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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.
+20171028
+ + improve man/curs_inwstr.3x, correct end-logic for lib_inwstr.c
+ (report by Midolikawa H).
+ + fix typo in a few places for "improvements" (patch by Sven Joachim).
+ + clear the other half of a double-width character on which a line
+ drawing character is drawn.
+ + make test/ncurses.c "s" test easier to understand which subtests are
+ available; add a "S" wide-character overlap test-screen.
+ + modify test/ncurses.c C/c tests to allow for extended color pairs.
+ + add endwin() call in error-returns from test/ncurses.c omitted in
+ recent redesign of its menu (cf: 20170923).
+ + improve install of hashed-db by removing the ".db" file as done for
+ directory-tree terminal databases.
+ + repair a few overlooked items in include/ncurses_defs from recent
+ port/refactoring of test-programs (cf: 20170909).
+ + add test/padview.c, to compare pads with direct updates in view.c
+
+20171021
+ + modify test/view.c to expand tabs using the ncurses library rather
+ than in the test-program.
+ + remove very old SIGWINCH example in test/view.c, just use KEY_RESIZE.
+ + add -T, -e, -f -m options to "dots" test-programs.
+ + fix a few typos in usage-messages for test-programs.
+
+20171014
+ + minor cleanup to test/view.c:
+ + eliminate "-n" option by simply reading the whole file.
+ + implement page up/down commands.
+ + add check in tput for init/reset operands to ensure those use a
+ terminal.
+ + improve manual pages which discuss chtype, cchar_t types and the
+ attribute values which can be stored in those types.
+ + correct array-index when parsing "-T" command-line option in tabs
+ program.
+ + modify demo_new_pair.c to pass extended pairs to setcchar().
+ + add test/dots_xcurses.c to illustrate a different approach used for
+ extended colors which can be contrasted with dots_curses.c.
+ + add a check in tic to note when a description uses non-mandatory
+ delays without xon_xoff. This is not an error, but some descriptions
+ for a terminal emulator may use the combination incorrectly.
+
20171007
+ modify "-T" option of clear and tput to call use_tioctl() to obtain
the operating system's notion of the screensize if possible.
+ regenerated html manpages.
20120107
- + various improvments for MinGW (Juergen Pfeifer):
+ + various improvements for MinGW (Juergen Pfeifer):
+ modify stat() calls to ignore the st_size member
+ drop mk-dlls.sh script.
+ change recommended regular expression library.
+ fix ifdef in c++/internal.h for QNX 6.1
+ test-compiled with (old) egcs-1.1.2, modified configure script to
not unset the $CXX and related variables which would prevent this.
- + fix a few terminfo.src typos exposed by improvments to "-f" option.
+ + fix a few terminfo.src typos exposed by improvements to "-f" option.
+ improve infocmp/tic "-f" option formatting.
20060923