ncurses 6.3 - patch 20221203 + add -h usage and -V version options to the test-programs which use getopt. + use "command -v" rather than "type" in Ada95/gen/Makefile.in to fix a portability issue (patch by Nicolas Boulenguez). + update ncurses-howto, more documentation fixes along with corrections to example programs.
ncurses 6.2 - patch 20210508 + modify tputs' error check to allow it to be used without first calling tgetent or setupterm, noting that terminfo initialization is requires 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).
ncurses 6.2 - patch 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
ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200212 + update release notes + minor build-fixes, mostly to test-package scripts + modify check for sizeof(wchar_t) to ensure it gives useful result when cross-compiling. + drop assumption in configure script that Cygwin's linker is broken. + define NCURSES_BROKEN_LINKER if the broken-linker feature is used, to simplify configure-checks for ncurses-examples. + reassert copyright on ncurses, per discussion in ncurses FAQ: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#relicensed + modify comparison in make_hash.c to correct a special case in collision handling for Caps-hpux11 + add testing utility report_hashing to check hash-tables used for terminfo and termcap names. + fix a missing prototype for _nc_free_and_exit(). + update a few comments about tack 1.07 + use an awk script to split too-long pathnames used in Ada95 sample programs for explain.txt
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190824 + fix some cppcheck warnings, mostly style, in ncurses test-programs.
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20190420 + improve ifdef's for TABSIZE variable, to help with AIX/HPUX ports.
ncurses 6.1 - patch 20180512 + remove trailing ';' from GCC_DEPRECATED definition. + repair a change from 20110730 which left an error-check/warning dead. + fix several minor Coverity warnings.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170909 + improve wide-character implementation of myADDNSTR() in frm_driver.c, which was inconsistent with the normal implementation. + save/restore cursor position in Undo_Justification(), matching behavior of Buffer_To_Window() (report by Leon Winter). + modify test/knight to provide the "slow" solution for small screens using "R", noting that Warnsdorf's method is easily done with "a". + modify several test-programs which call use_default_colors() to consistently do this only if "-d" option is given. + additional changes to test with non-standard variants of curses: + modify a loop limit in firework.c to work around absense of limit checks in some libraries. + fill the last row of a window with "?" in firstlast if waddch does not return ERR on the lower-right corner. + add checks in test/configure for some functions not in 4.3BSD curses. + fix a regression in test/configure (cf: 20170826).
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170826 + fixes for "iterm2" (report by Leonardo Brondani Schenkel) -TD + corrected a warning from tic about keys which are the same, to skip over missing/cancelled values. + add check in tic for unnecessary use of "2" to denote a shifted special key. + improve checks in trim_sgr0, comp_parse.c and parse_entry.c, for cancelled string capabilities. + add check in _nc_parse_entry() for invalid entry name, setting the name to "invalid" to avoid problems storing entries. + add/improve checks in tic's parser to address invalid input + add a check in comp_scan.c to handle the special case where a nontext file ending with a NUL rather than newline is given to tic as input (Redhat #1484274). + allow for cancelled capabilities in _nc_save_str (Redhat #1484276). + add validity checks for "use=" target in _nc_parse_entry (Redhat #1484284). + check for invalid strings in postprocess_termcap (Redhat #1484285) + reset secondary pointers on EOF in next_char() (Redhat #1484287). + guard _nc_safe_strcpy() and _nc_safe_strcat() against calls using cancelled strings (Redhat #1484291). + correct typo in curs_memleaks.3x (Sven Joachim). + improve test/configure checks for some curses variants not based on X/Open Curses. + add options for test/configure to disable checks for form, menu and panel libraries.
ncurses 6.0 - patch 20170415 + modify several test programs to use new popup_msgs, adapted from help-screen used in test/edit_field.c + drop two symbols obsoleted in 2004: _nc_check_termtype, and _nc_resolve_uses + fix some old copyright dates (cf: 20031025). + build-fixes for test/savescreen.c to work with AIX and HPUX. + minor fix to configure script, adding a backslash/continuation. + extend TERMINAL structure for ABI 6 to store numbers internally as integers rather than short, by adding new data for this purpose. + more fixes for minor memory-leaks in test-programs.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20130216 + modify test/testcurs.c to work with mouse for ncurses as it does for pdcurses. + modify test/knight.c to work with mouse for pdcurses as it does for ncurses. + modify internal recursion in wgetch() which handles cooked mode to check if the call to wgetnstr() returned an error. This can happen when both nocbreak() and nodelay() are set, for instance (report by Nils Christopher Brause) (cf: 960418). + fixes for issues found by Coverity: + add a check for valid position in ClearToEOS() + fix in lib_twait.c when --enable-wgetch-events is used, pointer use after free. + improve a limit-check in make_hash.c + fix a memory leak in hashed_db.c
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20130202 + correct initialization in knight.c which let it occasionally make an incorrect move (cf: 20001028). + improve documentation of the terminfo/termcap search path.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20130112 + correct prototype in manpage for vid_puts. + drop ncurses/tty/tty_display.h, ncurses/tty/tty_input.h, since they are unused in the current driver model. + modify mvcur to use stdout except when called within the ncurses library. + modify vidattr and vid_attr to use stdout as documented in manpage. + amend changes made to buffering in 20120825 so that the low-level putp() call uses stdout rather than ncurses' internal buffering. The putp_sp() call does the same, for consistency (Redhat #892674).
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20121208 + modify test/knight.c to show the number of choices possible for each position in automove option, e.g., to allow user to follow Warnsdorff's rule to solve the puzzle. + modify test/hanoi.c to show the minimum number of moves possible for the given number of tiles (prompted by patch by Lucas Gioia). > fixes based on Coverity report: + remove a few redundant checks. + correct logic in test/bs.c, when randomly placing a specific type of ship. + check return value from remove/unlink in tic. + check return value from sscanf in test/ncurses.c + fix a null dereference in c++/cursesw.cc + fix two instances of uninitialized variables when configuring for the terminal driver. + correct scope of variable used in SetSafeOutcWrapper macro. + set umask when calling mkstemp in tic. + initialize wbkgrndset() temporary variable when extended-colors are used.
ncurses 5.9 - patch 20121117 > fixes based on Coverity report: + add missing braces around FreeAndNull in two places. + various fixes in test/ncurses.c + improve limit-checks in tinfo/make_hash.c, tinfo/read_entry.c + correct malloc size in progs/infocmp.c + guard against negative array indices in test/knight.c + fix off-by-one limit check in test/color_name.h + add null-pointer check in progs/tabs.c, test/bs.c, test/demo_forms.c, test/inchs.c + fix memory-leak in tinfo/lib_setup.c, progs/toe.c, test/clip_printw.c, test/demo_menus.c + delete unused windows in test/chgat.c, test/clip_printw.c, test/insdelln.c, test/newdemo.c on error-return.
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20101113 + compiler warning fixes for test programs. + various build-fixes for test-programs with pdcurses. + updated configure checks for X packages in test/configure from xterm #267 changes. + add configure check to gnatmake, to accommodate cygwin.
ncurses 5.7 - patch 20100501 + correct limit-check in wredrawln, accounting for begy/begx values (patch by David Benjamin). + fix most compiler warnings from clang. + amend build-fix for OpenSolaris, to ensure that a system header is included in curses.h before testing feature symbols, since they may be defined by that route.
ncurses 5.6 - patch 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).
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