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31 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
32 working with Pavel Curtis' original work, pcurses, in 1992.
34 Changes through 1.9.9e are recorded by Zeyd M Ben-Halim.
35 Changes since 1.9.9e are recorded by Thomas E Dickey.
37 Contributors include those who have provided patches (even small ones), as well
38 as those who provide useful information (bug reports, analyses). Changes with
39 no cited author are the work of Thomas E Dickey (TD).
41 A few contributors are given in this file by their initials.
42 They each account for one percent or more of the changes since 1.9.9e.
43 See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names.
45 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
46 it is not possible to add this information.
49 + fix remaining strict compiler warnings in ncurses library ABI=5,
50 except those dealing with function pointers, etc.
53 + modify nc_tparm.h, adding guards against repeated inclusion, and
54 allowing TPARM_ARG to be overridden.
55 + fix some strict compiler warnings in ncurses library.
58 + suppress ncv in screen entry, allowing underline (patch by Alejandro
60 + also suppress ncv in konsole-base -TD
61 + fixes in wins_nwstr() and related functions to ensure that special
62 characters, i.e., control characters are handled properly with the
63 wide-character configuration.
64 + correct a comparison in wins_nwstr() (Redhat #661506).
65 + correct help-messages in some of the test-programs, which still
66 referred to quitting with 'q'.
69 + add special case to _nc_infotocap() to recognize the setaf/setab
70 strings from xterm+256color and xterm+88color, and provide a reduced
71 version which works with termcap.
72 + remove obsolete emacs "Local Variables" section from documentation
73 (request by Sven Joachim).
74 + update doc/html/index.html to include NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO.html
75 (report by Sven Joachim).
78 + modify test/configure and test/Makefile.in to handle this special
79 case of building within a build-tree (Debian #34182):
80 mkdir -p build && cd build && ../test/configure && make
83 + miscellaneous build-fixes for Ada95 and test-directories when built
85 + use VPATH in makefiles to simplify out-of-tree builds (Debian #34182).
86 + fix typo in rmso for tek4106 entry -Goran Weinholt
89 + improve checks in test/configure for X libraries, from xterm #267
91 + modify test/configure to allow it to use the build-tree's libraries
92 e.g., when using that to configure the test-programs without the
93 rpath feature (request by Sven Joachim).
94 + repurpose "gnome" terminfo entries as "vte", retaining "gnome" items
95 for compatibility, but generally deprecating those since the VTE
96 library is what actually defines the behavior of "gnome", etc.,
100 + compiler warning fixes for test programs.
101 + various build-fixes for test-programs with pdcurses.
102 + updated configure checks for X packages in test/configure from xterm
104 + add configure check to gnatmake, to accommodate cygwin.
107 + correct list of sub-directories needed in Ada95 tree for building as
109 + modify scripts in test-directory to improve builds as a separate
113 + correct parsing of relative tab-stops in tabs program (report by
115 + adjust configure script so that "t" is not added to library suffix
116 when weak-symbols are used, allowing the pthread configuration to
117 more closely match the non-thread naming (report by Werner Fink).
118 + modify configure check for tic program, used for fallbacks, to a
119 warning if not found. This makes it simpler to use additonal
120 scripts to bootstrap the fallbacks code using tic from the build
121 tree (report by Werner Fink).
122 + fix several places in configure script using ${variable-value} form.
123 + modify configure macro CF_LDFLAGS_STATIC to accommodate some loaders
124 which do not support selectively linking against static libraries
125 (report by John P. Hartmann)
126 + fix an unescaped dash in man/tset.1 (report by Sven Joachim).
129 + correct comparison used for setting 16-colors in linux-16color
130 entry (Novell #644831) -TD
131 + improve linux-16color entry, using "dim" for color-8 which makes it
132 gray rather than black like color-0 -TD
133 + drop misc/ncu-indent and misc/jpf-indent; they are provided by an
134 external package "cindent".
137 + improve linkages in html manpages, adding references to the newer
138 pages, e.g., *_variables, curs_sp_funcs, curs_threads.
139 + add checks in tic for inconsistent cursor-movement controls, and for
140 inconsistent printer-controls.
141 + fill in no-parameter forms of cursor-movement where a parameterized
142 form is available -TD
143 + fill in missing cursor controls where the form of the controls is
145 + fix inconsistent punctuation in form_variables manpage (patch by
147 + add parameterized cursor-controls to linux-basic (report by Dae) -TD
148 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
149 + document how to build 32-bit libraries in README.MinGW
150 + fixes to filename computation in mk-dlls.sh.in
151 + use POSIX locale in mk-dlls.sh.in rather than en_US (report by Sven
153 + add a check in mk-dlls.sh.in to obtain the size of a pointer to
154 distinguish between 32-bit and 64-bit hosts. The result is stored
158 + add "XT" capability to entries for terminals that support both
159 xterm-style mouse- and title-controls, for "screen" which
160 special-cases TERM beginning with "xterm" or "rxvt" -TD
161 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
162 + use 64-Bit MinGW toolchain (recommended package from TDM, see
164 + support pthreads when using the TDM MinGW toolchain
167 + regenerated html manpages.
168 + minor fixes for symlinks to curs_legacy.3x and curs_slk.3x manpages.
169 + add manpage for sp-funcs.
170 + add sp-funcs to test/listused.sh, for documentation aids.
173 + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo-
175 + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre).
176 + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form
177 (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004).
178 + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old
182 + add configure option --without-tests, to suppress building test
183 programs (request by Frederic L W Meunier).
186 + modify nsterm, xnuppc and tek4115 to make sgr/sgr0 consistent -TD
187 + add check in terminfo source-reader to provide more informative
188 message when someone attempts to run tic on a compiled terminal
189 description (prompted by Debian #593920).
190 + note in infotocap and captoinfo manpages that they read terminal
191 descriptions from text-files (Debian #593920).
192 + improve acsc string for vt52, show arrow keys (patch by Benjamin
196 + document in manpages that "mv" functions first use wmove() to check
197 the window pointer and whether the position lies within the window
198 (suggested by Poul-Henning Kamp).
199 + fixes to curs_color.3x, curs_kernel.3x and wresize.3x manpages (patch
200 by Tim van der Molen).
201 + modify configure script to transform library names for tic- and
202 tinfo-libraries so that those build properly with Mac OS X shared
203 library configuration.
204 + modify configure script to ensure that it removes conftest.dSYM
205 directory leftover on checks with Mac OS X.
206 + modify configure script to cleanup after check for symbolic links.
209 + correct a typo in mk-1st.awk (patch by Gabriele Balducci)
211 + improve configure checks for location of tic and infocmp programs
212 used for installing database and for generating fallback data,
213 e.g., for cross-compiling.
214 + add Markus Kuhn's wcwidth function for compiling MinGW
215 + add special case to CF_REGEX for cross-compiling to MinGW target.
218 + modify initialization check for win32con driver to eliminate need for
219 special case for TERM "unknown", using terminal database if available
220 (prompted by discussion with Roumen Petrov).
221 + for MinGW port, ensure that terminal driver is setup if tgetent()
222 is called (patch by Roumen Petrov).
223 + document tabs "-0" and "-8" options in manpage.
224 + fix Debian "lintian" issues with manpages reported in
225 http://lintian.debian.org/full/csmall@debian.org.html#ncurses
228 + add a check in tic for missing set_tab if clear_all_tabs given.
229 + improve use of symbolic links in makefiles by using "-f" option if
230 it is supported, to eliminate temporary removal of the target
231 (prompted by http://www.t2-project.org/packages/ncurses.html)
232 + minor improvement to test/ncurses.c, reset color pairs in 'd' test
233 after exit from 'm' main-menu command.
234 + improved ncu-indent, from mawk changes, allows more than one of
235 GCC_NORETURN, GCC_PRINTFLIKE and GCC_SCANFLIKE on a single line.
238 + add hard-reset for rs2 to wsvt25 to help ensure that reset ends
239 the alternate character set (patch by Nicholas Marriott)
240 + remove tar-copy.sh and related configure/Makefile chunks, since the
241 Ada95 binding is now installed using rules in Ada95/src.
244 + continue integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95
245 + add/use configure check to turn on project rules for Ada95/src.
246 + revert the vfork change from 20100130, since it does not work.
249 + continue integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95
250 + old gnatmake (3.15) does not produce libraries using project-file;
251 work around by adding script to generate alternate makefile.
254 + continue integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95
255 + add configure --with-ada-sharedlib option, for the test_make rule.
256 + move Ada95-related logic into aclocal.m4, since additional checks
257 will be needed to distinguish old/new implementations of gnat.
260 + start integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95 tree
261 + add test_make / test_clean / test_install rules in Ada95/src
262 + change install-path for adainclude directory to /usr/share/ada (was
264 + update Ada95/configure.
265 + add mlterm+256color entry, for mlterm 3.0.0 -TD
266 + modify test/configure to use macros to ensure consistent order
267 of updating LIBS variable.
270 + change search order of options for Solaris in CF_SHARED_OPTS, to
271 work with 64-bit compiles.
272 + correct quoting of assignment in CF_SHARED_OPTS case for aix
276 + regenerated html documentation.
277 + modify test/configure to support pkg-config for checking X libraries
279 + add/use configure macro CF_ADD_LIB to force consistency of
280 assignments to $LIBS, etc.
281 + fix configure script for combining --with-pthread
282 and --enable-weak-symbols options.
285 + correct cross-compiling configure check for CF_MKSTEMP macro, by
286 adding a check cache variable set by AC_CHECK_FUNC (report by
288 + simplify include-dependencies of make_hash and make_keys, to reduce
289 the need for setting BUILD_CPPFLAGS in cross-compiling when the
290 build- and target-machines differ.
291 + repair broken-linker configuration by restoring a definition of SP
292 variable to curses.priv.h, and adjusting for cases where sp-funcs
294 + improve configure macro CF_AR_FLAGS, allowing ARFLAGS environment
295 variable to override (prompted by report by Pablo Cazallas).
298 + add configure option --enable-pthreads-eintr to control whether the
299 new EINTR feature is enabled.
300 + modify logic in pthread configuration to allow EINTR to interrupt
301 a read operation in wgetch() (Novell #540571, patch by Werner Fink).
302 + drop mkdirs.sh, use "mkdir -p".
303 + add configure option --disable-libtool-version, to use the
304 "-version-number" feature which was added in libtool 1.5 (report by
305 Peter Haering). The default value for the option uses the newer
306 feature, which makes libraries generated using libtool compatible
307 with the standard builds of ncurses.
308 + updated test/configure to match configure script macros.
309 + fixes for configure script from lynx changes:
310 + improve CF_FIND_LINKAGE logic for the case where a function is
311 found in predefined libraries.
312 + revert part of change to CF_HEADER (cf: 20100424)
315 + correct limit-check in wredrawln, accounting for begy/begx values
316 (patch by David Benjamin).
317 + fix most compiler warnings from clang.
318 + amend build-fix for OpenSolaris, to ensure that a system header is
319 included in curses.h before testing feature symbols, since they
320 may be defined by that route.
323 + fix some strict compiler warnings in ncurses library.
324 + modify configure macro CF_HEADER_PATH to not look for variations in
325 the predefined include directories.
326 + improve configure macros CF_GCC_VERSION and CF_GCC_WARNINGS to work
327 with gcc 4.x's c89 alias, which gives warning messages for cases
328 where older versions would produce an error.
331 + modify _nc_capcmp() to work with cancelled strings.
332 + correct translation of "^" in _nc_infotocap(), used to transform
333 terminfo to termcap strings
334 + add configure --disable-rpath-hack, to allow disabling the feature
335 which adds rpath options for libraries in unusual places.
336 + improve CF_RPATH_HACK_2 by checking if the rpath option for a given
337 directory was already added.
338 + improve CF_RPATH_HACK_2 by using ldd to provide a standard list of
339 directories (which will be ignored).
342 + improve win_driver.c handling of mouse:
343 + discard motion events
344 + avoid calling _nc_timed_wait when there is a mouse event
345 + handle 4th and "rightmost" buttons.
346 + quote substitutions in CF_RPATH_HACK_2 configure macro, needed for
347 cases where there are embedded blanks in the rpath option.
350 + add configure check for exctags vs ctags, to work around pkgsrc.
351 + simplify logic in _nc_get_screensize() to make it easier to see how
352 environment variables may override system- and terminfo-values
353 (prompted by discussion with Igor Bujna).
354 + make debug-traces for COLOR_PAIR and PAIR_NUMBER less verbose.
355 + improve handling of color-pairs embedded in attributes for the
356 extended-colors configuration.
357 + modify MKlib_gen.sh to build link_test with sp-funcs.
358 + build-fixes for OpenSolaris aka Solaris 11, for wide-character
359 configuration as well as for rpath feature in *-config scripts.
362 + refactor CF_SHARED_OPTS configure macro, making CF_RPATH_HACK more
364 + improve configure CF_REGEX, similar fixes.
365 + improve configure CF_FIND_LINKAGE, adding add check between system
366 (default) and explicit paths, where we can find the entrypoint in the
368 + add check if Gpm_Open() returns a -2, e.g., for "xterm". This is
369 normally suppressed but can be overridden using $NCURSES_GPM_TERMS.
370 Ensure that Gpm_Close() is called in this case.
373 + rename atari and st52 terminfo entries to atari-old, st52-old, use
374 newer entries from FreeMiNT by Guido Flohr (from patch/report by Alan
378 + modify install-rule for manpages so that *-config manpages will
379 install when building with --srcdir (report by Sven Joachim).
380 + modify CF_DISABLE_LEAKS configure macro so that the --enable-leaks
381 option is not the same as --disable-leaks (GenToo #305889).
382 + modify #define's for build-compiler to suppress cchar_t symbol from
383 compile of make_hash and make_keys, improving cross-compilation of
384 ncursesw (report by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer).
385 + modify CF_MAN_PAGES configure macro to replace all occurrences of
386 TPUT in tput.1's manpage (Debian #573597, report/analysis by Anders
390 + generate manpages for the *-config scripts, adapted from help2man
391 (suggested by Sven Joachim).
392 + use va_copy() in _nc_printf_string() to avoid conflicting use of
393 va_list value in _nc_printf_length() (report by Wim Lewis).
396 + add Ada95/configure script, to use in tar-file created by
398 + fix typo in wresize.3x (patch by Tim van der Molen).
399 + modify screen-bce.XXX entries to exclude ech, since screen's color
400 model does not clear with color for that feature -TD
403 + add make-tar.sh scripts to Ada95 and test subdirectories to help with
404 making those separately distributable.
405 + build-fix for static libraries without dlsym (Debian #556378).
406 + fix a syntax error in man/form_field_opts.3x (patch by Ingo
410 + add several screen-bce.XXX entries -TD
413 + update mrxvt terminfo entry -TD
414 + modify win_driver.c to support mouse single-clicks.
415 + correct name for termlib in ncurses*-config, e.g., if it is renamed
416 to provide a single file for ncurses/ncursesw libraries (patch by
420 + use vfork in test/ditto.c if available (request by Mike Frysinger).
421 + miscellaneous cleanup of manpages.
422 + fix typo in curs_bkgd.3x (patch by Tim van der Molen).
423 + build-fix for --srcdir (patch by Miroslav Lichvar).
426 + for term-driver configuration, ensure that the driver pointer is
427 initialized in setupterm so that terminfo/termcap programs work.
428 + amend fix for Debian #542031 to ensure that wattrset() returns only
429 OK or ERR, rather than the attribute value (report by Miroslav
431 + reorder WINDOWLIST to put WINDOW data after SCREEN pointer, making
432 _nc_screen_of() compatible between normal/wide libraries again (patch
434 + review/fix include-dependencies in modules files (report by Miroslav
438 + modify win_driver.c to initialize acs_map for win32 console, so
439 that line-drawing works.
440 + modify win_driver.c to initialize TERMINAL struct so that programs
441 such as test/lrtest.c and test/ncurses.c which test string
442 capabilities can run.
443 + modify term-driver modules to eliminate forward-reference
447 + modify configure macro CF_XOPEN_SOURCE, etc., to use CF_ADD_CFLAGS
448 consistently to add new -D's while removing duplicates.
449 + modify a few configure macros to consistently put new options
450 before older in the list.
451 + add tiparm(), based on review of X/Open Curses Issue 7.
452 + minor documentation cleanup.
453 + update config.guess, config.sub from
454 http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config
455 (caveat - its maintainer put 2010 copyright date on files dated 2009)
458 + minor improvement to tic's checking of similar SGR's to allow for the
459 most common case of SGR 0.
460 + modify getmouse() to act as its documentation implied, returning on
461 each call the preceding event until none are left. When no more
462 events remain, it will return ERR.
465 + change order of lookup in progs/tput.c, looking for terminfo data
466 first. This fixes a confusion between termcap "sg" and terminfo
467 "sgr" or "sgr0", originally from 990123 changes, but exposed by
468 20091114 fixes for hashing. With this change, only "dl" and "ed" are
469 ambiguous (Mandriva #56272).
472 + add bterm terminfo entry, based on bogl 0.1.18 -TD
473 + minor fix to rxvt+pcfkeys terminfo entry -TD
474 + build-fixes for Ada95 tree for gnat 4.4 "style".
477 + remove old check in mvderwin() which prevented moving a derived
478 window whose origin happened to coincide with its parent's origin
479 (report by Katarina Machalkova).
480 + improve test/ncurses.c to put mouse droppings in the proper window.
481 + update minix terminfo entry -TD
482 + add bw (auto-left-margin) to nsterm* entries (Benjamin Sittler)
485 + correct transfer of multicolumn characters in multirow
486 field_buffer(), which stopped at the end of the first row due to
487 filling of unused entries in a cchar_t array with nulls.
488 + updated nsterm* entries (Benjamin Sittler, Emanuele Giaquinta)
489 + modify _nc_viscbuf2() and _tracecchar_t2() to show wide-character
491 + use strdup() in set_menu_mark(), restore .marklen struct member on
493 + eliminate clause 3 from the UCB copyrights in read_termcap.c and
495 ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/pub/4bsd/README.Impt.License.Change
496 (patch by Nicholas Marriott).
497 + replace a malloc in tic.c with strdup, checking for failure (patch by
499 + update config.guess, config.sub from
500 http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config
503 + correct layout of working window used to extract data in
504 wide-character configured by set_field_buffer (patch by Rafael
506 + improve some limit-checks related to filename length in reading and
507 writing terminfo entries.
508 + ensure that filename is always filled in when attempting to read
509 a terminfo entry, so that infocmp can report the filename (patch
510 by Nicholas Marriott).
513 + modify mk-1st.awk to allow tinfo library to be built when term-driver
515 + add error-check to configure script to ensure that sp-funcs is
516 enabled if term-driver is, since some internal interfaces rely upon
520 + fix case where progs/tput is used while sp-funcs is configure; this
521 requires save/restore of out-character function from _nc_prescreen
522 rather than the SCREEN structure (report by Charles Wilson).
523 + fix typo in man/curs_trace.3x which caused incorrect symbolic links
524 + improved configure macros CF_GCC_ATTRIBUTES, CF_PROG_LINT.
528 + updated man/curs_trace.3x
529 + limit hashing for termcap-names to 2-characters (Ubuntu #481740).
530 + change a variable name in lib_newwin.c to make it clearer which
531 value is being freed on error (patch by Nicholas Marriott).
534 + improve test/ncurses.c color-cycling test by reusing attribute-
535 and color-cycling logic from the video-attributes screen.
536 + add ifdef'd with NCURSES_INTEROP_FUNCS experimental bindings in form
537 library which help make it compatible with interop applications
538 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
539 + add configure option --enable-interop, for integrating changes
540 for generic/interop support to form-library by Juergen Pfeifer
543 + modify use of $CC environment variable which is defined by X/Open
544 as a curses feature, to ignore it if it is not a single character
545 (prompted by discussion with Benjamin C W Sittler).
546 + add START_TRACE in slk_init
547 + fix a regression in _nc_ripoffline which made test/ncurses.c not show
548 soft-keys, broken in 20090927 merging.
549 + change initialization of "hidden" flag for soft-keys from true to
550 false, broken in 20090704 merging (Ubuntu #464274).
551 + update nsterm entries (patch by Benjamin C W Sittler, prompted by
552 discussion with Fabian Groffen in GenToo #206201).
553 + add test/xterm-256color.dat
556 + quiet some pedantic gcc warnings.
557 + modify _nc_wgetch() to check for a -1 in the fifo, e.g., after a
558 SIGWINCH, and discard that value, to avoid confusing application
559 (patch by Eygene Ryabinkin, FreeBSD bin/136223).
562 + modify handling of $PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR to use only the first item in
563 a possibly colon-separated list (Debian #550716).
566 + supply a null-terminator to buffer in _nc_viswibuf().
567 + fix a sign-extension bug in unget_wch() (report by Mike Gran).
568 + minor fixes to error-returns in default function for tputs, as well
572 + add WACS_xxx definitions to wide-character configuration for thick-
573 and double-lines (discussion with Slava Zanko).
574 + remove unnecessary kcan assignment to ^C from putty (Sven Joachim)
575 + add ccc and initc capabilities to xterm-16color -TD
576 > patch by Benjamin C W Sittler:
578 + correct initc capability of linux-c-nc end-of-range
579 + similar change for dg+ccc and dgunix+ccc
582 + move leak-checking for comp_captab.c into _nc_leaks_tinfo() since
583 that module since 20090711 is in libtinfo.
584 + add configure option --enable-term-driver, to allow compiling with
585 terminal-driver. That is used in MinGW port, and (being somewhat
586 more complicated) is an experimental alternative to the conventional
587 termlib internals. Currently, it requires the sp-funcs feature to
589 + completed integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer in ncurses
590 library (some work remains for forms library).
593 + document return code from define_key (report by Mike Gran).
594 + make some symbolic links in the terminfo directory-tree shorter
595 (patch by Daniel Jacobowitz, forwarded by Sven Joachim).).
596 + fix some groff warnings in terminfo.5, etc., from recent Debian
598 + change ncv and op capabilities in sun-color terminfo entry to match
599 Sun's entry for this (report by Laszlo Peter).
600 + improve interix smso terminfo capability by using reverse rather than
601 bold (report by Kristof Zelechovski).
604 + add some test programs (and make these use the same special keys
605 by sharing linedata.h functions):
609 test/test_add_wchstr.c
610 + correct internal _nc_insert_ch() to use _nc_insert_wch() when
611 inserting wide characters, since the wins_wch() function that it used
612 did not update the cursor position (report by Ciprian Craciun).
615 + fix typo s/is_timeout/is_notimeout/ which made "man is_notimeout" not
617 + add null-pointer checks to other opaque-functions.
618 + add is_pad() and is_subwin() functions for opaque access to WINDOW
619 (discussion with Mark Dickinson).
620 + correct merge to lib_newterm.c, which broke when sp-funcs was
624 + build-fix for building outside source-tree (report by Sven Joachim).
625 + fix Debian lintian warning for man/tabs.1 by making section number
626 agree with file-suffix (report by Sven Joachim).
627 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
630 + workaround for bug in g++ 4.1-4.4 warnings for wattrset() macro on
631 amd64 (Debian #542031).
632 + fix typo in curs_mouse.3x (Debian #429198).
635 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
638 + correct use of terminfo capabilities for initializing soft-keys,
639 broken in 20090509 merging.
640 + modify wgetch() to ensure it checks SIGWINCH when it gets an error
641 in non-blocking mode (patch by Clemens Ladisch).
642 + use PATH_SEPARATOR symbol when substituting into run_tic.sh, to
643 help with builds on non-Unix platforms such as OS/2 EMX.
644 + modify scripting for misc/run_tic.sh to test configure script's
645 $cross_compiling variable directly rather than comparing host/build
646 compiler names (prompted by comment in GenToo #249363).
647 + fix configure script option --with-database, which was coded as an
649 + build-fixes for --srcdir (report by Frederic L W Meunier).
652 + separate _nc_find_entry() and _nc_find_type_entry() from
653 implementation details of hash function.
656 + add tabs.1 to man/man_db.renames
657 + modify lib_addch.c to compensate for removal of wide-character test
658 from unctrl() in 20090704 (Debian #539735).
661 + improve discussion in INSTALL for use of system's tic/infocmp for
662 cross-compiling and building fallbacks.
663 + modify test/demo_termcap.c to correspond better to options in
665 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
666 + fix logic for 'V' in test/ncurses.c tests f/F.
669 + correct logic in tigetnum(), which caused tput program to treat all
670 string capabilities as numeric (report by Rajeev V Pillai,
674 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
677 + fix a null-pointer check in _nc_format_slks() in lib_slk.c, from
679 + modify _nc_find_type_entry() to use hashing.
680 + make CCHARW_MAX value configurable, noting that changing this would
681 change the size of cchar_t, and would be ABI-incompatible.
682 + modify test-programs, e.g,. test/view.c, to address subtle
683 differences between Tru64/Solaris and HPUX/AIX getcchar() return
685 + modify length returned by getcchar() to count the trailing null
686 which is documented in X/Open (cf: 20020427).
687 + fixes for test programs to build/work on HPUX and AIX, etc.
690 + improve performance of tigetstr, etc., by using hashing code from tic.
691 + minor fixes for memory-leak checking.
692 + add test/demo_terminfo, for comparison with demo_termcap
695 + remove wide-character checks from unctrl() (patch by Clemens Ladisch).
696 + revise wadd_wch() and wecho_wchar() to eliminate dependency on
698 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
701 + update llib-lncurses[wt] to use sp-funcs.
702 + various code-fixes to build/work with --disable-macros configure
704 + add several new files from Juergen Pfeifer which will be used when
705 integration of "sp-funcs" is complete. This includes a port to
709 + move definition for NCURSES_WRAPPED_VAR back to ncurses_dll.h, to
710 make includes of term.h without curses.h work (report by "Nix").
711 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
714 + fix a regression in lib_tputs.c, from ongoing merges.
717 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
720 + fix an infinite recursion when adding a legacy-coding 8-bit value
721 using insch() (report by Clemens Ladisch).
722 + free home-terminfo string in del_curterm() (patch by Dan Weber).
723 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
726 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
729 + work around antique BSD game's manipulation of stdscr, etc., versus
730 SCREEN's copy of the pointer (Debian #528411).
731 + add a cast to wattrset macro to avoid compiler warning when comparing
732 its result against ERR (adapted from patch by Matt Kraii, Debian
736 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
739 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
740 + add vwmterm terminfo entry (patch by Bryan Christ).
743 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
746 + build fix for _nc_free_and_exit() change in 20090418 (report by
750 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
753 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
754 This change finishes merging for menu and panel libraries, does
755 part of the form library.
758 + suppress configure check for static/dynamic linker flags for gcc on
759 Darwin (report by Nelson Beebe).
762 + extend ansi.sys pfkey capability from kf1-kf10 to kf1-kf48, moving
763 function key definitions from emx-base for consistency -TD
764 + correct missing final 'p' in pfkey capability of ansi.sys-old (report
765 by Kalle Olavi Niemitalo).
766 + improve test/ncurses.c 'F' test, show combining characters in color.
767 + quiet a false report by cppcheck in c++/cursesw.cc by eliminating
768 a temporary variable.
769 + use _nc_doalloc() rather than realloc() in a few places in ncurses
770 library to avoid leak in out-of-memory condition (reports by William
771 Egert and Martin Ettl based on cppcheck tool).
772 + add --with-ncurses-wrap-prefix option to test/configure (discussion
773 with Charles Wilson).
774 + use ncurses*-config scripts if available for test/configure.
775 + update test/aclocal.m4 and test/configure
776 > patches by Charles Wilson:
777 + modify CF_WITH_LIBTOOL configure check to allow unreleased libtool
778 version numbers (e.g. which include alphabetic chars, as well as
779 digits, after the final '.').
780 + improve use of -no-undefined option for libtool by setting an
781 intermediate variable LT_UNDEF in the configure script, and then
782 using that in the libtool link-commands.
783 + fix an missing use of NCURSES_PUBLIC_VAR() in tinfo/MKcodes.awk
784 from 2009031 changes.
785 + improve mk-1st.awk script by writing separate cases for the
786 LIBTOOL_LINK command, depending on which library (ncurses, ticlib,
787 termlib) is to be linked.
788 + modify configure.in to allow broken-linker configurations, not just
789 enable-reentrant, to set public wrap prefix.
792 + add TICS_LIST and SHLIB_LIST to allow libtool 2.2.6 on Cygwin to
793 build with tic and term libraries (patch by Charles Wilson).
794 + add -no-undefined option to libtool for Cygwin, MinGW, U/Win and AIX
795 (report by Charles Wilson).
796 + fix definition for c++/Makefile.in's SHLIB_LIST, which did not list
797 the form, menu or panel libraries (patch by Charles Wilson).
798 + add configure option --with-wrap-prefix to allow setting the prefix
799 for functions used to wrap global variables to something other than
800 "_nc_" (discussion with Charles Wilson).
803 + modify scripts to generate ncurses*-config and pc-files to add
804 dependency for tinfo library (patch by Charles Wilson).
805 + improve comparison of program-names when checking for linked flavors
806 such as "reset" by ignoring the executable suffix (reports by Charles
807 Wilson, Samuel Thibault and Cedric Bretaudeau on Cygwin mailing
809 + suppress configure check for static/dynamic linker flags for gcc on
810 Solaris 10, since gcc is confused by absence of static libc, and
811 does not switch back to dynamic mode before finishing the libraries
812 (reports by Joel Bertrand, Alan Pae).
813 + minor fixes to Intel compiler warning checks in configure script.
814 + modify _nc_leaks_tinfo() so leak-checking in test/railroad.c works.
815 + modify set_curterm() to make broken-linker configuration work with
816 changes from 20090228 (report by Charles Wilson).
819 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
820 + modify declaration of cur_term when broken-linker is used, but
821 enable-reentrant is not, to match pre-5.7 (report by Charles Wilson).
824 + continue integrating "sp-funcs" by Juergen Pfeifer (incomplete).
827 + add configure script --enable-sp-funcs to enable the new set of
829 + start integrating patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
830 + add extended functions which specify the SCREEN pointer for several
831 curses functions which use the global SP (these are incomplete;
832 some internals work is needed to complete these).
833 + add special cases to configure script for MinGW port.
836 + update several configure macros from lynx changes
837 + append (not prepend) to CFLAGS/CPPFLAGS
838 + change variable from PATHSEP to PATH_SEPARATOR
839 + improve install-rules for pc-files (patch by Miroslav Lichvar).
840 + make it work with $DESTDIR
841 + create the pkg-config library directory if needed.
844 + modify init_pair() to allow caller to create extra color pairs beyond
845 the color_pairs limit, which use default colors (request by Emanuele
847 + add misc/terminfo.tmp and misc/*.pc to "sources" rule.
848 + fix typo "==" where "=" is needed in ncurses-config.in and
849 gen-pkgconfig.in files (Debian #512161).
852 + add -shared option to MK_SHARED_LIB when -Bsharable is used, for
853 *BSD's, without which "main" might be one of the shared library's
854 dependencies (report/analysis by Ken Dickey).
855 + modify waddch_literal(), updating line-pointer after a multicolumn
856 character is found to not fit on the current row, and wrapping is
857 done. Since the line-pointer was not updated, the wrapped
858 multicolumn character was written to the beginning of the current row
859 (cf: 20041023, reported by "Nick" regarding problem with ncmpc
860 http://musicpd.org/mantis/bug_view_page.php?bug_id=1930).
863 + add screen.Eterm terminfo entry (GenToo #124887) -TD
864 + modify adacurses-config to look for ".ali" files in the adalib
866 + correct install for Ada95, which omitted libAdaCurses.a used in
868 + change install for adacurses-config to provide additional flavors
869 such as adacursesw-config, for ncursesw (GenToo #167849).
872 + remove undeveloped feature in ncurses-config.in for setting
874 + recent change to ncurses-config.in did not take into account the
875 --disable-overwrite option, which sets $includedir to the
876 subdirectory and using just that for a -I option does not work - fix
877 (report by Frederic L W Meunier).
880 + modify gen-pkgconfig.in to eliminate a dependency on rpath when
881 deciding whether to add $LIBS to --libs output; that should be shown
882 for the ncurses and tinfo libraries without taking rpath into
884 + fix an overlooked change from $AR_OPTS to $ARFLAGS in mk-1st.awk,
885 used in static libraries (report by Marty Jack).
888 + add a configure-time check to pick a suitable value for
889 CC_SHARED_OPTS for Solaris (report by Dagobert Michelsen).
890 + add configure --with-pkg-config and --enable-pc-files options, along
891 with misc/gen-pkgconfig.in which can be used to generate ".pc" files
892 for pkg-config (request by Jan Engelhardt).
893 + use $includedir symbol in misc/ncurses-config.in, add --includedir
895 + change makefiles to use $ARFLAGS rather than $AR_OPTS, provide a
896 configure check to detect whether a "-" is needed before "ar"
898 + update config.guess, config.sub from
899 http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config
902 + modify mk-1st.awk to work with extra categories for tinfo library.
903 + modify configure script to allow building shared libraries with gcc
904 on AIX 5 or 6 (adapted from patch by Lital Natan).
907 + modify to omit the opaque-functions from lib_gen.o when
908 --disable-ext-funcs is used.
909 + add test/clip_printw.c to illustrate how to use printw without
911 + modify ncurses 'F' test to demo wborder_set() with colored lines.
912 + modify ncurses 'f' test to demo wborder() with colored lines.
915 + add check for failure to open hashed-database needed for db4.6
917 + corrected --without-manpages option; previous change only suppressed
918 the auxiliary rules install.man and uninstall.man
919 + add case for FreeMINT to configure macro CF_XOPEN_SOURCE (patch from
921 + fixes from NetBSD port at
922 http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/devel/ncurses/patches
923 patch-ac (build-fix for DragonFly)
924 patch-ae (use INSTALL_SCRIPT for installing misc/ncurses*-config).
925 + improve configure script macros CF_HEADER_PATH and CF_LIBRARY_PATH
926 by adding CFLAGS, CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS, LIBS values to the
928 + correct title string for keybound manpage (patch by Frederic Culot,
929 OpenBSD documentation/6019),
932 + move del_curterm() call from _nc_freeall() to _nc_leaks_tinfo() to
933 work for progs/clear, progs/tabs, etc.
934 + correct buffer-size after internal resizing of wide-character
935 set_field_buffer(), broken in 20081018 changes (report by Mike Gran).
936 + add "-i" option to test/filter.c to tell it to use initscr() rather
937 than newterm(), to investigate report on comp.unix.programmer that
938 ncurses would clear the screen in that case (it does not - the issue
939 was xterm's alternate screen feature).
940 + add check in mouse-driver to disable connection if GPM returns a
941 zero, indicating that the connection is closed (Debian #506717,
942 adapted from patch by Samuel Thibault).
945 + improve a workaround in adding wide-characters, when a control
946 character is found. The library (cf: 20040207) uses unctrl() to
947 obtain a printable version of the control character, but was not
948 passing color or video attributes.
949 + improve test/ncurses.c 'a' test, using unctrl() more consistently to
950 display meta-characters.
951 + turn on _XOPEN_CURSES definition in curses.h
952 + add eterm-color entry (report by Vincent Lefevre) -TD
953 + correct use of key_name() in test/ncurses.c 'A' test, which only
954 displays wide-characters, not key-codes since 20070612 (report by
958 + change _nc_has_mouse() to has_mouse(), reflect its use in C++ and
959 Ada95 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
960 + document in TO-DO an issue with Cygwin's package for GNAT (report
962 + improve error-checking of command-line options in "tabs" program.
965 + change several terminfo entries to make consistent use of ANSI
967 + add "tabs" program (prompted by Debian #502260).
968 + add configure --without-manpages option (request by Mike Frysinger).
970 20081102 5.7 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
973 + add a manpage to discuss memory leaks.
974 + add support for shared libraries for QNX (other than libtool, which
975 does not work well on that platform).
976 + build-fix for QNX C++ binding.
979 + build-fixes for OS/2 EMX.
980 + modify form library to accept control characters such as newline
981 in set_field_buffer(), which is compatible with Solaris (report by
983 + modify configure script to assume --without-hashed-db when
984 --disable-database is used.
985 + add "-e" option in ncurses/Makefile.in when generating source-files
986 to force earlier exit if the build environment fails unexpectedly
987 (prompted by patch by Adrian Bunk).
988 + change configure script to use CF_UTF8_LIB, improved variant of
992 + add teraterm4.59 terminfo entry, use that as primary teraterm entry, rename
993 original to teraterm2.3 -TD
994 + update "gnome" terminfo to 2.22.3 -TD
995 + update "konsole" terminfo to 1.6.6, needs today's fix for tic -TD
996 + add "aterm" terminfo -TD
997 + add "linux2.6.26" terminfo -TD
998 + add logic to tic for cancelling strings in user-defined capabilities,
1002 + regenerated html documentation.
1003 + add -m and -s options to test/keynames.c and test/key_names.c to test
1004 the meta() function with keyname() or key_name(), respectively.
1005 + correct return value of key_name() on error; it is null.
1006 + document some unresolved issues for rpath and pthreads in TO-DO.
1007 + fix a missing prototype for ioctl() on OpenBSD in tset.c
1008 + add configure option --disable-tic-depends to make explicit whether
1009 tic library depends on ncurses/ncursesw library, amends change from
1010 20080823 (prompted by Debian #501421).
1013 + some build-fixes for configure --disable-ext-funcs (incomplete, but
1014 works for C/C++ parts).
1015 + improve configure-check for awks unable to handle large strings, e.g.
1016 AIX 5.1 whose awk silently gives up on large printf's.
1019 + fix build for --with-dmalloc by workaround for redefinition of
1020 strndup between string.h and dmalloc.h
1021 + fix build for --disable-sigwinch
1022 + add environment variable NCURSES_GPM_TERMS to allow override to use
1023 GPM on terminals other than "linux", etc.
1024 + disable GPM mouse support when $TERM does not happen to contain
1025 "linux", since Gpm_Open() no longer limits its assertion to terminals
1026 that it might handle, e.g., within "screen" in xterm.
1027 + reset mouse file-descriptor when unloading GPM library (report by
1029 + fix build for --disable-leaks --enable-widec --with-termlib
1030 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
1031 + use improved initialization for soft-label keys in Ada95 sample code.
1032 + discard internal symbol _nc_slk_format (unused since 20080112).
1033 + move call of slk_paint_info() from _nc_slk_initialize() to
1034 slk_intern_refresh(), improving initialization.
1037 + fix bug in mouse code for GPM from 20080920 changes (reported in
1038 Debian #500103, also Miroslav Lichvar).
1041 + fix shared-library rules for cygwin with tic- and tinfo-libraries.
1042 + fix a memory leak when failure to connect to GPM.
1043 + correct check for notimeout() in wgetch() (report on linux.redhat
1044 newsgroup by FurtiveBertie).
1045 + add an example warning-suppression file for valgrind,
1046 misc/ncurses.supp (based on example from Reuben Thomas)
1049 + change shared-library configuration for OpenBSD, make rpath work.
1050 + build-fixes for using libutf8, e.g., on OpenBSD 3.7
1053 + corrected fix for --enable-weak-symbols (report by Frederic L W
1057 + corrected gcc options for building shared libraries on IRIX64.
1058 + add configure check for awk programs unable to handle big-strings,
1059 use that to improve the default for --enable-big-strings option.
1060 + makefile-fixes for --enable-weak-symbols (report by Frederic L W
1062 + update test/configure script.
1063 + adapt ifdef's from library to make test/view.c build when mbrtowc()
1064 is unavailable, e.g., with HPUX 10.20.
1065 + add configure check for wcsrtombs, mbsrtowcs, which are used in
1066 test/ncurses.c, and use wcstombs, mbstowcs instead if available,
1067 fixing build of ncursew for HPUX 11.00
1070 + fixes to make Ada95 demo_panels() example work.
1071 + modify Ada95 'rain' test program to accept keyboard commands like the
1073 + modify BeOS-specific ifdef's to build on Haiku (patch by Scott
1075 + add configure-check to see if the std namespace is legal for cerr
1076 and endl, to fix a build issue with Tru64.
1077 + consistently use NCURSES_BOOL in lib_gen.c
1078 + filter #line's from lib_gen.c
1079 + change delimiter in MKlib_gen.sh from '%' to '@', to avoid
1080 substitution by IBM xlc to '#' as part of its extensions to digraphs.
1081 + update config.guess, config.sub from
1082 http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config
1083 (caveat - its maintainer removed support for older Linux systems).
1086 + modify configure check for pthread library to work with OSF/1 5.1,
1087 which uses #define's to associate its header and library.
1088 + use pthread_mutexattr_init() for initializing pthread_mutexattr_t,
1089 makes threaded code work on HPUX 11.23
1090 + fix a bug in demo_menus in freeing menus (cf: 20080804).
1091 + modify configure script for the case where tic library is used (and
1092 possibly renamed) to remove its dependency upon ncurses/ncursew
1093 library (patch by Dr Werner Fink).
1094 + correct manpage for menu_fore() which gave wrong default for
1095 the attribute used to display a selected entry (report by Mike Gran).
1096 + add Eterm-256color, Eterm-88color and rxvt-88color (prompted by
1100 + add configure option --enable-weak-symbols to turn on new feature.
1101 + add configure-check for availability of weak symbols.
1102 + modify linkage with pthread library to use weak symbols so that
1103 applications not linked to that library will not use the mutexes,
1104 etc. This relies on gcc, and may be platform-specific (patch by Dr
1106 + add note to INSTALL to document limitation of renaming of tic library
1107 using the --with-ticlib configure option (report by Dr Werner Fink).
1108 + document (in manpage) why tputs does not detect I/O errors (prompted
1109 by comments by Samuel Thibault).
1110 + fix remaining warnings from Klocwork report.
1113 + modify _nc_panelhook() data to account for a permanent memory leak.
1114 + fix memory leaks in test/demo_menus
1115 + fix most warnings from Klocwork tool (report by Larry Zhou).
1116 + modify configure script CF_XOPEN_SOURCE macro to add case for
1117 "dragonfly" from xterm #236 changes.
1118 + modify configure script --with-hashed-db to let $LIBS override the
1119 search for the db library (prompted by report by Samson Pierre).
1122 + build-fixes for gcc 4.3.1 (changes to gnat "warnings", and C inlining
1126 + build-fix (reports by Christian Ebert, Funda Wang).
1129 + compiler-warning fixes for Solaris.
1132 + use NCURSES_MOUSE_MASK() in definition of BUTTON_RELEASE(), etc., to
1133 make those work properly with the "--enable-ext-mouse" configuration
1135 + improve documentation of build-cc options in INSTALL.
1136 + work-around a bug in gcc 4.2.4 on AIX, which does not pass the
1137 -static/-dynamic flags properly to linker, causing test/bs to
1141 + correct some ifdef's needed for the broken-linker configuration.
1142 + make debugging library's $BAUDRATE feature work for termcap
1144 + make $NCURSES_NO_PADDING feature work for termcap interface (prompted
1145 by comment on FreeBSD mailing list).
1146 + add screen.mlterm terminfo entry -TD
1147 + improve mlterm and mlterm+pcfkeys terminfo entries -TD
1150 + regenerated html documentation.
1151 + expand manpage description of parameters for form_driver() and
1152 menu_driver() (prompted by discussion with Adam Spragg).
1153 + add null-pointer checks for cur_term in baudrate() and
1154 def_shell_mode(), def_prog_mode()
1155 + fix some memory leaks in delscreen() and wide acs.
1158 + modify test/ditto.c to illustrate multi-threaded use_screen().
1159 + change CC_SHARED_OPTS from -KPIC to -xcode=pic32 for Solaris.
1160 + add "-shared" option to MK_SHARED_LIB for gcc on Solaris (report
1164 + finish changes to wgetch(), making it switch as needed to the
1165 window's actual screen when calling wrefresh() and wgetnstr(). That
1166 allows wgetch() to get used concurrently in different threads with
1167 some minor restrictions, e.g., the application should not delete a
1168 window which is being used in a wgetch().
1169 + simplify mutex's, combining the window- and screen-mutex's.
1172 + modify wgetch() to use the screen which corresponds to its window
1173 parameter rather than relying on SP; some dependent functions still
1175 + factor out most use of SP in lib_mouse.c, using parameter.
1176 + add internal _nc_keyname(), replacing keyname() to associate with a
1177 particular SCREEN rather than the global SP.
1178 + add internal _nc_unctrl(), replacing unctrl() to associate with a
1179 particular SCREEN rather than the global SP.
1180 + add internal _nc_tracemouse(), replacing _tracemouse() to eliminate
1181 its associated global buffer _nc_globals.tracemse_buf now in SCREEN.
1182 + add internal _nc_tracechar(), replacing _tracechar() to use SCREEN in
1183 preference to the global _nc_globals.tracechr_buf buffer.
1186 + modify _nc_keypad() to make it switch temporarily as needed to the
1187 screen which must be updated.
1188 + wrap cur_term variable to help make _nc_keymap() thread-safe, and
1189 always set the screen's copy of this variable in set_curterm().
1190 + restore curs_set() state after endwin()/refresh() (report/patch
1194 + modify configure script to note that --enable-ext-colors and
1195 --enable-ext-mouse are not experimental, but extensions from
1197 + corrected manpage description of setcchar() (discussion with
1198 Emanuele Giaquinta).
1199 + fix for adding a non-spacing character at the beginning of a line
1200 (report/patch by Miroslav Lichvar).
1203 + modify screen.* terminfo entries using new screen+fkeys to fix
1204 overridden keys in screen.rxvt (Debian #478094) -TD
1205 + modify internal interfaces to reduce wgetch()'s dependency on the
1207 + simplify some loops with macros each_screen(), each_window() and
1211 + continue modifying test/ditto.c toward making it demonstrate
1212 multithreaded use_screen(), using fifos to pass data between screens.
1213 + fix typo in form.3x (report by Mike Gran).
1216 + add screen.rxvt terminfo entry -TD
1217 + modify tic -f option to format spaces as \s to prevent them from
1218 being lost when that is read back in unformatted strings.
1219 + improve test/ditto.c, using a "talk"-style layout.
1222 + change test/ditto.c to use openpty() and xterm.
1223 + add locks for copywin(), dupwin(), overlap(), overlay() on their
1225 + add locks for initscr() and newterm() on updates to the SCREEN
1227 + finish table in curs_thread.3x manpage.
1230 + begin table in curs_thread.3x manpage describing the scope of data
1231 used by each function (or symbol) for threading analysis.
1232 + add null-pointer checks to setsyx() and getsyx() (prompted by
1233 discussion by Martin v. Lowis and Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven on
1234 python-dev2 mailing list).
1237 + add null-pointer checks in set_term() and delscreen().
1238 + move _nc_windows into _nc_globals, since windows can be pads, which
1239 are not associated with a particular screen.
1240 + change use_screen() to pass the SCREEN* parameter rather than
1241 stdscr to the callback function.
1242 + force libtool to use tag for 'CC' in case it does not detect this,
1243 e.g., on aix when using CC=powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0-gcc
1244 (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner).
1245 + override OBJEXT to "lo" when building with libtool, to work on
1246 platforms such as AIX where libtool may use a different suffix for
1247 the object files than ".o" (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner).
1248 + add configure --with-pthread option, for building with the POSIX
1252 + fill in extended-color pair two more places in wbkgrndset() and
1253 waddch_nosync() (prompted by Sedeno's patch).
1254 + fill in extended-color pair in _nc_build_wch() to make colors work
1255 for wide-characters using extended-colors (patch by Alejandro R
1257 + add x/X toggles to ncurses.c C color test to test/demo
1258 wide-characters with extended-colors.
1259 + add a/A toggles to ncurses.c c/C color tests.
1260 + modify test/ditto.c to use use_screen().
1261 + finish modifying test/rain.c to demonstrate threads.
1264 + start modifying test/rain.c for threading demo.
1265 + modify test/ncurses.c to make 'f' test accept the f/F/b/F/</> toggles
1266 that the 'F' accepts.
1267 + modify test/worm.c to show trail in reverse-video when other threads
1268 are working concurrently.
1269 + fix a deadlock from improper nesting of mutexes for windowlist and
1273 + fixes from 20080223 resolved issue with mutexes; change to use
1274 recursive mutexes to fix memory leak in delwin() as called from
1275 _nc_free_and_exit().
1278 + fix a size-difference in _nc_globals which caused hanging of mutex
1279 lock/unlock when termlib was built separately.
1282 + avoid using nanosleep() in threaded configuration since that often
1283 is implemented to suspend the entire process.
1286 + update test programs to build/work with various UNIX curses for
1287 comparisons. This was to reinvestigate statement in X/Open curses
1288 that insnstr and winsnstr perform wrapping. None of the Unix-branded
1289 implementations do this, as noted in manpage (cf: 20040228).
1292 + modify _nc_setupscreen() to set the legacy-coding value the same
1293 for both narrow/wide models. It had been set only for wide model,
1294 but is needed to make unctrl() work with locale in the narrow model.
1295 + improve waddch() and winsch() handling of EILSEQ from mbrtowc() by
1296 using unctrl() to display illegal bytes rather than trying to append
1297 further bytes to make up a valid sequence (reported by Andrey A
1299 + modify unctrl() to check codes in 128-255 range versus isprint().
1300 If they are not printable, and locale was set, use a "M-" or "~"
1304 + improve threading in test/worm.c (wrap refresh calls, and KEY_RESIZE
1305 handling). Now it hangs in napms(), no matter whether nanosleep()
1306 or poll() or select() are used on Linux.
1309 + fixes to build with --disable-ext-funcs
1310 + add manpage for use_window and use_screen.
1311 + add set_tabsize() and set_escdelay() functions.
1314 + remove recursive-mutex definitions, finish threading demo for worm.c
1315 + remove a redundant adjustment of lines in resizeterm.c's
1316 adjust_window() which caused occasional misadjustment of stdscr when
1320 + several improvements to terminfo entries based on xterm #230 -TD
1321 + modify MKlib_gen.sh to handle keyname/key_name prototypes, so the
1322 "link_test" builds properly.
1323 + fix for toe command-line options -u/-U to ensure filename is given.
1324 + fix allocation-size for command-line parsing in infocmp from 20070728
1325 (report by Miroslav Lichvar)
1326 + improve resizeterm() by moving ripped-off lines, and repainting the
1327 soft-keys (report by Katarina Machalkova)
1328 + add clarification in wclear's manpage noting that the screen will be
1329 cleared even if a subwindow is cleared (prompted by Christer Enfors
1331 + change test/ncurses.c soft-key tests to work with KEY_RESIZE.
1334 + continue implementing support for threading demo by adding mutex
1338 + add several functions to C++ binding which wrap C functions that
1339 pass a WINDOW* parameter (request by Chris Lee).
1342 + add note about configure options needed for Berkeley database to the
1344 + improve checks for version of Berkeley database libraries.
1345 + amend fix for rpath to not modify LDFLAGS if the platform has no
1346 applicable transformation (report by Christian Ebert, cf: 20071124).
1349 + modify configure option --with-hashed-db to accept a parameter which
1350 is the install-prefix of a given Berkeley Database (prompted by
1351 pierre4d2 comments).
1352 + rewrite wrapper for wcrtomb(), making it work on Solaris. This is
1353 used in the form library to determine the length of the buffer needed
1354 by field_buffer (report by Alfred Fung).
1355 + remove unneeded window-parameter from C++ binding for wresize (report
1359 + modify the support for filesystems which do not support mixed-case to
1360 generate 2-character (hexadecimal) codes for the lower-level of the
1361 filesystem terminfo database (request by Michail Vidiassov).
1362 + add configure option --enable-mixed-case, to allow overriding the
1363 configure script's check if the filesystem supports mixed-case
1365 + add wresize() to C++ binding (request by Chris Lee).
1366 + define NCURSES_EXT_FUNCS and NCURSES_EXT_COLORS in curses.h to make
1367 it simpler to tell if the extended functions and/or colors are
1371 + update memory-leak checks for changes to names.c and codes.c
1372 + correct acsc strings in h19, z100 (patch by Benjamin C W Sittler).
1375 + continue implementing support for threading demo by adding mutex
1377 + add mrxvt terminfo entry, add/fix xterm building blocks for modified
1379 + compile with FreeBSD "contemporary" TTY interface (patch by
1383 + modify makefile rules to allow clear, tput and tset to be built
1384 without libtic. The other programs (infocmp, tic and toe) rely on
1386 + add/modify null-pointer checks in several functions for SP and/or
1387 the WINDOW* parameter (report by Thorben Krueger).
1388 + fixes for field_buffer() in formw library (see Redhat Bugzilla
1389 #310071, patches by Miroslav Lichvar).
1390 + improve performance of NCURSES_CHAR_EQ code (patch by Miroslav
1392 + update/improve mlterm and rxvt terminfo entries, e.g., for
1393 the modified cursor- and keypad-keys -TD
1396 + add code to curses.priv.h ifdef'd with NCURSES_CHAR_EQ, which
1397 changes the CharEq() macro to an inline function to allow comparing
1398 cchar_t struct's without comparing gaps in a possibly unpacked
1399 memory layout (report by Miroslav Lichvar).
1402 + add new functions to lib_trace.c to setup mutex's for the _tracef()
1403 calls within the ncurses library.
1404 + for the reentrant model, move _nc_tputs_trace and _nc_outchars into
1406 + start modifying test/worm.c to provide threading demo (incomplete).
1407 + separated ifdef's for some BSD-related symbols in tset.c, to make
1408 it compile on LynxOS (report by Greg Gemmer).
1410 + modify Ada95/gen/Makefile to use shlib script, to simplify building
1411 shared-library configuration on platforms lacking rpath support.
1412 + build-fix for Ada95/src/Makefile to reflect changed dependency for
1413 the terminal-interface-curses-aux.adb file which is now generated.
1414 + restructuring test/worm.c, for use_window() example.
1417 + add use_window() and use_screen() functions, to develop into support
1418 for threaded library (incomplete).
1419 + fix typos in man/curs_opaque.3x which kept the install script from
1420 creating symbolic links to two aliases created in 20070818 (report by
1424 + remove a spurious newline from output of html.m4, which caused links
1425 for Ada95 html to be incorrect for the files generated using m4.
1426 + start investigating mutex's for SCREEN manipulation (incomplete).
1427 + minor cleanup of codes.c/names.c for --enable-const
1428 + expand/revise "Routine and Argument Names" section of ncurses manpage
1429 to address report by David Givens in newsgroup discussion.
1430 + fix interaction between --without-progs/--with-termcap configure
1431 options (report by Michail Vidiassov).
1432 + fix typo in "--disable-relink" option (report by Michail Vidiassov).
1435 + fix a sign-extension bug in infocmp's repair_acsc() function
1437 + fix old configure script bug which prevented "--disable-warnings"
1438 option from working (patch by Mike Frysinger).
1441 + add 9term terminal description (request by Juhapekka Tolvanen) -TD
1442 + modify comp_hash.c's string output to avoid misinterpreting a null
1443 "\0" followed by a digit.
1444 + modify MKnames.awk and MKcodes.awk to support big-strings.
1445 This only applies to the cases (broken linker, reentrant) where
1446 the corresponding arrays are accessed via wrapper functions.
