ncurses 5.6 - patch 20070324

[ncurses.git] / TO-DO

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@@ -1,4 +1,32 @@
--- $Id: TO-DO,v 1.45 2005/08/20 20:53:04 tom Exp $
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.               --
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- $Id: TO-DO,v 1.49 2007/02/03 16:29:17 tom Exp $
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 
 SHORT-TERM TO-DO ITEMS:
 
 
 SHORT-TERM TO-DO ITEMS:
 


@@ -10,9 +38,9 @@ Known Problems:
   develop a good set of regression tests to cover lib_doupdate.c and
   lib_mvcur.c.
 
   develop a good set of regression tests to cover lib_doupdate.c and
   lib_mvcur.c.
 

-+ Magic cookie support does not work, since the logic does not take into
-  account refresh.  Also, the initial optimize does not adjust the current
-  location when a cookie is emitted.
++ Magic cookie support (for nonzero xmc values) does not work, since the logic
+  does not take into account refresh.  Also, the initial optimize does not
+  adjust the current location when a cookie is emitted.

 
 + Scrolling optimization has holes:  for example, it forces repaints of the
   screen between calls to refresh().
 
 + Scrolling optimization has holes:  for example, it forces repaints of the
   screen between calls to refresh().


@@ -30,8 +58,8 @@ Known Problems:
 + The window classes defined in the c++ subdirectory need documentation.  Some
   C++ programmer could earn a lot of good karma by doing this...
 
 + The window classes defined in the c++ subdirectory need documentation.  Some
   C++ programmer could earn a lot of good karma by doing this...
 

-+ The resizeterm() function does not handle ripped-off lines such as that done
-  for the slk_XXX functions.
++ vid_attr() should support the set_a_attributes (sgr1) string, but does not. 
+  There appear to be no terminals that require that functionality.

 
 Portability (or lack thereof):
 
 
 Portability (or lack thereof):
 


@@ -44,19 +72,19 @@ Portability (or lack thereof):
   ncurses/tty/lib_tstp.c .
 
 + In theory, vwprintw and vwscanf are supposed to use the older varargs.h
   ncurses/tty/lib_tstp.c .
 
 + In theory, vwprintw and vwscanf are supposed to use the older varargs.h

-  interface for handling variadic argument lists.  Linux doesn't have
-  varargs.h, it has the newer X/Open-standard stdargs.h equivalent.  So these
-  functions use stdargs instead.  This is unlikely to be a problem unless
-  you're building ncurses on a System V old enough to only have varargs.h. 
-  (Solaris 2.5.1 uses the stdarg.h binding as well).
+  interface for handling variadic argument lists (and are deprecated by X/Open
+  for that reason).  Linux doesn't have varargs.h, it has the newer
+  X/Open-standard stdargs.h equivalent.  So these functions use stdargs
+  instead.  This is unlikely to be a problem unless you're building ncurses on
+  a System V old enough to only have varargs.h.  (Solaris 2.5.1 used the
+  stdarg.h binding as well).

 
 + If you're using a BSD earlier than 4.4BSD, or a Linux old enough not to have
   a native vsscanf(3) in its library, vwscanw() will not work.  You lose.  (It
   should work on any System V, however).  If you want to fix this, add an
   implementation to ncurses/vsscanf.c.
 
 
 + If you're using a BSD earlier than 4.4BSD, or a Linux old enough not to have
   a native vsscanf(3) in its library, vwscanw() will not work.  You lose.  (It
   should work on any System V, however).  If you want to fix this, add an
   implementation to ncurses/vsscanf.c.
 

-+ The C++ binding fails to build with a few C++ compilers, mainly with
-  configure script problems with vsscanf().
++ The C++ binding fails to build with a few C++ compilers.

 
 + terminfo.5 does not format with the SunOS (and most other platform's) tbl
   utility because it relies on a diversion for each table entry.  Get the
 
 + terminfo.5 does not format with the SunOS (and most other platform's) tbl
   utility because it relies on a diversion for each table entry.  Get the


@@ -75,7 +103,7 @@ LONGER-TERM TO-DO ITEMS:
 
 1. Extended COSE conformance
 
 
 1. Extended COSE conformance
 

-There is an XPG4 standard recently released which describes a superset
+There is an XPG4 standard released in 1996 which describes a superset

 of the SVr4 API.  The library is BASE conformant with this standard.
 We would like to make ncurses fully conformant at the EXTENDED level
 supporting internationalization.
 of the SVr4 API.  The library is BASE conformant with this standard.
 We would like to make ncurses fully conformant at the EXTENDED level
 supporting internationalization.


@@ -169,3 +197,5 @@ These are the potentially important ones for ncurses.  Notes:
 
        ii) We probably don't care about dest_tabs_magic_smso; only
                Telerays used it and they're all long obsolete.
 
        ii) We probably don't care about dest_tabs_magic_smso; only
                Telerays used it and they're all long obsolete.

+
+-- vile:txtmode