X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=0085579a5875cac84353754bdd22cf951e80542a;hp=1af8bffdf80f9796c4bf7e5aee006684f78e80b8;hb=2639531af0c3ca25b48e7bcb9c790fa566cc5892;hpb=53d4e8a9506b267d6758096a5e6b945a44432ef9 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1af8bffd..0085579a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1067 2007/01/14 01:21:07 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1115 2007/04/07 23:08:57 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,13 +45,203 @@ 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. +20060407 + + add man/curs_legacy.3x, man/curs_opaque.3x + + fix acs_map binding for Ada95 when --enable-reentrant is used. + + add adacurses-config to the Ada95 install, based on version from + FreeBSD port, in turn by Juergen Pfeifer in 2000 (prompted by + comment on comp.lang.ada newsgroup). + + fix includes in c++ binding to build with Intel compiler + (cf: 20061209). + + update install rule in Ada95 to use mkdirs.sh + > other fixes prompted by inspection for Coverity report: + + modify ifdef's for c++ binding to use try/catch/throw statements + + add a null-pointer check in tack/ansi.c request_cfss() + + fix a memory leak in ncurses/base/wresize.c + + corrected check for valid memu/meml capabilities in + progs/dump_entry.c when handling V_HPUX case. + > fixes based on Coverity report: + + remove dead code in test/bs.c + + remove dead code in test/demo_defkey.c + + remove an unused assignment in progs/infocmp.c + + fix a limit check in tack/ansi.c tools_charset() + + fix tack/ansi.c tools_status() to perform the VT320/VT420 + tests in request_cfss(). The function had exited too soon. + + fix a memory leak in tic.c's make_namelist() + + fix a couple of places in tack/output.c which did not check for EOF. + + fix a loop-condition in test/bs.c + + add index checks in lib_color.c for color palettes + + add index checks in progs/dump_entry.c for version_filter() handling + of V_BSD case. + + fix a possible null-pointer dereference in copywin() + + fix a possible null-pointer dereference in waddchnstr() + + add a null-pointer check in _nc_expand_try() + + add a null-pointer check in tic.c's make_namelist() + + add a null-pointer check in _nc_expand_try() + + add null-pointer checks in test/cardfile.c + + fix a double-free in ncurses/tinfo/trim_sgr0.c + + fix a double-free in ncurses/base/wresize.c + + add try/catch block to c++/cursesmain.cc + +20070331 + + modify Ada95 binding to build with --enable-reentrant by wrapping + global variables (bug: acs_map does not yet work). + + modify Ada95 binding to use the new access-functions, allowing it + to build/run when NCURSES_OPAQUE is set. + + add access-functions and macros to return properties of the WINDOW + structure, e.g., when NCURSES_OPAQUE is set. + + improved install-sh's quoting. + + use mkdirs.sh rather than mkinstalldirs, e.g., to use fixes from + other programs. + +20070324 + + eliminate part of the direct use of WINDOW data from Ada95 interface. + + fix substitutions for termlib filename to make configure option + --enable-reentrant work with --with-termlib. + + change a constructor for NCursesWindow to allow compiling with + NCURSES_OPAQUE set, since we cannot pass a reference to + an opaque pointer. + +20070317 + + ignore --with-chtype=unsigned since unsigned is always added to + the type in curses.h; do the same for --with-mmask-t. + + change warning regarding --enable-ext-colors and wide-character + in the configure script to an error. + + tweak error message in CF_WITH_LIBTOOL to distinguish other programs + such as Darwin's libtool program (report by Michail Vidiassov) + + modify edit_man.sh to allow for multiple substitutions per line. + + set locale in misc/ncurses-config.in since it uses a range + + change permissions libncurses++.a install (report by Michail + Vidiassov). + + corrected length of temporary buffer in wide-character version + of set_field_buffer() (related to report by Bryan Christ). + +20070311 + + fix mk-1st.awk script install_shlib() function, broken in 20070224 + changes for cygwin (report by Michail Vidiassov). + +20070310 + + increase size of array in _nc_visbuf2n() to make "tic -v" work + properly in its similar_sgr() function (report/analysis by Peter + Santoro). + + add --enable-reentrant configure option for ongoing changes to + implement a reentrant version of ncurses: + + libraries are suffixed with "t" + + wrap several global variables (curscr, newscr, stdscr, ttytype, + COLORS, COLOR_PAIRS, COLS, ESCDELAY, LINES and TABSIZE) as + functions returning values stored in SCREEN or cur_term. + + move some initialization (LINES, COLS) from lib_setup.c, + i.e., setupterm() to _nc_setupscreen(), i.e., newterm(). + +20070303 + + regenerated html documentation. + + add NCURSES_OPAQUE symbol to curses.h, will use to make structs + opaque in selected configurations. + + move the chunk in lib_acs.c which resets acs capabilities when + running on a terminal whose locale interferes with those into + _nc_setupscreen(), so the libtinfo/libtinfow files can be made + identical (requested by Miroslav Lichvar). + + do not use configure variable SHLIB_LIBS for building libraries + outside the ncurses directory, since that symbol is customized + only for that directory, and using it introduces an unneeded + dependency on libdl (requested by Miroslav Lichvar). + + modify mk-1st.awk so the generated makefile rules for linking or + installing shared libraries do not first remove the library, in + case it is in use, e.g., libncurses.so by /bin/sh (report by Jeff + Chua). + + revised section "Using NCURSES under XTERM" in ncurses-intro.html + (prompted by newsgroup comment by Nick Guenther). + +20070224 + + change internal return codes of _nc_wgetch() to check for cases + where KEY_CODE_YES should be returned, e.g., if a KEY_RESIZE was + ungetch'd, and read by wget_wch(). + + fix static-library build broken in 20070217 changes to remove "-ldl" + (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + + change makefile/scripts for cygwin to allow building