X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=33efc1eb5bb7e70831486a8cb11f087bcf0da7b2;hp=70c9e04f3e50a832664f5a8362cbc01f11dd0d46;hb=45a2b5bc1a4536173178e9907feb268c708797c7;hpb=e5d1530ca229aef94a3c84ad33f8ae89f35c4045 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 70c9e04f..33efc1eb 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Copyright 2018-2019,2020 Thomas E. Dickey -- +-- Copyright 2018-2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey -- -- Copyright 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -- -- -- -- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a -- @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3578 2020/10/18 00:46:11 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3665 2021/05/15 23:59:31 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -46,6 +46,262 @@ 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. +20210515 + + improve manual pages for wgetnstr, newwin (prompted by + report/testcase by Bill Gray). + +20210508 + + modify tputs' error check to allow it to be used without first + calling tgetent or setupterm, noting that terminfo initialization + is required for supporting the terminfo delay feature (report by + Sebastiano Vigna). + + fix several warnings from clang --analyze + + add null-pointer check in comp_parse.c, when a "use=" clause refers + to a nonexisting terminal description (report/patch by Miroslav + Lichvar, cf: 20210227). + +20210501 + + add a special case in the configure script to work around one of the + build-time breakages reported for OpenBSD 6 here: + https://www.mail-archive.com/bugs@openbsd.org/msg13200.html + There is no workaround for the other issue, a broken linker spec. + + modify configure check for libtool to prevent accidental use of an + OpenBSD program which uses the same name. + + update config.guess, config.sub + +20210424 + + avoid using broken system macros for snprintf which interfere with + _nc_SLIMIT's conditionally adding a parameter when the string-hacks + configure option is enabled. + + add a "all::" rule before the new "check" rule in test/Makefile.in + +20210418 + + improve CF_LINK_FUNCS by ensuring that the source-file is closed + before linking to the target. + + add "check" rules for headers in c++, progs and test-directories. + + build-fix for termsort module when configured with termcap (reports + by Rajeev V Pillai, Rudi Heitbaum). + +20210417 + + extend --disable-pkg-ldflags option to also control whether $LDFLAGS + from the build is provided in -config and .pc files (Debian #986764). + + fix some cppcheck warnings, mostly style, in ncurses and c++ + libraries and progs directory. + + fix off-by-one limit for tput's processing command-line arguments + (patch by Hadrien Lacour). + +20210403 + + fix some cppcheck warnings, mostly style, in ncurses library and + progs directory. + + improve description of BSD-style padding in curs_termcap.3x + + improved CF_C11_NORETURN macro, from byacc changes. + + fix "--enable-leak" in CF_DISABLE_LEAKS to allow turning + leak-checking off later in a set of options. + + relax modification-time comparison in CF_LINK_FUNCS to allow it to + accept link() function with NFS filesystems which change the mtime + on the link target, e.g., several BSD systems. + + call delay_output_sp to handle BSD-style padding when tputs_sp is + called, whether directly or internally, to ensure that the SCREEN + pointer is passed correctly (reports by Henric Jungheim, Juraj + Lutter). + +20210327 + + build-fixes for Solaris10 /bin/sh + + fix some cppcheck warnings, mostly style, in ncurses test-programs, + form and menu libraries. + +20210323 + + add configure option --enable-stdnoreturn, making the _Noreturn + keyword optional to ease transition (prompted by report by + Rajeev V Pillai). + +20210320 + + improve parameter-checking in tput by forcing it to analyze any + extended string capability, e.g., as used in the Cs and Ms + capabilities of the tmux description (report by Brad Town, + cf: 20200531). + + remove an incorrect free in the fallback (non-checking) version of + _nc_free_and_exit (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + + correct use-ordering in some xterm-direct flavors -TD + + add hterm, hterm-256color (Mike Frysinger) + + if the build-time compiler accepts c11's _Noreturn keyword, use that + rather than gcc's attribute. + + change configure-check for gcc's noreturn attribute to assume it is + a prefix rather than suffix, matching c11's _Noreturn convention. + + add "lint" rule to c++/Makefile, e.g., with