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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 5.6; -very few applications will require recompilation, depending on the platform. -These are the highlights from the change-log since ncurses 5.6 release. -<p> -Interface changes: -<ul> - <li>generate linkable stubs for some macros: - <br> - getattrs - -</ul> -New features and improvements: -<ul> - <li>library - <ul> - <li>new flavor of the ncurses library provides rudimentary - support for POSIX threads. Several functions are - reentrant, but most require either a window-level or - screen-level mutex.<br> - (This is <em>API</em>-compatible, - but not <em>ABI</em>-compatible with the normal library). - - <li>add <code>NCURSES_OPAQUE</code> symbol to curses.h, will - use to make structs opaque in selected configurations. - - <li>add <code>NCURSES_EXT_FUNCS</code> and - <code>NCURSES_EXT_COLORS</code> symbols to curses.h to make - it simpler to tell if the extended functions and/or colors - are declared. - - <li>add wresize() to C++ binding - - <li>eliminate fixed-buffer vsprintf() calls in C++ binding. - - <li>add several functions to C++ binding which wrap C functions - that pass a WINDOW* parameter. - - <li>adapt mouse-handling code from menu library in form-library - - <li>improve tracing for form library, showing created forms, - fields, etc. - - <li>make $NCURSES_NO_PADDING feature work for termcap interface . - - <li>add check to trace-file open, if the given name is a - directory, add ".log" to the name and try again. - - <li>several new manpages: curs_legacy.3x, curs_memleaks.3x, - curs_opaque.3x and curs_threads.3x - </ul> - - <li>programs: - <ul> - <li>modified three test-programs to demonstrate the threading - support in this version: ditto, rain, worm. - - <li>several new test-programs: demo_panels, dots_mvcur, - inch_wide, inchs, key_name, key_names, savescreen, - savescreen.sh test_arrays, test_get_wstr, test_getstr, - test_instr, test_inwstr and test_opaque. - - <li>add <code>adacurses-config</code> to the Ada95 install. - - <li>modify tic <code>-f</code> option to format spaces as - <code>\s</code> to prevent them from being lost when that - is read back in unformatted strings. - - <li>The <code>tack</code> program is now distributed separately - from ncurses. - </ul> - - <li>terminal database - <ul> - <li>added entries: - <ul> - <li><code>Eterm-256color</code>, - <code>Eterm-88color</code> and - <code>rxvt-88color</code> - <li><code>aterm</code> - <li><code>konsole-256color</code> - <li><code>mrxvt</code> - <li><code>screen.mlterm</code> - <li><code>screen.rxvt</code> - <li><code>teraterm4.59</code> is now the primary primary - teraterm entry, renamed original to - <code>teraterm2.3</code> - <li><code>9term</code> terminal - <li>Newbury Data entries - </ul> - <li>updated/improved entries: - <ul> - <li><code>gnome</code> to version 2.22.3 - <li><code>h19</code>, <code>z100</code> - <li><code>konsole</code> to version 1.6.6 - <li><code>mlterm</code>, <code>mlterm+pcfkeys</code> - <li><code>xterm</code>, and building-blocks for function-keys - to <a href="http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_230">xterm patch #230</a>. - </ul> - </ul> -</ul> -Major bug fixes: -<ul> - <li>add logic to tic for cancelling strings in user-defined - capabilities - (this is <em>needed</em> for - current <code>konsole</code> terminfo entry). - - <li>modify <code>mk-1st.awk</code> so the generated makefile rules for - linking or installing shared libraries do not first remove the - library, in case it is in use, e.g., <code>libncurses.so</code> by - <code>/bin/sh</code>. - - <li>correct check for notimeout() in wgetch(). - - <li>fix a sign-extension bug in infocmp's repair_acsc() function. - - <li>change winnstr() to stop at the end of the line. - - <li>make Ada95 demo_panels() example work. - - <li>fix for adding a non-spacing character at the beginning of a line. - - <li>fill in extended-color pair to make colors work - for wide-characters using extended-colors. - - <li>improve refresh of window on top of multi-column characters, - taking into account split characters on left/right window - boundaries. - - <li>modify <code>win_wchnstr()</code> to ensure that only a base cell - is returned for each multi-column character. - - <li>improve <code>waddch()</code> and <code>winsch()</code> handling of - EILSEQ from <code>mbrtowc()</code> by using <code>unctrl()</code> - to display illegal bytes rather than trying to append further bytes - to make up a valid sequence. - - <li>restore <code>curs_set()</code> state after - <code>endwin()</code>/<code>refresh()</code> - - <li>modify <code>keyname()</code> to use "^X" form only if - <code>meta()</code> has been called, or if <code>keyname()</code> - is called without initializing curses, e.g., via - <code>initscr()</code> or <code>newterm()</code>. - - <li>modify <code>unctrl()</code> to check codes in 128-255 range versus - <code>isprint()</code>. - If they are not printable, and locale was set, use a "M-" or "~" - sequence. - - <li>improve <code>resizeterm()</code> by moving ripped-off lines, and - repainting the soft-keys. - - <li>modify form library to accept control characters such as newline - in set_field_buffer(), which is compatible with Solaris. - - <li>use <code>NCURSES_MOUSE_MASK()</code> in definition of - <code>BUTTON_RELEASE()</code>, etc., to make those work properly - with the <code>--enable-ext-mouse</code> configuration - - <li>correct some functions in Ada95 binding which were using return - value from C where none was returned. - - <li>reviewed/fixed issues reported by Coverity and Klocwork tools. -</ul> - -Portability: -<ul> - <li>configure script: + +<html> +<head> + <meta name="generator" content= + "HTML Tidy for Linux/x86 (vers 6 November 2007), see www.w3.org"> + + <title>Announcing ncurses 5.8</title> + <link rev="made" href="mailto:bug-ncurses@gnu.org"> + <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content= + "text/html; charset=us-ascii"> +</head> + +<body> + <h1>Announcing ncurses 5.8</h1>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. + + <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> + + <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> + + <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> + + <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> .</p> + + <h1>Release Notes</h1>This release is designed to be upward + compatible from ncurses 5.0 through 5.7; very few applications + will require recompilation, depending on the platform. These are + the highlights from the change-log since ncurses 5.7 release. + + <h2>Interface changes</h2> + + <ul> + <li>turn on <code>_XOPEN_CURSES</code> definition in + <code>curses.h</code>.</li> + + <li>change <code>_nc_has_mouse</code> to + <code>has_mouse</code>, reflect its use in C++ and Ada95.</li> + + <li>add <code>is_pad</code> and <code>is_subwin</code> + functions for opaque access to the WINDOW structure.</li> + + <li>add <code>tiparm</code>, based on review of X/Open Curses + Issue 7.</li> + </ul> + + <h2>New features and improvements</h2> + + <h3>Library Improvements</h3> + + <ul> + <li>add a terminal driver for Windows console, which supports a + MinGW port to Windows.</li> + + <li>add extended functions which specify the + <code>SCREEN</code> pointer for several curses functions which + use the global <code>SP</code>.</li> + + <li>improve the <code>NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS</code> feature by + adding a check for an extended terminfo capability + <code>U8</code>.</li> + + <li>improve performance of <code>tigetstr</code>, etc., by + using hashing code from tic.</li> + + <li>add WACS_<em>xxx</em> definitions to wide-character + configuration for thick- and double-lines.</li> + + <li>modify init_pair to allow caller to create extra color + pairs beyond the color_pairs limit, which use default + colors.</li> + </ul> + + <h3>Improvements to Programs</h3> + + <ul> + <li>add <code>tabs</code> program.</li> + + <li>modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into + canonical form (sorted, unique mapping).</li> + + <li>add checks in tic for inconsistent cursor-movement + controls, and for inconsistent printer-controls.</li> + + <li>add special case to <code>_nc_infotocap</code> (used by tic + and infocmp) to recognize the + <code>setaf</code>/<code>setab</code> strings from + <code>xterm+256color</code> and <code>xterm+88color,</code> and + provide a reduced version which works with termcap.</li> + </ul> + + <h3>Terminal Database</h3> + + <ul> + <li>added entries: + + <ul> + <li><code>bterm</code> terminfo entry, based on bogl + 0.1.18</li> + + <li><code>cons25-debian</code> entry</li> + + <li><code>eterm-color</code> entry</li> + + <li><code>linux-16color</code></li> + + <li><code>mlterm+256color</code> entry, for mlterm + 3.0.0</li> + + <li>several screen-bce.