diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 45b1a0ea..6abf551c 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ - Announcing ncurses 6.4 + Announcing ncurses 6.5 Overview @@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ Overview Release Notes - These notes are for ncurses 6.4, released December 31, 2022. + These notes are for ncurses 6.5, released April 27, 2024. This release is designed to be source-compatible with ncurses 5.0 - through 6.3; providing extensions to the application binary interface + through 6.4; providing extensions to the application binary interface (ABI). Although the source can still be configured to support the ncurses 5 ABI, the reason for the release is to reflect improvements to the ncurses 6 ABI and the supporting utility programs. @@ -63,176 +63,189 @@ Release Notes The most important bug-fixes/improvements dealt with robustness issues. The release notes also mention some other bug-fixes, but are focused on new features and improvements to existing features since - ncurses 6.3 release. + ncurses 6.4 release. Library improvements New features - There are no new features in this release. + These are new features: + * The low-level terminfo and termcap interfaces are used both by the + higher-level curses library, as well as by many applications. + The functions which convert parameterized terminal capability + strings for output to the terminal (tiparm and tparm) analyze the + capability string to determine which parameters are strings (i.e., + addresses), versus numbers (not addresses). + The library's analysis of a capability string may differ from the + calling application's design if environment variables are used to + point to an invalid terminal database. This is a longstanding + problem with all implementations of terminfo, dating from the + early 1980s. + Two new functions address this problem: by providing a function + which allows the calling application to tell ncurses how many + string-parameters to expect: + + tiscan_s helps applications check formatting capabilities + that would be passed to tiparm_s. + + tiparm_s provides applications a way to tell ncurses what the + expected parameters are for a capability. + * The ncurses library supports a compile-time feature (enabled with + the configure --enable-check-size option) which simplifies + initialization with terminals which do not negotiate window + (screen) size. This is done in setupterm, by providing for using + ANSI cursor-position report (in user6/user7 terminfo capabilities) + to obtain the screen size if neither environment variables or + ioctl is used. + The ncurses test-program with options "-E -T" demonstrates this + feature. + * add functions to query tty-flags in SCREEN + + This release drops compatibility with obsolete versions of tack, e.g., + pre-1.08 Other improvements These are improvements to existing features: - * modify delscreen to more effectively delete all windows on the - given screen. - * modify wnoutrefresh to call pnoutrefresh if its parameter is a - pad, rather than treating it as an error, and modify new_panel to - permit its window-parameter to be a pad - * modify curses_trace() to show the trace-mask as symbols, e.g., - TRACE_ORDINARY, DEBUG_LEVEL(3). - * improve checks for valid mouse events when an intermediate mouse - state is not part of the mousemask specified by the caller - * allow extended-color number in opts parameter of wattr_on. - * improve _tracecchar_t2 formatting of base+combining character. - * trim out some unwanted linker options from ncurses*config and .pc - files seen in Fedora 36+. - * improve shell-scripts with shellcheck - * improve use of "trap" in shell scripts, using a script. - * modify make-tar.sh scripts to make timestamps more predictable. + * In addition to the new, safer function tiparm_s, ncurses adds + checks to make the older tiparm, tparm and tgoto functions safer: + + the terminfo functions tiparm and tparm ensure that the + capability string comes from the terminal description which + ncurses loads, rather than from random data which the + application happens to have. + + the tgoto function disallows capabilities which its analysis + shows will attempt to use string parameters. + + ncurses uses internal functions which correspond to tiparm, + and tgoto which ensure that the capability strings which are + passed to these functions come from the loaded terminal + description. + * improve check in lib_tparm.c, ensuring that a char* fits into a + TPARM_ARG + * modify _nc_syserr_abort to use _nc_env_access, rather than only + checking root uid + * improve thread lock in lib_trace.c + * modify flushinp to use file descriptors in SCREEN, rather than + from TERMINAL, and check if they are for a terminal, like SVr4 + * modify mcprint to use file descriptor in SCREEN, for consistency + * modify internal function _nc_read_file_entry to show relevant + filename in warnings + * improve checks in internal function convert_string for corrupt + terminfo entry + * review/improve handling of out-of-memory conditions + * limit delays to 30 seconds, i.e., padding delays in terminfo, as + well as napms and delay_output functions + * fix reallocation loop for vsnprintf in _nc_sprintf_string by + copying the va_list variable + * modify delscreen to limit the windows which it creates to just + those associated with the screen + * modify endwin to return an error if it is called again without an + intervening screen update + * modify wenclose to handle pads + * eliminate use of PATH_MAX in lib_trace.c + * provide for any CCHARW_MAX greater than 1 These are corrections to existing features: - * modify misc/gen-pkgconfig.in to allow for the case where the - library directory does not yet exist, since this is processed - before doing an install - * set trailing null on string passed from winsnstr to wins_nwstr. - * modify waddch_literal to allow for double-width base character - when merging a combining character + * correct loop termination condition in waddnstr and waddnwstr + * improve parsing in internal function _nc_msec_cost, allowing a + single decimal point + * amend parameter check for entire string versus specific length in + winsnstr and wins_nwstr to match Solaris; make similar correction + to wins_nwstr + * correct internal function wadd_wch_literal when adding a + non-spacing character to a double-width character + * correct definition of Charable macro for non-wide ncurses library + . Program improvements - Several improvements were made to the utility programs: + Several improvements were made to the utility programs. Some were done + to make the infocmp option "-u" option help refactor the terminal + database. infocmp - + rewrite canonical_name function of infocmp to ensure buffer - size - + improve readability of long parameterized expressions with - the infocmp "-f" option by allowing split before a "%p" - marker. - + modify verbose-option of infocmp, tic, toe to enable - debug-tracing if that is configured. - - tabs - limit tab-stop values to max-columns + + add limit checks for processing extended capabilities with + the "-u" option + + correct initial alignment of extended capabilities, so that + the "-u" option can be used for more than two terminal types + + modify "-u" option to not report cancels for strings which + were already cancelled in a use'd chunk. + + correct an assignment "-u" for detecting if a boolean is + unset in a base entry and set in a use'd chunk, i.e., if it + was cancelled. tic - add consistency check in tic for u6/u7/u8/u9 and NQ - capabilities. - tput - corrected use of original tty-modes in init/reset subcommands + + correct limit-check when dumping tc/use clause via "-I" + + check return value of _nc_save_str, in special case where + extended capabilities are processed but the terminal + description was not initialized + + modify check for multiply defined aliases to report problems + within the current runtime rather than for conflicts with + pre-existing terminal descriptions. + + disallow using $TERMINFO or $HOME/.terminfo when "-o" option + is used + + tput and tset + + + add "-v" option to tput, to show warnings + + modify reset command to avoid altering clocal if the terminal + uses a modem + + modify reset feature to avoid 1-second sleep if running in a + pseudo-terminal Examples Along with the library and utilities, improvements were made to the - ncurses-examples. Most of this activity aimed at improving the - test-packages: - * add minimal -h (usage) and -V (version) getopt logic to all - ncurses-examples programs. - * fix an error in "@" command in test/ncurses.c F-menu - * add curses_trace to ifdef's for START_TRACE in test/test.priv.h - * improve pthread-configuration for test/worm.c - * add setlocale call to several test-programs. - * workaround in test/picsmap.c for use of floating point for rgb - values by ImageMagick 6.9.11, which appears to use the wrong upper - limit. - * use static libraries for AdaCurses test-package for Mageia, since - no gprbuild package is available. - * install Ada95 sample programs in libexecdir, adding a wrapper - script to invoke those. - * install ncurses-examples programs in libexecdir, adding a wrapper - script to invoke those. + ncurses-examples: + * modify test_tparm to account for extended capabilities + * corrected mouse mask in test/testcurs.c + * modify test/clip_printw.c to optionally test