X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=9892f2e3044b80ec9417482bc65bdb743c4a2229;hp=34903917ba1c1d9c5a9dffdd4124ad3663fd55f9;hb=cd142df6d9934f1bda19f5b968cc666291be5072;hpb=690589d8f19e38925db061296d4f704e4a965bb2 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 34903917..9892f2e3 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2903 2017/07/30 00:14:33 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2966 2017/10/07 23:37:31 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,146 @@ 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. +20171007 + + modify "-T" option of clear and tput to call use_tioctl() to obtain + the operating system's notion of the screensize if possible. + + review/repair some exit-codes for tput, making usage-message exit + with 2 rather than 1, and a failure to open terminal 4+errno. + + amend check in tput, tabs and clear to allow those to use the + database-only features in cron if a -T option gives a suitable + terminal name (report by Lauri Tirkkonen). + + correct an ifdef in test/ncurses.c for systems with soft-keys but + not slk_color(). + + regenerate man-html documentation. + +20170930 + + fix a symbol conflict that made ncurses.c C/c menu not work with + Solaris xpg4 curses. + + add refresh() call to dots_mvcur.c, needed to use mvcur() with + Solaris xpg4 curses after calling newterm(). + + minor fixes for configure script from work on ncurses-examples and + tin. + + improve animation in test/xmas.c by adding a time-delay in blinkit(). + + modify several test programs to reflect that ncurses honors existing + signal handlers in initscr(), while other implementations do not. + + modify bs.c to make it easier to quit. + + change ncurses-examples to use attr_t vs chtype to follow X/Open + documentation more closely since Solaris xpg4-curses uses different + values for WA_xxx vs A_xxx that rely on attr_t being an unsigned + short. Tru64 aka OSF1, HPUX, AIX did as ncurses does, equating the + two sets. + +20170923 + + modify menu for test/ncurses.c to fit on 24-line screen. + + build-fix for configure --with-caps=uwin + + add options to test_arrays.c, for selecting termcap vs terminfo, etc. + +20170916 + + minor fix to test/filter.c to avoid clearing the command in one case. + + modify filter() to discard clr_eos if back_color_erase is set. + +20170909 + + improve wide-character implementation of myADDNSTR() in frm_driver.c, + which was inconsistent with the normal implementation. + + save/restore cursor position in Undo_Justification(), matching + behavior of Buffer_To_Window() (report by Leon Winter). + + modify test/knight to provide the "slow" solution for small screens + using "R", noting that Warnsdorf's method is easily done with "a". + + modify several test-programs which call use_default_colors() to + consistently do this only if "-d" option is given. + + additional changes to test with non-standard variants of curses: + + modify a loop limit in firework.c to work around absense of limit + checks in some libraries. + + fill the last row of a window with "?" in firstlast if waddch does + not return ERR on the lower-right corner. + + add checks in test/configure for some functions not in 4.3BSD curses. + + fix a regression in test/configure (cf: 20170826). + +20170902 + + amend change for endwin-state for better consistency with the older + logic (report/patch by Jeb Rosen, cf: 20170722). + + modify check in fmt_entry() to handle a cancelled reset string + (Debian #873746). Make similar fixes in other parts of dump_entry.c + and tput.c + +20170827 + + fix a bug in repeat_char logic (cf: 20170729, report by Chris Clayton). + +20170826 + + fixes for "iterm2" (report by Leonardo Brondani Schenkel) -TD + + corrected a warning from tic about keys which are the same, to skip + over missing/cancelled values. + + add check in tic for unnecessary use of "2" to denote a shifted + special key. + + improve checks in trim_sgr0, comp_parse.c and parse_entry.c, for + cancelled string capabilities. + + add check in _nc_parse_entry() for invalid entry name, setting the + name to "invalid" to avoid problems storing entries. + + add/improve checks in tic's parser to address invalid input + + add a check in comp_scan.c to handle the special case where a + nontext file ending with a NUL rather than newline is given to tic + as input (Redhat #1484274). + + allow for cancelled capabilities in _nc_save_str (Redhat #1484276). + + add validity checks for "use=" target in _nc_parse_entry (Redhat + #1484284). + + check for invalid strings in postprocess_termcap (Redhat #1484285) + + reset secondary pointers on EOF in next_char() (Redhat #1484287). + + guard _nc_safe_strcpy() and _nc_safe_strcat() against calls using + cancelled strings (Redhat #1484291). + + correct typo in curs_memleaks.3x (Sven Joachim). + + improve test/configure checks for some curses variants not based on + X/Open Curses. + + add options for test/configure to disable checks for form, menu and + panel libraries. + +20170819 + + update "iterm" entry -TD + + add "iterm2" entry (report by Leonardo Brondani Schenkel) -TD + + regenerate llib-* files. + + regenerate HTML manpages. + + improve picsmap test-program: + + reduce memory used for tsearch + + add report in log file showing cumulative color coverage. + + add -x option to clear/tput to make the E3 extension optional + (cf: 20130622). + + add options -T and -V to clear command for compatibility with tput. + + add usage message to clear command (Debian #371855). + + improve usage messages for tset and tput. + + minor fixes to "RDGB" extension and reset_color_pairs(). + +20170812 + + improve description of -R option in infocmp manual page (report by + Stephane Chazelas). + + add reset_color_pairs() function. + + add user_caps.5 manual page to document the terminfo extensions used + by ncurses. + + improve build scripts, using SIGQUIT vs SIGTRAP; add other configure + script fixes from work on xterm, lynx and tack. + + modify install-rule for ncurses-examples to put the data files in + /usr/share/ncurses-examples + + improve tracemunch, by changing address-parameters of add_wch(), + color_content() and pair_content() to dummy parameters. + + minor optimization to _nc_change_pair, to return quickly when the + current screen is marked for clearing. + + in-progress changes to improve performance of test/picsmap.c for + loading image files. + + modify allocation for SCREEN's color-pair table to start small, grow + on demand up to the existing limit. + + add "RGB" extension capability for direct-color support, use this to + improve color_content(). + + improve picsmap test-program: + + if no palette file is needed, attempt to load one based on $TERM, + checking first in the current directory, then by adding ".dat" + suffix, and finally in the data-directory, e.g., + /usr/share/ncurses-examples + + add "-l" option for logging + + add "-d" option for debugging + + add "-s" option for stepping automatically through list of images, + with time delay. + + use tsearch to improve time for loading color table for images. + + update config.guess, config.sub from + http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/config.git + 20170729 + update interix entry using tack and SFU on Windows 7 Ultimate -TD + use ^? for kdch1 in interix (reported by Jonathan de Boyne Pollard) @@ -4370,7 +4510,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 20080209 + update test programs to build/work with various UNIX curses for - comparisons. This was to reinvestigate statement in X/Open curses + comparisons. This was to reinvestigate statement in X/Open Curses that insnstr and winsnstr perform wrapping. None of the Unix-branded implementations do this, as noted in manpage (cf: 20040228).