<em>xxx</em> entries</li> + + <li><code>screen.Eterm</code> terminfo entry</li> + + <li><code>vwmterm</code> entry</li> + + <li><code>xterm-utf8</code> entry as a demo of the + <code>U8</code> feature</li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>updated/improved entries: + + <ul> + <li>use extended capabilities: + + <ul> + <li>add <code>U8</code> feature to denote entries for + terminal emulators which do not support VT100 SI/SO + when processing UTF-8 encoding</li> + + <li>add <code>XT</code> capability to entries for + terminals that support both xterm-style mouse- and + title-controls, for <code>screen</code> which + special-cases TERM beginning with <code>xterm</code> or + <code>rxvt</code></li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>improvements based on new checks in tic:</li> + + <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> + <ul> + <li>fill in no-parameter forms of cursor-movement where + a parameterized form is available</li> + + <li>fill in missing cursor controls where the form of + the controls is ANSI</li> + + <li>add parameterized cursor-controls to + linux-basic</li> + + <li>modify <code>nsterm,</code> <code>xnuppc</code> and + <code>tek4115</code> to make + <code>sgr</code>/<code>sgr0</code> consistent</li> + + <li>change several terminfo entries to make consistent + use of ANSI clear-all-tabs</li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>extend <code>ansi.sys</code> <code>pfkey</code> + capability from kf1-kf10 to kf1-kf48, moving function key + definitions from <code>emx-base</code> for + consistency.</li> + + <li>correct missing final 'p' in <code>pfkey</code> + capability of <code>ansi.sys-old</code>.</li> + + <li>rename <code>atari</code> and <code>st52</code> + terminfo entries to atari-old, st52-old, use newer entries + from FreeMiNT.</li> + + <li>repurpose <code>gnome</code> terminfo entries as + <code>vte</code>, retaining <code>gnome</code> variants for + compatibility, but generally deprecating those since the + VTE library is what actually defines the behavior of + "gnome", etc., since 2003.</li> + + <li>improve <code>interix</code> <code>smso</code> terminfo + capability by using reverse rather than bold.</li> + + <li>correct <code>initc</code> capability of + <code>linux-c-nc</code> end-of-range, make similar change + for <code>dg+ccc</code> and <code>dgunix+ccc</code>.</li> + + <li>update <code>minix</code> terminfo entry.</li> + + <li>updated <code>nsterm*</code> entries.</li> + + <li>remove unnecessary <code>kcan</code> assignment to + <code>^C</code> from <code>putty</code>.</li> + + <li>suppress <code>ncv</code> in <code>screen</code> and + <code>konsole-base</code> entries, allowing underline.</li> + + <li>change ncv and op capabilities in + <code>sun-color</code> terminfo entry to match Sun's entry + for this.</li> + + <li>fix typo in <code>rmso</code> for <code>tek4106</code> + entry.</li> + + <li>improve <code>acsc</code> string for <code>vt52</code>, + show arrow keys.</li> + + <li>add hard-reset for <code>rs2</code> to + <code>wsvt25</code> to help ensure that reset ends the + alternate character set.</li> + + <li>add <code>ccc</code> and <code>initc</code> + capabilities to <code>xterm-16color</code>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> + + <h2>Major bug fixes</h2> + + <ul> + <li>ncurses library + + <ul> + <li>wide character support + + <ul> + <li>modify length returned by <code>getcchar</code> to + count the trailing null which is documented in + X/Open.</li> + + <li>fix an infinite recursion when adding a + legacy-coding 8-bit value using + <code>insch</code>.</li> + + <li>improve a workaround in adding wide-characters, + when a control character is found. The library uses + <code>unctrl</code> to obtain a printable version of + the control character, but was not passing color or + video attributes.</li> + + <li>modify <code>waddch_literal</code>, updating + line-pointer after a multicolumn character is found to + not fit on the current row, and wrapping is done. Since + the line-pointer was not updated, the wrapped + multicolumn character was written to the beginning of + the current row.</li> + + <li>fixes in <code>wins_nwstr</code> and related + functions to ensure that special characters, i.e., + control characters are handled properly with the + wide-character configuration.</li> + + <li>correct internal <code>_nc_insert_ch</code> to use + <code>_nc_insert_wch</code> when inserting wide + characters, since the <code>wins_wch</code> function + that it used did not update the cursor position.