-- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written --
-- authorization. --
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1880 2012/03/17 21:16:50 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1953 2012/09/08 22:05:39 tom Exp $
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
+20120908
+ + add test-screens to test/ncurses to show 256-characters at a time,
+ to help with mingw port.
+
+20120903
+ + simplify varargs logic in lib_printw.c; va_copy is no longer needed
+ there.
+ + modifications for mingw port to make wide-character display usable.
+
+20120902
+ + regenerate configure script (report by Sven Joachim, cf: 20120901).
+
+20120901
+ + add a null-pointer check in _nc_flush (cf: 20120825).
+ + fix a case in _nc_scroll_optimize() where the _oldnums_list array
+ might not be allocated.
+ + improve comparisons in configure.in for unset shell variables.
+
+20120826
+ + increase size of ncurses' output-buffer, in case of very small
+ initial screen-sizes.
+ + fix evaluation of TERMINFO and TERMINFO_DIRS default values as needed
+ after changes to use --datarootdir (reports by Gabriele Balducci,
+ Roumen Petrov).
+
+20120825
+ + change output buffering scheme, using buffer maintained by ncurses
+ rather than stdio, to avoid problems with SIGTSTP handling (report
+ by Brian Bloniarz).
+
+20120811
+ + update autoconf patch to 2.52.20120811, adding --datarootdir
+ (prompted by discussion with Erwin Waterlander).
+ + improve description of --enable-reentrant option in README and the
+ INSTALL file.
+ + add nsterm-256color, make this the default nsterm -TD
+ + remove bw from nsterm-bce, per testing with tack -TD
+
+20120804
+ + update test/configure, adding check for tinfo library.
+ + improve limit-checks for the getch fifo (report by Werner Fink).
+ + fix a remaining mismatch between $with_echo and the symbols updated
+ for CF_DISABLE_ECHO affecting parameters for mk-2nd.awk (report by
+ Sven Joachim, cf: 20120317).
+ + modify followup check for pkg-config's library directory in the
+ --enable-pc-files option to validate syntax (report by Sven Joachim,
+ cf: 20110716).
+
+20120728
+ + correct path for ncurses_mingw.h in include/headers, in case build
+ is done outside source-tree (patch by Roumen Petrov).
+ + modify some older xterm entries to align with xterm source -TD
+ + separate "xterm-old" alias from "xterm-r6" -TD
+ + add E3 extended capability to xterm-basic and putty -TD
+ + parenthesize parameters of other macros in curses.h -TD
+ + parenthesize parameter of COLOR_PAIR and PAIR_NUMBER in curses.h
+ in case it happens to be a comma-expression, etc. (patch by Nick
+ Black).
+
+20120721
+ + improved form_request_by_name() and menu_request_by_name().
+ + eliminate two fixed-size buffers in toe.c
+ + extend use_tioctl() to have expected behavior when use_env(FALSE) and
+ use_tioctl(TRUE) are called.
+ + modify ncurses test-program, adding -E and -T options to demonstrate
+ use_env() versus use_tioctl().
+
+20120714
+ + add use_tioctl() function (adapted from patch by Werner Fink,
+ Novell #769788):
+
+20120707
+ + add ncurses_mingw.h to installed headers (prompted by patch by
+ Juergen Pfeifer).
+ + clarify return-codes from wgetch() in response to SIGWINCH (prompted
+ by Novell #769788).
+ + modify resizeterm() to always push a KEY_RESIZE onto the fifo, even
+ if screensize is unchanged. Modify _nc_update_screensize() to push a
+ KEY_RESIZE if there was a SIGWINCH, even if it does not call
+ resizeterm(). These changes eliminate the case where a SIGWINCH is
+ received, but ERR returned from wgetch or wgetnstr because the screen
+ dimensions did not change (Novell #769788).
+
+20120630
+ + add --enable-interop to sample package scripts (suggested by Juergen
+ Pfeifer).
+ + update CF_PATH_SYNTAX macro, from mawk changes.
+ + modify mk-0th.awk to allow for generating llib-ltic, etc., though
+ some work is needed on cproto to work with lib_gen.c to update
+ llib-lncurses.
+ + remove redundant getenv() cal in database-iterator leftover from
+ cleanup in 20120622 changes (report by Sven Joachim).
+
+20120622
+ + add -d, -e and -q options to test/demo_terminfo and test/demo_termcap
+ + fix caching of environment variables in database-iterator (patch by
+ Philippe Troin, Redhat #831366).
