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diff --git a/ncurses-5.3/ANNOUNCE b/ncurses-5.3/ANNOUNCE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e39a0be --- /dev/null +++ b/ncurses-5.3/ANNOUNCE @@ -0,0 +1,391 @@ + + Announcing ncurses 5.3 + + 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 is encouraging the keepers of + Unix releases such as BSD/OS, freeBSD and netBSD to switch over to + ncurses. + + The ncurses code was developed under GNU/Linux. It has been in use for + some time with OpenBSD as the system curses library, and on FreeBSD + and NetBSD as an external package. It should port easily to any + ANSI/POSIX-conforming UNIX. It has even been ported to OS/2 Warp! + + The distribution includes the library and support utilities, including + a terminfo compiler tic(1), a decompiler infocmp(1), clear(1), + tput(1), tset(1), and a termcap conversion tool captoinfo(1). Full + manual pages are provided for the library and tools. + + The ncurses distribution is available via anonymous FTP at the GNU + distribution site [1]ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses. + It is also available at [2]ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses. + + Release Notes + + This release is designed to be upward compatible from ncurses 5.0 and + 5.2; very few applications will require recompilation, depending on + the platform. These are the highlights from the change-log since + ncurses 5.2 release. + + Interface changes: + * change type for bool used in headers to NCURSES_BOOL, which + usually is the same as the compiler's definition for bool. + * add all but two functions for X/Open curses wide-character + support. These are only available if the library is configured + using the --enable-widec option. Missing functions are + + pecho_wchar() + + slk_wset() + * add environment variable $NCURSES_ASSUMED_COLORS to modify the + assume_default_colors() extension. + + New features and improvements: + * Improved support for termcap applications: + + add logic to dump_entry.c to remove function-key definitions + that do not fit into the 1023-byte limit for generated + termcaps. This makes hds200 fit. + + modify tgetent() to check if exit_attribute_mode resets the + alternate character set, and if so, attempt to adjust the + copy of the termcap "me" string which it will return to + eliminate that part. In particular, 'screen' would lose track + of line-drawing characters. + + add check/fix to comp_parse.c to suppress warning about + missing acsc string. This happens in configurations where raw + termcap information is processed; tic already does this and + other checks. + + add tic -A option to suppress capabilities which are + commented out when translating to termcap. + + modify logic in lib_baudrate.c for ospeed, for FreeBSD to + make it work properly for termcap applications (patch by + Andrey A Chernov). + * add a call to _nc_keypad() in keypad() to accommodate applications + such as nvi, which use curses for output but not for input (fixes + Debian #131263, cf: 20011215). + * correct logic for COLORFGBG environment variable: if rxvt is + compiled with xpm support, the variable has three fields, making + it slightly incompatible with itself. In either case, the + background color is the last field. + + Major bug fixes: + * rewrote limit-checks in wscrl() and associated + _nc_scroll_window(), to ensure that if the parameter of wscrl() is + larger than the size of the scrolling region, then the scrolling + region will be cleared. + * modify tset to restore original I/O modes if an error is + encountered. Also modify to use buffered stderr consistently + rather than mixing with write(). + * move calls to def_shell_mode() and def_prog_mode() before loop + with callbacks in lib_set_term.c, since the c++ demo otherwise + initialized the tty modes before saving them. + * modified wresize() to ensure that a failed realloc will not + corrupt the window structure, and to make subwindows fit within + the resized window. + * altered resizeterm() to avoid having it fail when a child window + cannot be resized because it would be larger than its parent. + * correct/improve logic to produce an exit status for errors in + tput, which did not exit with an error when told to put a string + not in the current terminfo entry. + * modify behavior of can_clear_with() so that if an application is + running in a non-bce terminals with default colors enabled, it + returns true, allowing the user to select/paste text without + picking up extraneous trailing blanks. + * add a check in relative_move() to guard against buffer overflow in + the overwrite logic. + * add some limit/pointer checks to -S option of tputs. + * modify mvcur() to avoid emitting newline characters when nonl() + mode is set. Normally this is not a problem since the actual + terminal mode is set to suppress nl/crlf translations, however it + is useful to allow the caller to manipulate the terminal mode to + avoid staircasing effects after spawning a process which writes + messages (for lynx 2.8.4). + + Portability: + * configure script: + + modify check in --disable-overwrite option so that it is used + by default unless the --prefix/$prefix value is not /usr, in + attempt to work around packagers who do not read the INSTALL + notes. + + correct a typo in configure --enable-colorfgbg option, and + move it to the experimental section (cf: 20011208). + + modify configure script to allow building with termcap only, + or with fallbacks