ncurses 6.4 - patch 20230527 + fixes for compiler warnings/cppcheck.
ncurses 6.3 - patch 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).
ncurses 6.3 - patch 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.
ncurses 6.2 - patch 20210320 + improve parameter-checking in tput by forcing it to analyze any extended string capability, e.g., as used in the Cs and Ms capabilities of the tmux description (report by Brad Town, cf: 20200531). + remove an incorrect free in the fallback (non-checking) version of _nc_free_and_exit (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + correct use-ordering in some xterm-direct flavors -TD + add hterm, hterm-256color (Mike Frysinger) + if the build-time compiler accepts c11's _Noreturn keyword, use that rather than gcc's attribute. + change configure-check for gcc's noreturn attribute to assume it is a prefix rather than suffix, matching c11's _Noreturn convention. + add "lint" rule to c++/Makefile, e.g., with cppcheck.
ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200509 + add "-r" option to the dots test-programs, to help with scripting a performance comparison. + build-fix test/move_field.c for NetBSD curses, whose form headers use different names than SVr4 or ncurses.
ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200212 + update release notes + minor build-fixes, mostly to test-package scripts + modify check for sizeof(wchar_t) to ensure it gives useful result when cross-compiling. + drop assumption in configure script that Cygwin's linker is broken. + define NCURSES_BROKEN_LINKER if the broken-linker feature is used, to simplify configure-checks for ncurses-examples. + reassert copyright on ncurses, per discussion in ncurses FAQ: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#relicensed + modify comparison in make_hash.c to correct a special case in collision handling for Caps-hpux11 + add testing utility report_hashing to check hash-tables used for terminfo and termcap names. + fix a missing prototype for _nc_free_and_exit(). + update a few comments about tack 1.07 + use an awk script to split too-long pathnames used in Ada95 sample programs for explain.txt
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190824 + fix some cppcheck warnings, mostly style, in ncurses test-programs.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171125 + modify MKlib_gen.sh to avoid tracing result from getstr/getnstr before initialized. + add "-a" aspect-ratio option to picsmap. + add configure check for default path of rgb.txt, used in picsmap. + modify _nc_write_entry() to truncate too-long filename (report by Hosein Askari, Debian #882620). + build-fix for ncurses-examples with NetBSD curses: + it lacks the use_env() function. + it lacks libpanel; a recent change used the wrong ifdef symbol. + add a macro for is_linetouched() and adjust the function's return value to make it possible for most applications to check for an error-return (report by Midolikawa H). + additional manpage cleanup. + update config.guess, config.sub from http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170408 + change logic in wins_nwstr() to avoid addressing data past the output of mbstowcs(). + correct a call to setcchar() in Data_Entry_w() from 20131207 changes. + fix minor memory-leaks in test-programs. + further improve ifdef in term_entry.h for internal definitions not used by tack.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170318 + change TERMINAL structure in term.h to make it opaque. Some applications misuse its members, e.g., directly modifying it rather than using def_prog_mode(). + modify utility headers such as tic.h to make it clearer which are externals that are used by tack. + improve curs_slk.3x in particular its discussion of portability. + fix cut/paste in legacy_encoding.3x + add prototype for find_pair() to new_pair.3x (report by Branden Robinson). + fix a couple of broken links in generated man-html documentation. + regenerate man-html documentation.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20160910 + trim dead code ifdef'd with HIDE_EINTR since 970830 (discussion with Leon Winter). + trim some obsolete/incorrect wording about EINTR from wgetch manual page (patch by Leon Winter). + really correct 20100515 change (patch by Rich Coe). + add "--enable-string-hacks" option to test/configure + completed string-hacks for "sprintf", etc., including test-programs. + make "--enable-string-hacks" work with Debian by checking for the "bsd" library and its associated "<bsd/string.h>" header.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20160618 + build-fixes for ncurses-examples with NetBSD curses. + improve test/list_keys.c, fixing column-widths and sorting the list to make it more readable.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20160604 + correct logic for -f option in test/demo_terminfo.c + add test/list_keys.c
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20151010 + add configure check for openpty to test/configure script, for ditto. + minor fixes to test/view.c in investigating Debian #790847. + update autoconf patch to 2.52.20150926, incorporates a fix for Cdk. + add workaround for breakage of POSIX makefiles by recent binutils change. + improve check for working poll() by using posix_openpt() as a fallback in case there is no valid terminal on the standard input (prompted by discussion on bug-ncurses mailing list, Debian #676461).
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20150711 + modify scripts to build/use test-packages for the pthreads configuration of ncurses6. + add references to ttytype and termcap symbols in demo_terminfo.c and demo_termcap.c to ensure that when building ncursest.map, etc., that the corresponding names such as _nc_ttytype are added to the list of versioned symbols (report by Werner Fink) + fix regression from 20150704 (report/patch by Werner Fink).
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20141011 + add experimental support for xterm's 1005 mouse mode, to use in a demonstration of its limitations. + add experimental support for "%u" format to terminfo. + modify test/ncurses.c to also show position reports in 'a' test. + minor formatting fixes to _nc_trace_mmask_t, make this function exported to help with debugging mouse changes. + improve behavior of wheel-mice for xterm protocol, noting that there are only button-presses for buttons "4" and "5", so there is no need to wait to combine events into double-clicks (report/analysis by Greg Field). + provide examples xterm-1005 and xterm-1006 terminfo entries -TD + implement decoder for xterm SGR 1006 mouse mode.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20140906 + build-fix and other improvements for port of ncurses-examples to NetBSD. + minor compiler-warning fixes.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20140831 + modify test/demo_termcap.c and test/demo_terminfo.c to make their options more directly comparable, and add "-i" option to specify a terminal description filename to parse for names to lookup.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20130928 + some build-fixes for ncurses-examples with NetBSD-6.0 curses, though it lacks some common functions such as use_env() which is not yet addressed. + build-fix and some compiler warning fixes for ncurses-examples with OpenBSD 5.3 + fix a possible null-pointer reference in a trace message from newterm. + quiet a few warnings from NetBSD 6.0 namespace pollution by nonstandard popcount() function in standard strings.h header. + ignore g++ 4.2.1 warnings for "-Weffc++" in c++/cursesmain.cc + fix a few overlooked places for --enable-string-hacks option.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20130907 + build-fixes for MSYS for two test-programs (patches by Ray Donnelly, Alexey Pavlov). + revert change to two of the dpkg format files, to work with dpkg before/after Debian #700177. + fix gcc -Wconversion warning in wattr_get() macro. + add msys and msysdll to known host/configuration types (patch by Alexey Pavlov). + modify CF_RPATH_HACK configure macro to not rely upon "-u" option of sort, improving portability. + minor improvements for test-programs from reviewing Solaris port. + update config.guess, config.sub from http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git