ncurses 5.7 - patch 20110115

[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 1.144 2010/05/15 22:21:58 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.148 2010/10/23 22:41:32 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        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.
@@ -519,6 +525,10 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        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
@@ -580,6 +590,11 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        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
@@ -591,6 +606,11 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        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
@@ -645,12 +665,19 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
     --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.
@@ -1016,6 +1043,10 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        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