ncurses 4.2

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@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@ This is a log of changes that the ncurses C++ binding has gone
 through starting with the integration of menu and forms integration
 into the binding.
 
+970908 + Improve NCursesWindow class: added additional methods to
+         cover more ncurses functionality. Make refresh() and 
+         noutrefresh() virtual members to allow different implementation
+         in the NCursesPanel class.
+       + CAUTION: changed order of parameters in vline() and hline() of
+         NCursesWindow class.
+       + Make refresh() in NCursesPanel non-static, it is now a
+         reimplementation  of refresh() in the base class. Added 
+         noutrefresh() to NCursesPanel.
+       + Added NCursesForm and related classes to support libform
+         functionality.
+       + Moved most of configuration related stuff from cursesw.h to
+         etip.h
+       + Added NCursesApplication class to support easy configuration 
+         of menu and forms related attributes as well as ripped of
+         title lines and Soft-Label-Keys for an application.
+       + Support of Auto-Cleanup for a menus fieldlist.
+       + Change of return type for current_item() and operator[] for
+         menus.
+       + Enhanced demo.
 970502
        + Introduced the THROW and THROWS functions/macros to prepare
          a smoother transition to real exception handling.
@@ -9,8 +29,9 @@ into the binding.
        + Added the NCursesMenu class to support libmenu functionality.
        + The inheritace relation between NCursesWindow and NCursesColorWindow
          was kind of brain damage. Monochrome is a special case of colored, so
-         the relation should be just the opposite. This would allow all derived
-         classes like NCursesPanel, NCursesMenu or NCursesForm to have colors.
+         the relation should be just the opposite. This would allow all 
+         derived classes like NCursesPanel, NCursesMenu or NCursesForm to 
+         have colors.
          To resolve that design flaw I put the color functionality into the 
          NCursesWindow class and it can be switched on by the static member
          useColors(). NCursesColorWindow is still there for compatibility