ncurses 6.0 - patch 20171028

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2979 2017/10/21 20:29:16 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2991 2017/10/28 23:46:30 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 +45,23 @@ 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.
 

+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.
 20171021
        + modify test/view.c to expand tabs using the ncurses library rather
          than in the test-program.


@@ -2742,7 +2759,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
        + regenerated html manpages.
 
 20120107
        + 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.
          + modify stat() calls to ignore the st_size member
          + drop mk-dlls.sh script.
          + change recommended regular expression library.


@@ -5193,7 +5210,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
        + 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 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
        + improve infocmp/tic "-f" option formatting.
 
 20060923