X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=130758dbd4153312edbac53c13a13ddc7002bfdd;hp=d26fbf153fe3e7f0daadbbac555f88f78bdb5c01;hb=6b4f5830b7910188b532d661f79775306715f67e;hpb=6a586fefa9985809fdfbc96d2dcb838a13e4e4d2 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d26fbf15..130758db 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3242 2019/01/06 00:34:40 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3275 2019/02/16 23:45:57 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,62 @@ 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. +20190216 + + improve manual page description of TABSIZE. + + add test/demo_tabs program. + +20190209 + + add check in tic to provide warnings for mismatched number of + parameters in the documented user-capability extensions. + +20190202 + + modify rpm test-package ".spec" file to work around naming conflict + with Redhat's package for ncurses6. + + modify no-leaks code in test/picsmap to avoid non-standard tdestroy. + + amend change to configure script which altered the top-level makefile + to avoid attempting to install the terminfo database when it was not + configured, to allow for installing the ".pc" files which are also + in the misc directory (report by Steve Wills). + +20190126 + + change some "%define" statements in test-packages for RPMs to + "%global" to work around changes in rpm 4.14 from recent Redhat. + + fixes for O_INPUT_FIELD extension (patch by Leon Winter). + + eliminate fixed buffer-size when reading $TERMCAP variable. + + correct logic in read_entry.c which prevented $TERMCAP variable from + being interpreted as a fallback to terminfo entry (prompted by + Savannah #54556, cf: 20110924). + +20190121 + + add a check in test/configure to work around non-ncurses termcap.h + file in Slackware. + + corrected flag for "seq" method of db 1.8.5 interface, needed by toe + on some of the BSDs. + + updated "string-hacks" feature. + + minor improvements to manpage typography. + + corrected conditionally-compiled limit on color pairs (report by + "Hudd"). + + add -x option to test/pair_content, test/color_content for testing + init_extended_pair, extended_pair_content, init_extended_color, + extended_color_content + + add -p option to test/pair_content, test/color_content to show the + return values from the tested functions. + + improve manual page curs_color.3x discussion of error returns and + extensions. + + add O_INPUT_FIELD extension to form library (patch by Leon Winter). + + override/suppress --enable-db-install if --disable-database configure + option was given. + + change a too-large terminal entry in tic from a fatal error to a + warning (prompted by discussion with Gabriele Balducci). + +20190112 + + fix typo in term(5), improve explanation of format (report by Otto + Modinos). + + add nsterm-direct -TD + + use SGR 1006 mouse for konsole-base -TD + + use SGR 1006 mouse for putty -TD + + add ti703/ti707, ti703-w/ti707-w (Robert Clausecker) + 20190105 + add dummy "check" rule in top-level and test-Makefile to simply building test-packages for Arch. @@ -9322,7 +9378,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 20000701 pre-release + change minor version to 1, i.e., ncurses 5.1 + add experimental configure option --enable-colorfgbg to check for - $COLORTERM variable as set by rxvt/aterm/Eterm. + $COLORFGBG variable as set by rxvt/aterm/Eterm. + add Eterm terminfo entry (Michael Jennings ). + modify manlinks.sed to pick aliases from the SYNOPSIS section, and several manpages so manlinks.sed can find aliases for creating