X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=311ed8bb32e315199d3665a74d5df6db57ec4274;hp=6c3b6a0e669e0f57da30ba425ddcdd1e4121111c;hb=c340bf75caa7aabe7db96787961e151e70ddff08;hpb=da518a7ad2d94c8e63186a49621e907967a31a37 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6c3b6a0e..311ed8bb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1578 2010/08/07 20:44:25 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1614 2010/11/28 00:32:32 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,132 @@ 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. +20101127 + + miscellaneous build-fixes for Ada95 and test-directories when built + out-of-tree. + + use VPATH in makefiles to simplify out-of-tree builds (Debian #34182). + + fix typo in rmso for tek4106 entry -Goran Weinholt + +20101120 + + improve checks in test/configure for X libraries, from xterm #267 + changes. + + modify test/configure to allow it to use the build-tree's libraries + e.g., when using that to configure the test-programs without the + rpath feature (request by Sven Joachim). + + repurpose "gnome" terminfo entries as "vte", retaining "gnome" items + for compatibility, but generally deprecating those since the VTE + library is what actually defines the behavior of "gnome", etc., + since 2003 -TD + +20101113 + + compiler warning fixes for test programs. + + various build-fixes for test-programs with pdcurses. + + updated configure checks for X packages in test/configure from xterm + #267 changes. + + add configure check to gnatmake, to accommodate cygwin. + +20101106 + + correct list of sub-directories needed in Ada95 tree for building as + a separate package. + + modify scripts in test-directory to improve builds as a separate + package. + +20101023 + + correct parsing of relative tab-stops in tabs program (report by + Philip Ganchev). + + adjust configure script so that "t" is not added to library suffix + when weak-symbols are used, allowing the pthread configuration to + more closely match the non-thread naming (report by Werner Fink). + + modify configure check for tic program, used for fallbacks, to a + warning if not found. This makes it simpler to use additonal + scripts to bootstrap the fallbacks code using tic from the build + tree (report by Werner Fink). + + fix several places in configure script using ${variable-value} form. + + modify configure macro CF_LDFLAGS_STATIC to accommodate some loaders + which do not support selectively linking against static libraries + (report by John P. Hartmann) + + fix an unescaped dash in man/tset.1 (report by Sven Joachim). + +20101009 + + correct comparison used for setting 16-colors in linux-16color + entry (Novell #644831) -TD + + improve linux-16color entry, using "dim" for color-8 which makes it + gray rather than black like color-0 -TD + + drop misc/ncu-indent and misc/jpf-indent; they are provided by an + external package "cindent". + +20101002 + + improve linkages in html manpages, adding references to the newer + pages, e.g., *_variables, curs_sp_funcs, curs_threads. + + add checks in tic for inconsistent cursor-movement controls, and for + inconsistent printer-controls. + + fill in no-parameter forms of cursor-movement where a parameterized + form is available -TD + + fill in missing cursor controls where the form of the controls is + ANSI -TD + + fix inconsistent punctuation in form_variables manpage (patch by + Sven Joachim). + + add parameterized cursor-controls to linux-basic (report by Dae) -TD + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + document how to build 32-bit libraries in README.MinGW + + fixes to filename computation in mk-dlls.sh.in + + use POSIX locale in mk-dlls.sh.in rather than en_US (report by Sven + Joachim). + + add a check in mk-dlls.sh.in to obtain the size of a pointer to + distinguish between 32-bit and 64-bit hosts. The result is stored + in mingw_arch + +20100925 + + add "XT" capability to entries for terminals that support both + xterm-style mouse- and title-controls, for "screen" which + special-cases TERM beginning with "xterm" or "rxvt" -TD + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + use 64-Bit MinGW toolchain (recommended package from TDM, see + README.MinGW). + + support pthreads when using the TDM MinGW toolchain + +20100918 + + regenerated html manpages. + + minor fixes for symlinks to curs_legacy.3x and curs_slk.3x manpages. + + add manpage for sp-funcs. + + add sp-funcs to test/listused.sh, for documentation aids. + +20100911 + + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- + and form-libraries. + + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form + (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old + platforms. + +20100904 + + add configure option --without-tests, to suppress building test + programs (request by Frederic L W Meunier). + +20100828 + + modify nsterm, xnuppc and tek4115 to make sgr/sgr0 consistent -TD + + add check in terminfo source-reader to provide more informative + message when someone attempts to run tic on a compiled terminal + description (prompted by Debian #593920). + + note in infotocap and captoinfo manpages that they read terminal + descriptions from text-files (Debian #593920). + + improve acsc string for vt52, show arrow keys (patch by Benjamin + Sittler). + +20100814 + + document in manpages that "mv" functions first use wmove() to check + the window pointer and whether the position lies within the window + (suggested by Poul-Henning Kamp). + + fixes to curs_color.3x, curs_kernel.3x and wresize.3x manpages (patch + by Tim van der Molen). + + modify configure script to transform library names for tic- and + tinfo-libraries so that those build properly with Mac OS X shared + library configuration. + + modify configure script to ensure that it removes conftest.dSYM + directory leftover on checks with Mac OS X. + + modify configure script to cleanup after check for symbolic links. + 20100807 + correct a typo in mk-1st.awk (patch by Gabriele Balducci) (cf: 20100724)