# ncurses 6.2 - patch 20200314 - Thomas E. Dickey # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # # Ncurses 6.2 is at # ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu # # Patches for ncurses 6.2 can be found at # ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/6.2 # http://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/6.2 # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net/ncurses/6.2/ncurses-6.2-20200314.patch.gz # patch by Thomas E. Dickey # created Sun Mar 15 01:36:38 UTC 2020 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # NEWS | 7 +++ # VERSION | 2 - # dist.mk | 4 +- # doc/html/man/adacurses6-config.1.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/clear.1.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html | 46 ++++++++++++++++++----- # doc/html/man/curs_scanw.3x.html | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------- # doc/html/man/form.3x.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/menu.3x.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html | 27 +++++++++++-- # doc/html/man/ncurses6-config.1.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/panel.3x.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/tabs.1.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/tic.1m.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/toe.1m.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/tput.1.html | 2 - # doc/html/man/tset.1.html | 2 - # man/curs_printw.3x | 38 ++++++++++++++++++- # man/curs_scanw.3x | 40 +++++++++++++++++++- # man/ncurses.3x | 25 ++++++++++++ # package/debian-mingw/changelog | 4 +- # package/debian-mingw64/changelog | 4 +- # package/debian/changelog | 4 +- # package/mingw-ncurses.nsi | 4 +- # package/mingw-ncurses.spec | 2 - # package/ncurses.spec | 2 - # package/ncursest.spec | 2 - # 31 files changed, 242 insertions(+), 63 deletions(-) # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Index: NEWS Prereq: 1.3461 --- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/NEWS 2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/NEWS 2020-03-15 00:15:32.000000000 +0000 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3461 2020/03/08 14:28:23 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.3463 2020/03/15 00:15:32 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions; it is not possible to add this information. +20200314 + + add history note to curs_scanw.3x for and + + add history note to curs_printw.3x for and + + add portability note to ncurses.3x regarding + 20200308 + update copyright notices in test-packages. + modify tracemunch to guard against errors in its known_p1 table. Index: VERSION --- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/VERSION 2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/VERSION 2020-03-14 15:30:00.000000000 +0000 @@ -1 +1 @@ -5:0:10 6.2 20200308 +5:0:10 6.2 20200314 Index: dist.mk Prereq: 1.1340 --- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/dist.mk 2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/dist.mk 2020-03-14 15:30:00.000000000 +0000 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ # use or other dealings in this Software without prior written # # authorization. # ############################################################################## -# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1340 2020/03/08 14:28:23 tom Exp $ +# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1341 2020/03/14 15:30:00 tom Exp $ # Makefile for creating ncurses distributions. # # This only needs to be used directly as a makefile by developers, but @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ # These define the major/minor/patch versions of ncurses. NCURSES_MAJOR = 6 NCURSES_MINOR = 2 -NCURSES_PATCH = 20200308 +NCURSES_PATCH = 20200314 # We don't append the patch to the version, since this only applies to releases VERSION = $(NCURSES_MAJOR).$(NCURSES_MINOR) Index: doc/html/man/adacurses6-config.1.html --- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/adacurses6-config.1.html 2020-02-23 01:14:14.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/adacurses6-config.1.html 2020-03-15 00:28:07.000000000 +0000 @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@

SEE ALSO

        curses(3x)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html	2020-02-23 01:14:14.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html	2020-03-15 00:28:07.000000000 +0000
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@

SEE ALSO

        infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).

AUTHOR

Index: doc/html/man/clear.1.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/clear.1.html	2020-02-23 01:14:14.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/clear.1.html	2020-03-15 00:28:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@

SEE ALSO

        tput(1), terminfo(5)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html	2020-02-03 01:26:26.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html	2020-03-15 00:28:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.25 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.26 2020/03/14 23:48:47 tom Exp @
 -->
 
 
@@ -91,21 +91,48 @@
        the window pointer is null.
 
