curs_kernel 3x 2024-01-05 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_kernel 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

 curs_kernel(3x)                  Library calls                 curs_kernel(3x)
 
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.4                       2024-01-05                   curs_kernel(3x)
+ncurses 6.4                       2024-02-24                   curs_kernel(3x)

curs_mouse 3x 2024-02-17 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_mouse 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_mouse 3x 2024-02-17 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_mouse 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

 curs_mouse(3x)                   Library calls                  curs_mouse(3x)
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
        o   If oldmask is non-NULL, this function fills the indicated  location
            with the previous value of the current screen's mouse event mask.
 
-       As  a  side  effect,  setting  a  zero mousemask may turn off the mouse
+       As  a  side  effect,  setting  a zero mouse mask may turn off the mouse
        pointer; setting a nonzero mask may turn it on.  Whether  this  happens
        is device-dependent.
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
        or  vice  versa.   The  resulting  stdscr-relative  coordinates are not
        always identical to screen coordinates due to the mechanism to  reserve
        lines  on  top  or  bottom  of  the  screen for other purposes (see the
-       ripoffline and slk_init(3x) calls, for example).
+       ripoffline(3x) and slk_init(3x) calls, for example).
 
        o   If the parameter to_screen  is  TRUE,  the  pointers  pY,  pX  must
            reference  the  coordinates  of  a  location inside the window win.
@@ -215,9 +215,11 @@

mouseinterval

        The  mouseinterval  function  sets  the maximum time (in thousands of a
        second) that can elapse between press and release events for them to be
-       resolved as a click.
+       resolved  as  a click.  An application might interpret button press and
+       release events separated by more than the mouse  interval  as  a  "long
+       press", or, with motion, as a "drag".
 
-       Calling  mouseinterval(0)  disables  click  resolution.   When  ncurses
+       Calling  mouseinterval(0)  disables  click  resolution.   When  ncurses
        detects a mouse event, it awaits further  input  activity  up  to  this
        interval,  and  then  checks  for a subsequent mouse event which can be
        combined with the first event.  If the timeout  expires  without  input
@@ -393,7 +395,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.4                       2024-02-17                    curs_mouse(3x)
+ncurses 6.4                       2024-02-24                    curs_mouse(3x)

curs_terminfo 3x 2024-01-13 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_terminfo 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_terminfo 3x 2024-01-13 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_terminfo 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

 curs_terminfo(3x)                Library calls               curs_terminfo(3x)
 
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
        the  corresponding  stream.   In  addition  to  the limitation that the
        terminal was  left  in  block-buffered  mode  on  exit  (like  System V
        curses),  it  was  problematic because ncurses did not allow a reliable
-       way to cleanup on receiving SIGTSTP.
+       way to clean up on receiving SIGTSTP.
 
        The current version (ncurses6) uses output buffers managed directly  by
        ncurses.  Some of the low-level functions described in this manual page
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.4                       2024-01-13                 curs_terminfo(3x)
+ncurses 6.4                       2024-02-24                 curs_terminfo(3x)

curs_trace 3x 2023-12-23 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_trace 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_trace 3x 2023-12-23 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_trace 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

 curs_trace(3x)                   Library calls                  curs_trace(3x)
 
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@
        These  functions  check  the NCURSES_TRACE environment variable, to set
        the tracing feature as if curses_trace was called:
 
-           filter,  initscr,  new_prescr,  newterm,   nofilter,   restartterm,
-           ripoffline,      setupterm,     slk_init,     tgetent,     use_env,
-           use_extended_names, use_tioctl
+           filter, initscr, new_prescr, newterm, nofilter, restartterm,
+           ripoffline, setupterm, slk_init, tgetent, use_env,
+           use_extended_names, use_tioctl

Command-line Utilities

@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.4                       2023-12-23                    curs_trace(3x)
+ncurses 6.4                       2024-02-24                    curs_trace(3x)

curs_util 3x 2024-01-05 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_util 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_util 3x 2024-01-05 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_util 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

 curs_util(3x)                    Library calls                   curs_util(3x)
 
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.4                       2024-01-05                     curs_util(3x)
+ncurses 6.4                       2024-02-24                     curs_util(3x)

ncurses 3x 2024-01-13 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

ncurses 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

ncurses 3x 2024-01-13 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

ncurses 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

 ncurses(3x)                      Library calls                     ncurses(3x)
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
        method of updating  character  screens  with  reasonable  optimization.
        This  implementation  is  "new  curses"  (ncurses)  and is the approved
        replacement for 4.4BSD classic curses,  which  has  been  discontinued.
-       This describes ncurses version 6.4 (patch 20240217).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.4 (patch 20240224).
 
