X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=10b881720e87b18b1eb760f6f8698193f360ffb8;hp=fdb530d8a2e0edc75170fba7757327b689e049fd;hb=f399f54c6c4ea2143afcbf704ce9af0be52b63fc;hpb=f9994a48d2f74b613a0adb19d3917f724d4d1312 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index fdb530d8..10b88172 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3717 2021/10/02 22:25:41 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3741 2021/11/06 23:43:40 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -46,6 +46,66 @@ 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. +20211106 + + improve check in misc/Makefile.in for empty $PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR + + modify wnoutrefresh to call pnoutrefresh if its parameter is a pad, + rather than treating it as an error, and modify new_panel to permit + its window-parameter to be a pad (report by Giorgos Xou). + + fix a memory-leak in del_curterm (prompted by discussion with Bram + Moolenaar, cf: 20210821). + +20211030 + + simplify some references to WINDOWS._flags using macros. + + add a "check" rule in Ada95 makefile, to help with test-packages. + + build-fix for cross-compiling to MingW, conditionally add -lssp + +20211026 + + corrected regex needed for older pkg-config used in Solaris 10. + + amend configure option's auto-search to account for systems where + none of the directories known to pkg-config exist, adapted from + mailing-list comment (report by Milan P. Stanic). + +20211021 6.3 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + + update release notes + + add "ncu2openbsd" script, to illustrate how to update an OpenBSD + system to use a current ncurses release. + +20211018 + + check for screen size-change in scr_init() and scr_restore(), in case + a screen dump does not match the current screen dimensions (report by + Frank Tkalcevic). + +20211017 + + amend change for pkg-config to account for "none" being returned in + the libdir-path result rather than "no" (report by Gabriele Balducci). + +20211016 + + build-fix for pmake with libtool. + + improve make-tar.sh scripts, adding COPYING to tar file, and clean up + shellcheck warnings. + + add link for "reset6" manpage in test-package ncurses6-doc + + revise configure option --with-pkg-config-libdir, using the actual + search path from pkg-config or pkgconf using the output from --debug + (report by Pascal Pignard). + + freeze ABI in ".map" files. + +20211009 + + implement "+m" option in tabs program. + + fill in some details for infoton -TD + + fix spelling/consistency in several descriptions -TD + + use vt420+lrmm in vt420 -TD + + modify save_tty_settings() to avoid opening /dev/tty for cases other + than reset/init, e.g., for clear. + + modify output of "toe -as" to show first description found rather + than the last. + + improve tic checks for number of parameters of smglp, smgrp, smgtp, + and smgbp (cf: 20020525). + + correct off-by-one comparison in last_char(), which did not allow + special case of ":" in a terminfo description field (cf: 20120407). + + remove check in tic that assumes that none or both parameterized and + non-parameterized margin-setting capabilities are present + (cf: 20101002). + 20211002 + use return-value from vsnprintf to reallocate as needed to allow for buffers larger than the screen size (report by "_RuRo_").