 
+

HISTORY

+       While printw was implemented in 4BSD, it was unused until 4.2BSD (which
+       used it in games).  That early version of curses was before the ANSI  C
+       standard.   It  did not use <varargs.h>, though that was available.  In
+       1991 (a couple of years after SVr4 was generally available,  and  after
+       the  C  standard  was published), other developers updated the library,
+       using <stdarg.h> internally in 4.4BSD curses.  Even with this  improve-
+       ment, BSD curses did not use function prototypes (or even declare func-
+       tions) in the <curses.h> header until 1992.
+
+       SVr2 documented printw, wprintw  tersely  as  "printf  on  stdscr"  and
+       tersely as "printf on win", respectively.
+
+       SVr3  added  mvprintw,  and mvwprintw, with a three-line summary saying
+       that they were analogous to printf(3), explaining that the string which
+       would be output from printf(3) would instead be output using waddstr on
+       the given window.  SVr3 also added vwprintw, saying that the third  pa-
+       rameter  is a va_list, defined in <varargs.h>, and referring the reader
+       to the manual pages for varargs and vprintf for detailed descriptions.
+
+       SVr4 added  no  new  variations  of  printw,  but  provided  for  using
+       <varargs.h> or <stdarg.h> to define the va_list type.
+
+       X/Open  Curses  added  vw_printw  to replace vwprintw, stating that its
+       va_list definition requires <stdarg.h>.
+
+

PORTABILITY

-       In  this implementation, vw_printw and vwprintw are equivalent, to sup-
+       In this implementation, vw_printw and vwprintw are equivalent, to  sup-
        port legacy applications.  However, the latter (vwprintw) is obsolete:
 
-       o   The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described  these  functions.   The
-           function  vwprintw is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be replaced
+       o   The  XSI  Curses  standard, Issue 4 described these functions.  The
+           function vwprintw is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be  replaced
            by a function vw_printw using the <stdarg.h> interface.
 
-       o   The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that vw_printw   is
-           preferred   to   vwprintw   since  the  latter  requires  including
-           <varargs.h>, which cannot be used in the same file  as  <stdarg.h>.
-           This  implementation  uses <stdarg.h> for both, because that header
+       o   The  Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that vw_printw  is
+           preferred  to  vwprintw  since  the   latter   requires   including
+           <varargs.h>,  which  cannot be used in the same file as <stdarg.h>.
+           This implementation uses <stdarg.h> for both, because  that  header
            is included in <curses.h>.
 
-       o   X/Open Curses, Issue 5 (December 2007) marked vwprintw (along  with
+       o   X/Open  Curses, Issue 5 (December 2007) marked vwprintw (along with
            vwscanw and the termcap interface) as withdrawn.
 
 
@@ -123,6 +150,7 @@
 
  • SYNOPSIS
    • 
 
  • DESCRIPTION
    • 
 
  • RETURN VALUE
    • 
+
  • HISTORY
    • 
 
  • PORTABILITY
    • 
 
  • SEE ALSO
    • 
 
Index: doc/html/man/curs_scanw.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/curs_scanw.3x.html	2020-02-03 01:26:26.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/curs_scanw.3x.html	2020-03-15 00:28:09.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.26 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.27 2020/03/15 00:14:30 tom Exp @
 -->
 
 
@@ -89,41 +89,70 @@
        the window pointer is null.
 
 
+

    HISTORY

    +       While  scanw  was implemented in 4BSD, none of the BSD releases used it
+       until 4.4BSD (in a game).  That early version of curses was before  the
+       ANSI  C  standard.   It did not use <varargs.h>, though that was avail-
+       able.  In 1991 (a couple of years after SVr4 was  generally  available,
+       and  after  the C standard was published), other developers updated the
+       library, using <stdarg.h> internally in 4.4BSD curses.  Even with  this
+       improvement,  BSD  curses  did  not  use  function  prototypes (or even
+       declare functions) in the <curses.h> header until 1992.
+
+       SVr2 documented scanw, wscanw tersely as  "scanf  through  stdscr"  and
+       tersely as "scanf through win", respectively.
+
+       SVr3 added mvscanw, and mvwscanw, with a three-line summary saying that
+       they were analogous to scanf(3), explaining that the string which would
+       be  output  from  scanf(3) would instead be output using waddstr on the
+       given window.  SVr3 also added vwscanw, saying that the third parameter
+       is  a  va_list, defined in <varargs.h>, and referring the reader to the
+       manual  pages  for  varargs  and  vprintf  for  detailed  descriptions.
+       (Because the SVr3 documentation does not mention vscanf, that reference
+       to vprintf may not be an error).
+
+       SVr4  added  no  new  variations  of  scanw,  but  provided  for  using
+       <varargs.h> or <stdarg.h> to define the va_list type.
+
+       X/Open  Curses  added  vw_scanw  to  replace  vwscanw, stating that its
+       va_list definition requires <stdarg.h>.
+
+

