X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=61ed600ac6d559bf36d2ab15785f0ab6f1d6c221;hp=0754f94646ae80d8bf85a31367c098021bfb1b19;hb=1b540608eae9a714c0c4195310f25c1a1897ae89;hpb=9c110809dcc6246cb01544e9cb6c709795697a1a diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0754f946..61ed600a 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2689 2016/10/29 22:28:11 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2708 2016/12/11 00:24:06 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,52 @@ 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. +20161210 + + add configure script option --disable-wattr-macros for use in cases + where one wants to use the same headers for ncurses5/ncurses6 + development, by suppressing the wattr* macros which differ due to + the introduction of extended colors (prompted by comments in + Debian #230990, Redhat #1270534). + + add test/tput-initc to demonstrate tput used to initialize palette + from a data file. + + modify test/xterm*.dat to use the newer color4/color12 values. + +20161203 + + improve discussion of field validation in form_driver.3x manual page. + + update curs_trace.3x manual page. + +20161126 + + modify linux-16color to not mask dim, standout or reverse with the + ncv capability -TD + + add 0.1sec mandatory delay to flash capabilities using the VT100 + reverse-video control -TD + + omit selection of ISO-8859-1 for G0 in enacs capability from linux2.6 + entry, to avoid conflict with the user-defined mapping. The reset + feature will use ISO-8859-1 in any case (Mikulas Patocka). + + improve check in tic for delays by also warning about beep/flash + when a delay is not embedded, or if those use the VT100 reverse + video escape without using a delay. + + minor fix for syntax-check of delays from 20161119 changes. + + modify trace() to avoid overwriting existing file (report by Maor + Shwartz). + +20161119 + + add check in tic for some syntax errors of delays, as well as use of + proportional delays for non-line capabilities. + + document history of the clear program and the E3 extension, prompted + by various discussions including + http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87469/clearing-the-old-scrollback-buffer + +20161112 + + improve -W option in tic/infocmp: + + correct order of size-adjustments in wrapped lines + + if -f option splits line, do not further split it with -W + + begin a new line when adding "use=" after a wrapped line + +20161105 + + fix typo in man/terminfo.tail (Alain Williams). + + correct program-name in adacurses6-config.1 manual page. + 20161029 + add new function "unfocus_current_field" (Leon Winter)