non-wrapped updates + * modify test/test_mouse.c to use curses api for raw/noraw + * modify test/clip_printw.c to optionally test non-wrapped updates - There are other new demo/test programs and reusable examples: + There is one new demo/test programs: - test/combine - demonstrate combining characters - - test/test_delwin - demonstrate deleting a window - - test/test_mouse - observe mouse events in the raw terminal or parsed ncurses - modes - - test/test_unget_wch - demonstrate the unget_wch and unget functions + test/test_endwin.c + This program shows the return-status from endwin with different + combinations of endwin (repeated), initscr, newterm. Terminal database There are several new terminal descriptions: - * mosh - * mosh-256color - * teken-16color - * teken-sc - * teken-vt - * xgterm + * ansi+apparrows + * contour + * linux+kbs for terminals which imitate xterm's behavior with Linux + * rio, rio-direct + * mostlike + * ms-vt100-16color, winconsole + * vt100+noapp, vt100+noapp+pc, xterm+app+pc, xterm+decedit from + xterm #389 + * putty+cursor to reflect amending of modified cursor-keys in 2021 + * wezterm There are many changes to existing terminal descriptions. Some were - updates to several descriptions: - * make description-fields distinct - * fix errata in description fields - * add/use several building-blocks: - + aixterm+sl - + ansi+cpr - + apollo+vt132 - + decid+cpr - + ncr260vp+sl - + wyse+sl - + x10term+sl - + xterm+acs - + xterm+alt47 + updates to several descriptions, using the infocmp "-u" option in a + script to determine which building-block entries could be used to + replace multiple capability settings (and trim redundant information). - while others affected specific descriptions. These were retested, to - take into account changes by their developers: - * kitty - * teken - - while these are specific fixes based on reviewing documentation, user - reports, or warnings from tic: - - att610+cvis0 - amended note as per documentation for att610, att620, att730 - - kon, kon2, jfbterm - revise to undo "linux2.6" change to smacs/rmacs/enacs - - st-0.6 - add dim, ecma+strikeout - - foot+base - add xterm+sl-alt - - dec+sl - correct dsl in dec+sl - - mintty and tmux - correct setal in mintty/tmux entries, add to vte-2018 - - nsterm - modify nsterm to use xterm+alt1049 - - putty - modify putty to use xterm+alt1049 - - vte-2018 - add blink and setal - - A few entries use extensions (user-defined terminal capabilities): - * use ansi+enq and decid+cpr in cases where the terminal probably - supported the u6-u9 extension - * remove u6-u9 from teken-2018 - * use NQ to flag entries where the terminal does not support query - and response - * add/use bracketed+paste to help identify terminals supporting this - xterm feature - * modify samples for xterm mouse 1002/1003 modes to use 1006 mode, - and also provide for focus in/out responses - * xterm patch #371 supports DEC-compatible status-line. add dec+sl - to xterm-new, per xterm #371, add xterm-p371, add xterm-p370, for - use in older terminals, and set "xterm-new" to "xterm-p370" (to - ease adoption). + Other changes include: + * document XF, kxIN and kxOUT + * add note on sun regarding wscons/cmdtool/shelltool + * remove DECCOLM+DECSCLM from foot + * add xterm+focus to foot+base + * add ecma+strikeout to putty + * use CSI 3J in vte-2017 + * use oldxterm+sm+1006 in vte-2014 + * modify xgterm to work around line-drawing bug + * add xterm focus mode 1004 to xterm+focus as fe/fd capabilities, + like vim. + * add xterm+focus to alacritty+common + * add XR/xr, to work with vim, and use RV/rv to denote DA2 and its + response + * add XF flag to xterm+focus so that termcap applications can be + aware of terminals which may support focus in/out + * use xterm+focus in xterm-p370 and tmux + * remove xterm+sm+1006 from tmux + * NetBSD-related fixes for x68k and wsvt25 Documentation @@ -247,123 +260,157 @@ Release Notes features and show how they evolved, there are corrections, clarifications, etc.: * Corrections: - + remove a stray '/' from description of %g in terminfo(5). - + correct/improve font-formatting in curs_getch.3x, as well as - other manual pages. + + add assignment in CF_MAN_PAGES to fill in value for + TERMINFO_DIRS in ncurses, terminfo and tic manpages. + + clarify interaction of -R option versus -C, -I and -r in + infocmp manpage. + + correct manpage description of panel_hidden. + + improve manpage description for addch versus unctrl format + used for non-printable characters. + + improve manpages discussing file descriptors in low-level + functions. + + improve description of search rules for terminal descriptions + in terminfo manpage. + + modify dist.mk to avoid