    PORTABILITY

            In this implementation, vw_scanw and vwscanw are equivalent, to support
        legacy applications.  However, the latter (vwscanw) is obsolete:
 
-       o   The XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions,  noting
-           that  the  function vwscanw is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is to be
+       o   The  XSI Curses standard, Issue 4 described these functions, noting
+           that the function vwscanw is marked TO BE WITHDRAWN, and is  to  be
            replaced by a function vw_scanw using the <stdarg.h> interface.
 
-       o   The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 states that  vw_scanw   is
-           preferred   to   vwscanw   since   the  latter  requires  including
-           <varargs.h>, which cannot be used in the same file  as  <stdarg.h>.
-           This  implementation  uses <stdarg.h> for both, because that header
+       o   The  Single  Unix Specification, Version 2 states that vw_scanw  is
+           preferred  to  vwscanw  since   the   latter   requires   including
+           <varargs.h>,  which  cannot be used in the same file as <stdarg.h>.
+           This implementation uses <stdarg.h> for both, because  that  header
            is included in <curses.h>.
 
-       o   X/Open Curses, Issue 5 (December 2007) marked vwscanw  (along  with
+       o   X/Open  Curses,  Issue 5 (December 2007) marked vwscanw (along with
            vwprintw and the termcap interface) as withdrawn.
 
-       Both  XSI and The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 state that these
+       Both XSI and The Single Unix Specification, Version 2 state that  these
        functions return ERR or OK.
 
-       o   Since the underlying  scanf(3)  can  return  the  number  of  items
+       o   Since  the  underlying  scanf(3)  can  return  the  number of items
            scanned, and the SVr4 code was documented to use this feature, this
-           is probably an editing error which was introduced  in  XSI,  rather
+           is  probably  an  editing error which was introduced in XSI, rather
            than being done intentionally.
 
-       o   This  implementation  returns the number of items scanned, for com-
-           patibility with SVr4  curses.   As  of  2018,  NetBSD  curses  also
-           returns  the  number  of  items  scanned.   Both ncurses and NetBSD
+       o   This implementation returns the number of items scanned,  for  com-
+           patibility  with  SVr4  curses.   As  of  2018,  NetBSD curses also
+           returns the number of  items  scanned.   Both  ncurses  and  NetBSD
            curses call vsscanf to scan the string, which returns EOF on error.
 
-       o   Portable applications should only test if the return value is  ERR,
+       o   Portable  applications should only test if the return value is ERR,
            since the OK value (zero) is likely to be misleading.
 
-           One  possible way to get useful results would be to use a "%n" con-
-           version at the end of the format string to  ensure  that  something
+           One possible way to get useful results would be to use a "%n"  con-
+           version  at  the  end of the format string to ensure that something
            was processed.
 
 
@@ -141,6 +170,7 @@
 
  • SYNOPSIS
    • 
 
  • DESCRIPTION
    • 
 
  • RETURN VALUE
    • 
+
  • HISTORY
    • 
 
  • PORTABILITY
    • 
 
  • SEE ALSO
    • 
 
Index: doc/html/man/form.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/form.3x.html	2020-02-23 01:14:18.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/form.3x.html	2020-03-15 00:28:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
        curses(3x)  and  related  pages  whose names begin "form_" for detailed
        descriptions of the entry points.
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html	2020-02-23 01:14:19.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html	2020-03-15 00:28:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
 
        https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).

    AUTHOR

    Index: doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html	2020-02-23 01:14:19.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html	2020-03-15 00:28:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@

    SEE ALSO

            curses(3x), tic(1m), infocmp(1m), terminfo(5)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).

