X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=c5d5b3d769804ad942487318d5d99a30ba489543;hp=55d2dfd0f65847100f70e8b6b170264c19ad5a51;hb=b040313679284c778b4f02a5b34d9e775ceba697;hpb=43f75d22e281b6230678008b72621a76696f45ba diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 55d2dfd0..c5d5b3d7 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1564 2010/07/03 22:20:55 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1634 2011/01/15 21:50:45 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,219 @@ 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. +20110115 + + modify Ada95/configure script to make the --with-curses-dir option + work without requiring the --with-ncurses option. + + modify test programs to allow them to be built with NetBSD curses. + + document thick- and double-line symbols in curs_add_wch.3x manpage. + + document WACS_xxx constants in curs_add_wch.3x manpage. + + fix some warnings for clang 2.6 "--analyze" + + modify Ada95 makefiles to make html-documentation with the project + file configuration if that is used. + + update config.guess, config.sub + +20110108 + + regenerated html manpages. + + minor fixes to enable lint when trace is not enabled, e.g., with + clang --analyze. + + fix typo in man/default_colors.3x (patch by Tim van der Molen). + + update ncurses/llib-lncurses* + +20110101 + + fix remaining strict compiler warnings in ncurses library ABI=5, + except those dealing with function pointers, etc. + +20101225 + + modify nc_tparm.h, adding guards against repeated inclusion, and + allowing TPARM_ARG to be overridden. + + fix some strict compiler warnings in ncurses library. + +20101211 + + suppress ncv in screen entry, allowing underline (patch by Alejandro + R Sedeno). + + also suppress ncv in konsole-base -TD + + fixes in wins_nwstr() and related functions to ensure that special + characters, i.e., control characters are handled properly with the + wide-character configuration. + + correct a comparison in wins_nwstr() (Redhat #661506). + + correct help-messages in some of the test-programs, which still + referred to quitting with 'q'. + +20101204 + + add special case to _nc_infotocap() to recognize the setaf/setab + strings from xterm+256color and xterm+88color, and provide a reduced + version which works with termcap. + + remove obsolete emacs "Local Variables" section from documentation + (request by Sven Joachim). + + update doc/html/index.html to include NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO.html + (report by Sven Joachim). + +20101128 + + modify test/configure and test/Makefile.in to handle this special + case of building within a build-tree (Debian #34182): + mkdir -p build && cd build && ../test/configure && make + +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) + + improve configure checks for location of tic and infocmp programs + used for installing database and for generating fallback data, + e.g., for cross-compiling. + + add Markus Kuhn's wcwidth function for compiling MinGW + + add special case to CF_REGEX for cross-compiling to MinGW target. + +20100731 + + modify initialization check for win32con driver to eliminate need for + special case for TERM "unknown", using terminal database if available + (prompted by discussion with Roumen Petrov). + + for MinGW port, ensure that terminal driver is setup if tgetent() + is called (patch by Roumen Petrov). + + document tabs "-0" and "-8" options in manpage. + + fix Debian "lintian" issues with manpages reported in + http://lintian.debian.org/full/csmall@debian.org.html#ncurses + +20100724 + + add a check in tic for missing set_tab if clear_all_tabs given. + + improve use of symbolic links in makefiles by using "-f" option if + it is supported, to eliminate temporary removal of the target + (prompted by http://www.t2-project.org/packages/ncurses.html) + + minor improvement to test/ncurses.c, reset color pairs in 'd' test + after exit from 'm' main-menu command. + + improved ncu-indent, from mawk changes, allows more than one of + GCC_NORETURN, GCC_PRINTFLIKE and GCC_SCANFLIKE on a single line. + +20100717 + + add hard-reset for rs2 to wsvt25 to help ensure that reset ends + the alternate character set (patch by Nicholas Marriott) + + remove tar-copy.sh and related configure/Makefile chunks, since the + Ada95 binding is now installed using rules in Ada95/src. + 20100703 + continue integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95 + add/use configure check to turn on project rules for Ada95/src. @@ -387,7 +600,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + move leak-checking for comp_captab.c into _nc_leaks_tinfo() since that module since 20090711 is in libtinfo. + add configure option --enable-term-driver, to allow compiling with - terminal-driver. That is used in mingw port, and (being somewhat + terminal-driver. That is used in MinGW port, and (being somewhat more complicated) is an experimental alternative to the conventional termlib internals. Currently, it requires the sp-funcs feature to be enabled.