X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=0a2f4b81ea03005c8e7c7d4f202134096ce6966c;hp=39613f05ac0f70384738418fcbbc379eed27287d;hb=6209b84e2f9cc5a53527760499be2cba5fc4e95c;hpb=176aaa579a65f28a5fab489b89c9948bb28d4c08 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 39613f05..0a2f4b81 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1209 2008/03/01 20:02:41 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1228 2008/04/19 23:03:52 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,63 @@ 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. +20080419 + + add screen.rxvt terminfo entry -TD + + modify tic -f option to format spaces as \s to prevent them from + being lost when that is read back in unformatted strings. + + improve test/ditto.c, using a "talk"-style layout. + +20080412 + + change test/ditto.c to use openpty() and xterm. + + add locks for copywin(), dupwin(), overlap(), overlay() on their + window parameters. + + add locks for initscr() and newterm() on updates to the SCREEN + pointer. + + finish table in curs_thread.3x manpage. + +20080405 + + begin table in curs_thread.3x manpage describing the scope of data + used by each function (or symbol) for threading analysis. + + add null-pointer checks to setsyx() and getsyx() (prompted by + discussion by Martin v. Lowis and Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven on + python-dev2 mailing list). + +20080329 + + add null-pointer checks in set_term() and delscreen(). + + move _nc_windows into _nc_globals, since windows can be pads, which + are not associated with a particular screen. + + change use_screen() to pass the SCREEN* parameter rather than + stdscr to the callback function. + + force libtool to use tag for 'CC' in case it does not detect this, + e.g., on aix when using CC=powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0-gcc + (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner). + + override OBJEXT to "lo" when building with libtool, to work on + platforms such as AIX where libtool may use a different suffix for + the object files than ".o" (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner). + + add configure --with-pthread option, for building with the POSIX + thread library. + +20080322 + + fill in extended-color pair two more places in wbkgrndset() and + waddch_nosync() (prompted by Sedeno's patch). + + fill in extended-color pair in _nc_build_wch() to make colors work + for wide-characters using extended-colors (patch by Alejandro R + Sedeno). + + add x/X toggles to ncurses.c C color test to test/demo + wide-characters with extended-colors. + + add a/A toggles to ncurses.c c/C color tests. + + modify test/ditto.c to use use_screen(). + + finish modifying test/rain.c to demonstrate threads. + +20080308 + + start modifying test/rain.c for threading demo. + + modify test/ncurses.c to make 'f' test accept the f/F/b/F/ toggles + that the 'F' accepts. + + modify test/worm.c to show trail in reverse-video when other threads + are working concurrently. + + fix a deadlock from improper nesting of mutexes for windowlist and + window. + 20080301 + fixes from 20080223 resolved issue with mutexes; change to use recursive mutexes to fix memory leak in delwin() as called from