1447 + split MKnames.awk into two scripts, eliminating the shell redirection
1448 which complicated the make process and also the bogus timestamp file
1449 which was introduced to fix "make -j".
1450 + add test/test_opaque.c, test/test_arrays.c
1451 + add wgetscrreg() and wgetparent() for applications that may need it
1452 when NCURSES_OPAQUE is defined (prompted by Bryan Christ).
1455 + amend treatment of infocmp "-r" option to retain the 1023-byte limit
1456 unless "-T" is given (cf: 981017).
1457 + modify comp_captab.c generation to use big-strings.
1458 + make _nc_capalias_table and _nc_infoalias_table private accessed via
1459 _nc_get_alias_table() since the tables are used only within the tic
1461 + modify configure script to skip Intel compiler in CF_C_INLINE.
1462 + make _nc_info_hash_table and _nc_cap_hash_table private accessed via
1463 _nc_get_hash_table() since the tables are used only within the tic
1467 + make _nc_capalias_table and _nc_infoalias_table private, accessed via
1468 _nc_get_alias_table() since they are used only by parse_entry.c
1469 + make _nc_key_names private since it is used only by lib_keyname.c
1470 + add --disable-big-strings configure option to control whether
1471 unctrl.c is generated using the big-string optimization - which may
1472 use strings longer than supported by a given compiler.
1473 + reduce relocation tables for tic, infocmp by changing type of
1474 internal hash tables to short, and make those private symbols.
1475 + eliminate large fixed arrays from progs/infocmp.c
1478 + change winnstr() to stop at the end of the line (cf: 970315).
1479 + add test/test_get_wstr.c
1480 + add test/test_getstr.c
1481 + add test/test_inwstr.c
1482 + add test/test_instr.c
1485 + restore a call to obtain screen-size in _nc_setupterm(), which
1486 is used in tput and other non-screen applications via setupterm()
1487 (Debian #433357, reported by Florent Bayle, Christian Ohm,
1491 + add test/savescreen.c test-program
1492 + add check to trace-file open, if the given name is a directory, add
1493 ".log" to the name and try again.
1494 + add konsole-256color entry -TD
1495 + add extra gcc warning options from xterm.
1496 + minor fixes for ncurses/hashmap test-program.
1497 + modify configure script to quiet c++ build with libtool when the
1498 --disable-echo option is used.
1499 + modify configure script to disable ada95 if libtool is selected,
1500 writing a warning message (addresses FreeBSD ports/114493).
1501 + update config.guess, config.sub
1504 + add continuous-move "M" to demo_panels to help test refresh changes.
1505 + improve fix for refresh of window on top of multi-column characters,
1506 taking into account some split characters on left/right window
1510 + add "widec" row to _tracedump() output to help diagnose remaining
1511 problems with multi-column characters.
1512 + partial fix for refresh of window on top of multi-column characters
1513 which are partly overwritten (report by Sadrul H Chowdhury).
1514 + ignore A_CHARTEXT bits in vidattr() and vid_attr(), in case
1515 multi-column extension bits are passed there.
1516 + add setlocale() call to demo_panels.c, needed for wide-characters.
1517 + add some output flags to _nc_trace_ttymode to help diagnose a bug
1518 report by Larry Virden, i.e., ONLCR, OCRNL, ONOCR and ONLRET,
1521 + add test/demo_panels.c
1522 + implement opaque version of setsyx() and getsyx().
1525 + corrected xterm+pcf2 terminfo modifiers for F1-F4, to match xterm
1527 + split-out key_name() from MKkeyname.awk since it now depends upon
1528 wunctrl() which is not in libtinfo (report by Rong-En Fan).
1531 + add test/key_name.c
1532 + add stdscr cases to test/inchs.c and test/inch_wide.c
1533 + update test/configure
1534 + correct formatting of DEL (0x7f) in _nc_vischar().
1535 + null-terminate result of wunctrl().
1536 + add null-pointer check in key_name() (report by Andreas Krennmair,
1540 + adapt mouse-handling code from menu library in form-library
1541 (discussion with Clive Nicolson).
1542 + add a modification of test/dots.c, i.e., test/dots_mvcur.c to
1543 illustrate how to use mvcur().
1544 + modify wide-character flavor of SetAttr() to preserve the
1545 WidecExt() value stored in the .attr field, e.g., in case it
1546 is overwritten by chgat (report by Aleksi Torhamo).
1547 + correct buffer-size for _nc_viswbuf2n() (report by Aleksi Torhamo).
1548 + build-fixes for Solaris 2.6 and 2.7 (patch by Peter O'Gorman).
1551 + modify keyname() to use "^X" form only if meta() has been called, or
1552 if keyname() is called without initializing curses, e.g., via
1553 initscr() or newterm() (prompted by LinuxBase #1604).
1554 + document some portability issues in man/curs_util.3x
1555 + add a shadow copy of TTY buffer to _nc_prescreen to fix applications
1556 broken by moving that data into SCREEN (cf: 20061230).
1559 + add 'O' (wide-character panel test) in ncurses.c to demonstrate a
1560 problem reported by Sadrul H Chowdhury with repainting parts of
1562 + modify slk_init() so that if there are preceding calls to
1563 ripoffline(), those affect the available lines for soft-keys (adapted
1564 from patch by Clive Nicolson).
1565 + document some portability issues in man/curs_getyx.3x
1568 + fix a bug in Ada95/samples/ncurses which caused a variable to
1569 become uninitialized in the "b" test.
1570 + fix Ada95/gen/Makefile.in adahtml rule to account for recent
1571 movement of files, fix a few incorrect manpage references in the
1573 + add Ada95 binding to _nc_freeall() as Curses_Free_All to help with
1575 + correct some functions in Ada95 binding which were using return value
1576 from C where none was returned: idcok(), immedok() and wtimeout().
1577 + amend recent changes for Ada95 binding to make it build with
1578 Cygwin's linker, e.g., with configure options
1579 --enable-broken-linker --with-ticlib
1582 + add a configure check for gcc's options for inlining, use that to
1583 quiet a warning message where gcc's default behavior changed from
1585 + improve warning message when checking if GPM is linked to curses
1586 library by not warning if its use of "wgetch" is via a weak symbol.
1587 + add loader options when building with static libraries to ensure that
1588 an installed shared library for ncurses does not conflict. This is
1589 reported as problem with Tru64, but could affect other platforms
1590 (report Martin Mokrejs, analysis by Tim Mooney).
1591 + fix build on cygwin after recent ticlib/termlib changes, i.e.,
1592 + adjust TINFO_SUFFIX value to work with cygwin's dll naming
1593 + revert a change from 20070303 which commented out dependency of
1594 SHLIB_LIST in form/menu/panel/c++ libraries.
1595 + fix initialization of ripoff stack pointer (cf: 20070421).
1598 + move most static variables into structures _nc_globals and
1599 _nc_prescreen, to simplify storage.
1600 + add/use configure script macro CF_SIG_ATOMIC_T, use the corresponding
1601 type for data manipulated by signal handlers (prompted by comments
1602 in mailing.openbsd.bugs newsgroup).
1603 + modify CF_WITH_LIBTOOL to allow one to pass options such as -static
1604 to the libtool create- and link-operations.
1607 + fix whitespace in curs_opaque.3x which caused a spurious ';' in
1608 the installed aliases (report by Peter Santoro).
1609 + fix configure script to not try to generate adacurses-config when
1610 Ada95 tree is not built.
1613 + add man/curs_legacy.3x, man/curs_opaque.3x
1614 + fix acs_map binding for Ada95 when --enable-reentrant is used.
1615 + add adacurses-config to the Ada95 install, based on version from
1616 FreeBSD port, in turn by Juergen Pfeifer in 2000 (prompted by
1617 comment on comp.lang.ada newsgroup).
1618 + fix includes in c++ binding to build with Intel compiler
1620 + update install rule in Ada95 to use mkdirs.sh
1621 > other fixes prompted by inspection for Coverity report:
1622 + modify ifdef's for c++ binding to use try/catch/throw statements
1623 + add a null-pointer check in tack/ansi.c request_cfss()
1624 + fix a memory leak in ncurses/base/wresize.c
1625 + corrected check for valid memu/meml capabilities in
1626 progs/dump_entry.c when handling V_HPUX case.
1627 > fixes based on Coverity report:
1628 + remove dead code in test/bs.c
1629 + remove dead code in test/demo_defkey.c
1630 + remove an unused assignment in progs/infocmp.c
1631 + fix a limit check in tack/ansi.c tools_charset()
1632 + fix tack/ansi.c tools_status() to perform the VT320/VT420
1633 tests in request_cfss(). The function had exited too soon.
1634 + fix a memory leak in tic.c's make_namelist()
1635 + fix a couple of places in tack/output.c which did not check for EOF.
1636 + fix a loop-condition in test/bs.c
1637 + add index checks in lib_color.c for color palettes
1638 + add index checks in progs/dump_entry.c for version_filter() handling
1640 + fix a possible null-pointer dereference in copywin()
1641 + fix a possible null-pointer dereference in waddchnstr()
1642 + add a null-pointer check in _nc_expand_try()
1643 + add a null-pointer check in tic.c's make_namelist()
1644 + add a null-pointer check in _nc_expand_try()
1645 + add null-pointer checks in test/cardfile.c
1646 + fix a double-free in ncurses/tinfo/trim_sgr0.c
1647 + fix a double-free in ncurses/base/wresize.c
1648 + add try/catch block to c++/cursesmain.cc
1651 + modify Ada95 binding to build with --enable-reentrant by wrapping
1652 global variables (bug: acs_map does not yet work).
1653 + modify Ada95 binding to use the new access-functions, allowing it
1654 to build/run when NCURSES_OPAQUE is set.
1655 + add access-functions and macros to return properties of the WINDOW
1656 structure, e.g., when NCURSES_OPAQUE is set.
1657 + improved install-sh's quoting.
1658 + use mkdirs.sh rather than mkinstalldirs, e.g., to use fixes from
1662 + eliminate part of the direct use of WINDOW data from Ada95 interface.
1663 + fix substitutions for termlib filename to make configure option
1664 --enable-reentrant work with --with-termlib.
1665 + change a constructor for NCursesWindow to allow compiling with
1666 NCURSES_OPAQUE set, since we cannot pass a reference to
1670 + ignore --with-chtype=unsigned since unsigned is always added to
1671 the type in curses.h; do the same for --with-mmask-t.
1672 + change warning regarding --enable-ext-colors and wide-character
1673 in the configure script to an error.
1674 + tweak error message in CF_WITH_LIBTOOL to distinguish other programs
1675 such as Darwin's libtool program (report by Michail Vidiassov)
1676 + modify edit_man.sh to allow for multiple substitutions per line.
1677 + set locale in misc/ncurses-config.in since it uses a range
1678 + change permissions libncurses++.a install (report by Michail
1680 + corrected length of temporary buffer in wide-character version
1681 of set_field_buffer() (related to report by Bryan Christ).
1684 + fix mk-1st.awk script install_shlib() function, broken in 20070224
1685 changes for cygwin (report by Michail Vidiassov).
1688 + increase size of array in _nc_visbuf2n() to make "tic -v" work
1689 properly in its similar_sgr() function (report/analysis by Peter
1691 + add --enable-reentrant configure option for ongoing changes to
1692 implement a reentrant version of ncurses:
1693 + libraries are suffixed with "t"
1694 + wrap several global variables (curscr, newscr, stdscr, ttytype,
1695 COLORS, COLOR_PAIRS, COLS, ESCDELAY, LINES and TABSIZE) as
1696 functions returning values stored in SCREEN or cur_term.
1697 + move some initialization (LINES, COLS) from lib_setup.c,
1698 i.e., setupterm() to _nc_setupscreen(), i.e., newterm().
1701 + regenerated html documentation.
1702 + add NCURSES_OPAQUE symbol to curses.h, will use to make structs
1703 opaque in selected configurations.
1704 + move the chunk in lib_acs.c which resets acs capabilities when
1705 running on a terminal whose locale interferes with those into
1706 _nc_setupscreen(), so the libtinfo/libtinfow files can be made
1707 identical (requested by Miroslav Lichvar).
1708 + do not use configure variable SHLIB_LIBS for building libraries
1709 outside the ncurses directory, since that symbol is customized
1710 only for that directory, and using it introduces an unneeded
1711 dependency on libdl (requested by Miroslav Lichvar).
1712 + modify mk-1st.awk so the generated makefile rules for linking or
1713 installing shared libraries do not first remove the library, in
1714 case it is in use, e.g., libncurses.so by /bin/sh (report by Jeff
1716 + revised section "Using NCURSES under XTERM" in ncurses-intro.html
1717 (prompted by newsgroup comment by Nick Guenther).
1720 + change internal return codes of _nc_wgetch() to check for cases
1721 where KEY_CODE_YES should be returned, e.g., if a KEY_RESIZE was
1722 ungetch'd, and read by wget_wch().
1723 + fix static-library build broken in 20070217 changes to remove "-ldl"
1724 (report by Miroslav Lichvar).
1725 + change makefile/scripts for cygwin to allow building termlib.
1726 + use Form_Hook in manpages to match form.h
1727 + use Menu_Hook in manpages, as well as a few places in menu.h
1728 + correct form- and menu-manpages to use specific Field_Options,
1729 Menu_Options and Item_Options types.
1730 + correct prototype for _tracechar() in manpage (cf: 20011229).
1731 + correct prototype for wunctrl() in manpage.
1734 + fixes for $(TICS_LIST) in ncurses/Makefile (report by Miroslav
1736 + modify relinking of shared libraries to apply only when rpath is
1737 enabled, and add --disable-relink option which can be used to
1738 disable the feature altogether (reports by Michail Vidiassov,
1740 + fix --with-termlib option for wide-character configuration, stripping
1741 the "w" suffix in one place (report by Miroslav Lichvar).
1742 + remove "-ldl" from some library lists to reduce dependencies in
1743 programs (report by Miroslav Lichvar).
1744 + correct description of --enable-signed-char in configure --help
1745 (report by Michail Vidiassov).
1746 + add pattern for GNU/kFreeBSD configuration to CF_XOPEN_SOURCE,
1747 which matches an earlier change to CF_SHARED_OPTS, from xterm #224
1749 + remove "${DESTDIR}" from -install_name option used for linking
1750 shared libraries on Darwin (report by Michail Vidiassov).
1753 + add test/inchs.c, test/inch_wide.c, to test win_wchnstr().
1754 + remove libdl from library list for termlib (report by Miroslav
1756 + fix configure.in to allow --without-progs --with-termlib (patch by
1758 + modify win_wchnstr() to ensure that only a base cell is returned
1759 for each multi-column character (prompted by report by Wei Kong
1760 regarding change in mvwin_wch() cf: 20041023).
1763 + modify fix_wchnstr() in form library to strip attributes (and color)
1764 from the cchar_t array (field cells) read from a field's window.
1765 Otherwise, when copying the field cells back to the window, the
1766 associated color overrides the field's background color (report by
1768 + improve tracing for form library, showing created forms, fields, etc.
1769 + ignore --enable-rpath configure option if --with-shared was omitted.
1770 + add _nc_leaks_tinfo(), _nc_free_tic(), _nc_free_tinfo() entrypoints
1771 to allow leak-checking when both tic- and tinfo-libraries are built.
1772 + drop CF_CPP_VSCAN_FUNC macro from configure script, since C++ binding
1773 no longer relies on it.
1774 + disallow combining configure script options --with-ticlib and
1775 --enable-termcap (report by Rong-En Fan).
1776 + remove tack from ncurses tree.
1779 + fix typo in configure script that broke --with-termlib option
1780 (report by Rong-En Fan).
1783 + improve fix for FreeBSD gnu/98975, to allow for null pointer passed
1784 to tgetent() (report by Rong-en Fan).
1785 + update tack/HISTORY and tack/README to tell how to build it after
1786 it is removed from the ncurses tree.
1787 + fix configure check for libtool's version to trim blank lines
1788 (report by sci-fi@hush.ai).
1789 + review/eliminate other original-file artifacts in cursesw.cc, making
1790 its license consistent with ncurses.
1791 + use ncurses vw_scanw() rather than reading into a fixed buffer in
1792 the c++ binding for scanw() methods (prompted by report by Nuno Dias).
1793 + eliminate fixed-buffer vsprintf() calls in c++ binding.
1796 + add _nc_leaks_tic() to separate leak-checking of tic library from
1797 term/ncurses libraries, and thereby eliminate a library dependency.
1798 + fix test/mk-test.awk to ignore blank lines.
1799 + correct paths in include/headers, for --srcdir (patch by Miroslav
1803 + add a break-statement in misc/shlib to ensure that it exits on the
1804 _first_ matched directory (report by Paul Novak).
1805 + add tack/configure, which can be used to build tack outside the
1807 + add --with-ticlib option, to build/install the tic-support functions
1808 in a separate library (suggested by Miroslav Lichvar).
1811 + change MKunctrl.awk to reduce relocation table for unctrl.o
1812 + change MKkeyname.awk to reduce relocation table for keyname.o
1813 (patch by Miroslav Lichvar).
1816 + modify configure check for libtool's version to trim blank lines
1817 (report by sci-fi@hush.ai).
1818 + modify some modules to allow them to be reentrant if _REENTRANT is
1819 defined: lib_baudrate.c, resizeterm.c (local data only)
1820 + eliminate static data from some modules: add_tries.c, hardscroll.c,
1821 lib_ttyflags.c, lib_twait.c
1822 + improve manpage install to add aliases for the transformed program
1823 names, e.g., from --program-prefix.
1824 + used linklint to verify links in the HTML documentation, made fixes
1825 to manpages as needed.
1826 + fix a typo in curs_mouse.3x (report by William McBrine).
1827 + fix install-rule for ncurses5-config to make the bin-directory.
1830 + modify configure script to omit the tic (terminfo compiler) support
1831 from ncurses library if --without-progs option is given.
1832 + modify install rule for ncurses5-config to do this via "install.libs"
1833 + modify shared-library rules to allow FreeBSD 3.x to use rpath.
1834 + update config.guess, config.sub
1836 20061217 5.6 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
1839 + add ifdef's for <wctype.h> for HPUX, which has the corresponding
1840 definitions in <wchar.h>.
1841 + revert the va_copy() change from 20061202, since it was neither
1842 correct nor portable.
1843 + add $(LOCAL_LIBS) definition to progs/Makefile.in, needed for
1845 + ignore wide-acs line-drawing characters that wcwidth() claims are
1846 not one-column. This is a workaround for Solaris' broken locale
1850 + modify configure --with-gpm option to allow it to accept a parameter,
1851 i.e., the name of the dynamic GPM library to load via dlopen()
1852 (requested by Bryan Henderson).
1853 + add configure option --with-valgrind, changes from vile.
1854 + modify configure script AC_TRY_RUN and AC_TRY_LINK checks to use
1855 'return' in preference to 'exit()'.
1858 + change default for --with-develop back to "no".
1859 + add XTABS to tracing of TTY bits.
1860 + updated autoconf patch to ifdef-out the misfeature which declares
1861 exit() for configure tests. This fixes a redefinition warning on
1863 + use ${CC} rather than ${LD} in shared library rules for IRIX64,
1864 Solaris to help ensure that initialization sections are provided for
1865 extra linkage requirements, e.g., of C++ applications (prompted by
1866 comment by Casper Dik in newsgroup).
1867 + rename "$target" in CF_MAN_PAGES to make it easier to distinguish
1868 from the autoconf predefined symbol. There was no conflict,
1869 since "$target" was used only in the generated edit_man.sh file,
1870 but SuSE's rpm package contains a patch.
1873 + update man/term.5 to reflect extended terminfo support and hashed
1874 database configuration.
1875 + updates for test/configure script.
1876 + adapted from SuSE rpm package:
1877 + remove long-obsolete workaround for broken-linker which declared
1879 + improve error recovery in PUTC() macro when wcrtomb() does not
1880 return usable results for an 8-bit character.
1881 + patches from rpm package (SuSE):
1882 + use va_copy() in extra varargs manipulation for tracing version
1884 + use a va_list rather than a null in _nc_freeall()'s call to
1885 _nc_printf_string().
1886 + add some see-also references in manpages to show related
1887 wide-character functions (suggested by Claus Fischer).
1890 + add a check in lib_color.c to ensure caller does not increase COLORS
1891 above max_colors, which is used as an array index (discussion with
1893 + add ifdef's allowing ncurses to be built with tparm() using either
1894 varargs (the existing status), or using a fixed-parameter list (to
1898 + fix redrawing of windows other than stdscr using wredrawln() by
1899 touching the corresponding rows in curscr (discussion with Dan
1902 + add test/echochar.c
1903 + review/cleanup manpage descriptions of error-returns for form- and
1904 menu-libraries (prompted by FreeBSD docs/46196).
1907 + add AUTHORS file -TD
1908 + omit the -D options from output of the new config script --cflags
1909 option (suggested by Ralf S Engelschall).
1910 + make NCURSES_INLINE unconditionally defined in curses.h
1913 + revert change to accommodate bash 3.2, since that breaks other
1914 platforms, e.g., Solaris.
1915 + minor fixes to NEWS file to simplify scripting to obtain list of
1917 + improve some shared-library configure scripting for Linux, FreeBSD
1918 and NetBSD to make "--with-shlib-version" work.
1919 + change configure-script rules for FreeBSD shared libraries to allow
1920 for rpath support in versions past 3.
1921 + use $(DESTDIR) in makefile rules for installing/uninstalling the
1922 package config script (reports/patches by Christian Wiese,
1923 Ralf S Engelschall).
1924 + fix a warning in the configure script for NetBSD 2.0, working around
1925 spurious blanks embedded in its ${MAKEFLAGS} symbol.
1926 + change test/Makefile to simplify installing test programs in a
1927 different directory when --enable-rpath is used.
1930 + work around bug in bash 3.2 by adding extra quotes (Jim Gifford).
1931 + add/install a package config script, e.g., "ncurses5-config" or
1932 "ncursesw5-config", according to configuration options.
1935 + add several GNU Screen terminfo variations with 16- and 256-colors,
1936 and status line (Alain Bench).
1937 + change the way shared libraries (other than libtool) are installed.
1938 Rather than copying the build-tree's libraries, link the shared
1939 objects into the install directory. This makes the --with-rpath
1940 option work except with $(DESTDIR) (cf: 20000930).
1943 + fix ifdef in c++/internal.h for QNX 6.1
1944 + test-compiled with (old) egcs-1.1.2, modified configure script to
1945 not unset the $CXX and related variables which would prevent this.
1946 + fix a few terminfo.src typos exposed by improvments to "-f" option.
1947 + improve infocmp/tic "-f" option formatting.
1950 + make --disable-largefile option work (report by Thomas M Ott).
1951 + updated html documentation.
1952 + add ka2, kb1, kb3, kc2 to vt220-keypad as an extension -TD
1953 + minor improvements to rxvt+pcfkeys -TD
1956 + move static data from lib_mouse.c into SCREEN struct.
1957 + improve ifdef's for _POSIX_VDISABLE in tset to work with Mac OS X
1958 (report by Michail Vidiassov).
1959 + modify CF_PATH_SYNTAX to ensure it uses the result from --prefix
1960 option (from lynx changes) -TD
1961 + adapt AC_PROG_EGREP check, noting that this is likely to be another
1962 place aggravated by POSIXLY_CORRECT.
1963 + modify configure check for awk to ensure that it is found (prompted
1964 by report by Christopher Parker).
1968 + add kon, kon2 and jfbterm terminfo entry (request by Till Maas) -TD
1969 + remove invis capability from klone+sgr, mainly used by linux entry,
1970 since it does not really do this -TD
1973 + correct logic in wadd_wch() and wecho_wch(), which did not guard
1974 against passing the multi-column attribute into a call on waddch(),
1975 e.g., using data returned by win_wch() (cf: 20041023)
1976 (report by Sadrul H Chowdhury).
1979 + fix kterm's acsc string -TD
1980 + fix for change to tic/infocmp in 20060819 to ensure no blank is
1981 embedded into a termcap description.
1982 + workaround for 20050806 ifdef's change to allow visbuf.c to compile
1983 when using --with-termlib --with-trace options.
1984 + improve tgetstr() by making the return value point into the user's
1985 buffer, if provided (patch by Miroslav Lichvar (see Redhat Bugzilla
1987 + correct libraries needed for foldkeys (report by Stanislav Ievlev)
1990 + add terminfo entries for xfce terminal (xfce) and multi gnome
1992 + add test/foldkeys.c
1995 + modify tic and infocmp to avoid writing trailing blanks on terminfo
1996 source output (Debian #378783).
1997 + modify configure script to ensure that if the C compiler is used
1998 rather than the loader in making shared libraries, the $(CFLAGS)
1999 variable is also used (Redhat Bugzilla #199369).
2000 + port hashed-db code to db2 and db3.
2001 + fix a bug in tgetent() from 20060625 and 20060715 changes
2002 (patch/analysis by Miroslav Lichvar (see Redhat Bugzilla #202480)).
2005 + updated xterm function-keys terminfo to match xterm #216 -TD
2006 + add configure --with-hashed-db option (tested only with FreeBSD 6.0,
2007 e.g., the db 1.8.5 interface).
2010 + modify toe to access termcap data, e.g., via cgetent() functions,
2011 or as a text file if those are not available.
2012 + use _nc_basename() in tset to improve $SHELL check for csh/sh.
2013 + modify _nc_read_entry() and _nc_read_termcap_entry() so infocmp,
2014 can access termcap data when the terminfo database is disabled.
2017 + widen the test for xterm kmous a little to allow for other strings
2018 than \E[M, e.g., for xterm-sco functionality in xterm.
2019 + update xterm-related terminfo entries to match xterm patch #216 -TD
2020 + update config.guess, config.sub
2023 + fix for install-rule in Ada95 to add terminal_interface.ads
2024 and terminal_interface.ali (anonymous posting in comp.lang.ada).
2025 + correction to manpage for getcchar() (report by William McBrine).
2027 + modify wchgat() to mark updated cells as changed so a refresh will
2028 repaint those cells (comments by Sadrul H Chowdhury and William
2030 + split up dependency of names.c and codes.c in ncurses/Makefile to
2031 work with parallel make (report/analysis by Joseph S Myers).
2032 + suppress a warning message (which is ignored) for systems without
2033 an ldconfig program (patch by Justin Hibbits).
2034 + modify configure script --disable-symlinks option to allow one to
2035 disable symlink() in tic even when link() does not work (report by
2037 + modify MKfallback.sh to use tic -x when constructing fallback tables
2038 to allow extended capabilities to be retrieved from a fallback entry.
2039 + improve leak-checking logic in tgetent() from 20060625 to ensure that
2040 it does not free the current screen (report by Miroslav Lichvar).
2043 + add a check for _POSIX_VDISABLE in tset (NetBSD #33916).
2044 + correct _nc_free_entries() and related functions used for memory leak
2048 + revert a minor change for magic-cookie support from 20060513, which
2049 caused unexpected reset of attributes, e.g., when resizing test/view
2051 + note in clear manpage that the program ignores command-line
2052 parameters (prompted by Debian #371855).
2053 + fixes to make lib_gen.c build properly with changes to the configure
2054 --disable-macros option and NCURSES_NOMACROS (cf: 20060527)
2055 + update/correct several terminfo entries -TD
2056 + add some notes regarding copyright to terminfo.src -TD
2059 + fixes to build Ada95 binding with gnat-4.1.0
2060 + modify read_termtype() so the term_names data is always allocated as
2061 part of the str_table, a better fix for a memory leak (cf: 20030809).
2062 + reduce memory leaks in repeated calls to tgetent() by remembering the
2063 last TERMINAL* value allocated to hold the corresponding data and
2064 freeing that if the tgetent() result buffer is the same as the
2065 previous call (report by "Matt" for FreeBSD gnu/98975).
2066 + modify tack to test extended capability function-key strings.
2067 + improved gnome terminfo entry (GenToo #122566).
2068 + improved xterm-256color terminfo entry (patch by Alain Bench).
2071 + fix two small memory leaks related to repeated tgetent() calls
2072 with TERM=screen (report by "Matt" for FreeBSD gnu/98975).
2073 + add --enable-signed-char to simplify Debian package.
2074 + reduce name-pollution in term.h by removing #define's for HAVE_xxx
2076 + correct typo in curs_terminfo.3x (Debian #369168).
2079 + enable the mouse in test/movewindow.c
2080 + improve a limit-check in frm_def.c (John Heasley).
2081 + minor copyright fixes.
2082 + change configure script to produce test/Makefile from data file.
2085 + add a configure option --enable-wgetch-events to enable
2086 NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS, and correct the associated loop-logic in
2087 lib_twait.c (report by Bernd Jendrissek).
2088 + remove include/nomacros.h from build, since the ifdef for
2089 NCURSES_NOMACROS makes that obsolete.
2090 + add entrypoints for some functions which were only provided as macros
2091 to make NCURSES_NOMACROS ifdef work properly: getcurx(), getcury(),
2092 getbegx(), getbegy(), getmaxx(), getmaxy(), getparx() and getpary(),
2094 + provide ifdef for NCURSES_NOMACROS which suppresses most macro
2095 definitions from curses.h, i.e., where a macro is defined to override
2096 a function to improve performance. Allowing a developer to suppress
2097 these definitions can simplify some application (discussion with
2099 + improve description of memu/meml in terminfo manpage.
2102 + if msgr is false, reset video attributes when doing an automargin
2103 wrap to the next line. This makes the ncurses 'k' test work properly
2105 + correct caching of keyname(), which was using only half of its table.
2106 + minor fixes to memory-leak checking.
2107 + make SCREEN._acs_map and SCREEN._screen_acs_map pointers rather than
2108 arrays, making ACS_LEN less visible to applications (suggested by
2110 + move chunk in SCREEN ifdef'd for USE_WIDEC_SUPPORT to the end, so
2111 _screen_acs_map will have the same offset in both ncurses/ncursesw,
2112 making the corresponding tinfo/tinfow libraries binary-compatible
2113 (cf: 20041016, report by Stanislav Ievlev).
2116 + improve debug-tracing for EmitRange().
2117 + change default for --with-develop to "yes". Add NCURSES_NO_HARD_TABS
2118 and NCURSES_NO_MAGIC_COOKIE environment variables to allow runtime
2119 suppression of the related hard-tabs and xmc-glitch features.
2120 + add ncurses version number to top-level manpages, e.g., ncurses, tic,
2121 infocmp, terminfo as well as form, menu, panel.
2122 + update config.guess, config.sub
2123 + modify ncurses.c to work around a bug in NetBSD 3.0 curses
2124 (field_buffer returning null for a valid field). The 'r' test
2125 appears to not work with that configuration since the new_fieldtype()
2126 function is broken in that implementation.
2129 + add hpterm-color terminfo entry -TD
2130 + fixes to compile test-programs with HPUX 11.23
2133 + add copyright notices to files other than those that are generated,
2134 data or adapted from pdcurses (reports by William McBrine, David
2136 + improve rendering on hpterm by not resetting attributes at the end
2137 of doupdate() if the terminal has the magic-cookie feature (report
2139 + add 256color variants of terminfo entries for programs which are
2140 reported to implement this feature -TD
2143 + fix typo in change to NewChar() macro from 20060311 changes, which
2144 broke tab-expansion (report by Frederic L W Meunier).
2147 + document -U option of tic and infocmp.
2148 + modify tic/infocmp to suppress smacs/rmacs when acsc is suppressed
2149 due to size limit, e.g., converting to termcap format. Also
2150 suppress them if the output format does not contain acsc and it
2151 was not VT100-like, i.e., a one-one mapping (Novell #163715).
2152 + add configure check to ensure that SIGWINCH is defined on platforms
2153 such as OS X which exclude that when _XOPEN_SOURCE, etc., are
2154 defined (report by Nicholas Cole)
2157 + modify write_object() to not write coincidental extensions of an
2158 entry made due to it being referenced in a use= clause (report by
2160 + another fix for infocmp -i option, which did not ensure that some
2161 escape sequences had comparable prefixes (report by Alain Bench).
2164 + improve discussion of init/reset in terminfo and tput manpages
2165 (report by Alain Bench).
2166 + use is3 string for a fallback of rs3 in the reset program; it was
2167 using is2 (report by Alain Bench).
2168 + correct logic for infocmp -i option, which did not account for
2169 multiple digits in a parameter (cf: 20040828) (report by Alain
2171 + move _nc_handle_sigwinch() to lib_setup.c to make --with-termlib
2172 option work after 20060114 changes (report by Arkadiusz Miskiewicz).
2173 + add copyright notices to test-programs as needed (report by William
2177 + modify ncurses.c 'F' test to combine the wide-characters with color
2178 and/or video attributes.
2179 + modify test/ncurses to use CTL/Q or ESC consistently for exiting
2180 a test-screen (some commands used 'x' or 'q').
2183 + fix an off-by-one in the scrolling-region change (cf_ 20060311).
2186 + add checks in waddchnstr() and wadd_wchnstr() to stop copying when
2187 a null character is found (report by Igor Bogomazov).
2188 + modify progs/Makefile.in to make "tput init" work properly with
2189 cygwin, i.e., do not pass a ".exe" in the reference string used
2190 in check_aliases (report by Samuel Thibault).
2191 + add some checks to ensure current position is within scrolling
2192 region before scrolling on a new line (report by Dan Gookin).
2193 + change some NewChar() usage to static variables to work around
2194 stack garbage introduced when cchar_t is not packed (Redhat #182024).
2197 + workarounds to build test/movewindow with PDcurses 2.7.
2198 + fix for nsterm-16color entry (patch by Alain Bench).
2199 + correct a typo in infocmp manpage (Debian #354281).
2202 + add nsterm-16color entry -TD
2203 + updated mlterm terminfo entry -TD
2204 + remove 970913 feature for copying subwindows as they are moved in
2205 mvwin() (discussion with Bryan Christ).
2206 + modify test/demo_menus.c to demonstrate moving a menu (both the
2207 window and subwindow) using shifted cursor-keys.
2208 + start implementing recursive mvwin() in movewindow.c (incomplete).
2209 + add a fallback definition for GCC_PRINTFLIKE() in test.priv.h,
2210 for movewindow.c (report by William McBrine).
2211 + add help-message to test/movewindow.c
2214 + add test/movewindow.c, to test mvderwin().
2215 + fix ncurses soft-key test so color changes are shown immediately
2216 rather than delayed.
2217 + modify ncurses soft-key test to hide the keys when exiting the test
2219 + fixes to build test programs with PDCurses 2.7, e.g., its headers
2220 rely on autoconf symbols, and it declares stubs for nonfunctional
2221 terminfo and termcap entrypoints.
2224 + improved test/configure to build test/ncurses on HPUX 11 using the
2226 + documented ALTERNATE CONFIGURATIONS in the ncurses manpage, for the
2227 benefit of developers who do not read INSTALL.
2230 + correct form library Window_To_Buffer() change (cf: 20040516), which
2231 should ignore the video attributes (report by Ricardo Cantu).
2234 + minor fixes to xmc-glitch experimental code:
2235 + suppress line-drawing
2236 + implement max_attributes
2238 + minor fixes for the database iterator.
2239 + fix some buffer limits in c++ demo (comment by Falk Hueffner in
2243 + add toe -a option, to show all databases. This uses new private
2244 interfaces in the ncurses library for iterating through the list of
2246 + fix toe from 20000909 changes which made it not look at
2248 + make toe's -v option parameter optional as per manpage.
2249 + improve SIGWINCH handling by postponing its effect during newterm(),
2250 etc., when allocating screens.
2253 + modify wgetnstr() to return KEY_RESIZE if a sigwinch occurs. Use
2254 this in test/filter.c
2255 + fix an error in filter() modification which caused some applications
2259 + check if filter() was called when getting the screensize. Keep it
2260 at 1 if so (based on Redhat #174498).
2261 + add extension nofilter().
2262 + refined the workaround for ACS mapping.
2263 + make ifdef's consistent in curses.h for the extended colors so the
2264 header file can be used for the normal curses library. The header
2265 file installed for extended colors is a variation of the
2266 wide-character configuration (report by Frederic L W Meunier).
2269 + add a workaround to ACS mapping to allow applications such as
2270 test/blue.c to use the "PC ROM" characters by masking them with
2271 A_ALTCHARSET. This worked up til 5.5, but was lost in the revision
2272 of legacy coding (report by Michael Deutschmann).
2273 + add a null-pointer check in the wide-character version of
2274 calculate_actual_width() (report by Victor Julien).
2275 + improve test/ncurses 'd' (color-edit) test by allowing the RGB
2276 values to be set independently (patch by William McBrine).
2277 + modify test/configure script to allow building test programs with
2279 + modified test programs to allow some to work with NetBSD curses.
2280 Several do not because NetBSD curses implements a subset of X/Open
2281 curses, and also lacks much of SVr4 additions. But it's enough for
2283 + update config.guess and config.sub
2286 + use BSD-specific fix for return-value from cgetent() from CVS where
2287 an unknown terminal type would be reportd as "database not found".
2288 + make tgetent() return code more readable using new symbols
2290 + remove references to non-existent "tctest" program.
2291 + remove TESTPROGS from progs/Makefile.in (it was referring to code
2292 that was never built in that directory).
2293 + typos in curs_addchstr.3x, some doc files (noticed in OpenBSD CVS).
2296 + add use_legacy_coding() function to support lynx's font-switching
2298 + fix formatting in curs_termcap.3x (report by Mike Frysinger).
2299 + modify MKlib_gen.sh to change preprocessor-expanded _Bool back to
2303 + extend test/ncurses.c 's' (overlay window) test to exercise overlay(),
2304 overwrite() and copywin() with different combinations of colors and
2305 attributes (including background color) to make it easy to see the
2306 effect of the different functions.
2307 + corrections to menu/m_global.c for wide-characters (report by
2311 + add configure option --without-dlsym, allowing developers to
2312 configure GPM support without using dlsym() (discussion with Michael
2314 + fix wins_nwstr(), which did not handle single-column non-8bit codes
2318 + move prototypes for wide-character trace functions from curses.tail
2319 to curses.wide to avoid accidental reference to those if
2320 _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED is defined without ensuring that <wchar.h> is
2322 + add/use NCURSES_INLINE definition.
2323 + change some internal functions to use int/unsigned rather than the
2327 + remove a redundant check in lib_color.c (Debian #335655).
2328 + use ld's -search_paths_first option on Darwin to work around odd
2329 search rules on that platform (report by Christian Gennerat, analysis
2331 + remove special case for Darwin in CF_XOPEN_SOURCE configure macro.
2332 + ignore EINTR in tcgetattr/tcsetattr calls (Debian #339518).
2333 + fix several bugs in test/bs.c (patch by Stephen Lindholm).
2336 + other minor fixes to cygwin based on tack -TD
2337 + correct smacs in cygwin (Debian #338234, report by Baurzhan
2338 Ismagulov, who noted that it was fixed in Cygwin).
2341 + add shifted up/down arrow codes to xterm-new as kind/kri strings -TD
2342 + modify wbkgrnd() to avoid clearing the A_CHARTEXT attribute bits
2343 since those record the state of multicolumn characters (Debian
2345 + modify werase to clear multicolumn characters that extend into
2346 a derived window (Debian #316663).
2349 + move assignment from environment variable ESCDELAY from initscr()
2350 down to newterm() so the environment variable affects timeouts for
2351 terminals opened with newterm() as well.
2352 + fix a memory leak in keyname().
2353 + add test/demo_altkeys.c
2354 + modify test/demo_defkey.c to exit from loop via 'q' to allow
2355 leak-checking, as well as fix a buffer size in winnstr() call.
2358 + correct order of use-clauses in rxvt-basic entry which made codes for
2359 f1-f4 vt100-style rather than vt220-style (report by Gabor Z Papp).
2360 + suppress configure check for gnatmake if Ada95/Makefile.in is not
2362 + correct a typo in configure --with-bool option for the case where
2363 --without-cxx is used (report by Daniel Jacobowitz).
2364 + add a note to INSTALL's discussion of --with-normal, pointing out
2365 that one may wish to use --without-gpm to ensure a completely
2366 static link (prompted by report by Felix von Leitner).
2368 20051010 5.5 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
2371 + document in demo_forms.c some portability issues.
2374 + document side-effect of werase() which sets the cursor position.
2375 + save/restore the current position in form field editing to make
2379 + correct header dependencies in progs, allowing parallel make (report
2380 by Daniel Jacobowitz).
2381 + modify CF_BUILD_CC to ensure that pre-setting $BUILD_CC overrides
2382 the configure check for --with-build-cc (report by Daniel Jacobowitz).
2383 + modify CF_CFG_DEFAULTS to not use /usr as the default prefix for
2385 + update config.guess and config.sub from
2386 http://subversions.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/config/config/
2389 + modify sed expression which computes path for /usr/lib/terminfo
2390 symbolic link in install to ensure that it does not change unexpected
2391 levels of the path (Gentoo #42336).
2392 + modify default for --disable-lp64 configure option to reduce impact
2393 on existing 64-bit builds. Enabling the _LP64 option may change the
2394 size of chtype and mmask_t. However, for ABI 6, it is enabled by
2395 default (report by Mike Frysinger).
2396 + add configure script check for --enable-ext-mouse, bump ABI to 6 by
2397 default if it is used.
2398 + improve configure script logic for bumping ABI to omit this if the
2399 --with-abi-version option was used.
2400 + update address for Free Software Foundation in tack's source.
2401 + correct wins_wch(), which was not marking the filler-cells of
2402 multi-column characters (cf: 20041023).
2405 + modify mouse initialization to ensure that Gpm_Open() is called only
2406 once. Otherwise GPM gets confused in its initialization of signal
2407 handlers (Debian #326709).
2410 + modify logic for backspacing in a multiline form field to ensure that
2411 it works even when the preceding line is full (report by Frank van
2413 + remove comment about BUGS section of ncurses manpage (Debian #325481)
2416 + document some workarounds for shared and libtool library
2417 configurations in INSTALL (see --with-shared and --with-libtool).
2418 + modify CF_GCC_VERSION and CF_GXX_VERSION macros to accommodate
2419 cross-compilers which emit the platform name in their version
2421 arm-sa1100-linux-gnu-g++ (GCC) 4.0.1
2422 (report by Frank van Vugt).
2425 + start updating documentation for upcoming 5.5 release.
2426 + fix to make libtool and libtinfo work together again (cf: 20050122).
2427 + fixes to allow building traces into libtinfo
2428 + add debug trace to tic that shows if/how ncurses will write to the
2429 lower corner of a terminal's screen.
2430 + update llib-l* files.
2433 + modify initializers in c++ binding to build with old versions of g++.
2434 + improve special case for 20050115 repainting fix, ensuring that if
2435 the first changed cell is not a character that the range to be
2436 repainted is adjusted to start at a character's beginning (Debian
2440 + fixes to build on QNX 6.1
2441 + improve configure script checks for Intel 9.0 compiler.
2442 + remove #include's for libc.h (obsolete).
2443 + adjust ifdef's in curses.priv.h so that when cross-compiling to
2444 produce comp_hash and make_keys, no dependency on wchar.h is needed.
2445 That simplifies the build-cppflags (report by Frank van Vugt).
2446 + move modules related to key-binding into libtinfo to fix linkage
2447 problem caused by 20050430 changes to MKkeyname.sh (report by
2448 Konstantin Andreev).
2451 + updates/fixes for configure script macros from vile -TD
2452 + make prism9's sgr string agree with the rest of the terminfo -TD
2453 + make vt220's sgr0 string consistent with sgr string, do this for
2454 several related cases -TD
2455 + improve translation to termcap by filtering the 'me' (sgr0) strings
2456 as in the runtime call to tgetent() (prompted by a discussion with
2458 + improve tic check for sgr0 versus sgr(0), to help ensure that sgr0
2459 resets line-drawing.
2462 + fix special cases for trimming sgr0 for hurd and vt220 (Debian
2464 + split-out _nc_trim_sgr0() from modifications made to tgetent(), to
2465 allow it to be used by tic to provide information about the runtime
2466 changes that would be made to sgr0 for termcap applications.
2467 + modify make_sed.sh to make the group-name in the NAME section of
2468 form/menu library manpage agree with the TITLE string when renaming
2469 is done for Debian (Debian #78866).
2472 + modify parameter type in c++ binding for insch() and mvwinsch() to
2473 be consistent with underlying ncurses library (was char, is chtype).
2474 + modify treatment of Intel compiler to allow _GNU_SOURCE to be defined
2476 + improve configure check for nanosleep(), checking that it works since
2477 some older systems such as AIX 4.3 have a nonworking version.
2480 + update config.guess and config.sub from
2481 http://subversions.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/config/config/
2482 + modify misc/shlib to work in test-directory.
2483 + suppress $suffix in misc/run_tic.sh when cross-compiling. This
2484 allows cross-compiles to use the host's tic program to handle the
2485 "make install.data" step.
2486 + improve description of $LINES and $COLUMNS variables in manpages
2487 (prompted by report by Dave Ulrick).
2488 + improve description of cross-compiling in INSTALL
2489 + add NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO.html by Pradeep Padala
2490 (see http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO/).
2491 + modify configure script to obtain soname for GPM library (discussion
2492 with Daniel Jacobowitz).
2493 + modify configure script so that --with-chtype option will still
2494 compute the unsigned literals suffix for constants in curses.h
2495 (report by Daniel Jacobowitz:
2496 + patches from Daniel Jacobowitz:
2497 + the man_db.renames entry for tack.1 was backwards.
2498 + tack.1 had some 1m's that should have been 1M's.
2499 + the section for curs_inwstr.3 was wrong.
2502 + correction to --with-chtype option (report by Daniel Jacobowitz).
2505 + move build-time edit_man.sh and edit_man.sed scripts to top directory
2506 to simplify reusing them for renaming tack's manpage (prompted by a
2507 review of Debian package).
2508 + revert minor optimization from 20041030 (Debian #313609).
2509 + libtool-specific fixes, tested with libtool 1.4.3, 1.5.0, 1.5.6,
2510 1.5.10 and 1.5.18 (all work except as noted previously for the c++
2511 install using libtool 1.5.0):
2512 + modify the clean-rule in c++/Makefile.in to work with IRIX64 make
2514 + use $(LIBTOOL_UNINSTALL) symbol, overlooked in 20030830
2515 + add configure options --with-chtype and --with-mmask-t, to allow
2516 overriding of the non-LP64 model's use of the corresponding types.
2517 + revise test for size of chtype (and mmask_t), which always returned
2518 "long" due to an uninitialized variable (report by Daniel Jacobowitz).
2521 + change _tracef's that used "%p" format for va_list values to ignore
2522 that, since on some platforms those are not pointers.
2523 + fixes for long-formats in printf's due to largefile support.
2526 + fixes for termcap support:
2527 + reset pointer to _nc_curr_token.tk_name when the input stream is
2528 closed, which could point to free memory (cf: 20030215).
2529 + delink TERMTYPE data which is used by the termcap reader, so that
2530 extended names data will be freed consistently.
2531 + free pointer to TERMTYPE data in _nc_free_termtype() rather than
2533 + add some entrypoints for freeing permanently allocated data via
2534 _nc_freeall() when NO_LEAKS is defined.
2535 + amend 20041030 change to _nc_do_color to ensure that optimization is
2536 applied only when the terminal supports back_color_erase (bce).
2539 + add sun-color terminfo entry -TD
2540 + correct a missing assignment in c++ binding's method
2541 NCursesPanel::UserPointer() from 20050409 changes.
2542 + improve configure check for large-files, adding check for dirent64
2544 + minor change to configure script to improve linker options for the
2548 + document error conditions for ncurses library functions (report by
2550 + regenerated html documentation for ada binding.
2551 see ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/patches/gnathtml
2554 + regenerated html documentation for manpages.
2555 + add $(BUILD_EXEEXT) suffix to invocation of make_keys in
2556 ncurses/Makefile (Gentoo #89772).
2557 + modify c++/demo.cc to build with g++ -fno-implicit-templates option
2558 (patch by Mike Frysinger).
2559 + modify tic to filter out long extended names when translating to
2560 termcap format. Only two characters are permissible for termcap
2564 + modify terminfo entries xterm-new and rxvt to add strings for
2565 shift-, control-cursor keys.
2566 + workaround to allow c++ binding to compile with g++ 2.95.3, which
2567 has a broken implementation of static_cast<> (patch by Jeff Chua).
2568 + modify initialization of key lookup table so that if an extended
2569 capability (tic -x) string is defined, and its name begins with 'k',
2570 it will automatically be treated as a key.
2571 + modify test/keynames.c to allow for the possibility of extended
2572 key names, e.g., via define_key(), or via "tic -x".
2573 + add test/demo_termcap.c to show the contents of given entry via the
2577 + minor fixes for vt100/vt52 entries -TD
2578 + add configure option --enable-largefile
2579 + corrected libraries used to build Ada95/gen/gen, found in testing
2583 + update config.guess, config.sub
2584 + modify configure script check for _XOPEN_SOURCE, disable that on
2585 Darwin whose header files have problems (patch by Chris Zubrzycki).
2586 + modify form library Is_Printable_String() to use iswprint() rather
2587 than wcwidth() for determining if a character is printable. The
2588 latter caused it to reject menu items containing non-spacing
2590 + modify ncurses test program's F-test to handle non-spacing characters
2591 by combining them with a reverse-video blank.
2592 + review/fix several gcc -Wconversion warnings.
2595 + correct an off-by-one error in m_driver() for mouse-clicks used to
2596 position the mouse to a particular item.
2597 + implement test/demo_menus.c
2598 + add some checks in lib_mouse to ensure SP is set.
2599 + modify C++ binding to make 20050403 changes work with the configure
2600 --enable-const option.
2603 + modify start_color() to return ERR if it cannot allocate memory.
2604 + address g++ compiler warnings in C++ binding by adding explicit
2605 member initialization, assignment operators and copy constructors.
2606 Most of the changes simply preserve the existing semantics of the
2607 binding, which can leak memory, etc., but by making these features
2608 visible, it provides a framework for improving the binding.
2609 + improve C++ binding using static_cast, etc.
2610 + modify configure script --enable-warnings to add options to g++ to
2611 correspond to the gcc --enable-warnings.
2612 + modify C++ binding to use some C internal functions to make it
2613 compile properly on Solaris (and other platforms).
2616 + amend change from 20050320 to limit it to configurations with a
2618 + fix a bug introduced in 20050320 which broke the translation of
2619 nonprinting characters to uparrow form (report by Takahashi Tamotsu).
2622 + add ifdef's for _LP64 in curses.h to avoid using wasteful 64-bits for
2623 chtype and mmask_t, but add configure option --disable-lp64 in case
2624 anyone used that configuration.
2625 + update misc/shlib script to account for Mac OS X (report by Michail
2627 + correct comparison for wrapping multibyte characters in
2628 waddch_literal() (report by Takahashi Tamotsu).
2631 + add -c and -w options to tset to allow user to suppress ncurses'
2632 resizing of the terminal emulator window in the special case where it
2633 is not able to detect the true size (report by Win Delvaux, Debian
2635 + modify waddch_nosync() to account for locale zn_CH.GBK, which uses
2636 codes 128-159 as part of multibyte characters (report by Wang
2637 WenRui, Debian #300512).
2640 + modify ncurses.c 'd' test to make it work with 88-color
2641 configuration, i.e., by implementing scrolling.
2642 + improve scrolling in ncurses.c 'c' and 'C' tests, e.g., for 88-color
2646 + change tracemunch to use strict checking.
2647 + modify ncurses.c 'p' test to test line-drawing within a pad.
2648 + implement environment variable NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS to support
2649 miscellaneous terminal emulators which ignore alternate character
2650 set escape sequences when in UTF-8 mode.
2653 + change NCursesWindow::err_handler() to a virtual function (request by
2655 + modify fty_int.c and fty_num.c to handle wide characters (report by
2657 + adapt fix for fty_alpha.c to fty_alnum.c, which also handled normal
2658 and wide characters inconsistently (report by Wolfgang Gutjahr).
2659 + update llib-* files to reflect internal interface additions/changes.
2662 + improve test/configure script, adding tests for _XOPEN_SOURCE, etc.,
2664 + add aixterm-16color terminfo entry -TD
2665 + modified xterm-new terminfo entry to work with tgetent() changes -TD
2666 + extended changes in tgetent() from 20040710 to allow the substring of
2667 sgr0 which matches rmacs to be at the beginning of the sgr0 string
2668 (request by Thomas Wolff). Wolff says the visual effect in
2669 combination with pre-20040710 ncurses is improved.
2670 + fix off-by-one in winnstr() call which caused form field validation
2671 of multibyte characters to ignore the last character in a field.
2672 + correct logic in winsch() for inserting multibyte strings; the code
2673 would clear cells after the insertion rather than push them to the
2674 right (cf: 20040228).
2675 + fix an inconsistency in Check_Alpha_Field() between normal and wide
2676 character logic (report by Wolfgang Gutjahr).
2679 + fix a bug in editing wide-characters in form library: deleting a
2680 nonwide character modified the previous wide-character.
2681 + update manpage to describe NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION 2.
2682 + correct manpage description of mouseinterval() (Debian #280687).
2683 + add a note to default_colors.3x explaining why this extension was
2684 added (Debian #295083).
2685 + add traces to panel library.
2688 + improve editing of wide-characters in form library: left/right
2689 cursor movement, and single-character deletions work properly.
2690 + disable GPM mouse support when $TERM happens to be prefixed with
2691 "xterm". Gpm_Open() would otherwise assert that it can deal with
2692 mouse events in this case.
2693 + modify GPM mouse support so it closes the server connection when
2694 the caller disables the mouse (report by Stanislav Ievlev).
2697 + add traces for callback functions in form library.
2698 + add experimental configure option --enable-ext-mouse, which defines
2699 NCURSES_MOUSE_VERSION 2, and modifies the encoding of mouse events to
2700 support wheel mice, which may transmit buttons 4 and 5. This works
2701 with xterm and similar X terminal emulators (prompted by question by
2702 Andreas Henningsson, this is also related to Debian #230990).
2703 + improve configure macros CF_XOPEN_SOURCE and CF_POSIX_C_SOURCE to
2704 avoid redefinition warnings on cygwin.
2707 + merge remaining development changes for extended colors (mostly
2708 complete, does not appear to break other configurations).
2709 + add xterm-88color.dat (part of extended colors testing).
2710 + improve _tracedump() handling of color pairs past 96.
2711 + modify return-value from start_color() to return OK if colors have
2712 already been started.
2713 + modify curs_color.3x list error conditions for init_pair(),
2714 pair_content() and color_content().
2715 + modify pair_content() to return -1 for consistency with init_pair()
2716 if it corresponds to the default-color.
2717 + change internal representation of default-color to allow application
2718 to use color number 255. This does not affect the total number of
2719 color pairs which are allowed.
2720 + add a top-level tags rule.
2723 + add a null-pointer check in wgetch() in case it is called without
2724 first calling initscr().
2725 + add some null-pointer checks for SP, which is not set by libtinfo.
2726 + modify misc/shlib to ensure that absolute pathnames are used.
2727 + modify test/Makefile.in, etc., to link test programs only against the
2728 libraries needed, e.g., omit form/menu/panel library for the ones
2729 that are curses-specific.
