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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.
+20171230
+ + build-fix for ncurses-examples with Fedora27, adding check for
+ reset_color_pairs() -- not yet in Fedora's package.
+ + consistently add $CFLAGS to $MK_SHARED_LIB symbol in configure
+ script when the latter happens to use the C compiler rather than
+ directly using the loader (report by Jeffrey Walton).
+ + set ABI for upcoming 6.1 release in "*.map" files. While there are
+ some remaining internals to apply, no ABI-related changes are
+ anticipated.
+ + add configure --with-config-suffix option to work around filename
+ conflict with Redhat packages versus test-packages.
+
+20171223
+ + modify ncurses-examples to quiet const-warnings when building with
+ PDCurses.
+ + modify toe to not exit if unable to read a terminal description,
+ e.g., if there is a permission problem.
+ + minor fix for progs/toe.c, using _nc_free_termtype2.
+ + assign 0 to pointer in _nc_tgetent_leak() after freeing it. Also
+ avoid reusing pointer from previous successful call to tgetent
+ if the latest call is unsuccessful (patch by Michael Schroeder,
+ OpenSuSE #1070450).
+ + minor fix for test/tracemunch, initialize $awaiting variable.
+
+20171216
+ + repair template in test/package/ncurses-examples.spec (cf: 20171111).
+ + improve tic's warning about the number of parameters tparm might use
+ for u1-u9 by making a special case for u6.
+ + improve curs_attr.3x discussion of color pairs.
+
+20171209
+ + modify misc/ncurses-config.in to make output with --includedir
+ consistent with --cflags, i.e., when --disable-overwrite option was
+ configured the output should show the subdirectory where headers
+ are.
+ + modify MKlib_gen.sh to suppress macros when calling an "implemented"
+ function in link_test.c
+ + updated ftp-url used in test-packages, etc.
+ + modify order of -pie/-shared options in configure script in case
+ LDFLAGS uses "-pie", working around a defect or limitation in the GNU
+ linker (prompted by patch by Yogesh Prasad, forwarded by Jay Shah).
+ + add entry in man_db.renames for user_caps.5
+
+20171125
+ + modify MKlib_gen.sh to avoid tracing result from getstr/getnstr
+ before initialized.
+ + add "-a" aspect-ratio option to picsmap.
+ + add configure check for default path of rgb.txt, used in picsmap.
+ + modify _nc_write_entry() to truncate too-long filename (report by
+ Hosein Askari, Debian #882620).
+ + build-fix for ncurses-examples with NetBSD curses:
+ + it lacks the use_env() function.
+ + it lacks libpanel; a recent change used the wrong ifdef symbol.
+ + add a macro for is_linetouched() and adjust the function's return
+ value to make it possible for most applications to check for an
+ error-return (report by Midolikawa H).
+ + additional manpage cleanup.
+ + update config.guess, config.sub from
+ http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git
+
+20171118
+ + add a note to curs_addch.3x on portability.
+ + add a note to curs_pad.3x on the origin and portability of pads.
+ + improve manpage description of getattrs (report by Midolikawa H).
+ + improve manpage macros (prompted by discussion in Debian #880551.
+ + reviewed test-programs using KEY_RESIZE, made fixes to test/worm.c
+ + add a "-d" option to picsmap for default-colors.
+ + modify old terminology entry and a few other terminal emulators to
+ account for xon -TD
+ + correct sgr string for tmux, which used screen's "standout" code
+ rather than the standard code (patch by Roman Kagan)
+ + correct sgr/sgr0 strings in a few other cases reported by tic, making
+ those correspond to the non-sgr settings where they differ, but
+ otherwise use ECMA-48 consistently:
+ jaixterm, aixterm, att5420_2, att4424, att500, decansi, d410-7b,
+ dm80, hpterm, emu-220, hp2, iTerm2.app, mterm-ansi, ncrvt100an,
+ st-0.7, vi603, vwmterm -TD
+ + build-fix for diagnostics warning in lib_mouse.c for pre-5.0 versions
+ of gcc which did not recognize the diagnostic "push" pragma (patch by
+ Vassili Courzakis).
+
+20171111
+ + add "op" to xterm+256setaf -TD
+ + reviewed terminology 1.0.0 -TD
+ + reviewed st 0.7 -TD
+ + suppress debug-package for ncurses-examples rpm build.
+
+20171104
+ + check for interrupt in color-pair initialization of dots_curses.c,
+ dots_xcurses.c
+ + add z/Z zoom feature to test/ncurses.c C/c screens.
+ + add '<' and '>' commands to test/ncurses.c S/s screens, to better
+ test off-by-ones in the overlap/copywin functions.
+
+20171028
+ + improve man/curs_inwstr.3x, correct end-logic for lib_inwstr.c
+ (report by Midolikawa H).
