X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=cc91b40dcf60f49b0ac639c0285edfd877ffb3b9;hp=ed85f6fa59b648f600d535441596f41b8a1f0c54;hb=6662c1ccb49cb09d0f2cec2ec6150410a0fd0f7f;hpb=61790aa3ac9e0dff2b443ac567b174fc4d235b86 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ed85f6fa..cc91b40d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey -- +-- Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey -- -- Copyright 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -- -- -- -- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a -- @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3614 2021/01/02 23:56:42 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3836 2022/07/24 10:06:18 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -46,6 +46,602 @@ 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. +20220724 + + add portability notes for delscreen and delwin in manual. + + improve pthread-configuration for test/worm.c, test/rain.c + + improve pointer/limit checks associated with deleting a screen + (Debian #1015756). + +20220716 + + build-fix for test_mouse.c, for non-standard cfmakeraw. + + improve shell-scripts with shellcheck + + fix typo in run_tic.in (report/patch by Jan Starke). + +20220709 + + lock the prescreen data consistently in newterm, etc., for the + pthreads configuration (report by Tom de Vries). + +20220703 + + add consistency check in tic for u6/u7/u8/u9 and NQ capabilities. + + use NQ to flag entries where the terminal does not support query and + response -TD + + use ansi+enq and decid+cpr in cases where the terminal probably + supported the u6-u9 extension -TD + + add/use apollo+vt132, xterm+alt47 -TD + +20220625 + + improve man/curs_bkgd.3x, explaining that bkgdset can affect results + for bkgd (report by Anton Vidovic). + + correct dsl in dec+sl (report by Rajeev Pillai) -TD + + add/use ansi+cpr, decid+cpr -TD + +20220618 + + add a null-pointer check for term_names field in copy_termtype(), + needed for MinGW port (report by Peiyuan Song, cf: 20220521). + + revise kon/kon2/jfbterm to undo "linux2.6" change to + smacs/rmacs/enacs (Debian #1012800) -TD + + amended note for att610+cvis0, as per documentation for att610, + att620, att730 -TD + +20220612 + + modify waddch_literal() to allow for double-width base character when + merging a combining character (report by Gavin Troy). + + improve _tracecchar_t2() formatting of base+combining character. + +20220604 + + add note on portable memory-leak checking in man/curs_memleaks.3x + + remove u6-u9 from teken-2018 -TD + + set "xterm-new" to "xterm-p370", add "xterm-p371" -TD + +20220529 + + expanded notes for teken/syscons -TD + + fix overlooked copying of extended string-heap in copy_termtype + (cf: 20220430). + + update config.guess + +20220521 + + improve memory-leak checking in several test-programs. + + set trailing null on string passed from winsnstr() to wins_nwstr(). + + modify del_curterm() to fix memory-leak introduced by change to + copy_termtype(). + +20220514 + + further improvements to test/test_mouse.c; compare with ncurses test + program menu A/a. + +20220507 + + add test/test_mouse.c (patch by Leonid S Usov). + + add a few debug-traces for tic, fix a couple of memory-leaks. + +20220501 + + build-fix for debug-traces (report/patch by Chris Clayton). + +20220430 + + modify samples for xterm mouse 1002/1003 modes to use 1006 mode, and + also provide for focus in/out responses -TD + + modify default case in handle_wheel() to always report button-release + events, e.g., for xterm mouse mode 1003 (patch by Leonid S Usov). + + improve valid_entryname() to disallow characters used in terminfo + syntax: '#', '=', '|', '\'. + + alter copy_termtype() to allocate new str_table and ext_str_table + data rather than relying upon its callers. + + use calloc in _nc_init_entry() when allocating stringbuf, to ensure + it is initialized. + + add library-level TYPE_CALLOC for consistency with TYPE_MALLOC. + + add some debug-traces for tic/infocmp. + +20220423 + + in-progress work on invalid_merge(), disable it (cf: 20220402). + + fix memory leak in _nc_tic_dir() when called from _nc_set_writedir(). + + fix memory leak in tic when "-c" option is used. + +20220416 + + add a limit-check to guard against corrupt terminfo data + (report/testcase by NCNIPC of China). + + add check/warning in configure script if option --with-xterm-kbs is + missing or inconsistent (Arch #74379). + + add setlocale call to several test-programs. + + allow extended-color number in opts parameter of wattr_on. + +20220409 + + add test/test_unget_wch.c + +20220402 + + amend extended_captype(), returning CANCEL if a string is explicitly + cancelled. + + make description-fields distinct -TD + +20220326 + + update teken -TD + + add teken-16color, teken-vt and teken-sc -TD + + add a few missing details for vte-2018 (report by Robert Lange) -TD + +20220319 + + add xgterm -TD + + correct setal in mintty/tmux entries, add to vte-2018 (report by + Robert Lange) + + add blink to vte-2018 (report by Robert Lange) + + improve tic warning about XT versus redundant tsl, etc. + +20220312 + + add xterm+acs building-block -TD + + add xterm-p370, for use in older terminals -TD + + add dec+sl to xterm-new, per xterm patch #371 -TD + + add mosh and mosh-256color -TD + +20220305 + + replace obsolescent "-gnatg" option with "-gnatwa" and "-gnatyg", to + work around build problems with gnat 12. + + update external links in Ada95.html + + trim unused return-value from canonical_name(). + +20220226 + + fix issues found with coverity: + + rewrite canonical_name() function of infocmp to ensure buffer size + + corrected use of original tty-modes in tput init/reset subcommands + + modify tabs program to limit tab-stop values to max-columns + + add limit-checks for palette rgb values in test/ncurses.c + + add a few null-pointer checks to help with static-analysis. + + enforce limit on number of soft-keys used in c++ binding. + + adjust a buffer-limit in write_entry.c to quiet a bogus warning from + gcc 12.0.1 + +20220219 + + expanded description in man/resizeterm.3x + + additional workaround for ImageMagick in test/picsmap.c + +20220212 + + improve font-formatting in other manpages, for consistency. + + correct/improve font-formatting in curs_wgetch.3x (patch by Benno + Schulenberg). + +20220205 + + workaround in test/picsmap.c for use of floating point for rgb values + by ImageMagick 6.9.11, which appears to use the wrong upper limit. + + improve use of "trap" in shell scripts, using "fixup-trap". + +20220129 + + minor updates for test-packages + + improve handling of --with-pkg-config-libdir option, allowing for the + case where either $PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR or the option value has a + colon-separated list of directories (report by Rudi Heitbaum, + cf: 20211113). + + update kitty -TD + +20220122 + + add ABI 7 defaults to configure script. + + add warning in configure script if file specified for "--with-caps" + does not exist. + + use fix for CF_FIX_WARNINGS from cdk-perl, ignoring error-exit on + format-warnings. + + improve readability of long parameterized expressions with the + infocmp "-f" option by allowing split before a "%p" marker. + +20220115 + + improve checks for valid mouse events when an intermediate mouse + state is not part of the mousemask specified by the caller (report by + Anton Vidovic, cf: 20111022). + + use newer version 1.36 of gnathtml for generating Ada html files. + +20220101 + + add section on releasing memory to curs_termcap.3x and + curs_terminfo.3x manpages. + +20211225 + + improve markup, e.g., for external manpage links in the manpages + (prompted by report by Helge Kreutzmann). + +20211219 + + install ncurses-examples programs in libexecdir, adding a wrapper + script to invoke those. + + add help-screen and screen-dump to test/combine.c + +20211211 + + add test/combine.c, to demo/test combining characters. + +20211204 + + improve configure check for getttynam (report by Werner Fink). + +20211127 + + fix errata in description fields (report by Eric Lindblad) -TD + + add x10term+sl, aixterm+sl, ncr260vp+sl, ncr260vp+vt, wyse+sl -TD + +20211120 + + add dim, ecma+strikeout to st-0.6 -TD + + deallocate the tparm cache when del_curterm is called for the last + allocated TERMINAL structure (report/testcase by Bram Moolenaar, + cf: 20200531). + + modify test-package to more closely conform to Debian multi-arch. + + if the --with-pkg-config-libdir option is not given, use + ${libdir}/pkgconfig