X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=632ef2272972aa69424f84bcfe1e02db3cd5fbdb;hp=6da78c94c8e64b20f456761267596c63a50763c9;hb=95bcbd4bb8e933c86e6fc4aba9ea1c7fd3d30e3d;hpb=c0e5fbfcce224693b3effdd295ee49b6b761b754 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6da78c94..632ef227 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3708 2021/09/11 23:45:11 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3727 2021/10/16 15:17:50 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -46,6 +46,57 @@ 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. +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_"). + + modify tset "-q" option to refrain from modifying terminal modes, to + match the documentation. + + add section on margins to terminfo.5, adapted from X/Open Curses. + + make tput/tset warning messages consistently using alias names when + those are used, rather than the underlying program's name. + + improve tput usage message for aliases such as clear, by eliminating + tput-specific portions. + + add a check in toe to ensure that a "termcap file" is text rather + than binary. + + further build-fixes for OpenBSD 6.9, whose header files differ from + the other BSDs. + +20210925 + + add kbeg to xterm+keypad to accommodate termcap applications -TD + + add smglp and smgrp to vt420+lrmm, to provide useful data for the + "tabs" +m option -TD + + build-fix for gcc 3.4.3 with Solaris10, which does not allow forward + reference of anonymous struct typedef. + + modify tput to allow multiple commands per line. + + minor fixes for tset manpage. + 20210911 + adjust ifdef in test_opaque.c to fix build with ncurses 5.7 + add testing note for xterm-{hp|sco|sun} -TD