X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=c5126da03699bd0047554119eadfa91e861d00e4;hp=6f9efb113fed8bc85c133c25f8c89686964dc18e;hb=ed530db2c5b10aa19d06104dfe82cf248a813860;hpb=88d50b5d7057d4f59c586c93ff290d0a39528f70 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 6f9efb11..c5126da0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1213 2008/03/09 00:21:51 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.1233 2008/05/03 23:14:39 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,67 @@ 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. +20080503 + + modify screen.* terminfo entries using new screen+fkeys to fix + overridden keys in screen.rxvt (Debian #478094) -TD + + modify internal interfaces to reduce wgetch()'s dependency on the + global SP. + + simplify some loops with macros each_screen(), each_window() and + each_ripoff(). + +20080426 + + continue modifying test/ditto.c toward making it demonstrate + multithreaded use_screen(), using fifos to pass data between screens. + + fix typo in form.3x (report by Mike Gran). + +20080419 + + add screen.rxvt terminfo entry -TD + + modify tic -f option to format spaces as \s to prevent them from + being lost when that is read back in unformatted strings. + + improve test/ditto.c, using a "talk"-style layout. + +20080412 + + change test/ditto.c to use openpty() and xterm. + + add locks for copywin(), dupwin(), overlap(), overlay() on their + window parameters. + + add locks for initscr() and newterm() on updates to the SCREEN + pointer. + + finish table in curs_thread.3x manpage. + +20080405 + + begin table in curs_thread.3x manpage describing the scope of data + used by each function (or symbol) for threading analysis. + + add null-pointer checks to setsyx() and getsyx() (prompted by + discussion by Martin v. Lowis and Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven on + python-dev2 mailing list). + +20080329 + + add null-pointer checks in set_term() and delscreen(). + + move _nc_windows into _nc_globals, since windows can be pads, which + are not associated with a particular screen. + + change use_screen() to pass the SCREEN* parameter rather than + stdscr to the callback function. + + force libtool to use tag for 'CC' in case it does not detect this, + e.g., on aix when using CC=powerpc-ibm-aix5.3.0.0-gcc + (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner). + + override OBJEXT to "lo" when building with libtool, to work on + platforms such as AIX where libtool may use a different suffix for + the object files than ".o" (report/patch by Michael Haubenwallner). + + add configure --with-pthread option, for building with the POSIX + thread library. + +20080322 + + fill in extended-color pair two more places in wbkgrndset() and + waddch_nosync() (prompted by Sedeno's patch). + + fill in extended-color pair in _nc_build_wch() to make colors work + for wide-characters using extended-colors (patch by Alejandro R + Sedeno). + + add x/X toggles to ncurses.c C color test to test/demo + wide-characters with extended-colors. + + add a/A toggles to ncurses.c c/C color tests. + + modify test/ditto.c to use use_screen(). + + finish modifying test/rain.c to demonstrate threads. + 20080308 + start modifying test/rain.c for threading demo. + modify test/ncurses.c to make 'f' test accept the f/F/b/F/ toggles