X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=f58b36c44755517d6f0fa191378fc18201fa463e;hb=879fd5bd9d5139bcf96c9188cbc3858014fceb4d;hp=a64450b30228d34e05096529a02bb33efa927c5e;hpb=e70a86c3d48b8cbad0f6d1c33ba5b027a243834e;p=ncurses.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a64450b3..f58b36c4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1320 2008/11/02 00:56:22 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1334 2008/12/07 00:12:46 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,45 @@ See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names. Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions; it is not possible to add this information. +20081206 + + move del_curterm() call from _nc_freeall() to _nc_leaks_tinfo() to + work for progs/clear, progs/tabs, etc. + + correct buffer-size after internal resizing of wide-character + set_field_buffer(), broken in 20081018 changes (report by Mike Gran). + + add "-i" option to test/filter.c to tell it to use initscr() rather + than newterm(), to investigate report on comp.unix.programmer that + ncurses would clear the screen in that case (it does not - the issue + was xterm's alternate screen feature). + + add check in mouse-driver to disable connection if GPM returns a + zero, indicating that the connection is closed (Debian #506717, + adapted from patch by Samuel Thibault). + +20081129 + + improve a workaround in adding wide-characters, when a control + character is found. The library (cf: 20040207) uses unctrl() to + obtain a printable version of the control character, but was not + passing color or video attributes. + + improve test/ncurses.c 'a' test, using unctrl() more consistently to + display meta-characters. + + turn on _XOPEN_CURSES definition in curses.h + + add eterm-color entry (report by Vincent Lefevre) -TD + + correct use of key_name() in test/ncurses.c 'A' test, which only + displays wide-characters, not key-codes since 20070612 (report by + Ricardo Cantu). + +20081122 + + change _nc_has_mouse() to has_mouse(), reflect its use in C++ and + Ada95 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + document in TO-DO an issue with Cygwin's package for GNAT (report + by Mike Dennison). + + improve error-checking of command-line options in "tabs" program. + +20081115 + + change several terminfo entries to make consistent use of ANSI + clear-all-tabs -TD + + add "tabs" program (prompted by Debian #502260). + + add configure --without-manpages option (request by Mike Frysinger). + 20081102 5.7 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org 20081025