$NHDT-Branch: $:$NHDT-Revision: $ $NHDT-Date: $ This fixes36.2 file is here to capture information about updates in the 3.6.x lineage following the release of 3.6.1 in April 2018. Please note, however, that another 3.6.x release is not anticipated, and most developer focus will shift to the next major release. General Fixes and Modified Features ----------------------------------- last line of config file wasn't being heeded if it had no newline list MSGTYPE values shows empty strings as reported in H7140 Killing Vlad while he was in bat/fog cloud/wolf form gave poorly worded feedback when he reverted to vampire form Fixes to Post-3.6.1 Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository ------------------------------------------------------------------ Platform- and/or Interface-Specific Fixes ----------------------------------------- windows-gui: In nethackw, there could be conflicts between menu accelerators and an extra choice accelerator to fix H7132. windows-tty: Specify both width and height when creating font for width testing windows-tty: To counter lag problems that were occuring with the Win32 console port, implement a console back buffer to reduce the number of calls made to WriteConsoleOutputXXX windows-tty: Additional changes to xputc_core() and early_raw_print() to manage the cursor position correctly as that is needed to handle raw printing correctly windows-tty: Added check for when we might be running off the bottom of the screen when handling msmsg() windows-tty: Added runtime checks to keep cursor always within bounds windows-tty: Fix memory leaks as reported in H5779 windows-tty: Use nhraykey by default if the players keyboard layout is non-english as reported in H4216 windows-tty: We now support changing altkeyhandler in game windows: Added ntassert() mechanism for Windows based port use tty: some optimizations for performance and per field rendering General New Features -------------------- integrate aklys feature introduced in 3.6.1 into display Code Cleanup and Reorganization -------------------------------