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Date:      Wed, 1 Sep 1999 09:30:45 -0700
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Luoqi Chen <luoqi@watermarkgroup.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, peter@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: new ncurses lib changed tgetstr() API
Message-ID:  <19990901093045.A66401@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <199909011352.JAA05804@lor.watermarkgroup.com>; from luoqi@watermarkgroup.com on Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 09:52:10AM -0400
References:  <199909011352.JAA05804@lor.watermarkgroup.com>

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On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 09:52:10AM -0400, Luoqi Chen wrote:
> After the import of ncurses 5.0 (beta?), I noticed strange behavior of clear
> on my xterm. I tracked it down to an API change of tgetstr(), here is the
> new code:
> 
>     char *tgetstr(NCURSES_CONST char *id, char **area GCC_UNUSED)

It is definitely bug on ncurses side and must be fixed *there* and not in 
userland code. (Peter please back out corresponding tset fix too)
Many programs use area parameter. API change not allowed here.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://nagual.pp.ru/~ache/
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