ncurses 6.4 - patch 20231001

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4000 2023/09/17 08:34:59 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4009 2023/10/01 23:03:08 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -46,6 +46,26 @@ See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names.
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 
+20231001
+       + modify setupterm to provide for using ANSI cursor-position report (in
+         user6/user7 terminfo capabilities) to obtain screensize if neither
+         environment variables or ioctl is used.  The ncurses test-program
+         with options "-E -T" demonstrates this feature.
+       + improve error messages in tic (patch by Branden Robinson).
+       + improve formatting/style of manpages (patches by Branden Robinson).
+       + modify test/clip_printw.c to optionally test non-wrapped updates.
+       + fix reallocation loop for vsnprintf() in _nc_sprintf_string() by
+         copying the va_list variable (patch by Ian Abbott).
+
+20230923
+       + improve formatting of manpages (patches by Branden Robinson).
+       + amend change to delscreen() to limit the windows which it creates to
+         just those associated with the screen (report by Frederic Boiteux,
+         cf: 20220813).
+
+20230918
+       + new tarball/errata (report by Sven Joachim).
+
 20230917
        + improve formatting of manpages (integrated patches by Branden
          Robinson).