    AUTHOR

    Index: doc/html/man/menu.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html	2020-02-23 01:14:19.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html	2020-03-15 00:28:11.000000000 +0000
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
        curses(3x)  and  related  pages  whose names begin "menu_" for detailed
        descriptions of the entry points.
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html	2020-02-23 01:14:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html	2020-03-15 00:28:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.145 2020/02/23 01:05:45 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.146 2020/03/14 23:13:18 tom Exp @
 -->
 
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
        method of updating  character  screens  with  reasonable  optimization.
        This  implementation  is  "new  curses"  (ncurses)  and is the approved
        replacement for 4.4BSD classic curses,  which  has  been  discontinued.
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
        The  ncurses  library emulates the curses library of System V Release 4
        UNIX, and XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide) curses  (also  known  as  XSI
@@ -1406,10 +1406,29 @@
            ble.  That depends on the value used for _XOPEN_SOURCE feature test
            macro.
 
+       o   X/Open  Curses  documents  one  required header, in a special case:
+           <stdarg.h>  before  <curses.h>  to  prototype  the  vw_printw   and
+           vw_scanw  functions  (as well as the obsolete the vwprintw and vws-
+           canw functions).  Each of those uses a va_list parameter.
+
+           The two obsolete functions were  introduced  in  SVr3.   The  other
+           functions  were  introduced  in  X/Open  Curses.   In between, SVr4
+           curses provided for  the  possibility  that  an  application  might
+           include either <varargs.h> or <stdarg.h>.  Initially, that was done
+           by using void* for the va_list parameter.  Later,  a  special  type
+           (defined  in <stdio.h>) was introduced, to allow for compiler type-
+           checking.  That special type is always available, because <stdio.h>
+           is always included by <curses.h>.
+
+           None of the X/Open Curses implementations require an application to
+           include <stdarg.h>  before  <curses.h>  because  they  either  have
+           allowed  for  a  special type, or (like ncurses) include <stdarg.h>
+           directly to provide a portable interface.
+

    NOTES

    -       If  standard  output from a ncurses program is re-directed to something
-       which is not a tty, screen updates will be directed to standard  error.
+       If standard output from a ncurses program is re-directed  to  something
+       which  is not a tty, screen updates will be directed to standard error.
        This was an undocumented feature of AT&T System V Release 3 curses.
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/ncurses6-config.1.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/ncurses6-config.1.html	2020-02-23 01:14:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/ncurses6-config.1.html	2020-03-15 00:28:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@

    SEE ALSO

            curses(3x)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/panel.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html	2020-02-23 01:14:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html	2020-03-15 00:28:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@

    SEE ALSO

            curses(3x), curs_variables(3x),
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).

    AUTHOR

    Index: doc/html/man/tabs.1.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html	2020-02-23 01:14:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html	2020-03-15 00:28:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@

    SEE ALSO

            tset(1), infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html	2020-02-23 01:14:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html	2020-03-15 00:28:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
        have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by specifying
        padding requirements and initialization sequences.
 
-       This manual describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This manual describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).

    Terminfo Entry Syntax

    Index: doc/html/man/tic.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html	2020-02-23 01:14:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html	2020-03-15 00:28:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
        infocmp(1m),   captoinfo(1m),   infotocap(1m),   toe(1m),   curses(3x),
        term(5).  terminfo(5).  user_caps(5).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).

    AUTHOR

    Index: doc/html/man/toe.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/toe.1m.html	2020-02-23 01:14:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/toe.1m.html	2020-03-15 00:28:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
        tic(1m), infocmp(1m), captoinfo(1m),  infotocap(1m),  curses(3x),  ter-
        minfo(5).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/tput.1.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/tput.1.html	2020-02-23 01:14:21.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/tput.1.html	2020-03-15 00:28:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@

    SEE ALSO

            clear(1), stty(1), tabs(1), tset(1), terminfo(5), curs_termcap(3x).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/tset.1.html
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/doc/html/man/tset.1.html	2020-02-23 01:14:22.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/doc/html/man/tset.1.html	2020-03-15 00:28:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
        csh(1),  sh(1),  stty(1),   curs_terminfo(3x),   tty(4),   terminfo(5),
        ttys(5), environ(7)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200222).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.2 (patch 20200314).
 
