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--- Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey --
+-- Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.251 2023/10/28 16:54:24 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.255 2024/05/04 15:54:00 tom Exp $
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How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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to read the BSD CONVERSION NOTES section below.
If you are trying to build applications using gpm with ncurses,
-read the USING NCURSES WITH GPM section below.
+read the USING GPM section below.
If you are cross-compiling, see the note below on
BUILDING WITH A CROSS-COMPILER.
The --prefix option to configure changes the root directory for installing
ncurses. The default is normally in subdirectories of /usr/local, except
for systems where ncurses is normally installed as a system library (see
- "IF YOU ARE A SYSTEM INTEGRATOR"). Use --prefix=/usr to replace your
+ "FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATORS"). Use --prefix=/usr to replace your
default curses distribution.
The package gets installed beneath the --prefix directory as follows:
You can make curses and terminfo fall back to an existing file of termcap
definitions by configuring with --enable-termcap. If you do this, the
library will search /etc/termcap before the terminfo database, and will
- also interpret the contents of the TERM environment variable. See the
+ also interpret the contents of the $TERM environment variable. See the
section BSD CONVERSION NOTES below.
3. Type 'make'. Ignore any warnings; no error messages should be produced.
Specify a search-list of terminfo directories which will be compiled
into the ncurses library (default: DATADIR/terminfo)
- This is a colon-separated list, like the TERMINFO_DIRS environment
+ This is a colon-separated list, like the $TERMINFO_DIRS environment
variable.
--with-termlib[=XXX]
several builds, some symbols will be listed in the the ".map" files
that do not happen to be present in one configuration or another.
- The sample ".map" (and ".sym") files are generated using a set of
- scripts which build several configurations for each release version,
- checking to see which of the "_nc_" symbols can be made local. In
- addition to the ncurses libraries and programs, the symbols used
- by the "tack" program before version 1.08 are made global.
+ The sample ".map" (and ".sym") files were generated using a set of
+ scripts which built several configurations for each release version,
+ checking to see which of the "_nc_" symbols can be made local.
These sample ".map" files will not cover all possible combinations.
In some cases, e.g., when using the --with-weak-symbols option, you
you may encounter when building a system with different versions of
ncurses:
- 6.5 (TBD; not stable; in development)
+ 6.5 (Apt 27, 2024)
Interface changes:
+ the WINDOW structure and some related internal data types declared
default; and
+ support for wide characters is now enabled by default.
+ Added extensions:
+
+ + is_cbreak, is_echo, is_nl, and is_raw, as well as "_sp" variants
+
+ + tiparm_s and tiscan_s
+
+ Added internal functions (other than "_sp" variants):
+
+ + _nc_env_access
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+
+ + none
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+
+ + These now pass a const parameter: _nc_delink_entry, _nc_str_copy,
+ and _nc_trans_string
+
6.4 (Dec 31, 2022)
Interface changes:
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