X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=caf4acfb4f3054d7c684fb3879a41ea94e9df34a;hp=4b2e48860fce633578b1753e53200503bba40bff;hb=65ee0f2ca50c827bf271df7a087edd7da49f598d;hpb=057900a2db2404f4cd150be6fb2abc573b9b9608 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4b2e4886..caf4acfb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1288 2008/09/07 14:39:15 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1325 2008/11/23 00:20:04 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,101 @@ 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. +20081122 + + change _nc_has_mouse() to has_mouse(), reflect its use in C++ and + Ada95 (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + document in TO-DO an issue with Cygwin's package for GNAT (report + by Mike Dennison). + + improve error-checking of command-line options in "tabs" program. + +20081115 + + change several terminfo entries to make consistent use of ANSI + clear-all-tabs -TD + + add "tabs" program (prompted by Debian #502260). + + add configure --without-manpages option (request by Mike Frysinger). + +20081102 5.7 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + +20081025 + + add a manpage to discuss memory leaks. + + add support for shared libraries for QNX (other than libtool, which + does not work well on that platform). + + build-fix for QNX C++ binding. + +20081018 + + build-fixes for OS/2 EMX. + + modify form library to accept control characters such as newline + in set_field_buffer(), which is compatible with Solaris (report by + Nit Khair). + + modify configure script to assume --without-hashed-db when + --disable-database is used. + + add "-e" option in ncurses/Makefile.in when generating source-files + to force earlier exit if the build environment fails unexpectedly + (prompted by patch by Adrian Bunk). + + change configure script to use CF_UTF8_LIB, improved variant of + CF_LIBUTF8. + +20081012 + + add teraterm4.59 terminfo entry, use that as primary teraterm entry, rename + original to teraterm2.3 -TD + + update "gnome" terminfo to 2.22.3 -TD + + update "konsole" terminfo to 1.6.6, needs today's fix for tic -TD + + add "aterm" terminfo -TD + + add "linux2.6.26" terminfo -TD + + add logic to tic for cancelling strings in user-defined capabilities, + overlooked til now. + +20081011 + + update html documentation. + + add -m and -s options to test/keynames.c and test/key_names.c to test + the meta() function with keyname() or key_name(), respectively. + + correct return value of key_name() on error; it is null. + + document some unresolved issues for rpath and pthreads in TO-DO. + + fix a missing prototype for ioctl() on OpenBSD in tset.c + + add configure option --disable-tic-depends to make explicit whether + tic library depends on ncurses/ncursesw library, amends change from + 20080823 (prompted by Debian #501421). + +20081004 + + some build-fixes for configure --disable-ext-funcs (incomplete, but + works for C/C++ parts). + + improve configure-check for awks unable to handle large strings, e.g. + AIX 5.1 whose awk silently gives up on large printf's. + +20080927 + + fix build for --with-dmalloc by workaround for redefinition of + strndup between string.h and dmalloc.h + + fix build for --disable-sigwinch + + add environment variable NCURSES_GPM_TERMS to allow override to use + GPM on terminals other than "linux", etc. + + disable GPM mouse support when $TERM does not happen to contain + "linux", since Gpm_Open() no longer limits its assertion to terminals + that it might handle, e.g., within "screen" in xterm. + + reset mouse file-descriptor when unloading GPM library (report by + Miroslav Lichvar). + + fix build for --disable-leaks --enable-widec --with-termlib + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + use improved initialization for soft-label keys in Ada95 sample code. + + discard internal symbol _nc_slk_format (unused since 20080112). + + move call of slk_paint_info() from _nc_slk_initialize() to + slk_intern_refresh(), improving initialization. + +20080925 + + fix bug in mouse code for GPM from 20080920 changes (reported in + Debian #500103, also Miroslav Lichvar). + +20080920 + + fix shared-library rules for cygwin with tic- and tinfo-libraries. + + fix a memory leak when failure to connect to GPM. + + correct check for notimeout() in wgetch() (report on linux.redhat + newsgroup by FurtiveBertie). + + add an example warning-suppression file for valgrind, + misc/ncurses.supp (based on example from Reuben Thomas) + +20080913 + + change shared-library configuration for OpenBSD, make rpath work. + + build-fixes for using libutf8, e.g., on OpenBSD 3.7 + 20080907 + corrected fix for --enable-weak-symbols (report by Frederic L W Meunier). @@ -525,7 +620,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 20070609 + add test/key_name.c - + add stdscr cases to test/inchs.c and test_inch_wide.c + + add stdscr cases to test/inchs.c and test/inch_wide.c + update test/configure + correct formatting of DEL (0x7f) in _nc_vischar(). + null-terminate result of wunctrl(). @@ -746,7 +841,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. shared libraries on Darwin (report by Michail Vidiassov). 20070210 - + add test/inchs.c, test_inch_wide.c, to test win_wchnstr(). + + 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