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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1562 2010/06/26 21:17:17 tom Exp $
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This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
it is not possible to add this information.
+20110430
+ + modify rules in Ada95/src/Makefile.in to ensure that the PIC option
+ is not used when building a static library (report by Nicolas
+ Boulenguez):
+ + Ada95 build-fix for big-endian architectures such as sparc. This
+ undoes one of the fixes from 20110319, which added an "Unused" member
+ to representation clauses, replacing that with pragmas to suppress
+ warnings about unused bits (patch by Nicolas Boulenguez):
+
+20110423
+ + add check in test/configure for use_window, use_screen.
+ + add configure-checks for getopt's variables, which may be declared
+ as different types on some Unix systems.
+ + add check in test/configure for some legacy curses types of the
+ function pointer passed to tputs().
+ + modify init_pair() to accept -1's for color value after
+ assume_default_colors() has been called (Debian #337905).
+ + modify test/background.c, adding commmand-line options to demonstrate
+ assume_default_colors() and use_default_colors().
+
+20110416
+ + modify configure script/source-code to only define _POSIX_SOURCE if
+ the checks for sigaction and/or termios fail, and if _POSIX_C_SOURCE
+ and _XOPEN_SOURCE are undefined (report by Valentin Ochs).
+ + update config.guess, config.sub
+
+20110409
+ + fixes to build c++ binding with clang 3.0 (patch by Alexander
+ Kolesen).
+ + add check for unctrl.h in test/configure, to work around breakage in
+ some ncurses packages.
+ + add "--disable-widec" option to test/configure script.
+ + add "--with-curses-colr" and "--with-curses-5lib" options to the
+ test/configure script to address testing with very old machines.
+
+20110404 5.9 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
+
+20110402
+ + various build-fixes for the rpm/dpkg scripts.
+ + add "--enable-rpath-link" option to Ada95/configure, to allow
+ packages to suppress the rpath feature which is normally used for
+ the in-tree build of sample programs.
+ + corrected definition of libdir variable in Ada95/src/Makefile.in,
+ needed for rpm script.
+ + add "--with-shared" option to Ada95/configure script, to allow
+ making the C-language parts of the binding use appropriate compiler
+ options if building a shared library with gnat.
+
+20110329
+ > portability fixes for Ada95 binding:
+ + add configure check to ensure that SIGINT works with gnat. This is
+ needed for the "rain" sample program. If SIGINT does not work, omit
+ that sample program.
+ + correct typo in check of $PKG_CONFIG variable in Ada95/configure
+ + add ncurses_compat.c, to supply functions used in the Ada95 binding
+ which were added in 5.7 and later.
+ + modify sed expression in CF_NCURSES_ADDON to eliminate a dependency
+ upon GNU sed.
+
+20110326
+ + add special check in Ada95/configure script for ncurses6 reentrant
+ code.
+ + regen Ada html documentation.
+ + build-fix for Ada shared libraries versus the varargs workaround.
+ + add rpm and dpkg scripts for Ada95 and test directories, for test
+ builds.
+ + update test/configure macros CF_CURSES_LIBS, CF_XOPEN_SOURCE and
+ CF_X_ATHENA_LIBS.
+ + add configure check to determine if gnat's project feature supports
+ libraries, i.e., collections of .ali files.
+ + make all dereferences in Ada95 samples explicit.
+ + fix typo in comment in lib_add_wch.c (patch by Petr Pavlu).
+ + add configure check for, ifdef's for math.h which is in a separate
+ package on Solaris and potentially not installed (report by Petr
+ Pavlu).
+ > fixes for Ada95 binding (Nicolas Boulenguez):
+ + improve type-checking in Ada95 by eliminating a few warning-suppress
+ pragmas.
+ + suppress unreferenced warnings.
+ + make all dereferences in binding explicit.
+
+20110319
+ + regen Ada html documentation.
+ + change order of -I options from ncurses*-config script when the
+ --disable-overwrite option was used, so that the subdirectory include
+ is listed first.
+ + modify the make-tar.sh scripts to add a MANIFEST and NEWS file.
+ + modify configure script to provide value for HTML_DIR in
+ Ada95/gen/Makefile.in, which depends on whether the Ada95 binding is
+ distributed separately (report by Nicolas Boulenguez).
+ + modify configure script to add -g and/or -O3 to ADAFLAGS if the
+ CFLAGS for the build has these options.
+ + amend change from 20070324, to not add 1 to the result of getmaxx
+ and getmaxy in the Ada binding (report by Nicolas Boulenguez for
+ thread in comp.lang.ada).