passing developer's comments in + manpages into the generated html documentation. + + modify test-package "ncurses6-doc" to use manpage-aliases, + which in turn required a change to the configure script to + factor in the extra-suffix option when deriving alias names. * New/improved history and portability sections: - + add portability notes for delscreen and delwin in manual. - + improve curs_slk.3x discussion of extensions and portability + + add information about "ttycap", termcap's forerunner, to + tset.1 + + document limitations of tparm, and error-returns in + curs_terminfo.3x + + document limitations of tgoto, and error-returns in + curs_termcap.3x * Other improvements: - + improve curs_bkgd.3x, explaining that bkgdset can affect - results for bkgd - + add note on portable memory-leak checking in curs_memleaks.3x - + expanded description in resizeterm.3x - + add section on releasing memory to curs_termcap.3x and - curs_terminfo.3x manpages. - + add clarification of the scope of dynamic variables in - terminfo(5). - + improve formatting of ncurses-intro.html and hackguide.html - + improve curs_clear.3x links to other pages - + update ncurses-howto, making documentation fixes along with - corrections to example programs. - + use newer version 1.36 of gnathtml for generating Ada html - files. - + update external links in Ada95.html + + This release has many changes to improve the formatting and + style of the manpages. + + Manpages now use consistent section-naming, page headers and + footers (including the modification date for each page). + + Table layout has been revised. There are no new manual pages (all of the manual page updates are to existing pages). Interesting bug-fixes - While there were many bugs fixed during development of ncurses 6.4, - only a few (the reason for this release) were both important and - interesting. Most of the bug-fixes were for local issues which did not - affect compatibility across releases. Since those are detailed in the - NEWS file no elaboration is needed here. - - The interesting bugs were those dealing with memory leaks and buffer - overflows. Although the utilities are designed for text files (which - they do properly), some choose to test them with non-text files. - * Text files contain no embedded nulls. Also, they end with a - newline. Feeding tic non-text files exposed a few cases where the - program did not check for those issues. As a result, further - processing of the input found limit-checks whose assumptions were - invalid. - * Fixing the limit-checks (first) found a problem with tic managing - the list of strings in a terminal description. In merging two - terminal descriptions (i.e., the "use=" feature), tic was not - allocating a complete copy. A quick repair for that introduced a - memory leak. - * The checks for non-text files are improved (i.e., embedded nulls - in the input file will cause tic to reject it rather than - attempting to process it). - * The string allocations in tic are likewise improved. + The changes to tparm, tgoto which improve the design of the low-level + interfaces are interesting, but are not bug-fixes per se. Configuration changes Major changes - There are no major changes. No new options were added. Several - improvements were made to configure checks. + These are the major changes (aside from introducing tiparm_s): + * use wide-character (ncursesw) by default + * use opaque typedefs by default + + However, most of the work on configure scripts was done to reduce + warnings within the configure script: + * intrusive warnings from GNU grep regarding fgrep and egrep + * fatal errors in compile-checks, arising from recent "Modern C" + efforts by some developers which caused longstanding configure + checks to fail. + After repairing the configure script, none of that activity + affected ncurses because stricter warnings are used routinely in + development. + + Other improvements made to configure checks include + * use string-hacks in alloc_entry.c, alloc_type.c and hardscroll.c, + overlooked due to compiler changes in recent OpenBSD releases + * revise progs.priv.h to provide for NC_ISATTY reuse + * configure check for MB_LEN_MAX provides warning as needed + * trim a space after some "-R" options, fixing builds for + applications built using clang and ncurses on Solaris + * work around misconfiguration of MacPorts gcc13, which exposes + invalid definition of MB_LEN_MAX in gcc's fallback copy of + limits.h + * modified experimental Windows driver works with xterm mouse + protocol Configuration options - There are a few new/modified configure options: + There are a few new configure options: - --with-abi-version - add ABI 7 defaults to configure