X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=4c44aacaf3732d710016c4dde7d10fdbd9468966;hp=6517f84d08369a59445f257d336465b7e3eb72de;hb=55051e74621a33ee60ea8e38fe1e0a3e38a573ab;hpb=cc0205ede8ab81605ec83e7f1ac9ec33e9328a40 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6517f84d..4c44aaca 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1923 2012/06/30 23:05:08 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1945 2012/08/26 21:12:55 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,71 @@ 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. +20120826 + + increase size of ncurses' output-buffer, in case of very small + initial screen-sizes. + + fix evaluation of TERMINFO and TERMINFO_DIRS default values as needed + after changes to use --datarootdir (reports by Gabriele Balducci, + Roumen Petrov). + +20120825 + + change output buffering scheme, using buffer maintained by ncurses + rather than stdio, to avoid problems with SIGTSTP handling (report + by Brian Bloniarz). + +20120811 + + update autoconf patch to 2.52.20120811, adding --datarootdir + (prompted by discussion with Erwin Waterlander). + + improve description of --enable-reentrant option in README and the + INSTALL file. + + add nsterm-256color, make this the default nsterm -TD + + remove bw from nsterm-bce, per testing with tack -TD + +20120804 + + update test/configure, adding check for tinfo library. + + improve limit-checks for the getch fifo (report by Werner Fink). + + fix a remaining mismatch between $with_echo and the symbols updated + by CF_DISABLE_ECHO affecting parameters for mk-2nd.awk (report by + Sven Joachim, cf: 20120317). + + modify followup check for pkg-config's library directory in the + --enable-pc-files option to validate syntax (report by Sven Joachim, + cf: 20110716). + +20120728 + + correct path for ncurses_mingw.h in include/headers, in case build + is done outside source-tree (patch by Roumen Petrov). + + modify some older xterm entries to align with xterm source -TD + + separate "xterm-old" alias from "xterm-r6" -TD + + add E3 extended capability to xterm-basic and putty -TD + + parenthesize parameters of other macros in curses.h -TD + + parenthesize parameter of COLOR_PAIR and PAIR_NUMBER in curses.h + in case it happens to be a comma-expression, etc. (patch by Nick + Black). + +20120721 + + improved form_request_by_name() and menu_request_by_name(). + + eliminate two fixed-size buffers in toe.c + + extend use_tioctl() to have expected behavior when use_env(FALSE) and + use_tioctl(TRUE) are called. + + modify ncurses test-program, adding -E and -T options to demonstrate + use_env() versus use_tioctl(). + +20120714 + + add use_tioctl() function (adapted from patch by Werner Fink, + Novell #769788): + +20120707 + + add ncurses_mingw.h to installed headers (prompted by patch by + Juergen Pfeifer). + + clarify return-codes from wgetch() in response to SIGWINCH (prompted + by Novell #769788). + + modify resizeterm() to always push a KEY_RESIZE onto the fifo, even + if screensize is unchanged. Modify _nc_update_screensize() to push a + KEY_RESIZE if there was a SIGWINCH, even if it does not call + resizeterm(). These changes eliminate the case where a SIGWINCH is + received, but ERR returned from wgetch or wgetnstr because the screen + dimensions did not change (Novell #769788). + 20120630 + add --enable-interop to sample package scripts (suggested by Juergen Pfeifer).