From c49115523968fca6b72746f512bdd9225fba3966 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lukas Rusak 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. In mid-June 1995, the maintainer of 4.4BSD curses declared
- that he considered 4.4BSD curses obsolete, and encouraged the
-@@ -73,38 +74,50 @@
- It is also available at ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ .
-- This is a bug-fix release, correcting a small number of urgent problems
-- in the ncurses library from the 5.8 release.
--
-- It also improves the Ada95 binding:
-+ This release is designed to be upward compatible from ncurses
-+ 5.0 through 5.8; very few applications will require
-+ recompilation, depending on the platform. These are the
-+ highlights from the change-log since ncurses 5.8 release. This is a bug-fix release, correcting a small number of urgent
-+ problems in the ncurses library from the 5.8 release. It also improves the Ada95 binding: Those were a proof of concept. For the 5.9 release, those
-- scripts are augmented with rpm- and dpkg-scripts used in test builds
-- against a variety of gnat- and system ncurses versions as old as
-- gnat 3.15 and ncurses 5.4 (see snapshots and systems tested
-- here.
-- Those were a proof of concept. For the 5.9 release, those
-+ scripts are augmented with rpm- and dpkg-scripts used in test
-+ builds against a variety of gnat- and system ncurses versions
-+ as old as gnat 3.15 and ncurses 5.4 (see snapshots and
-+ systems tested here. The ncurses package is fully compatible with SVr4 (System V
-+ Release 4) curses: The ncurses package also has many useful extensions over
-+ SVr4: 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. The ncurses code has been tested with a wide variety of
- applications including (versions starting with those noted): as well as some that use ncurses for the terminfo support
-+ alone: The ncurses distribution includes a selection of test programs
- (including a few games). 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 Thomas Dickey. Thomas
-+ Dickey acts as the maintainer for the Free Software Foundation,
-+ which holds the copyright on ncurses. Contact the current
-+ maintainers at bug-ncurses@gnu.org. To join the ncurses mailing list, please write email to
- Announcing ncurses @VERSION@
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.
-+ Announcing ncurses @VERSION@
-+
-+ Release Notes
This release is designed to be upward
-- compatible from ncurses 5.0 through 5.8; very few applications
-- will require recompilation, depending on the platform. These are
-- the highlights from the change-log since ncurses 5.8 release.
-- Release Notes
-+
-+
--
-
-- Features of Ncurses
The ncurses package is fully
-- compatible with SVr4 (System V Release 4) curses:
-+ Features of Ncurses
-+
-+
-
The ncurses package also has many useful extensions over
-- SVr4:
-+
-+
-+
-
-
-- State of the Package
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.
-+ State of the Package
-+
-+
-
Who's Who and What's What
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
-- Thomas Dickey.
-- Thomas Dickey acts as the maintainer for the Free Software
-- Foundation, which holds the copyright on ncurses. Contact the
-- current maintainers at bug-ncurses@gnu.org.
-+ Who's Who and What's What
-+
-+ bug-ncurses-request@gnu.org
containing the line:
There is an archive of the mailing list here:
-+ -+http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses -+ (also https)
-+ -We need people to help with these projects. If you are -+ interested in working on them, please join the ncurses list.
-+ -+The distribution provides a newer version of the -+ terminfo-format terminal description file once maintained by -+ Eric - Raymond . 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. -+ user-definable extensions beyond the X/Open specification.
- -