+ add a check in test/configure to work around non-ncurses termcap.h
file in Slackware.
+ corrected flag for "seq" method of db 1.8.5 interface, needed by toe
on some of the BSDs.
+ updated "string-hacks" feature.
+ minor improvements to manpage typography.
+ corrected conditionally-compiled limit on color pairs (report by
"Hudd").
+ add -x option to test/pair_content, test/color_content for testing
init_extended_pair, extended_pair_content, init_extended_color,
extended_color_content
+ add -p option to test/pair_content, test/color_content to show the
return values from the tested functions.
+ improve manual page curs_color.3x discussion of error returns and
extensions.
+ add O_INPUT_FIELD extension to form library (patch by Leon Winter).
+ override/suppress --enable-db-install if --disable-database configure
option was given.
+ change a too-large terminal entry in tic from a fatal error to a
warning (prompted by discussion with Gabriele Balducci).
+ update form_cursor.3x, form_post.3x, menu_attributes.3x to list
function names in NAME section (patch by Jason McIntyre).
+ minor fixes to manpage NAME/SYNOPSIS sections to consistently use
rule that either all functions which are prototyped in SYNOPSIS are
listed in the NAME section, or the manual-page name is the sole item
listed in the NAME section. The latter is used to reduce clutter,
e.g., for the top-level library manual pages as well as for certain
feature-pages such as SP-funcs and threading (prompted by patches by
Jason McIntyre).
+ add option to preserve leading whitespace in form fields (patch by
Leon Winter).
+ add special case to _nc_infotocap() to recognize the setaf/setab
strings from xterm+256color and xterm+88color, and provide a reduced
version which works with termcap.
+ remove obsolete emacs "Local Variables" section from documentation
(request by Sven Joachim).
+ update doc/html/index.html to include NCURSES-Programming-HOWTO.html
(report by Sven Joachim).
+ modify initialization check for win32con driver to eliminate need for
special case for TERM "unknown", using terminal database if available
(prompted by discussion with Roumen Petrov).
+ for MinGW port, ensure that terminal driver is setup if tgetent()
is called (patch by Roumen Petrov).
+ document tabs "-0" and "-8" options in manpage.
+ fix Debian "lintian" issues with manpages reported in
http://lintian.debian.org/full/csmall@debian.org.html#ncurses