From e4d77faaebf863dc1e3188b805d1ce5141636e7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephan Raue 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.
+ +