X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ad2572e84c34012a41f4db8add03d44319c4346a;hp=02b5986242efedf845464fc5e8f840abd983a1dd;hb=af4c589f0c605e1a1dd3825678a0b1a97df02d37;hpb=950eed9ace2ceff30b88c20de1ef8a0ba05ac567 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 02b59862..ad2572e8 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1693 2011/04/23 22:28:43 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1795 2011/09/26 23:48:17 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,251 @@ 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. +20111001 + + modify tic "-K" option to only set the strict-flag rather than force + source-output. That allows the same flag to control the parser for + input and output of termcap source. + + modify _nc_getent() to ignore backslash at the end of a comment line, + making it consistent with ncurses' parser. + + restore a special-case check for directory needed to make termcap + text files load as if they were databases (cf: 20110924). + + modify tic's resolution/collision checking to attempt to remove the + conflicting alias from the second entry in the pair, which is + normally following in the source file. Also improved the warning + message to make it simpler to see which alias is the problem. + + improve performance of the database iterator by caching search-list. + +20110925 + + add a missing "else" in changes to _nc_read_tic_entry(). + +20110924 + + modify _nc_read_tic_entry() so that hashed-database is checked before + filesystem. + + updated CF_CURSES_LIBS check in test/configure script. + + modify configure script and makefiles to split TIC_ARGS and + TINFO_ARGS into pieces corresponding to LDFLAGS and LIBS variables, + to help separate searches for tic- and tinfo-libraries (patch by Nick + Alcock aka "Nix"). + + build-fix for lib_mouse.c changes (ch: 20110917). + +20110917 + + fix compiler warning for clang 2.9 + + improve merging of mouse events (integrated patch by Damien + Guibouret). + + correct mask-check used in lib_mouse for wheel mouse buttons 4/5 + (patch by Damien Guibouret). + +20110910 + + modify misc/gen_edit.sh to select a "linux" entry which works with + the current kernel rather than assuming it is always "linux3.0" + (cf: 20110716). + + revert a change to getmouse() which had the undesirable side-effect + of suppressing button-release events (report by Damien Guibouret, + cf: 20100102). + + add xterm+kbs fragment from xterm #272 -TD + + add configure option --with-pkg-config-libdir to provide control over + the actual directory into which pc-files are installed, do not use + the pkg-config environment variables (discussion with Frederic L W + Meunier). + + add link to mailing-list archive in announce.html.in, as done in + FAQ (prompted by question by Andrius Bentkus). + + improve manpage install by adjusting the "#include" examples to + show the ncurses-subdirectory used when --disable-overwrite option + is used. + + install an alias for "curses" to the ncurses manpage, tied to the + --with-curses-h configure option (suggested by Reuben Thomas). + +20110903 + + propagate error-returns from wresize, i.e., the internal + increase_size and decrease_size functions through resize_term (report + by Tim van der Molen, cf: 20020713). + + fix typo in tset manpage (patch by Sven Joachim). + +20110820 + + add a check to ensure that termcap files which might have "^?" do + not use the terminfo interpretation as "\177". + + minor cleanup of X-terminal emulator section of terminfo.src -TD + + add terminator entry -TD + + add simpleterm entry -TD + + improve wattr_get macros by ensuring that if the window pointer is + null, then the attribute and color values returned will be zero + (cf: 20110528). + +20110813 + + add substitution for $RPATH_LIST to misc/ncurses-config.in + + improve performance of tic with hashed-database by caching the + database connection, using atexit() to cleanup. + + modify treatment of 2-character aliases at the beginning of termcap + entries so they are not counted in use-resolution, since these are + guaranteed to be unique. Also ignore these aliases when reporting + the primary name of the entry (cf: 20040501) + + double-check gn (generic) flag in terminal descriptions to + accommodate old/buggy termcap databases which misused that feature. + + minor fixes to _nc_tgetent(), ensure buffer is initialized even on + error-return. + +20110807 + + improve rpath fix from 20110730 by ensuring that the new $RPATH_LIST + variable is defined in the makefiles which use it. + + build-fix for DragonFlyBSD's pkgsrc in test/configure script. + + build-fixes for NetBSD 5.1 with termcap support enabled. + + corrected k9 in dg460-ansi, add other features based on manuals -TD + + improve trimming of whitespace at the end of terminfo/termcap output + from tic/infocmp. + + when writing termcap source, ensure that colons in the description + field are translated to a non-delimiter, i.e., "=". + + add "-0" option to tic/infocmp, to make the termcap/terminfo source + use a single line. + + add a null-pointer check when handling the $CC variable. + +20110730 + + modify configure script and makefiles in c++ and progs to allow the + directory used for rpath option to be overridden, e.g., to work + around updates to the variables used by tic during an install. + + add -K option to tic/infocmp, to provide stricter BSD-compatibility + for termcap output. + + add _nc_strict_bsd variable in tic library which controls the + "strict" BSD termcap compatibility from 20110723, plus these + features: + + allow escapes such as "\8" and "\9" when reading termcap + + disallow "\a", "\e", "\l", "\s" and "\:" escapes when reading + termcap files, passing through "a", "e", etc. + + expand "\:" as "\072" on output. + + modify _nc_get_token() to reset the token's string value in case + there is a string-typed token lacking the "=" marker. + + fix a few memory leaks in _nc_tgetent. + + fix a few places where reading from a termcap file could refer to + freed memory. + + add an overflow check when converting terminfo/termcap numeric + values, since terminfo stores those in a short, and they must be + positive. + + correct internal variables used for translating to termcap "%>" + feature, and translating from termcap %B to terminfo, needed by + tctest (cf: 19991211). + + amend a minor fix to acsc when loading a termcap file to separate it + from warnings needed for tic (cf: 20040710) + + modify logic in _nc_read_entry() and _nc_read_tic_entry() to allow + a termcap file to be handled via TERMINFO_DIRS. + + modify _nc_infotocap() to include non-mandatory padding when + translating to termcap. + + modify _nc_read_termcap_entry(), passing a flag in the case where + getcap is used, to reduce interactive warning messages. + +20110723 + + add a check in start_color() to limit color-pairs to 256 when + extended colors are not supported (patch by David Benjamin). + + modify setcchar to omit no-longer-needed OR'ing of color pair in + the SetAttr() macro (patch by David Benjamin). + + add kich1 to sun terminfo entry (Yuri Pankov) + + use bold rather than reverse for smso in sun-color terminfo entry + (Yuri Pankov). + + improve generation of termcap using tic/infocmp -C option, e.g., + to correspond with 4.2BSD (prompted by discussion with Yuri Pankov + regarding Schilling's test program): + + translate %02 and %03 to %2 and %3 respectively. + + suppress string capabilities which use %s, not supported by tgoto + + use \040 rather than \s + + expand null characters as \200 rather than \0 + + modify configure script to support shared libraries for DragonFlyBSD. + +20110716 + + replace an assert() in _nc_Free_Argument() with a regular null + pointer check (report/analysis by Franjo Ivancic). + + modify configure --enable-pc-files option to take into account the + PKG_CONFIG_PATH variable (report by Frederic L W Meunier). + + add/use xterm+tmux chunk from xterm #271 -TD + + resync xterm-new entry from xterm #271 -TD + + add E3 extended capability to linux-basic (Miroslav Lichvar) + + add linux2.2, linux2.6, linux3.0 entries to give context for E3 -TD + + add SI/SO change to linux2.6 entry (Debian #515609) -TD + + fix inconsistent tabset path in pcmw (Todd C. Miller). + + remove a backslash which continued comment, obscuring altos3 + definition with OpenBSD toolset (Nicholas Marriott). + +20110702 + + add workaround from xterm #271 changes to ensure that compiler flags + are not used in the $CC variable. + + improve support for shared libraries, tested with AIX 5.3, 6.1 and + 7.1 with both gcc 4.2.4 and cc. + + modify configure checks for AIX to include release 7.x + + add loader flags/libraries to