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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3065 2018/01/22 01:18:36 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.
+20180217
+ + remove incorrect free() from 20170617 changes (report by David Macek).
+ + correct type for "U8" in user_caps.5; it is a number not boolean.
+ + add a null-pointer check in safe_sprintf.c (report by Steven Noonan).
+ + improve fix for Debian #882620 by reusing limit2 variable (report
+ Julien Cristau, Sven Cristau).
+
+20180210
+ + modify misc/Makefile.in to install/uninstall explicit list in case
+ the build-directory happens to have no ".pc" files when an uninstall
+ is performed (report by Jeffrey Walton).
+ + deprecate safe-sprintf, since the vsnprintf function, which does what
+ was needed, was standardized long ago.
+ + add several development/experimental options to development packages.
+ + minor reordering of options in configure script to make the threaded
+ and reentrant options distinct from the other extensions which are
+ normally enabled.
+
+20180203
+ + minor fixes to test/*.h to make them idempotent.
+ + add/use test/parse_rgb.h to show how the "RGB" capability works.
+ + add a clarification in user_caps.5 regarding "RGB" capability.
+ + add extended_slk_color{,_sp} symbols to the appropriate
+ package/*.{map,sym} files (report by Sven Joachim, cf: 20170401).
+
+20180129
+ + update "VERSION" file, used in shared-library naming.
+
+20180127 6.1 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
+
+20180127
+ + updated release notes
+ + amend a warning message from tic which should have flagged misuse
+ of "XT" capability in "screen" terminal description.
+ > terminfo changes:
+ + trim "XT" from screen entry, add comments to explain why it was
+ not suitable -TD
+ + modify iterm to use xterm+sl-twm building block -TD
+ + mark konsole-420pc, konsole-vt100, konsole-xf3x obsolete reflecting
+ konsole's removal in 2008 -TD
+ + expanded the history section of konsole to explain its flawed
+ imitation of xterm's keyboard -TD
+ + use xterm+x11mouse in screen.* entries because screen does not yet
+ support xterm's 1006 mode -TD
+ + add nsterm-build400 for macOS 10.13 -TD
+ + add ansi+idc1, use that in ansi+idc adding dch for consistency -TD
+ + update vte to vte-2017 -TD
+ + add ecma+strikeout to vte-2017 -TD
+ + add iterm2-direct -TD
+ + updated teraterm, added teraterm-256color -TD
+ + add mlterm-direct -TD
+ + add descriptions for ANSI building-blocks -TD
+
20180121 pre-release
> terminfo changes:
+ add xterm+noalt, xterm+titlestack, xterm+alt1049, xterm+alt+title
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