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diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/ANNOUNCE b/contrib/ncurses/ANNOUNCE index b5fd0a1c7e55..4707838fba99 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/ANNOUNCE +++ b/contrib/ncurses/ANNOUNCE @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ 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. It is also available - at [2]ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses. + distribution site [1]ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses. It is also + available at [2]ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses. Release Notes @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ %x, %o as per XSI. * We made additional changes to reduce impact by future interface changes: - + change key_names[] array to static since it is not part of - the curses interface. + + rename key_names[] array to _nc_key_names since it is not + part of the curses interface. + move macro winch to a function, to hide details of struct ldat * modify configure script to embed ABI in shared libraries for HP-UX @@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ 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, @@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ 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 @@ -168,7 +166,7 @@ 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 SVr4 curses, ncurses can write to the rightmost-bottommost + * 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. @@ -253,29 +251,37 @@ The ncurses code has been tested with a wide variety of applications including (versions starting with those noted): + cdk + Curses Development Kit [3]Curses Development Kit + [4]ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/cdk. + ded - directory-editor [3]ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ded. + directory-editor [5]ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ded. dialog the underlying application used in Slackware's setup, and the basis for similar applications on GNU/Linux. - lynx-2.7 + lynx the character-screen WWW browser Midnight Commander 4.1 file manager - mutt 0.88 + mutt mail utility - ncftp 2.0 + ncftp file-transfer utility nvi New vi versions 1.50 are able to use ncurses versions 1.9.7 and later. + tin + newsreader, supporting color, MIME + [6]ftp://ftp.akk.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/news/clients/tin-unoff. + taper tape archive utility @@ -284,26 +290,22 @@ as well as some that use ncurses for the terminfo support alone: - minicom-1.75 + minicom terminal emulator - tin-unoff - tin 1.4 newsreader, supporting color, MIME - [4]ftp://ftp.akk.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/news/clients/tin-unoff. - vile - vi-like-emacs [5]ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/vile. + vi-like-emacs [7]ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/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 [6]Zeyd Ben-Halim and [7]Eric - S. Raymond. Ongoing work is being done by [8]Thomas Dickey and - [9]Jürgen Pfeifer. [10]Florian La Roche acts as the maintainer for the + The original developers of ncurses are [8]Zeyd Ben-Halim and [9]Eric + S. Raymond. Ongoing work is being done by [10]Thomas Dickey and + [11]Jürgen Pfeifer. [12]Thomas Dickey acts as the maintainer for the Free Software Foundation, which holds the copyright on ncurses. - Contact the current maintainers at [11]bug-ncurses@gnu.org. + Contact the current maintainers at [13]bug-ncurses@gnu.org. To join the ncurses mailing list, please write email to bug-ncurses-request@gnu.org containing the line: @@ -313,7 +315,7 @@ Who's Who and What's What and testing of this package. Beta versions of ncurses and patches to the current release are made - available at [12]ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses. + available at [14]ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses. Future Plans @@ -328,24 +330,26 @@ Other Related Resources The distribution includes and uses a version of the terminfo-format terminal description file maintained by Eric Raymond. - [13]http://earthspace.net/~esr/terminfo. + [15]http://earthspace.net/~esr/terminfo. You can find lots of information on terminal-related topics not - covered in the terminfo file at [14]Richard Shuford's archive. + covered in the terminfo file at [16]Richard Shuford's archive. References - 1. ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu + 1. ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses 2. ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses - 3. ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ded - 4. ftp://ftp.akk.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/news/clients/tin-unoff - 5. ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/vile - 6. mailto:zmbenhal@netcom.com - 7. http://www.ccil.org/~esr/home.html - 8. mailto:dickey@clark.net - 9. mailto:juergen.pfeifer@gmx.net - 10. mailto:florian@gnu.org - 11. mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org - 12. ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses - 13. http://earthspace.net/~esr/terminfo - 14. http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal_index.html + 3. http://www.vexus.ca/CDK.html + 4. ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/cdk + 5. ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ded + 6. ftp://ftp.akk.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/news/clients/tin-unoff + 7. ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/vile + 8. mailto:zmbenhal@netcom.com + 9. http://www.ccil.org/~esr/home.html + 10. mailto:dickey@clark.net + 11. mailto:juergen.pfeifer@gmx.net + 12. mailto:dickey@clark.net + 13. mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org + 14. ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses + 15. http://earthspace.net/~esr/terminfo + 16. http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal_index.html |