as a default (prompted by discussion with Ross + Burton). + +20211115 + + fix memory-leak in delwin for pads (report by Werner Fink, OpenSUSE + #1192668, cf: 20211106), + +20211113 + + minor clarification to clear.1 (Debian #999437). + + add xterm+sl-alt, use that in foot+base (report by Jonas Grosse + Sundrup) -TD + + improve search-path check for pkg-config, for Debian testing which + installs pkg-config with architecture-prefixes. + +20211106 + + improve check in misc/Makefile.in for empty $PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR + + modify wnoutrefresh to call pnoutrefresh if its parameter is a pad, + rather than treating it as an error, and modify new_panel to permit + its window-parameter to be a pad (report by Giorgos Xou). + + fix a memory-leak in del_curterm (prompted by discussion with Bram + Moolenaar, cf: 20210821). + +20211030 + + simplify some references to WINDOWS._flags using macros. + + add a "check" rule in Ada95 makefile, to help with test-packages. + + build-fix for cross-compiling to MingW, conditionally add -lssp + +20211026 + + corrected regex needed for older pkg-config used in Solaris 10. + + amend configure option's auto-search to account for systems where + none of the directories known to pkg-config exist, adapted from + mailing-list comment (report by Milan P. Stanic). + +20211021 6.3 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + + update release notes + + add "ncu2openbsd" script, to illustrate how to update an OpenBSD + system to use a current ncurses release. + +20211018 + + check for screen size-change in scr_init() and scr_restore(), in case + a screen dump does not match the current screen dimensions (report by + Frank Tkalcevic). + +20211017 + + amend change for pkg-config to account for "none" being returned in + the libdir-path result rather than "no" (report by Gabriele Balducci). + +20211016 + + build-fix for pmake with libtool. + + improve make-tar.sh scripts, adding COPYING to tar file, and clean up + shellcheck warnings. + + add link for "reset6" manpage in test-package ncurses6-doc + + revise configure option --with-pkg-config-libdir, using the actual + search path from pkg-config or pkgconf using the output from --debug + (report by Pascal Pignard). + + freeze ABI in ".map" files. + +20211009 + + implement "+m" option in tabs program. + + fill in some details for infoton -TD + + fix spelling/consistency in several descriptions -TD + + use vt420+lrmm in vt420 -TD + + modify save_tty_settings() to avoid opening /dev/tty for cases other + than reset/init, e.g., for clear. + + modify output of "toe -as" to show first description found rather + than the last. + + improve tic checks for number of parameters of smglp, smgrp, smgtp, + and smgbp (cf: 20020525). + + correct off-by-one comparison in last_char(), which did not allow + special case of ":" in a terminfo description field (cf: 20120407). + + remove check in tic that assumes that none or both parameterized and + non-parameterized margin-setting capabilities are present + (cf: 20101002). + +20211002 + + use return-value from vsnprintf to reallocate as needed to allow for + buffers larger than the screen size (report by "_RuRo_"). + + modify tset "-q" option to refrain from modifying terminal modes, to + match the documentation. + + add section on margins to terminfo.5, adapted from X/Open Curses. + + make tput/tset warning messages consistently using alias names when + those are used, rather than the underlying program's name. + + improve tput usage message for aliases such as clear, by eliminating + tput-specific portions. + + add a check in toe to ensure that a "termcap file" is text rather + than binary. + + further build-fixes for OpenBSD 6.9, whose header files differ from + the other BSDs. + +20210925 + + add kbeg to xterm+keypad to accommodate termcap applications -TD + + add smglp and smgrp to vt420+lrmm, to provide useful data for the + "tabs" +m option -TD + + build-fix for gcc 3.4.3 with Solaris10, which does not allow forward + reference of anonymous struct typedef. + + modify tput to allow multiple commands per line. + + minor fixes for tset manpage. + +20210911 + + adjust ifdef in test_opaque.c to fix build with ncurses 5.7 + + add testing note