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INTRODUCTION:
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Hello all. As of 2.7, I'm the new maintainer for PDCurses. Here's a
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brief summary of changes in this release. (More details are available
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in the CVS log and trackers on SourceForge.)
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Hello all. As of a few weeks ago, I'm the new maintainer for PDCurses.
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Here's a brief summary of changes in this release. (More details are
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available in the CVS log and trackers on SourceForge.)
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NEW FEATURES:
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- Functions: delscreen(), getattrs(), has_key(), slk_color(),
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- Functions: delscreen(), getattrs(), has_key(), slk_color(),
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wcolor_set(), wtimeout().
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- Macros: color_set(), mvhline(), mvvline(), mvwgetnstr(), mvwhline(),
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- Macros: color_set(), mvhline(), mvvline(), mvwgetnstr(), mvwhline(),
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mvwvline(), timeout(), wresize().
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- Stub implementations of terminfo functions (including a term.h).
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- More stubs for compatibility: filter(), getwin(), putwin(),
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noqiflush(), qiflush(), scr_dump(), scr_init(), scr_restore(),
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- More stubs for compatibility: filter(), getwin(), putwin(),
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noqiflush(), qiflush(), scr_dump(), scr_init(), scr_restore(),
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scr_set(), use_env(), vidattr(), vidputs().
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- The terminal's default colors are used as curses' default colors when
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- Simplified build system.
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- Replaced PDC_STATIC_BUILD with its opposite, PDC_DLL_BUILD (see .mak
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- Replaced PDC_STATIC_BUILD with its opposite, PDC_DLL_BUILD (see .mak
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files for more info).
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- Minimal implementation of color_content() -- no longer a stub.
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- Added the remaining ACS defines (ACS_S3, ACS_BBSS, etc.) for
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DOS/OS2/Win; use "enhanced" versions of existing ACS characters.
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DOS/OS2/Win; "enhanced" versions of existing ACS characters used.
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- Support for scroll wheels.
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BUGS FIXED:
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- Builds correctly (including demos) on all tested platforms (see
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below); nearly all compiler warnings cleaned up; build ptest demo on
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all platforms; improved "clean" targets.
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- Builds correctly (including demos) on all tested platforms (see
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below); nearly all compiler warnings have been cleaned up; the ptest
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demo is built on all platforms; "clean" targets are improved.
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- Restored the ability to build ncurses_tests.
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- The ability to build ncurses_tests has been restored (see demos dir).
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- Line-breakout optimization now defaults to off (equivalent to
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"typeahead(-1)"), so output is not interrupted by keystrokes (it's
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- Line-breakout optimization now defaults to off (equivalent to
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"typeahead(-1)"), so output is not interrupted by keystrokes (it's
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supposed to resume on the next refresh(), which wasn't working).
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- Implicit wrefresh() in wgetch() was not invoked in nodelay mode.
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- Implicit wrefresh() in wgetch() was not being invoked in nodelay mode.
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- subpad() was erroneously offsetting from the origin coordinates of the
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- subpad() was erroneously offsetting from the origin coordinates of the
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parent pad (which are always -1,-1).
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- In wborder(), whline(), and wvline(), the current (wattrset) attribute
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- In wborder(), whline(), and wvline(), the current (wattrset) attribute
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was being used, but not the current background (wbkgd).
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- Allow Russian 'r' character ASCII 0xe0 to be returned.
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- termattrs() now also returns A_UNDERLINE, A_REVERSE.
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- Unwanted scrolling on startup in Win32 with large scrollback buffers.
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- In Win32, with large scrollback buffers set, there was an unwanted
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"scrollup" effect on startup.
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- Revamped keyboard handling for Win32.
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- New screen resize method for Win32.
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- napms() etc. now work with Cygwin.
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- napms(), delay_output(), etc. now work with Cygwin.
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- curs_set(0) wasn't working in Win32 in full-screen (ALT-ENTER) mode --
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- curs_set(0) wasn't working in Win32 in full-screen (ALT-ENTER) mode --
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the cursor stayed on.
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- A_REVERSE now works right in XCurses.
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- The A_REVERSE attribute was broken in XCurses.
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- On 64-bit systems, XCurses was ignoring every other keystroke.
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- Demos (except for tuidemo) once again have their proper titles in
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XCurses (using Xinitscr() instead of the obsolete XCursesProgramName).
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- The 16-bit chtype is a working option again (by removing #define
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CHTYPE_LONG from curses.h), except in XCurses.
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- The 16-bit chtype is a working option again (by removing #define
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CHTYPE_LONG from curses.h), except in XCurses. It's not recommended;
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but if your needs are limited, it still works.
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- Reset screen size in resetty() under DOS, as in Win32 and OS/2.
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- Automatic setting of BIOS mode for CGA under DOS now works.
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- Cursor is now always updated in PDC_gotoxy(); fixes missing characters
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- Cursor is now always updated in PDC_gotoxy(); fixes missing characters
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in BIOS mode.
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- Macros nocbreak(), cbreak(), nocrmode(), crmode(), nodelay(),
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nl() and nonl() now return OK.
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- ERR and OK are now defined as -1 and 0, respectively, for
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- ERR and OK are now defined as -1 and 0, respectively, for
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compatibility with other curses implementations -- note that this
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change is not binary compatible; you'll have to rebuild programs that
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change is not binary compatible; you'll have to rebuild programs that
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use shared/dynamic libraries.
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- Added "const" to prototypes where appropriate.
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@@ -123,15 +125,15 @@ ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
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Ron Thibodeau
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Alexandr Zamaraev
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and of course MARK HESSLING for his over 13 years of service as the
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maintainer of PDCurses. Plus thanks to all who've reported bugs or
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requested features, and anyone else I've forgotten.
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and of course, MARK HESSLING, for his over 13 years of service as the
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maintainer of PDCurses. Plus, thanks to all who've reported bugs or
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requested features. Apologies to anyone I've forgotten.
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I've tested this version on Turbo C++ 3.0 and Borland C++ 3.1 for DOS;
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DJGPP 2.X; Open Watcom 1.3 for DOS (16 and 32-bit), Windows and OS/2;
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EMX 0.9d and the "newgcc" version of EMX; Borland C++ 5.5 for Windows;
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recent versions of MinGW, Cygwin, LCC-Win32 and Microsoft Visual C++;
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and gcc under several flavors of Linux, Mac OS X, *BSD and Solaris.
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I've tested this version on Turbo C++ 3.0 and Borland C++ 3.1 for DOS;
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DJGPP 2.X; Open Watcom 1.3 for DOS (16 and 32-bit), Windows and OS/2;
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EMX 0.9d and the "newgcc" version of EMX; Borland C++ 5.5 for Windows;
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recent versions of MinGW, Cygwin, LCC-Win32 and Microsoft Visual C++;
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and gcc under several flavors of Linux, Mac OS X, *BSD and Solaris.
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-- William McBrine
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December 29, 2005
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