X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=6470e10bb2bd2fa7adb79847dfe7eb25de9e112e;hp=1ecda2f66a7c964e4809500974717de80aa25bd1;hb=1dd25cc0259e0683290fe889707b04979b5fda0a;hpb=89175dffb0245ffaa1ffec80373cb9990f8dc7fe diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1ecda2f6..6470e10b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2667 2016/09/18 00:38:06 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2705 2016/12/04 01:02:15 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,84 @@ 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. +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) + +20161022 + + modify tset -w (and tput reset) to update the program's copy of the + screensize if it was already set in the system, to improve tabstop + setting which relies upon knowing the actual screensize. + + add functionality of tset -w to tput, like the "-c" feature this is + not optional in tput. + + add "clear" as a possible link/alias to tput. + + improve tput's check for being called as "init" or "reset" to allow + for transformed names. + + split-out the "clear" function from progs/clear.c, share with + tput to get the same behavior, e.g., the E3 extension. + +20161015 + + amend internal use of tputs to consistently use the number of lines + affected, e.g., for insert/delete character operations. While + merging terminfo source early in 1995, several descriptions used the + "*" proportional delay for these operations, prompting a change in + doupdate. + + regenerate llib-* files. + + regenerate HTML manpages. + + fix several formatting issues with manual pages. + +20161008 + + adjust size in infocmp/tic to work with strlcpy. + + fix configure script to record when strlcat is found on OpenBSD. + + build-fix for "recent" OpenBSD vs baudrate. + +20161001 + + add -W option to tic/infocmp to force long strings to wrap. This is + in addition to the -w option which attempts to fit capabilities into + a given line-length. + + add linux-m1 minitel entries (patch by Alexandre Montaron). + + correct rs2 string for vt100-nam -TD + +20160924 + + modify _nc_tic_expand to escape comma if it immediately follows a + percent sign, to work with minitel change. + + updated minitel and viewdata descriptions (Alexandre Montaron). + 20160917 + build-fix for gnat6, which unhelpfully attempts to compile C files. + fix typo in 20160910 changes (Debian #837892, patch by Sven Joachim). @@ -11077,7 +11155,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. (SVr4) curses, which doesn't use 'const' in its prototypes. + modify ifdef's in test/hashtest.c and test/view.c to compile with Solaris curses. - + modify _tracedump() to pad pad colors & attrs lines to match change + + modify _tracedump() to pad colors & attrs lines to match change in 970101 showing first/last changes. + corrected location of terminating null on dynamically allocated forms fields (patch by Per Foreby).