2730 + change SP->_current_attr to a pointer, adjust ifdef's to ensure that
2731 libtinfo.so and libtinfow.so have the same ABI. The reason for this
2732 is that the corresponding data which belongs to the upper-level
2733 ncurses library has a different size in each model (report by
2737 + minor fixes to allow test-compiles with g++.
2738 + correct column value shown in tic's warnings, which did not account
2739 for leading whitespace.
2740 + add a check in _nc_trans_string() for improperly ended strings, i.e.,
2741 where a following line begins in column 1.
2742 + modify _nc_save_str() to return a null pointer on buffer overflow.
2743 + improve repainting while scrolling wide-character data (Eungkyu Song).
2746 + merge some development changes to extend color capabilities.
2749 + merge some development changes to extend color capabilities.
2750 + fix manpage typo (FreeBSD report docs/75544).
2751 + update config.guess, config.sub
2752 > patches for configure script (Albert Chin-A-Young):
2753 + improved fix to make mbstate_t recognized on HPUX 11i (cf:
2754 20030705), making vsscanf() prototype visible on IRIX64. Tested for
2755 on HP-UX 11i, Solaris 7, 8, 9, AIX 4.3.3, 5.2, Tru64 UNIX 4.0D, 5.1,
2756 IRIX64 6.5, Redhat Linux 7.1, 9, and RHEL 2.1, 3.0.
2757 + print the result of the --disable-home-terminfo option.
2758 + use -rpath when compiling with SGI C compiler.
2761 + add trace calls to remaining public functions in form and menu
2763 + fix check for numeric digits in test/ncurses.c 'b' and 'B' tests.
2764 + fix typo in test/ncurses.c 'c' test from 20041218.
2767 + revise test/ncurses.c 'c' color test to improve use for xterm-88color
2768 and xterm-256color, added 'C' test using the wide-character color_set
2769 and attr_set functions.
2772 + modify configure script to work with Intel compiler.
2773 + fix an limit-check in wadd_wchnstr() which caused labels in the
2774 forms-demo to be one character short.
2775 + fix typo in curs_addchstr.3x (Jared Yanovich).
2776 + add trace calls to most functions in form and menu libraries.
2777 + update working-position for adding wide-characters when window is
2778 scrolled (prompted by related report by Eungkyu Song).
2781 + replace some references on Linux to wcrtomb() which use it to obtain
2782 the length of a multibyte string with _nc_wcrtomb, since wcrtomb() is
2783 broken in glibc (see Debian #284260).
2784 + corrected length-computation in wide-character support for
2786 + some fixes to frm_driver.c to allow it to accept multibyte input.
2787 + modify configure script to work with Intel 8.0 compiler.
2790 + amend change to setupterm() in 20030405 which would reuse the value
2791 of cur_term if the same output was selected. This now reuses it only
2792 when setupterm() is called from tgetent(), which has no notion of
2793 separate SCREENs. Note that tgetent() must be called after initscr()
2794 or newterm() to use this feature (Redhat Bugzilla #140326).
2795 + add a check in CF_BUILD_CC macro to ensure that developer has given
2796 the --with-build-cc option when cross-compiling (report by Alexandre
2798 + improved configure script checks for _XOPEN_SOURCE and
2799 _POSIX_C_SOURCE (fix for IRIX 5.3 from Georg Schwarz, _POSIX_C_SOURCE
2801 + cosmetic fix to test/gdc.c to recolor the bottom edge of the box
2802 for consistency (comment by Dan Nelson).
2805 + update wsvt25 terminfo entry -TD
2806 + modify test/ins_wide.c to test all flavors of ins_wstr().
2807 + ignore filler-cells in wadd_wchnstr() when adding a cchar_t array
2808 which consists of multi-column characters, since this function
2809 constructs them (cf: 20041023).
2810 + modify winnstr() to return multibyte character strings for the
2811 wide-character configuration.
2814 + fixes to make slk_set() and slk_wset() accept and store multibyte
2815 or multicolumn characters.
2818 + improve color optimization a little by making _nc_do_color() check
2819 if the old/new pairs are equivalent to the default pair 0.
2820 + modify assume_default_colors() to not require that
2821 use_default_colors() be called first.
2824 + modify term_attrs() to use termattrs(), add the extended attributes
2825 such as enter_horizontal_hl_mode for WA_HORIZONTAL to term_attrs().
2826 + add logic in waddch_literal() to clear orphaned cells when one
2827 multi-column character partly overwrites another.
2828 + improved logic for clearing cells when a multi-column character
2829 must be wrapped to a new line.
2830 + revise storage of cells for multi-column characters to correct a
2831 problem with repainting. In the old scheme, it was possible for
2832 doupdate() to decide that only part of a multi-column character
2833 should be repainted since the filler cells stored only an attribute
2834 to denote them as fillers, rather than the character value and the
2838 + minor fixes for traces.
2839 + add SP->_screen_acs_map[], used to ensure that mapping of missing
2840 line-drawing characters is handled properly. For example, ACS_DARROW
2841 is absent from xterm-new, and it was coincidentally displayed the
2845 + amend 20021221 workaround for broken acs to reset the sgr, rmacs
2846 and smacs strings as well. Also modify the check for screen's
2847 limitations in that area to allow the multi-character shift-in
2848 and shift-out which seem to work.
2849 + change GPM initialization, using dl library to load it dynamically
2850 at runtime (Debian #110586).
2853 + correct logic for color pair in setcchar() and getcchar() (patch by
2854 Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk).
2855 + add t/T commands to ncurses b/B tests to allow a different color to
2856 be tested for the attrset part of the test than is used in the
2860 + fix to make setcchar() to work when its wchar_t* parameter is
2861 pointing to a string which contains more data than can be converted.
2862 + modify wget_wstr() and example in ncurses.c to work if wchar_t and
2863 wint_t are different sizes (report by Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk).
2866 + remove check in wget_wch() added to fix an infinite loop, appears to
2867 have been working around a transitory glibc bug, and interferes
2868 with normal operation (report by Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk).
2869 + correct wadd_wch() and wecho_wch(), which did not pass the rendition
2870 information (report by Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk).
2871 + fix aclocal.m4 so that the wide-character version of ncurses gets
2872 compiled as libncursesw.5.dylib, instead of libncurses.5w.dylib
2873 (adapted from patch by James J Ramsey).
2874 + change configure script for --with-caps option to indicate that it
2875 is no longer experimental.
2876 + change configure script to reflect the fact that --enable-widec has
2877 not been "experimental" since 5.3 (report by Bruno Lustosa).
2880 + add 'B' test to ncurses.c, to exercise some wide-character functions.
2883 + modify infocmp -i option to match 8-bit controls against its table
2884 entries, e.g., so it can analyze the xterm-8bit entry.
2885 + add morphos terminfo entry, improve amiga-8bit entry (Pavel Fedin).
2886 + correct translation of "%%" in terminfo format to termcap, e.g.,
2887 using "tic -C" (Redhat Bugzilla #130921).
2888 + modified configure script CF_XOPEN_SOURCE macro to ensure that if
2889 it defines _POSIX_C_SOURCE, that it defines it to a specific value
2890 (comp.os.stratus newsgroup comment).
2893 + fixes to build with Ada95 binding with gnat 3.4 (all warnings are
2894 fatal, and gnat does not follow the guidelines for pragmas).
2895 However that did find a coding error in Assume_Default_Colors().
2896 + modify several terminfo entries to ensure xterm mouse and cursor
2897 visibility are reset in rs2 string: hurd, putty, gnome,
2898 konsole-base, mlterm, Eterm, screen (Debian #265784, #55637). The
2899 xterm entries are left alone - old ones for compatibility, and the
2900 new ones do not require this change. -TD
2903 + fake a SIGWINCH in newterm() to accommodate buggy terminal emulators
2904 and window managers (Debian #265631).
2905 > terminfo updates -TD
2906 + remove dch/dch1 from rxvt because they are implemented inconsistently
2907 with the common usage of bce/ech
2908 + remove khome from vt220 (vt220's have no home key)
2912 + modify test/ncurses.c 'b' test, adding v/V toggles to cycle through
2913 combinations of video attributes so that for instance bold and
2914 underline can be tested. This made the legend too crowded, added
2915 a help window as well.
2916 + modify test/ncurses.c 'b' test to cycle through default colors if
2917 the -d option is set.
2918 + update putty terminfo entry (Robert de Bath).
2921 + modify test/cardfile.c to allow it to read more data than can be
2923 + correct logic in resizeterm.c which kept it from processing all
2924 levels of window hierarchy (reports by Folkert van Heusden,
2928 + modify "tic -cv" to ignore delays when comparing strings. Also
2929 modify it to ignore a canceled sgr string, e.g., for terminals which
2930 cannot properly combine attributes in one control sequence.
2931 + corrections for gnome and konsole entries (Redhat Bugzilla #122815,
2932 patch by Hans de Goede)
2933 > terminfo updates -TD
2934 + make ncsa-m rmacs/smacs consistent with sgr
2935 + add sgr, rc/sc and ech to syscons entries
2936 + add function-keys to decansi
2937 + add sgr to mterm-ansi
2938 + add sgr, civis, cnorm to emu
2939 + correct/simplify cup in addrinfo
2942 > terminfo updates -TD
2943 + add xterm-pc-fkeys
2944 + review/update gnome and gnome-rh90 entries (prompted by Redhat
2946 + review/update konsole entries
2947 + add sgr, correct sgr0 for kterm and mlterm
2948 + correct tsl string in kterm
2951 + add configure option --without-xterm-new
2954 + add check in wget_wch() for printable bytes that are not part of a
2955 multibyte character.
2956 + modify wadd_wchnstr() to render text using window's background
2958 + improve tic's check to compare sgr and sgr0.
2959 + fix c++ directory's .cc.i rule.
2960 + modify logic in tgetent() which adjusts the termcap "me" string
2961 to work with ISO-2022 string used in xterm-new (cf: 20010908).
2962 + modify tic's check for conflicting function keys to omit that if
2963 converting termcap to termcap format.
2964 + add -U option to tic and infocmp.
2965 + add rmam/smam to linux terminfo entry (Trevor Van Bremen)
2966 > terminfo updates -TD
2967 + minor fixes for emu
2969 + change wyse acsc strings to use 'i' map rather than 'I'
2974 + use tic -x to install terminfo database -TD
2975 + add -x to infocmp's usage message.
2976 + correct field used for comparing O_ROWMAJOR in set_menu_format()
2977 (report/patch by Tony Li).
2978 + fix a missing nul check in set_field_buffer() from 20040508 changes.
2979 > terminfo updates -TD
2980 + make xterm-xf86-v43 derived from xterm-xf86-v40 rather than
2982 + align with xterm patch #192's use of xterm-new -TD
2983 + update xterm-new and xterm-8bit for cvvis/cnorm strings -TD
2984 + make xterm-new the default "xterm" entry -TD
2987 + correct BUILD_CPPFLAGS substitution in ncurses/Makefile.in, to allow
2988 cross-compiling from a separate directory tree (report/patch by
2990 + modify is_term_resized() to ensure that window sizes are nonzero,
2991 as documented in the manpage (report by Ian Collier).
2992 + modify CF_XOPEN_SOURCE configure macro to make Hurd port build
2993 (Debian #249214, report/patch by Jeff Bailey).
2994 + configure-script mods from xterm, e.g., updates to CF_ADD_CFLAGS
2995 + update config.guess, config.sub
2996 > terminfo updates -TD
2998 + add xterm-xf86-v44
2999 + modify xterm-new aka xterm-xfree86 to accommodate luit, which
3000 relies on G1 being used via an ISO-2022 escape sequence (report by
3005 + reconsidered winsnstr(), decided after comparing other
3006 implementations that wrapping is an X/Open documentation error.
3007 + modify test/inserts.c to test all flavors of insstr().
3010 + add setlocale() calls to a few test programs which may require it:
3011 demo_forms.c, filter.c, ins_wide.c, inserts.c
3012 + correct a few misspelled function names in ncurses-intro.html (report
3014 + correct internal name of key_defined() manpage, which conflicted with
3018 + correct size of internal pad used for holding wide-character
3019 field_buffer() results.
3020 + modify data_ahead() to work with wide-characters.
3023 + improve description of terminfo if-then-else expressions (suggested
3025 + improve test/ncurses.c 'd' test, allow it to use external file for
3026 initial palette (added xterm-16color.dat and linux-color.dat), and
3027 reset colors to the initial palette when starting/ending the test.
3028 + change limit-check in init_color() to allow r/g/b component to
3029 reach 1000 (cf: 20020928).
3032 + modify form library to use cchar_t's rather than char's in the
3033 wide-character configuration for storing data for field buffers.
3034 + correct logic of win_wchnstr(), which did not work for more than
3038 + replace memset/memcpy usage in form library with for-loops to
3039 simplify changing the datatype of FIELD.buf, part of wide-character
3041 + fix some inconsistent use of #if/#ifdef (report by Alain Guibert).
3044 + modify menu library to account for actual number of columns used by
3045 multibyte character strings, in the wide-character configuration
3046 (adapted from patch by Philipp Tomsich).
3047 + add "-x" option to infocmp like tic's "-x", for use in "-F"
3048 comparisons. This modifies infocmp to only report extended
3049 capabilities if the -x option is given, making this more consistent
3050 with tic. Some scripts may break, since infocmp previous gave this
3051 information without an option.
3052 + modify termcap-parsing to retain 2-character aliases at the beginning
3053 of an entry if the "-x" option is used in tic.
3056 + minor compiler-warning and test-program fixes.
3059 + modify tic's missing-sgr warning to apply to terminfo only.
3060 + free some memory leaks in tic.
3061 + remove check in post_menu() that prevented menus from extending
3062 beyond the screen (request by Max J. Werner).
3063 + remove check in newwin() that prevents allocating windows
3064 that extend beyond the screen. Solaris curses does this.
3065 + add ifdef in test/color_set.c to allow it to compile with older
3067 + add napms() calls to test/dots.c to make it not be a CPU hog.
3070 + modify unctrl() to return null if its parameter does not correspond
3071 to an unsigned char.
3072 + add some limit-checks to guard isprint(), etc., from being used on
3073 values that do not fit into an unsigned char (report by Sami Farin).
3076 + fix a typo in the _nc_get_locale() change.
3079 + modify _nc_get_locale() to use setlocale() to query the program's
3080 current locale rather than using getenv(). This fixes a case in tin
3081 which relies on legacy treatment of 8-bit characters when the locale
3082 is not initialized (reported by Urs Jansen).
3083 + add sgr string to screen's and rxvt's terminfo entries -TD.
3084 + add a check in tic for terminfo entries having an sgr0 but no sgr
3085 string. This confuses Tru64 and HPUX curses when combined with
3086 color, e.g., making them leave line-drawing characters in odd places.
3087 + correct casts used in ABSENT_BOOLEAN, CANCELLED_BOOLEAN, matches the
3088 original definitions used in Debian package to fix PowerPC bug before
3089 20030802 (Debian #237629).
3092 + modify PutAttrChar() and PUTC() macro to improve use of
3093 A_ALTCHARSET attribute to prevent line-drawing characters from
3094 being lost in situations where the locale would otherwise treat the
3095 raw data as nonprintable (Debian #227879).
3098 + fix a redefinition of CTRL() macro in test/view.c for AIX 5.2 (report
3100 + remove ".PP" after ".SH NAME" in a few manpages; this confuses
3101 some apropos script (Debian #237831).
3104 + modify ncurses.c 'r' test so editing commands, like inserted text,
3105 set the field background, and the state of insert/overlay editing
3106 mode is shown in that test.
3107 + change syntax of dummy targets in Ada95 makefiles to work with pmake.
3108 + correct logic in test/ncurses.c 'b' for noncolor terminals which
3109 did not recognize a quit-command (cf: 20030419).
3112 + modify _nc_insert_ch() to allow for its input to be part of a
3114 + split out lib_insnstr.c, to prepare to rewrite it. X/Open states
3115 that this function performs wrapping, unlike all of the other
3116 insert-functions. Currently it does not wrap.
3117 + check for nl_langinfo(CODESET), use it if available (report by
3119 + split-out CF_BUILD_CC macro, actually did this for lynx first.
3120 + fixes for configure script CF_WITH_DBMALLOC and CF_WITH_DMALLOC,
3121 which happened to work with bash, but not with Bourne shell (report
3122 by Marco d'Itri via tin-dev).
3125 + some changes to adapt the form library to wide characters, incomplete
3126 (request by Mike Aubury).
3127 + add symbol to curses.h which can be used to suppress include of
3129 #define NCURSES_ENABLE_STDBOOL_H 0
3131 (discussion on XFree86 mailing list).
3134 + modify configure --with-termlib option to accept a value which sets
3135 the name of the terminfo library. This would allow a packager to
3136 build libtinfow.so renamed to coincide with libtinfo.so (discussion
3137 with Stanislav Ievlev).
3138 + improve documentation of --with-install-prefix, --prefix and
3139 $(DESTDIR) in INSTALL (prompted by discussion with Paul Lew).
3140 + add configure check if the compiler can use -c -o options to rename
3141 its output file, use that to omit the 'cd' command which was used to
3142 ensure object files are created in a separate staging directory
3143 (prompted by comments by Johnny Wezel, Martin Mokrejs).
3145 20040208 5.4 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
3148 20040207 pre-release
3149 + minor fixes to _nc_tparm_analyze(), i.e., do not count %i as a param,
3150 and do not count %d if it follows a %p.
3151 + correct an inconsistency between handling of codes in the 128-255
3152 range, e.g., as illustrated by test/ncurses.c f/F tests. In POSIX
3153 locale, the latter did not show printable results, while the former
3155 + modify MKlib_gen.sh to compensate for broken C preprocessor on Mac
3156 OS X, which alters "%%" to "% % " (report by Robert Simms, fix
3157 verified by Scott Corscadden).
3159 20040131 pre-release
3160 + modify SCREEN struct to align it between normal/wide curses flavors
3161 to simplify future changes to build a single version of libtinfo
3162 (patch by Stanislav Ievlev).
3163 + document handling of carriage return by addch() in manpage.
3164 + document special features of unctrl() in manpage.
3165 + documented interface changes in INSTALL.
3166 + corrected control-char test in lib_addch.c to account for locale
3167 (Debian #230335, cf: 971206).
3168 + updated test/configure.in to use AC_EXEEXT and AC_OBJEXT.
3169 + fixes to compile Ada95 binding with Debian gnat 3.15p-4 package.
3170 + minor configure-script fixes for older ports, e.g., BeOS R4.5.
3172 20040125 pre-release
3173 + amend change to PutAttrChar() from 20030614 which computed the number
3174 of cells for a possibly multi-cell character. The 20030614 change
3175 forced the cell to a blank if the result from wcwidth() was not
3176 greater than zero. However, wcwidth() called for parameters in the
3177 range 128-255 can give this return value. The logic now simply
3178 ensures that the number of cells is greater than zero without
3179 modifying the displayed value.
3181 20040124 pre-release
3182 + looked good for 5.4 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org (but see above)
3183 + modify configure script check for ranlib to use AC_CHECK_TOOL, since
3184 that works better for cross-compiling.
3186 20040117 pre-release
3187 + modify lib_get_wch.c to prefer mblen/mbtowc over mbrlen/mbrtowc to
3188 work around core dump in Solaris 8's locale support, e.g., for
3189 zh_CN.GB18030 (report by Saravanan Bellan).
3190 + add includes for <stdarg.h> and <stdio.h> in configure script macro
3191 to make <wchar.h> check work with Tru64 4.0d.
3192 + add terminfo entry for U/Win -TD
3193 + add terminfo entries for SFU aka Interix aka OpenNT (Federico
3195 + modify tput's error messages to prefix them with the program name
3196 (report by Vincent Lefevre, patch by Daniel Jacobowitz (see Debian
3198 + correct a place in tack where exit_standout_mode was used instead of
3199 exit_attribute_mode (patch by Jochen Voss (see Debian #224443)).
3200 + modify c++/cursesf.h to use const in the Enumeration_Field method.
3201 + remove an ambiguous (actually redundant) method from c++/cursesf.h
3202 + make $HOME/.terminfo update optional (suggested by Stanislav Ievlev).
3203 + improve sed script which extracts libtool's version in the
3204 CF_WITH_LIBTOOL macro.
3205 + add ifdef'd call to AC_PROG_LIBTOOL to CF_WITH_LIBTOOL macro (to
3206 simplify local patch for Albert Chin-A-Young)..
3207 + add $(CXXFLAGS) to link command in c++/Makefile.in (adapted from
3208 patch by Albert Chin-A-Young)..
3209 + fix a missing substitution in configure.in for "$target" needed for
3211 + resync CF_XOPEN_SOURCE configure macro with lynx; fixes IRIX64 and
3212 NetBSD 1.6 conflicts with _XOPEN_SOURCE.
3213 + make check for stdbool.h more specific, to ensure that including it
3214 will actually define/declare bool for the configured compiler.
3215 + rewrite ifdef's in curses.h relating NCURSES_BOOL and bool. The
3216 intention of that is to #define NCURSES_BOOL as bool when the
3217 compiler declares bool, and to #define bool as NCURSES_BOOL when it
3218 does not (reported by Jim Gifford, Sam Varshavchik, cf: 20031213).
3220 20040110 pre-release
3221 + change minor version to 4, i.e., ncurses 5.4
3222 + revised/improved terminfo entries for tvi912b, tvi920b (Benjamin C W
3224 + simplified ncurses/base/version.c by defining the result from the
3225 configure script rather than using sprintf (suggested by Stanislav
3227 + remove obsolete casts from c++/cursesw.h (reported by Stanislav
3229 + modify configure script so that when configuring for termlib, programs
3230 such as tic are not linked with the upper-level ncurses library
3231 (suggested by Stanislav Ievlev).
3232 + move version.c from ncurses/base to ncurses/tinfo to allow linking
3233 of tic, etc., using libtinfo (suggested by Stanislav Ievlev).
3236 + adjust -D's to build ncursesw on OpenBSD.
3237 + modify CF_PROG_EXT to make OS/2 build with EXEEXT.
3238 + add pecho_wchar().
3239 + remove <wctype.h> include from lib_slk_wset.c which is not needed (or
3240 available) on older platforms.
3243 + add -D's to build ncursew on FreeBSD 5.1.
3244 + modify shared library configuration for FreeBSD 4.x/5.x to add the
3245 soname information (request by Marc Glisse).
3246 + modify _nc_read_tic_entry() to not use MAX_ALIAS, but PATH_MAX only
3247 for limiting the length of a filename in the terminfo database.
3248 + modify termname() to return the terminal name used by setupterm()
3249 rather than $TERM, without truncating to 14 characters as documented
3250 by X/Open (report by Stanislav Ievlev, cf: 970719).
3251 + re-add definition for _BSD_TYPES, lost in merge (cf: 20031206).
3254 + add configure option --with-manpage-format=catonly to address
3255 behavior of BSDI, allow install of man+cat files on NetBSD, whose
3256 behavior has diverged by requiring both to be present.
3257 + remove leading blanks from comment-lines in manlinks.sed script to
3258 work with Tru64 4.0d.
3259 + add screen.linux terminfo entry (discussion on mutt-users mailing
3263 + add a check for tic to flag missing backslashes for termcap
3264 continuation lines. ncurses reads the whole entry, but termcap
3265 applications do not.
3266 + add configure option "--with-manpage-aliases" extending
3267 "--with-manpage-aliases" to provide the option of generating ".so"
3268 files rather than symbolic links for manpage aliases.
3269 + add bool definition in include/curses.h.in for configurations with no
3270 usable C++ compiler (cf: 20030607).
3271 + fix pathname of SigAction.h for building with --srcdir (reported by
3275 + folded ncurses/base/sigaction.c into includes of ncurses/SigAction.h,
3276 since that header is used only within ncurses/tty/lib_tstp.c, for
3277 non-POSIX systems (discussion with Stanislav Ievlev).
3278 + remove obsolete _nc_outstr() function (report by Stanislav Ievlev
3279 <inger@altlinux.org>).
3280 + add test/background.c and test/color_set.c
3281 + modify color_set() function to work with color pair 0 (report by
3282 George Andreou <gbandreo@tem.uoc.gr>).
3283 + add configure option --with-trace, since defining TRACE seems too
3284 awkward for some cases.
3285 + remove a call to _nc_free_termtype() from read_termtype(), since the
3286 corresponding buffer contents were already zeroed by a memset (cf:
3288 + improve configure check for _XOPEN_SOURCE and related definitions,
3289 adding special cases for Solaris' __EXTENSIONS__ and FreeBSD's
3290 __BSD_TYPES (reports by Marc Glisse <marc.glisse@normalesup.org>).
3291 + small fixes to compile on Solaris and IRIX64 using cc.
3292 + correct typo in check for pre-POSIX sort options in MKkey_defs.sh
3296 + modify _nc_gettime() to avoid a problem with arithmetic on unsigned
3297 values (Philippe Blain).
3298 + improve the nanosleep() logic in napms() by checking for EINTR and
3299 restarting (Philippe Blain).
3300 + correct expression for "%D" in lib_tgoto.c (Juha Jarvi
3304 + add linux-vt terminfo entry (Andrey V Lukyanov <land@long.yar.ru>).
3305 + allow "\|" escape in terminfo; tic should not warn about this.
3306 + save the full pathname of the trace-file the first time it is opened,
3307 to avoid creating it in different directories if the application
3308 opens and closes it while changing its working directory.
3309 + modify configure script to provide a non-empty default for
3313 + add DJGPP to special case of DOS-style drive letters potentially
3314 appearing in TERMCAP environment variable.
3315 + fix some spelling in comments (reports by Jason McIntyre, Jonathon
3317 + update config.guess, config.sub
3320 + fix a memory leak in error-return from setupterm() (report by
3321 Stanislav Ievlev <inger@altlinux.org>).
3322 + use EXEEXT and OBJEXT consistently in makefiles.
3323 + amend fixes for cross-compiling to use separate executable-suffix
3324 BUILD_EXEEXT (cf: 20031018).
3325 + modify MKkey_defs.sh to check for sort utility that does not
3326 recognize key options, e.g., busybox (report by Peter S Mazinger
3328 + fix potential out-of-bounds indexing in _nc_infotocap() (found by
3329 David Krause using some of the new malloc debugging features
3330 under OpenBSD, patch by Ted Unangst).
3331 + modify CF_LIB_SUFFIX for Itanium releases of HP-UX, which use a
3332 ".so" suffix (patch by Jonathan Ward <Jonathan.Ward@hp.com>).
3335 + update terminfo for xterm-xfree86 -TD
3336 + add check for multiple "tc=" clauses in a termcap to tic.
3337 + check for missing op/oc in tic.
3338 + correct _nc_resolve_uses() and _nc_merge_entry() to allow infocmp and
3339 tic to show cancelled capabilities. These functions were ignoring
3340 the state of the target entry, which should be untouched if cancelled.
3341 + correct comment in tack/output.c (Debian #215806).
3342 + add some null-pointer checks to lib_options.c (report by Michael
3344 + regenerated html documentation.
3345 + correction to tar-copy.sh, remove a trap command that resulted in
3346 leaving temporary files (cf: 20030510).
3347 + remove contact/maintainer addresses for Juergen Pfeifer (his request).
3350 + updated test/configure to reflect changes for libtool (cf: 20030830).
3351 + fix several places in tack/pad.c which tested and used the parameter-
3352 and parameterless strings inconsistently, i.e., in pad_rin(),
3353 pad_il(), pad_indn() and pad_dl() (Debian #215805).
3354 + minor fixes for configure script and makefiles to cleanup executables
3355 generated when cross-compiling for DJGPP.
3356 + modify infocmp to omit check for $TERM for operations that do not
3357 require it, e.g., "infocmp -e" used to build fallback list (report by
3361 + add terminfo entries for DJGPP.
3362 + updated note about maintainer in ncurses-intro.html
3365 + update terminfo entries for gnome terminal.
3366 + modify tack to reset colors after each color test, correct a place
3367 where exit_standout_mode was used instead of exit_attribute_mode.
3368 + improve tack's bce test by making it set colors other than black
3370 + plug a potential recursion between napms() and _nc_timed_wait()
3371 (report by Philippe Blain).
3374 + add --with-rel-version option to allow workaround to allow making
3375 libtool on Darwin generate the "same" library names as with the
3376 --with-shared option. The Darwin ld program does not work well
3377 with a zero as the minor-version value (request by Chris Zubrzycki).
3378 + modify CF_MIXEDCASE_FILENAMES macro to work with cross-compiling.
3379 + modify tack to allow it to run from fallback terminfo data.
3380 > patch by Philippe Blain:
3381 + improve PutRange() by adjusting call to EmitRange() and corresponding
3382 return-value to not emit unchanged characters on the end of the
3384 + improve a check for changed-attribute by exiting a loop when the
3386 + improve logic in TransformLine(), eliminating a duplicated comparison
3387 in the clr_bol logic.
3390 > patch by Philippe Blain:
3391 + in ncurses/tty/lib_mvcur.c,
3392 move the label 'nonlocal' just before the second gettimeofday() to
3393 be able to compute the diff time when 'goto nonlocal' used.
3394 Rename 'msec' to 'microsec' in the debug-message.
3395 + in ncurses/tty/lib_mvcur.c,
3396 Use _nc_outch() in carriage return/newline movement instead of
3397 putchar() which goes to stdout. Move test for xold>0 out of loop.
3398 + in ncurses/tinfo/setbuf.c,
3399 Set the flag SP->_buffered at the end of operations when all has been
3400 successful (typeMalloc can fail).
3401 + simplify NC_BUFFERED macro by moving check inside _nc_setbuf().
3404 + modify configure script to avoid using "head -1", which does not
3405 work if POSIXLY_CORRECT (sic) is set.
3406 + modify run_tic.in to avoid using wrong shared libraries when
3407 cross-compiling (Dan Kegel).
3410 + alter configure script help message to make it clearer that
3411 --with-build-cc does not specify a cross-compiler (suggested by Dan
3412 Kegel <dank@kegel.com>).
3413 + modify configure script to accommodate libtool 1.5, as well as add an
3414 parameter to the "--with-libtool" option which can specify the
3415 pathname of libtool (report by Chris Zubrzycki). We note that
3416 libtool 1.5 has more than one bug in its C++ support, so it is not
3417 able to install libncurses++, for instance, if $DESTDIR or the option
3418 --with-install-prefix is used.
3421 > patch by Philippe Blain:
3422 + move assignments to SP->_cursrow, SP->_curscol into online_mvcur().
3423 + make baudrate computation in delay_output() consistent with the
3424 assumption in _nc_mvcur_init(), i.e., a byte is 9 bits.
3427 + modify logic in waddch_literal() to take into account zh_TW.Big5
3428 whose multibyte sequences may contain "printable" characters, e.g.,
3429 a "g" in the sequence "\247g" (Debian #204889, cf: 20030621).
3430 + improve storage used by _nc_safe_strcpy() by ensuring that the size
3431 is reset based on the initialization call, in case it were called
3432 after other strcpy/strcat calls (report by Philippe Blain).
3433 > patch by Philippe Blain:
3434 + remove an unused ifdef for REAL_ATTR & WANT_CHAR
3435 + correct a place where _cup_cost was used rather than _cuu_cost
3438 + fix a small memory leak in _nc_free_termtype().
3439 + close trace-file if trace() is called with a zero parameter.
3440 + free memory allocated for soft-key strings, in delscreen().
3441 + fix an allocation size in safe_sprintf.c for the "*" format code.
3442 + correct safe_sprintf.c to not return a null pointer if the format
3443 happens to be an empty string. This applies to the "configure
3444 --enable-safe-sprintf" option (Redhat #101486).
3447 + modify casts used for ABSENT_BOOLEAN and CANCELLED_BOOLEAN (report by
3449 > patch by Philippe Blain:
3450 + change padding for change_scroll_region to not be proportional to
3451 the size of the scroll-region.
3452 + correct error-return in _nc_safe_strcat().
3455 + correct limit-checks in _nc_scroll_window() (report and test-case by
3456 Thomas Graf <graf@dms.at> cf: 20011020).
3457 + re-order configure checks for _XOPEN_SOURCE to avoid conflict with
3461 + use clr_eol in preference to blanks for bce terminals, so select and
3462 paste will have fewer trailing blanks, e.g., when using xterm
3463 (request by Vincent Lefevre).
3464 + correct prototype for wunctrl() in manpage.
3465 + add configure --with-abi-version option (discussion with Charles
3467 > cygwin changes from Charles Wilson:
3468 + aclocal.m4: on cygwin, use autodetected prefix for import
3469 and static lib, but use "cyg" for DLL.
3470 + include/ncurses_dll.h: correct the comments to reflect current
3471 status of cygwin/mingw port. Fix compiler warning.
3472 + misc/run_tic.in: ensure that tic.exe can find the uninstalled
3473 DLL, by adding the lib-directory to the PATH variable.
3474 + misc/terminfo.src (nxterm|xterm-color): make xterm-color
3475 primary instead of nxterm, to match XFree86's xterm.terminfo
3476 usage and to prevent circular links.
3477 (rxvt): add additional codes from rxvt.org.
3478 (rxvt-color): new alias
3479 (rxvt-xpm): new alias
3480 (rxvt-cygwin): like rxvt, but with special acsc codes.
3481 (rxvt-cygwin-native): ditto. rxvt may be run under XWindows, or
3482 with a "native" MSWin GUI. Each takes different acsc codes,
3483 which are both different from the "normal" rxvt's acsc.
3484 (cygwin): cygwin-in-cmd.exe window. Lots of fixes.
3486 + mk-1st.awk: use "cyg" for the DLL prefix, but "lib" for import
3490 + update config.guess, config.sub
3491 + add triples for configuring shared libraries with the Debian
3492 GNU/FreeBSD packages (patch by Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es>).
3495 + modify CF_GCC_WARNINGS so it only applies to gcc, not g++. Some
3496 platforms have installed g++ along with the native C compiler, which
3497 would not accept gcc warning options.
3498 + add -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 when configuring with --enable-widec, to
3499 get mbstate_t declaration on HPUX 11.11 (report by David Ellement).
3500 + add _nc_pathlast() to get rid of casts in _nc_basename() calls.
3501 + correct a sign-extension in wadd_wch() and wecho_wchar() from
3502 20030628 (report by Tomohiro Kubota).
3503 + work around omission of btowc() and wctob() from wide-character
3504 support (sic) in NetBSD 1.6 using mbtowc() and wctomb() (report by
3506 + add portability note to curs_get_wstr.3x (Debian #199957).
3509 + rewrite wadd_wch() and wecho_wchar() to call waddch() and wechochar()
3510 respectively, to avoid calling waddch_noecho() with wide-character
3511 data, since that function assumes its input is 8-bit data.
3512 Similarly, modify waddnwstr() to call wadd_wch().
3513 + remove logic from waddnstr() which transformed multibyte character
3514 strings into wide-characters. Rewrite of waddch_literal() from
3515 20030621 assumes its input is raw multibyte data rather than wide
3516 characters (report by Tomohiro Kubota).
3519 + write getyx() and related 2-return macros in terms of getcury(),
3521 + modify waddch_literal() in case an application passes bytes of a
3522 multibyte character directly to waddch(). In this case, waddch()
3523 must reassemble the bytes into a wide-character (report by Tomohiro
3524 Kubota <kubota@debian.org>).
3527 + modify waddch_literal() in case a multibyte value occupies more than
3529 + modify PutAttrChar() to compute the number of character cells that
3530 are used in multibyte values. This fixes a problem displaying
3531 double-width characters (report/test by Mitsuru Chinen
3532 <mchinen@yamato.ibm.com>).
3533 + add a null-pointer check for result of keyname() in _tracechar()
3534 + modify _tracechar() to work around glibc sprintf bug.
3537 + add a call to setlocale() in cursesmain.cc, making demo display
3538 properly in a UTF-8 locale.
3539 + add a fallback definition in curses.priv.h for MB_LEN_MAX (prompted
3540 by discussion with Gabor Z Papp).
3541 + use macros NCURSES_ACS() and NCURSES_WACS() to hide cast needed to
3542 appease -Wchar-subscript with g++ 3.3 (Debian #195732).
3543 + fix a redefinition of $RANLIB in the configure script when libtool
3544 is used, which broke configure on Mac OS X (report by Chris Zubrzycki
3546 + simplify ifdef for bool declaration in curses.h.in (suggested by
3547 Albert Chin-A-Young).
3548 + remove configure script check to allow -Wconversion for older
3549 versions of gcc (suggested by Albert Chin-A-Young).
3552 + regenerated html manpages.
3553 + modify ifdef's in curses.h.in that disabled use of __attribute__()
3554 for g++, since recent versions implement the cases which ncurses uses
3556 + modify _nc_get_token() to handle a case where an entry has no
3557 description, and capabilities begin on the same line as the entry
3559 + fix a typo in ncurses_dll.h reported by gcc 3.3.
3560 + add an entry for key_defined.3x to man_db.renames.
3563 + modify setcchar() to allow converting control characters to complex
3564 characters (report/test by Mitsuru Chinen <mchinen@yamato.ibm.com>).
3565 + add tkterm entry -TD
3566 + modify parse_entry.c to allow a terminfo entry with a leading
3567 2-character name (report by Don Libes).
3568 + corrected acsc in screen.teraterm, which requires a PC-style mapping.
3569 + fix trace statements in read_entry.c to use lseek() rather than
3571 + fix signed/unsigned warnings from Sun's compiler (gcc should give
3572 these warnings, but it is unpredictable).
3573 + modify configure script to omit -Winline for gcc 3.3, since that
3575 + modify manlinks.sed to add a few functions that were overlooked since
3576 they return function pointers: field_init, field_term, form_init,
3577 form_term, item_init, item_term, menu_init and menu_term.
3580 + prevent recursion in wgetch() via wgetnstr() if the connection cannot
3581 be switched between cooked/raw modes because it is not a TTY (report
3582 by Wolfgang Gutjahr <gutw@knapp.com>).
3583 + change parameter of define_key() and key_defined() to const (prompted
3585 + add a check in test/configure for ncurses extensions, since there
3586 are some older versions, etc., which would not compile with the
3587 current test programs.
3588 + corrected demo in test/ncurses.c of wgetn_wstr(), which did not
3589 convert wchar_t string to multibyte form before printing it.
3590 + corrections to lib_get_wstr.c:
3591 + null-terminate buffer passed to setcchar(), which occasionally
3593 + map special characters such as erase- and kill-characters into
3594 key-codes so those will work as expected even if they are not
3595 mentioned in the terminfo.
3596 + modify PUTC() and Charable() macros to make wide-character line
3597 drawing work for POSIX locale on Linux console (cf: 20021221).
3600 + make typography for program options in manpages consistent (report
3601 by Miloslav Trmac <mitr@volny.cz>).
3602 + correct dependencies in Ada95/src/Makefile.in, so the builds with
3603 "--srcdir" work (report by Warren L Dodge).
3604 + correct missing definition of $(CC) in Ada95/gen/Makefile.in
3605 (reported by Warren L Dodge <warrend@mdhost.cse.tek.com>).
3606 + fix typos and whitespace in manpages (patch by Jason McIntyre
3607 <jmc@prioris.mini.pw.edu.pl>).
3610 + fix form_driver() cases for REQ_CLR_EOF, REQ_CLR_EOL, REQ_DEL_CHAR,
3611 REQ_DEL_PREV and REQ_NEW_LINE, which did not ensure the cursor was at
3612 the editing position before making modifications.
3613 + add test/demo_forms and associated test/edit_field.c demos.
3614 + modify test/configure.in to use test/modules for the list of objects
3615 to compile rather than using the list of programs.
3618 + modify logic of acsc to use the original character if no mapping is
3619 defined, noting that Solaris does this.
3620 + modify ncurses 'b' test to avoid using the acs_map[] array since
3621 20021231 changes it to no longer contain information from the acsc
3623 + modify makefile rules in c++, progs, tack and test to ensure that
3624 the compiler flags (e.g., $CFLAGS or $CCFLAGS) are used in the link
3625 command (report by Jose Luis Rico Botella <informatica@serpis.com>).
3626 + modify soft-key initialization to use A_REVERSE if A_STANDOUT would
3627 not be shown when colors are used, i.e., if ncv#1 is set in the
3628 terminfo as is done in "screen".
3631 + add a test for slk_color(), in ncurses.c
3632 + fix some issues reported by valgrind in the slk_set() and slk_wset()
3633 code, from recent rewrite.
3634 + modify ncurses 'E' test to use show previous label via slk_label(),
3636 + modify wide-character versions of NewChar(), NewChar2() macros to
3637 ensure that the whole struct is initialized.
3640 + modify setupterm() to check if the terminfo and terminal-modes have
3641 already been read. This ensures that it does not reinvoke
3642 def_prog_mode() when an application calls more than one function,
3643 such as tgetent() and initscr() (report by Olaf Buddenhagen).
3646 + add 'E' test to ncurses.c, to exercise slk_wset().
3647 + correct handling of carriage-return in wgetn_wstr(), used in demo of
3649 + first draft of slk_wset() function.
3652 + improved warnings in tic when suppressing items to fit in termcap's
3654 + built a list in test/README showing which externals are being used
3655 by either programs in the test-directory or via internal library
3657 + adjust include-options in CF_ETIP_DEFINES to avoid missing
3658 ncurses_dll.h, fixing special definitions that may be needed for
3659 etip.h (reported by Greg Schafer <gschafer@zip.com.au>).
3662 + minor fixes for cardfile.c, to make it write the updated fields to
3663 a file when ^W is given.
3664 + add/use _nc_trace_bufcat() to eliminate some fixed buffer limits in
3668 + correct a case in _nc_remove_string(), used by define_key(), to avoid
3669 infinite loop if the given string happens to be a substring of other
3670 strings which are assigned to keys (report by John McCutchan).
3671 + add key_defined() function, to tell which keycode a string is bound
3672 to (discussion with John McCutchan <ttb@tentacle.dhs.org>).
3673 + correct keybound(), which reported definitions in the wrong table,
3674 i.e., the list of definitions which are disabled by keyok().
3675 + modify demo_keydef.c to show the details it changes, and to check
3679 + restructured test/configure script, make it work for libncursesw.
3680 + add description of link_fieldtype() to manpage (report by
3681 L Dee Holtsclaw <dee@sunbeltsoft.com>).
3684 + corrected ifdef's relating to configure check for wchar_t, etc.
3685 + if the output is a socket or other non-tty device, use 1 millisecond
3686 for the cost in mvcur; previously it was 9 milliseconds because the
3687 baudrate was not known.
3688 + in _nc_get_tty_mode(), initialize the TTY buffer on error, since
3689 glibc copies uninitialized data in that case, as noted by valgrind.
3690 + modify tput to use the same parameter analysis as tparm() does, to
3691 provide for user-defined strings, e.g., for xterm title, a
3692 corresponding capability might be
3694 + modify MKlib_gen.sh to avoid passing "#" tokens through the C
3695 preprocessor. This works around Mac OS X's preprocessor, which
3696 insists on adding a blank on each side of the token (report/analysis
3697 by Kevin Murphy <murphy@genome.chop.edu>).
3700 + add configure check for wchar_t and wint_t types, rather than rely
3701 on preprocessor definitions. Also work around for gcc fixinclude
3702 bug which creates a shadow copy of curses.h if it sees these symbols
3703 apparently typedef'd.
3704 + if database is disabled, do not generate run_tic.sh
3705 + minor fixes for memory-leak checking when termcap is read.
3708 + add checking in tic for incomplete line-drawing character mapping.
3709 + update configure script to reflect fix for AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL,
3710 which is broken in autoconf 2.5x for Mac OS X 10.2.3 (report by
3711 Gerben Wierda <Sherlock@rna.nl>).
3712 + make return value from _nc_printf_string() consistent. Before,
3713 depending on whether --enable-safe-sprintf was used, it might not be
3714 cached for reallocating.
3717 + minor fixes for memory-leak checking in lib_tparm.c, hardscroll.c
3718 + correct a potentially-uninitialized value if _read_termtype() does
3719 not read as much data as expected (report by Wolfgang Rohdewald
3721 + correct several places where the aclocal.m4 macros relied on cache
3722 variable names which were incompatible (as usual) between autoconf
3723 2.13 and 2.5x, causing the test for broken-linker to give incorrect
3724 results (reports by Gerben Wierda <Sherlock@rna.nl> and Thomas Esser
3725 <te@dbs.uni-hannover.de>).
3726 + do not try to open gpm mouse driver if standard output is not a tty;
3727 the gpm library does not make this check (bug report for dialog
3728 by David Oliveira <davidoliveira@develop.prozone.ws>).
3731 + modified emx.src to correspond more closely to terminfo.src, added
3732 emx-base to the latter -TD
3733 + add configure option for FreeBSD sysmouse, --with-sysmouse, and
3734 implement support for that in lib_mouse.c, lib_getch.c
3737 + revert 20030105 change to can_clear_with(), does not work for the
3738 case where the update is made on cells which are blanks with
3739 attributes, e.g., reverse.
3740 + improve ifdef's to guard against redefinition of wchar_t and wint_t
3741 in curses.h (report by Urs Jansen).
3744 + improve mvcur() by checking if it is safe to move when video
3745 attributes are set (msgr), and if not, reset/restore attributes
3746 within that function rather than doing it separately in the GoTo()
3747 function in tty_update.c (suggested by Philippe Blain).
3748 + add a message in run_tic.in to explain more clearly what does not
3749 work when attempting to create a symbolic link for /usr/lib/terminfo
3750 on OS/2 and other platforms with no symbolic links (report by John
3752 + change several sed scripts to avoid using "\+" since it is not a BRE
3753 (basic regular expression). One instance caused terminfo.5 to be
3754 misformatted on FreeBSD (report by Kazuo Horikawa
3755 <horikawa@FreeBSD.org> (see FreeBSD docs/46709)).
3756 + correct misspelled 'wint_t' in curs_get_wch.3x (Michael Elkins).
3759 + improve description of terminfo operators, especially static/dynamic
3760 variables (comments by Mark I Manning IV <mark4th@earthlink.net>).
3761 + demonstrate use of FIELDTYPE by modifying test/ncurses 'r' test to
3762 use the predefined TYPE_ALPHA field-type, and by defining a
3763 specialized type for the middle initial/name.
3764 + fix MKterminfo.sh, another workaround for POSIXLY_CORRECT misfeature
3766 > patch by Philippe Blain:
3767 + optimize can_clear_with() a little by testing first if the parameter
3768 is indeed a "blank".
3769 + simplify ClrBottom() a little by allowing it to use clr_eos to clear
3770 sections as small as one line.
3771 + improve ClrToEOL() by checking if clr_eos is available before trying
3773 + use tputs() rather than putp() in a few cases in tty_update.c since
3774 the corresponding delays are proportional to the number of lines
3775 affected: repeat_char, clr_eos, change_scroll_region.
3778 + rewrite of lib_acs.c conflicts with copying of SCREEN acs_map to/from
3779 global acs_map[] array; removed the lines that did the copying.
3782 + change some overlooked tputs() calls in scrolling code to use putp()
3783 (report by Philippe Blain).
3784 + modify lib_getch.c to avoid recursion via wgetnstr() when the input
3785 is not a tty and consequently mode-changes do not work (report by
3786 <R.Chamberlin@querix.com>).
3787 + rewrote lib_acs.c to allow PutAttrChar() to decide how to render
3788 alternate-characters, i.e., to work with Linux console and UTF-8
3790 + correct line/column reference in adjust_window(), needed to make
3791 special windows such as curscr track properly when resizing (report
3792 by Lucas Gonze <lgonze@panix.com>).
3793 > patch by Philippe Blain:
3794 + correct the value used for blank in ClrBottom() (broken in 20000708).
3795 + correct an off-by-one in GoTo() parameter in _nc_scrolln().
3798 + change several tputs() calls in scrolling code to use putp(), to
3799 enable padding which may be needed for some terminals (patch by
3801 + use '%' as sed substitute delimiter in run_tic script to avoid
3802 problems with pathname delimiters such as ':' and '@' (report by John
3804 + implement a workaround so that line-drawing works with screen's
3805 crippled UTF-8 support (tested with 3.9.13). This only works with
3806 the wide-character support (--enable-widec); the normal library will
3807 simply suppress line-drawing when running in a UTF-8 locale in screen.
3810 + allow BUILD_CC and related configure script variables to be
3811 overridden from the environment.
3812 + make build-tools variables in ncurses/Makefile.in consistent with
3813 the configure script variables (report by Maciej W Rozycki).
3814 + modify ncurses/modules to allow
3815 configure --disable-leaks --disable-ext-funcs
3816 to build (report by Gary Samuelson).
3817 + fix a few places in configure.in which lacked quotes (report by
3818 Gary Samuelson <gary.samuelson@verizon.com>).
3819 + correct handling of multibyte characters in waddch_literal() which
3820 force wrapping because they are started too late on the line (report
3821 by Sam Varshavchik).
3822 + small fix for CF_GNAT_VERSION to ignore the help-message which
3823 gnatmake adds to its version-message.
3824 > Maciej W Rozycki <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>:
3825 + use AC_CHECK_TOOL to get proper values for AR and LD for cross
3827 + use $cross_compiling variable in configure script rather than
3828 comparing $host_alias and $target alias, since "host" is
3829 traditionally misused in autoconf to refer to the target platform.
3830 + change configure --help message to use "build" rather than "host"
3831 when referring to the --with-build-XXX options.
3834 + modify CF_GNAT_VERSION to print gnatmake's version, and to allow for
3835 possible gnat versions such as 3.2 (report by Chris Lingard
3836 <chris@stockwith.co.uk>).
3837 + modify #define's for CKILL and other default control characters in
3838 tset to use the system's default values if they are defined.
3839 + correct interchanged defaults for kill and interrupt characters
3840 in tset, which caused it to report unnecessarily (Debian #171583).
3841 + repair check for missing C++ compiler, which is broken in autoconf
3842 2.5x by hardcoding it to g++ (report by Martin Mokrejs).
3843 + update config.guess, config.sub (2002-11-30)
3844 + modify configure script to skip --with-shared, etc., when the
3845 --with-libtool option is given, since they would be ignored anyway.
3846 + fix to allow "configure --with-libtool --with-termlib" to build.
3847 + modify configure script to show version number of libtool, to help
3848 with bug reports. libtool still gets confused if the installed
3849 ncurses libraries are old, since it ignores the -L options at some
3850 point (tested with libtool 1.3.3 and 1.4.3).
3851 + reorder configure script's updating of $CPPFLAGS and $CFLAGS to
3852 prevent -I options in the user's environment from introducing
3853 conflicts with the build -I options (may be related to reports by
3854 Patrick Ash and George Goffe).
3855 + rename test/define_key.c to test/demo_defkey.c, test/keyok.c to
3856 test/demo_keyok.c to allow building these with libtool.
3859 + add example program test/define_key.c for define_key().
3860 + add example program test/keyok.c for keyok().
3861 + add example program test/ins_wide.c for wins_wch() and wins_wstr().
3862 + modify wins_wch() and wins_wstr() to interpret tabs by using the
3863 winsch() internal function.
3864 + modify setcchar() to allow for wchar_t input strings that have
3865 more than one spacing character.
3868 + fix a boundary check in lib_insch.c (patch by Philippe Blain).
3869 + change type for *printw functions from NCURSES_CONST to const
3870 (prompted by comment by Pedro Palhoto Matos <plpm@mega.ist.utl.pt>,
3871 but really from a note on X/Open's website stating that either is
3872 acceptable, and the latter will be used in a future revision).
3873 + add xterm-1002, xterm-1003 terminfo entries to demonstrate changes in
3874 lib_mouse.c (20021026) -TD
3875 + add screen-bce, screen-s entries from screen 3.9.13 (report by
3876 Adam Lazur <zal@debian.org>) -TD
3877 + add mterm terminfo entries -TD
3880 + split-out useful fragments in terminfo for vt100 and vt220 numeric
3881 keypad, i.e., vt100+keypad, vt100+pfkeys, vt100+fnkeys and
3882 vt220+keypad. The last as embedded in various entries had ka3 and
3883 kb2 interchanged (report/discussion with Leonard den Ottolander
3884 <leonardjo@hetnet.nl>).
3885 + add check in tic for keypads consistent with vt100 layout.
3886 + improve checks in tic for color capabilities
3889 + check for missing/empty/illegal terminfo name in _nc_read_entry()
3890 (report by Martin Mokrejs, where $TERM was set to an empty string).
3891 + rewrote lib_insch.c, combining it with lib_insstr.c so both handle
3892 tab and other control characters consistently (report by Philippe
3894 + remove an #undef for KEY_EVENT from curses.tail used in the
3895 experimental NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS feature. The #undef confuses
3896 dpkg's build script (Debian #165897).
3897 + fix MKlib_gen.sh, working around the ironically named POSIXLY_CORRECT
3898 feature of GNU sed 4.0 (reported by Ervin Nemeth <airwin@inf.bme.hu>).
3901 + implement logic in lib_mouse.c to handle position reports which are
3902 generated when XFree86 xterm is initialized with private modes 1002
3903 or 1003. These are returned to the application as the
3904 REPORT_MOUSE_POSITION mask, which was not implemented. Tested both
3905 with ncurses 'a' menu (prompted by discussion with Larry Riedel
3906 <Larry@Riedel.org>).
3907 + modify lib_mouse.c to look for "XM" terminfo string, which allows
3908 one to override the escape sequence used to enable/disable mouse
3909 mode. In particular this works for XFree86 xterm private modes
3910 1002 and 1003. If "XM" is missing (note that this is an extended
3911 name), lib_mouse uses the conventional private mode 1000.
3912 + correct NOT_LOCAL() macro in lib_mvcur.c to refer to screen_columns
3913 where it used screen_lines (report by Philippe Blain).
3914 + correct makefile rules for the case when both --with-libtool and
3915 --with-gpm are given (report by Mr E_T <troll@logi.net.au>).
3916 + add note to terminfo manpage regarding the differences between
3917 setaf/setab and setf/setb capabilities (report by Pavel Roskin).
3920 + remove redundant initialization of TABSIZE in newterm(), since it is
3921 already done in setupterm() (report by Philippe Blain).
3922 + add test/inserts.c, to test winnstr() and winsch().
3923 + replace 'sort' in dist.mk with script that sets locale to POSIX.
3924 + update URLs in announce.html.in (patch by Frederic L W Meunier).
3925 + remove glibc add-on files, which are no longer needed (report by
3926 Frederic L W Meunier).
3928 20021012 5.3 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
3929 + modify ifdef's in etip.h.in to allow the etip.h header to compile
3930 with gcc 3.2 (patch by Dimitar Zhekov <jimmy@is-vn.bg>).
3931 + add logic to setupterm() to make it like initscr() and newterm(),
3932 by checking for $NCURSES_TRACE environment variable and enabling
3933 the debug trace in that case.
3934 + modify setupterm() to ensure that it initializes the baudrate, for
3935 applications such as tput (report by Frank Henigman).
3936 + modify definition of bits used for command-line and library debug
3937 traces to avoid overlap, using new definition TRACE_SHIFT to relate
3939 + document tput's interpretation of parameterized strings according to
3940 whether parameters are given, etc. (discussion with Robert De Bath).
