ncurses 5.5

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--- $Id: README,v 1.20 2000/08/12 23:31:21 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: README,v 1.22 2004/08/07 23:42:43 tom Exp $
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                README file for the ncurses package
 
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ The libraries are:
        libform.so         (shared)
        libform_g.a        (debug enabled)
 
+If you configure using the --enable-widec option, a "w" is appended to the
+library names (e.g., libncursesw.a), and the resulting libraries support
+wide-characters, e.g., via a UTF-8 locale.  The corresponding header files
+are compatible with the non-wide-character configuration; wide-character
+features are provided by ifdef's in the header files.  The wide-character
+library interfaces are not binary-compatible with the non-wide-character
+version.
+
 The ncurses libraries implement the curses API.  The panel, menu and forms
 libraries implement clones of the SVr4 panel, menu and forms APIs.  The source
 code for these lives in the `ncurses', `panel', `menu', and `form' directories
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ install.libs' rule as libncurses++.
 In the `Ada95' directory, you'll find code and documentation for an
 Ada95 binding of the curses API, to be used with the GNAT compiler.
 This binding is built by a normal top-level `make' if configure detects
-an usable version of GNAT (3.10 or above). It is not installed automatically.
+an usable version of GNAT (3.11 or above). It is not installed automatically.
 See the Ada95 directory for more build and installation instructions and
 for documentation of the binding.