X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=ae34c501d72578dcf996612ea77e45f009f58963;hp=0905f9eb6f014d8224b001f4fc0ad7046f26ca6a;hb=5a9c046f10f72b47ad32801a8e54fe3d05aa8051;hpb=6f8ad7d77b390ee433a283e1c5175bcb67317674;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 0905f9eb..ae34c501 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1058 2006/12/24 00:50:10 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1109 2007/04/01 00:30:22 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,7 +45,186 @@ 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. -20061223 +20070331 + + modify Ada95 binding to build with --enable-reentrant by wrapping + global variables (bug: acs_map does not yet work). + + modify Ada95 binding to use the new access-functions, allowing it + to build/run when NCURSES_OPAQUE is set. + + add access-functions and macros to return properties of the WINDOW + structure, e.g., when NCURSES_OPAQUE is set. + + improved install-sh's quoting. + + use mkdirs.sh rather than mkinstalldirs, e.g., to use fixes from + other programs. + +20070324 + + eliminate part of the direct use of WINDOW data from Ada95 interface. + + fix substitutions for termlib filename to make configure option + --enable-reentrant work with --with-termlib. + + change a constructor for NCursesWindow to allow compiling with + NCURSES_OPAQUE set, since we cannot pass a reference to + an opaque pointer. + +20070317 + + ignore --with-chtype=unsigned since unsigned is always added to + the type in curses.h; do the same for --with-mmask-t. + + change warning regarding --enable-ext-colors and wide-character + in the configure script to an error. + + tweak error message in CF_WITH_LIBTOOL to distinguish other programs + such as Darwin's libtool program (report by Michail Vidiassov) + + modify edit_man.sh to allow for multiple substitutions per line. + + set locale in misc/ncurses-config.in since it uses a range + + change permissions libncurses++.a install (report by Michail + Vidiassov). + + corrected length of temporary buffer in wide-character version + of set_field_buffer() (related to report by Bryan Christ). + +20070311 + + fix mk-1st.awk script install_shlib() function, broken in 20070224 + changes for cygwin (report by Michail Vidiassov). + +20070310 + + increase size of array in _nc_visbuf2n() to make "tic -v" work + properly in its similar_sgr() function (report/analysis by Peter + Santoro). + + add --enable-reentrant configure option for ongoing changes to + implement a reentrant version of ncurses: + + libraries are suffixed with "t" + + wrap several global variables (curscr, newscr, stdscr, ttytype, + COLORS, COLOR_PAIRS, COLS, ESCDELAY, LINES and TABSIZE) as + functions returning values stored in SCREEN or cur_term. + + move some initialization (LINES, COLS) from lib_setup.c, + i.e., setupterm() to _nc_setupscreen(), i.e., newterm(). + +20070303 + + regenerated html documentation. + + add NCURSES_OPAQUE symbol to curses.h, will use to make structs + opaque in selected configurations. + + move the chunk in lib_acs.c which resets acs capabilities when + running on a terminal whose locale interferes with those into + _nc_setupscreen(), so the libtinfo/libtinfow files can be made + identical (requested by Miroslav Lichvar). + + do not use configure variable SHLIB_LIBS for building libraries + outside the ncurses directory, since that symbol is customized + only for that directory, and using it introduces an unneeded + dependency on libdl (requested by Miroslav Lichvar). + + modify mk-1st.awk so the generated makefile rules for linking or + installing shared libraries do not first remove the library, in + case it is in use, e.g., libncurses.so by /bin/sh (report by Jeff + Chua). + + revised section "Using NCURSES under XTERM" in ncurses-intro.html + (prompted by newsgroup comment by Nick Guenther). + +20070224 + + change internal return codes of _nc_wgetch() to check for cases + where KEY_CODE_YES should be returned, e.g., if a KEY_RESIZE was + ungetch'd, and read by wget_wch(). + + fix static-library build broken in 20070217 changes to remove "-ldl" + (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + + change makefile/scripts for cygwin to allow building termlib. + + use Form_Hook in manpages to match form.h + + use Menu_Hook in manpages, as well as a few places in menu.h + + correct form- and menu-manpages to use specific Field_Options, + Menu_Options and Item_Options types. + + correct prototype for _tracechar() in manpage (cf: 20011229). + + correct prototype for wunctrl() in manpage. + +20070217 + + fixes for $(TICS_LIST) in ncurses/Makefile (report by Miroslav + Lichvar). + + modify relinking of shared libraries to apply only when rpath is + enabled, and add --disable-relink option which can be used to + disable the feature altogether (reports by Michail Vidiassov, + Adam J Richter). + + fix --with-termlib option for wide-character configuration, stripping + the "w" suffix in one place (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + + remove "-ldl" from some library lists to reduce dependencies in + programs (report by Miroslav Lichvar). + + correct description of --enable-signed-char in configure --help + (report by Michail Vidiassov). + + add pattern for GNU/kFreeBSD configuration to CF_XOPEN_SOURCE, + which matches an earlier change to CF_SHARED_OPTS, from xterm #224 + fixes. + + remove "${DESTDIR}" from -install_name option used for linking + shared libraries on Darwin (report by Michail Vidiassov). + +20070210 + + add test/inchs.c, test_inch_wide.c, to test win_wchnstr(). + + remove libdl from library list for termlib (report by Miroslav + Lichvar). + + fix configure.in to allow --without-progs --with-termlib (patch by + Miroslav Lichvar). + + modify win_wchnstr() to ensure that only a base cell is returned + for each multi-column character (prompted by report by Wei Kong + regarding change in mvwin_wch() cf: 20041023). + +20070203 + + modify