ncurses 6.0 - patch 20161022

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2682 2016/10/15 23:26:53 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2687 2016/10/23 00:03:47 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ 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.
 
+20161022
+       + modify tset -w (and tput reset) to update the program's copy of the
+         screensize if it was already set in the system, to improve tabstop
+         setting which relies upon knowing the actual screensize.
+       + add functionality of tset -w to tput, like the "-c" feature this is
+         not optional in tput.
+       + add "clear" as a possible link/alias to tput.
+       + improve tput's check for being called as "init" or "reset" to allow
+         for transformed names.
+       + split-out the "clear" function from progs/clear.c, share with
+         tput to get the same behavior, e.g., the E3 extension.
+
 20161015
        + amend internal use of tputs to consistently use the number of lines
          affected, e.g., for insert/delete character operations.  While