+ 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).
+ regenerated html manpages.
+ minor fixes for symlinks to curs_legacy.3x and curs_slk.3x manpages.
+ add manpage for sp-funcs.
+ add sp-funcs to test/listused.sh, for documentation aids.
+ add manpages for summarizing public variables of curses-, terminfo-
and form-libraries.
+ minor fixes to manpages for consistency (patch by Jason McIntyre).
+ modify tic's -I/-C dump to reformat acsc strings into canonical form
(sorted, unique mapping) (cf: 971004).
+ add configure check for pthread_kill(), needed for some old
platforms.
+ 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
+ build-fixes for OS/2 EMX.
+ modify form library to accept control characters such as newline
in set_field_buffer(), which is compatible with Solaris (report by
Nit Khair).
+ modify configure script to assume --without-hashed-db when
--disable-database is used.
+ add "-e" option in ncurses/Makefile.in when generating source-files
to force earlier exit if the build environment fails unexpectedly
(prompted by patch by Adrian Bunk).
+ change configure script to use CF_UTF8_LIB, improved variant of
CF_LIBUTF8.