 
 
Index: man/curs_printw.3x
Prereq:  1.25 
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/man/curs_printw.3x	2020-02-02 23:34:34.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/man/curs_printw.3x	2020-03-14 23:48:47.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.25 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_printw.3x,v 1.26 2020/03/14 23:48:47 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_printw 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -89,6 +89,42 @@
 Functions with a \*(``mv\*('' prefix first perform a cursor movement using
 \fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
 or if the window pointer is null.
+.SH HISTORY
+While \fBprintw\fP was implemented in 4BSD,
+it was unused until 4.2BSD (which used it in games).
+That early version of curses was before the ANSI C standard.
+It did not use , though that was available.
+In 1991 (a couple of years after SVr4 was generally available,
+and after the C standard was published),
+other developers updated the library,
+using  internally in 4.4BSD curses.
+Even with this improvement,
+BSD curses did not use function prototypes (or even declare
+functions) in the  header until 1992.
+.PP
+SVr2 documented
+\fBprintw\fP,
+\fBwprintw\fP
+tersely as \*(``printf on \fIstdscr\fP\*('' and
+tersely as \*(``printf on \fIwin\fP\*('', respectively.
+.PP
+SVr3 added
+\fBmvprintw\fP, and
+\fBmvwprintw\fP, with a three-line summary saying that they were analogous
+to \fBprintf\fP(3),
+explaining that the string which would be output from \fBprintf\fP(3) would
+instead be output using \fBwaddstr\fP on the given window.
+SVr3 also added \fBvwprintw\fP, saying that the third parameter
+is a \fBva_list\fP, defined in ,
+and referring the reader to the manual pages for \fIvarargs\fP and
+\fIvprintf\fP for detailed descriptions.
+.PP
+SVr4 added no new variations of \fBprintw\fP,
+but provided for using  or  to define the \fBva_list\fP
+type.
+.PP
+X/Open Curses added \fBvw_printw\fP to replace \fBvwprintw\fP,
+stating that its \fBva_list\fP definition requires .
 .SH PORTABILITY
 In this implementation, \fBvw_printw\fP and \fBvwprintw\fP are equivalent,
 to support legacy applications.
Index: man/curs_scanw.3x
Prereq:  1.26 
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/man/curs_scanw.3x	2020-02-02 23:34:34.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/man/curs_scanw.3x	2020-03-15 00:14:30.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.26 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_scanw.3x,v 1.27 2020/03/15 00:14:30 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_scanw 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -83,6 +83,44 @@
 Functions with a \*(``mv\*('' prefix first perform a cursor movement using
 \fBwmove\fP, and return an error if the position is outside the window,
 or if the window pointer is null.
+.SH HISTORY
+While \fBscanw\fP was implemented in 4BSD,
+none of the BSD releases used it until 4.4BSD (in a game).
+That early version of curses was before the ANSI C standard.
+It did not use , though that was available.
+In 1991 (a couple of years after SVr4 was generally available,
+and after the C standard was published),
+other developers updated the library,
+using  internally in 4.4BSD curses.
+Even with this improvement,
+BSD curses did not use function prototypes (or even declare
+functions) in the  header until 1992.
+.PP
+SVr2 documented
+\fBscanw\fP,
+\fBwscanw\fP
+tersely as \*(``scanf through \fIstdscr\fP\*('' and
+tersely as \*(``scanf through \fIwin\fP\*('', respectively.
+.PP
+SVr3 added
+\fBmvscanw\fP, and
+\fBmvwscanw\fP, with a three-line summary saying that they were analogous
+to \fBscanf\fP(3),
+explaining that the string which would be output from \fBscanf\fP(3) would
+instead be output using \fBwaddstr\fP on the given window.
+SVr3 also added \fBvwscanw\fP, saying that the third parameter
+is a \fBva_list\fP, defined in ,
+and referring the reader to the manual pages for \fIvarargs\fP and
+\fIvprintf\fP for detailed descriptions.
+(Because the SVr3 documentation does not mention \fIvscanf\fP,
+that reference to \fIvprintf\fP may not be an error).
+.PP
+SVr4 added no new variations of \fBscanw\fP,
+but provided for using  or  to define the \fBva_list\fP
+type.
+.PP
+X/Open Curses added \fBvw_scanw\fP to replace \fBvwscanw\fP,
+stating that its \fBva_list\fP definition requires .
 .SH PORTABILITY
 In this implementation, \fBvw_scanw\fP and \fBvwscanw\fP are equivalent,
 to support legacy applications.
Index: man/ncurses.3x
Prereq:  1.145 
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/man/ncurses.3x	2020-02-23 01:05:45.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/man/ncurses.3x	2020-03-14 23:13:18.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.145 2020/02/23 01:05:45 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: ncurses.3x,v 1.146 2020/03/14 23:13:18 tom Exp $
