+ <li>added a new extension, <code>assume_default_colors()</code> to
+ provide better control over the use of default colors. This is
+ the principal visible difference between ncurses 5.1 and preceding
+ versions. The new extension allows an application to specify what
+ colors pair 0 uses.
+ <p>
+ <em>NOTE</em>: Pair 0 defaults to white on black unless
+ you have invoked <code>use_default_colors()</code> or set it via
+ <code>assume_default_colors()</code>. An application that calls
+ <code>start_colors()</code> without setting the background color
+ will consistently have a black background no matter what color your
+ terminal's background actually is.
+
+ <li>made several fixes to the terminfo-to-termcap conversion, and
+ have been using the generated termcaps without further hand-tuning.
+ This builds on the extension <code>use_extended_names()</code> by
+ adding "obsolete" termcap strings to terminfo.src
+ <ul>
+ <li>modified <code>tic</code> so that if extended names (i.e.,
+ configure --enable-tcap-names) are active, then <code>tic -x</code>
+ will also write "obsolete" capabilities that are present in the
+ terminfo source.
+
+ <li>added screen's AX capability (for ECMA SGR 39 and 49) to applicable
+ terminfo entries, use presence of this as a check for a small
+ improvement in setting default colors.
+
+ <li>add -a option to tic and infocmp, which retains commented-out
+ capabilities during source translation/comparison, e.g., captoinfo
+ and infotocap.
+ </ul>
+
+ <li>implemented limited support for UTF-8, useful with XFree86 xterm:
+ <ul>
+ <li>if the <code>configure --enable-widec</code> option is
+ given, append 'w' to names of the generated libraries (e.g.,
+ libncursesw.so) to avoid conflict with existing ncurses libraries.
+ <li>add a simple UTF-8 output driver to the experimental
+ wide-character support. If any of the environment variables
+ LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE or LANG contain the string "UTF-8", this driver
+ will be used to translate the output to UTF-8.
+ <li>modified view.c to make a rudimentary viewer of UTF-8 text.
+ </ul>
+
+ <li>modify <code>raw()</code> and <code>noraw()</code> to clear/restore
+ IEXTEN flag which affects <code>stty lnext</code> on systems such as FreeBSD
+
+ <li>reordered tests during mouse initialization to allow for gpm to run
+ in xterm, or for xterm to be used under OS/2 EMX. Also dropped test
+ for <code>$DISPLAY</code> in favor of the terminfo capability
+ <code>kmous=\E[M</code> or
+ if <code>$TERM</code> environment variable contains "xterm".
+
+ <li>added configure option <code>--with-manpage-symlinks</code>, which
+ provides for fully indexing manpage entries by making symbolic links
+ for the aliases.
+
+ <li>changed <code>unctrl()</code> to render C1 characters (128-159) as
+ <code>~@</code>, <code>~A</code>, etc.
+
+ <li>add experimental configure option --enable-colorfgbg to check for
+ $COLORTERM variable as set by rxvt/aterm/Eterm.
+
+ <li>made the <code>infocmp -F</code> option less verbose.
+
+ <li>dropped support for gnat 3.10 (gnat 3.12 is current).
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