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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.<P> - -In mid-June 1995, the maintainer of 4.4BSD curses declared that he -considered 4.4BSD curses obsolete, and encouraged the keepers of -Unix releases such as BSD/OS, FreeBSD and NetBSD to switch over to -ncurses.<P> - -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!<P> - -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.<P> - -The ncurses distribution is available via anonymous FTP at -the GNU distribution site -<A HREF="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/</A> . -<br>It is also available at -<A HREF="ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/">ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/</A> . - -<H1>Release Notes</H1> - -This release is designed to be upward compatible from ncurses 5.0 through 5.5; -very few applications will require recompilation, depending on the platform. -These are the highlights from the change-log since ncurses 5.5 release. -<p> -Interface changes: -<ul> - <li>generate linkable stubs for some macros: - <br> - getbegx, getbegy, getcurx, getcury, getmaxx, getmaxy, getparx, - getpary, getpary, - <br> - and (for libncursesw) - <br> - wgetbkgrnd - -</ul> -New features and improvements: -<ul> - <li>library - <ul> - <li>support hashed databases for the terminal descriptions. - This uses the Berkeley database, has been tested for - several versions on different platforms. - - <li>add <code>use_legacy_coding()</code> function to support - lynx's font-switching feature. - - <li>add extension <code>nofilter()</code>, to cancel a prior - <code>filter()</code> call. - - <li>add/install a package config script, e.g., - <code>ncurses5-config</code> or - <code>ncursesw5-config</code>, according to - configuration options. - - <li>provide ifdef for <code>NCURSES_NOMACROS</code> which - suppresses most macro definitions from curses.h, i.e., - where a macro is defined to override a function to improve - performance. - - <li>make ifdef's consistent in <code>curses.h</code> for the - extended colors so the header file can be used for the - normal curses library. The header file installed for - extended colors is a variation of the wide-character - configuration. - - <li>improve <code>tgetstr()</code> by making the return value - point into the user's buffer, if provided. - - <li>add ifdef's allowing ncurses to be built with - <code>tparm()</code> using either varargs (the existing - status), or using a fixed-parameter list (to match X/Open). - - <li>widen the test for xterm <code>kmous</code> a little to - <code>allow</code> for other - strings than "\E[M", e.g., for <code>xterm-sco</code> - functionality in xterm. - - <li>modify <code>wgetnstr()</code> to return - <code>KEY_RESIZE</code> if a sigwinch occurs. - - <li>move prototypes for wide-character trace functions from - curses.tail to curses.wide to avoid accidental reference to - those if <code>_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED</code> is defined - without ensuring that <wchar.h> is included. - - <li>change the way shared libraries (other than libtool) are - installed. Rather than copying the build-tree's libraries, - link the shared objects into the install directory. This - makes the <code>--with-rpath</code> option work except with - <code>$(DESTDIR)</code>. - - <li>several improvements for rendering in hpterm. These are - only available if the library is configured using - <code>--enable-xmc-glitch</code>. - - <li>Add <code>NCURSES_NO_HARD_TABS</code> and - <code>NCURSES_NO_MAGIC_COOKIE</code> environment variables - to allow runtime suppression of the related hard-tabs and - xmc-glitch features. - </ul> - - <li>programs: - <ul> - <li>add new test programs: chgat.c, demo_altkeys.c, - echochar.c, foldkeys.c, movewindow.c, redraw.c, (noting - that existing test programs also were modified to test - additional features). - - <li>modify tack to test extended capability function-key - strings. - - <li>modify toe to access termcap data, e.g., via <code>cgetent()</code> - functions, or as a text file if those are not available. - - <li>improve infocmp/tic <code>-f</code> option formatting. - - <li>add <code>toe -a</code> option, to show all databases. - This uses new private interfaces in the ncurses library for - iterating through the list of databases. - - <li>modify <code>MKfallback.sh</code> to use - <code>tic -x</code> when constructing fallback tables to - allow extended capabilities to be retrieved from a fallback entry. - </ul> - - <li>terminal database - <ul> - <li>add terminfo entries for xfce terminal (xfce) and multi gnome terminal (mgt) - <li>add nsterm-16color entry - <li>updated mlterm terminfo entry - <li>add kon, kon2 and jfbterm terminfo entry - <li>remove invis capability from klone+sgr, mainly used by linux entry, since it does not really do this - <li>add ka2, kb1, kb3, kc2 to vt220-keypad as an extension - <li>add shifted up/down arrow codes to xterm-new as kind/kri strings - <li>add hpterm-color terminfo entry - <li>add 256color variants of terminfo entries for programs which are reported to implement this feature - <li>correct order of use-clauses in rxvt-basic entry which made codes for f1-f4 vt100-style rather than vt220-style. - </ul> -</ul> -Major bug fixes: -<ul> - <li>correct a typo in configure <code>--with-bool</code> option for the - case where <code>--without-cxx</code> is used. - - <li>move assignment from environment variable <code>ESCDELAY</code> - from <code>initscr()</code> down to <code>newterm()</code> so the - environment variable affects timeouts for terminals opened with - newterm() as well. - - <li>modify <code>werase</code> to clear multicolumn characters that - extend into a derived window. - - <li>modify <code>wchgat()</code> to mark updated cells as changed so a - refresh will repaint those cells. - - <li>correct logic in <code>wadd_wch()</code> and - <code>wecho_wch()</code>, which did not guard against passing the - multi-column attribute into a call on <code>waddch()</code>, e.g., - using data returned by <code>win_wch()</code> - - <li>fix redrawing of windows other than <code>stdscr</code> using - <code>wredrawln()</code> by touching the corresponding rows in - <code>curscr</code>. - - <li>reduce memory leaks in repeated calls to <code>tgetent()</code> by - remembering the last <code>TERMINAL*</code> value allocated to hold - the corresponding data and freeing that if the - <code>tgetent()</code> result buffer is the same as the previous - call. - - <li>modify <code>read_termtype()</code> so the <code>term_names</code> - data is always allocated as part of the <code>str_table</code>, a - better fix for a memory leak. - - <li>fix <code>wins_nwstr(),</code> which did not handle single-column - non-8bit codes. - - <li>modify <code>wbkgrnd()</code> to avoid clearing the - <code>A_CHARTEXT</code> attribute bits since those record the state - of multicolumn characters. - - <li>improve <code>SIGWINCH</code> handling by postponing its effect - during <code>newterm()</code>, etc., when allocating screens. - - <li>remove 970913 feature for copying subwindows as they are moved in - <code>mvwin()</code>. - - <li>add checks in <code>waddchnstr()</code> and - <code>wadd_wchnstr()</code> to stop copying when a null character - is found. - - <li>add some checks to ensure current position is within scrolling - region before scrolling on a new line. - - <li>add a workaround to ACS mapping to allow applications such as - test/blue.c to use the "PC ROM" characters by masking them with - A_ALTCHARSET. This worked up til 5.5, but was lost in the revision - of legacy coding. -</ul> - -Portability: -<ul> - <li>configure script: - <ul> - <li>new options: - <dl> - - <dt>--with-hashed-db - <dd>Use Berkeley hashed database for storing terminfo data rather than storing - each compiled entry in a separate binary file within a directory - tree. - - <dt>--without-dlsym - <dd>Do not use <code>dlsym()</code> to load GPM dynamically. - - <dt>--with-valgrind - <dd>Simplify building for testing with valgrind. - - <dt>--enable-wgetch-events - <dd>Compile with experimental wgetch-events code. - - <dt>--enable-signed-char - <dd>Store booleans in "signed char" rather than "char". - - </dl> - - <li>improved options: - <dl> - - <dt>--disable-largefile - <dd>make the option work both ways. - - <dt>--with-gpm - <dd>The option now accepts a parameter, - i.e., the name of the dynamic GPM library to load via - <code>dlopen()</code> - - <dt>--disable-symlinks - <dd>The option now allows one to - disable <code>symlink()</code> in <code>tic</code> even when - <code>link()</code> does not work. - - </dl> - - </ul> - - <li>other configure/build issues: <ul> <li>remove special case for - Darwin in <code>CF_XOPEN_SOURCE</code> configure macro. - - <li>add configure check to ensure that <code>SIGWINCH</code> is - defined on platforms such as OS X which exclude that when - <code>_XOPEN_SOURCE,</code> etc., are defined - - <li>use ld's <code>-search_paths_first</code> option on Darwin - to work around odd search rules on that platform. - - <li>improve ifdef's for <code>_POSIX_VDISABLE</code> in tset to - work with Mac OS X. - - <li>modify configure script to ensure that if the C compiler is - used rather than the loader in making shared libraries, the - <code>$(CFLAGS)</code> variable is also used. - - <li>use <code>${CC}</code> rather than <code>${LD}</code> in - shared library rules for IRIX64, Solaris to help ensure - that initialization sections are provided for extra linkage - requirements, e.g., of C++ applications. - - <li>improve some shared-library configure scripting for Linux, - FreeBSD and NetBSD to make - <code>--with-shlib-version</code> work. - - <li>split