cppcheck. + +20210313 + + improve configure CF_LD_SEARCHPATH macro used for ncurses*-config and + ".pc" files, from dialog changes. + + reduce dependency of math-library in test programs. + + minor fixes for test_tparm.c (cf: 20210306) + + mention "ncurses" prefix in curses_version() manpage (report by + Michal Bielinski). + +20210306 + + improved test/test_tparm.c, by limiting the tests to capabilities + that might have parameters or padding, and combined with tputs test. + + improve discussion of padding versus tparm and tputs in + man/curs_terminfo.3x + + update portability note for FreeBSD in man/tput.1 + +20210227 + + modify tic/infocmp to eliminate unnecessary "\" to escape ":" in + terminfo format. + + add check in tic for duplicate "use=" clauses. + +20210220 + + improve tic warning when oc/op do not mention SGR 39/49 for xterm + compatible XT flag. + + revert change to lib_addch.c in waddch_literal() from 20210130, since + the followup fix in PutCharLR() actually corrects the problem while + this change causes too-early filling/wrapping (report by Johannes + Altmanninger). + + add/use vt220+pcedit and vt220+vtedit -TD + + add scrt/securecrt and absolute -TD + + add nel to xterm-new, though supported since X11R5 -TD + + add/use xterm+nofkeys -TD + + move use of ecma+italics from xterm-basic to xterm+nofkeys -TD + +20210213 + + add test/back_ground.c, to exercise the wide-character background + functions. + + add a check in _nc_build_wch() in case the background character is a + wide-character, rather than a new part of a multibyte character. + + improve tracemunch's coverage of form/menu/panel libraries. + + improve tracemunch's checking/reporting the type for the first + parameter, e.g., "WINDOW*" rather than "#1". + +20210206 + + provide for wide-characters as background character in wbkgrnd + (report/testcase by Anton Vidovic) + + add name for Fedora's pcre2 to configure check for "--with-pcre2" + option, from xterm #363 -TD + + modify adjustment in PutCharLR to restore the cursor position before + writing to the lower-right corner, rather than decrementing the + cursor column, in case it was a double-width character (cf: 20210130). + +20210130 + + correct an off-by-one in comparison in waddch_literal() which caused + scrolling when a double-cell character would not fit at the lower + right corner of the screen (report by Benno Schulenberg). + + split-out att610+cvis, vt220+cvis, vt220+cvis8 -TD + + add vt220-base, for terminal emulators which generally have not + supported att610's blinking cursor control -TD + + use vt220+cvis in vt220, etc -TD + + use att610+cvis, xterm+tmux and ansi+enq in kitty -TD + + use vt220+cvis in st, terminology, termite since they ignore + blinking-cursor detail in att610+cvis -TD + +20210123 + + modify package/config scripts to provide an explicit -L option for + cases when the loader search path has other directories preceding + the one in which ncurses is installed (report by Yuri Victorovich). + + minor build-fixes in configure script and makefiles to work around + quirks of pmake. + +20210116 + + add comment for linux2.6 regarding CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS + (report by Patrick McDermott) -TD + + make opts extension for getcchar work as documented for ncurses 6.1, + adding "-g" flag to test/demo_new_pair to illustrate. + +20210109 + + fix errata in man/ncurses.3x from recent updates. + + improve quoting/escaping in configure script, uses some features of + autoconf 2.52.20210105 + +20210102 + + update man/curs_memleaks.3x, to include which declares + exit_terminfo. + + clarify man/curs_terminfo.3x, to mention why the macro setterm is + defined in , and remove it from the list of prototypes + (prompted by patch by Graeme McCutcheon). + + amend man/curs_terminfo.3x, to note that is required + for certain functions, e.g., those using chtype or attr_t for + types, as well as mvcur (cf: 20201031). + + use parameter-names in prototypes in curs_sp_funcs.3x, for + consistency with other manpages. + +20201227 + + update terminology entry to 1.8.1 -TD + + fix some compiler-warnings which gcc8 reports incorrectly. + +20201219 + + suppress hyphenation in generated html for manpages, to address + regression in upgrade of groff 1.22.2 to 1.22.3. + + fix inconsistent sort-order in see-also sections of manpages (report + by Chris Bennett). + +20201212 + + improve manual pages for form field-types. + +20201205 + + amend build-fixes for gnat 10 to work with certain systems lacking + gprbuild (cf: 20200627). + + eliminate an