libtool options so that dynamic loading + works properly, adapted from ncurses-5.7-ldflags-with-libtool.patch + at gentoo prefix repository (patch by Michael Haubenwallner). + +20110626 + + move include of nc_termios.h out of term_entry.h, since the latter + is installed, e.g., for tack while the former is not (report by + Sven Joachim). + +20110625 + + improve cleanup() function in lib_tstp.c, using _exit() rather than + exit() and checking for SIGTERM rather than SIGQUIT (prompted by + comments forwarded by Nicholas Marriott). + + reduce name pollution from term.h, moving fallback #define's for + tcgetattr(), etc., to new private header nc_termios.h (report by + Sergio NNX). + + two minor fixes for tracing (patch by Vassili Courzakis). + + improve trace initialization by starting it in use_env() and + ripoffline(). + + review old email, add details for some changelog entries. + +20110611 + + update minix entry to minix 3.2 (Thomas Cort). + + fix a strict compiler warning in change to wattr_get (cf: 20110528). + +20110604 + + fixes for MirBSD port: + + set default prefix to /usr. + + add support for shared libraries in configure script. + + use S_ISREG and S_ISDIR consistently, with fallback definitions. + + add a few more checks based on ncurses/link_test. + + modify MKlib_gen.sh to handle sp-funcs renaming of NCURSES_OUTC type. + +20110528 + + add case to CF_SHARED_OPTS for Interix (patch by Markus Duft). + + used ncurses/link_test to check for behavior when the terminal has + not been initialized and when an application passes null pointers + to the library. Added checks to cover this (prompted by Redhat + #707344). + + modify MKlib_gen.sh to make its main() function call each function + with zero parameters, to help find inconsistent checking for null + pointers, etc. + +20110521 + + fix warnings from clang 2.7 "--analyze" + +20110514 + + compiler-warning fixes in panel and progs. + + modify CF_PKG_CONFIG macro, from changes to tin -TD + + modify CF_CURSES_FUNCS configure macro, used in test directory + configure script: + + work around (non-optimizer) bug in gcc 4.2.1 which caused + test-expression to be omitted from executable. + + force the linker to see a link-time expression of a symbol, to + help work around weak-symbol issues. + +20110507 + + update discussion of MKfallback.sh script in INSTALL; normally the + script is used automatically via the configured makefiles. However + there are still occasions when it might be used directly by packagers + (report by Gunter Schaffler). + + modify misc/ncurses-config.in to omit the "-L" option from the + "--libs" output if the library directory is /usr/lib. + + change order of tests for curses.h versus ncurses.h headers in the + configure scripts for Ada95 and test-directories, to look for + ncurses.h, from fixes to tin -TD + + modify ncurses/tinfo/access.c to account for Tandem's root uid + (report by Joachim Schmitz). + +20110430 + + modify rules in Ada95/src/Makefile.in to ensure that the PIC option + is not used when building a static library (report by Nicolas + Boulenguez): + + Ada95 build-fix for big-endian architectures such as sparc. This + undoes one of the fixes from 20110319, which added an "Unused" member + to representation clauses, replacing that with pragmas to suppress + warnings about unused bits (patch by Nicolas Boulenguez): + 20110423 + add check in test/configure for use_window, use_screen. + add configure-checks for getopt's variables, which may be declared @@ -52,7 +297,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + add check in test/configure for some legacy curses types of the function pointer passed to tputs(). + modify init_pair() to accept -1's for color value after - assume_default_colors() has been called (Debian #337905). + assume_default_colors() has been called (Debian #337095). + modify test/background.c, adding commmand-line options to demonstrate assume_default_colors() and use_default_colors(). @@ -9005,15 +9250,18 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + correction to #317. > patch 317 (ESR): + re-add _nc_hash_map - + modify EmitRange to maintain position as per original design. - + add hashtest.c, program to time the hashmap optimization. + + modify EmitRange to maintain position as per original design + (patch by A. Lukyanov). + + modify test/ncurses.c