ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171014

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2949 2017/09/09 22:32:34 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -45,6 +45,61 @@ 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.
 
+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.