Tsume wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 03:33:29 +0800, Bill Hacker <wbh@conducive.org> wrote:
>
>> Minor editing or patching to a Makefile is hard to avoid.
>> Major editing is less common.
>>
>> Creating all-new Makefiles from scratch on anything as venerable as
>> ncurses,
>> even after major source surgery, is a bit puzzling - at least to me.
>>
>> Would it be unreasonable to ask for a recap of the changes
>> before the full-body is sent anywhere?
>>
>> Bill Hacker
>
>
> Hello,
>
> How are you doing?
Bit weary... day or so since last slept, thanks.
> I've looked on what changes there are for the
> version differences between 5.4 and 5.1. They've removed or implemented
> any of the methods which have /* not implemented */, added more
> functions (wide character support, screen manipulation, and much more).
I looked at the info on the link (below), expected from your several posts
that DragonFlyBSD was at some release below 5.4 (specifically 5.1).
Reached over and did a pkg_add -rv ncurses
I now show ncurses 5.4
> Its well worth the upgrade, but I feel it very inefficient how I've re
> rewrite the makefiles from scratch just because I don't have 3 hours
> just to write makefiles. I want to hack the generated makefile in the
> build, but I know it wouldn't be accepted because its not standard.
>
I am still not understanding here.
Do you mean that ncurses 5.4 from pkgsrc has been stripped down/back from
'conventional' ncurses, and you are working to bring it back into line
or ...?
> Heres a link to the NEWS in CVS
> code-exec dot net slash ncurses-5.4 slash NEWS
>
> all modifications since 20000708(5.1 Release)
>
ACK. But nothing new for nearly 13 months since 5.4 was released....
Still not sure what your changes are, or if they are 'restoral' or new
additions.
(5.4.x, 5.5 ...?)
> I'm still waiting patiently on joerg to complete Wide Character support
> for DragonFly. *smile*
>
'Wide" as in DBCS? UTF-16? Other Asian language character encoding?
Best,
Bill Hacker