diff --git a/curses.h b/curses.h
index 35d018a3..265ba349 100644
--- a/curses.h
+++ b/curses.h
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ Defined by this header:
 **man-end****************************************************************/
 
 #define PDCURSES        1
-#define PDC_BUILD    3813
+#define PDC_BUILD    3900
 #define PDC_VER_MAJOR   3
-#define PDC_VER_MINOR   8
-#define PDC_VERDOT   "3.8"
+#define PDC_VER_MINOR   9
+#define PDC_VERDOT   "3.9"
 
 #define CHTYPE_LONG     1      /* chtype >= 32 bits */
 
diff --git a/docs/HISTORY.md b/docs/HISTORY.md
index a8174e01..9678cb19 100644
--- a/docs/HISTORY.md
+++ b/docs/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,113 @@
+PDCurses 3.9 - 2019-09-04
+=========================
+
+768 colors, single-process X11, copy-and-paste for all, and more.
+
+
+New features
+------------
+
+- Single-process, single-thread version of the X11 port. Much, much
+  faster than the two-process version. Needs more testing. This version
+  omits translations.
+
+- A common copy-and-paste system for all platforms, based on the
+  PDC_*clipboard() functions. (This is the first time copy-and-paste is
+  available for the SDL ports, and it replaces the old X11-specific
+  C&P.) Press and hold button 1 while selecting; paste with button 2.
+  Add Shift if mouse events are activated in curses. You can also paste
+  via Shift-Ctrl-V, and copy with Shift-Ctrl-C (although selecting
+  already sets the buffer). Note that paste is implemented via
+  ungetch(), and is currently limited to 256 characters at a time. (You
+  can get more via PDC_getclipboard().) With some ports (e.g. Wincon),
+  the existing terminal C&P mechanism may override PDCurses'. DOS and
+  SDL1 can only C&P within the same app.
+
+- A new maximum of 768 colors, for Wincon, SDL and X11. COLOR_PAIRS is
+  still limited to 256. The idea is that each pair can have a unique
+  foreground and background, without having to redefine any of the first
+  256 (predefined) colors. Colors 256-767 have no initial definitions,
+  and are intended to be set via init_color(). An example has been added
+  to testcurs (loosely based on part of newtest, by Bill Gray).
+
+- Wincon now allows redefinition of all 768 colors, and allows it even
+  under ConEmu.
+
+- True italics for ConEmu. (It seems it should also support true bold,
+  but I couldn't make that work.)
+
+- Added new functions from ncurses and/or NetBSD: has_mouse(),
+  is_keypad(), is_leaveok(), is_pad(), set_tabsize(), touchoverlap(),
+  underscore(), underend(), wunderscore(), and wunderend(). See the man
+  pages for descriptions. Partly due to Karthik Kumar Viswanathan, and
+  suggestions of Simon Sobisch.
+
+
+Bug fixes and such
+------------------
+
+- Check for standard C++ (>= 98), where native bool should exist, and use
+  that; otherwise (pre-/non-standard C++) fall back to the old behavior.
+  Satisfies clang, hopefully doesn't mess anything else up.
+
+- Recent versions of clang throw an error over "-install_name".
+
+- Most curses functions assumed a valid SP (i.e. that initscr() had
+  already been called). Now, instead, they return ERR or other
+  appropriate values. Suggestion of S.S.
+
+- Deprecated PDC_save_key_modifiers() -- there's no benefit to NOT
+  saving them.
+
+- Hold back screen updates due to palette changes until paused; always
+  do this update now (previously only in X11 and SDL, seems necessary in
+  Windows 10 1903).
+
+- SDL2 windows were freezing on moving to another screen (reported by
+  Mark Hessling). Still issues with moving between screens of different
+  scaling.
+
+- Find the X libraries in some additional locations. After M.H.
+
+- Converted default X11 icons to XPM, fixing their non-display in Ubuntu.
+
+- Made XIM standard, removed "classic" X11 compose system.
+
+- Made wide-character build the default for X11 (--disable-widec for
+  narrow).
+
+- Smoother resizing in X11, when not in scrollbar mode.
+
+- Dropped X11 options "borderWidth" (broken since at least 2.7) and 
+  "cursorColor" (now set automatically for contrast).
+
+- Correctly restore Insert mode and QuickEdit mode in Wincon's 
+  PDC_reset_shell_mode(). Patch by "vyv03354".
+
+- Add a WINDRES variable to wincon/Makefile for the sake of cross-
+  compilers. Patch by Marc-Andre Lureau.
+
+- Suppress cursor movement during color tests in testcurs.
+
+- Added UTF-8-demo.txt for tuidemo to browse (by default, only in forced
+  UTF-8 mode). File by Markus Kuhn.
+
+- Moved the doc files from "man" to "docs" -- the docs/man thing was too
+  confusing. Streamlined the web page into two files.
+
+- Rewrote the "Portability" sections of the man pages to reflect current 
+  ncurses and NetBSD. The old charts weren't very accurate.
+
+- Document resolution of timeout() and napms(). Suggested by S.S.
+
+- Rewrote manext (again) in Awk.
+
+- Changed most dates to ISO format.
+
+See the git log for more details.
+
+------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 PDCurses 3.8 - 2019-02-02
 =========================
 
diff --git a/x11/configure.ac b/x11/configure.ac
index 554d7a44..1699a20a 100644
--- a/x11/configure.ac
+++ b/x11/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
-AC_INIT(PDCurses, 3.8, wmcbrine@gmail.com, PDCurses)
+AC_INIT(PDCurses, 3.9, wmcbrine@gmail.com, PDCurses)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR(pdcx11.h)
 
 AC_SUBST(prefix)