+ + build-fix Ada95/samples for gnat 4.5
+ + spelling fixes for Ada95/samples/explain.txt
+ > fixes for Ada95 binding (Nicolas Boulenguez):
+ + add item in Trace_Attribute_Set corresponding to TRACE_ATTRS.
+ + add workaround for binding to set_field_type(), which uses varargs.
+ The original binding from 990220 relied on the prevalent
+ implementation of varargs which did not support or need va_copy().
+ + add dependency on gen/Makefile.in needed for *-panels.ads
+ + add Library_Options to library.gpr
+ + add Languages to library.gpr, for gprbuild
+
+20110307
+ + revert changes to limit-checks from 20110122 (Debian #616711).
+ > minor type-cleanup of Ada95 binding (Nicolas Boulenguez):
+ + corrected a minor sign error in a field of Low_Level_Field_Type, to
+ conform to form.h.
+ + replaced C_Int by Curses_Bool as return type for some callbacks, see
+ fieldtype(3FORM).
+ + modify samples/sample-explain.adb to provide explicit message when
+ explain.txt is not found.
+
+20110305
+ + improve makefiles for Ada95 tree (patch by Nicolas Boulenguez).
+ + fix an off-by-one error in _nc_slk_initialize() from 20100605 fixes
+ for compiler warnings (report by Nicolas Boulenguez).
+ + modify Ada95/gen/gen.c to declare unused bits in generated layouts,
+ needed to compile when chtype is 64-bits using gnat 4.4.5
+
+20110226 5.8 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
+
+20110226
+ + update release notes, for 5.8.
+ + regenerated html manpages.
+ + change open() in _nc_read_file_entry() to fopen() for consistency
+ with write_file().
+ + modify misc/run_tic.in to create parent directory, in case this is
+ a new install of hashed database.
+ + fix typo in Ada95/mk-1st.awk which causes error with original awk.
+
+20110220
+ + configure script rpath fixes from xterm #269.
+ + workaround for cygwin's non-functional features.h, to force ncurses'
+ configure script to define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED when building
+ wide-character configuration.
+ + build-fix in run_tic.sh for OS/2 EMX install
+ + add cons25-debian entry (patch by Brian M Carlson, Debian #607662).
+
+20110212
+ + regenerated html manpages.
+ + use _tracef() in show_where() function of tic, to work correctly with
+ special case of trace configuration.
+
+20110205
+ + add xterm-utf8 entry as a demo of the U8 feature -TD
+ + add U8 feature to denote entries for terminal emulators which do not
+ support VT100 SI/SO when processing UTF-8 encoding -TD
+ + improve the NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS feature by adding a check for an
+ extended terminfo capability U8 (prompted by mailing list
+ discussion).
+
+20110122
+ + start documenting interface changes for upcoming 5.8 release.
+ + correct limit-checks in derwin().
+ + correct limit-checks in newwin(), to ensure that windows have nonzero
+ size (report by Garrett Cooper).
+ + fix a missing "weak" declaration for pthread_kill (patch by Nicholas
+ Alcock).
+ + improve documentation of KEY_ENTER in curs_getch.3x manpage (prompted
+ by discussion with Kevin Martin).
+
+20110115
+ + modify Ada95/configure script to make the --with-curses-dir option
+ work without requiring the --with-ncurses option.
+ + modify test programs to allow them to be built with NetBSD curses.
+ + document thick- and double-line symbols in curs_add_wch.3x manpage.
+ + document WACS_xxx constants in curs_add_wch.3x manpage.
+ + fix some warnings for clang 2.6 "--analyze"
+ + modify Ada95 makefiles to make html-documentation with the project
+ file configuration if that is used.
+ + update config.guess, config.sub
+
+20110108
+ + regenerated html manpages.
+ + minor fixes to enable lint when trace is not enabled, e.g., with
+ clang --analyze.
+ + fix typo in man/default_colors.3x (patch by Tim van der Molen).
+ + update ncurses/llib-lncurses*
+
+20110101
+ + fix remaining strict compiler warnings in ncurses library ABI=5,
+ except those dealing with function pointers, etc.
+
+20101225
+ + modify nc_tparm.h, adding guards against repeated inclusion, and
+ allowing TPARM_ARG to be overridden.
+ + fix some strict compiler warnings in ncurses library.
+
+20101211
+ + suppress ncv in screen entry, allowing underline (patch by Alejandro
+ R Sedeno).
+ + also suppress ncv in konsole-base -TD
+ + fixes in wins_nwstr() and related functions to ensure that special
+ characters, i.e., control characters are handled properly with the
+ wide-character configuration.
+ + correct a comparison in wins_nwstr() (Redhat #661506).
