ncurses 6.4 - patch 20231021

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 03732eb5572fa9d66896b3f26ee8da11001cfbc3..39a8a9f8feb957b18466a01fa5412e8b56a9ec34 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.248 2023/10/16 23:06:54 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.249 2023/10/21 15:51:23 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -670,7 +670,14 @@ CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
     --enable-opaque-panel
        Define symbol in curses.h which controls whether some library
        structures are treated as "opaque".  The --enable-opaque-curses option
-       is overridden by the --enable-reentrant option.
+       may be overridden by the --enable-reentrant option.
+
+       Enabling opaque-curses enables opaque for the form, menu, and panel
+       libraries.  Use their corresponding options to disable the feature
+       individually.
+
+       NOTE: beginning with ncurses 6.5 this option is enabled by default;
+       older versions disable it by default.
 
     --enable-pc-files
        If pkg-config is found (see --with-pkg-config), generate ".pc" files
@@ -816,11 +823,14 @@ CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        symbolic link to equate libncurses.so with libncursesw.so
 
        NOTE: the Ada95 binding may be built against either version of the the
-       ncurses library, but you must decide which:  the binding installs the
-       same set of files for either version.  Currently (2002/6/22) it does
+       ncurses library, but you must decide which: the binding installs the
+       same set of files for either version.  Currently (2023/10/21) it does
        not use the extended features from the wide-character code, so it is
        probably better to not install the binding for that configuration.
 
+       NOTE: beginning with ncurses 6.5 this option is enabled by default;
+       older versions disable it by default.
+
     --enable-xmc-glitch
        Compile-in support experimental xmc (magic cookie) code.