</li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>mouse + <ul> - <li>new options: - <dl> - - <dt>--disable-big-strings - <dd>control whether static string tables are generated as single - large strings (to improve startup performance), or as array - of individual strings. - - <dt>--disable-relink - <dd>control whether shared libraries are relinked (during install) - when rpath is enabled. - - <dt>--disable-tic-depends - <dd>make explicit whether tic library depends on ncurses/ncursesw - library. - - <dt>--enable-mixed-case - <dd>override the configure script's check if the filesystem - supports mixed-case filenames. - This allows one to control how the terminal database - maps to the filesystem. - For filesystems that do not support mixed-case, the library - uses generate 2-character (hexadecimal) codes for the - lower-level of the filesystem terminfo database - - <dt>--enable-reentrant - <dd>builds a different flavor of the ncurses library (ncursest) - which improves reentrant use of the - library by reducing global and static variables - (see the "--with-pthread" option for the threaded support). - - <dt>--enable-weak-symbols - <dd>use weak-symbols for linking to the POSIX thread library, - and use the same soname for the ncurses shared library - as the normal library (caveat: the ABI is for the threaded - library, which makes global data accessed via functions). - - <dt>--with-pthread - <dd>build with the POSIX thread library (tested with AIX, - Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HPUX, IRIX64, Solaris, Tru64). - - <dt>--with-ticlib - <dd>build/install the tic-support functions in a separate library - - </dl> - - <li>improved options: - <dl> - - <dt>--enable-ext-colors - <dd>requires the wide-character configuration. - - <dt>--with-chtype - <dd>ignore option value "unsigned" is always added to - the type in curses.h; do the same for --with-mmask-t. - - <dt>--with-dmalloc - <dd>build-fix for redefinition of <code>strndup</code>. - - <dt>--with-hashed-db - <dd>accepts a parameter which is the install-prefix of a given - Berkeley Database. - - <dt>--with-hashed-db - <dd>the $LIBS environment variable overrides the search for the db - library. - - <dt>--without-hashed-db - <dd>assumed when "--disable-database" is used. - - </dl> - - </ul> - - <li>other configure/build issues: - <ul> - <li>build-fixes for LynxOS - <li>modify shared-library rules to allow FreeBSD 3.x to use rpath. - <li>build-fix for FreeBSD "contemporary" TTY interface. - <li>build-fixes for AIX with libtool. - <li>build-fixes for Darwin and libtool. - <li>modify BeOS-specific ifdef's to build on Haiku. - <li>corrected gcc options for building shared libraries on Solaris - and IRIX64. - <li>change shared-library configuration for OpenBSD, make rpath work. - <li>build-fixes for using libutf8, e.g., on OpenBSD 3.7 - <li>add "-e" option in ncurses/Makefile.in when generating source-files - to force earlier exit if the build environment fails unexpectedly. - <li>add support for shared libraries for QNX. - <li>change delimiter in <code>MKlib_gen.sh</code> from '%' to '@', to - avoid substitution by IBM xlc to '#' as part of its extensions to - digraphs. - </ul> - - <li>library: - <ul> - <li>rewrite wrapper for <code>wcrtomb()</code>, making it work on - Solaris. This is used in the form library to determine the length - of the buffer needed by <code>field_buffer</code>. - <li>add/use configure script macro CF_SIG_ATOMIC_T, use the corresponding - type for data manipulated by signal handlers. - <li>set locale in misc/ncurses-config.in since it uses a range - <li>disable GPM mouse support when $TERM does not happen to contain - "linux", since Gpm_Open() no longer limits its assertion to terminals - that it might handle, e.g., within "screen" in xterm. - <li>reset mouse file-descriptor when unloading GPM library. - </ul> - - <li>test programs: - <ul> - <li>update test programs to build/work with various UNIX curses for - comparisons. - </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 256-color terminals, such as modern xterm, when configured -using the <code>--enable-ext-colors</code> option. -<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="https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pinfo/">https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pinfo/</A> -<DT> tin -<DD> newsreader, supporting color, MIME -<A HREF="http://www.tin.org/">http://www.tin.org/</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> + <li>add check if <code>Gpm_Open</code> returns a -2, + e.g., for "xterm". This is normally suppressed but can + be overridden using <code>$NCURSES_GPM_TERMS</code>. + Ensure that <code>Gpm_Close</code> is called in this + case.</li> + + <li>add check in mouse-driver to disable connection if + GPM returns a zero, indicating that the connection is + closed.</li> + + <li>modify <code>getmouse</code> to act as its + documentation implied, returning on each call the + preceding event until none are left. When no more + events remain, it will return <code>ERR</code>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>miscellaneous + + <ul> + <li>improve handling of color-pairs embedded in + attributes for the extended-colors configuration.