and tputs, etc., to allow trace counting + output characters. + + add hashtest.c program to time the hashmap optimization. > patch 316 (ESR): + add logic to deal with magic-cookie (how was this tested?) (lib_doupdate.c). + add ncurses.c driver for magic-cookie, some fixes to ncurses.c > patch 315 (ESR): - + merged Alexander V Lukyanov's patch to use ech and rep - untested - (lib_doupdate.c). + + merge changes to lib_doupdate.c to use ech and rep - untested + (patch by Alexander V Lukyanov). + modified handling of interrupted system calls - untested (lib_getch.c, lib_twait.c). + new function _nc_mvcur_resume() @@ -9085,7 +9333,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + corrected typo in dtterm description. > patch 313 (ESR): + add dtterm description - + clarify ncurses 'i' test (drop vscanf subtest) + + clarify ncurses 'i' test (drop mvwscanw subtest) 960810 - snapshot + correct nl()/nonl() to work as per SVr4 & XSI. @@ -9099,7 +9347,8 @@ it is not possible to add this information. > patch 312 (ESR): correct terminfo.src corrupted by #310 > patch 311 (ESR): - + fix idlok() and idcok() and the default of the idlok switch. + + fix idlok() and idcok() and the default of the idlok switch (report + by Ville Sulko). 960803 - snapshot + corrected tparm to handle capability strings without explicit pop @@ -9109,7 +9358,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. > patch 310 (ESR): + documentation and prototyping errors for has_color, immedok and idcok (reported by William P Setzer ) - + updated qnx terminfo entry (by Michael Hunter) + + updated qnx terminfo entry (patch by Michael Hunter) 960730 + eliminate quoted includes in ncurses subdirectory, ensure config.h @@ -9121,7 +9370,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + call cbreak() in initscr(), as per XSI & SVr4. + turn off hardware echo in initscr() as per XSI & SVr4 > patch 309 (ESR): - + terminfo changes (9.3.10), from BRL + + terminfo changes (9.3.9), from BRL + add more checks to terminfo parser. + add more symbols to infocmp. @@ -9140,6 +9389,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. > patch 308 (ESR): + terminfo changes (9.3.8) + modified logic of error-reporting in terminfo parser + + fix option-processing bug in toe. 960713 - snapshot + always check for since ISC needs it to declare @@ -9148,9 +9398,19 @@ it is not possible to add this information. by Juergen Pfeifer, Mike Long) + add LOCAL_LDFLAGS2 symbol (Juergen Pfeifer) + corrected prototype for delay_output() -- bump ABI to 3.2 - + terminfo patches #306/307 (ESR). + + patch 307 (ESR): + + enable more translations of nonstandard caps, and document them. + + misc/terminfo.src update to 9.13.8 + + patch 306 (ESR): + moved logic that filters out rmul and rmso from setupterm to newterm where it is less likely to interfere with termcap applications. + + cosmetic fixes to test/ncurses.c + + modify open() call in ncurses/read_entry.c to use O_RDONLY symbol + rather than constant (report by mib). + + misc/terminfo.src sgr0 and acsc changes (report by Philippe De + Muyter). + + modify ncurses/comp_parse.c so that entries containing a "+" can + have missing rmcup vs smcup. 960707 + rollback ESR's #305 change to terminfo.src (it breaks existing @@ -9165,7 +9425,6 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + make lib_vidattr.c more readable using macros. + filter out rmul, rmso that conflict with sgr0 when reading terminal descriptions. - + added sanity-checking of various paired string attributes (ESR). + work around autoconf bug, force $INSTALL to absolute path (reported by Zeyd). + modify man-page install for BSDI to install preformatted .0 files @@ -9178,6 +9437,12 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + disable scrollok during the ncurses 'p' test; if it is enabled the stdscr will scroll when putting the box-corners in the lower-right of the screen. + > patch 305 (ESR): + + added sanity-checking of various paired string attributes. + + misc/terminfo.src update to 9.13.7 (report by A. Lukyanov). + + modify man/Makefile.in to make terminfo.5 during normal build. + > patch 304 (ESR): + + corrected allocation-length for $HOME/.terminfo path. 960629 - snapshot + check return code of _nc_mvcur_scrolln() in _nc_scroll_optimize() for @@ -9260,6 +9525,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + better fix for nvi refresh-bug (Rick Marshall) + fix for bug in handling of interrupted keystroke waits, (Werner Fleck). + + misc/ncurses-intro.html syntax fix (Kajiyama Tamito). 