fix_wchnstr() in form library to strip attributes (and color) + from the cchar_t array (field cells) read from a field's window. + Otherwise, when copying the field cells back to the window, the + associated color overrides the field's background color (report by + Ricardo Cantu). + + improve tracing for form library, showing created forms, fields, etc. + + ignore --enable-rpath configure option if --with-shared was omitted. + + add _nc_leaks_tinfo(), _nc_free_tic(), _nc_free_tinfo() entrypoints + to allow leak-checking when both tic- and tinfo-libraries are built. + + drop CF_CPP_VSCAN_FUNC macro from configure script, since C++ binding + no longer relies on it. + + disallow combining configure script options --with-ticlib and + --enable-termcap (report by Rong-En Fan). + + remove tack from ncurses tree. + +20070128 + + fix typo in configure script that broke --with-termlib option + (report by Rong-En Fan). + +20070127 + + improve fix for FreeBSD gnu/98975, to allow for null pointer passed + to tgetent() (report by Rong-en Fan). + + update tack/HISTORY and tack/README to tell how to build it after + it is removed from the ncurses tree. + + fix configure check for libtool's version to trim blank lines + (report by sci-fi@hush.ai). + + review/eliminate other original-file artifacts in cursesw.cc, making + its license consistent with ncurses. + + use ncurses vw_scanw() rather than reading into a fixed buffer in + the c++ binding for scanw() methods (prompted by report by Nuno Dias). + + eliminate fixed-buffer vsprintf() calls in c++ binding. + +20070120 + + add _nc_leaks_tic() to separate leak-checking of tic library from + term/ncurses libraries, and thereby eliminate a library dependency. + + fix test/mk-test.awk to ignore blank lines. + + correct paths in include/headers, for --srcdir (patch by Miroslav + Lichvar). + +20070113 + + add a break-statement in misc/shlib to ensure that it exits on the + _first_ matched directory (report by Paul Novak). + + add tack/configure, which can be used to build tack outside the + ncurses build-tree. + + add --with-ticlib option, to build/install the tic-support functions + in a separate library (suggested by Miroslav Lichvar). + +20070106 + + change MKunctrl.awk to reduce relocation table for unctrl.o + + change MKkeyname.awk to reduce relocation table for keyname.o + (patch by Miroslav Lichvar). + +20061230 + + modify configure check for libtool's version to trim blank lines + (report by sci-fi@hush.ai). + + modify some modules to allow them to be reentrant if _REENTRANT is + defined: lib_baudrate.c, resizeterm.c (local data only) + + eliminate static data from some modules: add_tries.c, hardscroll.c, + lib_ttyflags.c, lib_twait.c + + improve manpage install to add aliases for the transformed program + names, e.g., from --program-prefix. + + used linklint to verify links in the HTML documentation, made fixes + to manpages as needed. + + fix a typo in curs_mouse.3x (report by William McBrine). + + fix install-rule for ncurses5-config to make the bin-directory. + +20061223 + modify configure script to omit the tic (terminfo compiler) support from ncurses library if --without-progs option is given. + modify install rule for ncurses5-config to do this via "install.libs" @@ -54,7 +233,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 20061217 5.6 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org -20061217 +20061217 + add ifdef's for for HPUX, which has the corresponding definitions in . + revert the va_copy() change from 20061202, since it was neither @@ -69,7 +248,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + modify configure --with-gpm option to allow it to accept a parameter, i.e., the name of the dynamic GPM library to load via dlopen() (requested by Bryan Henderson). - + add configure option --with-valgrind (from vile). + + add configure option --with-valgrind, changes from vile. + modify configure script AC_TRY_RUN and AC_TRY_LINK checks to use 'return' in preference to 'exit()'. @@ -1531,7 +1710,8 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 20031108 + add DJGPP to special case of DOS-style drive letters potentially appearing in TERMCAP environment variable. - + fix some spelling in comments (reports by jmc, Jonathon Gray). + + fix some spelling in comments (reports by Jason McIntyre, Jonathon + Gray). + update config.guess, config.sub 20031101 @@ -1821,7 +2001,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. "--srcdir" work (report by Warren L Dodge). + correct missing definition of $(CC) in Ada95/gen/Makefile.in (reported by Warren L Dodge ). - + fix typos and whitespace in manpages (patch by jmc + + fix typos and whitespace in manpages (patch by Jason McIntyre ). 20030503 @@ -3456,7 +3636,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 20000923 + modify rs2 capability in xterm-r6 and similar where cursor - save/restore bracketed the sequence for resetting video attributes. + save/restore bracketed the sequence for resetting video attributes. The cursor restore would undo that (report by John Hawkinson (see NetBSD misc/11052)). + using parameter check added to tic, corrected 27 typos in @@ -4273,7 +4453,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. )). + change renaming of dft_fgbg.3x to use_default_colors.3ncurses in man_db.renames, since Debian is not concerned with 14-character - filename limitation (from Debian bug report by Josip Rodin + filename limitation (Debian bug report by Josip Rodin ). + corrected scoansi terminfo entry by testing with scoterm and console. + revert change from 990614 to terminal_interface-curses-forms.ads.m4, @@ -5316,7 +5496,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. 980321 + revise configure macro CF_SPEED_TYPE so that termcap.h has speed_t - declared (from Adam J. Richter ) + declared (from Adam J Richter ) + remove spurious curs_set() call from leaveok() (J T Conklin). + corrected handling leaveok() in doupdate() (patch by Alexander V. Lukyanov).