</li> + + <li>add check for failure to open hashed-database + needed for db4.6.</li> + + <li>modify use of <code>$CC</code> environment variable + which is defined by X/Open as a curses feature, to + ignore it if it is not a single character.</li> + + <li>modify declaration of <code>cur_term</code> when + broken-linker is used, but enable-reentrant is not, to + match pre-5.7.</li> + + <li>correct limit-checks in <code>derwin</code>.</li> + + <li>remove old check in <code>mvderwin</code> which + prevented moving a derived window whose origin happened + to coincide with its parent's origin.</li> + + <li>correct limit-checks in <code>newwin</code>, to + ensure that windows have nonzero size.</li> + + <li>modify <code>set_curterm</code> to make + broken-linker configuration work with changes from + 20090228.</li> + + <li>modify <code>wgetch</code> to ensure it checks + <code>SIGWINCH</code> when it gets an error in + non-blocking mode.</li> + + <li>correct limit-check in <code>wredrawln</code>, + accounting for <code>begy</code>/<code>begx</code> + values.</li> + + <li>fix a null-pointer check in + <code>_nc_format_slks</code> in lib_slk.c, from + 20070704 changes.</li> + + <li>correct translation of "^" in + <code>_nc_infotocap</code>, used to transform terminfo + to termcap strings.</li> + + <li>modify <code>_nc_wgetch</code> to check for a -1 in + the fifo, e.g., after a <code>SIGWINCH</code>, and + discard that value, to avoid confusing + application.</li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>other libraries + + <ul> + <li>correct transfer of multicolumn characters in multirow + <code>field_buffer</code>, which stopped at the end of the + first row due to filling of unused entries in a cchar_t + array with nulls.</li> + + <li>correct buffer-size after internal resizing of + wide-character <code>set_field_buffer</code>, broken in + 20081018 changes.</li> + + <li>correct layout of working window used to extract data + in wide-character configured by + <code>set_field_buffer</code></li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> + + <h2>Portability</h2> + + <ul> + <li>configure script: + + <ul> + <li>new options: + + <dl> + <dt>--disable-libtool-version</dt> + + <dd>use the "-version-number" feature which was added + in libtool 1.5. The default value for the option uses + the newer feature, which makes libraries generated + using libtool compatible with the standard builds of + ncurses.</dd> + + <dt>--disable-rpath-hack</dt> + + <dd>disable a feature which adds rpath options for + libraries in unusual places.</dd> + + <dt>--enable-interop</dt> + + <dd>integrate changes for generic/interop support to + form-library.</dd> + + <dt>--enable-pc-files</dt> + + <dd>generate ".pc" files for each of the libraries, and + install them in <code>pkg-config</code>'s library + directory.</dd> + + <dt>--enable-pthreads-eintr</dt> + + <dd>control whether to allow <code>EINTR</code> to + interrupt a read operation in <code>wgetch</code>. This + applies only to the pthread configuration</dd> + + <dt>--enable-sp-funcs</dt> + + <dd>compile-in support for extended functions which + accept a <code>SCREEN</code> pointer, reducing the need + for juggling the global <code>SP</code> value with + <code>set_term</code> and <code>delscreen</code>.</dd> + + <dt>--enable-term-driver</dt> + + <dd>compile with terminal-driver. That is used in the + MinGW port, and (being somewhat more complicated) is an + experimental alternative to the conventional termlib + internals. Currently, it requires the sp-funcs feature + to be enabled.</dd> + + <dt>--with-ncurses-wrap-prefix</dt> + + <dd>allows setting the prefix for functions used to + wrap global variables to something other than + "<code>_nc_</code>".</dd> + + <dt>--with-pkg-config=[DIR]</dt> + + <dd>check for <code>pkg-config</code>, optionally + specifying its path.</dd> + + <dt>--without-manpages</dt> + + <dd>tells the configure script to suppress the install + of ncurses' manpages.</dd> + + <dt>--without-tests</dt> + + <dd>suppress building test programs.</dd> + </dl> + </li> + + <li>improved options: + + <ul> + <li>correct logic for <code>--with-database</code>, + which was coded as an enable-type switch.</li> + + <li>omit the opaque-functions from + <code>lib_gen.o</code> when + <code>--disable-ext-funcs</code> is used.</li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>packaging: + + <ul> + <li>*-config scripts: + + <ul> + <li>modify <code>adacurses-config</code> to look for + ".ali" files in the adalib directory.