X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=e56ec9358a92d51148a18db17755d69e35afdd5c;hp=16c55d06e16d23fb743ce4573bec49eaa47a1825;hb=b6bff46512483ea0da80307fd50ce70172d3eb24;hpb=b779f5fb4516b3e6d1bc8880ea68923efb761e1d diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 16c55d06..e56ec935 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1204 2008/02/03 20:34:02 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1311 2008/10/12 23:06:21 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,306 @@ 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. +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). + +20080906 + + corrected gcc options for building shared libraries on IRIX64. + + add configure check for awk programs unable to handle big-strings, + use that to improve the default for --enable-big-strings option. + + makefile-fixes for --enable-weak-symbols (report by Frederic L W + Meunier). + + update test/configure script. + + adapt ifdef's from library to make test/view.c build when mbrtowc() + is unavailable, e.g., with HPUX 10.20. + + add configure check for wcsrtombs, mbsrtowcs, which are used in + test/ncurses.c, and use wcstombs, mbstowcs instead if available, + fixing build of ncursew for HPUX 11.00 + +20080830 + + fixes to make Ada95 demo_panels() example work. + + modify Ada95 'rain' test program to accept keyboard commands like the + C-version. + + modify BeOS-specific ifdef's to build on Haiku (patch by Scott + Mccreary). + + add configure-check to see if the std namespace is legal for cerr + and endl, to fix a build issue with Tru64. + + consistently use NCURSES_BOOL in lib_gen.c + + filter #line's from lib_gen.c + + change delimiter in MKlib_gen.sh from '%' to '@', to avoid + substitution by IBM xlc to '#' as part of its extensions to digraphs. + + update config.guess, config.sub from + http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config + (caveat - its maintainer removed support for older Linux systems). + +20080823 + + modify configure check for pthread library to work with OSF/1 5.1, + which uses #define's to associate its header and library. + + use pthread_mutexattr_init() for initializing pthread_mutexattr_t, + makes threaded code work on HPUX 11.23 + + fix a bug in demo_menus in freeing menus (cf: 20080804). + + modify configure script for the case where tic library is used (and + possibly renamed) to remove its dependency upon ncurses/ncursew + library (patch by Dr Werner Fink). + + correct manpage for menu_fore() which gave wrong default for + the attribute used to display a selected entry (report by Mike Gran). + + add Eterm-256color, Eterm-88color and rxvt-88color (prompted by + Debian #495815) -TD + +20080816 + + add configure option --enable-weak-symbols to turn on new feature. + + add configure-check for availability of weak symbols. + + modify linkage with pthread library to use weak symbols so that + applications not linked to that library will not use the mutexes, + etc. This relies on gcc, and may be platform-specific (patch by Dr + Werner Fink). + + add note to INSTALL to document limitation of renaming of tic library + using the --with-ticlib configure option (report by Dr Werner Fink). + + document (in manpage) why tputs does not detect I/O errors (prompted + by comments by Samuel Thibault). + + fix remaining warnings from Klocwork report. + +20080804 + + modify _nc_panelhook() data to account for a permanent memory leak. + + fix memory leaks in test/demo_menus + + fix most warnings from Klocwork tool (report by Larry Zhou). + + modify configure script CF_XOPEN_SOURCE macro to add case for + "dragonfly" from xterm #236 changes. + + modify configure script --with-hashed-db to let $LIBS override the + search for the db library (prompted by report by Samson Pierre). + +20080726 + + build-fixes for gcc 4.3.1 (changes to gnat "warnings", and C inlining + thresholds). + +20080713 + + build-fix (reports by Christian Ebert, Funda Wang). + +20080712 + + compiler-warning fixes for Solaris. + +20080705 + + use NCURSES_MOUSE_MASK() in definition of BUTTON_RELEASE(), etc., to + make those work properly with the "--enable-ext-mouse" configuration + (cf: 20050205). + + improve documentation of build-cc options in INSTALL. + + work-around a bug in gcc 4.2.4 on AIX, which does not pass the + -static/-dynamic flags properly to linker, causing test/bs to + not link. + +20080628 + + correct some ifdef's needed for the broken-linker configuration. + + make debugging library's $BAUDRATE feature work for termcap + interface. + + make $NCURSES_NO_PADDING feature work for termcap interface (prompted + by comment on FreeBSD mailing list). + + add screen.mlterm terminfo entry -TD + + improve mlterm and mlterm+pcfkeys terminfo entries -TD + +20080621 + + regenerated html documentation. + + expand manpage description of parameters for form_driver() and + menu_driver() (prompted by discussion with Adam Spragg). + + add null-pointer checks for cur_term in baudrate() and + def_shell_mode(), def_prog_mode() + + fix some memory leaks in delscreen() and wide acs. + +20080614 + + modify test/ditto.c to illustrate multi-threaded use_screen(). + + change CC_SHARED_OPTS from -KPIC to -xcode=pic32 for Solaris. + + add "-shared" option to MK_SHARED_LIB for gcc on Solaris (report + by Poor Yorick). + +20080607 + + finish changes to wgetch(), making it switch as needed to the + window's actual screen when calling wrefresh() and wgetnstr(). That + allows wgetch() to get used concurrently in different threads with + some minor restrictions, e.g., the application should not delete a + window which is being used in a wgetch(). + + simplify mutex's, combining the window- and screen-mutex's. + +20080531 + + modify wgetch() to use the screen which corresponds to its window + parameter rather than relying on SP; some dependent functions still + use SP internally. + + factor out most use of SP in lib_mouse.c, using parameter. + + add internal _nc_keyname(), replacing keyname() to associate with a + particular SCREEN rather than the global SP. + + add internal _nc_unctrl(), replacing unctrl() to associate with a + particular SCREEN rather than the global SP. + + add internal _nc_tracemouse(), replacing _tracemouse() to eliminate + its associated global buffer _nc_globals.tracemse_buf now in SCREEN. + + add internal _nc_tracechar(), replacing _tracechar() to use SCREEN in + preference to the global _nc_globals.tracechr_buf buffer. + +20080524 + + modify _nc_keypad() to make it switch temporarily as needed to the + screen which must be updated. + + wrap cur_term variable to help make _nc_keymap() thread-safe, and + always set the screen's copy of this variable in set_curterm(). + + restore curs_set() state after endwin()/refresh() (report/patch + Miroslav Lichvar) + +20080517 + + modify configure script to note that --enable-ext-colors and + --enable-ext-mouse are not experimental, but extensions from + the ncurses ABI 5. + + corrected manpage description of setcchar() (discussion with + Emanuele Giaquinta). + + fix for adding a non-spacing character at the beginning of a line + (report/patch by Miroslav Lichvar). + +20080503 + + modify screen.* terminfo entries using new screen+fkeys to fix + overridden keys in screen.rxvt (Debian #478094) -TD + + modify internal interfaces to reduce wgetch()'s dependency on the + global SP. + + simplify some loops with macros each_screen(), each_window() and + each_ripoff(). + +20080426 + + continue modifying test/ditto.c toward making it demonstrate + multithreaded use_screen(), using fifos to pass data between screens. + + fix typo in form.3x (report by Mike Gran). + +20080419 + + add screen.rxvt terminfo entry -TD + + modify tic -f option to format spaces as \s to prevent them from + being lost when that is read back in unformatted strings. + + improve test/ditto.c, using a "talk"-style layout. + +20080412 + + change test/ditto.c to use openpty() and xterm. + + add locks for copywin(), dupwin(), overlap(), overlay() on their + window parameters. + + add locks for initscr() and newterm() on updates to the SCREEN + pointer. + + finish table in curs_thread.3x manpage. + +20080405 + + begin table in curs_thread.3x manpage describing the scope of data + used by each function (or symbol) for threading analysis. + + add null-pointer checks to setsyx() and getsyx() (prompted by + discussion by Martin v. Lowis and Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven on + python-dev2 mailing list). + +20080329 + + add null-pointer checks in set_term() and delscreen(). + + move _nc_windows into _nc_globals, since windows can be pads, which + are not associated with a particular screen. + + change use_screen() to pass the SCREEN* parameter rather than + stdscr to the callback function. + + force libtool to use tag for 'CC' in case it does not detect this, + e.g., on aix when using CC=powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0-gcc + (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner). + + override OBJEXT to "lo" when building with libtool, to work on + platforms such as AIX where libtool may use a different suffix for + the object files than ".o" (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner). + + add configure --with-pthread option, for building with the POSIX + thread library. + +20080322 + + fill in extended-color pair two more places in wbkgrndset() and + waddch_nosync() (prompted by Sedeno's patch). + + fill in extended-color pair in _nc_build_wch() to make colors work + for wide-characters using extended-colors (patch by Alejandro R + Sedeno). + + add x/X toggles to ncurses.c C color test to test/demo + wide-characters with extended-colors. + + add a/A toggles to ncurses.c c/C color tests. + + modify test/ditto.c to use use_screen(). + + finish modifying test/rain.c to demonstrate threads. + +20080308 + + start modifying test/rain.c for threading demo. + + modify test/ncurses.c to make 'f' test accept the f/F/b/F/ toggles + that the 'F' accepts. + + modify test/worm.c to show trail in reverse-video when other threads + are working concurrently. + + fix a deadlock from improper nesting of mutexes for windowlist and + window. + +20080301 + + fixes from 20080223 resolved issue with mutexes; change to use + recursive mutexes to fix memory leak in delwin() as called from + _nc_free_and_exit(). + +20080223 + + fix a size-difference in _nc_globals which caused hanging of mutex + lock/unlock when termlib was built separately. + +20080216 + + avoid using nanosleep() in threaded configuration since that often + is implemented to suspend the entire process. + +20080209 + + update test programs to build/work with various UNIX curses for + comparisons. This was to reinvestigate statement in X/Open curses + that insnstr and winsnstr perform wrapping. None of the Unix-branded + implementations do this, as noted in manpage (cf: 20040228). + 20080203 + modify _nc_setupscreen() to set the legacy-coding value the same for both narrow/wide models. It had been set only for wide model,