1 * NEWS -- What's new in the m17n database. -*- outline -*-
2 Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
3 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
4 Registration Number H15PRO112
5 See the end for copying conditions.
8 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.3
10 This release is just for bug fixing.
13 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.2
15 ** A new input method is added.
17 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
20 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.1
22 ** A new FLT is added.
24 CHAM-GENERIC.flt (For Cham script)
26 ** Several new input methods are added.
28 vi-tcvn.mim (Vietnamese)
30 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
33 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.0
35 ** A new FLT is added.
37 COMBINING.flt (For combining diacritical marks)
40 * Changes in the m17n database 1.4.0
42 ** Several new input methods are added.
46 fr-azerty.mim (French)
48 ** New database for language names.
51 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.4
53 ** Several new input methods are added.
55 grc-mizuochi.mim (Greek)
56 ja-trycode.mim (Japanese)
57 ru-phonetic.mim (Russian)
58 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim (Sinhala)
59 th-kesmanee-2.mim, th-pattachote.mim th-pattachote-2.mim (Thai)
60 th-tis820.mim th-tis820-2.mim (Thai)
62 zh-bopomofo.mim (Chinese bopomofo, renamed from bopo-kbd.mim)
64 ** Several new FLTs are added.
72 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.0
74 ** Wildcard handling is added to mdb.dir.
76 For instance, the current mdb.dir file contains this single line:
77 (input-method * "*.mim")
78 instead of lines for each input methods.
80 ** Several new input methods are added.
82 bn-unijoy.mim (Bengali)
83 hi-typewriter.mim (Hindi)
85 si-wijesekera.mim (Sinhala)
87 vi-vni.mim (Vietnamese)
88 zh-cangjie.mim, zh-quick.mim (Chinese)
89 zh-py-b5.mim, zh-py-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-py.mim)
90 zh-tonepy-b5.mim, zh-tonepy-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-tone.mim)
92 ** Several new FLTs are added.
94 ARAB-OTF-NO-GPOS.flt (Arabic)
96 LAOO-GENERIC.flt (Lao)
97 MLYM-RACHANA.flt (Malayalam)
98 THAI-GENERIC.flt (Thai)
99 TIBT-OTF.flt (Tibetan)
102 * Changes in the m17n database 1.2.0
104 ** Naming convention for *.flt and *.mim is changed.
106 Script names : ISO 15924 (four letter codes)
107 Language names : ISO 639-1 (two letter codes)
108 See ChangeLog for details.
110 ** Several new input methods are added.
112 dv-phonetic.mim (Thaana script)
113 hy-kbd.mim (Armenian script)
114 ko-romaja.mim (Korean Hangul script)
115 my-kbd.mim (Myanmar script)
116 si-samanala.mim (Sinhala script)
117 zh-pinyin.min (PinYin script)
118 bopo-kbd.mim (Bopomofo script)
119 syrc-phonetic.mim (Syriac script)
120 latn-pre.mim (Latin script)
122 ** Several new FLTs are added.
124 SINH-OTF.flt (Sinhala script)
125 SYRC-OTF.flt (Syriac script)
127 ** Several new char-tables are added.
129 BLOCK.tab (Unicode Blocks)
130 CASE-MAPPING.tab CASED.tab SOFT-DOTTED.tab (for case conversion)
131 LINEBREAK.tab (for linebreaking)
132 LANGUAGE.tbl (ISO639-1, ISO639-2 language codes)
133 SCRIPT-LANGUAGE.tbl (script vs languages)
135 ** A new fontset generic.fst is added.
138 * Changes in the m17n database 1.1.0
140 ** Several new FLTs are added.
142 ARABIC-OTF.flt (Arabic script)
143 BEN-OTF.flt (Bengali script)
144 GUJ-OTF.flt (Gujarati script)
145 GUR-OTF.flt (Gurmukhi script)
146 KAN-OTF.flt (Kannada script)
147 MYANMAR-ZEDI.flt (Myanmar script)
148 ORI-OTF.flt (Oriya script)
149 TEL-OTF.flt (Telugu script)
150 THAANA-OTF.flt (Thaana script)
151 TML-OTF.flt (Tamil script)
153 ** Several new input methods are added.
156 hr-kbd.mim (Croatian)
157 ka-kdb.mim (Georgian)
158 kk-arabic.mim (Kazakh in Arabic script)
159 kk-kdb.mim (Kazakh in Cyrillic script)
161 ** New command m17n-db prints information about the installed m17n database.
164 * Changes in the m17n database 1.0
169 * Copyright information
171 Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
172 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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