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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3868 2022/10/15 19:45:12 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3902 2023/01/15 00:27:12 tom Exp $
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This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
it is not possible to add this information.
+20230114
+ + change RV to XR/xr, to avoid conflict with pre-existing usage in vim,
+ to use RV/rv to denote DA2 and its response (discussion with Bram
+ Moolenaar) -TD
+ + add XF flag to xterm+focus so that termcap applications can be aware
+ of terminals which may support focus in/out -TD
+ + use xterm+focus in xterm-p370 and tmux -TD
+ + improve configure-script macros vs compiler warnings.
+
+20230107
+ + add --with-abi-altered configure option (prompted by discussion with
+ Brian Inglis).
+ + add BSD erase2 to characters handled by tset/reset.
+ + improve configure-script macros vs compiler warnings.
+ + regenerate configure scripts with autoconf 2.52.20221202
+ + add RV report+version (suggested by Bram Moolenaar).
+ + add comment to bracketed+paste explaining that vim patch 9.0.1117 is
+ needed for use with the updated xterm descriptions (suggested by Bram
+ Moolenaar).
+
+20221231 6.4 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
+ + update release notes
+ + regenerate llib-* files.
+ + correct PS vs PE names in bracketed+paste (report by Bram Moolenaar)
+ -TD
+
+20221224
+ + add mutex lock/unlock in a few places reported by thread-sanitizer
+ + add/use bracketed+paste to help identify terminals supporting this
+ xterm feature (prompted by discussion with Bram Moolenaar) -TD
+
+20221217
+ + install Ada95 sample programs in libexecdir, adding a wrapper
+ script to invoke those.
+
+20221210
+ + add minimal -h/-V getopt logic to the remaining test-programs.
+ + free new_pair() data in delscreen (report by "magiblot").
+ + add clarification of the scope of dynamic variables in terminfo(5).
+ + remove a stray '/' from description of %g in terminfo(5).
+
+20221203
+ + add -h usage and -V version options to the test-programs which use
+ getopt.
+ + use "command -v" rather than "type" in Ada95/gen/Makefile.in to fix
+ a portability issue (patch by Nicolas Boulenguez).
+ + update ncurses-howto, more documentation fixes along with corrections
+ to example programs.
+
+20221126
+ + fix an error in pathname of explain.txt (cf: 20200201).
+ + fix an error in "@" command in test/ncurses.c F-menu (cf: 20190121).
+ + improve formatting of ncurses-intro.html and hackguide.html
+ + improve man/curs_clear.3x links to other pages
+
+20221119
+ + use static libraries for AdaCurses test-package for Mageia, since no
+ gprbuild package is available.
+ + updated test packages for Debian.
+
+20221112
+ + build-fixes for AdaCurses RPM test-package.
+
+20221105
+ + regenerate configure scripts with autoconf 2.52.20221009
+ + modify "--with-manpage-format" to support bzip2 and xz compression
+ (prompted by discussion with Sam James).
+ + modify make-tar.sh scripts to make timestamps more predictable.
+
+20221029
+ + improve curs_slk.3x discussion of extensions and portability (report
+ by Bill Gray).
+
+20221023
+ + change man_db.renames to template, to handle ncurses*-config script
+ with the extra-suffix configure option.
+
20221015
+ fix another memory-leak in tic.
+ update install-sh script from autoconf, to fix install problem for
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