script. + --disable-setuid-environ + Compile with environment restriction, so certain environment + variables are not available when running via a setuid/setgid + application. These are (for example $TERMINFO) those that allow + the search path for the terminfo or termcap entry to be + customized. - --with-caps - add warning in configure script if file specified for - "--with-caps" does not exist. + A setuid/setgid application inherits its environment variables + from the current user, in contrast to sudo which may limit the + environment variables that ncurses uses. - --with-manpage-format - bzip2 and xz compression are now supported + --enable-check-size + Compile-in feature to detect screensize for terminals which do + not advertise their screensize, e.g., serial terminals. - --with-xterm-kbs - add check/warning in configure script if option - "--with-xterm-kbs" is missing or inconsistent + --with-abi-altered=NUM + Override the displayed (rather than compiled-in) ABI. Only + packagers who have created configurations where the ABI differs + from ncurses should be interested in this option. + + --with-strip-program=XXX + When stripping executables during install, use the specified + program rather than "strip" overriding program chosen by the + install program for stripping executables. + + These configure options are modified: + + --with-pkg-config-libdir[=DIR] + The optional DIR parameter can now be "auto" to automatically + use pkg-config's library directory. + + The default is $(libdir). + + --with-xterm-kbs[=XXX] + The default is "auto" which tells the configure script to + choose BS or DEL according to platform defaults. Portability Many of the portability changes are implemented via the configure script: - * amend configure option's auto-search to account for systems where - none of the directories known to pkg-config exist - * corrected regex needed for older pkg-config used in Solaris 10 - * improve handling of --with-pkg-config-libdir option, allowing for - the case where either $PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR or the option value has a - colon-separated list of directories - * if the --with-pkg-config-libdir option is not given, use - ${libdir}/pkgconfig as a default - * improve search-path check for pkg-config, e.g., for Debian testing - which installs pkg-config with architecture-prefixes. - * build-fix for cross-compiling to MingW, conditionally add -lssp - * improve configure check for getttynam - * fixes to build with dietlibc: - + add configure check for fpathconf - + add configure check for math sine/cosine, needed in - test/tclock, and eliminate pow() from test/hanoi - + use wcsnlen as an alternative to wmemchr if it is not found - * modify configure macro CF_BUILD_CC to check if the build-compiler - works, rather than that it is different from the cross-compiler, - e.g., to accommodate a compiler which can be used for either - purpose with different flags - * modify configure/scripts to work around interference by GNU grep - 3.8 + * add/use configure check for clock_gettime, to supersede + gettimeofday. + * modify configure script check for pkg-config library directory to + take into account an older version 0.15.0 which used + PKG_CONFIG_PATH but not PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR + * allow for MinGW32-/64-bit configurations to use _DEFAULT_SOURCE + * modify CF_XOPEN_SOURCE macro's amend default case to avoid + undefining _XOPEN_SOURCE if _POSIX_C_SOURCE is defined + * updated configure script macro CF_XOPEN_SOURCE, for uClibc-ng + * modify version-check for gcc/g++, now works for msys2 + * build-fixes related to configure-options and/or platform: + + fix for --enable-fvisibility + + fix for unusual values of --with-rel-version + + fix for unusual values of --with-abi-version + + fix for --disable-tcap-names + + fix for termcap in nc_access.h + * other configure-script improvements: + + recent msys2 headers work with _DEFAULT_SOURCE; amend check + + use $ac_includes_default in most cases where stdlib.h should + work + + use #error consistently vs "make an error" + + add configure macro for gettimeofday vs inline check Here are some of the other portability fixes: - * change man_db.renames to template, to handle ncurses*-config - script with the --extra-suffix configure option. - * update CF_XOPEN_SOURCE macro, adding variants "gnueabi" and - "gnueabihf" to get _DEFAULT_SOURCE special case, as well as adding - GNU libc suffixes for "abi64", "abin32", "x32" to distinguish it - from other libc flavors. - * work around musl's nonstandard use of feature test macros by - adding a definition for NCURSES_WIDECHAR to the generated ".pc" - and *-config files. - * use "command -v" rather than "type" in Ada95/gen/Makefile.in to - fix a portability issue. + * modify configure scripts/makefiles to omit KEY_RESIZE if the + corresponding SIGWINCH feature is disabled + * increase MB_CUR_MAX to 16, matching glibc's MB_LEN_MAX + * add BSD erase2 to characters handled by tset/reset + * use getauxval when available, to improve setuid/setgid checks + * set dwShareMode in calls to CreateConsoleScreenBuffer + * use CreateFile with "CONIN$", "CONOUT$" rather than GetStdHandle + to obtain a handle on the actual console, avoiding redirection in + the MinGW/Win32 configurations + * modify MinGW driver to return KEY_BACKSPACE when an unmodified + VK_BACK virtual key is entered + * modify MinGW configuration to provide for running in MSYS/MSYS2 + shells, assuming ConPTY support _________________________________________________________________ Features of ncurses @@ -371,20 +418,21 @@ Features of ncurses The ncurses package is fully upward-compatible with SVr4 (System V Release 4) curses: * All of the SVr4 calls have been implemented (and are documented). - * ncurses supports all of the for SVr4 curses features including - keyboard mapping, color, forms-drawing with ACS characters, and - automatic recognition of keypad and function keys. - * ncurses provides these SVr4 add-on libraries (not part of X/Open - Curses): - + the panels library, supporting a stack of windows with - backing store. - + the menus library, supporting a uniform but flexible - interface for menu programming. + * ncurses supports the features of SVr4 curses including keyboard + mapping, color, form drawing with ACS characters, and automatic + recognition of keypad and function keys. + * ncurses provides work-alike replacements of SVr4 supplemental + libraries based on curses, but which were not specified by X/Open + Curses: + + the panel library, supporting a stack of windows with backing + store + + the menu library, supporting a uniform but flexible interface + for menu programming + the form library, supporting data collection through - on-screen forms. + on-screen forms * ncurses's terminal database is fully compatible with that used by SVr4 curses. - + ncurses supports user-defined capabilities which it can see, + + ncurses supports user-defined capabilities that it can see, but which are hidden from SVr4 curses applications using the same terminal database. + It can be optionally configured to match the format used in @@ -397,11 +445,12 @@ Features of ncurses 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, and most EXTENDED features). It includes many - function calls not supported under SVr4 curses (but portability of - all calls is documented so you can use the SVr4 subset only). + * 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, and almost all EXTENDED features). It includes + 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. @@ -461,10 +510,19 @@ Features of ncurses user's $HOME/.terminfo directory. * 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 - has a corresponding function which may be linked (and will be - prototype-checked) if the macro definition is disabled with - #undef. + * X/Open Curses permits most functions it specifies to be made + available as macros as well. ncurses does this + + to improve performance, e.g., for operations composed of + simpler functions such as cursor movement following by adding + text to the screen, + + to simplify the implementation by reusing functions which use + common parameters, e.g., the standard screen stdscr, and + + to provide functions that return values via their parameters + Except for the last case, ncurses provides a non-macro + implementation of the function. If the macro definition is + disabled with #undef, or by defining NCURSES_NOMACROS the function + may be linked (and its calls will be checked against the + prototype). * Extensive documentation is provided (see the Additional Reading section of the ncurses FAQ for online documentation). @@ -517,7 +575,8 @@ Applications using ncurses nvi New vi uses ncurses. - https://sites.google.com/a/bostic.com/keithbostic/vi + https://sites.google.com/a/bostic.com/keithbostic/the-berkeley- + vi-editor-home-page ranger A console file manager with VI key bindings in Python. @@ -539,7 +598,7 @@ Applications using ncurses minicom terminal emulator for serial modem connections - https://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/ + https://salsa.debian.org/minicom-team/minicom mosh a replacement for ssh. @@ -620,12 +679,12 @@ Development activities Patches to the current release are made available at - https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.3/ and - https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/6.3/ . + https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.4/ and + https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/6.4/ . There is an archive of the mailing list here: - http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses (also https) + https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses . Related resources @@ -645,11 +704,12 @@ Other resources terminal description file once maintained by Eric Raymond . Unlike the older version, the termcap and terminfo data are provided in the same file, which also provides several user-definable extensions beyond the - X/Open specification. + X/Open Curses specification. You can find lots of information on terminal-related topics not - covered in the terminfo file at Richard Shuford's archive . The - collection of computer manuals at bitsavers.org has also been useful. + covered in the terminfo file in Richard Shuford's archive (original). + The collection of computer manuals at bitsavers.org has also been + useful. * Overview * Release Notes diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 28110782..a2076eee 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey -- +-- Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey -- -- Copyright 1998-2017,2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -- -- -- -- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a -- @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.253 2023/11/03 20:55:47 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.254 2024/04/27 14:21:05 tom Exp $ --------------------------------------------------------------------- How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system --------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ COMPATIBILITY WITH OLDER RELEASES: you may encounter when building a system with different versions of ncurses: - 6.5 (TBD; not stable; in development) + 6.5 (Apt 27, 2024) Interface changes: + the WINDOW structure and some related internal data types declared @@ -1461,6 +1461,25 @@ COMPATIBILITY WITH OLDER RELEASES: default; and + support for wide characters is now enabled by default. + Added extensions: + + + is_cbreak, is_echo, is_nl, and is_raw, as well as "_sp" variants + + + tiparm_s and tiscan_s + + Added internal functions (other than "_sp" variants): + + + _nc_env_access + + Removed internal functions: + + + none + + Modified internal functions: + + + These now pass a const parameter: _nc_delink_entry, _nc_str_copy, + and _nc_trans_string + 6.4 (Dec 31, 2022) Interface changes: diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 7a5ca227..8bedbc82 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4111 2024/04/20 21:37:56 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4114 2024/04/27 18:00:35 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names. Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions; it is not possible to add this information. +20240427 6.5 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org + + update announcement + + fixes/corrections for manpages (patches by Branden Robinson). + + fix redefinition of CASTxPTR, for legacy Unix. + 20240420 + improve formatting/style of manpages (patches by Branden Robinson). + compiler warning/portability fixes. @@ -119,7 +124,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information. + use xterm+nopcfkeys, vt52-basic, dec+pp, dec+sl, vt52+arrows, hp+pfk+cr, klone+acs, klone+color, klone+sgr, ncr160wy50+pp to trim -TD - + NetBSD-related fixes for x68k and wsvt52 (patch by Thomas Klausner) + + NetBSD-related fixes for x68k and wsvt25 (patch by Thomas Klausner) 20240120 + improve formatting/style of manpages (patches by Branden Robinson). diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION index 2afdc1a7..8ebef8fe 100644 --- a/VERSION +++ b/VERSION @@ -1 +1 @@ -5:0:10 6.4 20240420 +5:0:10 6.5 20240427 diff --git a/announce.html.in b/announce.html.in index 9da51191..9889ef1b 100644 --- a/announce.html.in +++ b/announce.html.in @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -adacursesw6\-config 1 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.4 User commands +adacursesw6\-config 1 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 User commands -

adacursesw6\-config 1 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.4 User commands

+

adacursesw6\-config 1 2024-04-20 ncurses 6.5 User commands

 adacursesw6-config(1)            User commands           adacursesw6-config(1)
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
 
 
-ncurses 6.4                       2024-04-20             adacursesw6-config(1)
+ncurses 6.5                       2024-04-20             adacursesw6-config(1)