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| author | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-10-11 07:31:01 +0000 |
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| committer | peter <peter@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-10-11 07:31:01 +0000 |
| commit | a81407a537bfd1ab9e48c69007eb6b30e66d271b (patch) | |
| tree | 9ec00b41242bbe63b83c0ac5316c539466d9f9de /contrib/ncurses/doc | |
| parent | cc6a5cc05f3c2cde24338d35c9714f1e7ebf032e (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-a81407a537bfd1ab9e48c69007eb6b30e66d271b.zip FreeBSD-src-a81407a537bfd1ab9e48c69007eb6b30e66d271b.tar.gz | |
Import ncurses-5.1-20001009 onto the vendor branch
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| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/ncurses/doc/html/announce.html | 39 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/doc/html/announce.html b/contrib/ncurses/doc/html/announce.html index d3c68d0..e7a79d6 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/doc/html/announce.html +++ b/contrib/ncurses/doc/html/announce.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN"> <!-- - $Id: announce.html,v 1.37 2000/07/02 01:50:20 tom Exp $ + $Id: announce.html,v 1.38 2000/07/04 22:41:38 tom Exp $ --> <HTML> <HEAD> @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ 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/ncurses">ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses</A>. -It is also available at +<br>It is also available at <A HREF="ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses">ftp://dickey.his.com/ncurses</A>. <H1>Release Notes</H1> @@ -68,8 +68,14 @@ New features: provide better control over the use of default colors. This is the principal visible difference between ncurses 5.1 and preceding versions. The new extension allows an application to specify what - colors pair 0 uses. It defaults to white on black, unless you - have invoked <code>use_default_colors()</code>. + colors pair 0 uses. + <p> + <em>NOTE</em>: Pair 0 defaults to white on black unless + you have invoked <code>use_default_colors()</code> or set it via + <code>assume_default_colors()</code>. An application that calls + <code>start_colors()</code> without setting the background color + will consistently have a black background no matter what color your + terminal's background actually is. <li>made several fixes to the terminfo-to-termcap conversion, and have been using the generated termcaps without further hand-tuning. @@ -103,11 +109,13 @@ New features: </ul> <li>modify <code>raw()</code> and <code>noraw()</code> to clear/restore - IEXTEN flag which affects stty lnext on systems such as FreeBSD + IEXTEN flag which affects <code>stty lnext</code> on systems such as FreeBSD - <li>reordered tests during mouse initialization to allow for gpm to run in - xterm, or for xterm to be used under OS/2 EMX. Also dropped test for - $DISPLAY in favor of kmous=\E[M or $TERM containing "xterm". + <li>reordered tests during mouse initialization to allow for gpm to run + in xterm, or for xterm to be used under OS/2 EMX. Also dropped test + for <code>$DISPLAY</code> in favor of the terminfo capability + <code>kmous=\E[M</code> or + if <code>$TERM</code> environment variable contains "xterm". <li>added configure option <code>--with-manpage-symlinks</code>, which provides for fully indexing manpage entries by making symbolic links @@ -275,7 +283,8 @@ including (versions starting with those noted): <DT> cdk <DD> Curses Development Kit <br> -<A HREF="http://www.vexus.ca/CDK.html">Curses Development Kit</a> +<A HREF="http://www.vexus.ca/CDK.html">http://www.vexus.ca/CDK.html</a> +<br> <A HREF="http://dickey.his.com/cdk/cdk.html">http://dickey.his.com/cdk</A>. <DT> ded <DD> directory-editor @@ -292,27 +301,39 @@ for similar applications on GNU/Linux. <A HREF="http://lynx.isc.org/release/">http://lynx.isc.org/release</A>. <DT> Midnight Commander 4.1 <DD> file manager +<br> +<A HREF="www.gnome.org/mc/">www.gnome.org/mc/</A>. <DT> mutt <DD> mail utility <br> <A HREF="http://www.mutt.org">http://www.mutt.org</A>. <DT> ncftp <DD> file-transfer utility +<br> +<A HREF="http://www.ncftp.com">http://www.ncftp.com</A>. <DT> nvi <DD> New vi versions 1.50 are able to use ncurses versions 1.9.7 and later. +<br> +<A HREF="http://www.bostic.com/vi/">http://www.bostic.com/vi/</A>. <DT> tin <DD> newsreader, supporting color, MIME <br> <A HREF="http://www.tin.org">http://www.tin.org</A>. <DT> taper <DD> tape archive utility +<br> +<A HREF="http://members.iinet.net.au/~yusuf/taper/">http://members.iinet.net.au/~yusuf/taper/</A>. <DT> vh-1.6 <DD> Volks-Hypertext browser for the Jargon File +<br> +<A HREF="http://www.bg.debian.org/Packages/unstable/text/vh.html">http://www.bg.debian.org/Packages/unstable/text/vh.html</A>. </DL> as well as some that use ncurses for the terminfo support alone: <DL> <DT> minicom <DD> terminal emulator +<br> +<A HREF="http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~walker/minicom.html">http://www.pp.clinet.fi/~walker/minicom.html</A>. <DT> vile <DD> vi-like-emacs <br> |
