diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index 64405564..be8550f3 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: data.c,v 1.4 1999/12/29 16:10:01 tausq Exp $ */
+/* $Id: data.c,v 1.5 2000/01/07 22:27:48 joeyh Exp $ */
 /* data.c - encapsulates functions for reading a package listing like dpkg's available file
  *          Internally, packages are stored in a binary tree format to faciliate search operations
  */
@@ -110,12 +110,26 @@ static void addpackage(struct packages_t *pkgs,
   /* Adds package to the package list binary tree */
   struct package_t *node = NEW(struct package_t);
   void *p;
+  char *c;
+  char space=1;
   
   VERIFY(name != NULL);
   
   /* DPRINTF("Adding package %s to list\n", name); */
   memset(node, 0, sizeof(struct package_t));
   node->name = STRDUP(name);
+  c = node->prettyname = STRDUP(name+5);
+  while(c[0]) {
+    if (c[0] == '-') {
+      c[0] = ' ';
+      space=1;
+    }
+    else if(space) {
+      c[0] = toupper(c[0]);
+      space=0;
+    }
+    c++;
+  }
   node->shortdesc = STRDUP(shortdesc); 
   node->longdesc = STRDUP(longdesc);
 
diff --git a/data.h b/data.h
index 3911c8dc..a825bc46 100644
--- a/data.h
+++ b/data.h
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-/* $Id: data.h,v 1.1 1999/11/21 22:01:04 tausq Exp $ */
+/* $Id: data.h,v 1.2 2000/01/07 22:27:48 joeyh Exp $ */
 #ifndef _DATA_H
 #define _DATA_H
 
 struct package_t {
   char *name;
+  char *prettyname;
   char *shortdesc;
   char *longdesc;
   int dependscount;
diff --git a/slangui.c b/slangui.c
index a07de20b..66feccb4 100644
--- a/slangui.c
+++ b/slangui.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: slangui.c,v 1.9 2000/01/07 22:10:18 joeyh Exp $ */
+/* $Id: slangui.c,v 1.10 2000/01/07 22:27:48 joeyh Exp $ */
 /* slangui.c - SLang user interface routines */
 /* TODO: the redraw code is a bit broken, also this module is using way too many
  *       global vars */
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ void ui_drawchooseritem(int index)
   
   snprintf(buf, 1024, "[%c] %s: %s", 
 	   (_taskpackagesary[index]->selected == 0 ? ' ' : '*'),
-           _taskpackagesary[index]->name+5, _taskpackagesary[index]->shortdesc);
+           _taskpackagesary[index]->prettyname, _taskpackagesary[index]->shortdesc);
   /* I fear the 1 below is an off-by-one error somewhere -- Joeyh */
   SLsmg_write_nstring(buf, _chooserinfo.width - 1);
 }