        The  ncurses  library emulates the curses library of System V Release 4
        Unix ("SVr4"), and XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide) curses  (also  known
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
        If  the  locale is not initialized, the library assumes that characters
        are printable as in ISO-8859-1, to work with certain  legacy  programs.
        You  should  initialize  the locale and not rely on specific details of
-       the library when the locale has not been setup.
+       the library when the locale has not been set up.
 
        The function initscr or  newterm  must  be  called  to  initialize  the
        library  before  any  of  the other routines that deal with windows and
@@ -816,9 +816,9 @@

BAUDRATE

        The  debugging  library  checks  this  environment  variable  when  the
        application  has  redirected  output to a file.  The variable's numeric
-       value is used for the baudrate.  If no value  is  found,  ncurses  uses
+       value is used for the baud rate.  If no value is  found,  ncurses  uses
        9600.  This allows testers to construct repeatable test-cases that take
-       into account costs that depend on baudrate.
+       into account costs that depend on baud rate.

COLUMNS

@@ -1499,7 +1499,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.4                       2024-01-13                       ncurses(3x)
+ncurses 6.4                       2024-02-24                       ncurses(3x)

ncurses

terminfo Entry Syntax

diff --git a/form/form.priv.h b/form/form.priv.h
index 4cf30713..ad5af63a 100644
--- a/form/form.priv.h
+++ b/form/form.priv.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+ * Copyright 2018-2021,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
  * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  *   Author:  Juergen Pfeifer, 1995,1997                                    *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-/* $Id: form.priv.h,v 0.48 2021/06/17 21:30:22 tom Exp $ */
+/* $Id: form.priv.h,v 0.49 2024/02/24 12:17:31 tom Exp $ */
 
 #ifndef FORM_PRIV_H
 #define FORM_PRIV_H 1
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@
 #include 
 #endif
 
-#ifndef MB_LEN_MAX
-#define MB_LEN_MAX 8 /* should be >= MB_CUR_MAX, but that may be a function */
-#endif
-
 #define FIELD_CELL NCURSES_CH_T
 
