From owner-freebsd-current Fri Apr 5 16:14:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA22816 for current-outgoing; Fri, 5 Apr 1996 16:14:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA22802 for ; Fri, 5 Apr 1996 16:14:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA01238 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Sat, 6 Apr 1996 03:11:56 +0300 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Sat, 6 Apr 96 03:11:55 +0300 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA02916; Sat, 6 Apr 1996 04:09:53 +0400 (MSD) Message-Id: <199604060009.EAA02916@astral.msk.su> Subject: Re: Can we upgrade ncurses? To: scrappy@ki.net (Marc G. Fournier) Date: Sat, 6 Apr 1996 04:09:52 +0400 (MSD) Cc: current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Marc G. Fournier" at "Apr 5, 96 03:28:29 pm" From: =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (aka Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage) X-Class: Fast X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL14 (25)] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Is there any underlying reason why we can't upgrade Ncurses > from 1.8.4 (circa 1994) to 1.9.9e (circa current)? There the reasons: Ncurses before 1.9.9 was too buggy. Righgt now I not yet find enough time to do that. > If its a matter of someone integrating...I raise my hand... > for me it means that its one less thing I have to remember not to > install when I do a make world, so its worth my time commiting an > upgrade and maintaining the library :) OK from me, but please keep in mind following things: It must be configured for termcap-only, no fallback to terminfo: one terminal database must exists in the system. BSD tputs glitch must be turned on. Mytinfo library must be replaced with empty library for a while (for compatibility). Next step will be replacing curses library with ncurses. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - http://dt.demos.su/~ache : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849