 .hy 0
 .TH ncurses 3X ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
@@ -1483,6 +1483,29 @@
 If the header is included, its symbols may be made visible.
 That depends on the value used for \fB_XOPEN_SOURCE\fP
 feature test macro.
+.bP
+X/Open Curses documents one required header,
+in a special case:  before  to prototype
+the \fBvw_printw\fP and \fBvw_scanw\fP functions
+(as well as the obsolete
+the \fBvwprintw\fP and \fBvwscanw\fP functions).
+Each of those uses a \fBva_list\fP parameter.
+.IP
+The two obsolete functions were introduced in SVr3.
+The other functions were introduced in X/Open Curses.
+In between, SVr4 curses provided for the possibility that
+an application might include either  or .
+Initially, that was done by using \fBvoid*\fP for the \fBva_list\fP
+parameter.
+Later, a special type (defined in ) was introduced,
+to allow for compiler type-checking.
+That special type is always available,
+because  is always included by .
+.IP
+None of the X/Open Curses implementations require an application
+to include  before  because they either
+have allowed for a special type, or (like ncurses) include 
+directly to provide a portable interface.
 .SH NOTES
 .PP
 If standard output from a \fBncurses\fR program is re-directed to something
Index: package/debian-mingw/changelog
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/package/debian-mingw/changelog	2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/package/debian-mingw/changelog	2020-03-14 15:30:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.2+20200308) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.2+20200314) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:28:23 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:30:00 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9-20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: package/debian-mingw64/changelog
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/package/debian-mingw64/changelog	2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/package/debian-mingw64/changelog	2020-03-14 15:30:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.2+20200308) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.2+20200314) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:28:23 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:30:00 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9-20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: package/debian/changelog
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/package/debian/changelog	2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/package/debian/changelog	2020-03-14 15:30:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.2+20200308) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.2+20200314) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sun, 08 Mar 2020 10:28:23 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 14 Mar 2020 11:30:00 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9-20120608) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
Prereq:  1.384 
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi	2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi	2020-03-14 15:30:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.384 2020/03/08 14:28:23 tom Exp $
+; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.385 2020/03/14 15:30:00 tom Exp $
 
 ; TODO add examples
 ; TODO bump ABI to 6
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 !define VERSION_MAJOR "6"
 !define VERSION_MINOR "2"
 !define VERSION_YYYY  "2020"
-!define VERSION_MMDD  "0308"
+!define VERSION_MMDD  "0314"
 !define VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_YYYY}${VERSION_MMDD}
 
 !define MY_ABI   "5"
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/package/mingw-ncurses.spec	2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/package/mingw-ncurses.spec	2020-03-14 15:30:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: mingw32-ncurses6
 Version: 6.2
-Release: 20200308
+Release: 20200314
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
Index: package/ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/package/ncurses.spec	2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/package/ncurses.spec	2020-03-14 15:30:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: ncurses6
 Version: 6.2
-Release: 20200308
+Release: 20200314
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
Index: package/ncursest.spec
--- ncurses-6.2-20200308+/package/ncursest.spec	2020-03-08 14:28:23.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.2-20200314/package/ncursest.spec	2020-03-14 15:30:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: Curses library with POSIX thread support.
 Name: ncursest6
 Version: 6.2
-Release: 20200308
+Release: 20200314
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz