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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3569 2020/09/26 23:50:37 tom Exp $
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This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
it is not possible to add this information.
+20201107
+ + update kitty+common -TD
+ + add putty+screen and putty-screen (suggested by Alexandre Montaron).
+ + explain in ncurses.3x that functions in the tinfo library do not rely
+ upon wide-characters (prompted by discussion with Reuben Thomas).
+
+20201031
+ + modify MKterm.h.in so that it is not necessary to include <curses.h>
+ before <term.h> (prompted by discussion with Reuben Thomas).
+ + review/improve synopsis for curs_sp_funcs.3x (prompted by discussion
+ with Reuben Thomas).
+ + improve format of output in tic's check_infotocap() function, to
+ ensure that the messages contain only printable text.
+ + modify configure-check for clang to verify that -Qunused-arguments
+ is supported. IBM's xlclang does not support it (report by Steven
+ Pitman).
+
+20201024
+ + provide workaround configure-check for bool when cross-compiling.
+ + fix a potential indexing error in _nc_parse_entry(), seen with
+ Herlim's test data using address-sanitizer.
+ + change a null-pointer check in set_curterm to a valid-string check,
+ needed in to tic's use-resolution when pad_char is cancelled
+ (report/testcase by Robert Sebastian Herlim)
+ + improve tic's -c option to validate the number and type of parameters
+ and compare against expected number/type before deciding which set of
+ parameter-lists to use in tparm calls (report/testcase by Robert
+ Sebastian Herlim).
+ + fix a link for tabs.1 manpage in announce.html.in (report by Nick
+ Black), as well as some fixes via linklint.
+
+20201017
+ + improve manpage typography.
+ + improve discussion in curs_addch.3x of the use of unctrl to display
+ nonprintable characters.
+ + add a note in terminfo.5 explaining that no-parameter strings such
+ as sgr0 or cnorm should not be used with tparm.
+
+20201010
+ + correct sgr in aaa+rv (report by Florian Weimer) -TD
+ + fix some sgr inconsistencies in d230c, ibm6153, ibm6154,
+ ncrvt100an -TD
+ + improve tic's check for errors detected in tparm (prompted by
+ discussion with Florian Weimer).
+ + set output-mode to binary in experimental Windows-10 driver (Juergen
+ Pfeifer).
+
+20201003
+ + remove output-related checks for nl/nonl (report by Leon Winter).
+ + change tmux's kbs to ^? (report by Premysl Eric Janouch)
+ + simplify mlterm initialization with DECSTR -TD
+ + fix a typo in man/curs_terminfo.3 (Reuben Thomas).
+ + add tmux-direct (tmux #2370, Debian #895754)
+ + add user-defined capabilities from mintty to Caps-ncurses, for
+ checking consistency with tic.
+
20200926
+ correct configure-check for gnurx library.
+ regenerate llib-* files.
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