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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.
 

+990731  + Improve support for pads. A viewport window may now be added to
+          a pad. It will then be possible to use a builtin panning mechanism
+          to view the pad.
+
+970908 + Improve NCursesWindow class: added additional methods to
+         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
+         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
+       + 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.
+       + Change of return type for current_item() and operator[] for
+         menus.
+       + Enhanced demo.

 970502
        + Introduced the THROW and THROWS functions/macros to prepare
          a smoother transition to real exception handling.
 970502
        + Introduced the THROW and THROWS functions/macros to prepare
          a smoother transition to real exception handling.


@@ -9,9 +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 have colors.
-         To resolve that design flaw I put the color functionality into the 
+         the relation should be just the opposite. This would allow all
+         derived classes like NCursesPanel, NCursesMenu or NCursesForm to
+         have colors.
+         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.