X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=0f2653eea9f8c461eb084269070ffe0f03d0f434;hp=386cb399c879f33e265fb4fc42b42c53da333dd7;hb=b6d0d9ad9e372e856f01a4c283cf784a15993903;hpb=3e800f58ddf476b6f98de80c486e6adae38ec030 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 386cb399..0f2653ee 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1885 2012/03/31 23:10:23 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1918 2012/06/16 19:19:48 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,127 @@ 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. +20120616 + + add configure check to distinguish clang from gcc to eliminate + warnings about unused command-line parameters when compiler warnings + are enabled. + + improve behavior when updating terminfo entries which are hardlinked + by allowing for the possibility that an alias has been repurposed to + a new primary name. + + fix some strict compiler warnings based on package scripts. + + further fixes for configure check for working poll (Debian #676461). + +20120608 + + fix an uninitialized variable in -c/-n logic for infocmp changes + (cf: 20120526). + + corrected fix for building c++ binding with clang 3.0 (report/patch + by Richard Yao, Gentoo #417613, cf: 20110409) + + correct configure check for working poll, fixing the case where stdin + is redirected, e.g., in rpm/dpkg builds (Debian #676461). + + add rpm- and dpkg-scripts, to test those build-environments. + The resulting packages are used only for testing. + +20120602 + + add kdch1 aka "Remove" to vt220 and vt220-8 entries -TD + + add kdch1, etc., to qvt108 -TD + + add dl1/il1 to some entries based on dl/il values -TD + + add dl to simpleterm -TD + + add consistency-checks in tic for insert-line vs delete-line + controls, and insert/delete-char keys + + correct no-leaks logic in infocmp when doing comparisons, fixing + duplicate free of entries given via the command-line, and freeing + entries loaded from the last-but-one of files specified on the + command-line. + + add kdch1 to wsvt25 entry from NetBSD CVS (reported by David Lord, + analysis by Martin Husemann). + + add cnorm/civis to wsvt25 entry from NetBSD CVS (report/analysis by + Onno van der Linden). + +20120526 + + extend -c and -n options of infocmp to allow comparing more than two + entries. + + correct check in infocmp for number of terminal names when more than + two are given. + + correct typo in curs_threads.3x (report by Yanhui Shen on + freebsd-hackers mailing list). + +20120512 + + corrected 'op' for bterm (report by Samuel Thibault) -TD + + modify test/background.c to demonstrate a background character + holding a colored ACS_HLINE. The behavior differs from SVr4 due to + the thick- and double-line extension (cf: 20091003). + + modify handling of acs characters in PutAttrChar to avoid mapping an + unmapped character to a space with A_ALTCHARSET set. + + rewrite vt520 entry based on vt420 -TD + +20120505 + + remove p6 (bold) from opus3n1+ for consistency -TD + + remove acs stuff from env230 per clues in Ingres termcap -TD + + modify env230 sgr/sgr0 to match other capabilities -TD + + modify smacs/rmacs in bq300-8 to match sgr/sgr0 -TD + + make sgr for dku7202 agree with other caps -TD + + make sgr for ibmpc agree with other caps -TD + + make sgr for tek4107 agree with other caps -TD + + make sgr for ndr9500 agree with other caps -TD + + make sgr for sco-ansi agree with other caps -TD + + make sgr for d410 agree with other caps -TD + + make sgr for d210 agree with other caps -TD + + make sgr for d470c, d470c-7b agree with other caps -TD + + remove redundant AC_DEFINE for NDEBUG versus Makefile definition. + + fix a back-link in _nc_delink_entry(), which is needed if ncurses is + configured with --enable-termcap and --disable-getcap. + +20120428 + + fix some inconsistencies between vt320/vt420, e.g., cnorm/civis -TD + + add eslok flag to dec+sl -TD + + dec+sl applies to vt320 and up -TD + + drop wsl width from xterm+sl -TD + + reuse xterm+sl in putty and nsca-m -TD + + add ansi+tabs to vt520 -TD + + add ansi+enq to vt220-vt520 -TD + + fix a compiler warning in example in ncurses-intro.doc (Paul Waring). + + added paragraph in keyname manpage telling how extended capabilities + are interpreted as key definitions. + + modify tic's check of conflicting key definitions to include extended + capability strings in addition to the existing check on predefined + keys. + +20120421 + + improve cleanup of temporary files in tic using atexit(). + + add msgr to vt420, similar DEC vtXXX entries -TD + + add several