960601 - snapshot + auto-configure man-page compression-format and renames for Debian. @@ -9289,6 +9555,9 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + include sys/types.h in case stdlib.h does not declare size_t. + fixes for makefile (Tim Mooney) + fixes for menus & forms (Juergen Pfeifer) + > patch 302 (ESR): + + improve hash function (suggested by Alexander V Lukyanov). + + 9.13.4 update for terminfo.src 960518 - snapshot + revised ncurses.c panner test, let pad abut all 4 sides of screen. @@ -9301,6 +9570,8 @@ it is not possible to add this information. confusion, and made this check for the /usr/lib/terminfo pre-existing directory. > patches 299-301 (ESR): + + html fixes (Phillippe de Muyter). + + fix typo in ncurses-intro.html (report by Fabrizio Polacco). + added hashmap.c + mods to tracing, especially for ACS chars. + corrected off-by-one in IDCtransform. @@ -9320,13 +9591,21 @@ it is not possible to add this information. > patches 297, 298 (ESR): + implement TERMINFO_DIRS, and -o option of tic + added TRACE_IEVENT - + removed boolean version of 'getm' - + added lib_print.c (for Rick Marshall) - + added has_key() + + fix REQ_TOGGLE_ITEM in menu/menu_driver.c; it could select but not + deselect. + + added lib_print.c (request by Rick Marshall). + + added has_key() (request by Juergen Pfeifer). + + do not issue clrtoeol or clrtobot if the relevant portion of the line + is already blank (analysis by Keith Bostic). + + add parentheses for parameters of COLOR_PAIR and PAIR_NUMBER macros + (analysis by Jurgen Eidt). + + update screen's notion of cursor position in endwin() (analysis by + Alexander Lukyanov). + added 't' to ncurses.c test. + moved delay_output() to lib_tputs.c + removed tparam() (was added in 1.9.9, but conflicts with emacs and is not part of X/Open Curses). + + removed boolean version of 'getm'. + misc cursor & optimization fixes. 960504 - snapshot @@ -9352,11 +9631,20 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + make TIOCGWINSZ configure test less stringent, in case user configures via terminal that cannot get screen size. > patches 295, 296 (ESR): - + new "-e" option of tic. - + fix for "infocmp -e". - + restore working-directory in read_termcap.c + split lib_kernel.c, lib_setup.c and names.c in order to reduce overhead for programs that use only termcap features. + + new "-e" and "-h" options of tic (request by Tony Nugent). + + fix bug in mandatory-delay logic in lib_tputs.c (report by Sven + Verdoolaege). + + fix for "infocmp -e" to emit correct initializers (reported by Manual + J Novoa III). + + restore working-directory in read_termcap.c (report by Kayvan + Sylvan). + + use "-h" option on Solaris when generating shared libraries on + Solaris 2.5 to record the library name in the file, for assisting + the loader (patch by Scott Kramer). + + undo patch #294 changes to form and menu libraries (request by + Juergen Pfeifer). 960418 - snapshot + use autoconf 2.9 @@ -9364,10 +9652,22 @@ it is not possible to add this information. definitions via , modified macros in lib_raw.c to avoid K&R-style substitution) > patches 293, 294 (ESR): - + mods to wgetch() in cooked mode - + corrected askuser() logic in tset - + correct interaction of endwin() with mouse processing + + rewrite wsyncup(), wsyncdown(), as well as small fixes to form and + menu libraries to fix echo-breakage introduced by 1.8.9, 1.9.9e + changes (patches by Juergen Pfeifer). + + fix compile under QNX 4.2 by defining ONLCR in lib_raw.c when + __QNX__ is defined (patch by Michael Hunter). + + modify setupterm() to match documentation for its return value, fix + newterm to work with this change (report by Emmet Lazich). + + add checks in getch() for error, return ERR as appropriate (report by + Emmet Lazich). + + mods to wgetch() in cooked mode (report by Pete Seebach). + + corrected askuser() logic in tset (patch by Remco Treffkorn). + + correct interaction of endwin() with mouse processing (report by + Michael Elkins). + added trace support for TTY flags + + update terminfo.src to 9.13.1 + + FreeBSD console entries (patch by Andrew Chernov). 960406 + fixes for NeXT, ISC and HPUX auto-configure