X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=b023262db99191b27b634f111bcb5c66f1e3d014;hp=a0bb102f5d7abd89f422bac67c4e7de148f2acd5;hb=58369d647d003dd9d9e1ecfc5ab07982db28f3da;hpb=a20e6eb464be80b9cd8cae7ce925d27fe9c209ed diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index a0bb102f..b023262d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2916 2017/08/13 00:24:51 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2979 2017/10/21 20:29:16 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,137 @@ 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. +20171021 + + modify test/view.c to expand tabs using the ncurses library rather + than in the test-program. + + remove very old SIGWINCH example in test/view.c, just use KEY_RESIZE. + + add -T, -e, -f -m options to "dots" test-programs. + + fix a few typos in usage-messages for test-programs. + +20171014 + + minor cleanup to test/view.c: + + eliminate "-n" option by simply reading the whole file. + + implement page up/down commands. + + add check in tput for init/reset operands to ensure those use a + terminal. + + improve manual pages which discuss chtype, cchar_t types and the + attribute values which can be stored in those types. + + correct array-index when parsing "-T" command-line option in tabs + program. + + modify demo_new_pair.c to pass extended pairs to setcchar(). + + add test/dots_xcurses.c to illustrate a different approach used for + extended colors which can be contrasted with dots_curses.c. + + add a check in tic to note when a description uses non-mandatory + delays without xon_xoff. This is not an error, but some descriptions + for a terminal emulator may use the combination incorrectly. + +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). @@ -4403,7 +4534,7 @@ 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).