termlib. + + use Form_Hook in manpages to match form.h + + use Menu_Hook in manpages, as well as a few places in menu.h + + correct form- and menu-manpages to use specific Field_Options, + Menu_Options and Item_Options types. + + correct prototype for _tracechar() in manpage (cf: 20011229). + + correct prototype for wunctrl() in manpage. + +20070217 + + fixes for $(TICS_LIST) in ncurses/Makefile (report by Miroslav + Lichvar). + + modify relinking of shared libraries to apply only when rpath is + enabled, and add --disable-relink option which can be used to + disable the feature altogether (reports by Michail Vidiassov, + Adam J Richter). + + fix --with-termlib option for wide-character configuration, stripping + the "w" suffix in one place (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + + remove "-ldl" from some library lists to reduce dependencies in + programs (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + + correct description of --enable-signed-char in configure --help + (report by Michail Vidiassov). + + add pattern for GNU/kFreeBSD configuration to CF_XOPEN_SOURCE, + which matches an earlier change to CF_SHARED_OPTS, from xterm #224 + fixes. + + remove "${DESTDIR}" from -install_name option used for linking + shared libraries on Darwin (report by Michail Vidiassov). + +20070210 + + add test/inchs.c, test_inch_wide.c, to test win_wchnstr(). + + remove libdl from library list for termlib (report by Miroslav + Lichvar). + + fix configure.in to allow --without-progs --with-termlib (patch by + Miroslav Lichvar). + + modify win_wchnstr() to ensure that only a base cell is returned + for each multi-column character (prompted by report by Wei Kong + regarding change in mvwin_wch() cf: 20041023). + +20070203 + + modify fix_wchnstr() in form library to strip attributes (and color) + from the cchar_t array (field cells) read from a field's window. + Otherwise, when copying the field cells back to the window, the + associated color overrides the field's background color (report by + Ricardo Cantu). + + improve tracing for form library, showing created forms, fields, etc. + + ignore --enable-rpath configure option if --with-shared was omitted. + + add _nc_leaks_tinfo(), _nc_free_tic(), _nc_free_tinfo() entrypoints + to allow leak-checking when both tic- and tinfo-libraries are built. + + drop CF_CPP_VSCAN_FUNC macro from configure script, since C++ binding + no longer relies on it. + + disallow combining configure script options --with-ticlib and + --enable-termcap (report by Rong-En Fan). + + remove tack from ncurses tree. + +20070128 + + fix typo in configure script that broke --with-termlib option + (report by Rong-En Fan). + +20070127 + + improve fix for FreeBSD gnu/98975, to allow for null pointer passed + to tgetent() (report by Rong-en Fan). + + update tack/HISTORY and tack/README to tell how to build it after + it is removed from the ncurses tree. + + fix configure check for libtool's version to trim blank lines + (report by sci-fi@hush.ai). + + review/eliminate other original-file artifacts in cursesw.cc, making + its license consistent with ncurses. + + use ncurses vw_scanw() rather than reading into a fixed buffer in + the c++ binding for scanw() methods (prompted by report by Nuno Dias). + + eliminate fixed-buffer vsprintf() calls in c++ binding. + +20070120 + + add _nc_leaks_tic() to separate leak-checking of tic library from + term/ncurses libraries, and thereby eliminate a library dependency. + + fix test/mk-test.awk to ignore blank lines. + + correct paths in include/headers, for --srcdir (patch by Miroslav + Lichvar). + 20070113 + add a break-statement in misc/shlib to ensure that it exits on the _first_ matched directory (report by Paul Novak). + add tack/configure, which can be used to build tack outside the ncurses build-tree. + add --with-ticlib option, to build/install the tic-support functions - in a separate library (suggestd by Miroslav Lichvar). + in a separate library (suggested by Miroslav Lichvar). 20070106 + change MKunctrl.awk to reduce relocation table for unctrl.o @@ -96,7 +286,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + modify configure --with-gpm option to allow it to accept a parameter, i.e., the name of the dynamic GPM library to load via dlopen() (requested by Bryan Henderson). - + add configure option --with-valgrind (from vile). + + add configure option --with-valgrind, changes from vile. + modify configure script AC_TRY_RUN and AC_TRY_LINK checks to use 'return' in preference to 'exit()'. @@ -1558,7 +1748,8 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 20031108 + add DJGPP to special case of DOS-style drive letters potentially appearing in TERMCAP environment variable. - + fix some spelling in comments (reports by jmc, Jonathon Gray). + + fix some spelling in comments (reports by Jason McIntyre, Jonathon + Gray). + update config.guess, config.sub 20031101 @@ -1848,7 +2039,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. "--srcdir" work (report by Warren L Dodge). + correct missing definition of $(CC) in Ada95/gen/Makefile.in (reported by Warren L Dodge ). - + fix typos and whitespace in manpages (patch by jmc + + fix typos and whitespace in manpages (patch by Jason McIntyre ). 20030503 @@ -4300,7 +4491,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. )). + change renaming of dft_fgbg.3x to use_default_colors.3ncurses in man_db.renames, since Debian is not concerned with 14-character - filename limitation (from Debian bug report by Josip Rodin + filename limitation (Debian bug report by Josip Rodin ). + corrected scoansi terminfo entry by testing with scoterm and console. + revert change from 990614 to terminal_interface-curses-forms.ads.m4, @@ -5343,7 +5534,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 980321 + revise configure macro CF_SPEED_TYPE so that termcap.h has speed_t - declared (from Adam J. Richter ) + declared (from Adam J Richter ) + remove spurious curs_set() call from leaveok() (J T Conklin). + corrected handling leaveok() in doupdate() (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).