X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=37d825a8bbb97714b60122bf2048b6224901da4d;hp=4bc7f748742cc3853d7fd6208709a3093576d64f;hb=4573ed8af000c7a7907a59ec750da29c46c15498;hpb=155b34efd7e736423212bee09a93efc96ad627de diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4bc7f748..37d825a8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1514 2010/03/20 21:31:24 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1566 2010/07/17 23:00:18 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,141 @@ 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. +20100717 + * add hard-reset for rs2 to wsvt25 to help ensure that reset ends + the alternate character set (patch by Nicholas Marriott) + + remove tar-copy.sh and related configure/Makefile chunks, since the + Ada95 binding is now installed using rules in Ada95/src. + +20100703 + + continue integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95 + + add/use configure check to turn on project rules for Ada95/src. + + revert the vfork change from 20100130, since it does not work. + +20100626 + + continue integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95 + + old gnatmake (3.15) does not produce libraries using project-file; + work around by adding script to generate alternate makefile. + +20100619 + + continue integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95 + + add configure --with-ada-sharedlib option, for the test_make rule. + + move Ada95-related logic into aclocal.m4, since additional checks + will be needed to distinguish old/new implementations of gnat. + +20100612 + + start integrating changes to use gnatmake project files in Ada95 tree + + add test_make / test_clean / test_install rules in Ada95/src + + change install-path for adainclude directory to /usr/share/ada (was + /usr/lib/ada). + + update Ada95/configure. + + add mlterm+256color entry, for mlterm 3.0.0 -TD + + modify test/configure to use macros to ensure consistent order + of updating LIBS variable. + +20100605 + + change search order of options for Solaris in CF_SHARED_OPTS, to + work with 64-bit compiles. + + correct quoting of assignment in CF_SHARED_OPTS case for aix + (cf: 20081227) + +20100529 + + regenerated html documentation. + + modify test/configure to support pkg-config for checking X libraries + used by PDCurses. + + add/use configure macro CF_ADD_LIB to force consistency of + assignments to $LIBS, etc. + + fix configure script for combining --with-pthread + and --enable-weak-symbols options. + +20100522 + + correct cross-compiling configure check for CF_MKSTEMP macro, by + adding a check cache variable set by AC_CHECK_FUNC (report by + Pierre Labastie). + + simplify include-dependencies of make_hash and make_keys, to reduce + the need for setting BUILD_CPPFLAGS in cross-compiling when the + build- and target-machines differ. + + repair broken-linker configuration by restoring a definition of SP + variable to curses.priv.h, and adjusting for cases where sp-funcs + are used. + + improve configure macro CF_AR_FLAGS, allowing ARFLAGS environment + variable to override (prompted by report by Pablo Cazallas). + +20100515 + + add configure option --enable-pthreads-eintr to control whether the + new EINTR feature is enabled. + + modify logic in pthread configuration to allow EINTR to interrupt + a read operation in wgetch() (Novell #540571, patch by Werner Fink). + + drop mkdirs.sh, use "mkdir -p". + + add configure option --disable-libtool-version, to use the + "-version-number" feature which was added in libtool 1.5 (report by + Peter Haering). The default value for the option uses the newer + feature, which makes libraries generated using libtool compatible + with the standard builds of ncurses. + + updated test/configure to match configure script macros. + + fixes for configure script from lynx changes: + + improve CF_FIND_LINKAGE logic for the case where a function is + found in predefined libraries. + + revert part of change to CF_HEADER (cf: 20100424) + +20100501 + + correct limit-check in wredrawln, accounting for begy/begx values + (patch by David Benjamin). + + fix most compiler warnings from clang. + + amend build-fix for OpenSolaris, to ensure that a system header is + included in curses.h before testing feature symbols, since they + may be defined by that route. + +20100424 + + fix some strict compiler warnings in ncurses library. + + modify configure macro CF_HEADER_PATH to not look for variations in + the predefined include directories. + + improve configure macros CF_GCC_VERSION and CF_GCC_WARNINGS to work + with gcc 4.x's c89 alias, which gives warning messages for cases + where older versions would produce an error. + +20100417 + + modify _nc_capcmp() to work with cancelled strings. + + correct translation of "^" in _nc_infotocap(), used to transform + terminfo to termcap strings + + add configure --disable-rpath-hack, to allow disabling the feature + which adds rpath options for libraries in unusual places. + + improve CF_RPATH_HACK_2 by checking if the rpath option for a given + directory was already added. + + improve CF_RPATH_HACK_2 by using ldd to provide a standard list of + directories (which will be ignored). + +20100410 + + improve win_driver.c handling of mouse: + + discard motion events + + avoid calling _nc_timed_wait when there is a mouse event + + handle 4th and "rightmost" buttons. + + quote substitutions in CF_RPATH_HACK_2 configure macro, needed for + cases where there are embedded blanks in the rpath option. + +20100403 + + add configure check for exctags vs ctags, to work around pkgsrc. + + simplify logic in _nc_get_screensize() to make it easier to see how + environment variables may override system- and terminfo-values + (prompted by discussion with Igor Bujna). + + make debug-traces for COLOR_PAIR and PAIR_NUMBER less verbose. + + improve handling of color-pairs embedded in attributes for the + extended-colors configuration. + + modify MKlib_gen.sh to build link_test with sp-funcs. + + build-fixes for OpenSolaris aka Solaris 11, for wide-character + configuration as well as for rpath feature in *-config scripts. + +20100327 + + refactor CF_SHARED_OPTS configure macro, making CF_RPATH_HACK more + reusable. + + improve configure CF_REGEX, similar fixes. + + improve configure CF_FIND_LINKAGE, adding add check between system + (default) and explicit paths, where we can find the entrypoint in the + given library. + + add check if Gpm_Open() returns a -2, e.g., for "xterm". This is + normally suppressed but can be overridden using $NCURSES_GPM_TERMS. + Ensure that Gpm_Close() is called in this case. + 20100320 + rename atari and st52 terminfo entries to atari-old, st52-old, use newer entries from FreeMiNT by Guido Flohr (from patch/report by Alan @@ -675,7 +810,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. overlooked til now. 20081011 - + update html documentation. + + regenerated html documentation. + add -m and -s options to test/keynames.c and test/key_names.c to test the meta() function with keyname() or key_name(), respectively. + correct return value of key_name() on error; it is null.