only. In this case, we do not build tic and + toe. + + modify run_tic.sh to check if the build is a cross-compile. + In that case, do not use the build's tic to install the + terminfo database. + + modify c++/Makefile.in to accommodate archive programs that + are different for C++ than for C, and add cases for vendor's + C++ compilers on Solaris and IRIX. + + add several configure script options to aid with + cross-compiling: --with-build-cc, --with-build-cflags, + --with-build-ldflags, and --with-build-libs. + + add experimental --with-caps=XXX option to customize to + similar terminfo database formats such as AIX 4.x + + add configure option --with-ospeed to assist packagers in + transition to 5.3 change to ospeed type. + * library: + + implement a simple vsscanf() fallback function which uses the + %n conversion to help parse the input data. + + various fixes to build/work with different implementations of + vsscanf(). + + add/use macro to suppress sign-extension of char type on + platforms where this is a problem in ctype macros, e.g., + Solaris. + + finish changes needed to build dll's on cygwin. + + add #undef's before possible redefinition of ERR and OK in + curses.h + * programs: + + modify ifdef's in write_entry.c to allow use of symbolic + links on platforms with no hard links, e.g., BeOS. + + modify _nc_write_entry() to allow for the possibility that + linking aliases on a filesystem that ignores case would not + succeed because the source and destination differ only by + case, e.g., NCR260VT300WPP0 on cygwin. + + modify logic in tic, toe, tput and tset which checks for + basename of argv[0] to work properly on systems such as OS/2 + which have case-independent filenames and/or program + suffixes, e.g., ".ext". + + 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 + documented). + * Full support for SVr4 curses features including keyboard mapping, + color, forms-drawing with ACS characters, and automatic + recognition of keypad and function keys. + * An emulation of the SVr4 panels library, supporting a stack of + windows with backing store, is included. + * An emulation of the SVr4 menus library, supporting a uniform but + flexible interface for menu programming, is included. + * An emulation of the SVr4 form library, supporting data collection + through on-screen forms, is included. + * Binary terminfo entries generated by the ncurses tic(1) + implementation are bit-for-bit-compatible with the entry format + SVr4 curses uses. + * The utilities have options to allow you to filter terminfo 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 API is 8-bit clean and base-level conformant with the X/OPEN + curses specification, XSI curses (that is, it implements all BASE + level features, but not all EXTENDED features). Most + EXTENDED-level features not directly concerned with wide-character + support are implemented, including many function calls not + supported under SVr4 curses (but portability of all calls is + documented so you can use the SVr4 subset only). + * Unlike SVr3 curses, ncurses can write to the rightmost-bottommost + corner of the screen if your terminal has an insert-character + capability. + * Ada95 and C++ bindings. + * Support for mouse event reporting with X Window xterm and OS/2 + console windows. + * Extended mouse support via Alessandro Rubini's gpm package. + * The function wresize() allows you to resize windows, preserving + their data. + * The function use_default_colors() allows you to use the terminal's + default colors for the default color pair, achieving the effect of + transparent colors. + * The functions keyok() and define_key() allow you to better control + the use of function keys, e.g., disabling the ncurses KEY_MOUSE, + or by defining more than one control sequence to map to a given + key code. + * Support for 16-color terminals, such as aixterm and XFree86 xterm. + * Better cursor-movement optimization. The package now features a + cursor-local-movement computation more efficient than either BSD's + or System V's. + * Super hardware scrolling support. The screen-update code + incorporates a novel, simple, and cheap algorithm that enables it + to make optimal use of hardware scrolling, line-insertion, and + line-deletion for screen-line movements. This algorithm is more + powerful than the 4.4BSD curses quickch() routine. + * Real support for terminals with the magic-cookie glitch. The + screen-update code will refrain from drawing a highlight if the + magic- cookie unattributed spaces required just before the + beginning and after the end would step on a non-space character. + It will automatically shift highlight boundaries when doing so + would make it possible to draw the highlight without changing the + visual appearance of the screen. + * It is possible to generate the library with a list of pre-loaded + fallback entries linked to it so that it can serve those terminal + types even when no terminfo tree or termcap file is accessible + (this may be useful for support of screen-oriented programs that + must run in single-user mode). + * The tic(1)/captoinfo utility provided with ncurses has the ability + to translate many termcaps from the XENIX, IBM and AT&T extension + sets. + * A BSD-like tset(1) utility is provided. + * The ncurses library and utilities will automatically read terminfo + entries from $HOME/.terminfo if it exists, and compile to that + directory if it exists and the user has no write access to the + system directory. This feature