3942 20021005 pre-release
3943 + correct winnwstr() to account for non-character cells generated when
3944 a double-width character is added (report by Michael Bienia
3945 <michael@vorlon.ping.de>).
3946 + modify _nc_viswbuf2n() to provide better results using wctomb().
3947 + correct logic in _nc_varargs() which broke tracing of parameters for
3948 formats such as "%.*s".
3949 + correct scale factor in linux-c and linux-c-nc terminfo entries
3950 (report Floyd Davidson).
3951 + change tic -A option to -t, add the same option to infocmp for
3953 + correct "%c" implementation in lib_tparm.c, which did not map a null
3954 character to a 128 (cf: 980620) (patch by Frank Henigman
3955 <fjhenigman@mud.cgl.uwaterloo.ca>).
3957 20020928 pre-release
3958 + modify MKkey_defs.sh to check for POSIX sort -k option, use that if
3959 it is found, to accommodate newer utility which dropped the
3960 compatibility support for +number options (reported by Andrey A
3962 + modify linux terminfo entry to use color palette feature from
3963 linux-c-nc entry (comments by Tomasz Wasiak and Floyd Davidson).
3964 + restore original color definitions in endwin() if init_color() was
3965 used, and resume those colors on the next doupdate() or refresh()
3966 (report by Tomasz Wasiak <tjwasiak@komputom.com.pl>).
3967 + improve debug-traces by modifying MKlib_gen.sh to generate calls
3968 to returnBool() and returnAttr().
3969 + add/use _nc_visbufn() and _nc_viswbufn() to limit the debug trace
3970 of waddnstr() and similar functions to match the parameters as used.
3971 + add/use _nc_retrace_bool() and _nc_retrace_unsigned().
3972 + correct type used by _nc_retrace_chtype().
3973 + add debug traces to some functions in lib_mouse.c
3974 + modify lib_addch.c to handle non-spacing characters.
3975 + correct parameter of RemAttr() in lib_bkgd.c, which caused the c++
3976 demo's boxes to lose the A_ALTCHARSET flag (broken in 20020629).
3977 + correct width computed in _tracedump(), which did not account for
3978 the attributes (broken in 20010602).
3979 + modify test/tracemunch to replace addresses for windows other than
3980 curscr, newscr and stdscr with window0, window1, etc.
3982 20020921 pre-release
3983 + redid fix for edit_man.sed path.
3984 + workaround for Cygwin bug which makes subprocess writes to stdout
3985 result in core dump.
3986 + documented getbegx(), etc.
3987 + minor fixes to configure script to use '%' consistently as a sed
3988 delimiter rather than '@'.
3989 > patch by Philippe Blain:
3990 + add check in lib_overlay.c to ensure that the windows to be merged
3991 actually overlap, and in copywin(), limit the area to be touched
3992 to the lines given for the destination window.
3994 20020914 pre-release
3995 + modified curses.h so that if the wide-character version is installed
3996 overwriting /usr/include/curses.h, and if it relied on libutf8.h,
3997 then applications that use that header for wide-character support
3998 must define HAVE_LIBUTF8_H.
3999 + modify putwin(), getwin() and dupwin() to allow them to operate on
4000 pads (request by Philippe Blain).
4001 + correct attribute-merging in wborder(), broken in 20020216 (report
4002 by Tomasz Wasiak <tjwasiak@grubasek.komputom.com.pl>).
4003 > patch by Philippe Blain:
4004 + corrected pop-counts in tparam_internal() to '!' and '~' cases.
4005 + use sizeof(NCURSES_CH_T) in one place that used sizeof(chtype).
4006 + remove some unused variables from mvcur test-driver.
4008 20020907 pre-release
4009 + change configure script to allow install of widec-character
4010 (ncursesw) headers to overwrite normal (ncurses) headers, since the
4011 latter is a compatible subset of the former.
4012 + fix path of edit_man.sed in configure script, needed to regenerate
4013 html manpages on Debian.
4014 + fix mismatched enums in vsscanf.c, which caused warning on Solaris.
4015 + update README.emx to reflect current patch used for autoconf.
4016 + change web- and ftp-site to invisible-island.net
4017 > patch by Philippe Blain:
4018 + change case for 'P' in tparam_internal() to indicate that it pops
4019 a variable from the stack.
4020 + correct sense of precision and width in parse_format(), to avoid
4022 + modify lib_tparm.c, absorb really_get_space() into get_space().
4023 + modify getwin() and dupwin() to copy the _notimeout, _idlok and
4024 _idcok window fields.
4025 + better fix for _nc_set_type(), using typeMalloc().
4027 20020901 pre-release
4028 + change minor version to 3, i.e., ncurses 5.3
4029 + update config.guess, config.sub
4030 + retest build with each configure option; minor ifdef fixes.
4031 + make keyname() return a null pointer rather than "UNKNOWN STRING" to
4033 + modify handling of wide line-drawing character functions to use the
4034 normal line-drawing characters when not in UTF-8 locale.
4035 + add check/fix to comp_parse.c to suppress warning about missing acsc
4036 string. This happens in configurations where raw termcap information
4037 is processed; tic already does this and other checks.
4038 + modify tic's check for ich/ich1 versus rmir/smir to only warn about
4039 ich1, to match xterm patch #70 notes.
4040 + moved information for ripped-off lines into SCREEN struct to allow
4041 use in resizeterm().
4042 + add experimental wgetch_events(), ifdef'd with NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS
4043 (adapted from patch by Ilya Zakharevich - see ncurses/README.IZ).
4044 + amend check in kgetch() from 20020824 to look only for function-keys,
4045 otherwise escape sequences are not resolved properly.
4046 > patch by Philippe Blain:
4047 + removed redundant assignment to SP->_checkfd from newterm().
4048 + check return-value of setupterm() in restartterm().
4049 + use sizeof(NCURSES_CH_T) in a few places that used sizeof(chtype).
4050 + prevent dupwin() from duplicating a pad.
4051 + prevent putwin() from writing a pad.
4052 + use typeRealloc() or typeMalloc() in preference to direct calls on
4056 + add a check in kgetch() for cooked characters in the fifo to avoid
4057 calling fifo_push() when a KEY_RESIZE is available (report/analysis
4058 by Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@courier-mta.com>).
4059 + fix an overlooked case for bugzilla #68199 (Philippe Blain).
4060 + ensure clearerr() is called before using ferror() e.g., in
4061 lib_screen.c (report by Philippe Blain).
4064 + modify lib_screen.c and lib_newwin.c to maintain the SCREEN-specific
4065 pointers for curscr/stdscr/newscr when scr_save() and scr_restore()
4066 modify the global curscr/stdscr/newscr variables. Fixes Redhat
4067 bugzilla #68199 dated 2002-07-07.
4068 + add checks for null pointer in calls to tparm() and tgoto() based on
4069 FreeBSD bug report. If ncurses were built with termcap support, and
4070 the first call to tgoto() were a zero-length string, the result would
4071 be a null pointer, which was not handled properly.
4072 + correct a typo in terminfo.head, which gave the octal code for colon
4074 + remove the "tic -u" option from 20020810, since it did not account
4075 for nested "tc=" clauses, and when that was addressed, was still
4079 + add tic -A option to suppress capabilities which are commented out
4080 when translating to termcap.
4081 + add tic -u option to provide older behavior of "tc=" clauses.
4082 + modified tic to expand all but the final "tc=" clause in a termcap
4083 entry, to accommodate termcap libraries which do not handle multiple
4085 + correct typo in curs_inopts.3x regarding CS8/CS7 usage (report by
4087 + remove a couple of redundant uses of A_ATTRIBUTES in expressions
4088 using AttrOf(), which already incorporates that mask (report by
4090 + document TABSIZE variable.
4091 + add NCURSES_ASSUMED_COLORS environment variable, to allow users to
4092 override compiled-in default black-on-white assumption used in
4093 assume_default_colors().
4094 + correct an off-by-one comparison against max_colors in COLORFGBG
4096 + correct a use of uninitialized memory found by valgrind (reported by
4097 Olaf Buddenhagen <olafBuddenhagen@web.de>).
4098 + modified wresize() to ensure that a failed realloc will not corrupt
4099 the window structure, and to make subwindows fit within the resized
4100 window (completes Debian #87678, #101699)
4103 + fix an off-by-one in lib_pad.c check for limits of pad (patch by
4105 + revise logic for BeOS in lib_twait.c altered in 20011013 to restore
4106 logic used by lib_getch.c's support for GPM or EMX mouse (report by
4108 + remove NCURSES_CONST from several prototypes in curses.wide, to make
4109 the --enable-const --enable-widec configure options to work together
4110 (report by George Goffe <grgoffe@yahoo.com>).
4113 + finish no-leak checking in cardfile.c, using this for testing changes
4115 + simplify _nc_freeall() using delscreen().
4118 + check error-return from _nc_set_tty_mode() in _nc_initscr() and
4119 reset_prog_mode() (report/patch by Philippe Blain).
4120 + regenerate configure using patch for autoconf 2.52, to address
4121 problem with identifying C++ bool type.
4122 + correct/improve logic to produce an exit status for errors in tput,
4123 which did not exit with an error when told to put a string not in the
4124 current terminfo entry (report by David Gomez <david@pleyades.net>).
4125 + modify configure script AC_OUTPUT() call to work around defect in
4126 autoconf 2.52 which adds an ifdef'd include to the generated
4127 configure definitions.
4128 + remove fstat() check from scr_init(), which also fixes a missing
4129 include for <sys/stat.h> from 20020713 (reported by David Ellement,
4130 fix suggested by Philippe Blain).
4131 + update curs_scanw.3x manpage to note that XSI curses differs from
4132 SVr4 curses: return-values are incompatible.
4133 + correct several prototypes in manpages which used const
4134 inconsistently with the curses.h file, and removed spurious const's
4135 in a few places from curses.h, e.g., for wbkgd() (report by Glenn
4136 Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>).
4137 + change internal type used by tparm() to long, to work with LP64 model.
4138 + modify nc_alloc.h to allow building with g++, for testing.
4141 + add resize-handling to cardfile.c test program.
4142 + altered resizeterm() to avoid having it fail when a child window
4143 cannot be resized because it would be larger than its parent. (More
4144 work must be done on this, but it works well enough to integrate).
4145 + improve a limit-check in lib_refresh.c
4146 + remove check in lib_screen.c relating dumptime to file's modification
4147 times, since that would not necessarily work for remotely mounted
4149 + modify lrtest to simplify debugging changes to resizeterm, e.g.,
4150 t/T commands to enable/disable tracing.
4151 + updated status of multibyte support in TO-DO.
4152 + update contact info in source-files (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
4155 + add Caps.hpux11, as an example.
4156 + modify version_filter(), used to implement -R option for tic and
4157 infocmp, to use computed array offsets based on the Caps.* file which
4158 is actually configured, rather than constants which correspond to
4160 + reorganized lib_raw.c to avoid updating SP and cur_term state if the
4161 functions fail (reported by Philippe Blain).
4162 + add -Wundef to gcc warnings, adjust a few ifdef's to accommodate gcc.
4165 + correct parameters to setcchar() in ncurses.c (cf: 20020406).
4166 + set locale in most test programs (view.c and ncurses.c were the
4168 + add configure option --with-build-cppflags (report by Maksim A
4169 Nikulin <M.A.Nikulin@inp.nsk.su>).
4170 + correct a typo in wide-character logic for lib_bkgnd.c (Philippe
4172 + modify lib_wacs.c to not cancel the acsc, smacs, rmacs strings when
4173 in UTF-8 locale. Wide-character functions use Unicode values, while
4174 narrow-character functions use the terminfo data.
4175 + fix a couple of places in Ada95/samples which did not compile with
4177 + modify mkinstalldirs so the DOS-pathname case is locale-independent.
4178 + fix locale problem in MKlib_gen.sh by forcing related variables to
4179 POSIX (C), using same approach as autoconf (set variables only if
4180 they were set before). Update MKterminfo.sh and MKtermsort.sh to
4184 + add charset to generated html.
4185 + add mvterm entry, adapted from a FreeBSD bug-report by Daniel Rudy
4186 <dcrudy@pacbell.net> -TD
4187 + add rxvt-16color, ibm+16color entries -TD
4188 + modify check in --disable-overwrite option so that it is used by
4189 default unless the --prefix/$prefix value is not /usr, in attempt to
4190 work around packagers, e.g., for Sun's freeware, who do not read the
4194 + modify wgetch() to allow returning ungetch'd KEY_RESIZE as a function
4195 key code in get_wch().
4196 + extended resize-handling in test/ncurses 'a' menu to the entire
4197 stack of windows created with 'w' commands.
4198 + improve $COLORFGBG feature by interpreting an out-of-range color
4199 value as an SGR 39 or 49, for foreground/background respectively.
4200 + correct a typo in configure --enable-colorfgbg option, and move it
4201 to the experimental section (cf: 20011208).
4204 + add logic to dump_entry.c to remove function-key definitions that do
4205 not fit into the 1023-byte limit for generated termcaps. This makes
4207 + more improvements to tic's warnings, including logic to ignore
4208 differences between delay values in sgr strings.
4209 + move definition of KEY_RESIZE into MKkeydefs.sh script, to
4210 accommodate Caps.osf1r5 which introduced a conflicting definition.
4213 + add simple resize-handling in test/ncurses.c 'a' menu.
4214 + fixes in keyname() and _tracechar() to handle negative values.
4215 + make tic's warnings about mismatches in sgr strings easier to follow.
4216 + correct tic checks for number of parameters in smgbp and smglp.
4217 + improve scoansi terminfo entry, and add scoansi-new entry -TD
4218 + add pcvt25-color terminfo entry -TD
4219 + add kf13-kf48 strings to cons25w terminfo entry (reported by Stephen
4220 Hurd <deuce@lordlegacy.org> in newsgroup lucky.freebsd.bugs) -TD
4221 + add entrypoint _nc_trace_ttymode(), use this to distinguish the
4222 Ottyb and Nttyb members of terminal (aka cur_term), for tracing.
4225 + correct and simplify logic for lib_pad.c change in 20020518 (reported
4229 + fix lib_pad.c for case of drawing a double-width character which
4230 falls off the left margin of the pad (patch by Kriang Lerdsuwanakij
4231 <lerdsuwa@users.sourceforge.net>)
4232 + modify configure script to work around broken gcc 3.1 "--version"
4233 option, which adds unnecessary trash to the requested information.
4234 + adjust ifdef's in case SIGWINCH is not defined, e.g., with DJGPP
4235 (reported by Ben Decker <deckerben@freenet.de>).
4238 + implement vid_puts(), vid_attr(), term_attrs() based on the narrow-
4239 character versions as well.
4240 + implement erasewchar(), killwchar() based on erasechar() and
4242 + modify erasechar() and killchar() to return ERR if the value was
4244 + correct a bug in wresize() in handling subwindows (based on patch by
4245 Roger Gammans <rgammans@computer-surgery.co.uk>, report by Scott Beck
4246 <scott@gossamer-threads.com>).
4247 + improve test/tclock.c by making the second-hand update more often
4248 if gettimeofday() is available.
4251 + workaround for Solaris sed with MKlib_gen.sh (reported by Andy
4252 Tsouladze <andyt@mypoints.com>).
4255 + correct return-value from getcchar(), making it consistent with
4257 + reorder loops that generate makefile rules for different models vs
4258 subsets so configure --with-termlib works again. This was broken by
4259 logic added to avoid duplicate rules in changes to accommodate cygwin
4260 dll's (reported by George.R.Goffe@seagate.com).
4261 + update config.guess, config.sub
4264 + modify ifdef's in write_entry.c to allow use of symbolic links on
4265 platforms with no hard links, e.g., BeOS.
4266 + modify a few includes to allow compile with BeOS, which has stdbool.h
4267 with a conflicting definition for 'bool' versus its OS.h definition.
4268 + amend MKlib_gen.sh to work with gawk, which defines 'func' as an
4269 alias for 'function'.
4272 + correct form of prototype for ripoffline().
4273 + modify MKlib_gen.sh to test that all functions marked as implemented
4277 + add manpages: curs_get_wstr.3x, curs_in_wchstr.3x
4278 + implement wgetn_wstr().
4279 + implement win_wchnstr().
4280 + remove redefinition of unget_wch() in lib_gen.c (reported by
4281 Jungshik Shin <jshin@jtan.com>).
4284 + modified several of the test programs to allow them to compile with
4285 vendor curses implementations, e.g., Solaris, AIX -TD
4288 + modified test/configure to allow configuring against ncursesw.
4289 + change WACS_xxx definition to use address, to work like Tru64 curses.
4292 + add 'e' and 'm' toggles to 'a', 'A' tests in ncurses.c to demonstrate
4293 effect of echo/noecho and meta modes.
4294 + add 'A' test to ncurses.c to demonstrate wget_wch() and related
4296 + add manpage: curs_get_wch.3x
4297 + implement unget_wch().
4298 + implement wget_wch().
4301 + regenerated html manpages.
4302 + add manpages: curs_in_wch.3x, curs_ins_wch.3x, curs_ins_wstr.3x
4303 + implement wins_wch().
4304 + implement win_wch().
4305 + implement wins_nwstr(), wins_wstr().
4308 + add manpages: curs_addwstr.3x, curs_winwstr.3x
4309 + implement winnwstr(), winwstr().
4312 + add manpages: curs_add_wchstr.3x, curs_bkgrnd.3x
4313 + document wunctrl, key_name.
4314 + implement key_name().
4315 + remove const's in lib_box.c incorrectly leftover after splitting off
4317 + update llib-lncurses, llib-ncursesw, fix configure script related to
4321 + remove quotes on "SYNOPSIS" in man/curs_box_set.3x, which resulted
4322 in spurious symlinks on install.
4325 + implement whline_set(), wvline_set(), add manpage curs_border_set.
4326 + add subtest 'b' to 'F' and 'f' in ncurses.c to demonstrate use of
4327 box() and box_set() functions.
4328 + add subtest 'u' to 'F' in ncurses.c, to demonstrate use of addstr()
4329 given UTF-8 string equivalents of WACS_xxx symbols.
4330 + minor fixes to several manpages based on groff -ww output.
4331 + add descriptions of external variables of termcap interface to
4332 the manpage (report by Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>).
4333 > patches by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer:
4334 + correct configure option --with-bool, which was executed as
4336 + add quotes for parameters of --with-bool and --with-ospeed configure
4338 > patch by Sven Verdoolaege (report by Gerhard Haering
4339 <haering_linux@gmx.de>):
4340 + correct typos in definitions of several wide-character macros:
4341 waddwstr, wgetbkgrnd, mvaddwstr, mvwadd_wchnstr, mvwadd_wchnstr,
4343 + pass $(CPPFLAGS) to MKlib_gen.sh, thereby fixing a missing definition
4344 of _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED, e.g., on Solaris
4347 + implement wide-acs characters for UTF-8 locales. When in UTF-8
4348 locale, ignore narrow version of acs. Add 'F' test to test/ncurses.c
4350 + correct prototype in keybound manpage (noted from a Debian mailing
4354 + add several cases to the wscanw() example in testcurs.c, showing the
4356 + implement a simple vsscanf() fallback function which uses the %n
4357 conversion to help parse the input data (prompted by discussion with
4358 Albert Chin-A-Young).
4359 + modify mk-1st.awk and test/Makefile.in to add $(LDFLAGS) when making
4360 shared libraries, and to use $(CFLAGS) when linking test programs
4361 (patch by Albert Chin-A-Young).
4362 + add a call to _nc_keypad() in keypad() to accommodate applications
4363 such as nvi, which use curses for output but not for input (fixes
4364 Debian #131263, cf: 20011215).
4365 + add entrypoints to resizeterm.c which provide better control over the
4366 process: is_term_resized() and resize_term(). The latter restores
4367 the original design of resizeterm() before KEY_RESIZE was added in
4368 970906. Do this to accommodate 20010922 changes to view.c, but allow
4369 for programs with their own sigwinch handler, such as lynx (reported
4370 by Russell Ruby <russ@math.orst.edu>).
4373 + fix a typo in change to mk-1st.awk, which broke the shared-library
4374 makefile rules (reported by Martin Mokrejs).
4377 + update config.guess, config.sub
4378 + finish changes needed to build dll's on cygwin.
4379 + fix a typo in mvwchat() macro (reported by Cy <yam@homerow.net).
4382 + add case in lib_baudrate.c for B921600 (patch by Andrey A Chernov).
4383 + correct missing sed-editing stage in manpage installs which is used
4384 to rename manpages, broken in 20010324 fix for Debian #89939 (Debian
4386 + remove -L$(libdir) from linker flags, probably not needed any more
4387 since HPUX is handled properly (reported by Niibe Yutaka
4389 + add configure check for mbstate_t, needed for wide-character
4390 configuration. On some platforms we must include <wchar.h> to
4391 define this (reported by Daniel Jacobowitz).
4392 + incorporate some of the changes needed to build dll's on cygwin.
4395 + workaround for awk did not work with mawk, adjusted shell script.
4398 + add Caps.osf1r5, as an example.
4399 + modify behavior of can_clear_with() so that if an application is
4400 running in a non-bce terminals with default colors enabled, it
4401 returns true, allowing the user to select/paste text without picking
4402 up extraneous trailing blanks (adapted from patch by Daniel
4403 Jacobowitz <dmj+@andrew.cmu.edu>).
4404 + modify generated curses.h to ifdef-out prototypes for extensions if
4405 they are disabled, and to define curses_version() as a string in that
4406 case. This is needed to make the programs such as tic build in that
4408 + modified generated headers.sh to remove a gzip'd version of the
4409 target file if it exists, in case non-gzip'd manpages are installed
4410 into a directory where gzip'd ones exist. In that case, the latter
4412 + corrected a redundant initialization of signal handlers from 20010922
4414 + clarified bug-reporting address in terminfo.src (report by John H
4415 DuBois III <spcecdt@armory.com>).
4416 > several fixes from Robert Joop:
4417 + do not use "-v" option of awk in MKkey_defs.sh because it does not
4418 work with SunOS nawk.
4419 + modify definitions for libutf8 in curses.h to avoid redefinition
4421 + quoted references to compiler in shell command in misc/Makefile, in
4422 case it uses multiple tokens.
4425 + restore special case from 20010922 changes to omit SA_RESTART when
4426 setting up SIGWINCH handler, which is needed to allow wgetch() to be
4427 interrupted by that signal.
4428 + update configure macro CF_WITH_PATHLIST, to omit some double quotes
4429 not needed with autoconf 2.52
4430 + revert configure script to autoconf 2.13 patched with
4431 autoconf-2.13-19990117.patch.gz (or later)
4433 ftp://invisible-island.net/autoconf/
4434 because autoconf 2.52 macro AC_PROG_AWK does not work on HPUX 11.0
4435 (report by David Ellement <ellement@sdd.hp.com>). This also fixes a
4436 different problem configuring with Mac OS X (reported by Marc Smith
4437 <marc.a.smith@home.com>).
4440 + modify include/edit_cfg.h to eliminate BROKEN_LINKER symbol from
4442 + move prototype for _nc_vsscanf() into curses.h.in to omit
4443 HAVE_VSSCANF symbol from curses.h, which was dependent upon the
4444 ncurses_cfg.h file which is not installed.
4445 + use ACS_LEN rather than SIZEOF(acs_map) in trace code of lib_acs.c,
4446 to work with broken linker configuration, e.g., cygwin (report by
4447 Robert Joop <rj@rainbow.in-berlin.de>).
4448 + make napms() call _nc_timed_wait() rather than poll() or select(),
4449 to work around broken implementations of these on cygwin.
4452 + drop configure macro CF_WIDEC_SHIFT, since that was rendered obsolete
4453 by Sven Verdoolaege's rewrite of wide-character support. This makes
4454 libncursesw incompatible again, but makes the header files almost the
4455 same as in the narrow-character configuration.
4456 + simplify definitions that combine wide/narrow versions of bkgd, etc.,
4457 to eliminate differences between the wide/narrow versions of curses.h
4458 + correct typo in configure macro CF_FUNC_VSSCANF
4459 + correct location of call to _nc_keypad() from 20011215 changes which
4460 prevented keypad() from being disabled (reported by Lars Hecking).
4463 + rewrote ncurses 'a' test to exercise wgetch() and keypad() functions
4464 better, e.g., by adding a 'w' command to create new windows which
4465 may have different keypad() settings.
4466 + corrected logic of keypad() by adding internal screen state to track
4467 whether the terminal's keypad-mode has been set. Use this in
4468 wgetch() to update the keypad-mode according to whether the
4469 associated window's keypad-mode has been set with keypad(). This
4470 corrects a related problem restoring terminal state after handling
4471 SIGTSTP (reported by Mike Castle).
4472 + regenerate configure using patch for autoconf 2.52
4473 autoconf-2.52-patch.gz
4475 ftp://invisible-island.net/autoconf/
4476 + update config.guess, config.sub from
4477 http://subversions.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/config/config/
4478 + minor changes to quoting in configure script to allow it to work
4482 + modify final checks in lib_setup.c for line and col values, making
4484 + modify acs_map[] if configure --broken-linker is specified, to make
4485 it use a function rather than an array (prompted by an incorrect
4486 implementation in cygwin package).
4487 + correct spelling of configure option --enable-colorfgbg, which
4488 happened to work if --with-develop was set (noted in cygwin package
4490 + modify ifdef for genericerror() to compile with SUNWspro Sun WorkShop
4491 6 update 1 C++ 5.2 (patch by Sullivan N Beck <sbeck@cise.ufl.edu>).
4492 + add configure checks to see if ncurses' fallback vsscanf() will
4493 compile either of the special cases for FILE structs, and if not,
4494 force it to the case which simply returns an error (report by
4495 Sullivan N Beck <sbeck@cise.ufl.edu> indicates that Solaris 8 with
4496 64-bits does not allow access to FILE's fields).
4497 + modify ifdef's for c++/cursesw.cc to use the fallback vsscanf() in
4498 the ncurses library if no better substitute for this can be found
4500 + modify the build to name dynamic libraries according to the
4501 convention used on OS X and Darwin. Rather than something like
4502 libncurses.dylib.5.2, Darwin would name it libncurses. 5.dylib.
4503 There are a few additional minor fixes, such as setting the library
4504 version and compatibility version numbers (patch by Jason Evans
4505 <jevans@apple.com>).
4506 + use 'sh' to run mkinstalldirs, to work around problems with buggy
4507 versions of 'make' on OS/2 (report by John Polterak <jp@eyup.org>).
4508 + correct typo in manpage description of curs_set() (Debian #121548).
4509 + replace the configure script existence-check for mkstemp() by one
4510 that checks if the function works, needed for older glibc and
4514 + modify script that generates fallbacks.c to compile a temporary
4515 copy of the terminfo source in case the host does not contain all of
4516 the entries requested for fallbacks (request by Greg Roelofs).
4517 + modify configure script to accommodate systems such as Mac OS X whose
4518 <stdbool.h> header defines a 'bool' type inconsistent with ncurses,
4519 which normally makes 'bool' consistent with C++. Include <stdbool.h>
4520 from curses.h to force consistent usage, define a new type
4521 NCURSES_BOOL and related that to the exported 'bool' as either a
4522 typedef or definition, according to whether <stdbool.h> is present
4523 (based on a bug report for tin 1.5.9 by Aaron Adams <adamsa@mac.com>).
4526 + added/updated terminfo entries for M$ telnet and KDE konsole -TD
4529 + updated/expanded Apple_Terminal and Darwin PowerPC terminfo entries
4530 (Benjamin C W Sittler).
4531 + add putty terminfo entry -TD
4532 + if configuring for wide-curses, define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED, since
4533 this may not otherwise be defined to make test/view.c compile.
4536 + review/correct several missing/generated items in curses.wide, sorted
4537 the lists to make subsequent diff's easier to track.
4540 + add manual pages for add_wch(), echo_wchar(), getcchar(),
4541 mvadd_wch(), mvwadd_wch(), setcchar(), wadd_wch() and wecho_wchar().
4542 + implement wecho_wchar()
4543 + modify _tracedump() to handle wide-characters by mapping them to '?'
4544 and control-characters to '.', to make the trace file readable. Also
4545 dynamically allocate the buffer used by _tracedump() for formatting
4547 + modify T_CALLED/T_RETURN macros to ease balancing call/return lines
4548 in a trace by using curly braces.
4549 + implement _nc_viscbuf(), for tracing cchar_t arrays.
4550 + correct trace-calls in setcchar() and getcchar() functions, which
4551 traced the return values but not the entry to each function.
4552 + correct usage message in test/view.c, which still mentioned -u flag.
4555 + modify configure script to allow building with termcap only, or with
4556 fallbacks only. In this case, we do not build tic and toe.
4557 + add configure --with-termpath option, to override default TERMPATH
4558 value of /etc/termcap:/usr/share/misc/termcap.
4559 + cosmetic change to tack: make menu descriptions agree with menu
4563 + rewrote limit-checks in wscrl() and associated _nc_scroll_window(),
4564 to ensure that if the parameter of wscrl() is larger than the size of
4565 the scrolling region, then the scrolling region will be cleared
4566 (report by Ben Kohlen <bckohlen@yahoo.com>).
4567 + add trace/varargs.c, using this to trace parameters in lib_printw.c
4568 + implement _tracecchar_t2() and _tracecchar_t().
4569 + split-out trace/visbuf.c
4570 + correct typo in lib_printw.c changes from 20010922 (report by Mike
4574 + modify run_tic.sh to check if the build is a cross-compile. In that
4575 case, do not use the build's tic to install the terminfo database
4576 (report by Rafael Rodriguez Velilla <rrv@tid.es>).
4577 + modify mouse click resolution so that mouseinterval(-1) will disable
4578 it, e.g., to handle touchscreens via a slow connection (request by
4579 Byron Stanoszek <gandalf@winds.org>).
4580 + correct mouseinterval() default value shown in curs_mouse.3x
4581 + remove conflicting definition of mouse_trafo() (reported by Lars
4582 Hecking, using gcc 2.95.3).
4585 + simpler fix for signal_name(), to replace the one overlooked in
4586 20010929 (reported by Larry Virden).
4589 + add -i option to view.c, to test ncurses' check for non-default
4590 signal handler for SIGINT, etc.
4591 + add cases for shared-libraries on Darwin/OS X (patch by Rob Braun
4592 <bbraun@synack.net>).
4593 + modify tset to restore original I/O modes if an error is encountered.
4594 Also modify to use buffered stderr consistently rather than mixing
4596 + change signal_name() function to use if-then-else rather than case
4597 statement, since signal-values aren't really integers (reported by
4599 + add limit checks in wredrawln(), fixing a problem where lynx was
4600 repainting a pad which was much larger than the screen.
4603 + fix: PutRange() was counting the second part of a wide character as
4604 part of a run, resulting in a cursor position that was one too far
4605 (patch by Sven Verdoolaege).
4606 + modify resizeterm() to not queue a KEY_RESIZE if there was no
4607 SIGWINCH, thereby separating the two styles of SIGWINCH handling
4609 + simplified lib_tstp.c, modify it to use SA_RESTART flag for SIGWINCH.
4610 + eliminate several static buffers in the terminfo compiler, using
4612 + modify MKkeyname.awk so that keyname() does not store its result into
4613 a static buffer that is overwritten by the next call.
4614 + reorganize the output of infocmp -E and -e options to compile cleanly
4615 with gcc -Wwrite-strings warnings.
4616 + remove redefinition of chgat/wchgat/mvwchgat from curses.wide
4619 + add label to test/view.c, showing the name of the last key or signal
4620 that made the screen repaint, to make it clearer when a sigwinch
4622 + use ExitProgram() consistently in the test-programs to make it
4623 simpler to test leaks with dmalloc, etc.
4624 + move hashtab static data out of hashmap.c into SCREEN struct.
4625 + make NO_LEAK code compile with revised WINDOWLIST structs.
4628 + modify tgetent() to check if exit_attribute_mode resets the alternate
4629 character set, and if so, attempt to adjust the copy of the termcap
4630 "me" string which it will return to eliminate that part. In
4631 particular, 'screen' would lose track of line-drawing characters
4632 (report by Frederic L W Meunier <0@pervalidus.net>, analysis by
4636 + specify DOCTYPE in html manpages.
4637 + add missing macros for several "generated" functions: attr_get(),
4638 attr_off(), attr_on(), attr_set(), chgat(), mvchgat(), mvwchgat() and
4640 + modify view.c to agree with non-experimental status of ncurses'
4642 + change the sense of the -r option, making it default to ncurses'
4644 + add a note explaining what functions are unsafe in a signal
4646 + add a -c option, to set color display, for testing.
4647 + unset $data variable in MKterminfo.sh script, to address potential
4648 infinite loop if shell malfunction (report by Samuel Mikes
4649 <smikes@cubane.com>, for bash 2.05.0 on a Linux 2.0.36 system).
4650 + change kbs in mach terminfo entries to ^? (Marcus Brinkmann
4651 <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>).
4652 + correct logic for COLORFGBG environment variable: if rxvt is compiled
4653 with xpm support, the variable has three fields, making it slightly
4654 incompatible with itself. In either case, the background color is
4658 + move calls to def_shell_mode() and def_prog_mode() before loop with
4659 callbacks in lib_set_term.c, since the c++ demo otherwise initialized
4660 the tty modes before saving them (patch by John David Anglin
4661 <dave@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca>).
4662 + duplicate logic used to initialize trace in newterm(), in initscr()
4663 to avoid confusing trace of initscr().
4664 + simplify allocation of WINDOW and WINDOWLIST structs by making the
4665 first a part of the second rather than storing a pointer. This saves
4666 a call to malloc for each window (discussion with Philippe Blain).
4667 + remove unused variable 'used_ncv' from lib_vidattr.c (Philippe
4669 + modify c++/Makefile.in to accommodate archive programs that are
4670 different for C++ than for C, and add cases for vendor's C++
4671 compilers on Solaris and IRIX (report by Albert Chin-A-Young).
4672 + correct manpage description of criteria for deciding if the terminal
4673 supports xterm mouse controls.
4674 + add several configure script options to aid with cross-compiling:
4675 --with-build-cc, --with-build-cflags, --with-build-ldflags, and
4676 --with-build-libs (request by Greg Roelofs).
4677 + change criteria for deciding if configure is cross-compiling from
4678 host/build mismatch to host/target mismatch (request by Greg Roelofs
4679 <greg.roelofs@philips.com>).
4680 + correct logic for infocmp -e and -E options which writes the data for
4681 the ext_Names[] array. This is needed if one constructs a fallback
4682 table for a terminfo entry which uses extended termcap names, e.g.,
4683 AX in a color xterm.
4684 + fix undefined NCURSES_PATHSEP when configure --disable-database
4688 + fix for VALID_BOOLEAN() macro when char is not signed.
4689 + modify 'clean' rule for C++ binding to work with Sun compiler, which
4690 caches additional information in a subdirectory of the objects.
4691 + added llib-ncursesw.
4694 + add Caps.keys example for experimental extended function keys
4695 (adapted from a patch by Ilya Zakharevich).
4696 + correct parameter types of vidputs() and vidattr() to agree with
4697 header files (report by William P Setzer).
4698 + fix typos in several man-pages (patch by William P Setzer).
4699 + remove unneeded ifdef for __GNUG__ in CF_CPP_VSCAN_FUNC configure
4700 macro, which made ncurses C++ binding fail to build with other
4701 C++ compilers such as HPUX 11.x (report by Albert Chin-A-Young).
4702 + workaround for bug in HPUX 11.x C compiler: add a blank after
4703 NCURSES_EXPORT macro in form.h (report by Albert Chin-A-Young)
4704 + ignore blank lines in Caps* files in MKkey_defs.sh script (report by
4705 Albert Chin-A-Young).
4706 + correct definition of key_end in Caps.aix4, which left KEY_END
4707 undefined (report by Albert Chin-A-Young).
4708 + remove a QNX-specific fallback prototype for vsscanf(), which is
4709 obsolete with QNX RTP.
4710 + review/fix some of the T() and TR() macro calls, having noticed that
4711 there was no data for delwin() in a trace of dialog because there was
4712 no returnVoid call for wtimeout(). Also, traces in lib_twait.c are
4713 now selected under TRACE_IEVENT rather than TRACE_CALLS.
4716 + add a _nc_access() check before opening files listed via $TERMPATH.
4717 + using modified man2html, regenerate some of the html manpages to fix
4718 broken HREF's where the link was hyphenated.
4721 + add some limit/pointer checks to -S option of tputs.
4722 + updated/expanded Apple_Terminal and Darwin PowerPC terminfo entries
4723 (Benjamin C W Sittler).
4724 + add a note in curs_termcap.3x regarding a defect in the XSI
4725 description of tgetent (based on a discussion with Urs Jansen
4726 regarding the HPUX 11.x implementation, whose termcap interface is
4727 not compatible with existing termcap programs).
4728 + modify manhtml rule in dist.mk to preserve copyright notice on the
4729 generated files, as well as to address HTML style issues reported by
4730 tidy and weblint. Regenerated/updated corresponding html files.
4731 + comment out use of Protected_Character and related rarely used
4732 attributes in ncurses Ada95 test/demo to compile with wide-character
4736 + implement a simple example in C++ demo to test scanw().
4737 + corrected stdio function used to implement scanw() in cursesw.cc
4738 + correct definition of RemAttr() macro from 20010602 changes, which
4739 caused C++ SillyDemo to not show line-drawing characters.
4740 + modify C++ binding, adding getKey() which can be overridden by user
4741 to substitute functions other than getch() for keyboard processing
4742 of forms and menus (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
4745 + fix some of the trace calls which needed modification to work with
4746 new wide-character structures.
4747 + modify magic-cookie code in tty_update.c to compile with new
4748 wide-character structures (report by <George.R.Goffe@seagate.com>).
4749 + ensure that _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED is defined in curses.priv.h if
4750 compiling for wide-character configuration.
4751 + make addwnstr() handle non-spacing characters (patch by Sven
4755 + add configure check to define _GNU_SOURCE, needed to prop up glibc
4757 + split-out include/curses.wide to solve spurious redefinitions caused
4758 by defining _GNU_SOURCE, and move includes for <signal.h> before
4759 <curses.h> to work around misdefinition of ERR in glibc 2.1.3 header
4761 + extended ospeed change to NetBSD and OpenBSD -TD
4762 + modify logic in lib_baudrate.c for ospeed, for FreeBSD to make it
4763 work properly for termcap applications (patch by Andrey A Chernov).
4766 + correct an overlooked CharOf/UChar instance (reports by Eugene Lee
4767 <eugene@anime.net>, Sven Verdoolaege).
4768 + correct unneeded ifdef for wunctrl() (reported by Sven Verdoolaege)
4771 + change overlooked several CharOf/UChar instances.
4772 > several patches from Sven Verdoolaege:
4773 + correct a typo in wunctrl(), which made it appear that botwc() was
4774 needed (no such function: use btowc()).
4775 + reimplement wide-character demo in test/view.c, using new functions.
4776 + implement getcchar(), setcchar(), wadd_wchnstr() and related macros.
4777 + fix a syntax problem with do/if/while in PUTC macro (curses.priv.h).
4780 + add parentheses in macros for malloc in test.priv.h, fixes an
4781 expression in view.c (report by Wolfgang Gutjahr <gutw@knapp.co.at>).
4782 + add Caps.uwin, as an example.
4783 + change the way curses.h is generated, making the list of function
4784 key definitions extracted from the Caps file.
4785 + add #undef's before possible redefinition of ERR and OK in curses.h
4786 + modify logic in tic, toe, tput and tset which checks for basename of
4787 argv[0] to work properly on systems such as OS/2 which have
4788 case-independent filenames and/or program suffixes, e.g., ".ext".
4791 + add a configure check, if --enable-widec is specified, for putwc(),
4792 which may be in libutf8.
4793 + remove some unnecessary text from curs_extend.3x and
4794 default_colors.3x which caused man-db to make incorrect symbolic
4795 links (Debian bug report #99550).
4796 + add configure check if cast for _IO_va_list is needed to compile
4797 C++ vscan code (Debian bug report #97945).
4798 > several patches from Sven Verdoolaege:
4799 + correct code that used non-standard auto-initialization of a struct,
4800 which gcc allows (report by Larry Virden).
4801 + use putwc() in PUTC() macro.
4802 + make addstr() work for the special case where the codeset is
4803 non-stateful (eg. UTF-8), as well as stateful codesets.
4806 + correct loop expression in NEXT_CHAR macro for lib_addstr.c changes
4807 from 20010602 (report by Mike Castle).
4810 + modify mvcur() to avoid emitting newline characters when nonl() mode
4811 is set. Normally this is not a problem since the actual terminal
4812 mode is set to suppress nl/crlf translations, however it is useful to
4813 allow the caller to manipulate the terminal mode to avoid staircasing
4814 effects after spawning a process which writes messages (for lynx
4816 > several patches from Sven Verdoolaege <skimo@kotnet.org>:
4817 + remove redundant type-conversion in fifo_push()
4818 + correct definition of addwstr() macro in curses.h.in
4819 + remove _nc_utf8_outch()
4820 + rename most existing uses of CharOf() to UChar(), e.g., where it is
4821 used to prevent sign-extension in ctype macros.
4822 + change some chtype's to attr_t's where the corresponding variables
4823 are used to manipulate attributes.
4824 + UpdateAttr() was applied to both attributes (attr_t) and characters
4825 (chtype). Modify macro and calls to it to make these distinct.
4826 + add CharEq() macro, use in places where wide-character configuration
4827 implementation uses a struct for cchar_t.
4828 + moved struct ldat into curses.priv.h, to hide implementation details.
4829 + change CharOf() macro to use it for masking A_CHARTEXT data from
4831 + add L() macro to curses.priv.h, for long-character literals.
4832 + replace several assignments from struct ldat entries to chtype or
4833 char values with combinations of CharOf() and AttrOf() macros.
4834 + add/use intermediate ChAttrOf() and ChCharOf() macros where we know
4835 we are using chtype data.
4836 + add/use lowlevel attribute manipulation macros AddAttr(), RemAttr()
4838 + add/use SetChar() macro, to change a cchar_t based on a character and
4840 + convert most internal use of chtype to NCURSES_CH_T, to simplify use
4841 of cchar_t for wide-character configuration. Similarly, use ARG_CH_T
4842 where a pointer would be more useful.
4843 + add stubs for tracing cchar_t values.
4844 + add/use macro ISBLANK()
4845 + add/use constructors for cchar_t's: NewChar(), NewChar2().
4846 + add/use macros CHREF(), CHDEREF(), AttrOfD(), CharOfD() to facilitate
4847 passing cchar_t's by address.
4848 + add/use PUTC_DATA, PUTC() macros.
4849 + for wide-character configuration, move the window background data to
4850 the end of the WINDOW struct so that whether _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED
4851 is defined or not, the offsets in the struct will not change.
4852 + modify addch() to work with wide-characters.
4853 + mark several wide-character functions as generated in curses.h.in
4854 + implement wunctrl(), wadd_wch(), wbkgrndset(), wbkgrnd(),
4855 wborder_set() and waddnwstr().
4858 + add experimental --with-caps=XXX option to customize to similar
4859 terminfo database formats such as AIX 4.x
4860 + add Caps.aix4 as an example.
4861 + modify Caps to add columns for the the KEY_xxx symbols.
4862 + modify configure --with-widec to suppress overwrite of libcurses.so
4864 + add checks to toe.c to avoid being confused by files and directories
4865 where we would expect the reverse, e.g., source-files in the
4866 top-level terminfo levels as is the case for AIX.
4869 + add top-level 'depend' rule for the C sources, assuming that the
4870 makedepend program is available. As a side-effect, this makes
4871 the generated sources, as in "make sources" (prompted by a report
4872 by Mike Castle that "make -j" fails because the resulting parallel
4873 processes race to generate ncurses/names.c).
4874 + modify configure script so that --disable-overwrite option's action
4875 to add a symbolic link for libcurses applies to the static library as
4876 well as the shared library when both are configured (report by Felix
4877 Natter <f.natter@ndh.net>).
4878 + add ELKS terminfo entries (Federico Bianchi
4879 <bianchi@www.arte.unipi.it>)
4880 + add u6 (CSR) to Eterm (Michael Jennings).
4883 + modify test/ncurses.c to work with xterm-256color, which has fewer
4884 color pairs than colors*colors (report by David Ellement
4885 <ellement@sdd.hp.com>).
4888 + corrected screen.xterm-xfree86 entry.
4889 + update comment in Caps regarding IBM (AIX) function-key definitions.
4892 + modify c++/Makefile.in to link with libncurses++w.a when configured
4893 for wide-characters (patch by Sven Verdoolaege).
4894 + add check in _nc_trace_buf() to refrain from freeing a null pointer.
4895 + improve CF_PROG_INSTALL macro using CF_DIRNAME.
4896 + update config.guess, config.sub from autoconf 2.49e (alpha).
4899 + add secondary check in tic.c, similar_sgr() to see if the reason
4900 for mismatch was that the individual capabilities used a time-delay
4901 while sgr did not. Used this to cleanup mismatches, e.g., in vt100,
4902 and remove time-delay from Apple_Terminal entries.
4903 + add Apple_Terminal terminfo entries (Benjamin C W Sittler
4904 <bsittler@iname.com>).
4905 + correct definitions of shifted editing keys for xterm-xfree86 -TD
4906 + fix a bug in test/bs.c from 20010407 (patch by Erik Sigra).
4907 + prevent relative_move() from doing an overwrite if it detects 8-bit
4908 characters when configured for UTF-8 (reported by Sven Verdoolaege
4909 <skimo@kotnet.org>).
4912 + add configure checks for strstream.h vscan function, and similar
4913 stdio-based function which may be used in C++ binding for gcc 3.0
4914 (reports by George Goffe, Lars Hecking, Mike Castle).
4915 + rewrite parts of configure.in which used changequote(). That feature
4916 is broken in the latest autoconf alphas (e.g., 2.49d).
4917 + add a missing pathname for ncurses_dll.h, needed when building in
4918 a directory outside the source tree (patch by Sven Verdoolaege
4919 <skimo@kotnet.org>).
4920 > fix 2 bugs in test/bs.c Erik Sigra <sigra@home.se>:
4921 + no ships were ever placed in the last row or in the last column.
4922 This made the game very easy to win, because you never had to waste
4923 any shots there, but the computer did.
4924 + the squares around a sunken ship that belonged to the player were not
4925 displayed as already hit by the computer, like it does for the
4929 + add some examples of customizing screen's terminfo:
4930 screen.xterm-xfree86, screen.xterm-r6, screen.teraterm -TD
4931 + modify screen's terminfo entry to match the khome/kend in screen
4932 3.09.08 (Debian bug report #92215).
4933 + correct a memory leak in forms library (report by Stefan Vogtner
4934 <stefan@vogtner.de>) (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
4937 + change symbols used to guard against repeated includes to begin
4938 consistently with "NCURSES_" rather than a leading underscore. There
4939 are other symbols defined in the header files which begin with a
4940 leading underscore, but they are part of the legacy interface.
4941 + reorder includes in c++ binding so that rcs identifiers can be
4943 + add .cc.ii rule to c++ makefile, to get preprocessor output for
4945 + correct configure script handling of @keyword@ substitutions when the
4946 --with-manpage-renames option is given (cf: 20000715, fixes Debian
4948 + report stack underflow/overflow in tparm() when tic -cv option is
4950 + remove spurious "%|" operator from xterm-xfree86 terminfo entry,
4951 (reported by Adam Costello <amc@cs.berkeley.edu>, Debian bug #89222).
4954 + cleanup of newdemo.c, fixing some ambiguous expressions noted by gcc
4955 2.95.2, and correcting some conflicting color pair initializations.
4956 + add missing copyright notice for cursesw.h
4957 + review, make minor fixes for use of '::' for referring to C-language
4958 interface from C++ binding.
4959 + modify configure check for g++ library slightly to accommodate
4960 nonstandard version number, e.g., <vendor>-2.7 (report by Ronald Ho
4961 <rho@mipos2.intel.com>).
4962 + add configure check for c++ <sstream> header, replace hardcoded
4964 + workaround for pre-release of gcc 3.0 libstdc++, which has dropped
4965 vscan from strstreambuf to follow standard, use wrapper for C vscanf
4966 instead (report by George Goffe <grgoffe@excite.com> and Matt Taggart
4967 <taggart@carmen.fc.hp.com>, fixes Debian .
4970 + modify interface of _nc_get_token() to pass 'silent' parameter to it,
4971 to make quieter loading of /etc/termcap (patch by Todd C Miller).
4972 + correct a few typos in curs_slk.3x and curs_outopts.3x manpages
4973 (patch by Todd C Miller).
4976 + compiler-warning fixes (reported by Nelson Beebe).
4979 + modify screen terminfo entry to use new 3.9.8 feature allowing xterm
4983 + broaden patterns used to match OS/2 EMX in configure script to cover
4984 variant used in newer config.guess/config.sub
4985 + remove changequote() calls from configure script, since this feature
4986 is broken in the autoconf 2.49c alpha, maintainers decline to fix.
4987 + remove macro callPutChar() from tty_update.c, since this is no longer
4988 needed (reported by Philippe Blain).
4989 + add a null-pointer check in tic.c to handle the case when the input
4990 file is really empty. Modify the next_char() function in comp_scan.c
4991 to allow arbitrarily long lines, and incidentally supply a newline to
4992 files that do not end in a newline. These changes improve tic's
4993 recovery from attempts to read binary files, e.g., its output from
4994 the terminfo database (reported by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer).
4997 + revert change to c++/demo.cc from 20001209, which changed definition
4998 of main() apparently to accommodate cygwin linker, but broke the demo
5000 + workaround for broken egcs 2.91.66 which calls member functions
5001 (i.e., lines() and colors() of NCursesWindow before calling its
5002 constructor. Add calls to initialize() in a few constructors which
5003 did not do this already.
5004 + use the GNAT preprocessor to make the necessary switch between TRACE
5005 and NO_TRACE configurations (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
5006 > patches by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer:
5007 + modify kterm terminfo entry to use SCS sequence to support alternate
5008 character set (it does not work with SI/SO).
5009 + --with-ospeed=something didn't work. configure.in checked for a
5010 $enableval where it should check for $withval. Also,
5011 ncurses/llib-lncurses still had a hardcoded short.
5014 + correction to my merge of Tom Riddle's patch that broke tic in some
5015 conditions (reported by Enoch Wexler <enoch@wexler.co.il>) -TD
5018 + modify view.c to test halfdelay(). Like other tests, this recognizes
5019 the 's' and space commands for stopping/starting polled input, shows
5020 a freerunning clock in the header. If given a parameter to 's', that
5021 makes view.c use halfdelay() with that parameter rather than
5023 + fix to allow compile with the experimental configure option
5025 + modify postprocess_termcap() to avoid overwriting key_backspace,
5026 key_left, key_down when processing a non-base entry (report/patch by
5028 + modify _nc_wrap_entry(), adding option to reallocate the string
5029 table, needed in _nc_merge_entry() when merging termcap entries.
5030 (adapted from report/patch by Tom Riddle <ftr@oracom.com>).
5031 + modify a few configure script macros to keep $CFLAGS used only for
5032 compiler options, preprocessor options in $CPPFLAGS.
5035 + correct marker positions in lrtest.c after receiving a sigwinch.
5036 + fix ifdef's in ncurses.c to build against pre-5.2 for testing.
5037 + fixes to tclock for resizing behavior, redundant computation (report
5038 and patch by A M Kuchling <akuchlin@mems-exchange.org>).
5041 + improved scoansi terminfo entry -TD
5042 + modify configure script and makefile in Ada95/src to compile a stub
5043 for the trace functions when ncurses does not provide those.
5046 + add ncurses_dll.h and related definitions to support generating DLL's
5047 with cygwin (adapted from a patch by Charles Wilson
5048 <cwilson@ece.gatech.edu>, changed NCURSES_EXPORT macro to make it
5049 work with 'indent') -TD
5052 + correct prototypes for some functions in curs_termcap.3x, matching
5053 termcap.h, which matches X/Open.
5054 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
5055 + a revised version of the Ada enhancements sent in by "H.
5056 Nanosecond", aka Eugene V Melaragno <aldomel@ix.netcom.com>. This
5058 - small fixes to the existing ncurses binding
5059 - addition of some more low-level functions to the binding, including
5060 termcap and terminfo functions
5061 - An Ada implementation of the "ncurses" test application originally
5065 + modify logic in lib_setup.c to allow either lines or columns value
5066 from terminfo to be used if the screen size cannot be determined
5067 dynamically rather than requiring both (patch by Ehud Karni
5068 <ehud@unix.simonwiesel.co.il>).
5069 + add check in lib_tgoto.c's is_termcap() function to reject null or
5070 empty strings (reported by Valentin Nechayev <netch@netch.kiev.ua> to
5072 + add definition from configure script that denotes the path-separator,
5073 which is normally a colon. The path-separator is a semicolon on
5074 OS/2 EMX and similar systems which may use a colon within pathnames.
5075 + alter logic to set default for --disable-overwrite option to set it
5076 to 'yes' if the --prefix/$prefix value is not /usr/local, thereby
5077 accommodating the most common cause of problems: gcc's nonstandard
5078 search rules. Other locations such as /usr/local/ncurses will
5079 default to overwriting (report by Lars Hecking <lhecking@nmrc.ie>).
5082 + modify default for --disable-overwrite configure option to disable
5083 if the --prefix or $prefix value is not /usr.
5084 + add cygwin to systems for which ncurses is installed by default into
5085 /usr rather than /usr/local.
5088 + minor optimization in comp_error.c and lib_termname.c, using
5089 strncat() to replace strncpy() (patch by Solar Designer).
5090 + add a use_terminfo_vars() check for $HOME/.termcap, and check for
5091 geteuid() to use_terminfo_vars() (patch by Solar Designer
5093 + improved cygwin terminfo entry, based on patch by
5094 <ernie_boyd@yahoo.com>.
5095 + modify _nc_write_entry() to allow for the possibility that linking
5096 aliases on a filesystem that ignores case would not succeed because
5097 the source and destination differ only by case, e.g., NCR260VT300WPP0
5098 on cygwin (report by Neil Zanella).
5099 + fix a typo in the curs_deleteln.3x man page (patch by Bernhard
5100 Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.de>).
5103 + add configure option --with-ospeed to assist packagers in transition
5104 to 5.3 change to ospeed type.
5105 + add/use CharOf() macro to suppress sign-extension of char type on
5106 platforms where this is a problem in ctype macros, e.g., Solaris.
5107 + change trace output to binary format.
5108 + correct a missing quote adjustment in CF_PATH_SYNTAX autoconf
5109 macro, for OS/2 EMX configuration.
5110 + rearrange a few configure macros, moving preprocessor options to
5111 $CPPFLAGS (a now-obsolete version of autoconf did not consistently
5112 use $CPPFLAGS in both the compile and preprocessor checks).
5113 + add a check in relative_move() to guard against buffer overflow in
5114 the overwrite logic.
5117 + add message to configure script showing g++ version.
5118 + resync config.guess, config.sub
5119 + modify lib_delwin.c, making it return ERR if the window did not exist
5120 (suggested by Neil Zanella).
5121 + add cases for FreeBSD 3.1 to tdlint and makellib scripts, used this
5122 to test/review ncurses library. (Would use lclint, but it doesn't
5124 + reorganized knight.c to avoid forward references. Correct screen
5125 updates when backtracking, especially to the first cell. Add F/B/a
5128 20001021 5.2 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
5129 + update generated html files from manpages.
5130 + modify dist.mk to use edit_man.sh to substitute autoconf'd variables
5132 + fix an uninitialized pointer in read_termcap.c (report by Todd C
5133 Miller, from report/patch by Philip Guenther <guenther@gac.edu>).
5134 + correct help-message and array limit in knight.c (patch by Brian
5135 Raiter <breadbox@muppetlabs.com>).
5136 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
5137 + fix to avoid warning by GNAT-3.13p about use of inconsistent casing
5138 for some identifiers defined in the standard package.
5139 + cosmetic change to forms/fty_enum.c
5142 + correct an off-by-one position in test/railroad.c which could cause
5143 wrapping at the right margin.
5144 + test/repair some issues with libtool configuration. Make
5145 --disable-echo force libtool --silent. (Libtool does not work for
5146 OS/2 EMX, works partly for SCO - libtool is still very specific to
5148 + change default of --with-manpage-tbl to "no", since for most of the
5149 platforms which do have tbl installed, the system "man" program
5150 understands how to run tbl automatically.
5151 + minor improvement to force_bar() in comp_parse.c (Bernhard
5152 Rosenkraenzer <bero@redhat.de>).
5153 + modify lib_tparm.c to use get_space() before writing terminating
5154 null character, both for consistency as well as to ensure that if
5155 save_char() was called immediately before, that the allocated memory
5156 is enough (patch by Sergei Ivanov).
5157 + add note about termcap ML capability which is duplicated between two
5158 different capabilities: smgl and smglr (reported by Sergei Ivanov
5159 <svivanov@pdmi.ras.ru>).
5160 + correct parameter counts in include/Caps for dclk as well as some
5161 printer-specific capabilities: csnm, defc, scs, scsd, smgtp, smglp.
5162 > patch by Johnny C Lam <lamj@stat.cmu.edu>:
5163 + add support for building with libtool (apparently version 1.3.5,
5164 since old versions do not handle -L../lib), using new configure
5165 option --with-libtool.
5166 + add configure option --with-manpage-tbl, which causes the manpages to
5167 be preprocessed by tbl(1) prior to installation,
5168 + add configure option --without-curses-h, which causes the
5169 installation process to install curses.h as ncurses.h and make
5170 appropriate changes to headers and manpages.
5173 + correct order of options/parameters in run_tic.in invocation of tic,
5174 which did not work with standard getopt() (reported by Ethan
5175 Butterfield <primus@veris.org>).
5176 + correct logic for 'reverse' variable in lib_vidattr.c, which was
5177 setting it true without checking if newmode had A_REVERSE set, e.g.,
5178 using $TERM=ansi on OS/2 EMX (see 20000917).
5179 > patch by Todd C Miller:
5180 + add a few missing use_terminfo_vars() and fixes up _nc_tgetent().
5181 Previously, _nc_cgetset() would still get called on cp so the
5182 simplest thing is to set cp to NULL if !use_terminfo_vars().
5183 + added checks for an empty $HOME environment variable.
5184 > patches for OS/2 EMX (Ilya Zakharevich):
5185 + modify convert_configure.pl to support INSTALL. Change compiler
5186 options in that script to use multithreading, needed for the mouse.
5187 + modify OS/2 mouse support, retrying as a 2-button mouse if code fails
5188 to set up a 3-button mouse.
5189 + improve code for OS/2 mouse support, using _nc_timed_wait() to
5190 replace select() call.
5193 + change type of ospeed variable back to short to match its use in
5194 legacy applications (reported by Andrey A Chernov).
5195 + add case to configure script for --enable-rpath on IRIX (patch by
5196 Albert Chin-A-Young).
5197 + minor fix to position_check() function, to ensure it gets the whole
5198 cursor report before decoding.
5199 + add configure option --disable-assumed-color, to allow pre-5.1
5200 convention of default colors used for color-pair 0 to be configured
5201 (see assume_default_colors()).
5202 + rename configure option --enable-hashmap --disable-hashmap, and
5203 reorder the configure options, splitting the experimental and
5205 + add configure option --disable-root-environ, which tells ncurses to
5206 disregard $TERMINFO and similar environment variables if the current
5207 user is root, or running setuid/setgid (based on discussion with
5209 + modified misc/run_tic.in to use tic -o, to eliminate dependency on
5210 $TERMINFO variable for installs.
5211 + add table entry for plab_norm to tput, so it passes in strings
5212 for that capability.
5213 + modify parse_format() in lib_tparm.c to ignore precision if it is
5214 longer than 10000 (report by Jouko Pynnonen).
5215 + rewrote limit checks in lib_mvcur.c using new functions
5216 _nc_safe_strcat(), etc. Made other related changes to check lengths
5217 used for strcat/strcpy (report by Jouko Pynnonen
5218 <jouko@solutions.fi>).
5221 + modify several descriptions, including those for setaf, setab, in
5222 include/Caps to indicate that the entries are parameterized. This
5223 information is used to tell which strings are translated when
5224 converting to termcap. Fixes a problem where the generated termcap
5225 would contain a spurious "%p1" for the terminfo "%p1%d".
5226 + modify ld -rpath options (e.g., Linux, and Solaris) to use an
5227 absolute pathname for the build tree's lib directory (prompted by
5228 discussion with Albert Chin-A-Young).
5229 + modify "make install.man" and "make uninstall.man" to include tack's
5231 + various fixes for install scripts used to support configure --srcdir
5232 and --with-install-prefix (reported by Matthew Clarke
5233 <Matthew_Clarke@mindlink.bc.ca>).
5234 + make configure script checks on variables $GCC and $GXX consistently
5235 compare against 'yes' rather than test if they are nonnull, since
5236 either may be set to the corresponding name of the C or C++ compiler
5237 (report/patch by Albert Chin-A-Young).
5240 + modify rs2 capability in xterm-r6 and similar where cursor
5241 save/restore bracketed the sequence for resetting video attributes.
5242 The cursor restore would undo that (report by John Hawkinson
5243 <jhawk@MIT.EDU> (see NetBSD misc/11052)).
5244 + using parameter check added to tic, corrected 27 typos in
5246 + modify tic to verify that its inputs are really files, in case
5247 someone tries to read a directory (or /dev/zero).
5248 + add a check for empty buffers returned by fgets() in comp_scan.c
5249 next_char() function, in case tic is run on a non-text file (fixes
5250 a core dump reported by Aaron Campbell <aaron@cs.dal.ca>).
5251 + add to railroad.c some code exercising tgoto(), providing an
5252 alternate form of display if the terminal supports cursor addressing.
5253 + split-out tgoto() again, this time into new file lib_tgoto.c, and
5254 implement a conventional BSD-style tgoto() which is used if the
5255 capability string does not contain terminfo-style padding or
5256 parameters (requested by Andrey A Chernov).
5257 + add check to tic which reports capabilities that do not reference
5258 the expected number of parameters.
5259 + add error checking to infocmp's -v and -m options to ensure that
5260 the option value is indeed a number.
5261 + some cleanup of logic in _nc_signal_handler() to verify if SIGWINCH
5262 handler is setup. Separated the old/new sigaction data for SIGTSTP
5263 from the other signals.
5266 + add S0, E0 extensions to screen's terminfo entry, which is another
5267 way to solve the misconfiguration issue -TD
5268 + completed special case for tgoto from 20000916
5271 + update xterm terminfo entries to match XFree86 xterm patch #146 -TD
5272 + add Matrix Orbital terminfo entries (from Eric Z Ayers
5274 + add special case to lib_tparm.c to allow 'screen' program to use a
5275 termcap-style parameter "%." to tgoto() for switching character sets.
5276 + use LN_S substitution in run_tic.in, to work on OS/2 EMX which has
5278 + updated notes in README.emx regarding autoconf patches.
5279 + replace a lookup table in lib_vidattr.c used to decode no_color_video
5280 with a logic expression (suggested by Philippe Blain).
5281 + add a/A toggle to ncurses.c 'b' test, which clears/sets alternate
5282 character set attribute from the displayed text.
5283 + correct inequality in parameter analysis of rewritten lib_tparm.c
5284 which had the effect of ignoring p9 in set_attributes (sgr), breaking
5285 alternate character set (reported by Piotr Majka <charvel@link.pl>).
5286 + correct ifdef'ing for GCC_PRINTF, GCC_SCANF which would not compile
5287 with Sun WorkShop compilers since these tokens were empty (cf:
5288 20000902, reported by Albert Chin-A-Young).
5291 + correct an uninitialized parameter to open_tempfile() in tic.c which
5292 made "tic -I" give an ambiguous error message about tmpnam.
5293 + add special case in lib_vidattr.c to reset underline and standout for
5294 devices that have no sgr0 defined (patch by Don Lewis
5295 <Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com>). Note that this will not work for bold
5296 mode, since there is no exit-bold-mode capability.
5297 + improved patch for Make_Enum_Type (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
5298 + modify tparm to disallow arithmetic on strings, analyze the varargs
5299 list to read strings as strings and numbers as numbers.
5300 + modify tparm's internal function spop() to treat a null pointer as
5302 + modify tput program so it can be renamed or invoked via a link as
5303 'reset' or 'init', producing the same effect as 'tput reset' or 'tput
5305 + add private entrypoint _nc_basename(), use to consolidate related
5306 code in progs, as well as accommodating OS/2 EMX pathnames.
5307 + remove NCURSES_CONST line from edit_cfg.sh to compensate for its
5308 removal (except via AC_SUBST) from configure.in, making
5309 --enable-const work again (reported by Juergen Pfeifer).
5310 + regen'd configure to pick up "hpux*" change from 20000902.
5313 + modify tset.c to check for transformed "reset" program name, if any.
5314 + add a check for null pointer in Make_Enum_Type() (reported by Steven
5315 W Orr <steveo@world.std.com>).
5316 + change functions _nc_parse_entry() and postprocess_termcap() to avoid
5317 using strtok(), because it is non-reentrant (reported by Andrey A
5318 Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>).
5319 + remove "hpux10.*" case from CF_SHARED_OPTS configure script macro.
5320 This differed from the "hpux*" case by using reversed symbolic
5321 links, which made the 5.1 version not match the configuration of
5322 5.0 shared libraries (reported by Albert Chin-A-Young).
5323 + correct a dependency in Ada95/src/Makefile.in which prevented
5324 building with configure --srcdir (patch by H Nanosecond
5325 <aldomel@ix.netcom.com>).
5326 + modify ifdef's in curses.h.in to avoid warning if GCC_PRINTF or
5327 GCC_SCANF was not previously defined (reported by Pavel Roskin
5329 + add MKncurses_def.sh to generate fallback definitions for
5330 ncurses_cfg.h, to quiet gcc -Wundef warnings, modified ifdef's in
5331 code to consistently use "#if" rather than "#ifdef".
5334 + add QNX qansi entries to terminfo -TD
5335 + add os2 entry to misc/emx.src (<jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>).
5336 + add configure option --with-database to allow specifying a different
5337 terminfo source-file to install. On OS/2 EMX, this defaults to
5339 + change misc/run_tic.sh to derive it from misc/run_tic.in, to simplify
5340 setting .exe extension on OS/2 EMX.
5341 + add .exe extension in Ada95/gen/Makefile.in,
5342 Ada95/samples/Makefile.in, for OS/2 EMX (reported by
5343 <jmcoopr@webmail.bmi.net>).
5344 + add configure check for filesystems (such as OS/2 EMX) which do not
5345 distinguish between upper/lowercase filenames, use this to fix tags
5347 + initialize fds[] array to 0's in _nc_timed_wait(); apparently poll()
5348 only sets the revents members of that array when there is activity
5349 corresponding to the related file (report by Glenn Cooper
5350 <gcooper@qantas.com.au>, using Purify on Solaris 5.6).
5351 + change configure script to use AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM rather than
5352 AC_CANONICAL_HOST, which means that configure --target will set
5353 a default program-prefix.
5354 + add note on cross-compiling to INSTALL (which does not rely on the
5355 AC_CANONICAL_* macros).
5358 + add cases for EMX OS/2 to config.guess, config.sub
5359 + new version of config.guess, config.sub from lynx 2.8.4dev.7
5360 + add definitions via transform.h to allow tic and tput to check for
5361 the transformed aliases rather than the original infotocap, etc.
5362 + simplify transform-expressions in progs/Makefile.in, make the
5363 uninstall rule work for transformed program names.
5364 + change symbol used by --install-prefix configure option from
5365 INSTALL_PREFIX to DESTDIR (the latter has become common usage
5366 although the name is misleading).
5367 + modify programs to use curses_version() string to report the version
5368 of ncurses with which they are compiled rather than the
5369 NCURSES_VERSION string. The function returns the patch level in
5370 addition to the major and minor version numbers.
5373 + modify CF_MAN_PAGES configure macro to make transformed program names
5374 a parameter to that macro rather than embedding them in the macro.
5375 + newer config.guess, config.sub (reference version used in lynx
5377 + add configure option --with-default-terminfo-dir=DIR to allow
5378 specifying the default terminfo database directory (request by Albert
5380 + minor updates for terminfo.src from FreeBSD termcap change-history.
5381 + correct notes in README and INSTALL regarding documentation files
5382 that were moved from misc directory to doc (report by Rich Kulawiec
5384 + change most remaining unquoted parameters of 'test' in configure
5385 script to use quotes, for instance fixing a problem in the
5386 --disable-database option (reported by Christian Mondrup
5387 <scancm@biobase.dk>).
5388 + minor adjustments to work around some of the incompatibilities/bugs
5389 in autoconf 2.29a alpha.
5390 + add -I/usr/local/include when --with-ncurses option is used in
5391 test/configure script.
5392 + correct logic in adjust_cancels(), which did not check both
5393 alternatives when reclassifying an extended name between boolean,
5394 number and string, causing an infinite loop in tic.
5397 + correct a missing backslash in curses.priv.h
5400 + change handling of non_dest_scroll_region in tty_update.c to clear
5401 text after it is shifted in rather than before shifting out. Also
5402 correct row computation (reported by Ruediger Kuhlmann
5403 <uck4@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>).
5404 + add/use new trace function to display chtype values from winch() and
5406 + add trace mask TRACE_ATTRS, alter several existing _tracef calls that
5407 trace attribute changes under TRACE_CALLS to use this.
5408 + modify MKlib_gen.sh so that functions returning chtype will call
5410 + add returnChar() trace, for functions returning chtype.
5411 + change indent.pro to line up parenthesis.
5414 + fix a heap problem with the c++ binding (report by
5415 <alexander_liberson@ninewest.com>, patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
5416 + minor adjustment to ClrToEOL() to handle an out-of-bounds parameter.
5417 + modify the check for big-core to force a couple of memory accesses,
5418 which may work as needed for older/less-capable machines (if not,
5419 there's still the explicit configure option).
5420 > fixes based on diff's for Amiga and BeOS found at
5421 http://www.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de/~kuhlmann/cross/ncurses/
5422 + alter definition of NCURSES_CONST to make it non-empty.
5423 + add amiga-vnc terminfo entry.
5424 + redefine 'TEXT' in menu.h for AMIGA, since it is reported to have
5425 an (unspecified) symbol conflict.
5426 + replaced case-statement in _nc_tracebits() for CSIZE with a table to
5427 simplify working around implementations that define random
5428 combinations of the related macros to zero.
5429 + modify configure test for tcgetattr() to allow for old
5430 implementations, e.g., on BeOS, which only defined it as a macro.
5431 > patches by Bruno Haible:
5432 + when checking LC_ALL/LC_CTYPE/LANG environment variables for UTF-8
5433 locale, ignore those which are set to an empty value, as per SUSV2.
5434 + encode 0xFFFD in UTF-8 with 3 bytes, not 2.
5435 + modify _nc_utf8_outch() to avoid sign-extension when checking for
5439 + correct manlinks.sed script to avoid using ERE "\+", which is not
5440 understood by older versions of sed (patch by Albert Chin-A-Young).
5441 + implement configure script options that transform installed program
5442 names, e.g., --program-prefix, including the manpage names and cross
5443 references (patch by Albert Chin-A-Young <china@thewrittenword.com>).
5444 + correct several mismatches between manpage filename and ".TH"
5445 directives, renaming dft_fgbg.3x to default_colors.3x and
5446 menu_attribs.3x to menu_attributes.3x (report by Todd C Miller).
5447 + correct missing includes for <string.h> in several places, including
5448 the C++ binding. This is not noted by gcc unless we use the
5449 -fno-builtin option (reported by Igor Schein <igor@txc.com>).
5450 + modified progs/tset.c and tack/sysdep.c to build with sgttyb
5451 interface if neither termio or termios is available. Tested this
5452 with FreeBSD 2.1.5 (which does have termios - but the sgttyb does
5455 20000708 5.1 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
5456 + document configure options in INSTALL.
5457 + add man-page for ncurses trace functions.
5458 + correct return value shown in curs_touch.3x for is_linetouched() and
5459 is_wintouched(), in curs_initscr.3x for isendwin(), and in
5460 curs_termattr.3x for has_ic() and has_il().
5461 + add prototypes for touchline() and touchwin(), adding them to the
5462 list of generated functions.
5463 + modify fifo_push() to put ERR into the fifo just like other values to
5464 return from wgetch(). It was returning without doing that, making
5465 end-of-file condition incorrectly return a 0 (reported by Todd C
5467 + uncomment CC_SHARED_OPTS for progs and tack (see 971115), since they
5468 are needed for SCO OpenServer.
5469 + move _nc_disable_period from free_ttype.c to comp_scan.c to appease
5470 dynamic loaders on SCO and IRIX64.
5471 + add "-a" option to test/ncurses.c to invoke assume_default_colors()
5473 + correct assignment in assume_default_colors() which tells ncurses
5474 whether to use default colors, or the assumed ones (reported by Gary
5475 Funck <gary@Intrepid.Com>).
5476 + review/correct logic in mk-1st.awk for making symbolic links for
5477 shared libraries, in particular for FreeBSD, etc.
5478 + regenerate misc/*.def files for OS/2 EMX dll's.
5479 + correct quoting of values for CC_SHARED_OPTS in aclocal.m4 for
5480 cases openbsd2*, openbsd*, freebsd* and netbsd* (patch by Peter
5481 Wemm) (err in 20000610).
5482 + minor updates to release notes, as well as adding/updating URLs for
5483 examples cited in announce.html
5484 > several fixes from Philippe Blain <philippe.blain2@freesbee.fr>:
5485 + correct placement of ifdef for NCURSES_XNAMES in function
5486 _nc_free_termtype(), fixes a memory leak.
5487 + add a call to _nc_synchook() to the end of function whline() like
5488 that in wvline() (difference was in 1.9.4).
5489 + make ClearScreen() a little faster by moving two instances of
5490 UpdateAttr() out of for-loops.
5491 + simplify ClrBottom() by eliminating the tstLine data, using for-loops
5494 20000701 pre-release
5495 + change minor version to 1, i.e., ncurses 5.1
5496 + add experimental configure option --enable-colorfgbg to check for
5497 $COLORTERM variable as set by rxvt/aterm/Eterm.
5498 + add Eterm terminfo entry (Michael Jennings <mej@valinux.com>).
5499 + modify manlinks.sed to pick aliases from the SYNOPSIS section, and
5500 several manpages so manlinks.sed can find aliases for creating
5502 + add explanation to run_tic.sh regarding extended terminal
5504 + change message format for edit_cfg.sh, since some people interpret
5506 + correct unescaped '$' in sysv5uw7*|unix_sv* rule for CF_SHARED_OPTS
5507 configure macro (report by Thanh Ma <Thanh.Ma@casi-rusco.com>).
5508 + correct logic in lib_twait.c as used by lib_mouse.c for GPM mouse
5509 support when poll() is used rather than select() (prompted by
5510 discussion with David Allen <DAllen24@aol.com>).
5512 20000624 pre-release
5513 + modify TransformLine() to check for cells with different color pairs
5514 that happen to render the same display colors.
5515 + apply $NCURSES_NO_PADDING to cost-computation in mvcur().
5516 + improve cost computation in PutRange() by accounting for the use
5517 of parm_right_cursor in mvcur().
5518 + correct cost computation in EmitRange(), which was not using the
5519 normalized value for cursor_address.
5520 + newer config.guess, config.sub (reference version used in TIN 1.5.6).
5523 + update config.guess, config.sub (reference version used in PCRE 3.2).
5524 + resync changes to gnathtml against version 1.22, regenerated html
5525 files under doc/html/ada using this (1.22.1.1).
5526 + regenerated html files under doc/html/man after correcting top and
5527 bottom margin options for man2html in dist.mk
5528 + minor fixes to test programs ncurses 'i' and testcurs program to make
5529 the subwindow's background color cover the subwindow.
5530 + modify configure script so AC_MSG_ERROR is temporarily defined to a
5531 warning in AC_PROG_CXX to make it recover from a missing C++ compiler
5532 without requiring user to add --without-cxx option (adapted from
5533 comment by Akim Demaille <akim@epita.fr> to autoconf mailing list).
5534 + modify headers.sh to avoid creating temporary files in the build
5535 directory when installing headers (reported by Sergei Pokrovsky
5539 + regenerated the html files under doc/html/ada/files and
5540 doc/html/ada/funcs with a slightly-improved gnathtml.
5541 + add kmous capability to linux terminfo entry to allow it to use
5542 xterm-style events provided by gpm patch by Joerg Schoen.
5543 + make the configure macro CF_SHARED_OPTS a little smarter by testing
5544 if -fPIC is supported by gcc rather than -fpic. The former option
5545 allows larger symbol tables.
5546 + update config.guess and config.sub (patches by
5547 Kevin Buettner <kev@primenet.com> (for elf64_ia64),
5548 Bernd Kuemmerlen <bkuemmer@mevis.de> (for MacOS X)).
5549 + add warning for 'tic -cv' about use of '^?' in terminfo source, which
5553 + modify echo() behavior of getch() to match Solaris curses for
5554 carriage return and backspace (reported by Neil Zanella).
5555 + change _nc_flush() to a function.
5556 + modify delscreen() to check if the output stream has been closed, and
5557 if so, free the buffer allocated for setbuf (this provides an
5558 ncurses-specific way to avoid a memory leak when repeatedly calling
5559 newterm reported by Chipp C <at_1@zdnetonebox.com>).
5560 + correct typo in curs_getch.3x manpage regarding noecho (reported by
5561 David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>).
5562 + add a "make libs" rule.
5563 + make the Ada95 interface build with configure --enable-widec.
5564 + if the configure --enable-widec option is given, append 'w' to names
5565 of the generated libraries (e.g., libncursesw.so) to avoid conflict
5566 with existing ncurses libraries.
5569 + modify view.c to make a rudimentary viewer of UTF-8 text if ncurses
5570 is configured with the experimental wide-character support.
5571 + add a simple UTF-8 output driver to the experimental wide-character
5572 support. If any of the environment variables LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE or
5573 LANG contain the string "UTF-8", this driver will be used to
5574 translate the output to UTF-8. This works with XFree86 xterm.
5575 + modify configure script to allow building shared libraries on BeOS
5576 (from a patch by Valeriy E Ushakov).
5577 + modify lib_addch.c to allow repeated update to the lower-right
5578 corner, rather than displaying only the first character written until
5579 the cursor is moved. Recent versions of SVr4 curses can update the
5580 lower-right corner, and behave this way (reported by Neil Zanella).
5581 + add a limit-check in _nc_do_color(), to avoid using invalid color
5582 pair value (report by Brendan O'Dea <bod@compusol.com.au>).
5585 + the tack program knows how to use smcup and rmcup but the "show caps
5586 that can be tested" feature did not reflect this knowledge. Correct
5587 the display in the menu tack/test/edit/c (patch by Daniel Weaver).
5588 + xterm-16color does allow bold+colors, removed ncv#32 from that
5592 + correct assignment to SP->_has_sgr_39_49 in lib_dft_fgbg.c, which
5593 broke check for screen's AX capability (reported by Valeriy E Ushakov
5595 + change man2html rule in dist.mk to workaround bug in some
5596 man-programs that ignores locale when rendering hyphenation.
5597 + change web- and ftp-site to dickey.his.com
5600 + move _nc_curr_token from parse_entry.c to comp_scan.c, to work around
5601 problem linking tack on MacOS X DP3.
5602 + include <sys/time.h> in lib_napms.c to compile on MacOS X DP3
5603 (reported by Gerben Wierda <wierda@holmes.nl>).
5604 + modify lib_vidattr.c to check for ncv fixes when pair-0 is not
5606 + add -d option to ncurses.c, to turn on default-colors for testing.
5607 + add a check to _nc_makenew() to ensure that newwin() and newpad()
5608 calls do not silently fail by passing too-large limits.
5609 + add symbol NCURSES_SIZE_T to use rather than explicit 'short' for
5610 internal window and pad sizes. Note that since this is visible in
5611 the WINDOW struct, it would be an ABI change to make this an 'int'
5612 (prompted by a question by Bastian Trompetter
5613 <btrompetter@firemail.de>, who attempted to create a 96000-line pad).
5616 + add mgterm terminfo entry from NetBSD, minor adjustments to sun-ss5,
5618 + modify tack/ansi.c to make it more tolerant of bad ANSI replies. An
5619 example of an illegal ANSI resonse can be found using Microsoft's
5620 Telnet client. A correct display can be found using a VT-4xx
5621 terminal or XFree86 xterm with:
5622 XTerm*VT100*decTerminalID: 450
5623 (patch by Daniel Weaver).
5624 + modify gdc.c to recognize 'q' for quit, 's' for single-step and ' '
5625 for resume. Add '-n' option to force gdc's standard input to
5626 /dev/null, to both illustrate the use of newterm() for specifying
5627 alternate inputs as well as for testing signal handling.
5628 + minor fix for configure option --with-manpage-symlinks, for target
5629 directories that contain a period ('.') (reported by Larry Virden).
5632 + minor additions to beterm entry (feedback from Rico Tudor) -TD
5633 + corrections/updates for some IBM terminfo entries -TD
5634 + modify _nc_screen_wrap() so that when exiting curses mode with
5635 non-default colors, the last line on the screen will be cleared to
5636 the screen's default colors (request by Alexander V Lukyanov).
5637 + modify ncurses.c 'r' example to set nonl(), allowing control/M to be
5638 read for demonstrating the REQ_NEW_LINE operation (prompted by a
5639 question by Tony L Keith <tlkeith@keithconsulting.com>).
5640 + modify ncurses.c 'r' example of field_info() to work on Solaris 2.7,
5641 documented extension of ncurses which allows a zero pointer.
5642 + modify fmt_complex() to avoid buffer overflow in case of excess
5643 recursion, and to recognize "%e%?" as a synonym for else-if, which
5644 means that it will not recur for that special case.
5645 + add logic to support $TERMCAP variable in case the USE_GETCAP symbol
5646 is defined (patch by Todd C Miller).
5647 + modify one of the m4 files used to generate the Ada95 sources,
5648 to avoid using the token "symbols" (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
5651 + add terminfo entries bsdos-pc-m, bsdos-pc-mono (Jeffrey C Honig)
5652 + correct spelling error in terminfo entry name: bq300-rv was given as
5653 bg300-rv in esr's version.
5654 + modify redrawwin() macro so its parameter is fully parenthesized
5655 (fixes Debian bug report #61088).
5656 + correct formatting error in dump_entry() which set incorrect column
5657 value when no newline trimming was needed at the end of an entry,
5658 before appending "use=" clauses (cf: 960406).
5661 + add configure option --with-manpage-symlinks
5662 + change unctrl() to render C1 characters (128-159) as ~@, ~A, etc.
5663 + change makefiles so trace() function is provided only if TRACE is
5664 defined, e.g., in the debug library. Modify related calls to
5665 _tracechar() to use unctrl() instead.
5668 + add screen's AX capability (for ECMA SGR 39 and 49) to applicable
5669 terminfo entries, use presence of this as a check for a small
5670 improvement in setting default colors.
5671 + improve logic in _nc_do_color() implementing assume_default_colors()
5672 by passing in previous color pair info to eliminate redundant call to
5673 set_original_colors(). (Part of this is from a patch by Alexander
5675 + modify warning in _nc_trans_string() about a possibly too-long string
5676 to do this once only rather than for each character past the
5677 threshold (600). Change interface of _nc_trans_string() to allow
5678 check for buffer overflow.
5679 + correct use of memset in _nc_read_entry_source() to initialize ENTRY
5680 struct each time before reading new data into it, rather than once
5681 per loop (cf: 990301). This affects multi-entry in-core operations
5682 such as "infocmp -Fa".
5685 + remove a spurious pointer increment in _nc_infotocap() changes from
5686 20000311. Add check for '.' in format of number, since that also
5687 is not permitted in termcap.
5688 + correct typo in rxvt-basic terminfo from temporary change made while
5689 integrating 20000318.
5692 + revert part of the vt220 change (request by Todd C Miller).
5693 + add ansi-* terminfo entries from ESR's version.
5694 + add -a option to tic and infocmp, which retains commented-out
5695 capabilities during source translation/comparison, e.g., captoinfo
5697 + modify cardfile.c to display an empty card if no input data file is
5698 found, fixes a core dump in that case (reported by Bruno Haible).
5699 + correct bracketing in CF_MATH_LIB configure macro, which gave wrong
5700 result for OS/2 EMX.
5701 + supply required parameter for _nc_resolve_uses() call in
5702 read_termcap.c, overlooked in 20000311 (reported by Todd C Miller).
5703 > patches by Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr>:
5704 + fix a compiler warning in fty_enum.c
5705 + correct LIB_PREFIX expression for DEPS_CURSES in progs, tack
5706 makefiles, which resulted in redundant linking (cf: 20000122).
5709 + make ifdef's for BROKEN_LINKER consistent (patch by Todd C Miller).
5710 + improved tack/README (patch by Daniel Weaver).
5711 + modify tput.c to ensure that unspecified parameters are passed to
5713 + add a few checks in infocmp to guard against buffer overflow when
5714 displaying string capabilities.
5715 + add check for zero-uses in infocmp's file_comparison() function
5716 before calling _nc_align_termtype(). Otherwise one parameter is
5717 indexed past the end of the uses-array.
5718 + add an option -q to infocmp to specify the less verbose output,
5719 keeping the existing format as the default, though not retaining the
5720 previous behavior that made the -F option compare each entry to
5722 + adapted patch by ESR to make infocmp -F less verbose -TD
5723 (the submitted patch was unusable because it did not compile
5725 + modify write_entry.c to ensure that absent or cancelled booleans
5726 are written as FALSE, for consistency with infocmp which now
5727 assumes this. Note that for the small-core configuration, tic
5728 may not produce the same result as before.
5729 + change some private library interfaces used by infocmp, e.g.,
5731 + add a check in _nc_infotocap() to ensure that cm-style capabilities
5732 accept only %d codes when converting the format from terminfo to
5734 + modify ENTRY struct to separate the data in 'parent' into the name
5735 and link values (the original idea to merge both into 'parent' was
5737 + discard repair_acsc(tterm);
5738 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
5739 + drop support for gnat 3.10
5740 + move generated documentation and html files under ./doc directory,
5741 adding makefile rules for this to dist.mk
5744 + correct conflicting use of tparm() in 20000226 change to tic, which
5745 made it check only one entry at a time.
5746 + fix errors in ncurses-intro.html and hackguide.html shown by Dave
5748 + make the example in ncurses-intro.html do something plausible, and
5749 corrected misleading comment (reported by Neil Zanella).
5750 + modify pnoutrefresh() to set newscr->_leaveok as wnoutrefresh() does,
5751 to fix a case where the cursor position was not updated as in
5752 Solaris (patch by David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>).
5753 + add a limit-check for wresize() to ensure that a subwindow does not
5754 address out of bounds.
5755 + correct offsets used for subwindows in wresize() (patch by Michael
5756 Andres <ma@suse.de>).
5757 + regenerate html'ized manual pages with man2html 3.0.1 (patch by
5758 Juergen Pfeifer). This generated a file with a space in its name,
5760 + fix a few spelling errors in tack.
5761 + modify tack/Makefile.in to match linker options of progs/Makefile.in;
5762 otherwise it does not build properly for older HPUX shared library
5764 + add several terminfo entries from esr's "11.0".
5767 + make 'tput flash' work properly for xterm by flushing output in
5768 delay_output() when using napms(), and modifying xterm's terminfo to
5769 specify no padding character. Otherwise, xterm's reported baud rate
5770 can mislead ncurses into producing too few padding characters
5772 + add a check to tic for consistency between sgr and the separate
5773 capabilities such as smso, use this to check/correct several
5774 terminfo entries (Debian #58530).
5775 + add a check to tic if cvvis is the same as cnorm, adjusted several
5776 terminfo entries to remove the conflict (Debian #58530).
5777 + correct prototype shown in attr_set()/wattr_set() manpages (fixes
5779 + minor clarification for curs_set() and leaveok() manpages.
5780 + use mkstemp() for creating temporary file for tic's processing of
5781 $TERMCAP contents (fixes Debian #56465).
5782 + correct two errors from integrating Alexander's changes: did not
5783 handle the non-bce case properly in can_erase_with() (noted by
5784 Alexander), and left fg/bg uninitialized in the pair-zero case of
5785 _nc_do_color() (reported by Dr Werner Fink <werner@suse.de> and
5786 Ismael Cordeiro <ismael@cordeiro.com>).
5789 + store default-color code consistently as C_MASK, even if given as
5790 -1 for convenience (adapted from patches by Alexander V Lukyanov).
5791 > patches by Alexander V Lukyanov:
5792 + change can_clear_with() macro to accommodate logic for
5793 assume_default_colors(), making most of the FILL_BCE logic
5794 unnecessary. Made can_clear_with() an inline function to make it
5798 + corrected form of recent copyright dates.
5799 + minor corrections to xterm-xf86-v333 terminfo entry -TD
5800 > patches by Alexander V Lukyanov:
5801 + reworded dft_fgbg.3x to avoid assuming that the terminal's default
5802 colors are white on black.
5803 + fix initialization of tstLine so that it is filled with current blank
5804 character in any case. Previously it was possible to have it filled
5805 with old blank. The wrong over-optimization was introduced in 991002
5806 patch. (it is not very critical as the only bad effect is not using
5807 clr_eos for clearing if blank has changed).
5810 + minor corrections/updates to several terminfo entries: rxvt-basic,
5811 vt520, vt525, ibm5151, xterm-xf86-v40 -TD
5812 + modify ifdef's for poll() to allow it to use <sys/poll.h>, thereby
5813 allowing poll() to be used on Linux.
5814 + add CF_FUNC_POLL macro to check if poll() is able to select from
5815 standard input. If not we will not use it, preferring select()
5816 (adapted from patch by Michael Pakovic <mpakovic@fdn.com>).
5817 + update CF_SHARED_OPTS macro for SCO Unixware 7.1 to allow building
5818 shared libraries (reported/tested by Thanh <thanhma@mediaone.net>).
5819 + override $LANGUAGE in build to avoid incorrect ordering of keynames.
5820 + correct CF_MATH_LIB parameter, must be sin(x), not sqrt(x).
5823 + resync CF_CHECK_ERRNO and CF_LIB_PREFIX macros from tin and xterm -TD
5824 + modify CF_MATH_LIB configure macro to parameterize the test function
5825 used, for reuse in dialog and similar packages.
5826 + correct tests for file-descriptors in OS/2 EMX mouse support. A
5827 negative value could be used by FD_SET, causing the select() call
5828 to wait indefinitely.
5831 + additional fixes for non-bce terminals (handling of delete_character)
5832 to work when assume_default_colors() is not specified.
5833 + modify warning message from _nc_parse_entry() regarding extended
5834 capability names to print only if tic/infocmp/toe have the -v flag
5835 set, and not at all in ordinary user applications. Otherwise, this
5836 warning would be shown for screen's extended capabilities in programs
5837 that use the termcap interface (reported by Todd C Miller).
5838 + modify use of _nc_tracing from programs such as tic so their debug
5839 level is not in the same range as values set by trace() function.
5840 + small panel header cleanup (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
5841 + add 'railroad' demo for termcap interface.
5842 + modify 'tic' to write its usage message to stderr (patch by Todd C
5846 + add prototype for erase() to curses.h.in, needed to make test
5847 programs build with c++/g++.
5848 + add .c.i and .c.h suffix rules to generated makefiles, for debugging.
5849 + correct install rule for tack.1; it assumed that file was in the
5850 current directory (reported by Mike Castle <dalgoda@ix.netcom.com>).
5851 + modify terminfo/termcap translation to suppress acsc before trying
5852 sgr if the entry would be too large (patch by Todd C Miller).
5853 + document a special case of incompatiblity between ncurses 4.2 and
5854 5.0, add a section for this in INSTALL.
5855 + add TRACE_DATABASE flag for trace().
5858 + update mach, add mach-color terminfo entries based on Debian diffs
5860 + add entries for xterm-hp, xterm-vt220, xterm-vt52 and xterm-noapp
5861 terminfo entries -TD
5862 + change OTrs capabilities to rs2 in terminfo.src -TD
5863 + add obsolete and extended capabilities to 'screen' terminfo -TD
5864 + corrected conversion from terminfo rs2 to termcap rs (cf: 980704)
5865 + make conversion to termcap ug (underline glitch) more consistently
5867 + fix out-of-scope use of 'personal[]' buffer in 'toe' (this error
5868 was in the original pre-1.9.7 version, when $HOME/.terminfo was
5870 + modify 'toe' to ignore terminfo directories to which it has no
5872 + modify read_termtype(), fixing 'toe', which could dump core when it
5873 found an incomplete entry such as "dumb" because it did not
5874 initialize its buffer for _nc_read_file_entry().
5875 + use -fPIC rather than -fpic for shared libraries on Linux, not
5876 needed for i386 but some ports (from Debian diffs for 5.0) -TD
5877 + use explicit VALID_NUMERIC() checks in a few places that had been
5878 overlooked, and add a check to ensure that init_tabs is nonzero,
5879 to avoid divide-by-zero (reported by Todd C Miller).
5880 + minor fix for CF_ANSI_CC_CHECK configure macro, for HPUX 10.x (from
5884 + reorder tests during mouse initialization to allow for gpm to run in
5885 xterm, or for xterm to be used under OS/2 EMX. Also drop test for
5886 $DISPLAY in favor of kmous=\E[M or $TERM containing "xterm" (report
5887 by Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de>).
5888 + modify raw() and noraw() to clear/restore IEXTEN flag which affects
5889 stty lnext on systems such as FreeBSD (report by Bruce Evans
5890 <bde@zeta.org.au>, via Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>).
5891 + fix a potential (but unlikely) buffer overflow in failed() function
5892 of tset.c (reported by Todd C Miller).
5893 + add manual-page for ncurses extensions, documented curses_version(),
5894 use_extended_names().
5897 + treat as untranslatable to termcap those terminfo strings which
5898 contain non-decimal formatting, e.g., hexadecimal or octal.
5899 + correct commented-out capabilities that cannot be translated to
5900 termcap, which did not check if a colon must be escaped.
5901 + correct termcap translation for "%>" and "%+", which did not check
5902 if a colon must be escaped, for instance.
5903 + use save_string/save_char for _nc_captoinfo() to eliminate fixed
5904 buffer (originally for _nc_infotocap() in 960301 -TD).
5905 + correct expression used for terminfo equivalent of termcap %B,
5906 adjust regent100 entry which uses this.
5907 + some cleanup and commenting of ad hoc cases in _nc_infotocap().
5908 + eliminate a fixed-buffer in tic, used for translating comments.
5909 + add manpage for infotocap
5912 + add kvt and gnome terminfo entries -TD
5913 + correct translation of "%%" by infotocap, which was emitted as "%".
5914 + add "obsolete" termcap strings to terminfo.src
5915 + modify infocmp to default to showing obsolete capabilities rather
5917 + modify write_entry.c so that if extended names (i.e., configure
5918 --enable-tcap-names) are active, then tic will also write "obsolete"
5919 capabilities that are present in the terminfo source.
5920 + modify tic so that when running as captoinfo or infotocap, it
5921 initializes the output format as in -C and -I options, respectively.
5922 + improve infocmp and tic -f option by splitting long strings that do
5923 not have if-then-else construct, but do have parameters, e.g., the
5924 initc for xterm-88color.
5925 + refine MKtermsort.sh slightly by using bool for the *_from_termcap
5929 + additional fixes for non-bce terminals (handling of clear_screen,
5930 clr_eol, clr_eos, scrolling) to work when assume_default_colors() is
5932 + several small changes to xterm terminfo entries -TD.
5933 + move logic for _nc_windows in lib_freeall.c inside check for nonnull
5934 SP, since it is part of that struct.
5935 + remove obsolete shlib-versions, which was unintentionally re-added
5937 + modify infocmp -e, -E options to ensure that generated fallback.c
5938 type for Booleans agrees with term.h (reported by Eric Norum
5939 <eric@cls.usask.ca>).
5940 + correct configure script's use of $LIB_PREFIX, which did not work
5941 for installing the c++ directory if $libdir did not end with "/lib"
5942 (reported by Huy Le <huyle@ugcs.caltech.edu>).
5943 + modify infocmp so -L and -f options work together.
5944 + modify the initialization of SP->_color_table[] in start_color() so
5945 that color_content() will return usable values for COLORS greater
5947 + modify ncurses 'd' test in case COLORS is greater than 16, e.g., for
5948 xterm-88color, to limit the displayed/computed colors to 16.
5949 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
5950 + simplify coding of the panel library according to suggestions by
5952 + improve macro coding for a few macros in curses.priv.h
5955 + modify treatment of color pair 0 so that if ncurses is configured
5956 to support default colors, and they are not active, then ncurses
5957 will set that explicitly, not relying on orig_colors or orig_pair.
5958 + add new extension, assume_default_colors() to provide better control
5959 over the use of default colors.
5960 + modify test programs to use more-specific ifdef's for existence of
5961 wresize(), resizeterm() and use_default_colors().
5962 + modify configure script to add specific ifdef's for some functions
5963 that are included when --enable-ext-funcs is in effect, so their
5964 existence can be ifdef'd in the test programs.
5965 + reorder some configure options, moving those extensions that have
5966 evolved from experimental status into a new section.
5967 + change configure --enable-tcap-names to enable this by default.
5970 + install tack's manpage (reported by Robert Weiner
5971 <robert@progplus.com>)
5972 + correct worm.c's handling of KEY_RESIZE (patch by Frank Heckenbach).
5973 + modify curses.h.in, undef'ing some symbols to avoid conflict with C++
5974 STL (reported by Matt Gerassimoff <mgeras@ticon.net>)
5977 + modify linux terminfo entry to indicate that dim does not mix with
5978 color (reported by Klaus Weide <kweide@enteract.com>).
5979 + correct several typos in terminfo entries related to missing '['
5981 + fix several compiler warnings in c++ binding (reported by Tim
5982 Mooney for alphaev56-dec-osf4.0f
5983 + rename parameter of _nc_free_entries() to accommodate lint.
5984 + correct lint rule for tack, used incorrect list of source files.
5985 + add case to config.guess, config.sub for Rhapsody.
5986 + improve configure tests for libg++ and libstdc++ by omitting the
5987 math library (which is missing on Rhapsody), and improved test for
5988 the math library itself (adapted from path by Nelson H. F. Beebe).
5989 + explicitly initialize to zero several data items which were
5990 implicitly initialized, e.g., cur_term. If not explicitly
5991 initialized, their storage type is C (common), and causes problems
5992 linking on Rhapsody 5.5 using gcc 2.7.2.1 (reported by Nelson H. F.
5994 + modify Ada95 binding to not include the linker option for Ada
5995 bindings in the Ada headers, but in the Makefiles instead (patch by
5998 19991023 5.0 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
5999 + effective with release of 5.0, change NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH to
6001 + add function curses_version(), to return ncurses library version
6002 (request by Bob van der Poel).
6003 + remove rmam, smam from cygwin terminfo entry.
6004 + modify FreeBSD cons25 terminfo entry to add cnorm and cvvis, as well
6005 as update ncv to indicate that 'dim' conflicts with colors.
6006 + modify configure script to use symbolic links for FreeBSD shared
6007 libraries by default.
6008 + correct ranf() function in rain and worm programs to ensure it does
6010 + hide the cursor in hanoi.c if it is running automatically.
6011 + amend lrtest.c to account for optimizations that exploit margin
6013 + add a simple terminfo demo, dots.c
6014 + modify SIGINT/SIGQUIT handler to set a flag used in _nc_outch() to
6015 tell it to use write() rather than putc(), since the latter is not
6016 safe in a signal handler according to POSIX.
6017 + add/use internal macros _nc_flush() and NC_OUTPUT to hide details
6018 of output-file pointer in ncurses library.
6019 + uncomment CC_SHARED_OPTS (see 971115), since they are needed for SCO
6021 + correct CC_SHARED_OPTS for building shared libraries for SCO
6023 + remove usleep() from alternatives in napms(), since it may interact
6024 with alarm(), causing a process to be interrupted by SIGALRM (with
6025 advice from Bela Lubkin).
6026 + modify terminal_interface-curses-forms.ads.m4 to build/work with
6027 GNAT 3.10 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
6028 + remove part of CF_GPP_LIBRARY configure-script macro, which did not
6029 work with gcc 2.7.2.3
6030 + minor fix to test/tclock.c to avoid beeping more than once per second
6031 + add 's' and ' ' decoding to test/rain.c
6034 + corrected BeOS code for lib_twait.c, making nodelay() function work.
6037 + correct ncurses' value for cursor-column in PutCharLR(), which was
6038 off-by-one in one case (patch by Ilya Zakharevich).
6039 + fix some minor errors in position_check() debugging code, found while
6040 using this to validate the PutCharLR() patch.
6041 + modify firework, lrtest, worm examples to be resizable, and to
6042 recognize 'q' for quit, 's' for single-step and ' ' for resume.
6043 + restore reverted change to terminal_interface-curses-forms.ads.m4,
6044 add a note on building with gnat 3.10p to Ada95/TODO.
6045 + add a copy of the standalone configure script for the test-directory
6046 to simplify testing on SCO and Solaris.
6049 + minor fixes for _nc_msec_cost(), color_content(), pair_content(),
6050 _nc_freewin(), ClrBottom() and onscreen_mvcur() (analysis by Philippe
6051 Blain, comments by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6052 + simplify definition of PANEL and eliminate internal functions
6053 _nc_calculate_obscure(), _nc_free_obscure() and _nc_override(),
6054 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer, analysis by Philippe Blain
6056 + change renaming of dft_fgbg.3x to use_default_colors.3ncurses in
6057 man_db.renames, since Debian is not concerned with 14-character
6058 filename limitation (Debian bug report by Josip Rodin
6059 <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>).
6060 + corrected scoansi terminfo entry by testing with scoterm and console.
6061 + revert change from 990614 to terminal_interface-curses-forms.ads.m4,
6062 since this does not work for gnat 3.10p
6063 + modify tclock example to be resizable (if ncurses' sigwinch handler
6064 is used), and in color.
6065 + use $(CC) rather than 'gcc' in MK_SHARED_LIB symbols, used for Linux
6066 shared library rules.
6069 + add newer NetBSD console terminfo entries
6070 + add amiga-8bit terminfo entry (from Henning 'Faroul' Peters
6071 <Faroul@beyond.kn-bremen.de>)
6072 + remove -lcurses -ltermcap from configure script's check for the gpm
6073 library, since they are not really necessary (a properly configured
6074 gpm library has no dependency on any curses library), and if the
6075 curses library is not installed, this would cause the test to fail.
6076 + modify tic's -C option so that terminfo "use=" clauses are translated
6077 to "tc=" clauses even when running it as captoinfo.
6078 + modify CF_STDCPP_LIBRARY configure macro to perform its check only
6079 for GNU C++, since that library conflicts with SGI's libC on IRIX-6.2
6080 + modify CF_SHARED_OPTS configure macro to support build on NetBSD with
6081 ELF libraries (patch by Bernd Ernesti <bernd@arresum.inka.de>).
6082 + correct a problem in libpanel, where the _nc_top_panel variable was
6083 not set properly when bottom_panel() is called to hide a panel which
6084 is the only one on the stack (report/analysis by Michael Andres
6085 <ma@suse.de>, patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
6088 + add acsc string to HP 70092 terminfo entry (patch by Joerg Wunsch
6089 <j@interface-business.de>).
6090 + add top-level uninstall.data and uninstall.man makefile rules.
6091 + correct logic of CF_LINK_FUNCS configure script, from BeOS changes so
6092 that hard-links work on Unix again.
6093 + change default value of cf_cv_builtin_bool to 1 (suggested by
6094 Jeremy Buhler), making it less likely that a conflicting declaration
6095 of bool will be seen when compiling with C++.
6098 + improved configure checks for builtin.h
6099 + minor changes to C++ binding (remove static initializations, and make
6100 configure-test for parameter initializations) for features not
6101 allowed by vendor's C++ compilers (reported by Martin Mokrejs, this
6102 applies to SGI, though I found SCO has the same characteristics).
6103 + corrected quoting of ETIP_xxx definitions which support old versions
6104 of g++, e.g., those using -lg++
6105 + remove 'L' code from safe_sprintf.c, since 'long double' is not
6106 widely portable. safe_sprintf.c is experimental, however, and
6107 exists mainly as a fallback for systems without snprintf (reported
6108 by Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@natur.cuni.cz>, for IRIX 6.2)
6109 + modify definition of _nc_tinfo_fkeys in broken-linker configuration
6110 so that it is not unnecessarily made extern (Jeffrey C Honig).
6113 + move definition for builtin.h in configure tests to specific check
6114 for libg++, since qt uses the same filename incompatibly.
6115 + correct logic of lib_termcap.c tgetstr function, which did not copy
6116 the result to the buffer parameter. Testing shows Solaris does
6117 update this, though of course tgetent's buffer is untouched (reported
6118 in Peter Edwards <peter.edwards@ireland.com> in
6119 mpc.lists.freebsd.current newsgroup.
6120 + corrected beterm terminfo entry, which lists some capabilities which
6121 are not actually provided by the BeOS Terminal.
6122 + add special logic to replace select() calls on BeOS, whose select()
6123 function works only for sockets.
6124 + correct missing escape in mkterm.h.awk.in, which caused part
6125 of the copyright noticed to be omitted (reported by Peter
6126 Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>).
6127 > several small changes to make the c++ binding and demo work on OS/2
6128 EMX (related to a clean reinstall of EMX):
6129 + correct library-prefix for c++ binding; none is needed.
6130 + add $x suffix to make_hash and make_keys so 'make distclean' works.
6131 + correct missing $x suffix for tack, c++ demo executables.
6132 + split CF_CXX_LIBRARY into CF_GPP_LIBRARY (for -lg++) and
6133 CF_STDCPP_LIBRARY (for -lstdc++)
6136 + add cygwin terminfo entry -TD
6137 + modify CF_PROG_EXT configure macro to set .exe extension for cygwin.
6138 + add configure option --without-cxx-binding, modifying the existing
6139 --without-cxx option to check only for the C++ compiler
6140 characteristics. Whether or not the C++ binding is needed, the
6141 configure script checks for the size/type of bool, to make ncurses
6142 match. Otherwise C++ applications cannot use ncurses.
6145 + updated configure macros CF_MAKEFLAGS, CF_CHECK_ERRNO
6146 + minor corrections to beterm terminfo entry.
6147 + modify lib_setup.c to reject values of $TERM which have a '/' in
6149 + add ifdef's to guard against CS5, CS6, CS7, CS8 being zero, as more
6150 than one is on BeOS. That would break a switch statement.
6151 + add configure macro CF_LINK_FUNCS to detect and work around BeOS's
6152 nonfunctional link().
6153 + improved configure macros CF_BOOL_DECL and CF_BOOL_SIZE to detect
6154 BeOS's bool, which is declared as an unsigned char.
6157 + add ms-vt100 terminfo entry -TD
6158 + minor fixes for misc/emx.src, based on testing with tack.
6159 + minor fix for test/ncurses.c, test 'a', in case ncv is not set.
6162 + minor correction for 'screen' terminfo entry.
6163 + clarify description of errret values for setupterm in manpage.
6164 + modify tput to allow it to emit capabilities for hardcopy terminals
6165 (patch by Goran Uddeborg <goeran@uddeborg.pp.se>).
6166 + modify the 'o' (panel) test in ncurses.c to show the panels in color
6167 or at least in bold, to test Juergen's change to wrefresh().
6168 > patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
6169 + Fixes a problem using wbkgdset() with panels. It has actually
6170 nothing to with panels but is a problem in the implementation of
6171 wrefresh(). Whenever a window changes its background attribute to
6172 something different than newscr's background attribute, the whole
6173 window is touched to force a copy to newscr. This is an unwanted
6174 side-effect of wrefresh() and it is actually not necessary. A
6175 changed background attribute affects only further outputs of
6176 background it doesn't mean anything to the current content of the
6177 window. So there is no need to force a copy. (reported by Frank
6178 Heckenbach <frank@g-n-u.de>).
6179 + an upward compatible enhancement of the NCursesPad class in the C++
6180 binding. It allows one to add a "viewport" window to a pad and then
6181 to use panning to view the pad through the viewport window.
6184 + suppress a call to def_prog_mode() in the SIGTSTP handler if the
6185 signal was received while not in curses mode, e.g., endwin() was
6186 called in preparation for spawning a shell command (reported by Frank
6187 Heckenbach <frank@g-n-u.de>)
6188 + corrected/enhanced xterm-r5, xterm+sl, xterm+sl-twm terminfo entries.
6189 + change test for xterm mouse capability: it now checks only if the
6190 user's $DISPLAY variable is set in conjunction with the kmous
6191 capability being present in the terminfo. Before, it checked if any
6192 of "xterm", "rxvt" or "kterm" were substrings of the terminal name.
6193 However, some emulators which are incompatible with xterm in other
6194 ways do support the xterm mouse capability.
6195 + reviewed and made minor changes in ncurses to quiet g++ warnings
6196 about shadowed or uninitialized variables. g++ incorrectly warns
6197 about uninitialized variables because it does not take into account
6198 short-circuit expression evaluation.
6199 + change ncurses 'b' test to start in color pair 0 and to show in the
6200 right margin those attributes which are suppressed by no_color_video,
6202 + modify ifdef's in curses.h so that __attribute__ is not redefined
6203 when compiling with g++, but instead disabled the macros derived for
6204 __attribute__ since g++ does not consistently recognize the same
6205 keywords as gcc (reported by Stephan K Zitz <zitz@erf.net>).
6206 + update dependencies for term.h in ncurses/modules (reported by
6210 + modify the form demo in ncurses.c to illustrate how to manipulate the
6211 field appearance, e.g, for highlighting or translating the field
6213 + correct logic in write_entry from split-out of home_terminfo in
6214 980919, which prevented update of $HOME/.terminfo (reported by Philip
6215 Spencer <pspencer@fields.utoronto.ca>).
6218 + modify linux terminfo description to make use of kernel 2.2.x mods
6219 that support cursor style, e.g., to implement cvvis (patch by Frank
6220 Heckenbach <frank@g-n-u.de>)
6221 + add special-case in setupterm to retain previously-saved terminal
6222 settings in cur_term, which happens when curses and termcap calls are
6223 mixed (from report by Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@dhc.net>).
6224 + suppress initialization of key-tries in _nc_keypad() if we are only
6225 disabling keypad mode, e.g., in endwin() called when keypad() was
6227 + modify the Ada95 makefile to ensure that always the Ada files from
6228 the development tree are used for building and not the eventually
6229 installed ones (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
6232 + use TTY definition in tack/sysdep.c rather than struct termios
6233 (reported by Philippe De Muyter).
6234 + add a fallback for strstr, used in lib_mvcur.c and tack/edit.c,
6235 not present on sysV68 (reported by Philippe De Muyter).
6236 + correct definition in comp_hash.c to build with configure
6237 --with-rcs-ids option.
6240 + modified ifdef's for sigaction and sigvec to ensure we do not try to
6241 handle SIGTSTP if neither is available (from report by Philippe De
6243 > patch by Philippe De Muyter:
6244 + in tic.c, use `unlink' if `remove' is not available.
6245 + use only `unsigned' as fallback value for `speed_t'. Some files used
6249 + fix some compiler warnings in tack.
6250 + add a check for predefined bool type in CC, based on report that
6251 BeOS predefines a bool type.
6252 + correct logic for infocmp -e option, i.e., the configure
6253 --with-fallbacks option, which I'd not updated when implementing
6254 extended names (cf: 990301). The new implementation adds a "-E"
6255 option to infocmp -TD
6256 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
6257 + introduce the private type Curses_Bool in the Ada95 binding
6258 implementation. This is to clearly represent the use of "bool" also
6259 in the binding. It should have no effect on the generated code.
6260 + improve the man page for field_buffer() to tell the people, that the
6261 whole buffer including leading/trailing spaces is returned. This is
6262 a common source of confusion, so it's better to document it clearly.
6265 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
6266 + use pragma PreElaborate in several places.
6267 + change a few System.Address uses to more specific types.
6268 + change interface version-number to 1.0
6269 + regenerate Ada95 HTML files.
6272 + modify lib_endwin.c to avoid calling reset_shell_mode(), return ERR
6273 if it appears that curses was never initialized, e.g., by initscr().
6274 For instance, this guards against setting the terminal modes to
6275 strange values if endwin() is called after setupterm(). In the same
6276 context, Solaris curses will dump core.
6277 + modify logic that avoids a conflict in lib_vidattr.c between sgr0 and
6278 equivalent values in rmso or rmul by ensuring we do not modify the
6279 data which would be returned by the terminfo or termcap interfaces
6280 (reported by Brad Pepers <brad@linuxcanada.com>, cf: 960706).
6281 + add a null-pointer check for SP in lib_vidattr.c to logic that checks
6283 + improve fallback declaration of 'bool' when the --without-cxx option
6284 is given, by using a 'char' on i386 and related hosts (prompted by
6285 discussion with Alexander V Lukyanov).
6288 + include time.h in lib_napms.c if nanosleep is used (patch by
6289 R Lindsay Todd <toddr@rpi.edu>).
6290 + add an "#undef bool" to curses.h, in case someone tries to define it,
6292 + add check to tparm to guard against divide by zero (reported by Aaron
6293 Campbell <aaron@ug.cs.dal.ca>).
6296 + minor fix to build tack on CLIX (mismatched const).
6297 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
6298 + change Juergen's old email address with new one in the files where it
6299 is referenced. The Ada95 HTML pages are regenerated.
6300 + update MANIFEST to list the tack files.
6303 + minor fixes to make 'tack' build/link on NeXT (reported by Francisco
6307 + add 'tack' program (which is GPL'd), updating it to work with the
6308 modified TERMTYPE struct and making a fix to support setaf/setab
6309 capabilities. Note that the tack program is not part of the
6310 ncurses libraries, but an application which can be distributed with
6311 ncurses. The configure script will ignore the directory if it is
6313 + modify gpm mouse support so that buttons 2 and 3 are used for
6314 select/paste only when shift key is pressed, making them available
6315 for use by an application (patch by Klaus Weide).
6316 + add complete list of function keys to scoansi terminfo entry - TD
6319 + add a simple test program cardfile.c to illustrate how to read form
6320 fields, and showing forms within panels.
6321 + change shared-library versioning for the Hurd to be like Linux rather
6322 than *BSD (patch by Mark Kettenis <kettenis@wins.uva.nl>).
6323 + add linux-lat terminfo entry.
6324 + back-out _nc_access check in read_termcap.c (both incorrect and
6325 unnecessary, except to guard against a small window where the file's
6326 ownership may change).
6329 + remove conflicting _nc_free_termtype() function from test module
6331 + use _nc_access check in read_termcap.c for termpaths[] array (noted
6332 by Jeremy Buhler, indicating that Alan Cox made a similar patch).
6333 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
6334 + modify menu creation to not inherit status flag from the default menu
6335 which says that the associated marker string has been allocated and
6336 should be freed (bug reported by Marek Paliwoda"
6337 <paliwoda@kki.net.pl>)
6339 990327 pre-release (alpha.gnu.org:/gnu/ncurses-5.0-beta1.tar.gz)
6340 + minor fixes to xterm-xfree86 terminfo entry - TD.
6341 + split up an expression in configure script check for ldconfig to
6342 workaround limitation of BSD/OS sh (reported by Jeff Haas
6343 <jmh@mail.msen.com>).
6344 + correct a typo in man/form_hook.3x (Todd C Miller).
6347 + parenthesize and undef 'index' symbol in c++ binding and demo, to
6348 accommodate its definition on NeXT (reported by Francisco A. Tomei
6350 + add sigismember() to base/sigaction.c compatibility to link on NeXT
6351 (reported by Francisco A. Tomei Torres).
6352 + further refinements to inequality in hashmap.c to cover a case with
6353 ^U in nvi (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6356 + add fallback definition for getcwd, to link on NeXT.
6357 + add a copy of cur_term to tic.c to make it link properly on NeXT
6358 (reported by Francisco A. Tomei Torres).
6359 + change inequality in hashmap.c which checks the distance traveled by
6360 a chunk so that ^D command in nvi (scrolls 1/2 screen) will use
6361 scrolling logic (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov, reported by Jeffrey
6365 + modify lib_color.c to handle a special case where the curscr
6366 attributes have been made obsolete (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6367 + update BSD/OS console terminfo entries to use klone+sgr and
6368 klone+color (patch by Jeffrey C Honig).
6369 + update glibc addon configure script for extended capabilities.
6370 + correct a couple of warnings in the --enable-const configuration.
6371 + make comp_hash build properly with _nc_strdup(), on NeXT (reported by
6372 Francisco A. Tomei Torres <francisco.tomei@cwix.com>).
6375 + correct typos in linux-c initc string - TD
6376 + add 'crt' terminfo entry, update xterm-xfree86 entry - TD
6377 + remove a spurious argument to tparm() in lib_sklrefr.c (patch by
6378 Alexander V Lukyanov).
6381 + back-out change to wgetch because it causes a problem with ^Z
6382 handling in lynx (reported by Kim DeVaughn).
6385 + add -G option to tic and infocmp, to reverse the -g option.
6386 + recode functions in name_match.c to avoid use of strncpy, which
6387 caused a 4-fold slowdown in tic (cf: 980530).
6388 + correct a few warnings about sign-extension in recent changes.
6389 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
6390 + fixes suggested by Jeff Bradbury <jibradbury@lucent.com>:
6391 + improved parameter checking in new_fieldtype().
6392 + fixed a typo in wgetch() timeout handling.
6393 + allow slk_init() to be called per newterm call. The internal SLK
6394 state is stored in the SCREEN struct after every newterm() and then
6395 reset for the next newterm.
6396 + fix the problem that a slk_refresh() refreshes stdscr if the
6397 terminal has true SLKs.
6398 + update HTML documentation for Ada binding.
6401 + remove 'bool' casts from definitions of TRUE/FALSE so that statements
6402 such as "#if TRUE" work. This was originally done to allow for a C++
6403 compiler which would warn of implicit conversions between enum and
6404 int, but is not needed for g++ (reported by Kim DeVaughn).
6405 + add use_extended_names() function to allow applications to suppress
6406 read of the extended capabilities.
6407 + add configure option --enable-tcap-names to support logic which
6408 allows ncurses' tic to define new (i.e., extended) terminal
6409 capabilities. This is activated by the tic -x switch. The infocmp
6410 program automatically shows or compares extended capabilities.
6411 Note: This changes the Strings and similar arrays in the TERMTYPE
6412 struct so that applications which manipulate it must be recompiled.
6413 + use macros typeMalloc, typeCalloc and typeRealloc consistently
6414 throughout ncurses library.
6415 + add _nc_strdup() to doalloc.c.
6416 + modify define_key() to allow multiple strings to be bound to the
6418 + correct logic error in _nc_remove_string, from 990220.
6419 > patch for Ada95 binding (Juergen Pfeifer):
6420 + regenerate some of the html documentation
6421 + minor cleanup in terminal_interface-curses.adb
6424 + resolve ambiguity of kend/kll/kslt and khome/kfnd/kich1 strings in
6425 xterm and ncsa terminfo entries by removing the unneeded ones. Note
6426 that some entries will return kend & khome versus kslt and kfnd, for
6427 PC-style keyboards versus strict vt220 compatiblity - TD
6428 + add function keybound(), which returns the definition associated with
6430 + modify define_key() to undefine the given string when no keycode is
6432 + modify keyok() so it works properly if there is more than one string
6433 defined for a keycode.
6434 + add check to tic to warn about terminfo descriptions that contain
6435 more than one key assigned to the same string. This is shown only if
6436 the verbose (-v) option is given. Moved related logic (tic -v) from
6437 comp_parse.c into the tic program.
6438 + add/use _nc_trace_tries() to show the function keys that will be
6440 + rename init_acs to _nc_init_acs (request by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6441 > patch for Ada95 binding (Juergen Pfeifer):
6442 + remove all the *_adabind.c from ncurses, menu and form projects.
6443 Those little helper routines have all been implemented in Ada and are
6445 + The option handling routines in menu and form have been made more
6446 save. They now make sure that the unused bits in options are always
6448 + modify configuration scripts to
6449 + use gnatmake as default compiler name. This is a safer choice than
6450 gcc, because some GNAT implementations use other names for the
6451 compilerdriver to avoid conflicts.
6452 + use new default installation locations for the Ada files according
6453 to the proposed GNU Ada filesystem standard (for Linux).
6454 + simplify the Makefiles for the Ada binding
6455 + rename ada_include directory to src.
6458 + enable sigwinch handler by default.
6459 + disable logic that allows setbuf to be turned off/on, because some
6460 implementations will overrun the buffer after it has been disabled
6464 + suppress sc/rc capabilities from terminal description if they appear
6465 in smcup/rmcup. This affects only scrolling optimization, to fix a
6466 problem reported by several people with xterm's alternate screen,
6467 though the problem is more general.
6468 > patch for Ada95 binding (Juergen Pfeifer):
6469 + removed all pragma Preelaborate() stuff, because the just released
6470 gnat-3.11p complains on some constructs.
6471 + fixed some upper/lower case notations because gnat-3.11p found
6473 + used a new method to generate the HTML documentation of the Ada95
6474 binding. This invalidates nearly the whole ./Ada95/html subtree.
6475 Nearly all current files in this subtree are removed
6478 + cache last result from _nc_baudrate, for performance (suggested by
6479 Alexander V Lukyanov).
6480 + modify ClrUpdate() function to workaround a problem in nvi, which
6481 uses redrawwin in SIGTSTP handling. Jeffrey C Honig reported that
6482 ncurses repainted the screen with nulls before resuming normal
6483 operation (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6484 + generalize is_xterm() function a little by letting xterm/rxvt/kterm
6485 be any substring rather than the prefix.
6486 + modify lib_data.c to initialize SP. Some linkers, e.g., IBM's, will
6487 not link a module if the only symbols exported from the module are
6488 uninitialized ones (patch by Ilya Zakharevich). Ilya says that he
6489 has seen messages claiming this behavior conforms to the standard.)
6490 + move call on _nc_signal_handler past _nc_initscr, to avoid a small
6491 window where Nttyb hasn't yet been filled (reported by Klaus Weide).
6492 + modify lib_tstp.c to block SIGTTOU when handling SIGTSTP, fixes a
6493 problem where ncurses applications which were run via a shell script
6494 would hang when given a ^Z. Also, check if the terminal's process
6495 group is consistent, i.e., a shell has not taken ownership of it,
6496 before deciding to save the current terminal settings in the SIGTSTP
6497 handler (patch by Klaus Weide).
6498 + correct spelling of ACS_ names in curs_border.3x (reported by Bob van
6499 der Poel <bvdpoel@kootenay.com>).
6500 + correct a couple of typos in the macros supporting the configure
6501 --with-shlib-version option.
6504 + modify fty_regex.c to compile on HAVE_REGEXPR_H_FUNCS machine (patch
6505 by Kimio Ishii <ishii@csl.sony.co.jp>).
6506 + rename BSDI console terminfo entries: bsdos to bsdos-pc-nobold, and
6507 bsdos-bold to bsdos-pc (patch by Jeffrey C Honig).
6508 + modify tput to accept termcap names as an alternative to terminfo
6509 names (patch by Jeffrey C Honig).
6510 + correct a typo in term.7 (Todd C Miller).
6511 + add configure --with-shlib-version option to allow installing shared
6512 libraries named according to release or ABI versions. This
6513 parameterizes some existing logic in the configure script, and is
6514 intended for compatiblity upgrades on Digital Unix, which used
6515 versioned libraries in ncurses 4.2, but no longer does (cf: 980425).
6516 + resync configure script against autoconf 2.13 + patches
6517 + minor improvements for teraterm terminfo entry based on the program's
6518 source distribution.
6521 + change default for configure --enable-big-core to assume machines do
6522 have enough memory to resolve terminfo.src in-memory.
6523 + correct name of ncurses library in TEST_ARGS when configuring with
6525 + minor fixes to compile ncurses library with broken-linker with g++.
6526 + add --enable-broken-linker configure option, default to environment
6527 variable $BROKEN_LINKER (request by Jeffrey C Honig).
6528 + change key_names[] array to static since it is not part of the curses
6529 interface (reported by Jeffrey C Honig <jch@bsdi.com>).
6532 + add Tera Term terminfo entry - TD
6535 + reviewed/corrected macros in curses.h as per XSI document.
6536 + provide support for termcap PC variable by copying it from terminfo
6537 data and using it as the padding character in tputs (reported by
6538 Alexander V Lukyanov).
6539 + corrected iris-ansi and iris-ansi-ap terminfo entries for kent and
6540 kf9-kf12 capabilities, as well as adding kcbt.
6541 + document the mouse handling mechanism in menu_driver and make a small
6542 change in menu_driver's return codes to provide more consistency
6543 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
6544 + add fallback definition for NCURSES_CONST to termcap.h.in (reported
6545 by Uchiyama Yasushi <uch@nop.or.jp>).
6546 + move lib_restart.c to ncurses/base, since it uses curses functions
6547 directly, and therefore cannot be used in libtinfo.so
6548 + rename micro_char_size to micro_col_size, adding #define to retain
6550 + add set_a_attributes and set_pglen_inch to terminfo structure, as per
6551 XSI and Solaris 2.5.
6552 + minor makefile files to build ncurses test_progs
6553 + update html files in misc directory to reflect changes since 4.2
6556 + disable scroll hints when hashmap is enabled (patch by Alexander
6558 + move logic for tic's verify of -e option versus -I and -C so that the
6559 terminfo data is not processed if we cannot handle -e (reported by
6560 Steven Schwartz <steves@unitrends.com>.
6561 + add test-driver traces to terminfo and termcap functions.
6562 + provide support for termcap ospeed variable by copying it from the
6563 internal cur_term member, and using ospeed as the baudrate reference
6564 for the delay_output and tputs functions. If an application does not
6565 set ospeed, the library behaves as before, except that _nc_timed_wait
6566 is no longer used, or needed, since ospeed always has a value. But
6567 the application can modify ospeed to adjust the output of padding
6568 characters (prompted by a bug report for screen 3.7.6 and email from
6569 Michael Schroeder <Michael.Schroeder@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>).
6570 + removed some unused ifdef's as part of Alexander's restructuring.
6571 + reviewed/updated curses.h, term.h against X/Open Curses Issue 4
6572 Version 2. This includes making some parameters NCURSES_CONST
6573 rather than const, e.g., in termcap.h.
6574 + change linux terminfo entry to use ncv#2, since underline does not
6578 + miscellaneous corrections for curses.h to match XSI.
6579 + change --enable-no-padding configure option to be normally enabled.
6580 + add section to ncurses manpage for environment variables.
6581 + investigated Debian bug report that pertains to screen 3.7.4/3.7.6
6582 changes, found no sign of problems on Linux (or on SunOS, Solaris)
6583 running screen built with ncurses.
6584 + check if tmp_fp is opened in tic.c before closing it (patch by Pavel
6585 Roskin <pavel_roskin@geocities.com>).
6586 + correct several font specification typos in man-pages.
6589 + correct default value for BUILD_CC (reported by Larry Virden).
6592 + modify _nc_set_writedir() to set a flag in _nc_tic_dir() to prevent
6593 it from changing the terminfo directory after chdir'ing to it.
6594 Otherwise, a relative path in $TERMINFO would confuse tic (prompted
6595 by a Debian bug report).
6596 + correct/update ncsa terminfo entry (report by Larry Virden).
6597 + update xterm-xfree86 terminfo to current (patch 90), smcur/rmcur
6599 + add Mathew Vernon's mach console entries to terminfo.src
6600 + more changes, moving functions, as part of Alexander's restructuring.
6601 + modify configure script for GNU/Hurd share-library support, introduce
6602 BUILD_CC variable for cross compiling (patch by Uchiyama Yasushi
6606 + add environment variable NCURSES_NO_SETBUF to allow disabling the
6607 setbuf feature, for testing purposes.
6608 + correct ifdef's for termcap.h versus term.h that suppress redundant
6609 declarations of prototypes (reported by H.J.Lu).
6610 + modify Makefile.os2 to add linker flags which allow multiple copies
6611 of an application to coexist (reported by Ilya Zakharevich).
6612 + update Makefile.glibc and associated configure script so that ncurses
6613 builds as a glibc add-on with the new directory configuration
6614 (reported by H.J.Lu).
6617 + modify gen_reps() function in gen.c to work properly on SunOS
6618 (sparc), which is a left-to-right architecture.
6619 + modify relative_move and tputs to avoid an interaction with the
6620 BSD-style padding. The relative_move function could produce a string
6621 to replace on the screen which began with a numeric character, which
6622 was then interpreted by tputs as padding. Now relative_move will not
6623 generate a string with a leading digit in that case (overwrite).
6624 Also, tputs will only interpret padding if the string begins with a
6625 digit; as coded it permitted a string to begin with a decimal point
6626 or asterisk (reported by Larry Virden).
6627 > patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
6628 + fix a typo in m_driver.c mouse handling and improves the error
6630 + fix broken mouse handling in the Ada95 binding
6631 + make the Ada95 sample application menus work with the new menu mouse
6633 + improve the mouse handling introduced by Ilya; it now handles menus
6635 + repair a minor bug in the menu_driver code discovered during this
6637 + add new function wmouse_trafo() to hide implementation details of
6638 _yoffset member of WINDOW struct needed for mouse coordinate
6642 + modify Ada95/gen/gen.c to avoid using return-value of sprintf, since
6643 some older implementations (e.g., SunOS 4.x) return the buffer
6644 address rather than its length.
6645 > patch by Rick Ohnemus:
6646 + modify demo.cc to get it to compile with newer versions of egcs.
6647 + trim a space that appears at the end of the table preprocessor lines
6648 ('\" t). This space prevents some versions of man from displaying
6649 the pages - changed to remove all trailing whitespace (TD)
6650 + finally, 'make clean' does not remove panel objects.
6651 > patches by Ilya Zakharevich:
6652 + allow remapping of OS/2 mouse buttons using environment variable
6653 MOUSE_BUTTONS_123 with the default value 132.
6654 + add mouse support to ncurses menus.
6657 + modify misc/makedef.cmd to report old-style .def file symbols, and to
6658 generate the .def files sorted by increasing names rather than the
6660 + add misc/*.ref which are J.J.G.Ripoll's dll definition files (renamed
6661 from misc/*.old), and updated based on the entrypoint coding he used
6662 for an older version of ncurses.
6663 + add README.emx, to document how to build on OS/2 EMX.
6664 + updates for config.guess, config.sub from Lynx
6665 > patches by Ilya Zakharevich:
6666 + minor fixes for mouse handling mode:
6667 a) Do not initialize mouse if the request is to have no mouse;
6668 b) Allow switching of OS/2 VIO mouse on and off.
6669 + modify Makefile.os2 to support alternative means of generating
6670 configure script, by translating Unix script with Perl.
6671 > patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
6672 + Updates MANIFEST to reflect changes in source structure
6673 + Eliminates a problem introduced with my last patch for the C++
6674 binding in the panels code. It removes the update() call done in the
6676 + Changes in the Ada95 binding to better support systems where
6677 sizeof(chtype)!=sizeof(int) (e.g. DEC Alpha).
6680 + modify install-script for manpages to skip over .orig and .rej files
6681 (request by Larry Virden).
6682 > patches/discussion by Alexander V Lukyanov:
6683 + move base-library sources into ncurses/base and tty (serial terminal)
6684 sources into ncurses/tty, as part of Alexander V Lukyanov's proposed
6685 changes to ncurses library.
6686 + copy _tracemouse() into ncurses.c so that lib_tracemse.c need not
6687 be linked into the normal ncurses library.
6688 + move macro winch to a function, to hide details of struct ldat
6689 > patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
6690 + fix a potential compile problem in cursesw.cc
6691 + some Ada95 cosmetics
6692 + fix a gen.c problem when compiling on 64-Bit machines
6693 + fix Ada95/gen/Makefile.in "-L" linker switch
6694 + modify Ada95 makefiles to use the INSTALL_PREFIX setting.
6697 + ifdef'd out lib_freeall.c when not configured.
6698 + rename _tracebits() to _nc_tracebits().
6699 + move terminfo-library sources into ncurses/tinfo, and trace-support
6700 functions into ncurses/trace as part of Alexander V Lukyanov's
6701 proposed changes to ncurses library.
6702 + modify generated term.h to always specify its own definitions for
6703 HAVE_TERMIOS_H, etc., to guard against inclusion by programs with
6704 broken configure scripts.
6707 + modify terminfo parsing to accept octal and hexadecimal constants,
6709 + remove an autoconf 2.10 artifact from the configure script's check
6710 for "-g" compiler options. (Though harmless, this confused someone
6711 at Debian, who recently issued a patch that results in the opposite
6713 + add configure option --with-ada-compiler to accommodate installations
6714 that do not use gcc as the driver for GNAT (patch by Juergen
6718 + ensure ./man exists in configure script, needed when configuring
6719 with --srcdir option.
6720 + modify infocmp "-r" option to remove limit on formatted termcap
6721 output, which makes it more like Solaris' version.
6722 + modify captoinfo to treat no-argument case more like Solaris'
6723 version, which uses the contents of $TERMCAP as the entry to format.
6724 + modify mk-2nd.awk to handle subdirectories, e.g., ncurses/tty
6725 (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6728 + modify --with-terminfo-dirs option so that the default value is the
6729 ${datadir} value, unless $TERMINFO_DIRS is already set. This gets
6730 rid of a hardcoded list of candidate directories in the configure
6732 + add some error-checking to _nc_read_file_entry() to ensure that
6733 strings are properly terminated (Todd C Miller).
6734 + rename manpage file curs_scr_dmp.3x to curs_scr_dump.3x, to
6735 correspond with contents (reported by Neil Zanella
6736 <nzanella@cs.mun.ca>).
6737 + remove redundant configure check for C++ which did not work when $CXX
6738 was specified with a full pathname (reported by Andreas Jaeger).
6739 + corrected bcopy/memmove check; the macro was not standalone.
6742 + remove unnecessary portion of OS/2 EMX mouse change from
6743 check_pending() (reported by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6746 + implement mouse support for OS/2 EMX (adapted from patch against
6747 4.2(?) by Ilya Zakharevich).
6748 + add configure-check for bcopy/memmove, for 980919 changes to hashmap.
6749 + merge Data General terminfo from Hasufin <hasufin@vidnet.net> - TD
6750 + merge AIX 3.2.5 terminfo descriptions for IBM terminals, replaces
6751 some older entries - TD
6752 + modify tic to compile into %'char' form in preference to %{number},
6753 since that is a little more efficient.
6754 + minor correction to infocmp to avoid displaying "difference" between
6755 two capabilities that are rendered in equivalent forms.
6756 + add -g option to tic/infocmp to force character constants to be
6757 displayed in quoted form. Otherwise their decimal values are shown.
6758 + modify setupterm so that cancelled strings are treated the same as
6759 absent strings, cancelled and absent booleans false (does not affect
6761 + modify tic, infocmp to discard redundant i3, r3 strings when output
6763 > patch by Alexander V Lukyanov:
6764 + improve performance of tparm, now it takes 19% instead of 25% when
6766 + rename maxlen/minlen to prec/width for better readability.
6767 + use format string for printing strings.
6768 + use len argument correctly in save_text, and pass it to save_number.
6771 + make test_progs compile (but hashmap does not function).
6772 + correct NC_BUFFERED macro, used in lib_mvcur test-driver, modify
6773 associated logic to avoid freeing the SP->_setbuf data.
6774 + add modules home_terminfo and getenv_num to libtinfo.
6775 + move write_entry to libtinfo, to work with termcap caching.
6776 + minor fixes to blue.c to build with atac.
6777 + remove softscroll.c module; no longer needed for testing.
6778 > patches by Todd C Miller:
6779 + use strtol(3) instead of atoi(3) when parsing env variables so we can
6780 detect a bogus (non-numeric) value.
6781 + check for terminal names > MAX_NAME_SIZE in a few more places when
6782 dealing with env variables again.
6783 + fix a MAX_NAME_SIZE that should be MAX_NAME_SIZE+1
6784 + use sizeof instead of strlen(3) on PRIVATE_INFO since it is a fixed
6785 string #define (compile time vs runtime).
6786 + when setting errno to ENOMEM, set it right before the return, not
6787 before code that could, possibly, set errno to a different value.
6788 > patches by Alexander V Lukyanov:
6789 + use default background in update_cost_from_blank()
6790 + disable scroll-hints when hashmap is configured.
6791 + improve integration of hashmap scrolling code, by adding oldhash and
6792 newhash data to SP struct.
6793 + invoke del_curterm from delscreen.
6794 + modify del_curterm to set cur_term to null if it matches the
6795 function's parameter which is deleted.
6796 + modify lib_doupdate to prefer parm_ich to the enter_insert_mode and
6797 exit_insert_mode combination, adjusting InsCharCost to check
6798 enter_insert_mode, exit_insert_mode and insert_padding. Add
6799 insert_padding in insert mode after each char. This adds new costs
6803 + modify test-driver in lib_mvcur.s to use _nc_setbuffer, for
6804 consistent treatment.
6805 + modify ncurses to restore output to unbuffered on endwin, and resume
6806 buffering in refresh (see lib_set_term.c and NC_BUFFERED macro).
6807 + corrected HTML version numbers (according to the W3C validator, they
6808 never were HTML 2.0-compliant, but are acceptable 3.0).
6811 + modify MKterminfo.sh to generate terminfo.5 with tables sorted by
6812 capability name, as in SVr4.
6813 + modified term.h, termcap.h headers to avoid redundant declarations.
6814 + change 'u_int' type in tset.c to unsigned, making this compile on
6815 Sequent PRX 4.1 (reported by Michael Sterrett <msterret@coat.com>).
6818 + corrections to mailing addresses, and moving the magic line that
6819 causes the man program to invoke tbl to the first line of each
6820 manpage (patch by Rick Ohnemus <rick@ecompcon.com>).
6821 + add Makefile.os2 and supporting scripts to generate dll's on OS/2 EMX
6822 (from J.J.G.Ripoll, with further integration by TD).
6823 + correct a typo in icl6404 terminfo entry.
6824 + add xtermm and xtermc terminfo entries.
6825 > from esr's terminfo version:
6826 + Added Francesco Potorti's tuned Wyse 99 entries.
6827 + dtterm enacs (from Alexander V Lukyanov).
6828 + Add ncsa-ns, ncsa-m-ns and ncsa-m entries from esr version.
6831 + document AT&T acs characters in terminfo.5 manpage.
6832 + use EMX _scrsize() function if terminfo and environment do not
6833 declare the screen size (reported by Ilya Zakharevich
6834 <ilya@math.ohio-state.edu>).
6835 + remove spurious '\' characters from eterm and osborne terminfo
6836 entries (prompted by an old Debian bug report).
6837 + correct reversed malloc/realloc calls in _nc_doalloc (reported by
6838 Hans-Joachim Widmaier <hjwidmai@foxboro.com>).
6839 + correct misplaced parenthesis which caused file-descriptor from
6840 opening termcap to be lost, from 980725 changes (reported by Andreas
6844 + modify lib_setup.c to eliminate unneeded include of <sys/ioctl.h>
6845 when termios is not used (patch by Todd C Miller).
6846 + add function _nc_doalloc, to ensure that failed realloc calls do not
6847 leak memory (reported by Todd C Miller).
6848 + improved ncsa-telnet terminfo entry.
6851 + correct missing braces around a trace statement in read_entry.c,
6852 from 980808 (reported by Kim DeVaughn <kimdv@best.com> and Liviu
6856 + fix missing include <errno.h> in ditto.c (reported by Bernhard
6857 Rosenkraenzer <bero@k5.sucks.eu.org>)
6858 + add NCSA telnet terminfo entries from Francesco Potorti
6859 <F.Potorti@cnuce.cnr.it>, from Debian bug reports.
6860 + make handling of $LINES and $COLUMNS variables more compatible with
6861 Solaris by allowing them to individually override the window size
6862 as obtained via ioctl.
6865 + modify lib_vidattr.c to allow for terminal types (e.g., xterm-color)
6866 which may reset all attributes in the 'op' capability, so that colors
6867 are set before turning on bold and other attributes, but still after
6868 turning attributes off.
6869 + add 'ditto.c' to test directory to illustrate use of newterm for
6870 initializing multiple screens.
6871 + modify _nc_write_entry() to recover from failed attempt to link alias
6872 for a terminfo on a filesystem which does not preserve character case
6873 (reported by Peter L Jordan <PJordan@chla.usc.edu>).
6876 + updated versions of config.guess and config.sub based on automake 1.3
6877 + change name-comparisons in lib_termcap to compare no more than 2
6878 characters (gleaned from Debian distribution of 1.9.9g-8.8, verified
6879 with Solaris curses).
6880 + fix typo in curs_insstr.3x (patch by Todd C Miller)
6881 + use 'access()' to check if ncurses library should be permitted to
6882 open or modify files with fopen/open/link/unlink/remove calls, in
6883 case the calling application is running in setuid mode (request by
6884 Cristian Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>, responding to Duncan Simpson
6885 <dps@io.stargate.co.uk>).
6886 + arm100 terminfo entries from Dave Millen <dmill@globalnet.co.uk>).
6887 + qnxt2 and minitel terminfo entries from esr's version.
6890 + use -R option with ldconfig on FreeBSD because otherwise it resets
6891 the search path to /usr/lib (reported by Dan Nelson).
6892 + add -soname option when building shared libraries on OpenBSD 2.x
6893 (request by QingLong).
6894 + add configure options --with-manpage-format and
6895 --with-manpage-renames (request by QingLong).
6896 + correct conversion of CANCELLED_NUMERIC in write_object(), which was
6897 omitting the high-order byte, producing a 254 in the compiled
6899 + modify return-values of tgetflag, tgetnum, tgetstr, tigetflag,
6900 tigetnum and tigetstr to be compatible with Solaris (gleaned from
6901 Debian distribution of 1.9.9g-8.8).
6902 + modify _nc_syserr_abort to abort only when compiled for debugging,
6903 otherwise simply exit with an error.
6906 + modify Ada95 'gen' program to use appropriate library suffix (e.g.,
6907 "_g" for a debug build).
6908 + update Ada95 'make clean' rule to include generics .ali files
6909 + add a configure test to ensure that if GNAT is found, that it can
6910 compile/link working Ada95 program.
6911 + flush output in beep and flash functions, fixing a problem with
6912 getstr (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov)
6913 + fix egcs 1.0.2 warning for etip.h (patch by Chris Johns).
6914 + correct ifdef/brace nesting in lib_sprintf.c (patch by Bernhard
6915 Rosenkraenzer <bero@Pool.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>).
6916 + correct typo in wattr_get macro from 980509 fixes (patch by Dan
6920 + merge changes from current XFree86 xterm terminfo descriptions.
6921 + add configure option '--without-ada'.
6922 + add a smart-default for termcap 'ac' to terminfo 'acs_chars' which
6923 corresponds to vt100.
6924 + change translation for termcap 'rs' to terminfo 'rs2', which is
6925 the documented equivalent, rather than 'rs1'.
6928 + slow 'worm' down a little, for very fast machines.
6929 + corrected firstchar/lastchar computation in lib_hline.c
6930 + simplify some expressions with CHANGED_CELL, CHANGED_RANGE and
6931 CHANGED_TO_EOL macros.
6932 + modify init_pair so that if a color-pair is reinitialized, we will
6933 repaint the areas of the screen whose color changes, like SVr4 curses
6934 (reported by Christian Maurer <maurer@inf.fu-berlin.de>).
6935 + modify getsyx/setsyx macros to comply with SVr4 man-page which
6936 says that leaveok() affects their behavior (report by Darryl Miles,
6937 patch by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6940 + review terminfo.5 against Solaris 2.6 curses version, corrected
6941 several minor errors/omissions.
6942 + implement tparm %l format.
6943 + implement tparm printf-style width and precision for %s, %d, %x, %o
6945 + implement tparm dynamic variables (reported by Xiaodan Tang).
6948 + update man-page for for wattr_set, wattr_get (cf: 980509)
6949 + correct limits in hashtest, which would cause nonprinting characters
6950 to be written to large screens.
6951 + correct configure script, when --without-cxx was specified: the
6952 wrong variable was used for cf_cv_type_of_bool. Compilers up to gcc
6953 2.8 tolerated the missing 'int'.
6954 + remove the hardcoded name "gcc" for the GNU Ada compiler. The
6955 compiler's name might be something like "egcs" (patch by Juergen
6957 + correct curs_addch.3x, which implied that echochar could directly
6958 display control characters (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6959 + fix typos in ncurses-intro.html (patch by Sidik Isani
6960 <isani@cfht.hawaii.edu>)
6963 + add configure test for conflicting use of exception in math.h and
6965 + minor optimization to 'hash()' function in hashmap.c, reduces its
6967 + correct form of LD_SHARED_OPTS for HP-UX 10.x (patch by Tim Mooney).
6968 + fix missing quotes for 'print' in MKunctrl.awk script (reported by
6969 Mihai Budiu <mihaib@gs41.sp.cs.cmu.edu>).
6970 > patch by Alexander V Lukyanov:
6971 + correct problem on Solaris (with poll() function) where getch could
6972 hang indefinitely even if timeout(x) was called. This turned out to
6973 be because milliseconds was not updated before 'goto retry' in
6975 + simplified the function _nc_timed_wait and fixed another bug, which
6976 was the assumption of !GOOD_SELECT && HAVE_GETTIMEOFDAY in *timeleft
6978 + removed the cycle on EINTR, as it seems to be useless.
6981 + add makefile-rule for test/keynames
6982 + modify run_tic.sh and shlib to ensure that user's .profile does not
6983 override the $PATH used to run tic (patch by Tim Mooney).
6984 + restore LD_SHARED_OPTS to $(LD_SHARED_FLAGS) when linking programs,
6985 needed for HP-UX shared-library path (recommended by Tim Mooney).
6986 + remove special case of HP-UX -L options, use +b options to embed
6987 $(libdir) in the shared libraries (recommended by Tim Mooney).
6988 + add checks for some possible buffer overflows and unchecked
6989 malloc/realloc/calloc/strdup return values (patch by Todd C Miller
6990 <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>)
6993 + correct maxx/maxy expression for num_columns/num_lines in derwin
6994 (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov).
6995 + add /usr/share/lib/terminfo and /usr/lib/terminfo as compatibilty
6996 fallbacks to _nc_read_entry(), along with --with-terminfo-dirs
6997 configure option (suggested by Mike Hopkirk).
6998 + modify config.guess to recognize Unixware 2.1 and 7 (patch by Mike
6999 Hopkirk <hops@sco.com>).
7000 + suppress definition of CC_SHARED_OPTS in LDFLAGS_SHARED in c++
7001 Makefile.in, since this conflicts when g++ is used with HP-UX
7002 compiler (reported by Tim Mooney).
7003 + parenthesize 'strcpy' calls in c++ binding to workaround redefinition
7004 in some C++ implementations (reported by several people running
7005 egcs with glibc 2.0.93, analysis by Andreas Jaeger.
7008 + modify write_entry.c so that it will not attempt to link aliases
7009 with embedded '/', but give only a warning.
7010 + put -L$(libdir) first when linking programs, except for HP-UX.
7011 + modify comp_scan.c to handle SVr4 terminfo description for att477,
7012 which contains a colon in the description field.
7013 + modify configure script to support SCO osr5.0.5 shared libraries,
7014 from comp.unix.sco.programmer newsgroup item (Mike Hopkirk).
7015 + eliminate extra GoTo call in lib_doupdate.c (patch by Alexander V.
7017 + minor adjustments of const/NCURSES_CONST from IRIX compile.
7018 + add updates based on esr's 980509 version of terminfo.src.
7021 + correct macros for wattr_set, wattr_get, separate wattrset macro from
7022 these to preserve behavior that allows attributes to be combined with
7024 + add configure option --enable-no-padding, to allow environment
7025 variable $NCURSES_NO_PADDING to eliminate non-mandatory padding,
7026 thereby making terminal emulators (e.g., for vt100) a little more
7027 efficient (request by Daniel Eisenbud <eisenbud@cs.swarthmore.edu>).
7028 + modify configure script to embed ABI in shared libraries for HP-UX
7029 10.x (detailed request by Tim Mooney).
7030 + add test/example of the 'filter()' function.
7031 + add nxterm and xterm-color terminfo description (request by Cristian
7032 Gafton <gafton@redhat.com>).
7033 + modify rxvt terminfo description to clear alternate screen before
7034 switching back to normal screen, for compatibility with applications
7035 which use xterm (reported by Manoj Kasichainula <manojk@io.com>).
7036 + modify linux terminfo description to reset color palette (reported
7037 by Telford Tendys <telford@eng.uts.edu.au>).
7038 + correction to doupdate, for case where terminal does not support
7039 insert/delete character. The logic did not check that there was a
7040 difference in alignment of changes to old/new screens before
7041 repainting the whole non-blank portion of the line. Modified to fall
7042 through into logic that reduces by the portion which does not differ
7043 (reported by Daniel Eisenbud <eisenbud@cs.swarthmore.edu>).
7044 + minor performance improvement to wnoutrefresh by moving some
7045 comparisons out of inner loop.
7048 + modify configure script to substitute NCURSES_CONST in curses.h
7049 + updated terminfo entries for xterm-xf86-v40, xterm-16color,
7050 xterm-8bit to correspond to XFree86 3.9Ag.
7051 + remove restriction that forces ncurses to use setaf/setab if the
7052 number of colors is greater than 8. (see 970524 for xterm-16color).
7053 + change order of -L options (so that $(libdir) is searched first) when
7054 linking tic and other programs, to workaround HP's linker.
7055 Otherwise, the -L../lib is embedded when linking against shared
7056 libraries and the installed program does not run (reported by Ralf
7058 + modify configuration of shared libraries on Digital Unix so that
7059 versioning is embedded in the library, rather than implied by
7060 links (patch by Tim Mooney).
7063 + modify etip.h to avoid conflict with math.h on HP-UX 9.03 with gcc
7064 2.8.1 which redefines 'exception' (reported by Ralf Hildebrandt
7065 <R.Hildebrandt@tu-bs.de>).
7066 + correct configure tests in CF_SHARED_OPTS which used $CC value to
7067 check for gcc, rather than autoconf's $GCC value. This did not
7068 work properly if the full pathname of the compiler were given
7069 (reported by Michael Yount <yount@csf.Colorado.edu>).
7070 + revise check for compiler options to force ANSI mode since repeating
7071 an option such as -Aa causes HP's compiler to fail on its own headers
7072 (reported by Clint Olsen <olsenc@ichips.intel.com>).
7075 + ifdef'd has_key() and mcprint() as extended functions.
7076 + modified several prototypes to correspond with 1997 version of
7077 X/Open Curses (affects ABI since developers have used attr_get).
7078 + remove spurious trailing blanks in glibc addon-scripts (patch by
7080 + insert a few braces at locations where gcc-2.8.x asks to use them to
7081 avoid ambigous else's, use -fpic rather than -fPIC for Linux (patch
7082 by Juergen Pfeifer).
7085 + split SHLIB_LIST into SHLIB_DIRS/SHLIB_LIST to keep -L options
7086 before -l to accommodate Solaris' linker (reported by Larry Virden).
7089 + modify lib_color.c to eliminate dependency on orig_colors and
7090 orig_pair, since SVr4 curses does not require these either, but
7091 uses them when they are available.
7092 + add detailed usage-message to infocmp.
7093 + correct a typo in att6386 entry (a "%?" which was "?").
7094 + add -f option to infocmp and tic, which formats the terminfo
7095 if/then/else/endif so that they are readable (with newlines and
7097 + fixes for glibc addon scripts (patch by H.J.Lu).
7100 + revise configure macro CF_SPEED_TYPE so that termcap.h has speed_t
7101 declared (from Adam J Richter <adam@yggdrasil.com>)
7102 + remove spurious curs_set() call from leaveok() (J T Conklin).
7103 + corrected handling leaveok() in doupdate() (patch by Alexander V.
7105 + improved version of wredrawln (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
7106 + correct c++/Makefile.in so install target do not have embedded ../lib
7107 to confuse it (patch by Thomas Graf <graf@essi.fr>).
7108 + add warning to preinstall rule which checks if the installer would
7109 overwrite a curses.h or termcap.h that is not derived from ncurses.
7110 (The recommended configuration for developers who need both is to
7111 use --disable-overwrite).
7112 + modify preinstall rule in top-level Makefile to avoid implicit
7113 use of 'sh', to accommodate Ultrix 4.4 (reported by Joao Palhoto
7114 Matos <jmatos@math.ist.utl.pt>, patch by Thomas Esser
7115 <te@informatik.uni-hannover.de>)
7116 + refine ifdef's for TRACE so that libncurses has fewer dependencies
7117 on libtinfo when TRACE is disabled.
7118 + modify configure script so that if the --with-termlib option is used
7119 to generate a separate terminfo library, we chain it to the ncurses
7120 library with a "-l" option (reported by Darryl Miles and Ian T.
7124 + correct limits and window in wredrawln function (reported/analysis by
7125 Alexander V. Lukyanov).
7126 + correct sed expression in configure script for --with-fallback
7127 option (patch by Jesse Thilo).
7128 + correct some places in configure script where $enableval was used
7129 rather than $withval (patch by Darryl Miles <dlm@g7led.demon.co.uk>).
7130 + modify some man-pages so no '.' or '..' falls between TH and SH
7131 macros, to accommodate man_db program (reported by Ian T. Zimmerman
7133 + terminfo.src 10.2.1 downloaded from ESR's webpage (ESR).
7134 > several changes by Juergen Pfeifer:
7135 + add copyright notices (and rcs id's) on remaining man-pages.
7136 + corrected prototypes for slk_* functions, using chtype rather than
7138 + implemented the wcolor_set() and slk_color() functions
7139 + the slk_attr_{set,off,on} functions need an additional void*
7140 parameter according to XSI.
7141 + fix the C++ and Ada95 binding as well as the man pages to
7142 reflect above enhancements.
7145 + use 'stat()' rather than 'access()' in toe.c to check for the
7146 existence of $HOME/.terminfo, since it may be a file.
7147 + suppress configure CF_CXX_LIBRARY check if we are not using g++
7148 2.7.x, since this is not needed with g++ 2.8 or egcs (patch by
7150 + turn on hashmap scrolling code by default, intend to remedy defects
7152 + minor corrections to terminfo.src changelog.
7154 980302 4.2 release for upload to prep.ai.mit.edu
7155 + correct Florian's email address in ncurses-intro.html
7156 + terminfo.src 10.2.0 (ESR).
7159 + add linux-koi8r replace linux-koi8, which is not KOI8 (patch by
7160 QingLong <qinglong@Bolizm.ihep.su>).
7161 + minor documentation fixes (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
7162 + add setlocale() call to ncurses.c (reported by Claes G. Lindblad
7163 <claesg@algonet.se>).
7164 + correct sign-extension in lib_insstr.c (reported by Sotiris
7165 Vassilopoulos <svas@leon.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr>)
7168 + regenerated some documentation overlooked in 980214 patch
7169 (ncurses-intro.doc, curs_outopts.3x.html)
7170 + minor ifdef change to C++ binding to work with gcc 2.8.0 (patch by
7172 + change maintainer's mailing address to florian@gnu.org, change
7173 tentative mailing list address to bug-ncurses-request@gnu.org (patch
7174 by Florian La Roche).
7175 + add definition of $(REL_VERSION) to c++/Makefile.in (reported by Gran
7176 Hasse <gh@raditex.se>).
7177 + restore version numbers to Ada95 binding, accidentally deleted by
7178 copyright patch (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
7181 + remove ncurses.lsm from MANIFEST so that it won't be used in FSF
7182 distributions, though it is retained in development.
7183 + correct scaling of milliseconds to nanoseconds in lib_napms.c (patch
7185 + update mailing-list information (bug-ncurses@gnu.org).
7186 + update announcement for upcoming 4.2 release.
7187 + modify -lm test to check for 'sin()' rather than 'floor()'
7188 + remove spurious commas from terminfo.src descriptions.
7189 + change copyright notices to Free Software Foundation
7192 + minor fixes for autoconf macros CF_ERRNO, CF_HELP_MESSAGE and
7194 + modify Makefile.glibc so that $(objpfx) is defined (H.J.Lu).
7195 + ifdef-out true-return from _nc_mouse_inline() which depends on
7196 merge of QNX patch (pending 4.2 release).
7197 > patch to split off seldom-used modules in ncurses (J T Conklin):
7198 This reduces size by up to 2.6kb.
7199 + move functionality of _nc_usleep into napms, add configuration case
7201 + moved wchgat() from lib_addch.c to lib_chgat.c
7202 + moved clearok(), immedok(), leaveok(), and scrollok() from
7203 lib_options.c to lib_clearok.c, lib_immedok.c, lib_leaveok.c and
7205 + moved napms() from lib_kernel.c to lib_napms.c
7206 + moved echo() and noecho() from lib_raw.c to lib_echo.c
7207 + moved nl() and nonl() from lib_raw.c to lib_nl.c
7210 + corrected conversion in tclock.c (cf: 971018).
7211 + updates to Makefile.glibc and associated Linux configure script
7213 + workaround a quoting problem on SunOS with tar-copy.sh
7214 + correct init_pair() calls in worm.c to work when use_default_colors()
7216 + include <sys/types.h> in CF_SYS_TIME_SELECT to work with FreeBSD
7218 + add ncv capability to FreeBSD console (cons25w), making reverse
7220 + correct sense of configure-test for sys/time.h inclusion with
7222 + fixes for Ada95/ada_include/Makefile.in to work with --srcdir option.
7223 + remove unused/obsolete test-program rules from progs/Makefile.in
7224 (the rules in ncurses/Makefile.in work).
7225 + remove shared-library loader flags from test/Makefile.in, etc.
7226 + simplify test/configure.in using new version of autoconf to create
7228 + suppress suffix rules in test/Makefile.in, provide explicit
7229 dependency to work with --srcdir option and less capable 'make'
7231 > adapted from patch for QNX by Xiaodan Tang:
7232 + initialize %P and %g variables set/used in tparm, and also ensure
7233 that empty strings don't return a null result from tparam_internal
7234 + add QNX-specific prototype for vsscanf()
7235 + move initialization of SP->_keytry from init_keytry() to newterm() to
7236 avoid resetting it via a keyok() call by mouse_activate().
7237 + reorganized some functions in lib_mouse() to use case-statements.
7238 + remove sgr string from qnx terminfo entry since it is reported to
7239 turn off attributes inconsistently.
7242 + add f/F/b/B commands to ncurses 'b' test to toggle colors, providing
7243 test for no_color_video.
7244 + adjusted emx.src to use no_color_video, now works with ncurses 'b'
7246 + implement no_color_video attribute, and as a special case, reverse
7247 colors when the reverse attribute cannot be combined with color.
7248 + check for empty string in $TERM variable (reported by Brett Michaels
7250 > from reports by Fred Fish:
7251 + add configure-test for isascii
7252 + add configure-test for -lm library.
7253 + modify CF_BOOL_SIZE to check if C++ bool types are unsigned.
7254 > patches by J.J.G.Ripoll
7255 + add configure/makefile variables to support .exe extension on
7256 OS/2 EMX (requires additional autoconf patches).
7257 + explicitly initialize variables in lib_data.c to appease OS/2 linker
7258 > patches by Fred Fish <fnf@ninemoons.com>
7259 + misc/Makefile.in (install.data): Avoid trying to install the CVS
7261 + aclocal.m4 (install.includes): Remove files in the include directory
7262 where we are going to install new ones, not the original source
7264 + misc/terminfo.src: Add entry for "beterm", derived from termcap
7265 distributed with BeOS PR2 using captoinfo.
7266 + aclocal.m4: Wrap $cf_cv_type_of_bool with quotes (contains space)
7267 + aclocal.m4: Assume bool types are unsigned.
7268 + progs/infocmp.c: workaround mwcc 32k function data limit
7271 + correct initialization of color-pair (cf: 970524) in xmas.c, which
7272 was using only one color-pair for all colors (reported by
7274 + add multithread options for objects build on EMX, for compatibility
7276 + split up an expression in MKlib_gen.sh to work around a problem on
7277 OS/2 EMX, with 'ash' (patch by J.J.G.Ripoll).
7278 + change terminfo entries xterm (xterm-xf86-v40), xterm-8bit rs1 to use
7280 + rename terminfo entry xterm-xf86-v39t to xterm-xf86-v40
7281 + remove bold/underline from sun console entries since they're not
7283 + correct _tracef calls in _tracedump(), which did not separate format
7285 + correct getopt string for tic "-o" option, and add it to man-page
7286 synopsis (reported by Darren Hiebert <darren@hmi.com>).
7287 + correct typo in panel/Makefile.in, reversed if-statement in scrolling
7288 optimization (Alexander V. Lukyanov).
7289 + test for 'remove()', use 'unlink() if not found (patch by Philippe De
7290 Muyter <phdm@macqel.be>).
7291 > patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
7292 + Improve a feature of the forms driver. For invisible fields
7293 (O_VISIBLE off) only the contents but not the attributes are cleared.
7294 We now clear both. (Reported by Javier Kohan
7295 <jkohan@adan.fceia.unr.edu.ar>)
7296 + The man page form_field_opts.3x makes now clear, that invisible
7297 fields are also always inactive.
7298 + adjust ifdef's to compile the C++ binding with the just released
7299 gcc-2.8.0 c++ and the corresponding new C++ libraries.
7302 + correct "?" command in ncurses.c; it was performing non-screen writes
7303 while the program was in screen mode. (It "worked" in 1.9.9e because
7304 that version sets OPOST and OCRNL incorrectly).
7305 + return error from functions in lib_kernel, lib_raw and lib_ti if
7306 cur_term is null, or if underlying I/O fails.
7307 + amend change to tputs() so that it does not return an error if
7308 cur_term is null, since some applications depend on being able to use
7309 tputs without initializing the terminal (reported by Christian J.
7310 Robinson <infynity@cyberhighway.net>).
7313 + add a copy of emx.src from J.J.G.Ripoll's OS/2 EMX version of ncurses
7314 1.9.9e, together with fixes/additions for the "ansi" terminal type.
7315 + add tic check for save/restore cursor if change_scroll_region is
7316 defined (reference: O'Reilly book).
7317 + modify read_termcap.c to handle EMX-style pathnames (reported by
7319 + modify lib_raw.c to use EMX's setmode (patch from J.J.G.Ripoll).
7320 Ripoll says EMX's curses does this.
7321 + modify _nc_tic_expand() to generate \0 rather than \200.
7322 + move/revise 'expand()' from dump_entry.c to ncurses library as
7323 _nc_tic_expand(), for use by tack.
7324 + decode \a as \007 for terminfo, as per XSI.
7325 + correct translation of terminfo "^@", to \200, like \0.
7326 + modify next_char() to treat <cr><lf> the same as <newline>, for
7327 cross-platform compatibility.
7328 + use new version of autoconf (971230) to work around limited
7329 environment on CLIX, due to the way autoconf builds --help message.
7330 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
7331 + check that the Ada95 binding runs against the correct version of
7333 + insert constants about the library version into the main spec-file of
7337 + modify open/fopen calls to use binary mode, needed for EMX.
7338 + modify configure script to work with autoconf 2.10 mods for OS/2
7339 EMX (from J.J.G.Ripoll).
7340 + generated ncurses_cfg.h with patch (971222) to autoconf 2.12 which
7341 bypasses limited sed buffer length.
7342 > several changes from Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll <worm@arrakis.es>
7343 (J.J.G.Ripoll) to support OS/2 EMX:
7344 + add a _scrolling flag to SP, to set when we encounter a terminal
7345 that simply cannot scroll.
7346 + corrected logic in _nc_add_to_try(), by ensuring that strings with
7347 embedded \200 characters are matched.
7348 + don't assume the host has 'link()' function, for linking terminfo
7352 + if there's no ioctl's to support sigwinch handler, disable it.
7353 + add configure option --disable-ext-funcs to remove the extended
7354 functions from the build.
7355 + add configure option --with-termlib to generate the terminfo
7356 functions as a separate library.
7357 + add 'sources' rule to facilitate cross-compiling.
7358 + review/fix order of mostlyclean/clean/distclean rules.
7359 + modify install-rule for headers to first remove old header, in
7360 case there was a symbolic link that confuses the install script.
7361 + corrected substitution for NCURSES_CONST in term.h (cf: 971108)
7362 + add null pointer checks in wnoutrefresh(), overlap() (patch by
7363 Xiaodan Tang <xtang@qnx.com>)
7364 + correct tputs(), which could dereference a null cur_term if invoked
7365 before terminal is initialized (patch by Christopher Seawood
7367 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
7368 + makes better use of "pragma Inline" in the Ada95 binding
7369 + resynchronizes the generated html manpages
7372 + additional fixes for man-pages section-references
7373 + add (for debugging) a check for ich/ich1 conflict with smir/rmir
7375 + remove hpa/vpa from rxvt terminal description because they are not
7376 implemented correctly, added sgr0.