 #define NCURSES_FIELD_INTERNALS char** expanded; WINDOW *working;
diff --git a/man/curs_initscr.3x b/man/curs_initscr.3x
index 3f7c37d6..15f4e8b9 100644
--- a/man/curs_initscr.3x
+++ b/man/curs_initscr.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.60 2023/12/23 16:27:25 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_initscr 3X 2023-12-23 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.62 2024/02/24 20:03:50 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_initscr 3X 2024-02-24 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ which normally corresponds to a terminal entry with the \fIgeneric\fP
 (\fIgn\fP) capability.
 Generic entries are detected by \fBsetupterm\fP(3X)
 and cannot be used for full-screen operation.
-Other implementations may handle a missing/empty \fITERM\fP variable differently.
+Other implementations may handle
+a missing/empty \fITERM\fP variable differently.
 .SS "Signal Handlers"
 Quoting from X/Open Curses Issue 7, section 3.1.1:
 .RS 5
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ Applications which must handle these signals should set up the corresponding
 handlers \fIafter\fP initializing the library:
 .TP 5
 .B SIGINT
-The handler \fIattempts\fP to cleanup the screen on exit.
+The handler \fIattempts\fP to clean up the screen on exit.
 Although it \fIusually\fP works as expected, there are limitations:
 .RS 5
 .bP
diff --git a/man/curs_kernel.3x b/man/curs_kernel.3x
index 929439c2..40e3e3a3 100644
--- a/man/curs_kernel.3x
+++ b/man/curs_kernel.3x
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_kernel.3x,v 1.53 2024/01/05 21:46:58 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_kernel 3X 2024-01-05 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_kernel.3x,v 1.54 2024/02/24 19:57:34 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_kernel 3X 2024-02-24 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ most use \fBwmove\fP instead.
 The \fBripoffline\fP routine provides access to the same facility that
 \fBslk_init\fP [see \fBcurs_slk\fP(3X)] uses to reduce the size of the
 screen.
-\fBripoffline\fP must be called before \fBinitscr\fP or
+\fB\%ripoffline\fP must be called before \fBinitscr\fP or
 \fBnewterm\fP is called, to prepare these initial actions:
 .bP
 If \fIline\fP is positive, a line is removed from the top of \fBstdscr\fP.
diff --git a/man/curs_mouse.3x b/man/curs_mouse.3x
index 9c9048f7..f8b666c8 100644
--- a/man/curs_mouse.3x
+++ b/man/curs_mouse.3x
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.89 2024/02/17 21:43:03 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_mouse 3X 2024-02-17 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_mouse.3x,v 1.92 2024/02/24 19:54:30 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_mouse 3X 2024-02-24 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ If \fIoldmask\fP is non-\fBNULL\fP,
 this function fills the indicated location with the previous value of the
 current screen's mouse event mask.
 .PP
-As a side effect, setting a zero mousemask may turn off the mouse pointer;
+As a side effect, setting a zero mouse mask may turn off the mouse pointer;
 setting a nonzero mask may turn it on.
 Whether this happens is device-dependent.
 .SS "Mouse Events"
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ the screen windows enclose the location of a mouse event.
 If the parameter is a pad,
 \fB\%wenclose\fP uses the most recent screen coordinates used for
 this pad in
-\fP\%prefresh\fP(3X) or
-\fP\%pnoutrefresh\fP(3X).
+\fB\%prefresh\fP(3X) or
+\fB\%pnoutrefresh\fP(3X).
 .SS wmouse_trafo
 The \fB\%wmouse_trafo\fP function transforms a given pair of coordinates
 from \fB\%stdscr\fP-relative coordinates
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ to coordinates relative to the given window or vice versa.
 The resulting \fB\%stdscr\fP-relative coordinates are not always
 identical to screen coordinates due to the mechanism to reserve
 lines on top or bottom of the screen for other purposes
-(see the \fB\%ripoffline\fP and \fB\%slk_init\fP(3X) calls, for example).
+(see the \fB\%ripoffline\fP(3X) and \fB\%slk_init\fP(3X) calls, for example).
 .bP
 If the parameter \fIto_screen\fP is \fBTRUE\fP, the pointers
 \fIpY, pX\fP must reference the coordinates of a location
@@ -230,10 +230,18 @@ using \fB\%stdscr\fP for \fIwin\fP.
 The \fB\%mouseinterval\fP function sets the maximum time
 (in thousands of a second)
 that can elapse between press and release events for them to
-be resolved as a click.
+be resolved as a
+.I click.
+An application might interpret button press and release events separated
+by more than the mouse interval as a \*(``long press\*('',
+or,
+with motion,
+as a \*(``drag\*(''.
 .PP
 Calling \fB\%mouseinterval(0)\fP disables click resolution.
-When ncurses detects a mouse event,
+When
+.I \%ncurses
+detects a mouse event,
 it awaits further input activity up to this interval,
 and then checks for a subsequent mouse event which can be combined
 with the first event.
diff --git a/man/curs_terminfo.3x b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
index 4975914d..6fdc8999 100644
--- a/man/curs_terminfo.3x
+++ b/man/curs_terminfo.3x
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.129 2024/01/13 22:15:55 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_terminfo 3X 2024-01-13 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_terminfo.3x,v 1.130 2024/02/24 20:04:09 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_terminfo 3X 2024-02-24 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -821,7 +821,7 @@ block-buffered mode on exit
 .IR curses ),
 it was problematic because
 .I \%ncurses
-did not allow a reliable way to cleanup on receiving
+did not allow a reliable way to clean up on receiving
