X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=c509352b785e01adc58e05b976093cc748bb46be;hp=37cb8d2b5c197a1b1d46819b335dc95aa00215b6;hb=45766a7ed44677f18ccf230f9bd720862d7c69c8;hpb=55ccd2b959766810cf7db8d1c4462f338ce0afc8 diff --git a/README b/README index 37cb8d2b..c509352b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,4 +1,31 @@ --- $Id: README,v 1.22 2004/08/07 23:42:43 tom Exp $ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-- Copyright (c) 1998-2011,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -- +-- -- +-- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a -- +-- copy of this software and associated documentation files (the -- +-- "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including -- +-- without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, -- +-- distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell copies -- +-- of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished -- +-- to do so, subject to the following conditions: -- +-- -- +-- The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included -- +-- in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. -- +-- -- +-- THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS -- +-- OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF -- +-- MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN -- +-- NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, -- +-- DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR -- +-- OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE -- +-- USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. -- +-- -- +-- Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright -- +-- holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the -- +-- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- +-- authorization. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-- $Id: README,v 1.25 2012/08/11 20:11:26 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- README file for the ncurses package @@ -51,6 +78,10 @@ features are provided by ifdef's in the header files. The wide-character library interfaces are not binary-compatible with the non-wide-character version. +If you configure using the --enable-reentrant option, a "t" is appended to the +library names (e.g., libncursest.a) and the resulting libraries have a +different binary interface which makes the ncurses interface more "opaque". + The ncurses libraries implement the curses API. The panel, menu and forms libraries implement clones of the SVr4 panel, menu and forms APIs. The source code for these lives in the `ncurses', `panel', `menu', and `form' directories @@ -95,8 +126,9 @@ The utilities are as follows: tic -- terminfo source to binary compiler infocmp -- terminfo binary to source decompiler/comparator clear -- emits clear-screen for current terminal + tabs -- set tabs on a terminal tput -- shell-script access to terminal capabilities. - toe -- table of entries utility + toe -- table of entries utility tset -- terminal-initialization utility The first two (tic and infocmp) are used for manipulating terminfo @@ -126,8 +158,10 @@ Thomas Dickey (maintainer for 1.9.9g through 4.1, resuming with FSF's 5.0): configuration scripts, porting, mods to adhere to XSI Curses in the areas of background color, terminal modes. Also memory leak testing, the wresize, default colors and key definition extensions and numerous - bug fixes (more than half of those enumerated in NEWS beginning with - the internal release 1.8.9). + bug fixes -- more than half of those enumerated in NEWS beginning with + the internal release 1.8.9, see + + http://invisible-island.net/personal/changelogs.html Florian La Roche (official maintainer for FSF's ncurses 4.2) Beginning with release 4.2, ncurses is distributed under an MIT-style