ncurses 5.9 - patch 20140927

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 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2275 2014/09/20 22:43:35 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2281 2014/09/27 22:15:56 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.
 
+20140927
+       + implement curs_set in win_driver.c
+       + implement flash in win_driver.c
+       + fix an infinite loop in win_driver.c if the command-window loses
+         focus.
+       + improve the non-buffered mode, i.e., NCURSES_CONSOLE2, of
+         win_driver.c by temporarily changing the buffer-size to match the
+         window-size to eliminate the scrollback.  Also enforce a minimum
+         screen-size of 24x80 in the non-buffered mode.
+       + modify generated misc/Makefile to suppress install.data from the
+         dependencies if the --disable-db-install option is used, compensating
+         for the top-level makefile changes used to add ncurses*-config in the
+         20140920 changes (report by Steven Honeyman).
+
 20140920
        + add ncurses*-config to bin-directory of sample package-scripts.
        + add check to ensure that getopt is available; this is a problem in
@@ -156,7 +170,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
        + add test/dots_curses.c, for comparison with the low-level examples.
 
 20140614
-       + fix dereference before null check found by Coverity in tic.c 
+       + fix dereference before null check found by Coverity in tic.c
          (cf: 20140524).
        + fix sign-extension bug in read_entry.c which prevented "toe" from
          reading empty "screen+italics" entry.