up dependency of <code>names.c</code> and - <code>codes.c</code> in <code>ncurses/Makefile</code> to - work with parallel make. - - <li>modify <code>MKlib_gen.sh</code> to change - preprocessor-expanded <code>_Bool</code> back to <code>bool</code>. - - <li>modify <code>progs/Makefile.in</code> to make - <code>tput init</code> work properly with cygwin, - i.e., do not pass a <code>.exe</code> in the reference - string used in check_aliases. - </ul> - - <li>library: - <ul> - <li>ignore wide-acs line-drawing characters that - <code>wcwidth()</code> claims are not one-column. This is - a workaround for Solaris' broken locale support. - - <li>reduce name-pollution in <code>term.h</code> by removing - <code>#define</code>'s for HAVE_xxx symbols. - - <li>fix <code>#ifdef</code> in <code>c++/internal.h</code> for - QNX 6.1 - </ul> - - <li>test programs: <ul> <li>modify <code>test/configure</code> script - to allow building test programs with PDCurses/X11. - - <li>modified test programs to allow some to work with NetBSD - curses. Several do not because NetBSD curses implements a - subset of X/Open curses, and also lacks much of SVr4 - additions. But it is enough for comparison. - - <li>improved <code>test/configure</code> to build test/ncurses - on HPUX 11 using the vendor curses. - - <li>change configure script to produce - <code>test/Makefile</code> from data file. - </ul> -</ul> - -<H1>Features of Ncurses</H1> - -The ncurses package is fully compatible with SVr4 (System V Release 4) curses: - -<UL> -<LI>All 257 of the SVr4 calls have been implemented (and are documented). -<LI>Full support for SVr4 curses features including keyboard mapping, color, -forms-drawing with ACS characters, and automatic recognition of keypad -and function keys. -<LI>An emulation of the SVr4 panels library, supporting -a stack of windows with backing store, is included. -<LI>An emulation of the SVr4 menus library, supporting -a uniform but flexible interface for menu programming, is included. -<LI>An emulation of the SVr4 form library, supporting -data collection through on-screen forms, is included. -<LI>Binary terminfo entries generated by the ncurses tic(1) implementation -are bit-for-bit-compatible with the entry format SVr4 curses uses. -<LI>The utilities have options to allow you to filter terminfo -entries for use with less capable <STRONG>curses</STRONG>/<STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> -versions such as the HP/UX and AIX ports.</UL> - -The ncurses package also has many useful extensions over SVr4: - -<UL> -<LI>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). -<LI>Unlike SVr3 curses, ncurses can write to the rightmost-bottommost corner -of the screen if your terminal has an insert-character capability. -<LI>Ada95 and C++ bindings. -<LI>Support for mouse event reporting with X Window xterm -and FreeBSD and OS/2 console windows. -<LI>Extended mouse support via Alessandro Rubini's gpm package. -<LI>The function <CODE>wresize()</CODE> allows you to resize windows, preserving -their data. -<LI>The function <CODE>use_default_colors()</CODE> allows you to -use the terminal's default colors for the default color pair, -achieving the effect of transparent colors. -<LI>The functions <CODE>keyok()</CODE> -and <CODE>define_key()</CODE> 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. -<LI>Support for 16-color terminals, such as aixterm and modern xterm. -<LI>Better cursor-movement optimization. The package now features a -cursor-local-movement computation more efficient than either BSD's -or System V's. -<LI>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. -<LI>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. -<LI>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). -<LI>The tic(1)/captoinfo utility provided with ncurses has the -ability to translate many termcaps from the XENIX, IBM and -AT&T extension sets. -<LI>A BSD-like tset(1) utility is provided. -<LI>The ncurses library and utilities will automatically read terminfo -entries from $HOME/.terminfo if it exists, and compile to that directory -if it exists and the user has no write access to the system directory. -This feature makes it easier for users to have personal terminfo entries -without giving up access to the system terminfo directory. -<LI>You may specify a path of directories to search for compiled -descriptions with the environment variable TERMINFO_DIRS (this -generalizes the feature provided by TERMINFO under stock System V.) -<LI>In terminfo source files, use capabilities may refer not just to -other entries in the same source file (as in System V) but also to -compiled entries in either the system terminfo directory or the user's -$HOME/.terminfo directory. -<LI>A script (<STRONG>capconvert</STRONG>) 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. -<LI>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. -<LI>The table-of-entries utility <STRONG>toe</STRONG> makes it easy for users to -see exactly what terminal types are available on the system. -<LI>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 -<CODE>#undef</CODE>. -<LI>An HTML "Introduction to Programming with NCURSES" document provides -a narrative introduction to the curses programming interface. -</UL> - -<H1>State of the Package</H1> - -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.