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Announcing ncurses @VERSION@
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-
Announcing ncurses @VERSION@
The ncurses (new curses)
- library is a free software emulation of curses in System V
- Release 4.0, and more. It uses terminfo format, supports pads and
- color and multiple highlights and forms characters and
- function-key mapping, and has all the other SYSV-curses
- enhancements over BSD curses.
+
Announcing ncurses @VERSION@
+
+
The ncurses (new curses) library is a free software emulation
+ of curses in System V Release 4.0, and more. It uses terminfo
+ format, supports pads and color and multiple highlights and forms
+ characters and function-key mapping, and has all the other
+ SYSV-curses enhancements over BSD curses.
In mid-June 1995, the maintainer of 4.4BSD curses declared
that he considered 4.4BSD curses obsolete, and encouraged the
@@ -73,10 +74,12 @@
It is also available at ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ .
-
Release Notes
This release is designed to be upward
- compatible from ncurses 5.0 through 5.8; very few applications
- will require recompilation, depending on the platform. These are
- the highlights from the change-log since ncurses 5.8 release.
+
Release Notes
+
+
This release is designed to be upward compatible from ncurses
+ 5.0 through 5.8; very few applications will require
+ recompilation, depending on the platform. These are the
+ highlights from the change-log since ncurses 5.8 release.
This is a bug-fix release, correcting a small number of urgent
problems in the ncurses library from the 5.8 release.
@@ -111,8 +114,10 @@
page for snapshots and other information.
-
Features of Ncurses
The ncurses package is fully
- compatible with SVr4 (System V Release 4) curses:
+
Features of Ncurses
+
+
The ncurses package is fully compatible with SVr4 (System V
+ Release 4) curses:
All 257 of the SVr4 calls have been implemented (and are
@@ -140,8 +145,10 @@
entries for use with less capable
curses/terminfo versions such
as the HP/UX and AIX ports.
-
The ncurses package also has many useful extensions over
- SVr4:
+
+
+
The ncurses package also has many useful extensions over
+ SVr4:
The API is 8-bit clean and base-level conformant with the
@@ -257,12 +264,14 @@
interface.
-
State of the Package
Numerous bugs present in earlier
- versions have been fixed; the library is far more reliable than
- it used to be. Bounds checking in many `dangerous' entry points
- has been improved. The code is now type-safe according to gcc
- -Wall. The library has been checked for malloc leaks and arena
- corruption by the Purify memory-allocation tester.
+
State of the Package
+
+
Numerous bugs present in earlier versions have been fixed; the
+ library is far more reliable than it used to be. Bounds checking
+ in many `dangerous' entry points has been improved. The code is
+ now type-safe according to gcc -Wall. The library has been
+ checked for malloc leaks and arena corruption by the Purify
+ memory-allocation tester.
The ncurses code has been tested with a wide variety of
applications including (versions starting with those noted):
- as well as some that use ncurses for the terminfo support
- alone:
+
+
+
as well as some that use ncurses for the terminfo support
+ alone:
minicom
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The ncurses distribution includes a selection of test programs
(including a few games).
-
Who's Who and What's What
Zeyd Ben-Halim started it from
- a previous package pcurses, written by Pavel Curtis. Eric S.
- Raymond continued development. Jürgen Pfeifer wrote most of
- the form and menu libraries. Ongoing work is being done by
- Thomas Dickey.
- Thomas Dickey acts as the maintainer for the Free Software
- Foundation, which holds the copyright on ncurses. Contact the
- current maintainers at bug-ncurses@gnu.org.
+
Who's Who and What's What
+
+
Zeyd Ben-Halim started it from a previous package pcurses,
+ written by Pavel Curtis. Eric S. Raymond continued development.
+ Jürgen Pfeifer wrote most of the form and menu libraries.
+ Ongoing work is being done by Thomas Dickey. Thomas
+ Dickey acts as the maintainer for the Free Software Foundation,
+ which holds the copyright on ncurses. Contact the current
+ maintainers at bug-ncurses@gnu.org.
To join the ncurses mailing list, please write email to
bug-ncurses-request@gnu.org containing the line:
@@ -386,15 +399,19 @@
support.
Ports to more systems, including DOS and Windows.
- We need people to help with these projects. If you are
- interested in working on them, please join the ncurses list.
+
+
+
We need people to help with these projects. If you are
+ interested in working on them, please join the ncurses list.
+
+
Other Related Resources
-
Other Related Resources
The distribution provides a newer
- version of the terminfo-format terminal description file once
- maintained by Eric
+