+ + modify setcchar() to allow converting control characters to
+ complex characters.
+ + correct handling of multibyte characters in waddch_literal()
+ which force wrapping because they are started too late on the
+ line.
+ + modify setcchar() to allow for wchar_t input strings that
+ have more than one spacing character.
+ * other fixes for wide-character support:
+ + rewrote lib_acs.c to allow PutAttrChar() to decide how to
+ render alternate-characters, i.e., to work with Linux console
+ and UTF-8 locale.
+ + implement a workaround so that line-drawing works with
+ screen's crippled UTF-8 support (tested with 3.9.13). This
+ only works with the wide-character support (--enable-widec);
+ the normal library will simply suppress line-drawing when
+ running in a UTF-8 locale in screen.
+ + corrections to lib_get_wstr.c:
+ o null-terminate buffer passed to setcchar(), which
+ occasionally failed.
+ o map special characters such as erase- and
+ kill-characters into key-codes so those will work as
+ expected even if they are not mentioned in the terminfo.
+ * modify setupterm() to check if the terminfo and terminal-modes
+ have already been read. This ensures that it does not reinvoke
+ def_prog_mode() when an application calls more than one function,
+ such as tgetent() and initscr().
+ * fix form_driver() cases for REQ_CLR_EOF, REQ_CLR_EOL,
+ REQ_DEL_CHAR, REQ_DEL_PREV and REQ_NEW_LINE, which did not ensure
+ the cursor was at the editing position before making
+ modifications.
+ * correct keybound(), which reported definitions in the wrong table,
+ i.e., the list of definitions which are disabled by keyok().
+ * fixes related to safe_sprintf.c:
+ + correct an allocation size in safe_sprintf.c for the "*"
+ format code.
+ + correct safe_sprintf.c to not return a null pointer if the
+ format happens to be an empty string.
+ + make return value from _nc_printf_string() consistent.
+ Before, depending on whether --enable-safe-sprintf was used,
+ it might not be cached for reallocating.
+ * other low-level improvements to the optimization code include:
+ + if the output is a socket or other non-tty device, use 1
+ millisecond for the cost in mvcur; previously it was 9
+ milliseconds because the baudrate was not known.
+ + modify lib_getch.c to avoid recursion via wgetnstr() when the
+ input is not a tty and consequently mode-changes do not work.
+ + fix several places in tack/pad.c which tested and used the
+ parameter- and parameterless strings inconsistently.
+ + change several tputs() calls in scrolling code to use putp(),
+ to enable padding which may be needed for some terminals.
+ + improve mvcur() by checking if it is safe to move when video
+ attributes are set (msgr), and if not, reset/restore
+ attributes within that function rather than doing it
+ separately in the GoTo() function in tty_update.c.
+ + use tputs() rather than putp() in a few cases in tty_update.c
+ since the corresponding delays are proportional to the number
+ of lines affected: repeat_char, clr_eos,
+ change_scroll_region.
+ * correct line/column reference in adjust_window(), needed to make
+ special windows such as curscr track properly when resizing.
+ * fix a potential recursion between napms() and _nc_timed_wait()
+ * rewrote lib_insch.c, combining it with lib_insstr.c so both handle
+ tab and other control characters consistently.
+ * do not try to open gpm mouse driver if standard output is not a
+ tty; the gpm library does not make this check.
+
+ Portability:
+ * configure script:
+ + new options:
+
+ --with-abi-version option.
+ addresses platforms where packagers have diverged
+ from ncurses ABI numbering.
+
+ --with-manpage-format=catonly
+ addresses behavior of BSDI, allow install of
+ man+cat files on NetBSD, whose behavior has
+ diverged by requiring both to be present.
+
+ --with-manpage-aliases
+ extends "--with-manpage-aliases" to provide the
+ option of generating ".so" files rather than
+ symbolic links for manpage aliases.
+
+ --with-rel-version
+ workaround to force libtool on Darwin generate the
+ "same" library names as with the "--with-shared"
+ option. The Darwin ld program does not work well
+ with a zero as the minor-version value.
+
+ --with-trace
+ simplifies defining TRACE to incorporate trace() in
+ libraries.
+
+ + fixes/improvements for cross-compiling:
+ o allow BUILD_CC and related configure script variables to
+ be overridden from the environment.
+ o use AC_CHECK_TOOL to get proper values for AR and LD for
+ cross compiling.
+ o use $cross_compiling variable in configure script rather
+ than comparing $host_alias and $target alias, since
+ "host" is traditionally misused in autoconf to refer to
+ the target platform.
+ o modify run_tic.in to avoid using wrong shared libraries
+ when cross-compiling.
+ + fixes for Mac OS X:
+ o fix a redefinition of $RANLIB in the configure script
+ when libtool is used.
+ o modify MKlib_gen.sh to avoid passing "#" tokens through
+ the C preprocessor. This works around Mac OS X's
+ preprocessor, which insists on adding a blank on each
+ side of the token.
+ + workarounds for broken tools:
+ o add configure check for wchar_t and wint_t types, rather
+ than rely on preprocessor definitions. Also work around
+ for gcc fixinclude bug which creates a shadow copy of
+ curses.h if it sees these symbols apparently typedef'd.
+ o modify configure script to omit -Winline for gcc 3.3,
+ since that feature is broken.
+ o several script fixes to work around the ironically named
+ POSIXLY_CORRECT feature of GNU sed 4.0.
+ o modify configure script to avoid using "head -1", which
+ does not work if POSIXLY_CORRECT (sic) is set.
+ o update configure script to reflect fix for
+ AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL, which is broken in autoconf
+ 2.5x for Mac OS X 10.2.3.
+ o repair check for missing C++ compiler, which is broken
+ in autoconf 2.5x by hardcoding it to g++.
+ + corrected ifdef's relating to configure check for wchar_t,
+ etc.
+ + remove configure script check to allow -Wconversion for older
+ versions of gcc
+ + modify configure script to accommodate libtool 1.5, as well
+ as add an parameter to the "--with-libtool" option which can
+ specify the pathname of libtool.
+ + change several sed scripts to avoid using "\+" since it is
+ not a BRE (basic regular expression). One instance caused
+ terminfo.5 to be misformatted on FreeBSD.
+ + use '%' as sed substitute delimiter in run_tic script to
+ avoid problems with pathname delimiters such as ':' and '@'.
+ + add -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 if needed when configuring with
+ "--enable-widec", to get mbstate_t declaration on HPUX 11.11.
+ * library:
+ + adjust include-options in CF_ETIP_DEFINES to avoid missing
+ ncurses_dll.h, fixing special definitions that may be needed
+ for etip.h.
+ + modify CF_LIB_SUFFIX for Itanium releases of HP-UX, which use
+ a ".so" suffix.
+ + improve ifdef's to guard against redefinition of wchar_t and
+ wint_t in curses.h.
+ + remove an #undef for KEY_EVENT from curses.tail used in the
+ experimental NCURSES_WGETCH_EVENTS feature. The #undef
+ confuses Debian dpkg's build script.
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