+ + correct help-messages in some of the test-programs, which still
+ referred to quitting with 'q'.
+
+20101204
+ + add special case to _nc_infotocap() to recognize the setaf/setab
+ strings from xterm+256color and xterm+88color, and provide a reduced
+ version which works with termcap.
+ + remove obsolete emacs "Local Variables" section from documentation
+ (request by Sven Joachim).
+ + update doc/html/index.html to include NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO.html
+ (report by Sven Joachim).
+
+20101128
+ + modify test/configure and test/Makefile.in to handle this special
+ case of building within a build-tree (Debian #34182):
+ mkdir -p build && cd build && ../test/configure && make
+
+20101127
+ + miscellaneous build-fixes for Ada95 and test-directories when built
+ out-of-tree.
+ + use VPATH in makefiles to simplify out-of-tree builds (Debian #34182).
+ + fix typo in rmso for tek4106 entry -Goran Weinholt
+
+20101120
+ + improve checks in test/configure for X libraries, from xterm #267
+ changes.
+ + modify test/configure to allow it to use the build-tree's libraries
+ e.g., when using that to configure the test-programs without the
+ rpath feature (request by Sven Joachim).
+ + repurpose "gnome" terminfo entries as "vte", retaining "gnome" items
+ for compatibility, but generally deprecating those since the VTE
+ library is what actually defines the behavior of "gnome", etc.,
+ since 2003 -TD
+
+20101113
+ + compiler warning fixes for test programs.
+ + various build-fixes for test-programs with pdcurses.
+ + updated configure checks for X packages in test/configure from xterm
+ #267 changes.
+ + add configure check to gnatmake, to accommodate cygwin.
+
+20101106
+ + correct list of sub-directories needed in Ada95 tree for building as
+ a separate package.
+ + modify scripts in test-directory to improve builds as a separate
+ package.
+
+20101023
+ + correct parsing of relative tab-stops in tabs program (report by
+ Philip Ganchev).
+ + adjust configure script so that "t" is not added to library suffix
+ when weak-symbols are used, allowing the pthread configuration to
+ more closely match the non-thread naming (report by Werner Fink).
+ + modify configure check for tic program, used for fallbacks, to a
+ warning if not found. This makes it simpler to use additonal
+ scripts to bootstrap the fallbacks code using tic from the build
+ tree (report by Werner Fink).
+ + fix several places in configure script using ${variable-value} form.
+ + modify configure macro CF_LDFLAGS_STATIC to accommodate some loaders
+ which do not support selectively linking against static libraries
+ (report by John P. Hartmann)
+ + fix an unescaped dash in man/tset.1 (report by Sven Joachim).
+
+20101009
+ + correct comparison used for setting 16-colors in linux-16color
+ entry (Novell #644831) -TD
+ + improve linux-16color entry, using "dim" for color-8 which makes it
+ gray rather than black like color-0 -TD
+ + drop misc/ncu-indent and misc/jpf-indent; they are provided by an
+ external package "cindent".
+
+20101002
+ + improve linkages in html manpages, adding references to the newer
+ pages, e.g., *_variables, curs_sp_funcs, curs_threads.
+ + add checks in tic for inconsistent cursor-movement controls, and for
+ inconsistent printer-controls.
+ + fill in no-parameter forms of cursor-movement where a parameterized
+ form is available -TD
+ + fill in missing cursor controls where the form of the controls is
+ ANSI -TD
+ + fix inconsistent punctuation in form_variables manpage (patch by
+ Sven Joachim).
+ + add parameterized cursor-controls to linux-basic (report by Dae) -TD
+ > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
+ + document how to build 32-bit libraries in README.MinGW
+ + fixes to filename computation in mk-dlls.sh.in
+ + use POSIX locale in mk-dlls.sh.in rather than en_US (report by Sven
+ Joachim).
+ + add a check in mk-dlls.sh.in to obtain the size of a pointer to
+ distinguish between 32-bit and 64-bit hosts. The result is stored
+ in mingw_arch
+
+20100925
+ + add "XT" capability to entries for terminals that support both
+ xterm-style mouse- and title-controls, for "screen" which
+ special-cases TERM beginning with "xterm" or "rxvt" -TD
+ > patch by Juergen Pfeifer:
+ + use 64-Bit MinGW toolchain (recommended package from TDM, see
+ README.MinGW).
+ + support pthreads when using the TDM MinGW toolchain
+
+20100918
+ + regenerated html manpages.
+ + minor fixes for symlinks to curs_legacy.3x and curs_slk.3x manpages.
+ + add manpage for sp-funcs.
+ + add sp-funcs to test/listused.sh, for documentation aids.