</li> + + <li>correct install for the Ada95 tree, which omitted + <code>libAdaCurses.a</code> used in + <code>adacurses-config</code>.</li> + + <li>change install for <code>adacurses-config</code> to + provide additional flavors such as + <code>adacursesw-config</code>, for ncursesw.</li> + + <li>modify scripts to generate + <code>ncurses*-config</code> and pc-files to add + dependency for tinfo library.</li> + + <li>use <code>ncurses*-config</code> scripts if + available for test/configure.</li> + + <li>correct name for termlib in + <code>ncurses*-config</code>, e.g., if it is renamed to + provide a single file for ncurses/ncursesw + libraries.</li> + + <li>generate manpages for the *-config scripts, adapted + from <code>help2man</code>.</li> + + <li>modify install-rule for manpages so that *-config + manpages will install when building with + <code>--srcdir</code>.</li> + + <li>build-fixes for OpenSolaris aka Solaris 11, for + wide-character configuration as well as for rpath + feature in *-config scripts.</li> + + <li>use <code>$includedir</code> symbol in + <code>misc/ncurses-config.in</code>, add + <code>--includedir</code> option.</li> + + <li>improve install-rules for pc-files.</li> + + <li>create the <code>pkg-config</code> library + directory if needed.</li> + + <li>fix typo "<code>==</code>" where "<code>=</code>" + is needed in <code>ncurses-config.in</code> and + <code>gen-pkgconfig.in</code> files.</li> + + <li>modify <code>gen-pkgconfig.in</code> to eliminate a + dependency on rpath when deciding whether to add + <code>$LIBS</code> to <code>--libs</code> output; that + should be shown for the ncurses and tinfo libraries + without taking rpath into account.</li> + + <li>modify handling of <code>$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR</code> + to use only the first item in a possibly + colon-separated list.</li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>other packaging issues + + <ul> + <li>add <code>make-tar.sh</code> scripts to Ada95 and + test subdirectories to help with making those + separately distributable.</li> + + <li>add <code>Ada95/configure</code> script, to use in + tar-file created by + <code>Ada95/make-tar.sh</code>.</li> + + <li>remove <code>tar-copy.sh</code> and related + <code>configure/Makefile</code> chunks, since the Ada95 + binding is now installed using rules in + <code>Ada95/src</code>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>cross-compiling: + + <ul> + <li>improve configure checks for location of tic and + infocmp programs used for installing database and for + generating fallback data, e.g., for cross-compiling.</li> + + <li>modify #define's for build-compiler to suppress cchar_t + symbol from compile of <code>make_hash</code> and + <code>make_keys</code>, improving cross-compilation of + ncursesw.</li> + + <li>simplify include-dependencies of <code>make_hash</code> + and <code>make_keys</code>, to reduce the need for setting + BUILD_CPPFLAGS in cross-compiling when the build- and + target-machines differ.</li> + + <li>correct cross-compiling configure check for + <code>CF_MKSTEMP</code> macro, by adding a check cache + variable set by <code>AC_CHECK_FUNC</code>.</li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>library dependencies: + + <ul> + <li>revise <code>wadd_wch</code> and + <code>wecho_wchar</code> to eliminate dependency on + <code>unctrl</code>.</li> + + <li>adjust configure script so that "t" is not added to + library suffix when weak-symbols are used, allowing the + pthread configuration to more closely match the non-thread + naming.</li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>building the Ada95 tree: + + <ul> + <li>changes to use gnatmake project files in the Ada95 + tree.</li> + + <li>add/use configure check to turn on project rules for + <code>Ada95/src</code>.</li> + + <li>old gnatmake (3.15) does not produce libraries using + project-file; work around by adding script to generate + alternate makefile.</li> + + <li>add configure --with-ada-sharedlib option, for the + test_make rule.</li> + + <li>move Ada95-related logic into aclocal.m4, since + additional checks will be needed to distinguish old/new + implementations of gnat.</li> + + <li>add test_make / test_clean / test_install rules in + Ada95/src</li> + + <li>change install-path for adainclude directory to + /usr/share/ada (was /usr/lib/ada).</li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>other configure/build issues: + + <ul> + <li>make <code>CCHARW_MAX</code> value configurable, noting + that changing this would change the size of + <code>cchar_t</code>, and would be ABI-incompatible.