ANN: ncurses-6.4-20231118

[Thomas Dickey]

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 ncurses 6.4 - patch 20231118 - Thomas E. Dickey

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 Ncurses 6.4 is at
   https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/
   https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/
   https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/

 Patches for ncurses 6.4 can be found at
   https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.4
   https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/6.4

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 https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.4/ncurses-6.4-20231118.patch.gz
 patch by Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
 created  Sun Nov 19 01:11:57 UTC 2023
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 NEWS                                 |   13 +++++
 VERSION                              |    2 
 dist.mk                              |    4 -
 doc/html/man/curs_add_wchstr.3x.html |   45 ++++++++++----------
 doc/html/man/curs_addchstr.3x.html   |   37 +++++++++-------
 doc/html/man/curs_addstr.3x.html     |   21 +++------
 doc/html/man/curs_addwstr.3x.html    |   11 ++--
 doc/html/man/curs_in_wch.3x.html     |   11 ++--
 doc/html/man/curs_in_wchstr.3x.html  |   45 +++++++++++++-------
 doc/html/man/curs_inchstr.3x.html    |   56 ++++++++++++++-----------
 doc/html/man/curs_ins_wstr.3x.html   |   73 +++++++++++++++++++--------------
 doc/html/man/curs_insstr.3x.html     |   70 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
 doc/html/man/curs_instr.3x.html      |   39 ++++++++++-------
 doc/html/man/curs_inwstr.3x.html     |   48 ++++++++++++++-------
 doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html         |    2 
 doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html         |    2 
 man/curs_add_wchstr.3x               |   22 +++++----
 man/curs_addchstr.3x                 |   21 +++++----
 man/curs_addstr.3x                   |   21 ++-------
 man/curs_addwstr.3x                  |    9 ++--
 man/curs_in_wch.3x                   |    9 ++--
 man/curs_in_wchstr.3x                |   59 ++++++++++++++------------
 man/curs_inchstr.3x                  |   45 ++++++++++++++------
 man/curs_ins_wstr.3x                 |   61 +++++++++++++++++----------
 man/curs_insstr.3x                   |   54 +++++++++++++++---------
 man/curs_instr.3x                    |   47 +++++++++++++++------
 man/curs_inwstr.3x                   |   57 +++++++++++++++++++------
 man/manhtml.aliases                  |    5 +-
 ncurses/base/lib_addstr.c            |   26 ++++++-----
 ncurses/base/lib_insnstr.c           |   10 ++--
 ncurses/widechar/lib_ins_wch.c       |   15 ++++--
 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 
 38 files changed, 586 insertions(+), 376 deletions(-)
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20231118
        + improve description of length-parameter and error-returns in several
          manpages:  curs_addchstr.3x, curs_addstr.3x, curs_addwstr.3x,
          curs_in_wch.3x, curs_in_wchstr.3x, curs_inchstr.3x, curs_ins_wstr.3x,
          curs_insstr.3x, curs_instr.3x, curs_inwstr.3x
        + amend parameter check for entire string versus specific length in
          winsnstr() and wins_nwstr() to match Solaris.
        + make similar correction to wins_nwstr().
        + correct loop termination condition in waddnstr() and waddnwstr()
          (Debian #1055882, cf: 20201205).


-- 
Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
https://invisible-island.net

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