 .BR SIGTSTP .
 .PP
 The current version (ncurses6)
diff --git a/man/curs_trace.3x b/man/curs_trace.3x
index 2a55275c..f2a737cb 100644
--- a/man/curs_trace.3x
+++ b/man/curs_trace.3x
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright 2019-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2019-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 .\" Copyright 2000-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_trace.3x,v 1.42 2023/12/23 16:08:25 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_trace 3X 2023-12-23 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_trace.3x,v 1.44 2024/02/24 20:01:11 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_trace 3X 2024-02-24 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -196,21 +196,23 @@ The specific names are used as a guideline.
 These functions check the \fI\%NCURSES_TRACE\fP environment variable,
 to set the tracing feature as if \fBcurses_trace\fP was called:
 .RS 4
+.na
 .PP
-filter,
-initscr,
-new_prescr,
-newterm,
-nofilter,
-restartterm,
-ripoffline,
-setupterm,
-slk_init,
-tgetent,
-use_env,
-use_extended_names,
-use_tioctl
+\fB\%filter\fP,
+\fB\%initscr\fP,
+\fB\%new_prescr\fP,
+\fB\%newterm\fP,
+\fB\%nofilter\fP,
+\fB\%restartterm\fP,
+\fB\%ripoffline\fP,
+\fB\%setupterm\fP,
+\fB\%slk_init\fP,
+\fB\%tgetent\fP,
+\fB\%use_env\fP,
+\fB\%use_extended_names\fP,
+\fB\%use_tioctl\fP
 .RE
+.ad
 .SS "Command-line Utilities"
 The command-line utilities such as \fBtic\fP(1) provide a verbose option
 which extends the set of messages written using the \fBcurses_trace\fP function.
diff --git a/man/curs_util.3x b/man/curs_util.3x
index d922fa80..a6a082b1 100644
--- a/man/curs_util.3x
+++ b/man/curs_util.3x
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.95 2024/01/05 21:46:58 tom Exp $
-.TH curs_util 3X 2024-01-05 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: curs_util.3x,v 1.96 2024/02/24 19:22:01 tom Exp $
+.TH curs_util 3X 2024-02-24 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@ the University of California, Berkeley (in 1982)
 and were later (in 1988) incorporated into SVr4.
 Oddly, there are no such functions in the 4.3BSD curses sources.
 .bP
-Most implementations simply dump the binary \fI\%WINDOW\fP structure to the file.
+Most implementations simply dump the binary \fI\%WINDOW\fP structure
+to the file.
 These include SVr4 curses, NetBSD and PDCurses,
 as well as older \fI\%ncurses\fP versions.
 This implementation
diff --git a/man/manhtml.aliases b/man/manhtml.aliases
index ec7f0c58..6a538f10 100644
--- a/man/manhtml.aliases
+++ b/man/manhtml.aliases
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: manhtml.aliases,v 1.32 2024/02/17 21:58:32 tom Exp $
+# $Id: manhtml.aliases,v 1.33 2024/02/24 20:02:49 tom Exp $
 #***************************************************************************
 # Copyright 2019-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
 # Copyright 2013,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                       *
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ putwin(3X)		curs_util(3X)
 refresh(3X)		curs_refresh(3X)
 reset_shell_mode(3X)	curs_kernel(3X)
 restartterm(3X)		curs_terminfo(3X)
+ripoffline(3X)		curs_kernel(3X)
 set_curterm(3X)		curs_terminfo(3X)
 set_term(3X)		curs_initscr(3X)
 setcchar(3X)		curs_getcchar(3X)
diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x
index 3d395795..cced2bca 100644
--- a/man/ncurses.3x
+++ b/man/ncurses.3x
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.197 2024/01/13 20:30:39 tom Exp $
-.TH ncurses 3X 2024-01-13 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
+.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.200 2024/02/24 20:03:50 tom Exp $
+.TH ncurses 3X 2024-02-24 "ncurses 6.4" "Library calls"
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ If the locale is not initialized,
 the library assumes that characters are printable as in ISO\-8859\-1,
 to work with certain legacy programs.
 You should initialize the locale and not rely on specific details of
-the library when the locale has not been setup.
+the library when the locale has not been set up.
 .PP
 The function \fBinitscr\fP or \fBnewterm\fP
 must be called to initialize the library
@@ -986,15 +986,16 @@ character.
 .SS "\fIBAUDRATE\fP"
 The debugging library checks this environment variable when the application
 has redirected output to a file.
-The variable's numeric value is used for the baudrate.
+The variable's numeric value is used for the baud rate.
 If no value is found, \fI\%ncurses\fP uses 9600.
 This allows testers to construct repeatable test-cases
-that take into account costs that depend on baudrate.
+that take into account costs that depend on baud rate.
 .SS "\fICOLUMNS\fP"
 Specify the width of the screen in characters.
 Applications running in a windowing environment usually are able to
 obtain the width of the window in which they are executing.
-If neither the \fI\%COLUMNS\fP value nor the terminal's screen size is available,
+If neither the \fI\%COLUMNS\fP value
+nor the terminal's screen size is available,
 \fI\%ncurses\fP uses the size which may be specified in the terminfo
 database
 (i.e., the \fBcols\fP capability).
diff --git a/ncurses/curses.priv.h b/ncurses/curses.priv.h
index 0889a341..29b8b661 100644
--- a/ncurses/curses.priv.h
+++ b/ncurses/curses.priv.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+ * Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
  * Copyright 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- * $Id: curses.priv.h,v 1.677 2023/11/10 15:11:11 tom Exp $
+ * $Id: curses.priv.h,v 1.685 2024/02/24 18:46:40 tom Exp $
  *
  *	curses.priv.h
  *
@@ -72,12 +72,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include 
 #endif
 