+
+20120616
+ + add configure check to distinguish clang from gcc to eliminate
+ warnings about unused command-line parameters when compiler warnings
+ are enabled.
+ + improve behavior when updating terminfo entries which are hardlinked
+ by allowing for the possibility that an alias has been repurposed to
+ a new primary name.
+ + fix some strict compiler warnings based on package scripts.
+ + further fixes for configure check for working poll (Debian #676461).
+
+20120608
+ + fix an uninitialized variable in -c/-n logic for infocmp changes
+ (cf: 20120526).
+ + corrected fix for building c++ binding with clang 3.0 (report/patch
+ by Richard Yao, Gentoo #417613, cf: 20110409)
+ + correct configure check for working poll, fixing the case where stdin
+ is redirected, e.g., in rpm/dpkg builds (Debian #676461).
+ + add rpm- and dpkg-scripts, to test those build-environments.
+ The resulting packages are used only for testing.
+
+20120602
+ + add kdch1 aka "Remove" to vt220 and vt220-8 entries -TD
+ + add kdch1, etc., to qvt108 -TD
+ + add dl1/il1 to some entries based on dl/il values -TD
+ + add dl to simpleterm -TD
+ + add consistency-checks in tic for insert-line vs delete-line
+ controls, and insert/delete-char keys
+ + correct no-leaks logic in infocmp when doing comparisons, fixing
+ duplicate free of entries given via the command-line, and freeing
+ entries loaded from the last-but-one of files specified on the
+ command-line.
+ + add kdch1 to wsvt25 entry from NetBSD CVS (reported by David Lord,
+ analysis by Martin Husemann).
+ + add cnorm/civis to wsvt25 entry from NetBSD CVS (report/analysis by
+ Onno van der Linden).
+
+20120526
+ + extend -c and -n options of infocmp to allow comparing more than two
+ entries.
+ + correct check in infocmp for number of terminal names when more than
+ two are given.
+ + correct typo in curs_threads.3x (report by Yanhui Shen on
+ freebsd-hackers mailing list).
+
+20120512
+ + corrected 'op' for bterm (report by Samuel Thibault) -TD
+ + modify test/background.c to demonstrate a background character
+ holding a colored ACS_HLINE. The behavior differs from SVr4 due to
+ the thick- and double-line extension (cf: 20091003).
+ + modify handling of acs characters in PutAttrChar to avoid mapping an
+ unmapped character to a space with A_ALTCHARSET set.
+ + rewrite vt520 entry based on vt420 -TD
+
+20120505
+ + remove p6 (bold) from opus3n1+ for consistency -TD
+ + remove acs stuff from env230 per clues in Ingres termcap -TD
+ + modify env230 sgr/sgr0 to match other capabilities -TD
+ + modify smacs/rmacs in bq300-8 to match sgr/sgr0 -TD
+ + make sgr for dku7202 agree with other caps -TD
+ + make sgr for ibmpc agree with other caps -TD
+ + make sgr for tek4107 agree with other caps -TD
+ + make sgr for ndr9500 agree with other caps -TD
+ + make sgr for sco-ansi agree with other caps -TD
+ + make sgr for d410 agree with other caps -TD
+ + make sgr for d210 agree with other caps -TD
+ + make sgr for d470c, d470c-7b agree with other caps -TD
+ + remove redundant AC_DEFINE for NDEBUG versus Makefile definition.
+ + fix a back-link in _nc_delink_entry(), which is needed if ncurses is
+ configured with --enable-termcap and --disable-getcap.
+
+20120428
+ + fix some inconsistencies between vt320/vt420, e.g., cnorm/civis -TD
+ + add eslok flag to dec+sl -TD
+ + dec+sl applies to vt320 and up -TD
+ + drop wsl width from xterm+sl -TD
+ + reuse xterm+sl in putty and nsca-m -TD
+ + add ansi+tabs to vt520 -TD
+ + add ansi+enq to vt220-vt520 -TD
+ + fix a compiler warning in example in ncurses-intro.doc (Paul Waring).
+ + added paragraph in keyname manpage telling how extended capabilities
+ are interpreted as key definitions.
+ + modify tic's check of conflicting key definitions to include extended
+ capability strings in addition to the existing check on predefined
+ keys.
+
+20120421
+ + improve cleanup of temporary files in tic using atexit().
