ncurses 5.6 - patch 20080203

[ncurses.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index c67aee65ef741a856f2db2f7af38a5e7bb0d72f7..dbd175f0a6f102abd1a053fda9e041fd0b8d0521 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 1.118 2007/03/11 00:06:53 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.122 2007/12/01 19:37:47 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -304,6 +304,11 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        return deceptive results, so you may have to override the configure
        script.  Or you may be building tic for a smaller machine.
 
+    --disable-big-strings
+       Disable compile-time optimization of predefined tables which puts
+       all of their strings into a very long string, to reduce relocation
+       overhead.
+
     --disable-database
        Use only built-in data.  The ncurses libraries normally read terminfo
        and termcap data from disk.  You can configure ncurses to have a
@@ -493,6 +498,12 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        may not be accurate, or that your stty settings have disabled the use
        of tabs.
 
+    --enable-mixed-case
+       Controls whether the filesystem on which the terminfo database resides
+       supports mixed-case filenames (normal for UNIX, but not on other
+       systems).  If you do not specify this option, the configure script
+       checks the current filesystem.
+
     --enable-no-padding
        Compile-in support for the $NCURSES_NO_PADDING environment variable,
        which allows you to suppress the effect of non-mandatory padding in
@@ -683,10 +694,16 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 
        See also --without-dlsym
 
-    --with-hashed-db
+    --with-hashed-db[=XXX]
        Use a hashed database for storing terminfo data rather than storing
        each compiled entry in a separate binary file within a directory
        tree.
+       
+       In particular, this uses the Berkeley database 1.8.5 interface, as
+       provided by that and its successors db 2, 3, and 4.  The actual
+       interface is slightly different in the successor versions of the
+       Berkeley database.  The database should have been configured using
+       "--enable-compat185".
 
        If you use this option for configuring ncurses, tic will only be able
        to write entries in the hashed database.  infocmp can still read
@@ -698,6 +715,12 @@ SUMMARY OF CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
        You cannot have a directory containing both hashed-database and
        filesystem-based terminfo entries.
 
+       Use the parameter value to give the install-prefix used for the
+       datbase, e.g.,
+               --with-hashed-db=/usr/local/BigBase
+       to find the corresponding include- and lib-directories under the
+       given directory.
+
        See also the --enable-getcap option.
 
     --with-install-prefix=XXX