X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=6a919665159cbdfa4de3e19d16a5d08ecda4ba9e;hp=d240ab00830e638c5f677c7386410de09295efdb;hb=82035cb9d3375b8c65b4a5a5d3bd89febdc7e201;hpb=d49a800c7f54c8d9e77f745423c821a8535ada59 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d240ab00..6a919665 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1509 2010/03/06 21:03:02 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1615 2010/11/28 16:43:28 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,318 @@ 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. +20101128 + + modify test/configure and test/Makefile.in to handle this special + case of building within a build-tree (Debian #34182): + mkdir -p build && cd build && ../test/configure && make + +20101127 + + miscellaneous build-fixes for Ada95 and test-directories when built + out-of-tree. + + use VPATH in makefiles to simplify out-of-tree builds (Debian #34182). + + fix typo in rmso for tek4106 entry -Goran Weinholt + +20101120 + + improve checks in test/configure for X libraries, from xterm #267 + changes. + + modify test/configure to allow it to use the build-tree's libraries + e.g., when using that to configure the test-programs without the + rpath feature (request by Sven Joachim). + + repurpose "gnome" terminfo entries as "vte", retaining "gnome" items + for compatibility, but generally deprecating those since the VTE + library is what actually defines the behavior of "gnome", etc., + since 2003 -TD + +20101113 + + compiler warning fixes for test programs. + + various build-fixes for test-programs with pdcurses. + + updated configure checks for X packages in test/configure from xterm + #267 changes. + + add configure check to gnatmake, to accommodate cygwin. + +20101106 + + correct list of sub-directories needed in Ada95 tree for building as + a separate package. + + modify scripts in test-directory to improve builds as a separate + package. + +20101023 + + correct parsing of relative tab-stops in tabs program (report by + Philip Ganchev). + + adjust configure script so that "t" is not added to library suffix + when weak-symbols are used, allowing the pthread configuration to + more closely match the non-thread naming (report by Werner Fink). + + modify configure check for tic program, used for fallbacks, to a + warning if not found. This makes it simpler to use additonal + scripts to bootstrap the fallbacks code using tic from the build + tree (report by Werner Fink). + + fix several places in configure script using ${variable-value} form. + + modify configure macro CF_LDFLAGS_STATIC to accommodate some loaders + which do not support selectively linking against static libraries + (report by John P. Hartmann) + + fix an unescaped dash in man/tset.1 (report by Sven Joachim). + +20101009 + + correct comparison used for setting 16-colors in linux-16color + entry (Novell #644831) -TD + + improve linux-16color entry, using "dim" for color-8 which makes it + gray rather than black like color-0 -TD + + drop misc/ncu-indent and misc/jpf-indent; they are provided by an + external package "cindent". + +20101002 + + improve linkages in html manpages, adding references to the newer + pages, e.g., *_variables, curs_sp_funcs, curs_threads. + + add checks in tic for inconsistent cursor-movement controls, and for + inconsistent printer-controls. + + fill in no-parameter forms of cursor-movement where a parameterized + form is available -TD + + fill in missing cursor controls where the form of the controls is + ANSI -TD + + fix inconsistent punctuation in form_variables manpage (patch by + Sven Joachim). + + add parameterized cursor-controls to linux-basic (report by Dae) -TD + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + document how to build 32-bit libraries in README.MinGW + + fixes to filename computation in mk-dlls.sh.in + + use POSIX locale in mk-dlls.sh.in rather than en_US (report by Sven + Joachim). + + add a check in mk-dlls.sh.in to obtain the size of a pointer to + distinguish between 32-bit and 64-bit hosts. The result is stored + in mingw_arch + +20100925 + + add "XT" capability to entries for terminals that support both + xterm-style mouse- and title-controls, for "screen" which + special-cases TERM beginning with "xterm" or "rxvt" -TD + > patch by Juergen Pfeifer: + + use 64-Bit MinGW toolchain (recommended package from TDM, see + README.MinGW). + + support pthreads when using the TDM MinGW toolchain + +20100918 + + regenerated html manpages. + + minor fixes for symlinks to curs_legacy.3x and curs_slk.3x manpages. + + add manpage for sp-funcs. + + add sp-funcs to test/listused.sh, for documentation aids. + +20100911 + + add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo- + and form-libraries. + + minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre). + + modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form + (sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004). + + add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old + platforms. + +20100904 + + add configure option --without-tests, to suppress building test + programs (request by Frederic L W Meunier). + +20100828 + + modify nsterm, xnuppc and tek4115 to make sgr/sgr0 consistent -TD + + add check in terminfo source-reader to provide more informative + message when someone attempts to run tic on a compiled terminal + description (prompted by Debian #593920). + + note in infotocap and captoinfo manpages that they read terminal + descriptions from text-files (Debian #593920). + + improve acsc string for vt52, show arrow keys (patch by Benjamin + Sittler). + +20100814 + + document in manpages that "mv" functions first use wmove() to check + the window pointer and whether the position lies within the window + (suggested by Poul-Henning Kamp). + + fixes to curs_color.3x, curs_kernel.3x and wresize.3x manpages (patch + by Tim van der Molen). + + modify configure script to transform library names for tic- and + tinfo-libraries so that those build properly with Mac OS X shared + library configuration. + + modify configure script to ensure that it removes conftest.dSYM + directory leftover on checks with Mac OS X. + + modify configure script to cleanup after check for symbolic links. + +20100807 + + correct a typo in mk-1st.awk (patch by Gabriele Balducci) + (cf: 20100724) + + improve configure checks for location of tic and infocmp programs + used for installing database and for generating fallback data, + e.g., for cross-compiling. + + add Markus Kuhn's wcwidth function for compiling MinGW + + add special case to CF_REGEX for cross-compiling to MinGW target. + +20100731 + + modify initialization check for win32con driver to eliminate need for + special case for TERM "unknown", using terminal database if available + (prompted by discussion with Roumen Petrov). + + for MinGW port, ensure that terminal driver is setup if tgetent() + is called (patch by Roumen Petrov). + + document tabs "-0" and "-8" options in manpage. + + fix Debian "lintian" issues with manpages reported in + http://lintian.debian.org/full/csmall@debian.org.html#ncurses + +20100724 + + add a check in tic for missing set_tab if clear_all_tabs given. + + improve use of symbolic links in makefiles by using "-f" option if + it is supported, to eliminate temporary removal of the target + (prompted by http://www.t2-project.org/packages/ncurses.html) + + minor improvement to test/ncurses.c, reset color pairs in 'd' test + after exit from 'm' main-menu command. + + improved ncu-indent, from mawk changes, allows more than one of + GCC_NORETURN, GCC_PRINTFLIKE and GCC_SCANFLIKE on a single line. + +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 + Hourihane). + +20100313 + + modify install-rule for manpages so that *-config manpages will + install when building with --srcdir (report by Sven Joachim). + + modify CF_DISABLE_LEAKS configure macro so that the --enable-leaks + option is not the same as --disable-leaks (GenToo #305889). + + modify #define's for build-compiler to suppress cchar_t symbol from + compile of make_hash and make_keys, improving cross-compilation of + ncursesw (report by Bernhard Rosenkraenzer). + + modify CF_MAN_PAGES configure macro to replace all occurrences of + TPUT in tput.1's manpage (Debian #573597, report/analysis by Anders + Kaseorg). + 20100306 + generate manpages for the *-config scripts, adapted from help2man (suggested by Sven Joachim). @@ -241,7 +553,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + move leak-checking for comp_captab.c into _nc_leaks_tinfo() since that module since 20090711 is in libtinfo. + add configure option --enable-term-driver, to allow compiling with - terminal-driver. That is used in mingw port, and (being somewhat + terminal-driver. That is used in MinGW port, and (being somewhat more complicated) is an experimental alternative to the conventional termlib internals. Currently, it requires the sp-funcs feature to be enabled. @@ -658,7 +970,7 @@ 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. @@ -2785,7 +3097,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. (request by Mike Aubury). + add symbol to curses.h which can be used to suppress include of stdbool.h, e.g., - #define NCURSES_ENABLE_STDBOOL_H 0 + #define NCURSES_ENABLE_STDBOOL_H 0 #include (discussion on XFree86 mailing list).