Re: [PATCH] cygwin sharedlib build fixes, terminfo

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2003 at 10:29:01PM -0400, Charles Wilson wrote:
> The attached patch represents the current set of changes in the cygwin 
> distribution of ncurses-5.3.  The patch is against stock ncurses-5.3; no 
> weekly patches have been applied.
> 
> 2003-07-15  Charles Wilson  <address@hidden>
> 
>       * aclocal.m4: on cygwin, use autodetected prefix for import
>       and static lib, but use "cyg" for DLL.  Also, provide new

why is that? (using "cyg").

>       variable cf_cv_abi_version which can be overriden when build

I suppose so (a configure option would be preferable, if you must).

>       platform modifications affect ABI (defaults to NCURSES_MAJOR)
>       * configure: regenerate
>       * include/ncurses_dll.h: correct the comments to reflect current
>       status of cygwin/mingw port.  Fix compiler warning.
>       * misc/run_tic.in: ensure that tic.exe can find the uninstalled
>       DLL
>       * mk-1st.awk: use "cyg" for the DLL prefix, but "lib" for import
>       and static libs.
>       * misc/terminfo.src (nxterm|xterm-color): make xterm-color
>       primary instead of nxterm, to match XFree86's xterm.terminfo
>       usage and to prevent circular links.

I hadn't noticed this (perhaps tic should warn about it).

>       (rxvt): add additional codes from rxvt.org.
>       (rxvt-color): new alias
>       (rxvt-xpm): new alias
>       (rxvt-cygwin): like rxvt, but with special acsc codes.
>       (rxvt-cygwin-native): ditto.  rxvt may be run under XWindows, or
>       with a "native" MSWin GUI.  Each takes different acsc codes,
>       which are both different from the "normal" rxvt's acsc.
>       (cygwin): cygwin-in-cmd.exe window.  Lots of fixes.
>       (cygwinDBG): ditto.
> 
> Hope this helps.

thanks.

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