-#if HAVE_LIMITS_H
-# include 
-#elif HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
-# include 
-#endif
-
 #include 
 #include 
 
@@ -89,16 +83,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #  endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef PATH_MAX
-# if defined(_POSIX_PATH_MAX)
-#  define PATH_MAX _POSIX_PATH_MAX
-# elif defined(MAXPATHLEN)
-#  define PATH_MAX MAXPATHLEN
-# else
-#  define PATH_MAX 255	/* the Posix minimum path-size */
-# endif
-#endif
-
 #if DECL_ERRNO
 extern int errno;
 #endif
@@ -921,6 +905,7 @@ typedef int (*TYPE_Gpm_GetEvent) (Gpm_Event *);
  * string is less than 80 columns, but this buffer size is an absolute
  * limit.
  */
+#define TRACECHR_BUF	40
 #define TRACEMSE_MAX	(80 + (5 * 10) + (32 * 15))
 #define TRACEMSE_FMT	"id %2d  at (%2d, %2d, %2d) state %4lx = {" /* } */
 
@@ -1251,7 +1236,7 @@ typedef struct screen {
 #endif
 
 #ifdef TRACE
-	char		tracechr_buf[40];
+	char		tracechr_buf[TRACECHR_BUF];
 	char		tracemse_buf[TRACEMSE_MAX];
 #if USE_REENTRANT
 	long		_outchars;
@@ -1378,10 +1363,6 @@ extern NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(SIG_ATOMIC_T) _nc_have_sigwinch;
 
 #define TR_PUTC(c)	TR(TRACE_CHARPUT, ("PUTC %#x", UChar(c)))
 
-#ifndef MB_LEN_MAX
-#define MB_LEN_MAX 16	/* should be >= MB_CUR_MAX, but that may be a function */
-#endif
-
 #if USE_WIDEC_SUPPORT /* { */
 /* true if the status/errno indicate an illegal multibyte sequence */
 #define isEILSEQ(status) (((size_t)status == (size_t)-1) && (errno == EILSEQ))
@@ -1394,7 +1375,20 @@ extern NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(SIG_ATOMIC_T) _nc_have_sigwinch;
 #define NulColor	/* nothing */
 #endif
 
