X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=c1a3665c3e2452b6a84fce20bb5dc1b676bb8769;hp=c211ade2f1d376261ccd2df5f021b8d92425c08e;hb=bd75bb126bdbd8300fe73e8e8b2fe97bd07eef75;hpb=687aeec3e382083652c3bb2e94fb6d3bf101a1f9 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c211ade2..c1a3665c 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1656 2011/03/08 01:14:45 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1726 2011/06/25 21:20:22 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,172 @@ 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. +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 + as different types on some Unix systems. + + 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 #337095). + + modify test/background.c, adding commmand-line options to demonstrate + assume_default_colors() and use_default_colors(). + +20110416 + + modify configure script/source-code to only define _POSIX_SOURCE if + the checks for sigaction and/or termios fail, and if _POSIX_C_SOURCE + and _XOPEN_SOURCE are undefined (report by Valentin Ochs). + + update config.guess, config.sub + +20110409 + + fixes to build c++ binding with clang 3.0 (patch by Alexander + Kolesen). + + add check for unctrl.h in test/configure, to work around breakage in + some ncurses packages. + + add "--disable-widec" option to test/configure script. + + add "--with-curses-colr" and "--with-curses-5lib" options to the + test/configure script to address testing with very old machines. + +20110404 5.9 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + +20110402 + + various build-fixes for the rpm/dpkg scripts. + + add "--enable-rpath-link" option to Ada95/configure, to allow + packages to suppress the rpath feature which is normally used for + the in-tree build of sample programs. + + corrected definition of libdir variable in Ada95/src/Makefile.in, + needed for rpm script. + + add "--with-shared" option to Ada95/configure script, to allow + making the C-language parts of the binding use appropriate compiler + options if building a shared library with gnat. + +20110329 + > portability fixes for Ada95 binding: + + add configure check to ensure that SIGINT works with gnat. This is + needed for the "rain" sample program. If SIGINT does not work, omit + that sample program. + + correct typo in check of $PKG_CONFIG variable in Ada95/configure + + add ncurses_compat.c, to supply functions used in the Ada95 binding + which were added in 5.7 and later. + + modify sed expression in CF_NCURSES_ADDON to eliminate a dependency + upon GNU sed. + +20110326 + + add special check in Ada95/configure script for ncurses6 reentrant + code. + + regen Ada html documentation. + + build-fix for Ada shared libraries versus the varargs workaround. + + add rpm and dpkg scripts for Ada95 and test directories, for test + builds. + + update test/configure macros CF_CURSES_LIBS, CF_XOPEN_SOURCE and + CF_X_ATHENA_LIBS. + + add configure check to determine if gnat's project feature supports + libraries, i.e., collections of .ali files. + + make all dereferences in Ada95 samples explicit. + + fix typo in comment in lib_add_wch.c (patch by Petr Pavlu). + + add configure check for, ifdef's for math.h which is in a separate + package on Solaris and potentially not installed (report by Petr + Pavlu). + > fixes for Ada95 binding (Nicolas Boulenguez): + + improve type-checking in Ada95 by eliminating a few warning-suppress + pragmas. + + suppress unreferenced warnings. + + make all dereferences in binding explicit. + +20110319 + + regen Ada html documentation. + + change order of -I options from ncurses*-config script when the + --disable-overwrite option was used, so that the subdirectory include + is listed first. + + modify the make-tar.sh scripts to add a MANIFEST and NEWS file. + + modify configure script to provide value for HTML_DIR in + Ada95/gen/Makefile.in, which depends on whether the Ada95 binding is + distributed separately (report by Nicolas Boulenguez). + + modify configure script to add -g and/or -O3 to ADAFLAGS if the + CFLAGS for the build has these options. + + amend change from 20070324, to not add 1 to the result of getmaxx + and getmaxy in the Ada binding (report by Nicolas Boulenguez for + thread in comp.lang.ada). + + build-fix Ada95/samples for gnat 4.5 + + spelling fixes for Ada95/samples/explain.txt + > fixes for Ada95 binding (Nicolas Boulenguez): + + add item in Trace_Attribute_Set corresponding to TRACE_ATTRS. + + add workaround for binding to set_field_type(), which uses varargs. + The original binding from 990220 relied on the prevalent + implementation of varargs which did not support or need va_copy(). + + add dependency on gen/Makefile.in needed for *-panels.ads + + add Library_Options to library.gpr + + add Languages to library.gpr, for gprbuild + 20110307 + revert changes to limit-checks from 20110122 (Debian #616711). > minor type-cleanup of Ada95 binding (Nicolas Boulenguez): @@ -8908,15 +9074,18 @@ 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() @@ -8988,7 +9157,7 @@ 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. @@ -9002,7 +9171,8 @@ 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 @@ -9012,7 +9182,7 @@ 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 @@ -9024,7 +9194,7 @@ 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. @@ -9043,6 +9213,7 @@ 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 @@ -9051,9 +9222,19 @@ 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 @@ -9068,7 +9249,6 @@ 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 @@ -9081,6 +9261,12 @@ 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 @@ -9163,6 +9349,7 @@ 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. @@ -9192,6 +9379,9 @@ 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. @@ -9204,6 +9394,8 @@ 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. @@ -9223,13 +9415,21 @@ 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 @@ -9255,11 +9455,20 @@ 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 @@ -9267,10 +9476,22 @@ 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