ncurses 5.6 - patch 20070331

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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1092 2007/02/25 00:45:56 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1109 2007/04/01 00:30:22 tom Exp $

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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started


@@ -45,6 +45,75 @@ 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.
 
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 

+20070331
+       + modify Ada95 binding to build with --enable-reentrant by wrapping
+         global variables (bug: acs_map does not yet work).
+       + modify Ada95 binding to use the new access-functions, allowing it
+         to build/run when NCURSES_OPAQUE is set.
+       + add access-functions and macros to return properties of the WINDOW
+         structure, e.g., when NCURSES_OPAQUE is set.
+       + improved install-sh's quoting.
+       + use mkdirs.sh rather than mkinstalldirs, e.g., to use fixes from
+         other programs.
+
+20070324
+       + eliminate part of the direct use of WINDOW data from Ada95 interface.
+       + fix substitutions for termlib filename to make configure option
+         --enable-reentrant work with --with-termlib.
+       + change a constructor for NCursesWindow to allow compiling with
+         NCURSES_OPAQUE set, since we cannot pass a reference to
+         an opaque pointer.
+
+20070317
+       + ignore --with-chtype=unsigned since unsigned is always added to
+         the type in curses.h; do the same for --with-mmask-t.
+       + change warning regarding --enable-ext-colors and wide-character
+         in the configure script to an error.
+       + tweak error message in CF_WITH_LIBTOOL to distinguish other programs
+         such as Darwin's libtool program (report by Michail Vidiassov)
+       + modify edit_man.sh to allow for multiple substitutions per line.
+       + set locale in misc/ncurses-config.in since it uses a range
+       + change permissions libncurses++.a install (report by Michail
+         Vidiassov).
+       + corrected length of temporary buffer in wide-character version
+         of set_field_buffer() (related to report by Bryan Christ).
+
+20070311
+       + fix mk-1st.awk script install_shlib() function, broken in 20070224
+         changes for cygwin (report by  Michail Vidiassov).
+
+20070310
+       + increase size of array in _nc_visbuf2n() to make "tic -v" work
+         properly in its similar_sgr() function (report/analysis by Peter
+         Santoro).
+       + add --enable-reentrant configure option for ongoing changes to
+         implement a reentrant version of ncurses:
+         + libraries are suffixed with "t"
+         + wrap several global variables (curscr, newscr, stdscr, ttytype,
+           COLORS, COLOR_PAIRS, COLS, ESCDELAY, LINES and TABSIZE) as
+           functions returning values stored in SCREEN or cur_term.
+         + move some initialization (LINES, COLS) from lib_setup.c,
+           i.e., setupterm() to _nc_setupscreen(), i.e., newterm().
+
+20070303
+       + regenerated html documentation.
+       + add NCURSES_OPAQUE symbol to curses.h, will use to make structs
+         opaque in selected configurations.
+       + move the chunk in lib_acs.c which resets acs capabilities when
+         running on a terminal whose locale interferes with those into
+         _nc_setupscreen(), so the libtinfo/libtinfow files can be made
+         identical (requested by Miroslav Lichvar).
+       + do not use configure variable SHLIB_LIBS for building libraries
+         outside the ncurses directory, since that symbol is customized
+         only for that directory, and using it introduces an unneeded
+         dependency on libdl (requested by Miroslav Lichvar).
+       + modify mk-1st.awk so the generated makefile rules for linking or
+         installing shared libraries do not first remove the library, in
+         case it is in use, e.g., libncurses.so by /bin/sh (report by Jeff
+         Chua).
+       + revised section "Using NCURSES under XTERM" in ncurses-intro.html
+         (prompted by newsgroup comment by Nick Guenther).
+

 20070224
        + change internal return codes of _nc_wgetch() to check for cases
          where KEY_CODE_YES should be returned, e.g., if a KEY_RESIZE was
 20070224
        + change internal return codes of _nc_wgetch() to check for cases
          where KEY_CODE_YES should be returned, e.g., if a KEY_RESIZE was


@@ -71,7 +140,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
        + remove "-ldl" from some library lists to reduce dependencies in
          programs (report by Miroslav Lichvar).
        + correct description of --enable-signed-char in configure --help
        + remove "-ldl" from some library lists to reduce dependencies in
          programs (report by Miroslav Lichvar).
        + correct description of --enable-signed-char in configure --help

-         (report by Michail Vidiassov).   
+         (report by Michail Vidiassov).

        + add pattern for GNU/kFreeBSD configuration to CF_XOPEN_SOURCE,
          which matches an earlier change to CF_SHARED_OPTS, from xterm #224
          fixes.
        + add pattern for GNU/kFreeBSD configuration to CF_XOPEN_SOURCE,
          which matches an earlier change to CF_SHARED_OPTS, from xterm #224
          fixes.


@@ -90,7 +159,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
 
 20070203
        + modify fix_wchnstr() in form library to strip attributes (and color)
 
 20070203
        + modify fix_wchnstr() in form library to strip attributes (and color)

-         from the cchar_t array (field cells) read from a field's window. 
+         from the cchar_t array (field cells) read from a field's window.

          Otherwise, when copying the field cells back to the window, the
          associated color overrides the field's background color (report by
          Ricardo Cantu).
          Otherwise, when copying the field cells back to the window, the
          associated color overrides the field's background color (report by
          Ricardo Cantu).


@@ -102,7 +171,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
          no longer relies on it.
        + disallow combining configure script options --with-ticlib and
          --enable-termcap (report by Rong-En Fan).
          no longer relies on it.
        + disallow combining configure script options --with-ticlib and
          --enable-termcap (report by Rong-En Fan).

-       + remove tack from ncurses tree.  
+       + remove tack from ncurses tree.

 
 20070128
        + fix typo in configure script that broke --with-termlib option
 
 20070128
        + fix typo in configure script that broke --with-termlib option


@@ -118,7 +187,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
        + review/eliminate other original-file artifacts in cursesw.cc, making
          its license consistent with ncurses.
        + use ncurses vw_scanw() rather than reading into a fixed buffer in
        + review/eliminate other original-file artifacts in cursesw.cc, making
          its license consistent with ncurses.
        + use ncurses vw_scanw() rather than reading into a fixed buffer in

-         the c++ binding for scanw() methods.
+         the c++ binding for scanw() methods (prompted by report by Nuno Dias).

        + eliminate fixed-buffer vsprintf() calls in c++ binding.
 
 20070120
        + eliminate fixed-buffer vsprintf() calls in c++ binding.
 
 20070120