libncurses: Import https://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ncurses/ncurses-6.5.tar.gz changes
Change-Id: I3433d30ca01359fd2e3623ede96b531f0b39cbfa
Signed-off-by: micky387 <mickaelsaibi@free.fr>
diff --git a/c++/NEWS b/c++/NEWS
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--- Copyright (c) 1998,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
+-- Copyright 2020,2021 Thomas E. Dickey --
+-- Copyright 1998-1999,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
-- --
-- Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a --
-- copy of this software and associated documentation files (the --
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-- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written --
-- authorization. --
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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4 2006/04/22 22:19:37 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.6 2021/06/17 21:20:30 tom Exp $
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This is a log of changes that the ncurses C++ binding has gone
through starting with the integration of menu and forms integration
@@ -36,19 +37,19 @@
to view the pad.
970908 + Improve NCursesWindow class: added additional methods to
- cover more ncurses functionality. Make refresh() and
+ cover more ncurses functionality. Make refresh() and
noutrefresh() virtual members to allow different implementation
in the NCursesPanel class.
+ CAUTION: changed order of parameters in vline() and hline() of
NCursesWindow class.
+ Make refresh() in NCursesPanel non-static, it is now a
- reimplementation of refresh() in the base class. Added
+ reimplementation of refresh() in the base class. Added
noutrefresh() to NCursesPanel.
+ Added NCursesForm and related classes to support libform
functionality.
+ Moved most of configuration related stuff from cursesw.h to
etip.h
- + Added NCursesApplication class to support easy configuration
+ + Added NCursesApplication class to support easy configuration
of menu and forms related attributes as well as ripped of
title lines and Soft-Label-Keys for an application.
+ Support of Auto-Cleanup for a menus fieldlist.
@@ -62,10 +63,10 @@
+ Added the NCursesMenu class to support libmenu functionality.
+ The inheritace relation between NCursesWindow and NCursesColorWindow
was kind of brain damage. Monochrome is a special case of colored, so
- the relation should be just the opposite. This would allow all
- derived classes like NCursesPanel, NCursesMenu or NCursesForm to
+ the relation should be just the opposite. This would allow all
+ derived classes like NCursesPanel, NCursesMenu or NCursesForm to
have colors.
- To resolve that design flaw I put the color functionality into the
+ To resolve that design flaw I put the color functionality into the
NCursesWindow class and it can be switched on by the static member
useColors(). NCursesColorWindow is still there for compatibility
reasons.