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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.144 2010/05/15 22:21:58 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.153 2011/03/05 19:09:48 tom Exp $
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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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application. These are (for example $TERMINFO) those that allow the
search path for the terminfo or termcap entry to be customized.
+ --disable-rpath-hack
+ Normally the configure script helps link libraries found in unusual
+ places by adding an rpath option to the link command. If you are
+ building packages, this feature may be redundant. Use this option
+ to suppress the feature.
+
--disable-scroll-hints
Compile without scroll-hints code. This option is ignored when
hashmap scrolling is configured, which is the default.
may not be accurate, or that your stty settings have disabled the use
of tabs.
+ --enable-interop
+ Compile-in experimental interop bindings. These provide generic types
+ for the form-library.
+
--enable-mixed-case
Controls whether the filesystem on which the terminfo database resides
supports mixed-case filenames (normal for UNIX, but not on other
is not strictly compatible. This option allows one to implement this
alteration without patching the source code.
+ --enable-sp-funcs
+ Compile-in support for extended functions which accept a SCREEN pointer,
+ reducing the need for juggling the global SP value with set_term() and
+ delscreen().
+
--enable-symlinks
If your system supports symbolic links, make tic use symbolic links
rather than hard links to save diskspace when writing aliases in the
capabilities as user-defined strings. This option is the default,
unless you have disabled the extended functions.
+ --enable-term-driver
+ Enable experimental terminal-driver. This is currently used for the
+ MinGW port, by providing a way to substitute the low-level terminfo
+ library with different terminal drivers.
+
--enable-termcap
Compile in support for reading terminal descriptions from termcap if no
match is found in the terminfo database. See also the --enable-getcap
--with-ada-objects=DIR
Tell where to install the Ada objects (default: PREFIX/lib/ada/adalib)
+ --with-ada-sharedlib
+ Build a shared library for Ada95 binding, if the compiler permits.
+
--with-bool=TYPE
If --without-cxx is specified, override the type used for the "bool"
declared in curses.h (normally the type is automatically chosen to
correspond with that in <stdbool.h>, or defaults to platform-specific
sizes).
+ --with-build-cpp=XXX
+ This option is provided by the same macro used for $BUILD_CC, etc.,
+ but is not directly used by ncurses.
+
--with-build-cc=XXX
If cross-compiling, specify a host C compiler, which is needed to
compile a few utilities which generate source modules for ncurses.
--enable-widec is not given) a character. Prior to ncurses 5.5, this
was always unsigned long, but with ncurses 5.5, it may be unsigned.
Use this option if you need to preserve compatibility with 64-bit
- executables.
+ executables, e.g., by setting "--with-chtype=long" (the configure
+ script supplies "unsigned").
--with-database=XXX
Specify the terminfo source file to install. Usually you will wish
programs (e.g., tic). The test applications will still be built if you
type "make", though not if you simply do "make install".
+ --without-tests
+ Tell the configure script to suppress the build of ncurses' test
+ programs.
+
--without-xterm-new
Tell the configure script to use "xterm-old" for the entry used in
the terminfo database. This will work with variations such as
you may encounter when building a system with different versions of
ncurses:
+ 5.8 (Feb 26, 2011)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + add an alternate library configuration, i.e., "terminal driver" to
+ support port to Windows, built with MinGW. There are two drivers
+ (terminfo and Windows console). The terminfo driver works on other
+ platforms.
+
+ + add a new set of functions which accept a SCREEN* parameter, in
+ contrast with the original set which use the global value "sp".
+ By default, these names end with "_sp", and are otherwise
+ functionally identical with the originals.
+
+ In addition to the "_sp" functions, there are a few new functions
+ associated with this feature: ceiling_panel, ground_panel,
+ new_prescr.
+
+ If the library is not built with the sp-funcs extension, there
+ are no related interface changes.
+
+ + add tiparm function based on review of X/Open Curses Issue 7.
+
+ + change internal _nc_has_mouse function to public has_mouse function
+
+ Added extensions:
+
+ + add a few more functions to support the NCURSES_OPAQUE feature:
+ get_escdelay, is_pad, is_subwin
+
+ Added internal functions (other than "_sp" variants):
+ _nc_curscr_of
+ _nc_format_slks
+ _nc_get_alias_table
+ _nc_get_hash_info
+ _nc_insert_wch
+ _nc_newscr_of
+ _nc_outc_wrapper
+ _nc_retrace_char
+ _nc_retrace_int_attr_t
+ _nc_retrace_mmask_t
+ _nc_setup_tinfo
+ _nc_stdscr_of
+ _nc_tinfo_cmdch
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+ _nc_makenew (some configurations replace by _nc_makenew_sp)
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+ _nc_UpdateAttrs
+ _nc_get_hash_table
+ _nc_has_mouse
+ _nc_insert_ch
+ _nc_wgetch
+
5.7 (November 2, 2008)
Interface changes:
projects / ncurses.git / blobdiff