ncurses 5.9 - patch 20120218

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.162 2012/01/22 00:27:58 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.164 2012/02/18 21:27:33 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -1017,10 +1017,27 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        library dependencies for tic and other programs built with the tic
        library.
 
+    --with-tparm-arg[=XXX]
+       Override the type used for tparm() arguments, which normally is a
+       "long".  However the function must assume that its arguments can hold a
+       pointer to char's which is not always workable for 64-bit platforms.  A
+       better choice would be intptr_t, which was not available at the time
+       tparm's interface was defined.
+
+       If the option is not given, this defaults to "long".
+
     --with-trace
        Configure the trace() function as part of the all models of the ncurses
        library.  Normally it is part of the debug (libncurses_g) library only.
 
+    --with-xterm-kbs=XXX
+       Configure xterm's terminfo entries to use either BS (^H, i.e., ASCII
+       backspace) or DEL (^?, or 127).  XXX can be BS (or bs, 8) or DEL
+       (or del, 127).
+
+       During installation, the makefile and scripts modifies the "xterm+kbs"
+       terminfo entry to use this setting.
+
     --with-valgrind
        For testing, compile with debug option.
        This also sets the --disable-leaks option.