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[m17n/m17n-db.git] / FORMATS / Dir.txt

diff --git a/FORMATS/Dir.txt b/FORMATS/Dir.txt
index 08e5f87..0105c6b 100644 (file)
--- a/FORMATS/Dir.txt
+++ b/FORMATS/Dir.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2003, 2004
+/* Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005
      National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
      Registration Number H15PRO112
    See the end for copying conditions.  */
@@ -16,16 +16,57 @@ initialization time.  The plist format of this file is as follows:
 @verbatim
 MDB-DIR ::= DEFINITION *
 
-DEFINITION ::= '(' TAG [ TAG [ TAG [ TAG ] ] ] FILE ')'
+DEFINITION ::= '(' TAG0 [ TAG1 [ TAG2 [ TAG3 ] ] ] FILE [ VERSION ]')'
 
-TAG ::= SYMBOL
+TAGn ::= SYMBOL
 
 FILE ::= MTEXT
+
+VERSION ::= MTEXT
+@endverbatim
+
+If TAG0 is neither `charset' nor `char-table', and TAGn (n > 0) is a
+symbol `*', FILE can contain a wildcard charater, and all files
+matching FILE accoding to the rules used by the shell are the target
+of database files.  In that case, each file must contain
+SELF-DEFINITION which is a plist element providing the actual TAGn
+values by the form:
+
+@verbatim
+SELF-DEFINITION ::= '(' TAG0 TAG1 TAG2 TAG3 [ VERSION ] ')'
+@endverbatim
+
+For instance, if a database directory contains these files:
+
+@verbatim
+zh-py.mim:
+(input-method zh py)
+
+ko-han2.mim:
+(input-method ko han2)
 @endverbatim
+
+these lines in "mdb.dir":
+
+@verbatim
+(input-method zh py "zh-py.mim")
+(input-method ko han2 "ko-han2.mim")
+@endverbatim
+
+can be shortened to this single line:
+
+@verbatim
+(input-method * "*.mim")
+@endverbatim
+
+VERSION is a required version number of the m17n library.  The format
+is "XX.YY.ZZ" where XX is a major version number, YY is a minor
+version number, and ZZ is a patch level.
+
 */
 
 /* 
-Copyright (C) 2003, 2004
+Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005
   National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
   Registration Number H15PRO112
 
@@ -44,6 +85,6 @@ Lesser General Public License for more details.
 
 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 License along with the m17n library; if not, write to the Free
-Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
-02111-1307, USA.
+Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 */