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| author | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-26 16:43:25 +0000 |
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| committer | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-01-26 16:43:25 +0000 |
| commit | eb50977cab0b353dfbe1f519884b4a0e7820f19a (patch) | |
| tree | 506da7a5cf693bf8780ad013837cbd67913bedbb /contrib/ncurses/announce.html | |
| parent | bacd15cb1fff2dee94d390e0f84c147cd82ea148 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-eb50977cab0b353dfbe1f519884b4a0e7820f19a.zip FreeBSD-src-eb50977cab0b353dfbe1f519884b4a0e7820f19a.tar.gz | |
Import ncurses-5.0-release to update the 5.0-prerelease that we had.
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diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/announce.html b/contrib/ncurses/announce.html index aa05b00..f87c7c4 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/announce.html +++ b/contrib/ncurses/announce.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN"> <!-- - $Id: announce.html,v 1.30 1999/05/16 17:01:39 juergen Exp $ + $Id: announce.html,v 1.34 1999/10/23 21:13:11 tom Exp $ --> <HTML> <HEAD> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ the library and tools.<P> The ncurses distribution is available via anonymous FTP at the GNU distribution site -<A HREF="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu</A>. +<A HREF="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses</A>. It is also available at <A HREF="ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses">ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses</A>. @@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ Interface changes: <li>We made additional changes to reduce impact by future interface changes: <ul> - <li>change key_names[] array to static since it is not part of the curses - interface. + <li>rename key_names[] array to _nc_key_names since it is not part of + the curses interface. <li>move macro winch to a function, to hide details of struct ldat </ul> @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Major bug fixes: <H1>Features of Ncurses</H1> -The ncurses package is fully compatible with SVr4 (System V Release 4) curses:<P> +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). @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ are bit-for-bit-compatible with the entry format SVr4 curses uses. 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:<P> +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 @@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ but not all EXTENDED features). Most EXTENDED-level features not directly concerned with wide-character support are implemented, including 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 SVr4 curses, ncurses can write to the rightmost-bottommost corner +<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 OS/2 console windows. @@ -290,24 +290,31 @@ 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> +including (versions starting with those noted): <DL> +<DT> cdk +<DD> Curses Development Kit +<A HREF="http://www.vexus.ca/CDK.html">Curses Development Kit</a> +<A HREF="ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/cdk">ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/cdk</A>. <DT> ded <DD> directory-editor <A HREF="ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ded">ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/ded</A>. <DT> dialog <DD> the underlying application used in Slackware's setup, and the basis for similar applications on GNU/Linux. -<DT> lynx-2.7 +<DT> lynx <DD> the character-screen WWW browser <DT> Midnight Commander 4.1 <DD> file manager -<DT> mutt 0.88 +<DT> mutt <DD> mail utility -<DT> ncftp 2.0 +<DT> ncftp <DD> file-transfer utility <DT> nvi <DD> New vi versions 1.50 are able to use ncurses versions 1.9.7 and later. +<DT> tin +<DD> newsreader, supporting color, MIME +<A HREF="ftp://ftp.akk.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/news/clients/tin-unoff">ftp://ftp.akk.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/news/clients/tin-unoff</A>. <DT> taper <DD> tape archive utility <DT> vh-1.6 @@ -315,11 +322,8 @@ for similar applications on GNU/Linux. </DL> as well as some that use ncurses for the terminfo support alone: <DL> -<DT> minicom-1.75 +<DT> minicom <DD> terminal emulator -<DT> tin-unoff -<DD> tin 1.4 newsreader, supporting color, MIME -<A HREF="ftp://ftp.akk.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/news/clients/tin-unoff">ftp://ftp.akk.uni-karlsruhe.de/pub/news/clients/tin-unoff</A>. <DT> vile <DD> vi-like-emacs <A HREF="ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/vile">ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/dickey/vile</A>. @@ -338,7 +342,7 @@ Ongoing work is being done by <A HREF="mailto:dickey@clark.net">Thomas Dickey</A> and <A HREF="mailto:juergen.pfeifer@gmx.net">Jürgen Pfeifer</A>. -<A HREF="mailto:florian@gnu.org">Florian La Roche</A> +<A HREF="mailto:dickey@clark.net">Thomas Dickey</A> acts as the maintainer for the Free Software Foundation, which holds the copyright on ncurses. Contact the current maintainers at |
