ncurses 5.6 - patch 20080607

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1241 2008/05/31 21:52:48 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1243 2008/06/07 15:48:17 tom Exp $

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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started


@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ 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.
 
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 

+20080607
+       + finish changes to wgetch(), making it switch as needed to the
+         window's actual screen when calling wrefresh() and wgetnstr().  That
+         allows wgetch() to get used concurrently in different threads with
+         some minor restrictions, e.g., the application should not delete a
+         window which is being used in a wgetch().
+       + simplify mutex's, combining the window- and screen-mutex's.
+

 20080531
        + modify wgetch() to use the screen which corresponds to its window
          parameter rather than relying on SP; some dependent functions still
 20080531
        + modify wgetch() to use the screen which corresponds to its window
          parameter rather than relying on SP; some dependent functions still