7377 + change ncurses 's' to use raw mode, so ^Q works (reported by Rudolf
7378 Leitgeb <leitgeb@leland.stanford.edu>)
7381 + modify protection when installing libraries to (normally) not
7382 executable. HP-UX shared libraries are an exception.
7383 + add configure check for 'tack'.
7384 + implement script for renaming section-references in man-page install,
7385 for Debian configuration.
7386 + add validity-check for SP in trace code in baudrate() (reported by
7388 > patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov (fixes to match sol25 curses)
7389 + modify 'overlay()' so that copy applies target window background to
7391 + correct 'mvwin()' so that it does not clear the previous locations.
7392 + correct lib_acs.c so that 8-bit character is not sign expanded in
7393 case of wide characters in chtype.
7394 + correct control-char test in lib_addch.c for use with wide chars
7395 + use attribute in the chtype when adding a control character in
7396 lib_addch.c control char was added with current attribute
7399 + save/restore errno in _tracef() function
7400 + change treatment of initialize_color to use a range of 0..1000
7401 (recommended by Daniel Weaver).
7402 + set umask in mkinstalldirs, fixing problems reported by users who
7403 have set root's umask to 077.
7404 + correct bug in tic that caused capabilities to be reprinted at the
7405 end of output when they had embedded comments.
7406 + rewrote wredrawln to correspond to XSI, and split-out since it is
7407 not often used (from report by Alexander V. Lukyanov, 970825)
7408 + rewrote Dan Nelson's change to make it portable, as well as to
7409 correct logic for handling backslashes.
7410 + add code to _nc_tgetent() to make it work more like a real tgetent().
7411 It removes all empty fields, and removes all but the first in a group
7412 of duplicate caps. The code was pulled from the BSD libtermcap code
7413 in termcap.c (patch by Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
7414 + don't include --enable-widec in the --with-develop configure option,
7415 since it is not binary-compatible with 4.1 (noted by Alexander V.
7417 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
7418 + further improvements of the usage of elaboration pragmas in the Ada95
7420 + enhanced Ada95 sample to use the user_data mechanism for panels.
7421 + a fix for the configuration script to make gnat-3.10 the required
7423 + resync of the html version of the manpages
7426 > fixes/updates for terminfo.src:
7427 + add vt220-js, pilot, rbcomm, datapoint entries from esr's 27-jun-97
7429 + add hds200 description (Walter Skorski)
7430 + add EMX 0.9b descriptions
7431 + correct rmso/smso capabilities in wy30-mc and wy50-mc (Daniel Weaver)
7432 + rename xhpterm back to hpterm.
7433 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
7434 + Improves the usage of elaboration pragmas for the Ada95 binding.
7435 + Adds a translation of the test/rain.c into Ada95 to the samples.
7436 This has been contributed to the project by Laurent Pautet
7440 + increase MAX_NAME_SIZE to 512 to handle extremely long alias list
7442 + correction & simplification of delay computation in tputs, based on
7443 comments from Daniel Weaver.
7444 + replace test for SCO with more precise header tests.
7445 + add configure test for unsigned literals, use in NCURSES_BITS macro.
7446 + comment-out the -PIC, etc., flags from c++, progs and test makefiles
7447 since they probably are not needed, and are less efficient (noted by
7449 + add -L$(libdir) to loader options, after -L../lib so that loaders
7450 that record this information will tend to do the right thing if
7451 the programs are moved around after installing them (suggested by
7453 + add -R option to loader options for programs for Solaris if the
7454 --enable-rpath option is specified for the libraries.
7457 + correct installed filename for shared libraries on *BSD (reported by
7461 + cleanup logic for deciding when tputs() should call delay_output(),
7462 based on comments from Daniel Weaver.
7463 + modified tputs() to avoid use of float.
7464 + correct use of trailpad in tputs(), which used the wrong variable
7465 in call to delay_output().
7466 + correct inverted expression for null-count in delay_output()
7467 (analysis by Daniel Weaver).
7468 + apply --enable-rpath option to Solaris (requested by Larry Virden).
7469 + correct substitution of EXTRA_CFLAGS for gcc 2.6.3
7470 + correct check for error-return by _nc_tgetent(), which returns 0
7472 + add configure test for BSD 4.4 cgetent() function, modify
7473 read_termcap.c to use the host's version of that if found, using the
7474 terminal database on FreeBSD (reported by Peter Wemm).
7475 + add u8, u9 strings to sun-il description for Daniel Weaver.
7476 + use NCURSES_CONST in panel's user-pointer.
7477 + modify edit_cfg.sh and MKterm.h.awk.in to substitute NCURSES_CONST
7478 so that will work on NeXT.
7479 + use _nc_set_screen() rather than assignments to SP to fix port to
7480 NeXT (reported by Francisco A. Tomei Torres).
7483 + force mandatory padding in bell and flash_screen, as specified in
7485 + don't allow padding_baud_rate to override mandatory delays (reported
7487 + modify delay_output() to use _nc_timed_wait() if no baudrate has been
7488 defined, or if the cur_term pointer is not initialized. XSI treats
7489 this as unspecified. (requested by Daniel Weaver).
7490 + change getcap-cache ifdef's to eliminate unnecessary chdir/mkdir
7491 when that feature is not configured.
7492 + remove _nc_err_abort() calls when write_entry.c finds a directory but
7493 cannot write to it, e.g., when translating part/all of /etc/termcap
7494 (reported by Andreas Jaeger <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>).
7495 (this dates back to 951102, in 1.9.7a).
7496 + minor ifdef fixes to compile with atac and glibc 2.0.5c
7497 + add check for -lgen when configuring regexpr.h
7498 + modify Solaris shared-library option "-d y" to "-dy" to workaround
7499 incompatibility of gcc 2.7.2 vs vendor's tools.
7502 + correct ifdef's for struct winsize vs struct ttysize in lib_setup.c
7504 + remove dangling backslash in panel/Makefile.in
7505 + modify MKkeyname.awk to work with SCO's nawk, which dumps core in the
7507 + correct length of allocation in _nc_add_to_try(), to allow for
7509 + correct logic in _nc_remove_key(), which was discarding too many
7510 nodes (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov)
7513 + add definition for $(REL_VERSION) to test/Makefile.in, so *BSD
7514 shared libraries link properly (see 970524).
7515 + modify Linux shared-library generation to include library
7516 dependencies (e.g., -lncurses and -lgpm) in the forms, menu and
7517 panel libraries (suggested by Juergen Pfeifer).
7518 + modify configure script to use config.guess and config.sub rather
7519 than uname, which is unreliable on some systems.
7520 + updated Makefile.glibc, test-built with glibc 2.0.5c
7521 + modify keyname() to return values consistent with SVr4 curses (patch
7523 > changes requested by Daniel Weaver:
7524 + modify delay_output() so that it uses the same output function as
7525 tputs() if called from that function.
7526 + move _baudrate from SCREEN to TERMINAL so that low-level use of
7527 tputs works when SP is not set.
7528 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
7529 + factor lib_menu and lib_form into smaller modules
7530 + clean up the interface between panel and SCREEN
7531 + minor changes to the Ada95 mouse support implemenation
7532 + minor bugfix in C++ binding to ripoff windows
7533 + fix a few Ada95 html documentation pages
7536 + split-out lib_ungetch.c, make runtime link to resizeterm() to
7537 decouple those modules from lib_restart.c
7538 + add xterm-xf86-v39t description to terminfo.src
7539 + reset SP->_endwin in lib_tstp.c cleanup() function after calling
7540 endwin() to avoid unnecessary repainting if the application has
7541 established an atexit function, etc. Encountered this problem in
7542 the c++ demo, whose destructors repaint the screen.
7543 + combine _nc_get_screensize() and resizeterm() calls as new function
7544 _nc_update_screensize().
7545 + minor fixes to allow compile with g++ (suggested by Nelson H. F.
7547 + implement install-rules for Ada95 makefiles.
7548 + use screen_lines or MAXLINES as needed where LINES was coded,
7549 as well as screen_columns for COLS, in the ncurses library.
7550 > patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7551 + modify logic for ripped-off lines to handle several SCREENs.
7552 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
7553 + factors lib_slk.c into some smaller modules
7554 + factors panel.c into some smaller modules
7555 + puts the static information about the current panel stack into the
7556 SCREEN structure to allow different panel stacks on different
7558 + preliminary fix for an error adjusting LINES to account for
7562 + move _nc_max_click_interval and other mouse interface items to SCREEN
7563 struct so that they are associated with a single terminal, and also
7564 save memory when the application does not need a mouse (roughly 3k vs
7566 + modify mouseinterval() so that a negative parameter queries the
7567 click-interval without modifying it.
7568 + modify ncurses 'i' test to work with ncurses' apparent extension from
7569 SVr4, i.e., allows nocbreak+noecho (analysis by Alexander V.
7571 + add configure options --with-ada-includes and --with-ada-objects,
7572 to drive Ada95 binding install (not yet implemented).
7573 + install C++ binding as -lncurses++ and associated headers with the
7574 other ncurses headers.
7575 + fix header uninstall if configure --srcdir is used.
7576 > minor interface changes to support 'tack' program -TD
7577 (request by Daniel Weaver <danw@znyx.com>).
7578 + export functions _nc_trans_string() and _nc_msec_cost().
7579 + add variable _nc_nulls_sent, to record the number of padding
7580 characters output in delay_output().
7581 + move tests for generic_type and hard_copy terminals in setupterm()
7582 to the end of that function so that the library will still be
7583 initialized, though not generally useful for curses programs.
7584 > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7585 + modify ClrBottom() to avoid using clr_eos if there is only one line
7587 + typo in configure --help.
7588 > patch by J T Conklin (with minor resync against Juergen's changes)
7589 + split-out lib_flash.c from lib_beep.c
7590 + split-out lib_hline.c and lib_vline.c from lib_box.c
7591 + split-out lib_wattron.c, lib_wattroff.c from lib_addch.c
7594 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
7595 + correct source/target of c++/edit_cfg.sh
7598 + add color, mouse support to kterm terminfo entry.
7599 + modify lib_mouse.c to recognize rxvt, kterm, color_xterm also as
7600 providing "xterm"-style mouse.
7601 + updated rxvt's terminfo description to correspond to 2.21b, with
7602 fixes for the acsc (the box1 capability is incorrect, ech1 does not
7604 + fix logic in parse_entry.c that discarded acsc when 'synthesizing'
7605 an entry from equivalents in XENIX or AIX. This lets ncurses handle
7606 the distribution copy of rxvt's terminfo.
7607 + modify acsc capability for linux and linux-koi8 terminfo descriptions
7608 (from Pavel Roskin <pavel@absolute.spb.su>).
7609 + corrected definition in curses.h for ACS_LANTERN, which was 'I'
7610 rather than 'i' (see 970802).
7611 + updated terminfo.src with reformatted acsc entries, and repaired the
7612 trashed entries with spurious '\' characters that this exposed.
7613 + add logic to dump_entry.c to reformat acsc entries into canonical
7614 form (sorted, unique mapping).
7615 + add configure script to generate c++/etip.h
7616 + add configure --with-develop option, to enable by default most of the
7617 experimental options (requested by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
7618 + rename 'deinstall' to 'uninstall', following GNU convention
7619 (suggested by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
7620 > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7621 + modify tactics 2 and 5 in onscreen_mvcur(), to allow them on the last
7622 line of the screen, since carriage return will not cause a newline.
7623 + remove clause from PutCharLR() that would try to use
7624 eat_newline_glitch since that apparently does not work on some
7625 terminals (e.g., M$ telnet).
7626 + correct a limit check in scroll_csr_backward()
7627 > patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
7628 + adds dummy implementations of methods above() and below() to the
7630 + fixes missing returncode in NCursesWindow::ripoffline()
7631 + fixes missing returncode in TestApplication::run() in demo.cc
7632 + We should at least give a comment in etip.h why it is currently a
7633 problem to install the C++ binding somewhere
7634 + makes the WINDOW* argument of wenclose() a const.
7635 + modifies several of the routines in lib_adabind.c to use a const
7639 + add 'deinstall' rules.
7640 + use explicit assignments in configure --without-progs option to
7641 work around autoconf bug which doesn't always set $withval.
7642 + check for ldconfig, don't try to run it if not found.
7643 + implement simple/unoptimized case in lib_doupdate.c to handle
7644 display with magic cookie glitch, tested with ncurses.c program.
7645 + correct missing _tracef in getmouse(), to balance the returnCode
7647 + simplify show_attr() in ncurses.c using termattrs().
7648 > patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
7649 + provides missing inlines for mvw[hv]line in cursesw.h of the C++
7651 + fixes a typo in a comment of frm_driver.c
7652 + Enhances Ada95 Makefiles to fulfill the requirement of GNAT-3.10 that
7653 generics should be compiled. Proper fixes to the configuration
7654 scripts are also provided.
7657 + several modifications to the configure script (requested by Ward
7659 + add configure options --without-progs, to suppress the build of the
7660 utility programs, e.g., for cross-compiling.
7661 + add $(HOSTCCFLAGS) and $(HOSTLDFLAGS) symbols to ncurses
7662 Makefile.in, to simplify setup for cross compiling.
7663 + add logic in configure script to recognize "--target=vxworks", and
7664 generate load/install actions for VxWorks objects.
7665 + move typedef for sigaction_t into SigAction.h to work around problem
7666 generating lint library.
7667 + modify fty_regex.c to reflect renaming of ifdef's for regular
7669 + simplify ifdef in lib_setup.c for TIOCGWINSZ since that symbol may
7670 reside in <sys/ioctl.h>.
7671 + merge testcurs.c with version from PDCurses 2.3, clarifying some of
7672 the more obscure tests, which rely upon color.
7673 + use macros getbegyx() and getmaxyx() in newdemo.c and testcurs.c
7674 + modify ncurses.c to use getbegyx() and getmaxyx() macros to cover up
7675 implementation difference wrt SVr4 curses, allow 's' test to work.
7676 + add missing endwin() to testscanw.c program (reported by Fausto
7677 Saporito <fausap@itb.it>).
7678 + fixes/updates for Makefile.glibc and related files under sysdeps
7680 > patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
7681 + add checks for null pointers, especially WINDOW's throughout the
7683 + solve a problem with wrong calculation of panel overlapping (reported
7685 + make sure that a panel's window isn't a pad.
7686 + do more error checking in module lib_touch.c
7687 + missing files for Ada95 binding from the last patch
7688 + synch. of generated html pages (RCS-Id's were wrong in html files)
7689 + support for Key_Resize in Ada binding
7690 + changed documentation style in ./c++/cursesm.h
7691 > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7692 + undo attempt to do recursive inlining for PutChar(), noting that it
7693 did not improve timing measurably, but inflated the size of
7697 + modify rain.c to use color.
7698 + correct scroll_csr_backward() to match scroll_csr_forward().
7699 + minor adjustment to llib-lncurses, to work with Solaris 2.5.1
7700 + minor fixes to sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/configure to reflect renaming
7701 of configure cache variables in 970906.
7702 + correct logic involving changes to O_VISIBLE option in
7703 Synchronize_Options function in frm_driver.c (Tony Hoffmann
7704 <Tony.Hoffmann@hia.nrc.ca>)
7705 + add $(HOSTCC) symbol to ncurses Makefile.in, to simplify setup for
7706 cross compiling (suggested by Chris Johns).
7707 + modify ifdef in lib_setup.c to only include <sys/ioctl.h> if we can
7708 use it to support screen-size calculation (reported by Chris Johns).
7709 + #undef unctrl to avoid symbol conflict in port to RTEMS (reported by
7710 Chris Johns <cjohns@plessey.com.au>)
7711 > patches by Juergen Pfeifer:
7712 + simplified, made minor corrections to Ada95 binding to form
7714 + The C++ binding has been enhanced:
7715 + Improve NCursesWindow class: added additional methods to cover
7716 more ncurses functionality. Make refresh() and noutrefresh()
7717 virtual members to allow different implementation in the
7719 + CAUTION: changed order of parameters in vline() and hline() of
7720 NCursesWindow class.
7721 + Make refresh() in NCursesPanel non-static, it is now a
7722 reimplementation of refresh() in the base class. Added
7723 noutrefresh() to NCursesPanel.
7724 + Added NCursesForm and related classes to support libform
7726 + Moved most of configuration related stuff from cursesw.h to etip.h
7727 + Added NCursesApplication class to support easy configuration of
7728 menu and forms related attributes as well as ripped of title lines
7729 and Soft-Label-Keys for an application.
7730 + Support of Auto-Cleanup for a menu's fieldlist.
7731 + Change of return type for current_item() and operator[] for menus.
7733 + Fixed a bug in form/fld_def.c: take into account that copyarg and
7734 freearg for a fieldtype may be NULL, makearg must not be NULL
7735 + Fixed a bug in form/fld_type.c: in set_fieldtype_arg() makearg must
7736 not be NULL, copyarg and freearg may be NULL.
7737 + Fixed a bug in form/frm_def.c: Allow Disconnect_Fields() if it is
7738 already disconnected.
7739 + Enhance form/frm_driver.c: Allow growth of dynamic fields also on
7740 navigation requests.
7741 + Fixed a bug in form/fty_enum.c: wrong position of postincrement in
7742 case-insensitiva comparision routine.
7743 + Enhanced form/lib_adabind.c with function _nc_get_field() to get a
7744 forms field by index.
7745 + Enhanced menu/m_adabind.c with function _nc_get_item() to get a menus
7747 + Fixed in curses.h.in: make chtype argument for pechochar() constant.
7748 Mark wbkgdset() as implemented, remove wbkgdset macro, because it was
7749 broken (didn't handle colors correctly).
7750 + Enhanced lib_mouse.c: added _nc_has_mouse() function
7751 + Added _nc_has_mouse() prototype to curses.priv.h
7752 + Modified lib_bkgd.c: hopefully correct implementation of wbkgdset();
7753 streamlined implementation of wbkgd()
7754 + Modified lib_mvwin.c: Disable move of a pad. Implement (costly)
7755 move of subwindows. Fixed update behavior of movements of regular
7757 + Fixed lib_pad.c: make chtype argument of pechochar() const.
7758 + Fixed lib_window.c: dupwin() is not(!) in every bit a really clone
7759 of the original. Subwindows become regular windows by doing a
7761 + Improved manpage form_fieldtype.3x
7762 > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7763 + simplify the PutChar() handling of exit_am_mode, because we already
7764 know that auto_right_margin is true.
7765 + add a check in PutChar() for ability to insert to the case of
7766 shifting character to LR corner.
7767 + in terminal initialization by _nc_screen_resume(), make sure that
7768 terminal right margin mode is known.
7769 + move logic that invokes touchline(), or does the equivalent, into
7770 _nc_scroll_window().
7771 + modify scrolling logic use of insert/delete line capability, assuming
7772 that they affect the screen contents only within the current
7774 + modify rain.c to demonstrate SIGWINCH handler.
7775 + remove logic from getch() that would return an ERR if the application
7776 called getch() when the cursor was at the lower-right corner of the
7777 physical screen, and the terminal does not have insert-character
7779 + change view.c so that it breaks out of getch() loop if a KEY_RESIZE
7780 is read, and modify logic in getch() so this fix will yield the
7781 desired behavior, i.e., the screen is repainted automatically when
7782 the terminal window is resized.
7785 + add configure option --enable-sigwinch
7786 + modify view.c to test KEY_RESIZE logic, with "-r" option.
7787 + modify testcurs.c to eliminate misleading display wrt cursor type
7788 by testing if the terminal supports cnorm, civis, cvvis.
7789 + several fixes for m68k/NeXT 4.0, to bring cur_term, _nc_curr_line and
7790 _nc_curr_col variables into linked programs: move these variables,
7791 making new modules lib_cur_term and trace_buf (reported by Francisco
7792 Alberto Tomei Torres <fatomei@sandburg.unm.edu>).
7793 > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7794 + add pseudo-functionkey KEY_RESIZE which is returned by getch() when
7795 the SIGWINCH handler has been called since the last call to
7797 + modify lib_twait.c to hide EINTR only if HIDE_EINTR is defined.
7798 + add SIGWINCH handler to ncurses library which is used if there is no
7799 application SIGWINCH handler in effect when the screen is
7801 + make linked list of all SCREEN structures.
7802 + move curses.h include before definition of SCREEN to use types in
7804 + correction to ensure that wgetstr uses only a newline to force a
7808 + add experimental configure option --enable-safe-sprintf; the normal
7809 mode now allocates a buffer as large as the screen for the
7810 lib_printw.c functions.
7811 + modify wgetch to refresh screen when reading ungetch'd characters,
7812 since the application may require this - SVr4 does this.
7813 + refine treatment of newline in wgetstr to echo only when this would
7814 force the screen to scroll.
7817 + remove override in wgetstr() that forces keypad(), since SVr4 does
7819 + correct y-reference for erasure in wgetstr() when a wrap forces a
7821 + correct x-position in waddch() after a wrap forces a scroll.
7822 + echo newline in wgetstr(), making testscanw.c scroll properly when
7824 + modify vwscanw() to avoid potential buffer overflow.
7825 + rewrote lib_printw.c to eliminate fixed-buffer limits.
7826 > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7827 + correct an error in handling cooked mode in wgetch(); processing
7828 was in the wrong order.
7829 + simplified logic in wgetch() that handles backspace, etc., by using
7831 + correct wechochar() so that it interprets the output character as
7833 + modify pechochar() to use prefresh() rather than doupdate(), since
7834 the latter does not guarantee immediate refresh of the pad.
7835 + modify pechochar() so that if called with a non-pad WINDOW, will
7836 invoke wechochar() instead.
7837 + modify fifo indices to allow fifo to be longer than 127 bytes.
7840 + add xterm-8bit to terminfo.src
7841 + moved logic for SP->_fifohold inside check_pending() to make it
7842 work properly when we add calls to that function.
7843 + ensure that bool functions return only TRUE or FALSE, and TRUE/FALSE
7844 are assigned to bool values (patch by H.J.Lu).
7845 > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7846 + several fixes to getch:
7847 1. Separate cooked and raw keys in fifo
7848 2. Fix the case of ungetch'ed KEY_MOUSE
7849 3. wrap the code for hiding EINTR with ifdef HIDE_EINTR
7850 4. correctly handle input errors (i.e., EINTR) without loss of raw
7852 5. recognize ESC KEY_LEFT and similar
7853 6. correctly handle the case of receiption of KEY_MOUSE from gpm
7854 + correct off-by-one indexing error in _nc_mouse_parse(), that caused
7855 single mouse events (press/release) to be ignored in favor of
7856 composed events (click). Improves on a fix from integrating gpm
7858 + add another call to check_pending, before scrolling, for
7859 line-breakout optimization
7860 + improve hashmap.c by
7861 1. fixed loop condition in grow_hunks()
7862 2. not marking lines with offset 0
7863 3. fixed condition of 'too far' criteria, thus one-line hunks are
7864 ignored and two lines interchanged won't pass.
7865 + rewrote/simplified _nc_scroll_optimize() by separating into two
7866 passes, forward/backward, looking for chunks moving only in the given
7868 + move logic that emits sgr0 when initializing the screen to
7869 _nc_screen_init(), now invoked from newterm.
7870 + move cursor-movement cleanup from endwin() into _nc_mvcur_wrap()
7871 function and screen cleanup (i.e., color) into _nc_screen_wrap()
7873 + add new functions _nc_screen_init(), _nc_screen_resume() and
7875 + rename _nc_mvcur_scrolln() to _nc_scrolln().
7876 + add a copy of acs_map[] to the SCREEN structure, where it can be
7877 stored/retrieved via set_term().
7878 + move variables _nc_idcok, _nc_idlok, _nc_windows into the SCREEN
7882 + implement experimental _nc_perform_scroll().
7883 + modify newterm (actually _nc_setupscreen()) to emit an sgr0 when
7884 initializing the screen, as does SVr4 (reported by Alexander V.
7886 + added test_progs rule to ncurses/Makefile.
7887 + modify test/configure.in to check if initscr is already in $LIBS
7888 before looking for (n)curses library.
7889 + correct version-number in configure script for OSF1 shared-library
7890 options (patch by Tim Mooney).
7891 + add -DNDEBUG to CPPFLAGS for --enable-assertions (as Juergen
7892 originally patched) since the c++ demo files do not necessarily
7893 include ncurses_cfg.h
7894 + supply default value for --enable-assertions option in configure
7895 script (reported by Kriang Lerdsuwanakij <lerdsuwa@scf-fs.usc.edu>).
7896 > patches by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7897 + correct/simplify logic of werase(), wclrtoeol() and wclrbot(). See
7899 + optimize waddch_literal() and waddch_nosync() by factoring out
7900 common subexpressions.
7901 + correct sense of NDEBUG ifdef for CHECK_POSITION macro.
7902 + corrections to render_char(), to make handling of colored blanks
7903 match SVr4 curses, as well as to correct a bug that xor'd space
7904 against the background character.
7905 + replaced hash function with a faster one (timed it)
7906 + rewrote the hashmap algorithm to be one-pass, this avoids multiple
7907 cost_effective() calls on the same lines.
7908 + modified cost_effective() so it is now slightly more precise.
7909 > patches for glibc integration (H.J.Lu):
7910 + add modules define_key, keyok, name_match, tries
7911 + add makefile rules for some of the unit tests in ncurses (mvcur,
7912 captoinfo, hardscroll, hashmap).
7913 + update Linux configure-script for wide-character definitions.
7916 + modify _tracebits() to show the character size (e.g., CS8).
7917 + modify tparm() to emit '\200' where the generated string would have a
7918 null (reported by From: Ian Dall <Ian.Dall@dsto.defence.gov.au> for
7919 terminal type ncr7900).
7920 + modify install process so that ldconfig is not invoked if the
7921 package is built with an install-prefix.
7922 + correct test program for chtype size (reported by Tim Mooney).
7923 + add configure option --disable-scroll-hints, using this to ifdef the
7924 logic that computes indices for _nc_scroll_optimize().
7925 + add module ncurses/softscroll.c, to perform single-stage computation
7926 of scroll indices used in _nc_scroll_optimize(). This is faster than
7927 the existing scrolling algorithm, but tends to make too-small hunks.
7928 + eliminate fixed buffer size in _nc_linedump().
7929 + minor fixes to lib_doupdate.c to add tradeoff between clr_eol (el)
7930 and clr_bol (el1), refine logic in ClrUpdate() and ClrBottom() (patch
7931 by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
7932 + add test/testaddch.c, from a pending patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov.
7933 + correct processing of "configure --enable-assertions" option (patch
7934 by Juergen Pfeifer).
7937 + add '-s' (single-step) option too test/hashtest.c, correct an error
7938 in loop limit for '-f' (footer option), toggle scrollok() when
7939 writing footer to avoid wrap at lower-right corner.
7940 + correct behavior of clrtoeol() immediately after wrapping cursor,
7941 which was not clearing the line at the cursor position (reported by
7942 Liviu Daia <daia@stoilow.imar.ro>).
7943 + corrected mapping for ACS_LANTERN, which was 'I' rather than 'i'
7944 (reported by Klaus Weide <kweide@tezcat.com>).
7945 + many corrections to make progs/capconvert work, as well as make it
7946 reasonably portable and integrated with ncurses 4.1 (reported by Dave
7947 Furstenau <df@ravine.binary.net>).
7950 + add flag SP->_fifohold, corresponding logic to modify the behavior of
7951 the line breakout logic so that if the application does not read
7952 input, refreshes will not be stopped, but only slowed.
7953 + generate slk_attr_off(), slk_attr_on(), slk_attr_set(), vid_attr(),
7954 ifdef'd for wide-character support, since ncurses' WA_xxx attribute
7955 masks are identical with the A_xxx masks.
7956 + modify MKlib_gen.sh to generate ifdef'd functions to support optional
7957 configuration of wide-characters.
7958 + modify tset to behave more like SVr4's tset, which does not modify
7959 the settings of intr, quit or erase unless they are given as command
7960 options (reported by Nelson H. F. Beebe <beebe@math.utah.edu>).
7961 + modify tset to look in /etc/ttys or /etc/ttytype if the configuration
7962 does not have getttynam().
7963 + extend baudrate table in tset.c to match baudrate() function.
7964 + add table entries for 230400 and 460800 bd to baudrate() function.
7965 + improve breakout logic by allowing it before the first line updated,
7966 which is what SVr4 curses does (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
7967 + correct initialization of vcost in relative_move(), for cursor-down
7968 case (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
7969 > nits gleaned from Debian distribution of 1.9.9g-3:
7970 + install symbolic link for intotocap.
7971 + reference libc directly when making shared libraries.
7972 + correct renaming of curs_scr_dmp.3x in man_db.renames.
7973 + guard tgetflag() and other termcap functions against null cur_term
7977 + corrected initial state of software echo (error in 970405, reported
7978 by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
7979 + reviewed/added messages to configure script, so that all non-test
7980 options should be accompanied by a message.
7981 + add configure check for long filenames, using this to determine if
7982 it is safe to allow long aliases for terminal descriptions as does
7984 + add configure options for widec (wide character), hashmap (both
7986 > patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov:
7987 + hashmap.c - improved by heuristic, so that scroll test works much
7988 better when csr is not available.
7989 + hardscroll.c - patched so that it continues to scroll other chunks
7990 after failure to scroll one.
7991 + lib_doupdate.c - _nc_mvcur_scrolln extended to handle more cases; csr
7992 is avoided as it is relative costly. Fixed wrong coordinates in one
7993 case and wrong string in TRACE.
7994 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
7995 + modify C++ binding to compile on AIX 4.x with the IBM C-SET++
7999 + remove alternate character set from kterm terminfo entry; it uses the
8000 shift-out control for a purpose incompatible with curses, i.e., font
8002 + disentangle 'xterm' terminfo entry from some derived entries that
8003 should be based on xterm-r6 instead.
8004 + add cbt to xterm-xf86-xv32 terminfo entry; I added the emulation for
8005 XFree86 3.1.2F, but overlooked its use in terminfo then - T.Dickey.
8006 + correct logic in lib_mvcur.c that uses back_tab.
8009 + correct change from 970628 to ClrUpdate() in lib_doupdate.c so that
8010 contents of curscr are saved in newscr before clearing the screen.
8011 This is needed to make repainting work with the present logic of
8013 + use napms() rather than sleep() in tset.c to avoid interrupting I/O.
8016 + add limit checks to _nc_read_file_entry() to guard against overflow
8017 of buffer when reading incompatible terminfo format, e.g, from OSF/1.
8018 + correct some loop-variable errors in xmc support in lib_doupdate.c
8019 + modify ncurses 'b' test to add gaps, specified by user, to allow
8020 investigation of interaction with xmc (magic cookie) code.
8021 + correct typo in 970524 mods to xmas.c, had omitted empty parameter
8022 list from has_colors(), which gcc ignores, but SVr4 does not
8023 (reported by Larry Virden).
8024 + correct rmso capability in wy50-mc description.
8025 + add configure option "--enable-hard-tabs", renamed TABS_OK ifdef to
8027 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
8028 + Add bindings for keyok() and define_key() to the Ada95 packages.
8029 + Improve man pages menu_post.3x and menu_format.3x
8030 + Fix the HTML pages in the Ada95/html directory to reflect the above
8034 + modify change from 970101 to ClrUpdate() in lib_doupdate.c so that
8035 pending changes to both curscr and newscr are flushed properly.
8036 This fixes a case where the first scrolling operation in nvi would
8037 cause the screen to be cleared unnecessarily and repainted before
8038 doing the indexing, i.e., by repeatedly pressing 'j' (reported by
8040 + correct error in trans_string() which added embedded newlines in a
8041 terminfo description to the stored strings.
8042 + remove spurious newlines from sgr in wyse50 (and several other)
8043 terminfo descriptions.
8044 + add configure option for experimental xmc (magic cookie) code,
8045 "--enable-xmc-glitch". When disabled (the default), attributes that
8046 would store a magic cookie are suppressed in vidputs(). The magic
8047 cookie code is far from workable at this stage; the configuration
8048 option is a stopgap.
8049 + move _nc_initscr() from lib_initscr.c to lib_newterm.c
8050 + correct path for invoking make_keys (a missing "./").
8053 + correct sign-extension problem with "infocmp -e", which corrupted
8054 acsc values computed for linux fallback data.
8055 + correct dependency on ncurses/names.c (a missing "./").
8056 + modify configure script to use '&&' even for cd'ing to existing
8057 directories to work around broken shell interpreters.
8058 + correct a loop-limit in _nc_hash_map() (patch by Alexander V.
8062 + restore logic in _nc_scroll_optimize() which marks as touched the
8063 lines in curscr that are shifted.
8064 + add new utility 'make_keys' to compute keys.tries as a table rather
8065 than a series of function calls.
8066 + correct include-dependency for tic.h used by name_match
8067 + removed buffer-allocation for name and description from m_item_new.c,
8068 since this might result in incompatibilities with SVr4. Also fixed
8069 the corresponding Ada95 binding module (patch by Juergen Pfeifer,
8070 report by Avery Pennarun <apenwarr@foxnet.net>)
8071 + removed the mechanism to timestamp the generated Ada95 sources. This
8072 resulted always in generating patches for the HTML doc, even when
8073 nothing really changed (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
8074 + improve man page mitem_new.3x (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
8077 + remove ech capability from rxvt description because it does not work.
8078 + add missing case logic for infocmp -I option (reported by Lorenzo M.
8079 Catucci <lorenzo@argon.roma2.infn.it>)
8080 + correct old bug in pnoutrefresh() unmasked by fix in 970531; this
8081 caused glitches in the ncurses 'p' test since the area outside the
8082 pad was not compared when setting up indices for _nc_scroll_optimize.
8083 + rewrote tracebits() to workaround misdefinition of TOSTOP on Ultrix
8084 4.4, as well as to eliminate fixed-size buffer (reported by Chris
8085 Tanner <tannerc@aecl.ca>)
8086 + correct prototype for termattrs() as per XPG4 version 2.
8087 + add placeholder prototypes for color_set(), erasewchar(),
8088 term_attrs(), wcolor_set() as per XPG4 version 2.
8089 + correct attribution for progs/progs.priv.h and lib_twait.c
8090 + improve line-breakout logic by checking based on changed lines rather
8091 than total lines (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8092 + correct loop limits for table-lookup of enumerated value in form
8093 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
8094 + improve threshhold computation for determining when to call ClrToEOL
8095 (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8098 + add configure option --disable-database to force the library to
8099 use only the fallback data.
8100 + add configure option --with-fallbacks, to specify list of fallback
8101 terminal descriptions.
8102 + add a symbolic link for ncurses.h during install; too many programs
8103 still assume there's an ncurses.h
8104 + add new terminfo.src entry for xterm-xf86-v33.
8105 + restore terminfo.src entry for emu to using setf/setb, since it is
8106 not, after all, generating ANSI sequences. Corrected missing comma
8107 that caused setf/setb entries to merge.
8108 + modify mousemask() to use keyok() to enable/disable KEY_MOUSE, so
8109 that applications can disable ncurses' mouse and supply their own
8111 + add extensions keyok() and define_key(). These are designed to allow
8112 the user's application better control over the use of function keys,
8113 e.g., disabling the ncurses KEY_MOUSE. (The define_key idea was from
8114 a mailing-list thread started by Kenneth Albanowski
8115 <kjahds@kjahds.com> Nov'1995).
8116 + restore original behavior in ncurses 'g' test, i.e., explicitly
8117 set the keypad mode rather than use the default, since it confuses
8119 + rewrote the newdemo banner so it's readable (reported by Hugh
8121 + tidy up exit from hashtest (reported by Hugh Daniel).
8122 + restore check for ^Q in ncurses 'g' test broken in 970510 (reported
8124 + correct tput program, checking return-value of setupterm (patch by
8126 + correct logic in pnoutrefresh() and pechochar() functions (reported
8127 by Kriang Lerdsuwanakij <lerdsuwa@scf.usc.edu>). The computation
8128 of 'wide' date to eric's #283 (1.9.9), and the pechochar bug to the
8129 original implementation (1.9.6).
8130 + correct typo in vt102-w terminfo.src entry (patch by Robert Wuest
8131 <rwuest@sire.vt.com>)
8132 + move calls of _nc_background() out of various loops, as its return
8133 value will be the same for the whole window being operated on (patch
8135 + add macros getcur[xy] getbeg[xy] getpar[xy], which are defined in
8136 SVr4 headers (patch by J T Conklin <jtc@NetBSD.ORG>)
8137 + modify glibc addon-configure scripts (patch by H.J.Lu).
8138 + correct a bug in hashmap.c: the size used for clearing the hashmap
8139 table was incorrect, causing stack corruption for large values of
8140 LINES, e.g., >MAXLINES/2 (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8141 + eric's terminfo 9.13.23 & 9.13.24 changes: replaced minitel-2 entry,
8142 added MGR, ansi-nt (note: the changes described for 9.13.24 have not
8144 > several changes by Juergen Pfeifer:
8145 + correct a missing error-return in form_driver.c when wrapping of a
8146 field is not possible.
8147 + correct logic in form_driver.c for configurations that do not have
8148 memccpy() (reported by Sidik Isani <isani@cfht.hawaii.edu>)
8149 + change several c++ binding functions to inline.
8150 + modify c++ menu binding to inherit from panels, for proper
8152 + correct freeing of menu items in c++ binding.
8153 + modify c++ binding to reflect removal of const from user data pointer
8154 in forms/menus libraries.
8157 + add description of xterm-16color.
8158 + modify name of shared-library on *BSD to end with $(REL_VERSION)
8159 rather than $(ABI_VERSION) to match actual convention on FreeBSD
8161 + add OpenBSD to shared-library case, same as NetBSD and FreeBSD
8162 (reported by Hugh Daniel <hugh@rat.toad.com>).
8163 + corrected include-dependency in menu/Makefile so that "make install"
8164 works properly w/o first doing "make".
8165 + add fallback definition for isascii, used in infocmp.
8166 + modify xmas to use color, and to exit right away when a key is
8168 + modify gdc so that the scrolled digits function as described (there
8169 was no time delay between the stages, and the digits overwrote the
8170 bounding box without tidying up).
8171 + modify lib_color.c to use setaf/setab only for the ANSI color codes
8172 0 through 7. Using 16 colors requires setf/setb.
8173 + modify ncurses 'c' test to work with 16 colors, as well as the normal
8175 + remove const qualifier from user data pointer in forms and menus
8176 libraries (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
8177 + rewrote 'waddchnstr()' to avoid using the _nc_waddch_nosync()
8178 function, thereby not interpreting tabs, etc., as per spec (patch by
8179 Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8182 + suppress check for pre-existing ncurses header if the --prefix
8183 option is specified.
8184 + add configure options "--with-system-type" and
8185 "--with-system-release" to assist in checking the generated
8187 + add configure option "--enable-rpath" to allow installers to specify
8188 that programs linked against shared libraries will have their library
8189 path embedded, allowing installs into nonstandard locations.
8190 + add flags to OSF1 shared-library options to specify version and
8191 symbol file (patch by Tim Mooney <mooney@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu>)
8192 + add missing definition for ABI_VERSION to c++/Makefile.in (reported
8193 by Satoshi Adachi <adachi@wisdom.aa.ap.titech.ac.jp>).
8194 + modify link flags to accommodate HP-UX linker which embeds absolute
8195 pathnames in executables linked against shared libraries (reported by
8196 Jason Evans <jasone@mrc.uidaho.edu>, solved by Alan Shutko
8197 <ats@hubert.wustl.edu>).
8198 + drop unnecessary check for attribute-change in onscreen_mvcur() since
8199 mvcur() is the only caller within the library, and that check in turn
8200 is exercised only from lib_doupdate.c (patch by Alexander V.
8202 + add 'blank' parameter to _nc_scroll_window() so _nc_mvcur_scrolln()
8203 can use the background of stdscr as a parameter to that function
8204 (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8205 + moved _nc_mvcur_scrolln() from lib_mvcur.c to lib_doupdate.c, to use
8206 the latter's internal functions, as well as to eliminate unnecessary
8207 cursor save/restore operations (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8208 + omit parameter of ClrUpdate(), since it is called only for newscr,
8209 further optimized/reduced by using ClearScreen() and TransformLine()
8210 to get rid of duplicate code (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8211 + modify scrolling algorithm in _nc_scroll_optimize() to reject hunks
8212 that are smaller than the distance to be moved (patch by Alexander V.
8214 + correct a place where the panel library was not ifdef'd in ncurses.c
8216 + documentation fixes (Juergen Pfeifer)
8218 970515 4.1 release for upload to prep.ai.mit.edu
8219 + re-tag changes since 970505 as 4.1 release.
8222 + modify ncurses 'g' test to allow mouse input
8223 + modify default xterm description to include mouse.
8224 + modify configure script to add -Wwrite-strings if gcc warnings are
8225 enabled while configuring --enable-const (and fixed related
8227 + add toggle, status display for keypad mode to ncurses 'g' test to
8228 verify that keypad and scrollok are not inherited from parent window
8229 during a call to newwin.
8230 + correction to MKexpanded.sh to make it work when configure --srcdir
8231 is used (reported by H.J.Lu).
8232 + revise test for bool-type, ensuring that it checks if builtin.h is
8233 available before including it, adding test for sizeof(bool) equal
8234 to sizeof(short), and warning user if the size cannot be determined
8235 (reported by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8236 + add files to support configuration of ncurses as an add-on library
8237 for GNU libc (patch by H.J.Lu <hjl@lucon.org>)
8240 + correct buffer overrun in lib_traceatr.c
8241 + modify change to lib_vidattr.c to avoid redundant orig_pair.
8242 + turn on 'echo()' in hanoi.c, since it is initially off.
8243 + rename local 'errno' variable in etip.h to avoid conflict with global
8245 + modify configure script to cache LD, AR, AR_OPTS (patch by H.J.Lu
8248 970505 4.1 pre-release
8249 + regenerate the misc directory html dumps without the link list, which
8251 + correct dependency in form directory makefile which caused
8252 unnecessary recompiles.
8253 + correct substitution for ABI_VERSION in test-makefile
8254 + modify install rules for shared-library targets to remove the target
8255 before installing, since some install programs do not properly handle
8256 overwrite of symbolic links.
8257 + change order of top-level targets so that 'include' immediate
8258 precedes the 'ncurses' directory, reducing the time between new
8259 headers and new libraries (requested by Larry Virden).
8260 + modify lib_vidattr.c so that colors are turned off only before
8261 modifying other attributes, turned on after others. This makes the
8262 hanoi.c program display correctly on FreeBSD console.
8263 + modify debug code in panel library to print user-data addresses
8264 rather than the strings which they (may) point to.
8265 + add check to ensure that C++ binding and demo are not built with g++
8266 versions below 2.7, since the binding uses templates.
8267 + modify c++ binding and demo to build and run with SGI's c++ compiler.
8268 (It also compiles with the Sun SparcWorks compiler, but the demo does
8269 not link, due to a vtbl problem).
8270 + corrections to demo.cc, to fix out-of-scope variables (Juergen
8274 + correct memory leak in _nc_trace_buf().
8275 + add configure test for regexpr.h, for Unixware 1.x.
8276 + correct missing "./" prefixing names of generated files in ncurses
8278 + use single-quotes in configure scripts assignments for MK_SHARED_LIB
8279 to workaround shell bug on FreeBSD 2.1.5
8280 + remove tabs from intermediate #define's for GCC_PRINTF, GCC_SCANF
8281 that caused incorrect result in ncurses_cfg.h
8282 + correct initialization in lib_trace.c, which omitted version info.
8283 + remove ech, el1 attributes from cons25w description; they appear to
8284 malfunction in FreeBSD 2.1.5
8285 + correct color attributes in terminfo.src and lib_color.c to match
8286 SVr4 behavior by interchanging codes 1,4, 3,6 in the setf/setb
8288 + use curs_set() rather than checks via tigetstr() for test programs
8289 that hide the cursor: firework, rain, worm.
8290 + ensure that if the terminal lacks change_scroll_region, parm_index
8291 and parm_rindex are used only to scroll the whole screen (patch by
8293 + correct curs_set() logic, which did not return ERR if the requested
8294 attributes did not exist, nor did it assume an unknown initial state
8295 for the cursor (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8296 + combine IDcTransformLine and NoIDcTransformLine to new TransformLine
8297 function in lib_doupdate.c (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8298 + correct hashmap.c, which did not update index information (patch by
8299 Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8300 + fixes for C++ binding and demo (see c++/NEWS) (Juergen Pfeifer).
8301 + correct index in lib_instr.c (Juergen Pfeifer).
8302 + correct typo in 970426 patch from Tom's cleanup of lib_overlay.c
8303 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer).
8306 + corrected cost computation in PutRange(), which was using
8307 milliseconds compared to characters by adding two new members to the
8308 SCREEN struct, _hpa_ch_cost and _cup_ch_cost.
8309 + drop ncurses/lib_unctrl.c, add ncurses/MKunctrl.awk to generate a
8310 const array of strings (suggested by Alexander V. Lukyanov). The
8311 original suggestion in 970118 used a perl script.
8312 + rewrote ncurses 'b' test to better exercise magic-cookie (xmc), as
8313 well as noting the attributes that are not supported by a terminal.
8314 + trace the computation of cost values in lib_mvcur.c
8315 + modify _nc_visbuf() to use octal rather than hex, corrected sign
8316 extension bug in that function that caused buffer overflow.
8317 + modify trace in lib_acs.c to use _nc_visbuf().
8318 + suppress trace within _traceattr2().
8319 + correct logic of _tracechtype2(), which did not account for repeats
8320 or redefinition within an acsc string.
8321 + modify debug-library version baudrate() to use environment variable
8322 $BAUDRATE to override speed computation. This is needed for
8324 + correct problems shown by "weblint -pedantic".
8325 + update mailing-list information (now ncurses@bsdi.com).
8328 + Improve form_field_validation.3x manpage to better describe the
8329 precision parameter for TYPE_NUMERIC and TYPE_INTEGER. Provide more
8330 precise information how the range checking can be avoided. (patch by
8331 Juergen Pfeifer, reported by Bryan Henderson)
8332 + change type of min/max value of form types TYPE_INTEGER to long to
8333 match SVr4 documentation.
8334 + set the form window to stdscr in set_form_win() so that form_win()
8335 won't return null (patch by Juergen Pfeifer, reported by Bryan
8336 Henderson <bryanh@giraffe.netgate.net>).
8339 + corrected ifdef'ing of inline (cf: 970321) for TRACE vs C++.
8340 + corrected toggle_attr_off() macro (patch by Andries Brouwer).
8341 + modify treatment of empty token in $MANPATH to /usr/man (reported by
8342 <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>)
8343 + modify traces that record functions-called so that chtype and attr_t
8344 values are expressed symbolically, to simplify reuse of generated
8345 test-scripts on SVr4 regression testing.
8346 + add new trace functions _traceattr2() and _tracechtype2()
8349 + add configure option --enable-const, to support the use of 'const'
8350 where XSI should have, but did not, specify. This defines
8351 NCURSES_CONST, which is an empty token otherwise, for strict
8353 + make processing of configure options more verbose by echoing the
8354 --enable/--with values.
8355 + add configure option --enable-big-core
8356 + set initial state of software echo off as per XSI.
8357 + check for C++ builtin.h header
8358 + correct computation of absolute-path for $INSTALL that dropped "-c"
8359 parameter from the expression.
8360 + rename config.h to ncurses_cfg.h to avoid naming-conflict when
8361 ncurses is integrated into larger systems (adapted from diffs by
8363 + correct inequality in lib_doupdate.c that caused a single-char to not
8364 be updated when the char on the right-margin was not blank, idcok()
8365 was true (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov (in 970124), reported
8366 by Kriang Lerdsuwanakij <lerdsuwa@scf-fs.usc.edu> in 970329).
8367 + modify 'clean' rule in include/Makefile so that files created by
8368 configure script are removed in 'distclean' rule instead.
8371 + correct array limit in tparam_internal(), add case to interpret "%x"
8372 (patch by Andreas Schwab)
8373 + rewrote number-parsing in ncurses.c 'd' test; it did not reset the
8374 value properly when non-numeric characters were given (reported by
8375 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>)
8378 + move definition of __INTERNAL_CAPS_VISIBLE before include for
8379 progs.priv.h (patch by David MacKenzie).
8380 + add configuration summary, reordered check for default include
8381 directory to better accommodate a case where installer is configuring
8382 a second copy of ncurses (reported by Klaus Weide
8383 <kweide@tezcat.com>)
8384 + moved the #define for 'inline' as an empty token from the
8385 $(CFLAGS_DEBUG) symbol into config.h, to avoid redefinition warning
8386 (reported by Ward Horner).
8387 + modify test for bool builtin type to use 'unsigned' rather than
8388 'unknown' when cross-compiling (reported by Ward Horner).
8391 + add header dependencies so that "make install.libs" will succeed
8392 even if "make all" is not done first.
8393 + moved some macros from lib_doupdate.c to curses.priv.h to use in
8394 expanded functions with ATAC.
8395 + correct implementation of lib_instr.c; both XSI and SVr4 agree that
8396 the winnstr functions can return more characters than will fit on one
8400 + modify script that generates lib_gen.c to support traces of called &
8402 + add new configure option "--disable-macros", for testing calls within
8404 + corrected logic that screens level-checking of called/return traces.
8407 + use new configure macro NC_SUBST to replace AC_PATH_PROG, better
8408 addressing request by Ward Horner.
8409 + check for cross-compiling before trying to invoke the autoconf
8410 AC_FUNC_SETVBUF_REVERSED macro (reported by Ward Horner)
8411 + correct/simplify loop in _nc_visbuf(), 970201 changes omitted
8412 a pointer-increment.
8413 + eliminate obsolete symbol SHARED_ABI from dist.mk (noted by
8417 + add configure option --enable-expanded, together with code that
8418 implements an expanded form of certain complex macros, for testing
8420 + disable CHECK_POSITION unless --with-assertions is configured
8421 (Alexander V Lukyanov pointed out that this is redundant).
8422 + use keyname() to show traced chtype values where applicable rather
8423 than _tracechar(), which truncates the value to 8-bits.
8424 + minor fixes to TRACE_ICALLS, added T_CREATE, TRACE_CCALLS macros.
8425 + modify makefiles in progs and test directories to avoid using C
8426 preprocessor options on link commands (reported by Ward Horner)
8427 + correct ifdef/include-order for nc_alloc.h vs lib_freeall.c (reported
8429 + modify ifdef's to use configure-defined symbols consistently
8430 (reported by Ward Horner)
8431 + add/use new makefile symbols AR, AR_OPTS and LD to assist in non-UNIX
8432 ports (reported by Ward Horner <whorner@tsi-telsys.com>)
8433 + rename struct try to struct tries, to avoid name conflict with C++
8434 (reported by Gary Johnson).
8435 + modify worm.c to hide cursor while running.
8436 + add -Wcast-qual to gcc warnings, fix accordingly.
8437 + use PutChar rather than PutAttrChar in ClrToEOL to properly handle
8438 wrapping (Alexander V Lukyanov).
8439 + correct spurious echoing of input in hanoi.c from eric's #291 & #292
8440 patches (reported by Vernon C. Hoxie <vern@zebra.alphacdc.com>).
8441 + extend IRIX configuration to IRIX64
8442 + supply missing install.libs rule needed after restructuring
8446 + modify "make mostlyclean" to leave automatically-generated source
8447 in the ncurses directory, for use in cross-compiles.
8448 + autogenerated object-dependencies for test directory
8449 + add configure option --with-rcs-ids
8450 + modify configuration scripts to generate major/minor/patch versions
8451 (suggested by Alexander V Lukyanov).
8452 + supply missing va_end's in lib_scanw.c
8453 + use stream I/O for trace-output, to eliminate fixed-size buffer
8454 + add TRACE_ICALLS definition/support to lib_trace.c
8455 + modify Ada95 binding to work with GNAT 3.09 (Juergen Pfeifer).
8458 + add/modify traces for called/return values to simplify extraction
8460 + changed _nc_visbuf to quote its result, and to dynamically allocate
8461 the returned buffer.
8462 + invoke ldconfig after installing shared library
8463 + modify install so that overwrite applies to shared library -lcurses
8464 in preference to static library (reported by Zeyd M Ben-Halim 960928).
8465 + correct missing ';' in 961221 mod to overwrite optional use of $(LN_S)
8467 + fixes to allow "make install" to work without first doing a "make
8468 all" (suggested by Larry Virden).
8471 + correct order of #ifdef for TABS_OK.
8472 + instrumented toe.c to test memory-leaks.
8473 + correct memory-deallocation in toe.c (patch by Jesse Thilo).
8474 + include <sys/types.h> in configuration test for regex.h (patch by
8476 + make infocmp recognize -I option, for SVr4 compatibility (reported by
8477 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>)
8480 + add extension 'use_default_colors()', modified test applications that
8481 use default background (firework, gdc, hanoi, knight, worm) to
8483 + correct some limit checks in lib_doupdate.c exposed while running
8485 + use typeCalloc macro for readability.
8486 + add/use definition for CONST to accommodate testing with Solaris
8487 (SVr4) curses, which doesn't use 'const' in its prototypes.
8488 + modify ifdef's in test/hashtest.c and test/view.c to compile with
8490 + modify _tracedump() to pad pad colors & attrs lines to match change
8491 in 970101 showing first/last changes.
8492 + corrected location of terminating null on dynamically allocated forms
8493 fields (patch by Per Foreby).
8496 + added headers to make view.c compile on SCO with the resizeterm()
8497 code (i.e., struct winsize) - though this compiles, I don't have a
8498 suitable test configuration since SIGWINCH doesn't pass my network to
8499 that machine - T.Dickey.
8500 + update test/configure.in to supply some default substitutions.
8501 + modify configure script to add -lncurses after -lgpm to fix problem
8502 linking against static libraries.
8503 + add a missing noraw() to test/ncurses.c (places noted by Jeremy
8505 + add a missing wclear() to test/testcurs.c (patch by Jeremy Buhler
8506 <jbuhler@cs.washington.edu>)
8507 + modify headers to accommodate compilers that don't allow duplicate
8508 "#define" lines for NCURSES_VERSION (reported by Larry W. Virden
8510 + fix formatting glitch in curs_getch.3x (patch by Jesse Thilo).
8511 + modify lib_doupdate to make el, el1 and ed optimization use the
8512 can_clear_with macro, and change EmitRange to allow leaving cursor at
8513 the middle of interval, rather than always at the end (patch by
8514 Alexander V Lukyanov). This was originally 960929, resync 970106.
8517 + workaround defect in autoconf 2.12 (which terminates configuration
8518 if no C++ compiler is found) by adding an option --without-cxx.
8519 + modify several man-pages to use tbl, where .nf/.fi was used (reported
8521 + correct font-codes in some man-pages (patch by Jesse Thilo
8522 <Jesse.Thilo@pobox.com>)
8523 + use configure script's knowledge of existence of g++ library for the
8524 c++ Makefile (reported by Paul Jackson).
