snapshot of project "ncurses", label v6_4_20231021

INSTALL

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.248 2023/10/16 23:06:54 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: INSTALL,v 1.249 2023/10/21 15:51:23 tom Exp $
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              How to install Ncurses/Terminfo on your system
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@@ -670,7 +670,14 @@ CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
     --enable-opaque-panel
 	Define symbol in curses.h which controls whether some library
 	structures are treated as "opaque".  The --enable-opaque-curses option
-	is overridden by the --enable-reentrant option.
+	may be overridden by the --enable-reentrant option.
+
+	Enabling opaque-curses enables opaque for the form, menu, and panel
+	libraries.  Use their corresponding options to disable the feature
+	individually.
+
+	NOTE: beginning with ncurses 6.5 this option is enabled by default;
+	older versions disable it by default.
 
     --enable-pc-files
 	If pkg-config is found (see --with-pkg-config), generate ".pc" files
@@ -816,11 +823,14 @@ CONFIGURE OPTIONS:
 	symbolic link to equate libncurses.so with libncursesw.so
 
 	NOTE: the Ada95 binding may be built against either version of the the
-	ncurses library, but you must decide which:  the binding installs the
-	same set of files for either version.  Currently (2002/6/22) it does
+	ncurses library, but you must decide which: the binding installs the
+	same set of files for either version.  Currently (2023/10/21) it does
 	not use the extended features from the wide-character code, so it is
 	probably better to not install the binding for that configuration.
 
+	NOTE: beginning with ncurses 6.5 this option is enabled by default;
+	older versions disable it by default.
+
     --enable-xmc-glitch
 	Compile-in support experimental xmc (magic cookie) code.
 

MANIFEST

@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
 ./doc/html/announce.html
 ./doc/html/hackguide.html
 ./doc/html/index.html
-./doc/html/man/adacurses6-config.1.html
+./doc/html/man/adacursesw6-config.1.html
 ./doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html
 ./doc/html/man/clear.1.html
 ./doc/html/man/curs_add_wch.3x.html
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
 ./doc/html/man/mitem_value.3x.html
 ./doc/html/man/mitem_visible.3x.html
 ./doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
-./doc/html/man/ncurses6-config.1.html
+./doc/html/man/ncursesw6-config.1.html
 ./doc/html/man/new_pair.3x.html
 ./doc/html/man/panel.3x.html
 ./doc/html/man/resizeterm.3x.html

NEWS

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written        --
 -- authorization.                                                            --
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--- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4016 2023/10/16 23:09:02 tom Exp $
+-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.4019 2023/10/21 23:13:51 tom Exp $
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 This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@ See the AUTHORS file for the corresponding full names.
 Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions;
 it is not possible to add this information.
 
+20231021
+	+ use oldxterm+sm+1006 in vte-2014 (report by Benno Schulenberg) -TD
+	+ add ansi+apparrows -TD
+	+ change defaults for configure opaque and widec options (prompted by
+	  discussion with Branden Robinson).
+	+ minor cleanup of compiler- and manpage-warnings.
+
 20231016
 	+ make the recent change to setupterm optional "--enable-check-size"
 	  (Debian #1054022).
@@ -5570,7 +5577,7 @@ it is not possible to add this information.
 	  function pointer passed to tputs().
 	+ modify init_pair() to accept -1's for color value after
 	  assume_default_colors() has been called (Debian #337095).
-	+ modify test/background.c, adding commmand-line options to demonstrate
+	+ modify test/background.c, adding command-line options to demonstrate
 	  assume_default_colors() and use_default_colors().
 
 20110416

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-5:0:10	6.4	20231016
+5:0:10	6.4	20231021

aclocal.m4

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dnl***************************************************************************
 dnl
 dnl Author: Thomas E. Dickey 1995-on
 dnl
-dnl $Id: aclocal.m4,v 1.1051 2023/09/06 22:55:27 tom Exp $
+dnl $Id: aclocal.m4,v 1.1053 2023/10/21 12:54:23 tom Exp $
 dnl Macros used in NCURSES auto-configuration script.
 dnl
 dnl These macros are maintained separately from NCURSES.  The copyright on
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ $ac_includes_default
 	fi
 ])dnl
 dnl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-dnl CF_ABI_DEFAULTS version: 4 updated: 2023/01/07 16:32:06
+dnl CF_ABI_DEFAULTS version: 5 updated: 2023/10/21 08:54:23
 dnl ---------------
 dnl Provide configure-script defaults for different ncurses ABIs.
 AC_DEFUN([CF_ABI_DEFAULTS],[
@@ -88,9 +88,10 @@ cf_dft_opaque_curses=no
 cf_dft_ordinate_type=short
 cf_dft_signed_char=no
 cf_dft_tparm_arg=long
+cf_dft_widec=no
 cf_dft_with_lp64=no
 
-# ABI 6 defaults:
+# ABI 6 default differences from ABI 5:
 case x$cf_cv_abi_default in
 (x[[6789]])
 	cf_dft_chtype=uint32_t
@@ -102,17 +103,18 @@ case x$cf_cv_abi_default in
 	cf_dft_filter_syms=yes
 	cf_dft_interop=yes
 	cf_dft_mmask_t=uint32_t
+	cf_dft_opaque_curses=yes
 	cf_dft_tparm_arg=intptr_t
+	cf_dft_widec=yes
 	cf_dft_with_lp64=yes
 	;;
 esac
 
-# ABI 7 defaults:
+# ABI 7 default differences from ABI 6:
 case x$cf_cv_abi_default in
 (x[[789]])
 	cf_dft_ccharw_max=6
 	cf_dft_mmask_t=uint64_t
-	cf_dft_opaque_curses=yes
 	cf_dft_ordinate_type=int
 	cf_dft_signed_char=yes
 	# also: remove the wgetch-events feature in ABI 7