-#define NulChar		0,0,0,0	/* FIXME: see CCHARW_MAX */
+#if CCHARW_MAX > 6
+#define NulChar		0,0,0,0,0
+#elif CCHARW_MAX > 5
+#define NulChar		0,0,0,0		/* ncurses7 */
+#elif CCHARW_MAX > 4
+#define NulChar		0,0,0		/* ncurses6 */
+#elif CCHARW_MAX > 3
+#define NulChar		0,0
+#elif CCHARW_MAX > 2
+#define NulChar		0
+#else
+#define NulChar		/* nothing */
+#endif
+
 #define CharOf(c)	((c).chars[0])
 #define AttrOf(c)	((c).attr)
 
@@ -1405,16 +1399,12 @@ extern NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(SIG_ATOMIC_T) _nc_have_sigwinch;
 #define NewChar2(c,a)	{ a, { c, NulChar } NulColor }
 #define NewChar(ch)	NewChar2(ChCharOf(ch), ChAttrOf(ch))
 
-#if CCHARW_MAX == 5
+#if CCHARW_MAX > 1
 #define CharEq(a,b)	(((a).attr == (b).attr) \
-		       && (a).chars[0] == (b).chars[0] \
-		       && (a).chars[1] == (b).chars[1] \
-		       && (a).chars[2] == (b).chars[2] \
-		       && (a).chars[3] == (b).chars[3] \
-		       && (a).chars[4] == (b).chars[4] \
+			 && !memcmp((a).chars, \
+				    (b).chars, \
+				    CCHARW_MAX * sizeof((b).chars[0])) \
 			if_EXT_COLORS(&& (a).ext_color == (b).ext_color))
-#elif CCHARW_MAX > 0
-#error Inconsistent values for CCHARW_MAX
 #else
 #define CharEq(a,b)	(!memcmp(&(a), &(b), sizeof(a)))
 #endif
diff --git a/ncurses/report_offsets.c b/ncurses/report_offsets.c
index cef8a8ec..0f82dcf3 100644
--- a/ncurses/report_offsets.c
+++ b/ncurses/report_offsets.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2018-2021,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+ * Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
  * Copyright 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                            *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -31,14 +31,17 @@
  *  Author: Thomas E. Dickey                                                *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
+#define NEW_PAIR_INTERNAL 1
 #include 
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: report_offsets.c,v 1.23 2023/09/23 16:47:57 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: report_offsets.c,v 1.28 2024/02/24 15:59:09 tom Exp $")
 
 #define show_size(type) \
 	flag = 0; \
 	last = 0; \
 	printf("%5lu   " #type "\n", (unsigned long)sizeof(type))
+#define show_name(name) \
+	printf("%5lu   " #name "\n", (unsigned long)(name))
 #define show_offset(type,member) \
 	next = (unsigned long)offsetof(type,member); \
 	if (last > next) \
@@ -111,9 +114,28 @@ main(void)
 #if USE_WIDEC_SUPPORT
     show_size(cchar_t);
 #endif
+    show_size(color_t);
+    show_size(colorpair_t);
     show_size(mmask_t);
+    show_size(rgb_bits_t);
     show_size(MEVENT);
     show_size(NCURSES_BOOL);
+    show_size(TRIES);
+
+    printf("\n");
+    printf("Sizes of buffers/arrays:\n");
+#if USE_WIDEC_SUPPORT
+    show_name(CCHARW_MAX);
+#endif
+    show_name(EV_MAX);
+    show_name(FIFO_SIZE);
+    show_name(NAMESIZE);
+    show_name(MB_LEN_MAX);
+    show_name(PATH_MAX);
+#ifdef TRACE
+    show_name(TRACECHR_BUF);
+    show_name(TRACEMSE_MAX);
+#endif
 
     printf("\n");
     show_size(SCREEN);
@@ -222,6 +244,7 @@ main(void)
 #endif
     show_WIDECH(NCURSES_GLOBALS, key_name);
     show_TRACES(NCURSES_GLOBALS, trace_opened);
+    show_TRACES(NCURSES_GLOBALS, trace_level);
     show_MLEAKS(NCURSES_GLOBALS, leak_checking);
 
     printf("\n");
diff --git a/ncurses/term.priv.h b/ncurses/term.priv.h
index 37547180..7b2579c8 100644
--- a/ncurses/term.priv.h
+++ b/ncurses/term.priv.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2021,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                     *
+ * Copyright 2021-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- * $Id: term.priv.h,v 1.8 2023/09/16 15:16:38 tom Exp $
+ * $Id: term.priv.h,v 1.12 2024/02/24 18:11:38 tom Exp $
  *
  *	term.priv.h
  *
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@ extern "C" {
 #define NCURSES_INTERNALS 1
 #define NCURSES_OPAQUE 0
 