for xterm-{hp|sco|sun} -TD + + corrected description for ansi.sys-old -TD + + add xterm+nopcfkeys, to fill in keys for xterm-hp, xterm-sun -TD + + use hp+arrows in a few places -TD + + use hp+pfk-cr in a few places -TD + +20210905 + + correct logic in filtering of redefinitions (report by Sven Joachim, + cf: 20210828). + +20210904 + + modify linux3.0 entry to reflect default mapping of shift-tab by + kbd 1.14 (report by Jan Engelhardt) -TD + + add historical note to tput, curses-terminfo and curses-color + manpages based on source-code for SVr2, SVr3 and SVr4. + + minor grammatical fixes for "it's" vs "its" (report by Nick Black). + + amend fix for --disable-root-environ (report by Arnav Singh). + + build-fix for compiling link_test + + drop symbols GCC_PRINTF and GCC_SCANF from curses.h.in, to simplify + use (Debian #993179). + +20210828 + + correct reversed check for --disable-root-environ (report/analysis + by Arnav Singh, cf: 20210626). + + apply gcc format attribute to prototypes which use a va_list + parameter rather than a "..." variable-length parameter list + (prompted by discussion in a tmux pull-request). + + modify configure scripts to filter out redefinitions of _XOPEN_SOURCE, + e.g., for NetBSD which generally supports 500, but 600 is needed for + ncursesw. + + improve documentation for tparm and static/dynamic variables. + + improve typography in terminfo.5 (patch by Branden Robinson). + +20210821 + + improve tparm implementation of %P and %g, more closely matching + SVr4 terminfo. + + move internals of TERMINAL structure to new header term.priv.h + + add "check" rule for ncurses/Makefile + + corrected tsl capability for terminator -TD + + add check in tic to report instances where tparm would detect an + error in an expression (cf: 20201010). + + correct a few places where SP->_pair_limit was used rather than + SP->_pair_alloc (cf: 20170812). + + fix missing "%d" for setaf/setab code 8-15 in xterm+direct16 (report + by Florian Weimer) -TD + + fix some documentation errata from OpenBSD changes. + + update config.sub + +20210814 + + add workaround for broken pcre2 package in Debian 10, from xterm #369. + +20210807 + + ignore "--dynamic-linker" option in generated pkg/config files, + adapted from "distr1" patch. + + add CF_SHARED_OPTS case for Haiku, from patch in haikuports. + +20210731 + + add extensions in xterm+tmux and ecma+strikeout to ms-terminal, + but cancel the non-working Cr and Ms capabilities -TD + + add foot and foot-direct -TD + +20210724 + + add workaround for Windows Terminal's problems with CR/LF mapping to + ms-terminal (patch by Juergen Pfeifer). + + review/update current Windows Terminal vs ms-terminal -TD + +20210718 + + correct typo in "vip" comments (report by Nick Black), reviewed this + against Glink manual -TD + + fill in some missing pieces for pccons, to make it comparable to the + vt220 entry -TD + + modify mk-1st.awk to account for extra-suffix configure option + (report by Juergen Pfeifer). + + change default for --disable-wattr-macros option to help packagers + who reuse wide ncursesw header file with non-wide ncurses library. + + build-fix for test/test_opaque.c, for configurations without opaque + curses structs. + +20210710 + + improve history section for tset manpage based on the 1BSD tarball, + which preceded BSD's SCCS checkins by more than three years. + + improve CF_XOPEN_CURSES macro used in test/configure (report by Urs + Jansen). + + further improvement of libtool configuration, adding a dependency of + the install.tic rule, etc., on the library in the build-tree. + + update config.sub + +20210703 + + amend libtool configuration to add dependency for install.tic, etc., + in ncurses/Makefile on the lower-level libraries. + + modify configure script to support ".PHONY" make program feature. + +20210626 + + add configure option --disable-root-access, which tells ncurses to + disallow most file-opens by setuid processes. + + use default colors in pccon "op" -TD + + correct rmacs/smacs in aaa+dec, aaa+rv -TD + + add hpterm-color2 and hp98550-color (Martin Trusler) + + regenerate man-html documentation. + +20210619 + + improve configure-macro used for dependencies of --disable-leaks such + as --with-valgrind + + trim trailing blanks from files + +20210612 + + fixes for scan-build, valgrind build/testing. + + update config.guess + +20210605 + + add a summary of ncurses-specific preprocessor symbols to curses.h + (prompted by discussion with Peter Farley, Bill Gray). + +20210522 + + regenerate configure scripts with autoconf 2.52.20210509 to eliminate + an unnecessary warning in config.log (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + + add a note in manual page to explain ungetch vs unget_wch (prompted + by discussion with Peter Farley). + + add sp-funcs for erasewchar, killwchar. + + modify wgetnstr, wgetn_wstr to improve compatibility with SVr4 curses + in its treatment of interrupt and quit characters (prompted by + report/testcase by Bill Gray) + + update config.guess, config.sub + +20210515 + + improve manual pages for wgetnstr, newwin (prompted by + report/testcase by Bill Gray). + +20210508 + + modify tputs' error check to allow it to be used without first + calling tgetent or setupterm, noting that terminfo initialization + is required for supporting the terminfo delay feature (report by + Sebastiano Vigna). + + fix several warnings from clang --analyze + + add null-pointer check in comp_parse.c, when a "use=" clause refers + to a nonexisting terminal description (report/patch by Miroslav + Lichvar, cf: 20210227). + +20210501 + + add a special case in the configure script to work around one of the + build-time breakages reported for OpenBSD 6 here: + https://www.mail-archive.com/bugs@openbsd.org/msg13200.html + There is no workaround for the other issue, a broken linker spec. + + modify configure check for libtool to prevent accidental use of an + OpenBSD program which uses the same name. + + update config.guess, config.sub + +20210424 + + avoid using broken system macros for snprintf which interfere with + _nc_SLIMIT's conditionally adding a parameter when the string-hacks + configure option is enabled. + + add a "all::" rule before the new "check" rule in test/Makefile.in + +20210418 + + improve CF_LINK_FUNCS by ensuring that the source-file is closed + before linking to the target. + + add "check" rules for headers in c++, progs and test-directories. + + build-fix for termsort module when configured with termcap (reports + by Rajeev V Pillai, Rudi Heitbaum). + +20210417 + + extend --disable-pkg-ldflags option to also control whether $LDFLAGS + from the build is provided in -config and .pc files (Debian #986764). + + fix some cppcheck warnings, mostly style, in ncurses and c++ + libraries and progs directory. + + fix off-by-one limit for tput's processing command-line arguments + (patch by Hadrien Lacour). + +20210403 + + fix some cppcheck warnings, mostly style, in ncurses library and + progs directory. + + improve description of BSD-style padding in curs_termcap.3x + + improved CF_C11_NORETURN macro, from byacc changes. + + fix "--enable-leak" in CF_DISABLE_LEAKS to allow turning + leak-checking off later in a set of options. + + relax modification-time comparison in CF_LINK_FUNCS to allow it to + accept link() function with NFS filesystems which change the mtime + on the link target, e.g., several BSD systems. + + call delay_output_sp to handle BSD-style padding when tputs_sp is + called, whether directly or internally, to ensure that the SCREEN + pointer is passed correctly (reports by Henric Jungheim, Juraj + Lutter). + +20210327 + + build-fixes for Solaris10 /bin/sh + + fix some cppcheck warnings, mostly style, in ncurses test-programs, + form and menu libraries. + +20210323 + + add configure option --enable-stdnoreturn, making the _Noreturn + keyword optional to ease transition (prompted by report by + Rajeev V Pillai). + +20210320 + + improve parameter-checking in tput by forcing it to analyze any + extended string capability, e.g., as used in the Cs and Ms + capabilities of the tmux description (report by Brad Town, + cf: 20200531). + + remove an incorrect free in the fallback (non-checking) version of + _nc_free_and_exit (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + + correct use-ordering in some xterm-direct flavors -TD + + add hterm, hterm-256color (Mike Frysinger) + + if the build-time compiler accepts c11's _Noreturn keyword, use that + rather than gcc's attribute. + + change configure-check