</li> + + <li>improve comparison of program-names when checking for + linked flavors such as "reset" by ignoring the executable + suffix.</li> + + <li>drop <code>mkdirs.sh</code>, use + "<code>mkdir -p</code>".</li> + + <li>drop <code>misc/ncu-indent</code> and + <code>misc/jpf-indent</code>; they are provided by an + external package <a href= + "http://invisible-island.net/cindent/cindent.html">cindent</a>.</li> + + <li>change makefiles to use <code>$ARFLAGS</code> rather + than <code>$AR_OPTS</code>, provide a configure check to + detect whether a "-" is needed before "ar" options.</li> + + <li>modify <code>CF_DISABLE_LEAKS</code> configure macro so + that the --enable-leaks option is not the same as + --disable-leaks.</li> + + <li>improve configure script macros + <code>CF_HEADER_PATH</code> and + <code>CF_LIBRARY_PATH</code> by adding <code>CFLAGS</code>, + <code>CPPFLAGS</code> and <code>LDFLAGS</code>, + <code>LIBS</code> values to the search-lists.</li> + + <li>improve configure macros <code>CF_GCC_VERSION</code> + and <code>CF_GCC_WARNINGS</code> to work with gcc 4.x's c89 + alias, which gives warning messages for cases where older + versions would produce an error.</li> + + <li>modify <code>CF_WITH_LIBTOOL</code> configure check to + allow unreleased libtool version numbers (e.g. which + include alphabetic chars, as well as digits, after the + final '.').</li> + + <li>improve use of symbolic links in makefiles by using + "<code>-f</code>" option if it is supported, to eliminate + temporary removal of the target</li> + + <li>add a configure-time check to pick a suitable value for + <code>CC_SHARED_OPTS</code> for Solaris.</li> + + <li>add -shared option to <code>MK_SHARED_LIB</code> when + -Bsharable is used, for *BSD's, without which "main" might + be one of the shared library's dependencies.</li> + + <li>modify configure script to allow building shared + libraries with gcc on AIX 5 or 6.</li> + + <li>suppress configure check for static/dynamic linker + flags for gcc on Solaris 10, since gcc is confused by + absence of static libc, and does not switch back to dynamic + mode before finishing the libraries.</li> + + <li>suppress configure check for static/dynamic linker + flags for gcc on Darwin.</li> + + <li>modify <code>misc/run_tic.in</code> to create parent + directory, in case this is a new install of hashed + database.</li> + + <li>modify configure check for tic program, used for + fallbacks, to a warning if not found. This makes it simpler + to use additonal scripts to bootstrap the fallbacks code + using tic from the build tree.</li> + </ul> + </li> + + <li>test programs: + + <ul> + <li>add test/demo_terminfo, for comparison with + demo_termcap.</li> + + <li>improve test/ncurses.c 'F' test, show combining + characters in color.</li> + + <li>fix logic for 'V' in test/ncurses.c tests f/F.</li> + + <li>improve test/ncurses.c 'a test to put mouse droppings + in the proper window.</li> + + <li>modify ncurses 'F' test to demo wborder_set with + colored lines.</li> + + <li>modify ncurses 'f' test to demo wborder with colored + lines.</li> + + <li>improve test/ncurses.c 'a' test, using unctrl more + consistently to display meta-characters.</li> + + <li>correct use of <code>key_name</code> in test/ncurses.c + 'A' test, which only displays wide-characters, not + key-codes since 20070612.</li> + + <li>add test/clip_printw.c to illustrate how to use printw + without wrapping.</li> + + <li>modify test-programs, e.g,. test/view.c, to address + subtle differences between Tru64/Solaris and HPUX/AIX + getcchar return values.</li> + + <li>add some test programs (and make these use the same + special keys by sharing <code>linedata.h</code> functions): + test/test_addstr.c test/test_addwstr.c test/test_addchstr.c + test/test_add_wchstr.c</li> + + <li>add test/xterm-256color.dat</li> + + <li>modify test programs to allow them to be built with + NetBSD curses.</li> + + <li>fixes for test programs to build/work on HPUX and AIX, + etc.</li> + </ul> + </li> + </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> + + <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> + + <li>An emulation of the SVr4 panels library, supporting a stack + of windows with backing store, is included.</li> + + <li>An emulation of the SVr4 menus library, supporting a + uniform but flexible interface for menu programming, is + included.</li> + + <li>An emulation of the SVr4 form library, supporting data + collection through on-screen forms, is included.</li> + + <li>Binary terminfo entries generated by the ncurses tic(1) + implementation are bit-for-bit-compatible with the entry format + SVr4 curses uses.