-#include 		/* PATH_MAX */
+#if HAVE_LIMITS_H
+# include 		/* PATH_MAX, MB_LEN_MAX, etc */
+#elif HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
+# include 
+#endif
+
 #include 		/* sig_atomic_t */
 #include 		/* time_t */
 #include 		/* time_t */
@@ -64,6 +69,28 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * If not properly configured to use the system's limits.h, we get gcc's
+ * fallback for limits.h which sets MB_LEN_MAX to 1, which is never correct.
+ */
+#if defined(MB_LEN_MAX) && (MB_LEN_MAX < 6)
+#undef MB_LEN_MAX
+#endif
+
+#ifndef MB_LEN_MAX
+#define MB_LEN_MAX 16	/* should be >= MB_CUR_MAX, but that may be a function */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+# if defined(_POSIX_PATH_MAX)
+#  define PATH_MAX _POSIX_PATH_MAX
+# elif defined(MAXPATHLEN)
+#  define PATH_MAX MAXPATHLEN
+# else
+#  define PATH_MAX 255	/* the Posix minimum path-size */
+# endif
+#endif
+
 /*
  * State of tparm().
  */
@@ -241,7 +268,6 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #ifdef TRACE
 	bool		trace_opened;
-	char		trace_fname[PATH_MAX];
 	int		trace_level;
 	FILE *		trace_fp;
 	int		trace_fd;
diff --git a/ncurses/tinfo/lib_data.c b/ncurses/tinfo/lib_data.c
index 6f6c583a..b817f49b 100644
--- a/ncurses/tinfo/lib_data.c
+++ b/ncurses/tinfo/lib_data.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2018-2021,2022 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+ * Copyright 2018-2022,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
  * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 
 #include 
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_data.c,v 1.87 2022/07/09 22:03:21 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_data.c,v 1.89 2024/02/24 18:11:38 tom Exp $")
 
 /*
  * OS/2's native linker complains if we don't initialize public data when
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(NCURSES_GLOBALS) _nc_globals = {
 #endif
 #ifdef TRACE
     FALSE,			/* trace_opened */
-    CHARS_0s,			/* trace_fname */
     0,				/* trace_level */
     NULL,			/* trace_fp */
     -1,				/* trace_fd */
diff --git a/ncurses/trace/lib_trace.c b/ncurses/trace/lib_trace.c
index c73ab904..0904c132 100644
--- a/ncurses/trace/lib_trace.c
+++ b/ncurses/trace/lib_trace.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+ * Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
  * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 
 #include 
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_trace.c,v 1.103 2023/05/28 14:39:10 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: lib_trace.c,v 1.106 2024/02/24 18:28:19 tom Exp $")
 
 NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(unsigned) _nc_tracing = 0; /* always define this */
 