+ + fix typo in a few places for "improvements" (patch by Sven Joachim).
+ + clear the other half of a double-width character on which a line
+ drawing character is drawn.
+ + make test/ncurses.c "s" test easier to understand which subtests are
+ available; add a "S" wide-character overlap test-screen.
+ + modify test/ncurses.c C/c tests to allow for extended color pairs.
+ + add endwin() call in error-returns from test/ncurses.c omitted in
+ recent redesign of its menu (cf: 20170923).
+ + improve install of hashed-db by removing the ".db" file as done for
+ directory-tree terminal databases.
+ + repair a few overlooked items in include/ncurses_defs from recent
+ port/refactoring of test-programs (cf: 20170909).
+ + add test/padview.c, to compare pads with direct updates in view.c
+
+20171021
+ + modify test/view.c to expand tabs using the ncurses library rather
+ than in the test-program.
+ + remove very old SIGWINCH example in test/view.c, just use KEY_RESIZE.
+ + add -T, -e, -f -m options to "dots" test-programs.
+ + fix a few typos in usage-messages for test-programs.
+
+20171014
+ + minor cleanup to test/view.c:
+ + eliminate "-n" option by simply reading the whole file.
+ + implement page up/down commands.
+ + add check in tput for init/reset operands to ensure those use a
+ terminal.
+ + improve manual pages which discuss chtype, cchar_t types and the
+ attribute values which can be stored in those types.
+ + correct array-index when parsing "-T" command-line option in tabs
+ program.
+ + modify demo_new_pair.c to pass extended pairs to setcchar().
+ + add test/dots_xcurses.c to illustrate a different approach used for
+ extended colors which can be contrasted with dots_curses.c.
+ + add a check in tic to note when a description uses non-mandatory
+ delays without xon_xoff. This is not an error, but some descriptions
+ for a terminal emulator may use the combination incorrectly.
+
+20171007
+ + modify "-T" option of clear and tput to call use_tioctl() to obtain
+ the operating system's notion of the screensize if possible.
+ + review/repair some exit-codes for tput, making usage-message exit
+ with 2 rather than 1, and a failure to open terminal 4+errno.
+ + amend check in tput, tabs and clear to allow those to use the
+ database-only features in cron if a -T option gives a suitable
+ terminal name (report by Lauri Tirkkonen).
+ + correct an ifdef in test/ncurses.c for systems with soft-keys but
+ not slk_color().
+ + regenerate man-html documentation.
+
+20170930
+ + fix a symbol conflict that made ncurses.c C/c menu not work with
+ Solaris xpg4 curses.
+ + add refresh() call to dots_mvcur.c, needed to use mvcur() with
+ Solaris xpg4 curses after calling newterm().
+ + minor fixes for configure script from work on ncurses-examples and
+ tin.
+ + improve animation in test/xmas.c by adding a time-delay in blinkit().
+ + modify several test programs to reflect that ncurses honors existing
+ signal handlers in initscr(), while other implementations do not.
+ + modify bs.c to make it easier to quit.
+ + change ncurses-examples to use attr_t vs chtype to follow X/Open
+ documentation more closely since Solaris xpg4-curses uses different
+ values for WA_xxx vs A_xxx that rely on attr_t being an unsigned
+ short. Tru64 aka OSF1, HPUX, AIX did as ncurses does, equating the
+ two sets.
+
+20170923
+ + modify menu for test/ncurses.c to fit on 24-line screen.
+ + build-fix for configure --with-caps=uwin
+ + add options to test_arrays.c, for selecting termcap vs terminfo, etc.
+
+20170916
+ + minor fix to test/filter.c to avoid clearing the command in one case.
+ + modify filter() to discard clr_eos if back_color_erase is set.
+
+20170909
+ + improve wide-character implementation of myADDNSTR() in frm_driver.c,
+ which was inconsistent with the normal implementation.
+ + save/restore cursor position in Undo_Justification(), matching
+ behavior of Buffer_To_Window() (report by Leon Winter).
+ + modify test/knight to provide the "slow" solution for small screens
+ using "R", noting that Warnsdorf's method is easily done with "a".
+ + modify several test-programs which call use_default_colors() to
+ consistently do this only if "-d" option is given.
+ + additional changes to test with non-standard variants of curses:
+ + modify a loop limit in firework.c to work around absense of limit
+ checks in some libraries.
+ + fill the last row of a window with "?" in firstlast if waddch does
+ not return ERR on the lower-right corner.
+ + add checks in test/configure for some functions not in 4.3BSD curses.
+ + fix a regression in test/configure (cf: 20170826).
+
+20170902
+ + amend change for endwin-state for better consistency with the older
+ logic (report/patch by Jeb Rosen, cf: 20170722).
+ + modify check in fmt_entry() to handle a cancelled reset string
+ (Debian #873746). Make similar fixes in other parts of dump_entry.c
+ and tput.c
+
+20170827
+ + fix a bug in repeat_char logic (cf: 20170729, report by Chris Clayton).