<P> - -The ncurses code has been tested with a wide variety of applications -including (versions starting with those noted): -<DL> -<DT> cdk -<DD> Curses Development Kit -<br> -<A HREF="http://invisible-island.net/cdk/">http://invisible-island.net/cdk/</A> -<br> -<A HREF="http://www.vexus.ca/products/CDK/">http://www.vexus.ca/products/CDK/</a> -<DT> ded -<DD> directory-editor -<br> -<A HREF="http://invisible-island.net/ded/">http://invisible-island.net/ded/</A> -<DT> dialog -<DD> the underlying application used in Slackware's setup, and the basis -for similar applications on GNU/Linux. -<br> -<A HREF="http://invisible-island.net/dialog/">http://invisible-island.net/dialog/</A> -<DT> lynx -<DD> the character-screen WWW browser -<br> -<A HREF="http://lynx.isc.org/release/">http://lynx.isc.org/release/</A> -<DT> Midnight Commander -<DD> file manager -<br> -<A HREF="http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/">http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/</A> -<DT> mutt -<DD> mail utility -<br> -<A HREF="http://www.mutt.org/">http://www.mutt.org/</A> -<DT> ncftp -<DD> file-transfer utility -<br> -<A HREF="http://www.ncftp.com/">http://www.ncftp.com/</A> -<DT> nvi -<DD> New vi versions 1.50 are able to use ncurses versions 1.9.7 and later. -<br> -<A HREF="http://www.bostic.com/vi/">http://www.bostic.com/vi/</A> -<br> -<DT> pinfo -<DD> Lynx-like info browser. -<A HREF="http://dione.ids.pl/~pborys/software/pinfo/">http://dione.ids.pl/~pborys/software/pinfo/</A> -<DT> tin -<DD> newsreader, supporting color, MIME -<A HREF="http://www.tin.org/">http://www.tin.org/</A> -<DT> vh-1.6 -<DD> Volks-Hypertext browser for the Jargon File -<br> -<A HREF="http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/text/vh.html">http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/text/vh.html</A> -</DL> -as well as some that use ncurses for the terminfo support alone: -<DL> -<DT> minicom -<DD> terminal emulator -<br> -<A HREF="http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/"> -http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/</A> -<DT> vile -<DD> vi-like-emacs -<br> -<A HREF="http://invisible-island.net/vile/">http://invisible-island.net/vile/</A> -</DL> -<P> - -The ncurses distribution includes a selection of test programs (including -a few games). - -<H2>Who's Who and What's What</H2> - -Zeyd Ben-Halim -started it from a previous package pcurses, written by Pavel Curtis. -Eric S. Raymond -continued development. -Jürgen Pfeifer wrote most of the form and menu libraries. -Ongoing work is being done by -<A HREF="mailto:dickey@invisible-island.net">Thomas Dickey</A>. -Thomas Dickey -acts as the maintainer for the Free Software Foundation, -which holds the copyright on ncurses. -Contact the current maintainers at -<A HREF="mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org">bug-ncurses@gnu.org</A>. -<P> - -To join the ncurses mailing list, please write email to -<CODE>bug-ncurses-request@gnu.org</CODE> containing the line: -<PRE> - subscribe <name>@<host.domain> -</PRE> - -This list is open to anyone interested in helping with the development and -testing of this package.<P> - -Beta versions of ncurses and patches to the current release are made available at -<A HREF="ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/">ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/</A> . - -<H2>Future Plans</H2> -<UL> -<LI>Extended-level XPG4 conformance, with internationalization support. -<LI>Ports to more systems, including DOS and Windows. -</UL> -We need people to help with these projects. If you are interested in working -on them, please join the ncurses list. - -<H2>Other Related Resources</H2> - -The distribution provides a newer version of the terminfo-format -terminal description file once maintained by -<A HREF="http://www.catb.org/~esr/terminfo/">Eric Raymond</A> . -Unlike the older version, the termcap and terminfo data are provided -in the same file, and provides several user-definable extensions -beyond the X/Open specification.<P> - -You can find lots of information on terminal-related topics -not covered in the terminfo file at -<A HREF="http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal_index.html">Richard Shuford's -archive</A> . -</BODY> -</HTML> -<!-- -# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS -# Local Variables: -# mode:html -# case-fold-search:nil -# fill-column:70 -# End: ---> |