X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=TO-DO;h=5df7f47e722e8b409736bed3068d04bee93b7851;hp=6834e0380b372e84ae7efa5a33730b5da15e1147;hb=896224bea6196d73d03e39b1a266887d6f2cb6ff;hpb=027ae42953e3186daed8f3882da73de48291b606 diff --git a/TO-DO b/TO-DO index 6834e038..5df7f47e 100644 --- a/TO-DO +++ b/TO-DO @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Copyright (c) 1998-2005,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -- +-- Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2011 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 -- @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: TO-DO,v 1.48 2006/10/28 19:49:16 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: TO-DO,v 1.57 2011/03/28 00:23:02 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHORT-TERM TO-DO ITEMS: @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Known Problems: + Scrolling optimization has holes: for example, it forces repaints of the screen between calls to refresh(). -+ SVr4 uses slightly different rules for determining when softkeys are shown. ++ SVr4 uses slightly different rules for determining when softkeys are shown. For example, they are initially displayed (before the ncurses 'e' test activates them), and a touchwin can apparently also force them to be displayed. @@ -58,36 +58,45 @@ Known Problems: + The window classes defined in the c++ subdirectory need documentation. Some C++ programmer could earn a lot of good karma by doing this... -+ The resizeterm() function does not handle ripped-off lines such as that done - for the slk_XXX functions. - -+ vid_attr() should support the set_a_attributes (sgr1) string, but does not. ++ vid_attr() should support the set_a_attributes (sgr1) string, but does not. There appear to be no terminals that require that functionality. ++ the configure --disable-ext-funcs option does not work for Ada95 tree. + ++ the --with-pthread configuration builds for Cygwin, but does not work + properly (test/worm.c shows all of the worms in the same location). + ++ the --enable-rpath configure option builds for the corresponding platforms; + however combining it with --with-ticlib and --with-termlib does not always + produce libraries that can be run without setting environment variables. + Building those with libtool does not work either. (This is a problem with + the BSD platforms). + ++ more work is needed to make the MinGW port support ordinary terminals. + Portability (or lack thereof): + Users of older System V UNIXes (but not Solaris, and probably not SVr4) may trip over a known problem with the signal-handling code which causes abrupt termination of ncurses applications following resume from a ^Z suspend (this problem was first seen running lynx). You will not see this problem if you - are running Linux or one of the 4.4BSD derivatives like FreeBSD, NetBSD, or - BSDI. For details, see the analysis in the header comment of - ncurses/tty/lib_tstp.c . + are using one of the 4.4BSD derivatives like such as, NetBSD, or BSDI, or + systems using that convention. For details, see the analysis in the header + comment of ncurses/tty/lib_tstp.c . + In theory, vwprintw and vwscanf are supposed to use the older varargs.h - interface for handling variadic argument lists. Linux doesn't have - varargs.h, it has the newer X/Open-standard stdargs.h equivalent. So these - functions use stdargs instead. This is unlikely to be a problem unless - you're building ncurses on a System V old enough to only have varargs.h. - (Solaris 2.5.1 uses the stdarg.h binding as well). - -+ If you're using a BSD earlier than 4.4BSD, or a Linux old enough not to have - a native vsscanf(3) in its library, vwscanw() will not work. You lose. (It - should work on any System V, however). If you want to fix this, add an + interface for handling variadic argument lists (and are deprecated by X/Open + for that reason). Many newer systems do no have varargs.h, instead they have + only the newer X/Open-standard stdargs.h equivalent. So these functions use + stdargs instead. This is unlikely to be a problem unless you're building + ncurses on a System V old enough to only have varargs.h. (Solaris 2.5.1 used + the stdarg.h binding as well). + ++ If you're using a system old enough not to have a native vsscanf(3) in its + library, vwscanw() will not work. If you want to fix this, add an implementation to ncurses/vsscanf.c. -+ The C++ binding fails to build with a few C++ compilers, mainly with - configure script problems with vsscanf(). ++ The C++ binding fails to build with a few C++ compilers. + terminfo.5 does not format with the SunOS (and most other platform's) tbl utility because it relies on a diversion for each table entry. Get the @@ -106,7 +115,7 @@ LONGER-TERM TO-DO ITEMS: 1. Extended COSE conformance -There is an XPG4 standard recently released which describes a superset +There is an XPG4 standard released in 1996 which describes a superset of the SVr4 API. The library is BASE conformant with this standard. We would like to make ncurses fully conformant at the EXTENDED level supporting internationalization. @@ -114,7 +123,7 @@ supporting internationalization. 2. DOS port Only a few of the files in the library depend on the terminfo format. -It should be possible to further kernelize the package, then rewrite +It should be possible to further kernelize the package, then rewrite a small number of core files to produce a functionally-compatible port that would do updates to a memory-mapped screen area. The first result of this would be a DOS port. @@ -187,10 +196,10 @@ F. Unused VDT capabilities: move_insert, dest_tabs_magic_smso, transparent_underline, needs_xon_xoff, hard_cursor. Numerics: lines_of_memory, buttons. - Strings: pkey_key, pkey_local, pkey_xmit, underline_char, - enter_xon_mode, exit_xon_mode, xon_character, xoff_character, + Strings: pkey_key, pkey_local, pkey_xmit, underline_char, + enter_xon_mode, exit_xon_mode, xon_character, xoff_character, display_clock, remove_clock, user[0-5], display_pc_char, - enter_scancode_mode, exit_scancode_mode, pc_term_options, + enter_scancode_mode, exit_scancode_mode, pc_term_options, scancode_escape, alt_scancode_esc. These are the potentially important ones for ncurses. Notes: