X-Git-Url: https://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=c%2B%2B%2FNEWS;h=998e5ff3c0bfc7debaf68bfb7d29b11cacced47e;hp=299292d18a7e9952bf21744751be8b2b45662d5d;hb=81304798ee736c467839c779c9ca5dca48db7bea;hpb=0eb88fc5281804773e2a0c7a488a4452463535ce diff --git a/c++/NEWS b/c++/NEWS index 299292d1..998e5ff3 100644 --- a/c++/NEWS +++ b/c++/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,33 @@ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-- Copyright 2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey -- +-- Copyright 1998-1999,2006 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: NEWS,v 1.6 2021/06/17 21:20:30 tom Exp $ +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that the ncurses C++ binding has gone through starting with the integration of menu and forms integration into the binding. @@ -7,19 +37,19 @@ into the binding. to view the pad. 970908 + Improve NCursesWindow class: added additional methods to - cover more ncurses functionality. Make refresh() and + cover more ncurses functionality. Make refresh() and noutrefresh() virtual members to allow different implementation in the NCursesPanel class. + CAUTION: changed order of parameters in vline() and hline() of NCursesWindow class. + Make refresh() in NCursesPanel non-static, it is now a - reimplementation of refresh() in the base class. Added + reimplementation of refresh() in the base class. Added noutrefresh() to NCursesPanel. + Added NCursesForm and related classes to support libform functionality. + Moved most of configuration related stuff from cursesw.h to etip.h - + Added NCursesApplication class to support easy configuration + + Added NCursesApplication class to support easy configuration of menu and forms related attributes as well as ripped of title lines and Soft-Label-Keys for an application. + Support of Auto-Cleanup for a menus fieldlist. @@ -33,10 +63,10 @@ into the binding. + Added the NCursesMenu class to support libmenu functionality. + The inheritace relation between NCursesWindow and NCursesColorWindow was kind of brain damage. Monochrome is a special case of colored, so - the relation should be just the opposite. This would allow all - derived classes like NCursesPanel, NCursesMenu or NCursesForm to + the relation should be just the opposite. This would allow all + derived classes like NCursesPanel, NCursesMenu or NCursesForm to have colors. - To resolve that design flaw I put the color functionality into the + To resolve that design flaw I put the color functionality into the NCursesWindow class and it can be switched on by the static member useColors(). NCursesColorWindow is still there for compatibility reasons.