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(long) _nc_outchars = 0;
 #define MyFP		_nc_globals.trace_fp
 #define MyFD		_nc_globals.trace_fd
 #define MyInit		_nc_globals.trace_opened
-#define MyPath		_nc_globals.trace_fname
 #define MyLevel		_nc_globals.trace_level
 #define MyNested	_nc_globals.nested_tracef
 #endif /* TRACE */
@@ -141,22 +140,15 @@ curses_trace(unsigned tracelevel)
 	if (MyFD >= 0) {
 	    MyFP = fdopen(MyFD, BIN_W);
 	} else {
-	    if (MyPath[0] == '\0') {
-		size_t size = sizeof(MyPath) - 12;
-		if (getcwd(MyPath, size) == 0) {
-		    perror("curses: Can't get working directory");
-		    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-		}
-		MyPath[size] = '\0';
-		assert(strlen(MyPath) <= size);
-		_nc_STRCAT(MyPath, "/trace", sizeof(MyPath));
-		if (_nc_is_dir_path(MyPath)) {
-		    _nc_STRCAT(MyPath, ".log", sizeof(MyPath));
-		}
+	    char myFile[80];
+
+	    _nc_STRCPY(myFile, "trace", sizeof(myFile));
+	    if (_nc_is_dir_path(myFile)) {
+		_nc_STRCAT(myFile, ".log", sizeof(myFile));
 	    }
 #define SAFE_MODE (O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_RDWR)
-	    if (_nc_access(MyPath, W_OK) < 0
-		|| (MyFD = safe_open3(MyPath, SAFE_MODE, 0600)) < 0
+	    if (_nc_access(myFile, W_OK) < 0
+		|| (MyFD = safe_open3(myFile, SAFE_MODE, 0600)) < 0
 		|| (MyFP = fdopen(MyFD, BIN_W)) == 0) {
 		;		/* EMPTY */
 	    }
diff --git a/package/debian-mingw/changelog b/package/debian-mingw/changelog
index 0be1f476..a50d96d3 100644
--- a/package/debian-mingw/changelog
+++ b/package/debian-mingw/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.4+20240217) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.4+20240224) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 17 Feb 2024 06:23:23 -0500
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 24 Feb 2024 06:49:33 -0500
 
 ncurses6 (5.9+20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/package/debian-mingw64/changelog b/package/debian-mingw64/changelog
index 0be1f476..a50d96d3 100644
--- a/package/debian-mingw64/changelog
+++ b/package/debian-mingw64/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.4+20240217) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.4+20240224) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 17 Feb 2024 06:23:23 -0500
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 24 Feb 2024 06:49:33 -0500
 
 ncurses6 (5.9+20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/package/debian/changelog b/package/debian/changelog
index c2247069..d28223a1 100644
--- a/package/debian/changelog
+++ b/package/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.4+20240217) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.4+20240224) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 17 Feb 2024 06:23:23 -0500
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 24 Feb 2024 06:49:33 -0500
 
 ncurses6 (5.9+20120608) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi b/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
index 79ee92bf..33343eb5 100644
--- a/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
+++ b/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.633 2024/02/17 11:23:23 tom Exp $
+; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.634 2024/02/24 11:49:33 tom Exp $
 
 ; TODO add examples
 ; TODO bump ABI to 6
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 !define VERSION_MAJOR "6"
 !define VERSION_MINOR "4"
 !define VERSION_YYYY  "2024"
-!define VERSION_MMDD  "0217"
+!define VERSION_MMDD  "0224"
 !define VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_YYYY}${VERSION_MMDD}
 
 !define MY_ABI   "5"
diff --git a/package/mingw-ncurses.spec b/package/mingw-ncurses.spec
index 94913ffe..cefc4787 100644
--- a/package/mingw-ncurses.spec
+++ b/package/mingw-ncurses.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: mingw32-ncurses6
 Version: 6.4
-Release: 20240217
+Release: 20240224
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 URL: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
diff --git a/package/ncurses.spec b/package/ncurses.spec
index 140c882c..1a45e4ae 100644
--- a/package/ncurses.spec
+++ b/package/ncurses.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: ncurses6
 Version: 6.4
-Release: 20240217
+Release: 20240224
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 URL: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/
diff --git a/package/ncursest.spec b/package/ncursest.spec
index fdd44f44..03ff7bd0 100644
--- a/package/ncursest.spec
+++ b/package/ncursest.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Curses library with POSIX thread support.
 Name: ncursest6
 Version: 6.4
-Release: 20240217
+Release: 20240224
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz

curs_initscr 3x 2023-12-23 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_initscr 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_kernel 3x 2024-01-05 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_kernel 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_mouse 3x 2024-02-17 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_mouse 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

mouseinterval

curs_terminfo 3x 2024-01-13 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_terminfo 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_trace 3x 2023-12-23 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_trace 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

Command-line Utilities

curs_util 3x 2024-01-05 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

curs_util 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

ncurses 3x 2024-01-13 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

ncurses 3x 2024-02-24 ncurses 6.4 Library calls

BAUDRATE

COLUMNS

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