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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.
+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 work pad_char is cancelled
+ 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