1 * NEWS -- What's new in the m17n database. -*- outline -*-
2 Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
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 1.6.4
10 This release is just for bug fixing.
13 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.3
15 ** A new input method is added.
17 ua-kbd.mim -- Ukrainian input method with Ukrainian/Russian keyboard layout
19 ** An input method is deleted.
21 bo-ewts.mim is moved to m17n-contrib package.
24 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.2
31 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.1
33 ** This release is just for a minor bug fix.
36 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.0
38 ** An input method is deleted.
40 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim
42 ** New FLT files are added.
44 FLT/MLM2-OTF.flt, FLT/KND2-OTF.flt, FLT/TEL2-OTF.flt,
45 FLT/TML2-OTF.flt, FLT/ORY2-OTF.flt, FLT/GJR2-OTF.flt,
46 FLT/GUR2-OTF.flt, FLT/BNG2-OTF.flt, FLT/DEV2-OTF.flt,
50 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.5
52 ** An input method is deleted.
54 si-wijesekera-preedit-alt.mim
56 ** These Vietnamese input methods adopt smart-quotes.
58 vi-telex.mim, vi-tcvn.mim, vi-vni.mim
61 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.4
63 ** A new input method is added.
65 ta-lk-renganathan.mim (Tamil)
68 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.3
70 This release is just for bug fixing.
73 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.2
75 ** A new input method is added.
77 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
80 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.1
82 ** A new FLT is added.
84 CHAM-GENERIC.flt (For Cham script)
86 ** Several new input methods are added.
88 vi-tcvn.mim (Vietnamese)
90 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
93 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.0
95 ** A new FLT is added.
97 COMBINING.flt (For combining diacritical marks)
100 * Changes in the m17n database 1.4.0
102 ** Several new input methods are added.
105 bo-ewts.mim (Tibetan)
106 fr-azerty.mim (French)
108 ** New database for language names.
111 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.4
113 ** Several new input methods are added.
115 grc-mizuochi.mim (Greek)
116 ja-trycode.mim (Japanese)
117 ru-phonetic.mim (Russian)
118 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim (Sinhala)
119 th-kesmanee-2.mim, th-pattachote.mim th-pattachote-2.mim (Thai)
120 th-tis820.mim th-tis820-2.mim (Thai)
122 zh-bopomofo.mim (Chinese bopomofo, renamed from bopo-kbd.mim)
124 ** Several new FLTs are added.
132 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.0
134 ** Wildcard handling is added to mdb.dir.
136 For instance, the current mdb.dir file contains this single line:
137 (input-method * "*.mim")
138 instead of lines for each input methods.
140 ** Several new input methods are added.
142 bn-unijoy.mim (Bengali)
143 hi-typewriter.mim (Hindi)
145 si-wijesekera.mim (Sinhala)
146 sv-post.mim (Swedish)
147 vi-vni.mim (Vietnamese)
148 zh-cangjie.mim, zh-quick.mim (Chinese)
149 zh-py-b5.mim, zh-py-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-py.mim)
150 zh-tonepy-b5.mim, zh-tonepy-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-tone.mim)
152 ** Several new FLTs are added.
154 ARAB-OTF-NO-GPOS.flt (Arabic)
156 LAOO-GENERIC.flt (Lao)
157 MLYM-RACHANA.flt (Malayalam)
158 THAI-GENERIC.flt (Thai)
159 TIBT-OTF.flt (Tibetan)
162 * Changes in the m17n database 1.2.0
164 ** Naming convention for *.flt and *.mim is changed.
166 Script names : ISO 15924 (four letter codes)
167 Language names : ISO 639-1 (two letter codes)
168 See ChangeLog for details.
170 ** Several new input methods are added.
172 dv-phonetic.mim (Thaana script)
173 hy-kbd.mim (Armenian script)
174 ko-romaja.mim (Korean Hangul script)
175 my-kbd.mim (Myanmar script)
176 si-samanala.mim (Sinhala script)
177 zh-pinyin.min (PinYin script)
178 bopo-kbd.mim (Bopomofo script)
179 syrc-phonetic.mim (Syriac script)
180 latn-pre.mim (Latin script)
182 ** Several new FLTs are added.
184 SINH-OTF.flt (Sinhala script)
185 SYRC-OTF.flt (Syriac script)
187 ** Several new char-tables are added.
189 BLOCK.tab (Unicode Blocks)
190 CASE-MAPPING.tab CASED.tab SOFT-DOTTED.tab (for case conversion)
191 LINEBREAK.tab (for linebreaking)
192 LANGUAGE.tbl (ISO639-1, ISO639-2 language codes)
193 SCRIPT-LANGUAGE.tbl (script vs languages)
195 ** A new fontset generic.fst is added.
198 * Changes in the m17n database 1.1.0
200 ** Several new FLTs are added.
202 ARABIC-OTF.flt (Arabic script)
203 BEN-OTF.flt (Bengali script)
204 GUJ-OTF.flt (Gujarati script)
205 GUR-OTF.flt (Gurmukhi script)
206 KAN-OTF.flt (Kannada script)
207 MYANMAR-ZEDI.flt (Myanmar script)
208 ORI-OTF.flt (Oriya script)
209 TEL-OTF.flt (Telugu script)
210 THAANA-OTF.flt (Thaana script)
211 TML-OTF.flt (Tamil script)
213 ** Several new input methods are added.
216 hr-kbd.mim (Croatian)
217 ka-kdb.mim (Georgian)
218 kk-arabic.mim (Kazakh in Arabic script)
219 kk-kdb.mim (Kazakh in Cyrillic script)
221 ** New command m17n-db prints information about the installed m17n database.
224 * Changes in the m17n database 1.0
229 * Copyright information
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