+
+20100911
+ + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo-
+ and form-libraries.
+ + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre).
+ + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form
+ (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004).
+ + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old
+ platforms.
+
+20100904
+ + add configure option --without-tests, to suppress building test
+ programs (request by Frederic L W Meunier).
+
+20100828
+ + modify nsterm, xnuppc and tek4115 to make sgr/sgr0 consistent -TD
+ + add check in terminfo source-reader to provide more informative
+ message when someone attempts to run tic on a compiled terminal
+ description (prompted by Debian #593920).
+ + note in infotocap and captoinfo manpages that they read terminal
+ descriptions from text-files (Debian #593920).
+ + improve acsc string for vt52, show arrow keys (patch by Benjamin
+ Sittler).
+
+20100814
+ + document in manpages that "mv" functions first use wmove() to check
+ the window pointer and whether the position lies within the window
+ (suggested by Poul-Henning Kamp).
+ + fixes to curs_color.3x, curs_kernel.3x and wresize.3x manpages (patch
+ by Tim van der Molen).
+ + modify configure script to transform library names for tic- and
+ tinfo-libraries so that those build properly with Mac OS X shared
+ library configuration.
+ + modify configure script to ensure that it removes conftest.dSYM
+ directory leftover on checks with Mac OS X.
+ + modify configure script to cleanup after check for symbolic links.
+
+20100807
+ + correct a typo in mk-1st.awk (patch by Gabriele Balducci)
+ (cf: 20100724)
+ + improve configure checks for location of tic and infocmp programs
+ used for installing database and for generating fallback data,
+ e.g., for cross-compiling.
+ + add Markus Kuhn's wcwidth function for compiling MinGW
+ + add special case to CF_REGEX for cross-compiling to MinGW target.
+
+20100731
+ + modify initialization check for win32con driver to eliminate need for
+ special case for TERM "unknown", using terminal database if available
+ (prompted by discussion with Roumen Petrov).
+ + for MinGW port, ensure that terminal driver is setup if tgetent()
+ is called (patch by Roumen Petrov).
+ + document tabs "-0" and "-8" options in manpage.
+ + fix Debian "lintian" issues with manpages reported in
+ http://lintian.debian.org/full/csmall@debian.org.html#ncurses
+
+20100724
+ + add a check in tic for missing set_tab if clear_all_tabs given.
+ + improve use of symbolic links in makefiles by using "-f" option if
+ it is supported, to eliminate temporary removal of the target
+ (prompted by http://www.t2-project.org/packages/ncurses.html)
+ + minor improvement to test/ncurses.c, reset color pairs in 'd' test
+ after exit from 'm' main-menu command.
+ + improved ncu-indent, from mawk changes, allows more than one of
+ GCC_NORETURN, GCC_PRINTFLIKE and GCC_SCANFLIKE on a single line.
+
+20100717
+ + add hard-reset for rs2 to wsvt25 to help ensure that reset ends
+ the alternate character set (patch by Nicholas Marriott)
+ + remove tar-copy.sh and related configure/Makefile chunks, since the
+ Ada95 binding is now installed using rules in Ada95/src.
+
+20100703
+ + continue integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95
+ + add/use configure check to turn on project rules for Ada95/src.
+ + revert the vfork change from 20100130, since it does not work.
+
20100626
+ continue integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95
+ old gnatmake (3.15) does not produce libraries using project-file;
+ move leak-checking for comp_captab.c into _nc_leaks_tinfo() since
that module since 20090711 is in libtinfo.
+ add configure option --enable-term-driver, to allow compiling with
- terminal-driver. That is used in mingw port, and (being somewhat
+ terminal-driver. That is used in MinGW port, and (being somewhat
more complicated) is an experimental alternative to the conventional
termlib internals. Currently, it requires the sp-funcs feature to
be enabled.
20030208
+ add checking in tic for incomplete line-drawing character mapping.
- + update configure script to reflect fix for AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL,
+ + updated configure script to reflect fix for AC_PROG_GCC_TRADITIONAL,
which is broken in autoconf 2.5x for Mac OS X 10.2.3 (report by
Gerben Wierda <Sherlock@rna.nl>).
+ make return value from _nc_printf_string() consistent. Before,
+ restore special case from 20010922 changes to omit SA_RESTART when
setting up SIGWINCH handler, which is needed to allow wgetch() to be
interrupted by that signal.
- + update configure macro CF_WITH_PATHLIST, to omit some double quotes
+ + updated configure macro CF_WITH_PATHLIST, to omit some double quotes
not needed with autoconf 2.52
+ revert configure script to autoconf 2.13 patched with
autoconf-2.13-19990117.patch.gz (or later)
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