for gcc's noreturn attribute to assume it is + a prefix rather than suffix, matching c11's _Noreturn convention. + + add "lint" rule to c++/Makefile, e.g., with cppcheck. + +20210313 + + improve configure CF_LD_SEARCHPATH macro used for ncurses*-config and + ".pc" files, from dialog changes. + + reduce dependency of math-library in test programs. + + minor fixes for test_tparm.c (cf: 20210306) + + mention "ncurses" prefix in curses_version() manpage (report by + Michal Bielinski). + +20210306 + + improved test/test_tparm.c, by limiting the tests to capabilities + that might have parameters or padding, and combined with tputs test. + + improve discussion of padding versus tparm and tputs in + man/curs_terminfo.3x + + update portability note for FreeBSD in man/tput.1 + +20210227 + + modify tic/infocmp to eliminate unnecessary "\" to escape ":" in + terminfo format. + + add check in tic for duplicate "use=" clauses. + +20210220 + + improve tic warning when oc/op do not mention SGR 39/49 for xterm + compatible XT flag. + + revert change to lib_addch.c in waddch_literal() from 20210130, since + the followup fix in PutCharLR() actually corrects the problem while + this change causes too-early filling/wrapping (report by Johannes + Altmanninger). + + add/use vt220+pcedit and vt220+vtedit -TD + + add scrt/securecrt and absolute -TD + + add nel to xterm-new, though supported since X11R5 -TD + + add/use xterm+nofkeys -TD + + move use of ecma+italics from xterm-basic to xterm+nofkeys -TD + +20210213 + + add test/back_ground.c, to exercise the wide-character background + functions. + + add a check in _nc_build_wch() in case the background character is a + wide-character, rather than a new part of a multibyte character. + + improve tracemunch's coverage of form/menu/panel libraries. + + improve tracemunch's checking/reporting the type for the first + parameter, e.g., "WINDOW*" rather than "#1". + +20210206 + + provide for wide-characters as background character in wbkgrnd + (report/testcase by Anton Vidovic) + + add name for Fedora's pcre2 to configure check for "--with-pcre2" + option, from xterm #363 -TD + + modify adjustment in PutCharLR to restore the cursor position before + writing to the lower-right corner, rather than decrementing the + cursor column, in case it was a double-width character (cf: 20210130). + +20210130 + + correct an off-by-one in comparison in waddch_literal() which caused + scrolling when a double-cell character would not fit at the lower + right corner of the screen (report by Benno Schulenberg). + + split-out att610+cvis, vt220+cvis, vt220+cvis8 -TD + + add vt220-base, for terminal emulators which generally have not + supported att610's blinking cursor control -TD + + use vt220+cvis in vt220, etc -TD + + use att610+cvis, xterm+tmux and ansi+enq in kitty -TD + + use vt220+cvis in st, terminology, termite since they ignore + blinking-cursor detail in att610+cvis -TD + +20210123 + + modify package/config scripts to provide an explicit -L option for + cases when the loader search path has other directories preceding + the one in which ncurses is installed (report by Yuri Victorovich). + + minor build-fixes in configure script and makefiles to work around + quirks of pmake. + +20210116 + + add comment for linux2.6 regarding CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS + (report by Patrick McDermott) -TD + + make opts extension for getcchar work as documented for ncurses 6.1, + adding "-g" flag to test/demo_new_pair to illustrate. + +20210109 + + fix errata in man/ncurses.3x from recent updates. + + improve quoting/escaping in configure script, uses some features of + autoconf 2.52.20210105 + 20210102 + update man/curs_memleaks.3x, to include which declares exit_terminfo. @@ -319,7 +915,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + re-enable "bel" in konsole-base (report by Nia Huang) + add linux-s entry (patch by Alexandre Montaron). + drop long-obsolete convert_configure.pl - + add test/test_parm.c, for checking tparm changes. + + add test/test_tparm.c, for checking tparm changes. + improve parameter-checking for tparm, adding function _nc_tiparm() to handle the most-used case, which accepts only numeric parameters (report/testcase by "puppet-meteor").