I'll do it tomorrow. I'll try both cl.exe and clang-cl.exe.

I remember mentioning that programs cannot be built with MSVC since it does not 
have `getopt`. I assume this limitation still exists?

I have a question; were there any new configure options (not necessarily 
relevant for windows) since august? Just list if option names will be helpful.

- Kirill Makurin

________________________________
From: Thomas Dickey
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 7:20 PM
To: Kirill Makurin
Cc: bug-ncurses
Subject: Re: ANN: ncurses-6.6-20251230

On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 07:53:35AM +0000, Kirill Makurin wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> Would you like me to attempt to build this new release with MSVC?  I haven't
> tried building ncurses with MSVC for quite a while.

that would be helpful.

I didn't get far on that area.  In my test-builds, I used MinGW32, MSYS2,
Cygwin (as well as a dozen or so non-Windows environments).

> - Kirill Makurin
>
> ________________________________
> From: [email protected] on behalf of Thomas 
> Dickey
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 10:14 AM
> To: Ncurses Mailing List
> Subject: ANN: ncurses-6.6-20251230
>
> Files:
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/AdaCurses/current/AdaCurses-20251230.tgz
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/AdaCurses/current/AdaCurses-20251230.tgz.asc
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/AdaCurses/current/AdaCurses-small-20251230.tgz
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/AdaCurses/current/AdaCurses-small-20251230.tgz.asc
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses-examples/current/ncurses-examples-20251230.tgz
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses-examples/current/ncurses-examples-20251230.tgz.asc
>   https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.6/MD5sums
>   https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.6/dev-patches.zip
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.6/ncurses-6.6-20251230.patch.gz
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.6/ncurses-6.6-20251230.patch.gz.asc
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/current/ncurses-6.6-20251230.tgz
>   
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/current/ncurses-6.6-20251230.tgz.asc
>   https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/win32/mingw32-20251230.zip
>   https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/win32/mingw64-20251230.zip
>
>  ncurses 6.6 - patch 20251230 - Thomas E. Dickey
>
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>  Ncurses 6.6 is at
>    https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/
>    https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/
>    https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/
>
>  Patches for ncurses 6.6 can be found at
>    https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.6
>    https://invisible-mirror.net/archives/ncurses/6.6
>
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> https://invisible-island.net/archives/ncurses/6.6/ncurses-6.6-20251230.patch.gz
>  patch by Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
>  created  Wed Dec 31 01:05:09 UTC 2025
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  INSTALL                                                   |   29
>  MANIFEST                                                  |    1
>  NEWS                                                      |    7
>  VERSION                                                   |    2
>  announce.html.in                                          | 1019 ++++++-----
>  dist.mk                                                   |    6
>  doc/html/ada/terminal_interface-curses_constants__ads.htm |    4
>  doc/html/announce.html                                    | 1022 ++++++------
>  doc/html/man/adacursesw6-config.1.html                    |    6
>  doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/clear.1.html                                 |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_add_wch.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_add_wchstr.3x.html                      |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_addchstr.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_addstr.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_addwstr.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_beep.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_bkgd.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_bkgrnd.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_border.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_border_set.3x.html                      |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_clear.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_color.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_delch.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_deleteln.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_extend.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_get_wch.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_get_wstr.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_getcchar.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_getch.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_getstr.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_getyx.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_in_wch.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_in_wchstr.3x.html                       |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_inch.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_inchstr.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_initscr.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_inopts.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_ins_wch.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_ins_wstr.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_insch.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_insstr.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_instr.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_inwstr.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_kernel.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_legacy.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_memleaks.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_mouse.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_move.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_opaque.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_outopts.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_overlay.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_pad.3x.html                             |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_print.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_printw.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_refresh.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_scanw.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_scr_dump.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_scroll.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_slk.3x.html                             |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_sp_funcs.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_termattrs.3x.html                       |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_termcap.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_terminfo.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_threads.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_touch.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_trace.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_util.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html                       |    6
>  doc/html/man/curs_window.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/default_colors.3x.html                       |    6
>  doc/html/man/define_key.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/form.3x.html                                 |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_cursor.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_data.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_driver.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_field.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_field_attributes.3x.html                |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_field_buffer.3x.html                    |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_field_info.3x.html                      |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_field_just.3x.html                      |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_field_new.3x.html                       |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_field_opts.3x.html                      |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_field_userptr.3x.html                   |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_field_validation.3x.html                |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_fieldtype.3x.html                       |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_hook.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_new.3x.html                             |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_new_page.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_opts.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_page.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_post.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_requestname.3x.html                     |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_userptr.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_variables.3x.html                       |    6
>  doc/html/man/form_win.3x.html                             |    6
>  doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html                              |    6
>  doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/key_defined.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/keybound.3x.html                             |    6
>  doc/html/man/keyok.3x.html                                |    6
>  doc/html/man/legacy_coding.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu.3x.html                                 |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_attributes.3x.html                      |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_cursor.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_driver.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_format.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_hook.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_items.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_mark.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_new.3x.html                             |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_opts.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_pattern.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_post.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_requestname.3x.html                     |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_spacing.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_userptr.3x.html                         |    6
>  doc/html/man/menu_win.3x.html                             |    6
>  doc/html/man/mitem_current.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/mitem_name.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/mitem_new.3x.html                            |    6
>  doc/html/man/mitem_opts.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/mitem_userptr.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/mitem_value.3x.html                          |    6
>  doc/html/man/mitem_visible.3x.html                        |    6
>  doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html                              |    8
>  doc/html/man/ncursesw6-config.1.html                      |    6
>  doc/html/man/new_pair.3x.html                             |    6
>  doc/html/man/panel.3x.html                                |    6
>  doc/html/man/resizeterm.3x.html                           |    6
>  doc/html/man/scr_dump.5.html                              |    6
>  doc/html/man/tabs.1.html                                  |    6
>  doc/html/man/term.5.html                                  |    6
>  doc/html/man/term.7.html                                  |    6
>  doc/html/man/term_variables.3x.html                       |    6
>  doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html                              |    8
>  doc/html/man/tic.1m.html                                  |    6
>  doc/html/man/toe.1m.html                                  |    6
>  doc/html/man/tput.1.html                                  |    6
>  doc/html/man/tset.1.html                                  |    6
>  doc/html/man/user_caps.5.html                             |    6
>  doc/html/man/wresize.3x.html                              |    6
>  ncurses/base/lib_mouse.c                                  |    7
>  ncurses/modules                                           |    4
>  ncurses/win32con/win32_driver.c                           |    7
>  package/debian-mingw/changelog                            |    4
>  package/debian-mingw64/changelog                          |    4
>  package/debian/changelog                                  |    4
>  package/mingw-ncurses.nsi                                 |    6
>  package/mingw-ncurses.spec                                |    8
>  package/ncurses.map                                       |    4
>  package/ncurses.spec                                      |    8
>  package/ncursest.map                                      |    4
>  package/ncursest.spec                                     |    8
>  package/ncursestw.map                                     |    4
>  package/ncursesw.map                                      |    4
>  158 files changed, 1630 insertions(+), 1356 deletions(-)
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Please remove the following file before applying this patch.
>  (You can feed this patch to 'sh' to do so.)
>
> rm -f ncurses/win32con/win_driver.c
> exit
>
>
> 20251230 6.6 release for upload to ftp.gnu.org
>         + update announcement
>         + corrected an ifdef needed for mouse support in MinGW/Windows
>         + eliminate remaining duplicate code between MinGW/Windows drivers
>
>
> --
> Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
> https://invisible-island.net

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