makes it easier for users to have + personal terminfo entries without giving up access to the system + terminfo directory. + * You may specify a path of directories to search for compiled + descriptions with the environment variable TERMINFO_DIRS (this + generalizes the feature provided by TERMINFO under stock System + V.) + * In terminfo source files, use capabilities may refer not just to + other entries in the same source file (as in System V) but also to + compiled entries in either the system terminfo directory or the + user's $HOME/.terminfo directory. + * A script (capconvert) is provided to help BSD users transition + from termcap to terminfo. It gathers the information in a TERMCAP + environment variable and/or a ~/.termcap local entries file and + converts it to an equivalent local terminfo tree under + $HOME/.terminfo. + * Automatic fallback to the /etc/termcap file can be compiled in + when it is not possible to build a terminfo tree. This feature is + neither fast nor cheap, you don't want to use it unless you have + to, but it's there. + * The table-of-entries utility toe makes it easy for users to see + exactly what terminal types are available on the system. + * The library meets the XSI requirement that every macro entry point + have a corresponding function which may be linked (and will be + prototype-checked) if the macro definition is disabled with + #undef. + * An HTML "Introduction to Programming with NCURSES" document + provides a narrative introduction to the curses programming + 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. + + The ncurses code has been tested with a wide variety of applications + including (versions starting with those noted): + + cdk + Curses Development Kit + [3]http://invisible-island.net/cdk. + [4]http://www.vexus.ca/CDK.html + + ded + directory-editor + [5]http://invisible-island.net/ded. + + dialog + the underlying application used in Slackware's setup, and the + basis for similar applications on GNU/Linux. + [6]http://invisible-island.net/dialog. + + lynx + the character-screen WWW browser + [7]http://lynx.isc.org/release. + + Midnight Commander + file manager + [8]www.gnome.org/mc/. + + mutt + mail utility + [9]http://www.mutt.org. + + ncftp + file-transfer utility + [10]http://www.ncftp.com. + + nvi + New vi versions 1.50 are able to use ncurses versions 1.9.7 and + later. + [11]http://www.bostic.com/vi/. + + tin + newsreader, supporting color, MIME + [12]http://www.tin.org. + + taper + tape archive utility + [13]http://members.iinet.net.au/~yusuf/taper/. + + vh-1.6 + Volks-Hypertext browser for the Jargon File + [14]http://www.bg.debian.org/Packages/unstable/text/vh.html. + + as well as some that use ncurses for the terminfo support alone: + + minicom + terminal emulator + [15]http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~walker/minicom.html. + + vile + vi-like-emacs + [16]http://invisible-island.net/vile. + + The ncurses distribution includes a selection of test programs + (including a few games). + +Who's Who and What's What + + The original developers of ncurses are [17]Zeyd Ben-Halim and [18]Eric + S. Raymond. Ongoing work is being done by [19]Thomas Dickey and + [20]Jürgen Pfeifer. [21]Thomas Dickey acts as the maintainer for the + Free Software Foundation, which holds the copyright on ncurses. + Contact the current maintainers at [22]bug-ncurses@gnu.org. + + To join the ncurses mailing list, please write email to + bug-ncurses-request@gnu.org containing the line: + subscribe <name>@<host.domain> + + This list is open to anyone interested in helping with the development + and testing of this package. + + Beta versions of ncurses and patches to the current release are made + available at [23]ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses. + +Future Plans + + * Extended-level XPG4 conformance, with internationalization + 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. + +Other Related Resources + + The distribution includes and uses a version of the terminfo-format + terminal description file maintained by Eric Raymond. + [24]http://earthspace.net/~esr/terminfo. + + You can find lots of information on terminal-related topics not + covered in the terminfo file at [25]Richard Shuford's archive. + +References + + 1. ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses + 2. ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses + 3. http://invisible-island.net/cdk/cdk.html + 4. http://www.vexus.ca/CDK.html + 5. http://invisible-island.net/ded/ded.html + 6. http://invisible-island.net/dialog/dialog.html + 7. http://lynx.isc.org/release/ + 8. file://localhost/usr/build/ncurses/ncurses-5.2-20021012/doc/html/www.gnome.org/mc/ + 9. http://www.mutt.org/ + 10. http://www.ncftp.com/ + 11. http://www.bostic.com/vi/ + 12. http://www.tin.org/ + 13. http://members.iinet.net.au/~yusuf/taper/ + 14. http://www.bg.debian.org/Packages/unstable/text/vh.html + 15. http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~walker/minicom.html + 16. http://invisible-island.net/vile/vile.html + 17. mailto:zmbenhal@netcom.com + 18. http://www.ccil.org/~esr/home.html + 19. mailto:dickey@herndon4.his.com + 20. http://www.familiepfeifer.de/Contact.aspx?Lang=en + 21. mailto:dickey@herndon4.his.com + 22. mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org + 23. ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses + 24. http://earthspace.net/~esr/terminfo + 25. http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal_index.html |