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Re: After updating ncurses to version 6.1 text looks somwehat dim
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: After updating ncurses to version 6.1 text looks somwehat dim |
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Mon, 13 May 2019 19:32:29 -0400 |
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On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 05:05:23PM +0200, Zbigniew wrote:
> Hello,
>
> not sure is it a bug in ncurses or in applications I use rather.
usually this is due to compiling with ABI-5 headers and ABI-6 library
(or the reverse). ABI-6 uses more bits for storing color information.
https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/announce-6.0.html#h2-release-notes
Though the change was a few years ago, packagers have been gradually
catching up (using ABI-5 in the meantime).
> My question is: is it a bug in new ncurses version - or it is now a feature,
> which should be addressed by mutt / mc / xterm (and probably other apps)
> maintainers (or maybe something in Slackware's packages needs patching)?
I might be overlooking something, but the mix of old/new is where I'd start.
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