+ 6.0 (Aug 08, 2015)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + The 6.0 ABI modifies the defaults for these configure options:
+ --enable-const
+ --enable-ext-colors
+ --enable-ext-mouse
+ --enable-ext-putwin
+ --enable-interop
+ --enable-lp64
+ --enable-sp-funcs
+ --with-chtype=uint32_t
+ --with-mmask_t=uint32_t
+ --with-tparm-arg=intptr_t
+
+ + ncurses supports symbol versioning. If you use this feature, about
+ half of the "_nc_" private symbols are changed to local symbols.
+
+ + a few applications may need to explicitly flush the standard output
+ when switching between printf's and (curses) printw.
+
+ Added extensions:
+
+ + use_tioctl is an improvement over use_env
+
+ + added wgetdelay to support the NCURSES_OPAQUE feature.
+
+ Added internal functions (other than "_sp" variants):
+ _nc_init_termtype
+ _nc_mvcur
+ _nc_putchar
+ _nc_setenv_num
+ _nc_trace_mmask_t
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+ none
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+ _nc_do_color - change parameters from short/bool to int
+ _nc_keypad - change parameter from bool to int
+ _nc_setupscreen - change parameter from bool to int
+ _nc_signal_handler - change parameter from bool to int
+
+ 5.9 (Apr 04, 2011)
+ 5.8 (Feb 26, 2011)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + add an alternate library configuration, i.e., "terminal driver" to
+ support port to Windows, built with MinGW. There are two drivers
+ (terminfo and Windows console). The terminfo driver works on other
+ platforms.
+
+ + add a new set of functions which accept a SCREEN* parameter, in
+ contrast with the original set which use the global value "sp".
+ By default, these names end with "_sp", and are otherwise
+ functionally identical with the originals.
+
+ In addition to the "_sp" functions, there are a few new functions
+ associated with this feature: ceiling_panel, ground_panel,
+ new_prescr.
+
+ If the library is not built with the sp-funcs extension, there
+ are no related interface changes.
+
+ + add tiparm function based on review of X/Open Curses Issue 7.
+
+ + change internal _nc_has_mouse function to public has_mouse function
+
+ Added extensions:
+
+ + add a few more functions to support the NCURSES_OPAQUE feature:
+ get_escdelay, is_pad, is_subwin
+
+ Added internal functions (other than "_sp" variants):
+ _nc_curscr_of
+ _nc_format_slks
+ _nc_get_alias_table
+ _nc_get_hash_info
+ _nc_insert_wch
+ _nc_newscr_of
+ _nc_outc_wrapper
+ _nc_retrace_char
+ _nc_retrace_int_attr_t
+ _nc_retrace_mmask_t
+ _nc_setup_tinfo
+ _nc_stdscr_of
+ _nc_tinfo_cmdch
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+ _nc_makenew (some configurations replace by _nc_makenew_sp)
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+ _nc_UpdateAttrs
+ _nc_get_hash_table
+ _nc_has_mouse
+ _nc_insert_ch
+ _nc_wgetch
+
+ 5.7 (November 2, 2008)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + generate linkable stubs for some macros:
+ getattrs
+
+ + Add new library configuration for tic-library (the non-curses portion
+ of the ncurses library used for the tic program as well as some
+ others such as tack. There is no API change, but makefiles would be
+ changed to use the tic-library built separately.
+
+ tack, distributed separately from ncurses, uses some of the internal
+ _nc_XXX functions, which are declared in the tic.h header file.
+
+ The reason for providing this separate library is that none of the
+ functions in it are suitable for threaded applications.
+
+ + Add new library configuration (ncursest, ncurseswt) which provides
+ rudimentary support for POSIX threads. This introduces opaque
+ access functions to the WINDOW structure and adds a parameter to
+ several internal functions.
+
+ + move most internal variables (except tic-library) into data blocks
+ _nc_globals and _nc_prescreen to simplify analysis. Those were
+ globally accessible, but since they were not part of the documented
+ API, there is no ABI change.