+ + add msgr to vt420, similar DEC vtXXX entries -TD
+ + add several missing vt420 capabilities from vt220 -TD
+ + factor out ansi+pp from several entries -TD
+ + change xterm+sl and xterm+sl-twm to include only the status-line
+ capabilities and not "use=xterm", making them more generally useful
+ as building-blocks -TD
+ + add dec+sl building block, as example -TD
+
+20120414
+ + add XT to some terminfo entries to improve usefulness for other
+ applications than screen, which would like to pretend that xterm's
+ title is a status-line. -TD
+ + change use-clauses in ansi-mtabs, hp2626, and hp2622 based on review
+ of ordering and overrides -TD
+ + add consistency check in tic for screen's "XT" capability.
+ + add section in terminfo.src summarizing the user-defined capabilities
+ used in that file -TD
+
+20120407
+ + fix an inconsistency between tic/infocmp "-x" option; tic omits all
+ non-standard capabilities, while infocmp was ignoring only the user
+ definable capabilities.
+ + improve special case in tic parsing of description to allow it to be
+ followed by terminfo capabilities. Previously the description had to
+ be the last field on an input line to allow tic to distinguish
+ between termcap and terminfo format while still allowing commas to be
+ embedded in the description.
+ + correct variable name in gen_edit.sh which broke configurability of
+ the --with-xterm-kbs option.
+ + revert 2011-07-16 change to "linux" alias, return to "linux2.2" -TD
+ + further amend 20110910 change, providing for configure-script
+ override of the "linux" terminfo entry to install and changing the
+ default for that to "linux2.2" (Debian #665959).
+
+20120331
+ + update Ada95/configure to use CF_DISABLE_ECHO (cf: 20120317).
+ + correct order of use-clauses in st-256color -TD
+ + modify configure script to look for gnatgcc if the Ada95 binding
+ is built, in preference to the default gcc/cc (suggested by
+ Nicolas Boulenguez).
+ + modify configure script to ensure that the same -On option used for
+ the C compiler in CFLAGS is used for ADAFLAGS rather than simply
+ using "-O3" (suggested by Nicolas Boulenguez)
+
+20120324
+ + amend an old fix so that next_char() exits properly for empty files,
+ e.g., from reading /dev/null (cf: 20080804).
+ + modify tic so that it can read from the standard input, or from
+ a character device. Because tic uses seek's, this requires writing
+ the data to a temporary file first (prompted by remark by Sven
+ Joachim) (cf: 20000923).
+
20120317
+ correct a check made in lib_napms.c, so that terminfo applications
can again use napms() (cf: 20110604).
+ modify configure script to provide value for HTML_DIR in
Ada95/gen/Makefile.in, which depends on whether the Ada95 binding is
distributed separately (report by Nicolas Boulenguez).
- + modify configure script to add -g and/or -O3 to ADAFLAGS if the
+ + modify configure script to add "-g" and/or "-O3" to ADAFLAGS if the
CFLAGS for the build has these options.
+ amend change from 20070324, to not add 1 to the result of getmaxx
and getmaxy in the Ada binding (report by Nicolas Boulenguez for
handling in lynx (reported by Kim DeVaughn).
990306 pre-release
- + add -G option to tic and infocmp, to reverse the -g option.
+ + add -G option to tic and infocmp, to reverse the "-g" option.
+ recode functions in name_match.c to avoid use of strncpy, which
caused a 4-fold slowdown in tic (cf: 980530).
+ correct a few warnings about sign-extension in recent changes.
since that is a little more efficient.
+ minor correction to infocmp to avoid displaying "difference" between
two capabilities that are rendered in equivalent forms.
- + add -g option to tic/infocmp to force character constants to be
+ + add "-g" option to tic/infocmp to force character constants to be
displayed in quoted form. Otherwise their decimal values are shown.
+ modify setupterm so that cancelled strings are treated the same as
absent strings, cancelled and absent booleans false (does not affect
960810 - snapshot
+ correct nl()/nonl() to work as per SVr4 & XSI.
+ minor fixes to ncurses.c (use 'noraw()', mvscanw return-code)
- + refine configure-test for -g option (Tim Mooney).
+ + refine configure-test for "-g" option (Tim Mooney).
+ correct interaction between O_BLANK and NEW_LINE request in form
library (Juergen Pfeifer)
+ enhancement to the control over the new PC-style soft key format.
allow caller now to select whether or not one wants to have
the index-line; see curs_slk.3x for documentation (Juergen Pfeifer).
- + typos, don't use inline with -g (Philippe De Muyter)
+ + typos, don't use inline with "-g" (Philippe De Muyter)
+ fixes for menus & wattr-, slk-functions (Juergen Pfeifer)
960526 - snapshot
projects / ncurses.git / blobdiff