+
+20170826
+ + fixes for "iterm2" (report by Leonardo Brondani Schenkel) -TD
+ + corrected a warning from tic about keys which are the same, to skip
+ over missing/cancelled values.
+ + add check in tic for unnecessary use of "2" to denote a shifted
+ special key.
+ + improve checks in trim_sgr0, comp_parse.c and parse_entry.c, for
+ cancelled string capabilities.
+ + add check in _nc_parse_entry() for invalid entry name, setting the
+ name to "invalid" to avoid problems storing entries.
+ + add/improve checks in tic's parser to address invalid input
+ + add a check in comp_scan.c to handle the special case where a
+ nontext file ending with a NUL rather than newline is given to tic
+ as input (Redhat #1484274).
+ + allow for cancelled capabilities in _nc_save_str (Redhat #1484276).
+ + add validity checks for "use=" target in _nc_parse_entry (Redhat
+ #1484284).
+ + check for invalid strings in postprocess_termcap (Redhat #1484285)
+ + reset secondary pointers on EOF in next_char() (Redhat #1484287).
+ + guard _nc_safe_strcpy() and _nc_safe_strcat() against calls using
+ cancelled strings (Redhat #1484291).
+ + correct typo in curs_memleaks.3x (Sven Joachim).
+ + improve test/configure checks for some curses variants not based on
+ X/Open Curses.
+ + add options for test/configure to disable checks for form, menu and
+ panel libraries.
+
+20170819
+ + update "iterm" entry -TD
+ + add "iterm2" entry (report by Leonardo Brondani Schenkel) -TD
+ + regenerate llib-* files.
+ + regenerate HTML manpages.
+ + improve picsmap test-program:
+ + reduce memory used for tsearch
+ + add report in log file showing cumulative color coverage.
+ + add -x option to clear/tput to make the E3 extension optional
+ (cf: 20130622).
+ + add options -T and -V to clear command for compatibility with tput.
+ + add usage message to clear command (Debian #371855).
+ + improve usage messages for tset and tput.
+ + minor fixes to "RDGB" extension and reset_color_pairs().
+
+20170812
+ + improve description of -R option in infocmp manual page (report by
+ Stephane Chazelas).
+ + add reset_color_pairs() function.
+ + add user_caps.5 manual page to document the terminfo extensions used
+ by ncurses.
+ + improve build scripts, using SIGQUIT vs SIGTRAP; add other configure
+ script fixes from work on xterm, lynx and tack.
+ + modify install-rule for ncurses-examples to put the data files in
+ /usr/share/ncurses-examples
+ + improve tracemunch, by changing address-parameters of add_wch(),
+ color_content() and pair_content() to dummy parameters.
+ + minor optimization to _nc_change_pair, to return quickly when the
+ current screen is marked for clearing.
+ + in-progress changes to improve performance of test/picsmap.c for
+ loading image files.
+ + modify allocation for SCREEN's color-pair table to start small, grow
+ on demand up to the existing limit.
+ + add "RGB" extension capability for direct-color support, use this to
+ improve color_content().
+ + improve picsmap test-program:
+ + if no palette file is needed, attempt to load one based on $TERM,
+ checking first in the current directory, then by adding ".dat"
+ suffix, and finally in the data-directory, e.g.,
+ /usr/share/ncurses-examples
+ + add "-l" option for logging
+ + add "-d" option for debugging
+ + add "-s" option for stepping automatically through list of images,
+ with time delay.
+ + use tsearch to improve time for loading color table for images.
+ + update config.guess, config.sub from
+ http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git
+
20170729
+ update interix entry using tack and SFU on Windows 7 Ultimate -TD
+ use ^? for kdch1 in interix (reported by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard)
+ regenerated html manpages.
20120107
- + various improvments for MinGW (Juergen Pfeifer):
+ + various improvements for MinGW (Juergen Pfeifer):
+ modify stat() calls to ignore the st_size member
+ drop mk-dlls.sh script.
+ change recommended regular expression library.
20080209
+ update test programs to build/work with various UNIX curses for
- comparisons. This was to reinvestigate statement in X/Open curses
+ comparisons. This was to reinvestigate statement in X/Open Curses
that insnstr and winsnstr perform wrapping. None of the Unix-branded
implementations do this, as noted in manpage (cf: 20040228).
+ fix ifdef in c++/internal.h for QNX 6.1
+ test-compiled with (old) egcs-1.1.2, modified configure script to
not unset the $CXX and related variables which would prevent this.
- + fix a few terminfo.src typos exposed by improvments to "-f" option.
+ + fix a few terminfo.src typos exposed by improvements to "-f" option.
+ improve infocmp/tic "-f" option formatting.
20060923
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