bool left) {
 
   if(entry != gwinput::entry_noedit) {
 
-    bool state = isspace(buf[buf_pos-((int) left)]);
+    bool state = isspace(buf[buf_pos-((int) left)]) ? true : false;
 
     while(left ? buf_pos > 0 : buf_pos < buf_end_pos) {
       left ? delete_left() : delete_char();
 
-      if(isspace(buf[buf_pos-((int) left)]) != state)
+      if((isspace(buf[buf_pos-((int) left)]) ? true : false) != state)
         break;
     }
     return true;
diff --git a/goldlib/glibc/regex.h b/goldlib/glibc/regex.h
index 2bca537..4ffe52c 100644
--- a/goldlib/glibc/regex.h
+++ b/goldlib/glibc/regex.h
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ typedef struct
    unfortunately clutters up the declarations a bit, but I think it's
    worth it.  */
 
-#if __STDC__
+#if 1 /*__STDC__*/
 
 # define _RE_ARGS(args) args