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 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 20191214 + add exit_curses() and exit_terminfo() to replace internal symbols for leak-checking.
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190824 + fix some cppcheck warnings, mostly style, in ncurses test-programs.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171021 + modify test/view.c to expand tabs using the ncurses library rather than in the test-program. + remove very old SIGWINCH example in test/view.c, just use KEY_RESIZE. + add -T, -e, -f -m options to "dots" test-programs. + fix a few typos in usage-messages for test-programs.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171014 + minor cleanup to test/view.c: + eliminate "-n" option by simply reading the whole file. + implement page up/down commands. + add check in tput for init/reset operands to ensure those use a terminal. + improve manual pages which discuss chtype, cchar_t types and the attribute values which can be stored in those types. + correct array-index when parsing "-T" command-line option in tabs program. + modify demo_new_pair.c to pass extended pairs to setcchar(). + add test/dots_xcurses.c to illustrate a different approach used for extended colors which can be contrasted with dots_curses.c. + add a check in tic to note when a description uses non-mandatory delays without xon_xoff. This is not an error, but some descriptions for a terminal emulator may use the combination incorrectly.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170930 + fix a symbol conflict that made ncurses.c C/c menu not work with Solaris xpg4 curses. + add refresh() call to dots_mvcur.c, needed to use mvcur() with Solaris xpg4 curses after calling newterm(). + minor fixes for configure script from work on ncurses-examples and tin. + improve animation in test/xmas.c by adding a time-delay in blinkit(). + modify several test programs to reflect that ncurses honors existing signal handlers in initscr(), while other implementations do not. + modify bs.c to make it easier to quit. + change ncurses-examples to use attr_t vs chtype to follow X/Open documentation more closely since Solaris xpg4-curses uses different values for WA_xxx vs A_xxx that rely on attr_t being an unsigned short. Tru64 aka OSF1, HPUX, AIX did as ncurses does, equating the two sets.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170909 + improve wide-character implementation of myADDNSTR() in frm_driver.c, which was inconsistent with the normal implementation. + save/restore cursor position in Undo_Justification(), matching behavior of Buffer_To_Window() (report by Leon Winter). + modify test/knight to provide the "slow" solution for small screens using "R", noting that Warnsdorf's method is easily done with "a". + modify several test-programs which call use_default_colors() to consistently do this only if "-d" option is given. + additional changes to test with non-standard variants of curses: + modify a loop limit in firework.c to work around absense of limit checks in some libraries. + fill the last row of a window with "?" in firstlast if waddch does not return ERR on the lower-right corner. + add checks in test/configure for some functions not in 4.3BSD curses. + fix a regression in test/configure (cf: 20170826).
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170415 + modify several test programs to use new popup_msgs, adapted from help-screen used in test/edit_field.c + drop two symbols obsoleted in 2004: _nc_check_termtype, and _nc_resolve_uses + fix some old copyright dates (cf: 20031025). + build-fixes for test/savescreen.c to work with AIX and HPUX. + minor fix to configure script, adding a backslash/continuation. + extend TERMINAL structure for ABI 6 to store numbers internally as integers rather than short, by adding new data for this purpose. + more fixes for minor memory-leaks in test-programs.
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 5.9 - patch 20140809 + modify declarations for user-data pointers in C++ binding to use reinterpret_cast to facilitate converting typed pointers to void* in user's application (patch by Adam Jiang). + regenerated html manpages. + add note regarding cause and effect for TERM in ncurses manpage, having noted clueless verbiage in Terminal.app's "help" file which reverses cause/effect. + remove special fallback definition for NCURSES_ATTR_T, since macros have resolved type-mismatches using casts (cf: 970412). + fixes for win_driver.c: + handle repainting on endwin/refresh combination. + implement beep(). + minor cleanup.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20120616 + add configure check to distinguish clang from gcc to eliminate warnings about unused command-line parameters when compiler warnings are enabled. + improve behavior when updating terminfo entries which are hardlinked by allowing for the possibility that an alias has been repurposed to a new primary name. + fix some strict compiler warnings based on package scripts. + further fixes for configure check for working poll (Debian #676461).
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20101113 + compiler warning fixes for test programs. + various build-fixes for test-programs with pdcurses. + updated configure checks for X packages in test/configure from xterm #267 changes. + add configure check to gnatmake, to accommodate cygwin.
ncurses 5.6 - patch 20080412 + change test/ditto.c to use openpty() and xterm. + add locks for copywin(), dupwin(), overlap(), overlay() on their window parameters. + add locks for initscr() and newterm() on updates to the SCREEN pointer. + finish table in curs_thread.3x manpage.
ncurses 5.6 - patch 20070721 + change winnstr() to stop at the end of the line (cf: 970315). + add test/test_get_wstr.c + add test/test_getstr.c + add test/test_inwstr.c + add test/test_instr.c
ncurses 5.6 - patch 20070630 + add "widec" row to _tracedump() output to help diagnose remaining problems with multi-column characters. + partial fix for refresh of window on top of multi-column characters which are partly overwritten (report by Sadrul H Chowdhury). + ignore A_CHARTEXT bits in vidattr() and vid_attr(), in case multi-column extension bits are passed there. + add setlocale() call to demo_panels.c, needed for wide-characters. + add some output flags to _nc_trace_ttymode to help diagnose a bug report by Larry Virden, i.e., ONLCR, OCRNL, ONOCR and ONLRET,
ncurses 5.6