ncurses 6.2 - patch 20210626

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+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- Copyright 2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey                                      --
+-- Copyright 1998-1999,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   --
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+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.6 2021/06/17 21:20:30 tom Exp $
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 This is a log of changes that the ncurses C++ binding has gone
 through starting with the integration of menu and forms integration
 into the binding.
 This is a log of changes that the ncurses C++ binding has gone
 through starting with the integration of menu and forms integration
 into the binding.


@@ -7,19 +37,19 @@ into the binding.
           to view the pad.
 
 970908 + Improve NCursesWindow class: added additional methods to
           to view the pad.
 
 970908 + Improve NCursesWindow class: added additional methods to

-         cover more ncurses functionality. Make refresh() and 
+         cover more ncurses functionality. Make refresh() and

          noutrefresh() virtual members to allow different implementation
          in the NCursesPanel class.
        + CAUTION: changed order of parameters in vline() and hline() of
          NCursesWindow class.
        + Make refresh() in NCursesPanel non-static, it is now a
          noutrefresh() virtual members to allow different implementation
          in the NCursesPanel class.
        + CAUTION: changed order of parameters in vline() and hline() of
          NCursesWindow class.
        + Make refresh() in NCursesPanel non-static, it is now a

-         reimplementation  of refresh() in the base class. Added 
+         reimplementation  of refresh() in the base class. Added

          noutrefresh() to NCursesPanel.
        + Added NCursesForm and related classes to support libform
          functionality.
        + Moved most of configuration related stuff from cursesw.h to
          etip.h
          noutrefresh() to NCursesPanel.
        + Added NCursesForm and related classes to support libform
          functionality.
        + Moved most of configuration related stuff from cursesw.h to
          etip.h

-       + Added NCursesApplication class to support easy configuration 
+       + Added NCursesApplication class to support easy configuration

          of menu and forms related attributes as well as ripped of
          title lines and Soft-Label-Keys for an application.
        + Support of Auto-Cleanup for a menus fieldlist.
          of menu and forms related attributes as well as ripped of
          title lines and Soft-Label-Keys for an application.
        + Support of Auto-Cleanup for a menus fieldlist.


@@ -33,10 +63,10 @@ into the binding.
        + Added the NCursesMenu class to support libmenu functionality.
        + The inheritace relation between NCursesWindow and NCursesColorWindow
          was kind of brain damage. Monochrome is a special case of colored, so
        + Added the NCursesMenu class to support libmenu functionality.
        + The inheritace relation between NCursesWindow and NCursesColorWindow
          was kind of brain damage. Monochrome is a special case of colored, so

-         the relation should be just the opposite. This would allow all 
-         derived classes like NCursesPanel, NCursesMenu or NCursesForm to 
+         the relation should be just the opposite. This would allow all
+         derived classes like NCursesPanel, NCursesMenu or NCursesForm to

          have colors.
          have colors.

-         To resolve that design flaw I put the color functionality into the 
+         To resolve that design flaw I put the color functionality into the

          NCursesWindow class and it can be switched on by the static member
          useColors(). NCursesColorWindow is still there for compatibility
          reasons.
          NCursesWindow class and it can be switched on by the static member
          useColors(). NCursesColorWindow is still there for compatibility
          reasons.