+
+ + changed static tables of strings to be indices into long strings, to
+ improve startup performance. This changes parameter lists for some
+ of the internal functions.
+
+ Added extensions:
+
+ + add NCURSES_OPAQUE definition in curses.h to control whether internal
+ details of the WINDOW structure are visible to an application. This
+ is always defined when the threaded library is built, and is optional
+ otherwise. New functions for this: is_cleared, is_idcok, is_idlok,
+ is_immedok, is_keypad, is_leaveok, is_nodelay, is_notimeout,
+ is_scrollok, is_syncok, wgetparent and wgetscrreg.
+
+ + the threaded library (ncursest) also disallows direct updating of
+ global curses-level variables, providing functions (via macros) for
+ obtaining their value. A few of those variables can be modified by
+ the application, using new functions: set_escdelay, set_tabsize
+
+ + added functions use_window() and use_screen() which wrap a mutex
+ (if threading is configured) around a call to a user-supplied
+ function.
+
+ Added internal functions:
+ _nc_get_alias_table
+ _nc_get_screensize
+ _nc_keyname
+ _nc_screen_of
+ _nc_set_no_padding
+ _nc_tracechar
+ _nc_tracemouse
+ _nc_unctrl
+ _nc_ungetch
+
+ These are used for leak-testing, and are stubs for
+ ABI compatibility when ncurses is not configured for that
+ using the --disable-leaks configure script option:
+
+ _nc_free_and_exit
+ _nc_leaks_tinfo
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+ none
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+ _nc_fifo_dump
+ _nc_find_entry
+ _nc_handle_sigwinch
+ _nc_init_keytry
+ _nc_keypad
+ _nc_locale_breaks_acs
+ _nc_timed_wait
+ _nc_update_screensize
+
+ Use new typedef TRIES to replace "struct tries":
+
+ _nc_add_to_try
+ _nc_expand_try
+ _nc_remove_key
+ _nc_remove_string
+ _nc_trace_tries
+
+ 5.6 (December 17, 2006)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + generate linkable stubs for some macros:
+
+ getbegx, getbegy, getcurx, getcury, getmaxx, getmaxy, getparx,
+ getpary, getpary,
+
+ and (for libncursesw)
+
+ wgetbkgrnd
+
+ Added extensions:
+ nofilter()
+ use_legacy_coding()
+
+ Added internal functions:
+ _nc_first_db
+ _nc_get_source
+ _nc_handle_sigwinch
+ _nc_is_abs_path
+ _nc_is_dir_path
+ _nc_is_file_path
+ _nc_keep_tic_dir
+ _nc_keep_tic_dir
+ _nc_last_db
+ _nc_next_db
+ _nc_read_termtype
+ _nc_tic_dir
+
+ Also (if using the hashed database configuration):
+
+ _nc_db_close
+ _nc_db_first
+ _nc_db_get
+ _nc_db_have_data
+ _nc_db_have_index
+ _nc_db_next
+ _nc_db_open
+ _nc_db_put
+
+ otherwise
+
+ _nc_hashed_db
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+ none
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+ _nc_add_to_try
+ _nc_do_color
+ _nc_expand_try
+ _nc_remove_key
+ _nc_setupscreen
+
+ 5.5 (October 10, 2005)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + terminfo installs "xterm-new" as "xterm" entry rather than
+ "xterm-old" (aka xterm-r6).
+
+ + terminfo data is installed using the tic -x option (few systems
+ still use ncurses 4.2).
+
+ + modify C++ binding to work with newer C++ compilers by providing
+ initializers and using modern casts. Old-style header names are
+ still used in this release to allow compiling with not-so-old
+ compilers.
+
+ + form and menu libraries now work with wide-character data.
+ Applications which bypassed the form library and manipulated the
+ FIELD.buf data directly will not work properly with libformw, since
+ that no longer points to an array of char. The set_field_buffer()
+ and field_buffer() functions translate to/from the actual field
+ data.
+
+ + change SP->_current_attr to a pointer, adjust ifdef's to ensure that
+ libtinfo.so and libtinfow.so have the same ABI. The reason for this
+ is that the corresponding data which belongs to the upper-level
+ ncurses library has a different size in each model.
+
+ + winnstr() now returns multibyte character strings for the
+ wide-character configuration.
+
+ + assume_default_colors() no longer requires that use_default_colors()
+ be called first.
+
+ + data_ahead() now works with wide-characters.
+
+ + slk_set() and slk_wset() now accept and store multibyte or
+ multicolumn characters.
+
+ + start_color() now returns OK if colors have already been started.
+ start_color() also returns ERR if it cannot allocate memory.
+
+ + pair_content() now returns -1 for consistency with init_pair() if it
+ corresponds to the default-color.
+
+ + unctrl() now returns null if its parameter does not correspond
+ to an unsigned char.
+
+ Added extensions:
+ Experimental mouse version 2 supports wheel mice with buttons
+ 4 and 5. This requires ABI 6 because it modifies the encoding
+ of mouse events.
+
+ Experimental extended colors allows encoding of 256 foreground
+ and background colors, e.g., with the xterm-256color or
+ xterm-88color terminfo entries. This requires ABI 6 because
+ it changes the size of cchar_t.
+
+ Added internal functions:
+ _nc_check_termtype2
+ _nc_resolve_uses2
+ _nc_retrace_cptr
+ _nc_retrace_cvoid_ptr
+ _nc_retrace_void_ptr
+ _nc_setup_term
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+ none
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+ _nc_insert_ch
+ _nc_save_str
+ _nc_trans_string
+
+ 5.4 (February 8, 2004)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + add the remaining functions for X/Open curses wide-character support.
+ These are only available if the library is configured using the
+ --enable-widec option.
+ pecho_wchar()
+ slk_wset()
+
+ + write getyx() and related 2-return macros in terms of getcury(),
+ getcurx(), etc.
+
+ + simplify ifdef for bool declaration in curses.h
+
+ + modify ifdef's in curses.h that disabled use of __attribute__() for
+ g++, since recent versions implement the cases which ncurses uses.
+
+ + change some interfaces to use const:
+ define_key()
+ mvprintw()
+ mvwprintw()
+ printw()
+ vw_printw()
+ winsnstr()
+ wprintw()
+
+ Added extensions:
+ key_defined()
+
+ Added internal functions:
+ _nc_get_locale()
+ _nc_insert_ch()
+ _nc_is_charable() wide
+ _nc_locale_breaks_acs()
+ _nc_pathlast()
+ _nc_to_char() wide
+ _nc_to_widechar() wide
+ _nc_tparm_analyze()
+ _nc_trace_bufcat() debug
+ _nc_unicode_locale()
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+ _nc_outstr()
+ _nc_sigaction()
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+ _nc_remove_string()
+ _nc_retrace_chtype()
+
+ 5.3 (October 12, 2002)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + change type for bool used in headers to NCURSES_BOOL, which usually
+ is the same as the compiler's definition for 'bool'.
+
+ + add all but two functions for X/Open curses wide-character support.
+ These are only available if the library is configured using the
+ --enable-widec option. Missing functions are
+ pecho_wchar()
+ slk_wset()
+
+ + add environment variable $NCURSES_ASSUMED_COLORS to modify the
+ assume_default_colors() extension.
+
+ Added extensions:
+ is_term_resized()
+ resize_term()
+
+ Added internal functions:
+ _nc_altcharset_name() debug
+ _nc_reset_colors()
+ _nc_retrace_bool() debug
+ _nc_retrace_unsigned() debug
+ _nc_rootname()
+ _nc_trace_ttymode() debug
+ _nc_varargs() debug
+ _nc_visbufn() debug
+ _nc_wgetch()
+
+ Removed internal functions:
+ _nc_background()
+
+ Modified internal functions:
+ _nc_freeall() debug
+
+ 5.2 (October 21, 2000)
+ Interface changes:
+
+ + revert termcap ospeed variable to 'short' (see discussion of the
+ --with-ospeed configure option).
+