ncurses 5.6 - patch 20080419

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index dda1f6c3c3e15fea6d65600b228cd43d9097ed28..0a2f4b81ea03005c8e7c7d4f202134096ce6966c 100644 (file)
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1223 2008/04/05 21:46:58 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1228 2008/04/19 23:03:52 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,20 @@ See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names.
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 
+20080419
+       + add screen.rxvt terminfo entry -TD
+       + modify tic -f option to format spaces as \s to prevent them from
+         being lost when that is read back in unformatted strings.
+       + improve test/ditto.c, using a "talk"-style layout.
+
+20080412
+       + change test/ditto.c to use openpty() and xterm.
+       + add locks for copywin(), dupwin(), overlap(), overlay() on their
+         window parameters.
+       + add locks for initscr() and newterm() on updates to the SCREEN
+         pointer.
+       + finish table in curs_thread.3x manpage.
+
 20080405
        + begin table in curs_thread.3x manpage describing the scope of data
          used by each function (or symbol) for threading analysis.
@@ -62,8 +76,8 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
          e.g., on aix when using CC=powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0-gcc
          (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner).
        + override OBJEXT to "lo" when building with libtool, to work on
-         platforms such as AIX where libtool supports only static libraries
-         (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner).
+         platforms such as AIX where libtool may use a different suffix for
+         the object files than ".o" (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner).
        + add configure --with-pthread option, for building with the POSIX
          thread library.