8525 + correct misleading description of --datadir configuration option
8526 (reported by Paul Jackson <pj@sam.engr.sgi.com>)
8529 + several corrections to _nc_mvcur_scrolln(), prompted by a bug report
8531 > the logic for non_dest_scroll_region was interchanged between the
8532 forward & reverse scrolling cases.
8533 > multiple returns from the function allowed certain conditions to do
8534 part of an operation before discovering that it couldn't be
8535 completed, returning an error without restoring the cursor.
8536 > some returns were ERR, where the function had completed the
8537 operation, because the insert/delete line logic was improperly
8538 tested (this was probably the case Peter saw).
8539 > contrary to comments, some scrolling cases were tested after the
8540 insert/delete line method.
8541 + modify _tracedump() to show first/last changes.
8542 + modify param of ClrUpdate() in lib_doupdate.c to 'newscr', fixes
8543 refresh problem (reported by Peter Wemm) that caused nvi to not show
8544 result of ":r !ls" until a ^L was typed.
8546 961229 (internal alpha)
8547 + correct some of the writable-strings warnings (reported by Gary
8548 Johnson <gjohnson@season.com>). Note that most of the remaining ones
8549 are part of the XSI specification, and can't be "fixed".
8550 + improve include-dependencies in form, menu, panel directories.
8551 + correct logic of delay_output(), which would return early if
8552 there is data on stdin.
8553 + modify interface & logic of _nc_timed_wait() to support 2 file
8554 descriptors, needed for GPM.
8555 + integrate patch by Andrew Kuchling <amk@magnet.com> for GPM (mouse)
8556 support, correcting logic in wgetch() and _nc_mouse_parse() which
8557 prevented patch from working properly -TD
8558 + improve performance of panel algorithm (Juergen Pfeifer 961203).
8559 + strip RCS id's from generated .html files in Ada95 subtree.
8560 + resync with generated .html files (Juergen Pfeifer 961223).
8561 + terminfo.src 10.1.0 (ESR).
8564 + release as 4.0 to accommodate Linux ld.so.1.8.5
8565 + correct syntax/spelling, regenerated .doc files from .html using
8567 + refined forms/menus makefiles (Juergen Pfeifer 961223).
8570 + remove logic in read_entry.c that attempts to refine errno by using
8571 'access()' for the directory (from patch by Florian La Roche).
8572 + correct configure test/substitution that inhibits generating
8573 include-path to /usr/include if gcc is used (reported by Florian La
8575 + modify setupterm() to allocate new TERMINAL for each call, just as
8576 solaris' curses does (Alexander V Lukyanov 960829).
8577 + corrected memory leaks in read_entry.c
8578 + add configure options --with-dbmalloc, --with-dmalloc, and
8579 --disable-leaks, tested by instrumenting infocmp, ncurses programs.
8580 + move #include's for stdlib.h and string.h to *.priv.h to accommodate
8582 + modify use of $(LN_S) to follow recommendation in autoconf 2.12,
8583 i.e., set current directory before linking.
8584 + split-out panel.priv.h, improve dependencies for forms, menus
8585 (Juergen Pfeifer 961204).
8586 + modify _nc_freewin() to reset globals curscr/newscr/stdscr when
8587 freeing the corresponding WINDOW (found using Purify).
8588 + modify delwin() to return ERR if the window to be deleted has
8589 subwindows, needed as a side-effect of resizeterm() (found using
8590 Purify). Tested and found that SVr4 curses behaves this way.
8591 + implement logic for _nc_freeall(), bringing stub up to date.
8594 + modify wbkgd() so that it doesn't set nulls in the rendered text,
8595 even if its argument doesn't specify a character (fixes test case by
8596 Juergen Pfeifer for bug-report).
8597 + set window-attributes in wbkgd(), to simplify comparison against
8598 Solaris curses, which does this.
8601 + replace most constants in ncurses 'o' test by expressions, making it
8602 work with wider range of screen sizes.
8603 + add options to ncurses.c to specify 'e' test softkey format, and the
8604 number of header/footer lines to rip-off.
8605 + add ^R (repaint after resize), ^L (refresh) commands to ncurses 'p'
8607 + add shell-out (!) command to ncurses 'p' test to allow test of
8608 resize between endwin/refresh.
8609 + correct line-wrap case in mvcur() by emitting carriage return,
8610 overlooked in 960928, but needed due to SVr4 compatibility changes to
8611 terminal modes in 960907.
8612 + correct logic in wresize that causes new lines to be allocated,
8613 broken for the special case of increasing rows only in 960907's fix
8615 + modify configure script to generate $(LDFLAGS) with -L and -l options
8616 in preference to explicit library filenames. (NOTE: this may
8617 require further amending, since I vaguely recall a dynamic loader
8618 that did not work properly without the full names, but it should be
8619 handled as an exception to the rule, since some linkers do bulk
8620 inclusion of libraries when given the full name - T.Dickey).
8621 + modify configure script to allow user-supplied $CFLAGS to set the
8622 debug-option in all libraries (requested by lots of people) -TD
8623 + use return consistently from main(), rather than exit (reported by
8625 + add --enable-getcap-cache option to configure, normally disabled
8626 (requested by Florian La Roche).
8627 + make configure test for gettimeofday() and possibly -lbsd more
8628 efficient (requested by Florian La Roche <florian@knorke.saar.de>)
8629 + minor adjustments to Ada95 binding (patches by Juergen Pfeifer)
8630 + correct attributes after emitting orig_pair in lib_vidattr.c (patch
8631 by Alexander V Lukyanov).
8634 + corrected README wrt Ada95 (Juergen Pfeifer)
8637 + integrate resizeterm() into doupdate(), so that if screen size
8638 changes between endwin/refresh, ncurses will resize windows to fit
8639 (this needs additional testing with pads and softkeys).
8640 + add, for memory-leak testing, _nc_freeall() entrypoint to free all
8641 data used in ncurses library.
8642 + initialize _nc_idcok, _nc_idlok statically to resolve discrepancy
8643 between initscr() and newwin() initialization (reported by
8644 Alexander V Lukyanov).
8645 + test built VERSION=4.0, SHARED_ABI=4 with Linux ld.so.1.8.5
8646 (set beta versions to those values -- NOTE that subsequent pre-4.0
8647 beta may not be interchangeable).
8648 + modify configure script to work with autoconf 2.12
8650 961130 1.9.9g release
8651 + add copyright notices to configuration scripts (written by Thomas
8655 > patch, mostly for panel (Juergen Pfeifer):
8656 + cosmetic improvement for a few routines in the ncurses core library
8657 to avoid warning messages.
8658 + the panel overlap detection was broken
8659 + the panel_window() function was not fool-proof.
8661 + Cosmetic changes (also to avoid warning messages when compiling with
8665 > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
8666 + eliminates warning messages for the compile of libform.
8667 + inserts Per Foreby's new field type TYPE_IPV4 into libform.
8668 + Updates man page and the Ada95 binding to reflect this.
8669 + Improves inlining in libmenu and libform.
8672 + improve the use of the "const" qualifier in the
8673 panel library (Juergen Pfeifer)
8674 + change set_panel_userptr() and panel_userptr() to use void*
8679 + package with 961119 version of Ada95 binding (fixes for gnat-3.07).
8681 + correct initialization of the stdscr pseudo panel in panel library
8683 + use MODULE_ID (rcs keywords) in forms and menus libraries (Juergen
8686 + typo in curs_termcap man page (reported by Hendrik Reichel
8687 <106065.2344@compuserve.com>)
8688 + change default xterm entry to xterm-r6.
8689 + add entry for color_xterm
8692 + lint found several functions that had only #define implementations
8693 (e.g., attr_off), modified curses.h.in to generate them as per XSI
8694 Curses requirement that every macro be available as a function.
8695 + add check in infocmp.c to guard against string compare of
8696 CANCELLED_STRING values.
8697 + modify firework.c, rain.c to hide cursor while running.
8698 + correct missing va_end in lib_tparm.c
8699 + modify hanoi.c to work on non-color terminals, and to use timing
8700 delays when in autoplay mode.
8701 + correct 'echochar()' to refresh immediately (reported by Adrian
8702 Garside <94ajg2@eng.cam.ac.uk>)
8704 + reorganize terminfo.src entries for xterm.
8707 + corrected error in line-breakout logic (lib_doupdate.c)
8708 + modified newdemo to use wgetch(win) rather than getch() to eliminate
8709 a spurious clear-screen.
8710 + corrected ifdef's for 'poll()' configuration.
8711 + added modules to ncurses, form, menu for Ada95 binding (Juergen
8713 + modify set_field_buffer() to allow assignment of string longer than
8714 the initial buffer length, and to return the complete string rather
8715 than only the initial size (Juergen Pfeifer and Per Foreby
8719 + configure for 'poll()' in preference to 'select()', since older
8720 systems are more likely to have a broken 'select()'.
8721 + modified render_char() to avoid OR'ing colors.
8722 + minor fixes to testcurs.c, newdemo.c test programs: ifdef'd out the
8723 resize test, use wbkgd and corrected box() parameters.
8724 + make flushinp() test work in ncurses.c by using napms() instead of
8726 + undo ESR's changes to xterm-x11r6 (it no longer matched the X11R6.1
8727 distribution, as stated)
8728 + terminfo 9.13.18 resync (ESR)
8729 + check for getenv("HOME") returning null (ESR).
8730 + change buffer used to decode xterm-mouse commands to unsigned to
8731 handle displays wider than 128 chars (Juergen Pfeifer).
8732 + correct typo curs_outopts.3x (Juergen Pfeifer).
8733 + correct limit-checking in wenclose() (Juergen Pfeifer).
8734 + correction to Peter Wemm's newwin change (Thomas Fehr
8736 + corrections to logic that combines colors and attributes; they must
8737 not be OR'd (Juergen Pfeifer, extending from report/patch by Rick
8741 + reset flags in 'getwin()' that might cause refresh to attempt to
8742 manipulate the non-existent parent of a window that is read from a
8743 file (lib_screen.c).
8744 + restructure _nc_timed_wait() to log more information, and to try to
8745 recover from badly-behaved 'select()' calls (still testing this).
8746 + move define for GOOD_SELECT into configure script.
8747 + corrected extra '\' character inserted before ',' in comp_scan.c
8748 + corrected expansion of %-format characters in dump_entry.c; some were
8749 rendered as octal constants.
8750 + modify dump_entry.c to make terminfo output more readable and like
8751 SVr4, by using "\s" for spaces (leading/trailing only), "\," for
8752 comma, "\^" and "\:" as well.
8753 + corrected some memory leaks in ncurses.c, and a minor logic error
8754 in the top-level command-parser.
8755 + correction for label format 4 (PC style with info line), a
8756 slk_clear(), slk_restore() sequence didn't redraw the info line
8758 + modified the slk window (if simulated) to inherit the background and
8759 default character attributes from stdscr (Juergen Pfeifer).
8760 + corrected limit-check in set_top_row (Juergen Pfeifer).
8763 + correct loop-limit in wnoutrefresh(), bug exposed during pipe-testing
8764 had '.lastchar' entry one beyond '._maxx'.
8765 + modify ncurses test-program to work with data piped to it.
8766 + corrected pathname computation in run_tic.sh, removing extra "../"
8767 (reported by Tim Mooney).
8768 + modified configure script to use previous install's location for
8770 + added NetBSD and FreeBSD to platforms that use --prefix=/usr as
8774 + revised xterm terminfo descriptions to reflect the several versions
8776 + corrected a pointer reference in dump_entry.c that didn't test if
8780 + correct _nc_mvcur_scrolln for terminals w/o scrolling region.
8781 + add -x option to hashtest to control whether it allows writes to the
8783 + ifdef'd (NCURSES_TEST) the logic for _nc_optimize_enable to make it
8784 simpler to construct tests (for double-check of _nc_hash_map tests).
8785 + correct ifdef's for c++ in curses.h
8786 + change default xterm type to xterm-x11r6.
8787 + correct quoting in configure that made man-pages installed with
8788 $datadir instead of actual terminfo path.
8789 + correct whitespace in include/Caps, which caused kf11, clr_eol and
8790 clr_end to be omitted from terminfo.5
8791 + fix memory leaks in delscreen() (adapted from Alexander V Lukyanov).
8792 + improve appearance of marker in multi-selection menu (Juergen
8794 + fix behavior for forms with all fields inactive (Juergen Pfeifer)
8795 + document 'field_index()' (Juergen Pfeifer)
8797 + add some more XENIX keycap translations to include/Caps.
8798 + modify newwin to set initial state of each line to 'touched'
8799 (from patch by Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com>)
8800 + in SET_TTY, replace TCSANOW with TCSADRAIN (Alexander V Lukyanov).
8803 + ifdef'd out _nc_hash_map (still slower)
8804 + add graphic characters to vt52 description.
8805 + use PutAttrChar in ClrToEOL to ensure proper background, position.
8806 + simplify/correct logic in 'mvcur()' that does wrapping; it was
8807 updating the position w/o actually moving the cursor, which broke
8809 + ensure that 'doupdate()' sets the .oldindex values back to a sane
8810 state; this was causing a spurious refresh in ncurses 'r'.
8811 + add logic to configure (from vile) to guard against builders who
8812 don't remove config.cache & config.status when doing new builds -TD
8813 + corrected logic for 'repeat_char' in EmitRange (cf: eric #317), which
8814 did not follow the 2-parameter scheme specified in XSI.
8815 + corrected logic of wrefresh, wnoutrefresh broken in #319, making
8816 clearok work properly (report by Michael Elkins).
8817 + corrected problem with endwin introduced by #314 (removing the
8818 scrolling-region reset) that broke ncurses.c tests.
8819 + corrected order of args in AC_CHECK_LIB (from report by Ami Fischman
8820 <fischman@math.ucla.edu>).
8821 + corrected formatting of terminfo.5 tables (Juergen Ehling)
8824 + emit a carriage-return in 'endwin()' to workaround a kernel bug in
8825 BSDI. (requested by Mike Karels <karels@redrock.bsdi.com>)
8826 + reverse the default o configure --enable-termcap (consensus).
8828 + modified logic for clearok and related functions (from report by
8829 Michael Elkins) - untested
8831 + correction to #317.
8833 + re-add _nc_hash_map
8834 + modify EmitRange to maintain position as per original design.
8835 + add hashtest.c, program to time the hashmap optimization.
8837 + add logic to deal with magic-cookie (how was this tested?)
8839 + add ncurses.c driver for magic-cookie, some fixes to ncurses.c
8841 + merged Alexander V Lukyanov's patch to use ech and rep - untested
8843 + modified handling of interrupted system calls - untested
8844 (lib_getch.c, lib_twait.c).
8845 + new function _nc_mvcur_resume()
8846 + fix return value for 'overlay()', 'overwrite()'
8849 + implement subwindow-logic in wresize, minor fixes to ncurses 'g'
8851 + corrected bracketing of fallback.c (reported/suggested fix by Juergen
8852 Ehling <eh@eclipse.aball.de>).
8853 + update xterm-color to reflect XFree86 3.1.3G release.
8854 + correct broken dtterm description from #314 patch (e.g., spurious
8855 newline. The 'pairs' change might work, but no one's tested it
8857 + clarify the documentation for the builtin form fieldtypes (Juergen
8860 + reset scroll region on startup rather than at wrapup time
8861 (enhancement suggested by Alexander V Lukyanov).
8862 + make storage of palette tables and their size counts per-screen for
8863 multi-terminal applications (suggested by Alexander V Lukyanov).
8864 + Improved error reporting for infotocap translation errors.
8865 + Update terminfo.src to 9.13.14.
8868 + rewrote wgetstr to make it erase control chars and also fix bogus use
8869 of _nc_outstr which caused the display to not wrap properly (display
8870 problem reported by John M. Flinchbaugh <glynis@netrax.net>)
8871 + modify ncurses 'f' test to accommodate terminal responses to C1 codes
8872 (and split up this screen to accommodate non-ANSI terminals).
8873 + test enter_insert_mode and exit_insert_mode in has_ic().
8874 + removed bogus logic in mvcur that assumes nl/nonl set output modes
8875 (XSI says they are input modes; SVr4 implements this).
8876 + added macros SET_TTY, GET_TTY to term.h
8877 + correct getstr() logic that altered terminal modes w/o restoring.
8878 + disable ICRNL, etc., during initialization to match SVr4, removing
8879 the corresponding logic from raw, cbreak, etc.
8880 + disable ONLCR during initialization, to match SVr4 (this is needed
8881 for cursor optimization when the cursor-down is a newline).
8882 + replaced ESR's imitation of wresize with my original (his didn't
8886 + memory leaks (Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8887 + modified pnoutrefresh() to be more tolerant of too-large screen
8888 size (reported by Michael Elkins).
8889 + correct handling of terminfo files with no strings (Philippe De
8891 + correct "tic -s" to take into account -I, -C options.
8892 + modify ncurses 'f' test to not print codes 80 through 9F, since they
8893 are considered control codes by ANSI terminals.
8896 + correct speed variable-type in 'tgetent()' (reported by Peter Wemm)
8897 + make "--enable-getcap" configuration-option work (reported by
8898 Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.DIALix.COM>)
8901 + correct err in 960817 that changed return-value of tigetflag()
8902 (reported by Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8903 + modify infocmp to use library default search-path for terminfo
8904 directory (Alexander V. Lukyanov).
8907 + corrected an err in mvcur that broke resizing-behavior.
8908 + correct fall-thru behavior of _nc_read_entry(), which was not finding
8909 descriptions that existed in directories past the first one searched
8910 (reported by Alexander V. Lukyanov)
8911 + corrected typo in dtterm description.
8913 + add dtterm description
8914 + clarify ncurses 'i' test (drop vscanf subtest)
8917 + correct nl()/nonl() to work as per SVr4 & XSI.
8918 + minor fixes to ncurses.c (use 'noraw()', mvscanw return-code)
8919 + refine configure-test for -g option (Tim Mooney).
8920 + correct interaction between O_BLANK and NEW_LINE request in form
8921 library (Juergen Pfeifer)
8924 + revised fix to tparm; previous fix reversed parameter order.
8926 correct terminfo.src corrupted by #310
8928 + fix idlok() and idcok() and the default of the idlok switch.
8931 + corrected tparm to handle capability strings without explicit pop
8932 (reported by William P Setzer)
8933 + add fallback def for GCC_NORETURN, GCC_UNUSED for termcap users
8934 (reported by Tim Mooney).
8936 + documentation and prototyping errors for has_color, immedok and idcok
8937 (reported by William P Setzer <wsetzer@pams.ncsu.edu>)
8938 + updated qnx terminfo entry (by Michael Hunter)
8941 + eliminate quoted includes in ncurses subdirectory, ensure config.h
8943 + newterm initializes terminal settings the same as initscr (reported
8947 + call cbreak() in initscr(), as per XSI & SVr4.
8948 + turn off hardware echo in initscr() as per XSI & SVr4
8950 + terminfo changes (9.3.10), from BRL
8951 + add more checks to terminfo parser.
8952 + add more symbols to infocmp.
8955 + save previous-attribute in lib_vidattr.c if SP is null (reported by
8956 Juergen Fluk <louis@dachau.marco.de>)
8957 + corrected calls on _nc_render so that background character is set
8959 + corrected wbkgdset macro (XSI allows background character to be
8960 null), and tests that use it.
8961 + more corrections to terminfo (xterm & rxvt)
8962 + undid change to mcprint prototype (cannot use size_t in curses.h
8963 because not all systems declare it in the headers that we can safely
8965 + move the ifdefs for errno into curses.priv.h
8967 + terminfo changes (9.3.8)
8968 + modified logic of error-reporting in terminfo parser
8971 + always check for <sys/bsdtypes.h> since ISC needs it to declare
8972 fd_set (Juergen Pfeifer)
8973 + install shared-libraries on NetBSD/FreeBSD with ABI-version (reported
8974 by Juergen Pfeifer, Mike Long)
8975 + add LOCAL_LDFLAGS2 symbol (Juergen Pfeifer)
8976 + corrected prototype for delay_output() -- bump ABI to 3.2
8977 + terminfo patches #306/307 (ESR).
8978 + moved logic that filters out rmul and rmso from setupterm to newterm
8979 where it is less likely to interfere with termcap applications.
8982 + rollback ESR's #305 change to terminfo.src (it breaks existing
8983 applications, e.g., 'less 290').
8984 + correct path of edit_man.sh, and fix typo that made all man-pages
8986 + restore man/menu_requestname.3x omitted in Zeyd's resync (oops).
8987 + auto-configure the GCC_PRINTFLIKE/GCC_SCANFLIKE macros (reported by
8988 Philippe De Muyter).
8991 + make lib_vidattr.c more readable using macros.
8992 + filter out rmul, rmso that conflict with sgr0 when reading terminal
8994 + added sanity-checking of various paired string attributes (ESR).
8995 + work around autoconf bug, force $INSTALL to absolute path
8997 + modify man-page install for BSDI to install preformatted .0 files
8998 (reported by David MacKenzie).
8999 + add/use gcc __attribute__ for printf and scanf in curses.h
9000 + added SGR attributes test-case to ncurses
9001 + revised ncurses 't' logic to show trace-disable effect in the menu.
9002 + use getopt in ncurses program to process -s and -t options.
9003 + make ncurses 'p' legend toggle with '?'
9004 + disable scrollok during the ncurses 'p' test; if it is enabled the
9005 stdscr will scroll when putting the box-corners in the lower-right
9009 + check return code of _nc_mvcur_scrolln() in _nc_scroll_optimize() for
9010 terminals with no scrolling-support (reported by Nikolay Shadrin
9011 <queen@qh.mirea.ac.ru>)
9012 + added ^S scrollok-toggle to ncurses 'g' test.
9013 + added ^T trace-toggle to ncurses tests.
9014 + modified ncurses test program to use ^Q or ESC consistently for
9015 terminating tests (rather than ^D), and to use control keys rather
9016 than function keys in 'g' test.
9017 + corrected misplaced wclrtoeol calls in addch to accommodate wrapping
9018 (reported by Philippe De Muyter).
9019 + modify lib_doupdate.c to use effective costs to tradeoff between
9020 delete-character/insert-character vs normal updating (reported by
9022 + compute effective costs for screen update operations (e.g., clr_eos,
9024 + corrected error in knight.c exposed by wrap fixes in 960622; the
9025 msgwin needed scrollok set.
9026 + corrected last change to IDcTransformLine logic to avoid conflict
9027 between PutRange and InsStr
9028 + modified run_tic.sh to not use /usr/tmp (reported by David
9029 MacKenzie), and further revised it and aclocal.m4 to use $TMPDIR if
9031 + corrected off-by-one in RoomFor call in read_entry.c
9034 + modified logic that wraps cursor in addch to follow the XSI spec,
9035 (implemented in SVr4) which states that the cursor position is
9036 updated when wrapping. Renamed _NEED_WRAP to _WRAPPED to reflect the
9038 + added -s option to tic, to provide better diagnostics in run_tic.sh
9039 + improved error-recovery for tabset install.
9040 + change ABI to 3.1 (dropped tparam, corrected getbkgd(), added
9041 _yoffset to WINDOW).
9042 + modified initialization of SP->_ofp so that init_acs() is called with
9043 the "right" file pointer (reported by Rick Marshall <rjm@nlc.net.au>
9044 + documentation fixes (Juergen Pfeifer).
9045 + corrected, using new SCREEN and WINDOW members, the behavior of
9046 ncurses if one uses ripoffline() to remove a line from the top of the
9047 screen (Juergen Pfeifer).
9048 + modified autoconf scripts to prepare for Ada95 (GNAT) binding to
9049 ncurses (Juergen Pfeifer).
9050 + incorrect buffer-size in _nc_read_entry, reported by ESR.
9053 + corrected two logic errors in read_entry.c, write_entry.c (called by
9054 tic, the write/read of terminfo entries used inconsistent rules for
9055 locating the entries; the $TERMINFO_DIRS code would find only the
9056 first entry in a list).
9057 + refined pathname computation in run_tic.sh and shlib.
9058 + corrected initialization of $IP in misc/run_tic.sh
9061 + ifdef'd out _nc_hash_map() call because it does not improve speed.
9062 + display version of gcc if configure script identifies it.
9063 + modify configure script to use /usr as Linux's default prefix.
9064 + modify run_tic.sh to use shlib script, fixes some problems installing
9065 with a shared-library configuration.
9066 + adjusted configure script so that it doesn't run tests with the
9067 warnings turned on, which makes config.log hard to read.
9068 + added 'lint' rule to top-level Makefile.
9069 + added configure option '--with-install-prefix' for use by system
9070 builders to install into staging locations (requested by
9071 Charles Levert <charles@comm.polymtl.ca>).
9072 + corrected autoconfigure for Debian man program; it's not installed
9074 + set noecho in 'worm'; it was ifdef'd for debug only
9075 + updated test/configure.in for timing-display in ncurses 'p' test
9076 + corrected misspelled 'getbkgd()'.
9077 + corrected wbkgdset to work like observed syvr4 (sets A_CHARTEXT part
9078 to blank if no character given, copies attributes to window's
9080 + modified lib_doupdate.c to use lower-level SP's current_attr state
9081 instead of curscr's state, since it is redundant.
9082 + correction to IDcTransformLine logic which controls where InsStr is
9083 invoked (refined by Alexander V Lukyanov).
9085 + conditionally include Chris Torek's hash function _nc_hash_map().
9086 + better fix for nvi refresh-bug (Rick Marshall)
9087 + fix for bug in handling of interrupted keystroke waits,
9091 + auto-configure man-page compression-format and renames for Debian.
9092 + corrected several typos in curses.h.in (i.e., the mvXXXX macros).
9093 + re-order curses.priv.h for lint.
9094 + added rules for lintlib, lint
9095 + corrected ifdef for BROKEN_LINKER in MKnames.awk.in
9096 + corrected missing INSTALL_DATA in misc/Makefile.in
9097 + flush output when changing cursor-visibility (Rick Marshall)
9098 + fix a minor bug in the _nc_ripoff() routine and improve error
9099 checking when creating the label window (Juergen Pfeifer).
9100 + enhancement to the control over the new PC-style soft key format.
9101 allow caller now to select whether or not one wants to have
9102 the index-line; see curs_slk.3x for documentation (Juergen Pfeifer).
9103 + typos, don't use inline with -g (Philippe De Muyter)
9104 + fixes for menus & wattr-, slk-functions (Juergen Pfeifer)
9107 + removed --with-ticdir option altogether, maintain compatibility with
9108 existing applications via symbolic link in run_tic.sh
9109 + patch for termio.h, signal (Philippe De Muyter)
9110 + auto-configure gcc warning options rather than infer from version.
9111 + auto-configure __attribute__ for different gcc versions.
9112 + corrected special use of clearok() in hardscroll.c by resetting flag
9114 + include stdlib.h before defs for EXIT_SUCCESS, for OSF/1.
9115 + include sys/types.h in case stdlib.h does not declare size_t.
9116 + fixes for makefile (Tim Mooney)
9117 + fixes for menus & forms (Juergen Pfeifer)
9120 + revised ncurses.c panner test, let pad abut all 4 sides of screen.
9121 + refined case in lib_doupdate.c for ClrToEOL().
9122 + corrected prior change for PutRange (Alexander V Lukyanov
9123 <lav@yars.free.net>).
9124 + autoconf mods (Tim Mooney <mooney@dogbert.cc.ndsu.NoDak.edu>).
9125 + locale fix for forms (Philippe De Muyter <phdemuyt@ulb.ac.be>)
9126 + renamed "--with-datadir" option to "--with-ticdir" to avoid
9127 confusion, and made this check for the /usr/lib/terminfo pre-existing
9129 > patches 299-301 (ESR):
9131 + mods to tracing, especially for ACS chars.
9132 + corrected off-by-one in IDCtransform.
9133 + corrected intermittent mouse bug by using return-value from read().
9134 + mods to parse_entry.c, for smarter defaults.
9137 + use getopt in 'tic'; added -L option and modified -e option to allow
9141 + don't use fixed buffer-size in tparm().
9142 + modified tic to create terminfo directory if it doesn't exist.
9143 + added -T options to tic and infocmp (for testing/analysis)
9144 + refined the length criteria for termcap and terminfo
9145 + optimize lib_doupdate with memcpy, PutRange
9146 > patches 297, 298 (ESR):
9147 + implement TERMINFO_DIRS, and -o option of tic
9148 + added TRACE_IEVENT
9149 + removed boolean version of 'getm'
9150 + added lib_print.c (for Rick Marshall)
9152 + added 't' to ncurses.c test.
9153 + moved delay_output() to lib_tputs.c
9154 + removed tparam() (was added in 1.9.9, but conflicts with emacs and
9155 is not part of X/Open Curses).
9156 + misc cursor & optimization fixes.
9159 + modified ncurses 'p' test to allow full-screen range for panner size.
9160 + fixes for locale (Philippe De Muyter <phdm@labauto1.ulb.ac.be>)
9161 + don't use fixed buffer-size in fmt_entry().
9162 + added usage-message to 'infocmp'.
9163 + modified install.includes rules to prepend subdirectory-name to
9164 "#include" if needed.
9167 + protect wrefresh, wnoutrefresh from invocation with pad argument.
9168 + corrected default CCFLAGS in test/Makefile.
9171 + implemented logic to support terminals with background color erase
9172 (e.g., rxvt and the newer color xterm).
9173 + improved screen update logic (off-by-one logic error; use clr_eos if
9177 + change ncurses 'a' test to run in raw mode.
9178 + make TIOCGWINSZ configure test less stringent, in case user
9179 configures via terminal that cannot get screen size.
9180 > patches 295, 296 (ESR):
9181 + new "-e" option of tic.
9182 + fix for "infocmp -e".
9183 + restore working-directory in read_termcap.c
9184 + split lib_kernel.c, lib_setup.c and names.c in order to reduce
9185 overhead for programs that use only termcap features.
9189 + fix for AIX 3.2.5 (must define _POSIX_SOURCE to get termios struct
9190 definitions via <termios.h>, modified macros in lib_raw.c to avoid
9191 K&R-style substitution)
9192 > patches 293, 294 (ESR):
9193 + mods to wgetch() in cooked mode
9194 + corrected askuser() logic in tset
9195 + correct interaction of endwin() with mouse processing
9196 + added trace support for TTY flags
9199 + fixes for NeXT, ISC and HPUX auto-configure
9200 + autogenerate development header-dependencies (config.h, *.priv.h)
9201 + corrected single-column formatting of "use=" (e.g., in tic)
9202 + modify tic to read full terminfo-names
9203 + corrected divide-by-zero that caused hang (or worse) when redirecting
9205 + modify tic to generate directories only as-needed (and corrected
9206 instance of use of data from function that had already returned).
9208 ### ncurses-1.9.8a -> 1.9.9e
9210 * fixed broken wsyncup()/wysncdown(), as a result wnoutrefresh() now has
9211 copy-changed-lines behavior.
9212 * added and documented wresize() function.
9213 * more fixes to LOWER-RIGHT corner handling.
9214 * changed the line-breakout optimization code to allow some lines to be
9215 emitted before the first check.
9216 * added option for tic to use symbolic instead of hard links (for AFS)
9217 * fix to restore auto-wrap mode.
9218 * trace level can be controlled by environment variable.
9219 * better handling of NULs in terminal descriptions.
9220 * improved compatibility with observed SVR4 behavior.
9221 * the refresh behavior of over-lapping windows is now more efficient and
9223 * use autoconf 2.7, which results in a working setup for SCO 5.0.
9224 * support for ESCDELAY.
9225 * small fixes for menu/form code.
9226 * the test directory has its own configure.
9227 * fixes to pads when optimizing scrolling.
9228 * fixed several off-by-one bugs.
9229 * fixes for termcap->terminfo translation; less restrictions more correct
9232 ### ncurses-1.9.7 -> 1.9.8a
9234 * teach infocmp -i to recognize ECMA highlight sequences
9235 * infocmp now dumps all SVr4 termcaps (not just the SVr4 ones) on -C
9236 * support infocmp -RBSD.
9237 * satisfy XSI Curses requirement that every macro be available as a function.
9238 * This represents the last big change to the public interface of ncurses. The
9239 ABI_VERSION has now been set at 3.0 and should stay there barring any great
9240 catastrophies or acts of God.
9241 * The C++ has been cleaned up in reaction to the changes to satisfy XSI's
9243 * libncurses now gets linked to libcurses to help seamless emulation
9244 (replacement) of a vendor's curses. --disable-overwrite turns this behavior
9247 ### ncurses-1.9.6 -> 1.9.7
9249 * corrected return values of setupterm()
9250 * Fixed some bugs in tput (it does padding now)
9251 * fixed a bug in tic that made it do the wrong thing on entries with more than
9252 one `use' capability.
9253 * corrected the screen-size calculation at startup time to alter the
9254 numeric capabilities as per SVr4, not just LINES and COLS.
9255 * toe(1) introduced; does what infocmp -T used to.
9256 * tic(1) can now translate AIX box1 and font[0123] capabilities.
9257 * tic uses much less core, the dotic.sh kluge can go away now.
9258 * fix read_entry() and write_entry() to pass through cancelled capabilities OK.
9259 * Add $HOME/.terminfo as source/target directory for terminfo entries.
9260 * termcap compilation now automatically dumps an entry to $HOME/.terminfo.
9261 * added -h option to toe(1).
9262 * added -R option to tic(1) and infocmp(1).
9263 * added fallback-entry-list feature.
9264 * added -i option to infocmp(1).
9265 * do a better job at detecting if we're on SCO.
9267 ### ncurses-1.9.5 -> 1.9.6
9269 * handling of TERMCAP environment variables now works correctly.
9270 * various changes to shorten termcap translations to less that 1024 chars.
9272 * mouse support for xterm.
9273 * most data tables are now const and accordingly live in shareable text space.
9274 * Obey the XPG4/SVr4 practice that echo() is initally off.
9275 * tic is much better at translating XENIX and AIX termcap entries now.
9276 * tic can interpret ko capabilities now.
9277 * integrated Juergen Pfeifer's forms library.
9278 * taught write_entry() how not to write more than it needs to; this change
9279 reduces the size of the terminfo tree by a full 26%!
9280 * infocmp -T option added.
9281 * better warnings about historical tic quirks from tic.
9283 ### ncurses 1.9.4 -> 1.9.5
9285 * menus library is now included with documentation.
9286 * lib_mvcur has been carefully profiled and tuned.
9287 * Fixed a ^Z-handling bug that was tanking lynx(1).
9288 * HJ Lu's patches for ELF shared libraries under Linux
9289 * terminfo.src 9.8.2
9290 * tweaks for compiling in seperate directories.
9291 * Thomas Dickey's patches to support NeXT's brain-dead linker
9292 * Eric Raymond's patches to fix problems with long termcap entries.
9293 * more support for shared libraries under SunOS and IRIX.
9295 ### ncurses 1.9.3 -> 1.9.4
9297 * fixed an undefined-order-of-evaluation bug in lib_acs.c
9298 * systematically gave non-API public functions and data an _nc_ prefix.
9299 * integrated Juergen Pfeifer's menu code into the distribution.
9300 * totally rewrote the knight test game's interface
9302 ### ncurses 1.9.2c -> 1.9.3
9304 * fixed the TERMCAP_FILE Support.
9305 * fixed off-by-one errors in scrolling code
9306 * added tracemunch to the test tools
9307 * took steps to cut the running time of make install.data
9309 ### ncurses 1.9.2c -> 1.9.2d
9311 * revised 'configure' script to produce libraries for normal, debug,
9312 profile and shared object models.
9314 ### ncurses 1.9.1 -> 1.9.2
9316 * use 'autoconf' to implement 'configure' script.
9317 * panels support added
9318 * tic now checks for excessively long termcap entries when doing translation
9319 * first cut at eliminating namespace pollution.
9321 ### ncurses 1.8.9 -> 1.9
9323 * cleanup gcc warnings for the following: use size_t where 'int' is not
9324 appropriate, fixed some shadowed variables, change attr_t to compatible with
9325 chtype, use attr_t in some places where it was confused with 'int'.
9326 * use chtype/attr_t casts as appropriate to ensure portability of masking
9328 * added-back waddchnstr() to lib_addstr.c (it had been deleted).
9329 * supplied missing prototypes in curses.h
9330 * include <termcap.h> in lib_termcap.c to ensure that the prototypes
9331 are consistent (they weren't).
9332 * corrected prototype of tputs in <termcap.h>
9333 * rewrote varargs parsing in lib_tparm.c (to avoid referencing memory
9334 that may be out of bounds on the stack) -- Purify found this.
9335 * ensure that TRACE is defined in lib_trace.c (to solve prototype
9337 * corrected scrolling-region size in 'mvcur_wrap()'
9338 * more spelling fixes
9339 * use 'calloc()' to allocate WINDOW struct in lib_newwin.c (Purify).
9340 * set default value for SP->_ofp in lib_set_term.c (otherwise SunOS dumps
9341 core in init_acs()).
9342 * include <errno.h> in write_entry.c (most "braindead" includes declare errno
9345 ### ncurses 1.8.8 -> 1.8.9
9347 * compile (mostly) clean with gcc 2.5.8 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
9348 -Wmissing-prototypes -Wconversion and using __attribute__ to flush out
9349 non-portable use of "%x" for pointers, or for chtype data (which is declared
9351 * modified doupdate to ensure that typahead was turned on before attempting
9352 select-call (otherwise, some implementations hang).
9353 * added trace mask TRACE_FIFO, use this in lib_getch.c to allow finer
9354 resolution of traces.
9355 * improved bounds checking on several critical functions.
9356 * the data directory has been replaced by the new master terminfo file.
9357 * -F file-comparison option added to infocmp.
9358 * compatibility with XSI Curses is now documented in the man bages.
9359 * wsyncup/wsyncdown functions are reliable now; subwindow code in general
9361 * capabilities ~msgr, tilde_glitch, insert_padding, generic_type, no_pad_char,
9362 memory_above, memory_below, and hard_copy are now used properly.
9363 * cursor-movement optimization has been completely rewritten.
9364 * vertical-movement optimization now uses hardware scrolling, il, dl.
9366 ### ncurses 1.8.7 -> 1.8.8
9367 * untic no longer exists, infocmp replaces it.
9368 * tic can understand termcap now, especially if it is called captoinfo.
9369 * The Linux Standard Console terminfo entry is called linux insead of console.
9370 It also uses the kernel's new method of changing charsets.
9371 * initscr() will EXIT upon error (as the docs say) This wil mostly happen if
9372 you try to run on an undefined terminal.
9373 * I can get things running on AIX but tic can't compile terminfo. I have to
9374 compile entries on another machine. Volunteers to hunt this bug are welcome.
9375 * wbkgd() and wbkgdset() can be used to set a windows background to color.
9376 wclear()/werase() DO NOT use the current attribute to clear the screen.
9377 This is the way SVR4 curses works. PDCurses 2.1 is broken in this respect,
9378 though PDCurses 2.2 has been fixed.
9379 * cleaned up the test/ directory.
9380 * test/worm will segfault after quite a while.
9381 * many spelling corrections courtesy of Thomas E. Dickey
9383 ### ncurses 1.8.6 -> 1.8.7
9384 * cleaned up programs in test/ directory.
9385 * fixed wbkgdset() macro.
9386 * modified getstr() to stop it from advancing cursor in noecho mode.
9387 * modified linux terminfo entry to work with the latest kernel to get
9388 the correct alternate character set.
9389 * also added a linux-mono entry for those running on monochrome screens.
9390 * changed initscr() so that it behaves like the man page says it does.
9391 this fixes the problem with programs in test/ crashing with SIGSEV if
9392 a terminal is undefined.
9393 * modified addch() to avoid using any term.h #define's
9394 * removed duplicate tgoto() in lib_tparm.c
9395 * modified dump_entry.c so that infocmp deals correctly with ',' in acsc
9396 * modified delwin() to correctly handle deleting subwindows.
9397 * fixed Makefile.dist to stop installing an empty curses.h
9398 * fixed a couple of out-of-date notes in man pages.
9400 ### ncurses 1.8.5 -> 1.8.6
9401 * Implemented wbkgd(), bkgd(), bkgdset(), and wbkgdset().
9402 * The handling of attributes has been improved and now does not turn off color
9403 if other attributes are turned off.
9404 * scrolling code is improved. Scrolling in subwindows is still broken.
9405 * Fixes to several bugs that manifest them on platforms other than Linux.
9406 * The default to meta now depends on the status of the terminal when ncurses
9408 * The interface to the tracing facility has changed. Instead of the pair of
9409 functions traceon() and traceoff(), there is just one function trace() which
9410 takes a trace mask argument. The trace masks, defined in curses.h, are
9413 #define TRACE_DISABLE 0x00 /* turn off tracing */
9414 #define TRACE_ORDINARY 0x01 /* ordinary trace mode */
9415 #define TRACE_CHARPUT 0x02 /* also trace all character outputs */
9416 #define TRACE_MAXIMUM 0x0f /* maximum trace level */
9418 More trace masks may be added, or these may be changed, in future releases.
9419 * The pad code has been improved and the pad test code in test/ncurses.c has
9421 * The prototype ansi entry has been changed to work with a wider variety
9423 * Fix to the prototype ansi entry that enables it to work with PC emulators
9424 that treat trailing ";m" in a highlight sequence as ";0m"; this doesn't
9425 break operation with any emulators.
9426 * There are now working infocmp, captoinfo, tput, and tclear utilities.
9427 * tic can now compile entries in termcap syntax.
9428 * Core-dump bug in pnoutrefresh fixed.
9429 * We now recognize and compile all the nonstandard capabilities in Ross
9430 Ridge's mytinfo package (rendering it obsolete).
9431 * General cleanup and documentation improvements.
9432 * Fixes and additions to the installation-documentation files.
9433 * Take cursor to normal mode on endwin.
9435 ### ncurses 1.8.4 -> 1.8.5
9436 * serious bugs in updating screen which caused erratic non-display,
9438 * fixed initialization for getch() related variable which cause
9439 unpredictable results.
9440 * fixed another doupdate bug which only appeared if you have
9442 * implemented redrawln() and redrawwin().
9443 * implemented winsnstr() and related functions.
9444 * cleaned up insertln() and deleteln() and implemented (w)insdeln().
9445 * changed Makefile.dist so that installation of man pages will
9446 take note of the terminfo directory.
9447 * fixed Configure (removed the mysterious 'X').
9448 * Eric S. Raymond fixed the script.* files so that they work with
9451 #### ncurses 1.8.3 -> 1.8.4 #### ####
9452 * fixed bug in refreshing the screen after return from shell_mode.
9453 There are still problems but they don't manifest themselves on
9454 my machine (Linux 0.99.14f).
9455 * added wgetnstr() and modified things accordingly.
9456 * fixed the script.src script.test to work with awk not just gawk.
9457 * Configure can now take an argument of the target system.
9458 * added test/ncurses.c which replaces several other programs and
9459 performs more testing.
9460 [Thanks to Eric S Raymond for the last 4]
9461 * more fixes to lib_overlay.c and added test/over.c to illustrate
9463 * fixed ungetch() to take int instead of ch.
9464 * fixes to cure wgetch() if flushinp() is called.
9466 One note I forgot to mention in 1.8.3 is that tracing is off by
9467 default starting in the version. If you want tracing output, put
9468 traceon(); in your code and link with -ldcurses.
9470 #### ncurses 1.8.2 -> ncurses 1.8.3 #### ####
9472 1) The order of capabilities has been changed in order to achieve
9473 binary compatibility with SVR4 terminfo database. This has the
9474 unfortunate effect of breaking application currently linked with
9475 ncurses. To ensure correct behavior, recompile all such programs.
9476 Most programs using color or newer capabilities will break, others
9477 will probably continue to work ok.
9479 2) Pavel Curtis has renounced his copyright to the public domain.
9480 This means that his original sources (posted to comp.sources.unix,
9481 volume 1) are now in the public domain. The current sources are
9482 NOT in the public domain, they are copyrighted by me. I'm
9483 entertaining ideas on what the new terms ncurses is released under.
9485 3) Eric S. Raymond has supplied a complete set of man pages for
9486 ncurses in ?roff format. They will eventually replace most of the
9487 current docs. Both sets are included in this release.
9489 Other changes and notes from 1.8.2 include:
9490 * SIGSEGV during scrolling no longer occurs.
9491 * Other problems with scrolling and use of idl have been corrected.
9492 * lib_getch.c has been re-written and should perform flawlessly.
9493 please use test/getch.c and any other programs to test this.
9494 * ripoffline() is implemented (Thanks to Eric) and slk_ functions
9495 changed accordingly.
9496 * I've added support for terminals that scroll if you write in the
9497 bottom-right corner.
9498 * fixed more bugs in pads code. If anybody has a program that uses
9499 pads I'd love a copy.
9500 * correct handling for terminal with back_color_erase capability
9501 (such as Linux console, and most PC terminals)
9502 * ^Z handling apparently didn't work (I should never trust code
9503 sent me to me without extensive testing). It now seems to be
9504 fixed. Let me know if you have problems.
9505 * I've added support for Apollo and NeXT, but it may still be
9506 incomplete, especially when dealing with the lack of POSIX
9508 * scrolling should be more efficient on terminals with idl
9509 capabilities. Please see src/lib_scroll.c for more notes.
9510 * The line drawing routines were offset by 1 at both ends. This
9512 * added a few missing prototypes and macros (e.g. setterm())
9513 * fixed code in src/lib_overlay.c which used to crash.
9514 * added a few more programs in test/ The ones from the PDCurses
9515 package are useful, especially if you have SVR4 proper. I'm
9516 interested in the results you get on such a systems (Eric? ;-).
9517 They already exposed certain bugs in ncurses.
9518 * See src/README for porting notes.
9519 * The C++ code should really replace ncurses.h instead of working
9520 around it. It should avoid name-space clashes with nterm.h (use
9521 rows instead of lines, etc.)
9522 * The C++ should compile ok. I've added explicit rules to the
9523 Makefile because no C++ defaults are documented on the suns.
9524 * The docs say that echo() and nocbreak() are mutually exclusive.
9525 At the moment ncurses will switch to cbreak() if the case above
9526 occurs. Should it continue to do so? How about echo() and noraw()?
9527 * PDCurses seem to assume that wclear() will use current attribute
9528 when clearing the screen. According to Eric this is not the case
9530 * I have discovered, to my chagrin, SunOS 4.x (and probably other systems)
9531 * doesn't have vsscanf and God knows what else! I've will do a vsscanf().
9532 * I've also found out that the src/script.* rely on gawk and will not
9533 work with stock awk or even with nawk. Any changes are welcome.
9534 * Linux is more tolerant of NULL dereferences than most systems. This
9535 fact was exposed by hanoi.
9536 * ncurses still seems inefficient in drawing the screen on a serial
9537 link between Linux and suns. The padding may be the culprit.
9538 * There seems to be one lingering problem with doupdate() after shelling
9539 out. Despite the fact the it is sending out the correct information
9540 to the terminal, nothing takes effect until you press ^L or another
9541 refresh takes place. And yes, output does get flushed.
9543 #### ncurses 1.8.1 -> ncurses 1.8.2 #### Nov 28, 1993 ####
9545 * added support for SVR4 and BSDI's BSD/386.
9546 * major update and fix to scrolling routine.
9547 * MORE fixes to stuff in lib_getch.c.
9548 * cleaned-up configuration options and can now generate
9549 Config.* files through an awk script.
9550 * changed setupterm() so it can be called more than once,
9551 add added set_curterm(), del_curterm().
9552 * a few minor cleanups.
9553 * added more prototypes in curses.h
9555 #### ncurses 1.8 -> ncurses 1.8.1 #### Nov 4, 1993 ####
9557 * added support for NeXTStep 3.0
9558 * added termcap emulation (not well tested).
9559 * more complete C++ interface to ncurses.
9560 * fixed overlay(), overwrite(), and added copywin().
9561 * a couple of bug fixes.
9562 * a few code cleanups.
9564 #### ncurses 0.7.2/0.7.3 -> ncurses 1.8 #### Aug 31, 1993 ####
9566 * The annoying message "can't open file." was due to missing
9567 terminfo entry for the used terminal. It has now been
9568 replaced by a hopefully more helpful message.
9569 * Problems with running on serial lines are now fixed.
9570 * Added configuration files for SunOS, Linux, HP/UX, Ultrix,
9571 386bsd/BSDI (if you have others send'em to me)
9573 * The documentation in manual.doc is now more uptodate.
9574 * update optimization and support for hp terminals, and 386bsd
9576 * mvcur optimization for terminals without cursor addressing
9577 (doesn't work on Linux)
9578 * if cursor moved since last update, getch() will refresh the
9579 screen before working.
9580 * getch() & alarm() can now live together. in 0.7.3 a signal
9581 interrupted getch() (bug or feature?) now the getch is
9583 * scanw() et all were sick, now fixed.
9584 * support for 8-bit input (use meta()).
9585 * added default screen size to all terminfos.
9586 * added c++ Ncursesw class.
9587 * several minor bug fixes.
9589 #### ncurses 0.7.2 -> ncurses 0.7.3 #### May 27, 1993 ####
9591 * Config file to cope with different platforms (386BSD, BSDI, Ultrix, SunOS)
9592 * more fixes to lib_getch.c
9593 * changes related to Config
9595 #### ncurses 0.7 -> ncurses 0.7.2 #### May 22, 1993 ####
9597 * docs updated slightly (color usage is now documented).
9598 * yet another fix for getch(), this one fixes problems with ESC being swallowed
9599 if another character is typed before the 1 second timeout.
9600 * Hopefully, addstr() and addch() are 8-bit clean.
9601 * fixed lib_tparm.c to use stdarg.h (should run on suns now)
9602 * order of capabilities changed to reflect that specified in SYSV
9603 this will allow for binary-compatibility with existing terminfo dbs.
9605 * fixed problems with asc_init()
9606 * added A_PROTECT and A_INVIS
9607 * cleaned up vidputs()
9608 * general cleanup of the code
9609 * more attention to portability to other systems
9610 * added terminfos for hp70092 (wont work until changes to lib_update.c are
9611 made) and 386BSD pcvt drivers.
9613 Thanks to Hellmuth Michaelis for his help.
9614 optimization code is slated for the next major release, stay tuned!
9616 #### ncurses 0.6/0.61 -> ncurses 0.7 #### April 1, 1993
9617 Please note that the next release will be called 1.8. If you want to know about
9618 the rationale drop me a line.
9620 Included are several test programs in test/.
9621 I've split up the panels library, reversi, tetris, sokoban. They are now
9622 available separately from netcom.com:pub/zmbenhal/
9624 * color and ACS support is now fully compatible with SYSV at the terminfo
9626 * Capabilities now includes as many SYSV caps I could find.
9627 * tigetflag,tigetnum,tigetstr functions added.
9628 * boolnames, boolfnames, boolcodes numnames, numfnames, numcodes,
9629 strnames, strfnames, strcodes arrays are now added.
9630 * keyname() is added.
9631 * All function keys can be defined in terminfo entries.
9632 * fixed lin_tparm.c to behave properly.
9633 * terminfo entries for vt* and xterm are included (improvements are welcome)
9634 * more automation in handling caps and keys.
9635 * included fixes from 0.6.1
9636 * added a few more missing functions.
9637 * fixed a couple of minor bugs.
9638 * updated docs JUST a little (still miles behind in documenting the newer
9641 #### ncurses 0.6 -> ncurses 0.61 ####
9643 1) Included the missing data/console.
9645 2) allow attributes when drawing boxes.
9647 3) corrected usage of win->_delay value.
9649 4) fixed a bug in lib_getch.c. if it didn't recognize a sequence it would
9650 simply return the last character in the sequence. The correct
9651 behavior is to return the entire sequence one character at a time.
9653 #### ncurses0.5 -> ncurses0.6 #### March 1, 1993 ####
9654 * removed _numchngd from struct _win_st and made appropriate changes.
9655 * rewritten kgetch() to remove problems with interaction between alarm and
9656 read(). It caused SIGSEGV every now and then.
9657 * fixed a bug that miscounted the numbers of columns when updating.
9658 (in lib_doupdate.c(ClrUpdate() -- iterate to columns not columns-1)
9659 * fixed a bug that cause the lower-right corner to be incorrect.
9660 (in lib_doupdate.c(putChar() -- check against columns not columns-1)
9661 * made resize() and cleanup() static to lib_newterm.c
9662 * added notimeout().
9663 * added timeout() define in curses.h
9664 * added more function prototypes and fixed napms.
9666 * moved screen size detection to lib_setup.c.
9667 * fixed newterm() to confirm to prototype.
9668 * removed SIGWINCH support as SYSV does not define its semantics.
9669 * cleaned-up lib_touch.c
9670 * added waddnstr() and relatives.
9671 * added slk_* support.
9672 * fixed a bug in wdeleteln().
9673 * added PANEL library.
9674 * modified Makefile for smoother installation.
9675 * terminfo.h is really term.h
9677 #### ncurses 0.4 -> ncurses 0.5 #### Feb 14, 1993 ####
9678 * changed _win_st structure to allow support for missing functionality.
9679 * Addition of terminfo support for all KEY_*.
9680 * Support for nodelay(), timeout(), notimeout().
9681 * fixed a bug with the keypad char reading that did not return ESC until
9682 another key is pressed.
9683 * nl mapping no longer occur on output (as should be)
9684 fixed bug '\n' no causing a LF.
9685 * fixed bug that reset terminal colors regardless of whether we use color
9687 * Better support for ACS (not quite complete).
9688 * fixed bug in wvline().
9690 * changed from signal() to sigaction().
9691 * re-included the contents of important.patch into source.
9693 #### ncurses 0.3 -> ncurses 0.4 #### Feb 3, 1993 ####
9694 * Addition of more KEY_* definitions.
9695 * Addition of function prototypes.
9696 * Addition of several missing functions.
9697 * No more crashes if screen size is undefined (use SIGWINCH handler).
9698 * added a handler to cleanup after SIGSEGV (hopefully never needed).
9699 * changed SRCDIR from /etc/term to /usr/lib/terminfo.
9700 * renamed compile/dump to tic/untic.
9701 * New scrolling code.
9702 * fixed bug that reversed the sense of nl() and nonl().
9704 #### ncurses 0.2 -> ncurses 0.3 #### Jan 20, 1993 ####
9705 * more support for color and graphics see test/ for examples.
9706 * fixed various files to allow correct update after shelling out.
9707 * more fixes for updates.
9708 * no more core dumps if you don't have a terminfo entry.
9709 * support for LINES and COLUMNS environment variables.
9710 * support for SIGWINCH signal.
9711 * added a handler for SIGINT for clean exits.
9713 #### ncurses 0.1 -> ncurses 0.2 #### Aug 14, 1992 ####
9714 * support for color.
9715 * support for PC graphic characters.
9716 * lib_trace.c updated to use stdarg.h and vprintf routines.
9717 * added gdc.c (Great Digital Clock) as an example of using color.
9719 #### ncurses -> ncurses 0.1 #### Jul 31, 1992 ####
9720 * replacing sgtty stuff by termios stuff.
9721 * ANSIfication of some functions.
9722 * Disabling cost analysis 'cause it's incorrect.
9723 * A quick hack for a terminfo entry.
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