missing vt420 capabilities from vt220 -TD + + factor out ansi+pp from several entries -TD + + change xterm+sl and xterm+sl-twm to include only the status-line + capabilities and not "use=xterm", making them more generally useful + as building-blocks -TD + + add dec+sl building block, as example -TD + +20120414 + + add XT to some terminfo entries to improve usefulness for other + applications than screen, which would like to pretend that xterm's + title is a status-line. -TD + + change use-clauses in ansi-mtabs, hp2626, and hp2622 based on review + of ordering and overrides -TD + + add consistency check in tic for screen's "XT" capability. + + add section in terminfo.src summarizing the user-defined capabilities + used in that file -TD + +20120407 + + fix an inconsistency between tic/infocmp "-x" option; tic omits all + non-standard capabilities, while infocmp was ignoring only the user + definable capabilities. + + improve special case in tic parsing of description to allow it to be + followed by terminfo capabilities. Previously the description had to + be the last field on an input line to allow tic to distinguish + between termcap and terminfo format while still allowing commas to be + embedded in the description. + + correct variable name in gen_edit.sh which broke configurability of + the --with-xterm-kbs option. + + revert 2011-07-16 change to "linux" alias, return to "linux2.2" -TD + + further amend 20110910 change, providing for configure-script + override of the "linux" terminfo entry to install and changing the + default for that to "linux2.2" (Debian #665959). + 20120331 + update Ada95/configure to use CF_DISABLE_ECHO (cf: 20120317). + correct order of use-clauses in st-256color -TD @@ -53,7 +174,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. Nicolas Boulenguez). + modify configure script to ensure that the same -On option used for the C compiler in CFLAGS is used for ADAFLAGS rather than simply - using -O3 (suggested by Nicolas Boulenguez) + using "-O3" (suggested by Nicolas Boulenguez) 20120324 + amend an old fix so that next_char() exits properly for empty files, @@ -636,7 +757,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + modify configure script to provide value for HTML_DIR in Ada95/gen/Makefile.in, which depends on whether the Ada95 binding is distributed separately (report by Nicolas Boulenguez). - + modify configure script to add -g and/or -O3 to ADAFLAGS if the + + modify configure script to add "-g" and/or "-O3" to ADAFLAGS if the CFLAGS for the build has these options. + amend change from 20070324, to not add 1 to the result of getmaxx and getmaxy in the Ada binding (report by Nicolas Boulenguez for @@ -7066,7 +7187,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. handling in lynx (reported by Kim DeVaughn). 990306 pre-release - + add -G option to tic and infocmp, to reverse the -g option. + + add -G option to tic and infocmp, to reverse the "-g" option. + recode functions in name_match.c to avoid use of strncpy, which caused a 4-fold slowdown in tic (cf: 980530). + correct a few warnings about sign-extension in recent changes. @@ -7437,7 +7558,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. since that is a little more efficient. + minor correction to infocmp to avoid displaying "difference" between two capabilities that are rendered in equivalent forms. - + add -g option to tic/infocmp to force character constants to be + + add "-g" option to tic/infocmp to force character constants to be displayed in quoted form. Otherwise their decimal values are shown. + modify setupterm so that cancelled strings are treated the same as absent strings, cancelled and absent booleans false (does not affect @@ -9603,7 +9724,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 960810 - snapshot + correct nl()/nonl() to work as per SVr4 & XSI. + minor fixes to ncurses.c (use 'noraw()', mvscanw return-code) - + refine configure-test for -g option (Tim Mooney). + + refine configure-test for "-g" option (Tim Mooney). + correct interaction between O_BLANK and NEW_LINE request in form library (Juergen Pfeifer) @@ -9805,7 +9926,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + enhancement to the control over the new PC-style soft key format. allow caller now to select whether or not one wants to have the index-line; see curs_slk.3x for documentation (Juergen Pfeifer). - + typos, don't use inline with -g (Philippe De Muyter) + + typos, don't use inline with "-g" (Philippe De Muyter) + fixes for menus & wattr-, slk-functions (Juergen Pfeifer) 960526 - snapshot