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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.
+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).
+ 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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