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diff --git a/ncurses-5.3/TO-DO b/ncurses-5.3/TO-DO deleted file mode 100644 index 4db47ff..0000000 --- a/ncurses-5.3/TO-DO +++ /dev/null @@ -1,191 +0,0 @@ --- $Id$ - -SHORT-TERM TO-DO ITEMS: - -Known Problems: - -* GNAT does not put libraries in the correct order, so a build only links - properly if you use shared libraries since -lncurses is first. - -* The screen optimization has been tested only in an ad hoc manner. We should - develop a good set of regression tests to cover lib_doupdate.c and - lib_mvcur.c. - -* Magic cookie support does not work, since the logic does not take into account - refresh. Also, the initial optimize does not adjust the current location - when a cookie is emitted. - -* 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. - For example, they are initially displayed (before the ncurses 'e' test - activates them), and a touchwin can apparently also force them to be - displayed. - -+ The code departs from perfect 8-bit cleanness in one respect; you cannot - specify a character \200 as part of a capability string, because the terminfo - library interprets \200 as a request to embed NUL (\000) at that point. This - is a legacy terminfo property we can't mess with. - -* 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. - -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/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 implementation to ncurses/vsscanf.c. - -* The demo build for the c++ library craps out with many link errors under gcc - 2.6.3. We're told the C++ support in 2.6.3 is broken and that the right - fix is to upgrade to 2.7.0. This demo is also known to not build with - the Sun SPARCworks 4.1 C++ compiler, due to a problem resolving templates. - -* Under Ultrix, configure craps out (Ultrix sh is lame). Run it under ksh. - -* We've not tested the configure script with cross-compilers. The autoconf - tests are supposed to be able to support this (please report bugs). You will - have to configure and build in two steps. The first step must create the - automatically-generated sources (e.g., comp_captab.c) on your host machine. - Then, run "make mostlyclean", remove config.* from the top-level directory - and configure for the cross-compiler. - -+ 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 groff - package. - -Untested features: - -* The code for the HP color model using set_color_pair is untested. - -* The code for handling soft labels on a terminal type with built-in support - for them (num_labels > 0, label_height, label_width, label_format, label_off, - label_on, plab_norm, lab_f*) has not been tested. The label_format and - lab_f* capabilities aren't presently used. - -* The wide-character input functions need testing. - -LONGER-TERM TO-DO ITEMS: - -1. Extended COSE conformance - -There is an XPG4 standard recently released 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. - -Current status: - pecho_wchar() not implemented. - slk_wset not implemented. - -2. DOS port - -Only 16 of the 55 files in the library depend on the terminfo format. -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. - -3. X port - -It would be nice if ncurses could recognize when it was running under X and -maintain its own window. With this feature, all ncurses programs would -automatically become X programs. The challenge is to handle resize events -properly. - -4. Unused capabilities - -The currently unused capabilities fall naturally into several groups: - -A. Status-line capabilities: - - Booleans: has_status_line, status_line_esc_ok. - Numerics: width_status_line. - Strings: dis_status_line, from_status_line, to_status_line. - -System V Release 1 curses made no use of these at all. SVr4's use, if -any, is unknown. From the AT&T termcap file it looks like curses, in general, -shouldn't use them; terminal variants with status lines have their line count -decremented by 1, suggesting that curses is supposed to leave the status line -alone. - -B. Printer capabilities: - - Boolean: col_addr_glitch, cr_cancels_micro_mode, has_print_wheel, - row_addr_glitch, semi_auto_right_margin, cpi_changes_res, - lpi_changes_res. - Numeric: buffer_capacity, dot_horz_spacing, dot_vert_spacing, - max_micro_address, max_micro_jump, micro_col_size, - micro_line_size, number_of_pins, output_res_char, - output_res_line, output_res_horz_inch, print_rate, - wide_char_size, bit_image_entwining, bit_image_type. - String: down_half_line, form_feed, up_half_line, set_left_margin, - set_right_margin, clear_margins, change_char_pitch - ... set_page_length (all the SVr4 printer caps), - -Curses doesn't use these. - -C. Printer-control capabilities: - - Boolean: prtr_silent. - Strings: print_screen, prtr_on, prtr_off, prtr_non. - -Curses doesn't use these. - -D. Dialer strings: - - Strings: hangup, dial_phone, quick_dial, tone, pulse, flash_hook, - fixed_pause, wait_tone. - -Curses doesn't use these. - -E. Window and virtual-terminal capabilities: - - Numerics: maximum_windows, virtual_terminal. - Strings: req_for_input, create_window, goto_window, set_window. - -These seem to be fossils from some AT&T experiments on character-based -window systems that never escaped the lab. The virtual_terminal cap had -something to do with building terminal emulations into tty line disciplines. - -F. Unused VDT capabilities: - - Booleans: erase_overstrike, has_meta_key, insert_null_glitch, - 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, - display_clock, remove_clock, user[0-5], display_pc_char, - enter_scancode_mode, exit_scancode_mode, pc_term_options, - scancode_escape, alt_scancode_esc. - -These are the potentially important ones for ncurses. Notes: - - i) ncurses doesn't need move_insert; it never uses cup/hpa/vpa while - insert_mode is on. - - ii) We probably don't care about dest_tabs_magic_smso; only - Telerays used it and they're all long obsolete. - - |