ncurses 5.7 - patch 20091031

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 0213b14799ae94acf9f115914cc59f295acc5600..cdc3513ac312ea8721b787d69f9b854e68022957 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.138 2009/03/21 20:23:29 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.140 2009/08/01 19:32:04 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -687,6 +687,10 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        to use a terminfo database which is compatible with the native
        applications.
 
+    --with-ccharw-max=XXX
+       Override the size of the wide-character array in cchar_t structures.
+       Changing this will alter the binary interface.  This defaults to 5.
+
     --with-chtype=TYPE
        Override type of chtype, which stores the video attributes and (if
        --enable-widec is not given) a character.  Prior to ncurses 5.5, this
@@ -1606,7 +1610,8 @@ CONFIGURING FALLBACK ENTRIES:
        tree is accessible (that is, in single-user mode or at OS installation
        time) the ncurses library can be compiled to include an array of
        pre-fetched fallback entries.  This must be done on a machine which
-       has ncurses' infocmp and terminfo database installed.
+       has ncurses' infocmp and terminfo database installed (as well as
+       ncurses' tic and infocmp programs).
 
        These entries are checked by setupterm() only when the conventional
        fetches from the terminfo tree and the termcap fallback (if configured)
@@ -1757,6 +1762,10 @@ BUILDING NCURSES WITH A CROSS-COMPILER
        option), ncurses uses the development platform's tic to do the
        "make install.data" portion.
 
+       The system's tic program is used to install the terminal database,
+       even for cross-compiles.  For best results, the tic program should
+       be from the most current version of ncurses.
+
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