</li> + + <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.</li> + </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> + + <li>Unlike SVr3 curses, ncurses can write to the + rightmost-bottommost corner of the screen if your terminal has + an insert-character capability.</li> + + <li>Ada95 and C++ bindings.</li> + + <li>Support for mouse event reporting with X Window xterm and + FreeBSD and OS/2 console windows.</li> + + <li>Extended mouse support via Alessandro Rubini's gpm + package.</li> + + <li>The function <code>wresize</code> allows you to resize + windows, preserving their data.</li> + + <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> + + <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> + + <li>Support for 256-color terminals, such as modern xterm, when + configured using the <code>--enable-ext-colors</code> + option.</li> + + <li>Support for 16-color terminals, such as <em>aixterm</em> + and <em>modern xterm</em>.</li> + + <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> + + <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 <code>quickch</code> + routine.</li> + + <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> + + <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> + + <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> + + <li>A BSD-like tset(1) utility is provided.</li> + + <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> + + <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> + + <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> + + <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> + + <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> + + <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> + + <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> + + <li>An HTML "Introduction to Programming with NCURSES" document + provides a narrative introduction to the curses programming + interface.</li> + </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):</p> + + <dl> + <dt>cdk</dt> + + <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></dd> + + <dt>ded</dt> + + <dd>directory-editor<br> + <a href= + "http://invisible-island.net/ded/">http://invisible-island.net/ded/</a></dd> + + <dt>dialog</dt> + + <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></dd> + + <dt>lynx</dt> + + <dd>the character-screen WWW browser<br> + <a href= + "http://lynx.isc.org/release/">http://lynx.isc.org/release/</a></dd> + + <dt>Midnight Commander</dt> + + <dd>file manager<br> + <a href= + "http://www.midnight-commander.org/">http://www.midnight-commander.org/</a></dd> + + <dt>mutt</dt> + + <dd>mail utility<br> + <a href="http://www.mutt.org/">http://www.mutt.org/</a></dd> + + <dt>ncftp</dt> + + <dd>file-transfer utility<br> + <a href="http://www.ncftp.com/">http://www.ncftp.com/</a></dd> + + <dt>nvi</dt> + + <dd>New vi versions 1.50 are able to use ncurses versions 1.9.7 + and later.<br> + <a href= + "https://sites.google.com/a/bostic.com/keithbostic/nvi">https://sites.google.com/a/bostic.com/keithbostic/nvi</a><br> + </dd> + + <dt>pinfo</dt> + + <dd>Lynx-like info browser. <a href= + "https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pinfo/">https://alioth.debian.org/projects/pinfo/</a></dd> + + <dt>tin</dt> + + <dd>newsreader, supporting color, MIME <a href= + "http://www.tin.org/">http://www.tin.org/</a></dd> + </dl>as well as some that use ncurses for the terminfo support + alone: + + <dl> + <dt>minicom</dt> + + <dd>terminal emulator<br> + <a href= + "http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/">http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/</a></dd> + + <dt>vile</dt> + + <dd>vi-like-emacs<br> + <a href= + "http://invisible-island.net/vile/">http://invisible-island.net/vile/</a></dd> + </dl> + + <p>The ncurses distribution includes a selection of test programs + (including a few games).</p> + + <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:</p> + <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: ---> +</pre> + + <p>This list is open to anyone interested in helping with the + development and testing of this package.</p> + + <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> .</p> + + <h2>Future Plans</h2> + + <ul> + <li>Extended-level XPG4 conformance, with internationalization + support.</li> + + <li>Ports to more systems, including DOS and Windows.</li> + </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://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.cs.utk.edu/~shuford/terminal"> + Richard Shuford's archive</a> .</p> +</body> +</html> |