additional strlen and wsclen. + + eliminate an unnecessary strlen in waddnstr() (suggested by Benjamin + Abendroth). + + modify inopts manpage, separating the items for nodelay and notimeout + (patch by Benno Schulenberg). + + correct mlterm3 kf1-kf4 (Debian #975322) -TD + + add flash to mlterm3 -TD + +20201128 + + add Smulx to alacritty (Christian Duerr). + + add rep to PuTTY -TD + + add putty+keypad -TD + + add another fflush(stdout) in _nc_flush() to handle time-delays in + the middle of strings such as flash when the application uses + low-level calls rather than curses (cf: 20161217). + + modify configure check for c89/c99 aliases of clang to use its + -std option instead, because some platforms, in particular macOS, + do not provide workable c89/c99 aliases. + +20201121 + + fix some compiler-warnings in experimental Windows-10 driver. + + add the definitions needed in recent configure-check for clang + (report by Steven Pitman). + +20201114 + + fix some compiler-warnings in experimental Windows-10 driver. + + modify a check for parameters in terminfo capabilities to handle the + special case where short extended capability strings were not + converted from terminfo to termcap format. + + modify CF_MIXEDCASE_FILENAMES macro, adding darwin as special case + when cross-compiling (report by Eli Rykoff). + +20201107 + + update kitty+common -TD + + add putty+screen and putty-screen (suggested by Alexandre Montaron). + + explain in ncurses.3x that functions in the tinfo library do not rely + upon wide-characters (prompted by discussion with Reuben Thomas). + +20201031 + + modify MKterm.h.in so that it is not necessary to include + before (prompted by discussion with Reuben Thomas). + + review/improve synopsis for curs_sp_funcs.3x (prompted by discussion + with Reuben Thomas). + + improve format of output in tic's check_infotocap() function, to + ensure that the messages contain only printable text. + + modify configure-check for clang to verify that -Qunused-arguments + is supported. IBM's xlclang does not support it (report by Steven + Pitman). + +20201024 + + provide workaround configure-check for bool when cross-compiling. + + fix a potential indexing error in _nc_parse_entry(), seen with + Herlim's test data using address-sanitizer. + + change a null-pointer check in set_curterm to a valid-string check, + needed in to tic's use-resolution when pad_char is cancelled + (report/testcase by Robert Sebastian Herlim) + + improve tic's -c option to validate the number and type of parameters + and compare against expected number/type before deciding which set of + parameter-lists to use in tparm calls (report/testcase by Robert + Sebastian Herlim). + + fix a link for tabs.1 manpage in announce.html.in (report by Nick + Black), as well as some fixes via linklint. + 20201017 + improve manpage typography. + improve discussion in curs_addch.3x of the use of unctrl to display @@ -227,8 +483,8 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + correct configure version-check/warnng for g++ to allow for 10.x + re-enable "bel" in konsole-base (report by Nia Huang) + add linux-s entry (patch by Alexandre Montaron). - + drop long-obsolete convert_configure.pl - + add test/test_parm.c, for checking tparm changes. + + drop long-obsolete convert_configure.pl + + add test/test_tparm.c, for checking tparm changes. + improve parameter-checking for tparm, adding function _nc_tiparm() to handle the most-used case, which accepts only numeric parameters (report/testcase by "puppet-meteor"). @@ -243,7 +499,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + update version-check for gnat to allow for gnat 10.x to 99.x + fix an uninitialized variable in lib_mouse.c changes (cf: 20200502) + add a check in EmitRange to guard against repeat_char emitting digits - which could be interpreted as BSD-style padding when --enable-bsdpad + which could be interpreted as BSD-style padding when --enable-bsdpad is configured (report/patch by Hiltjo Posthuma). + add --disable-pkg-ldflags to suppress EXTRA_LDFLAGS from the generated pkg-config and ncurses*-config files, to simplify @@ -531,7 +787,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + build-fixes for Ada95 configure-script and corresponding test package 20190907 - + add --with-ada-libname option and modify Ada95 configuration to + + add --with-ada-libname option and modify Ada95 configuration to allow renaming the "AdaCurses" library (prompted by proposed changes by Pascal Pignard). + modify configure script to distinguish gcc from icc and clang when