-This directory tree holds version 1.2.0 of the m17n library. -*- text -*-
+This directory tree holds version 1.3.3 of the m17n library. -*- text -*-
-Copyright (C) 2003, 2004
+Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Registration Number H15PRO112
See the end for copying conditions.
The m17n library is a multilingual text processing library for the C
language.
+
(1) INSTALLATION
(1-1) From CVS working directory.
Run the script "bootstrap.sh" in this directory. It is tested that
the script run successfully with these versions of autotools.
- libtool-1.4
- automake-1.4p5
- autoconf-2.52
+ libtool-1.5.6
+ automake-1.9.5
+ autoconf-2.59
Then, proceed to the next step.
libotf -- http://www.m17n.org/libotf/
fontconfig -- http://freedesktop.org/Software/fontconfig
xft -- http://freedesktop.org/Software/Xft
- gd -- http://www.boutell.com/gd/http/gd-1.8.4.tar.gz
+ gd -- http://www.boutell.com/gd/
-The sample program medit utilizes this Japanese inputting system. It
-is also recommended to install it.
+In addition, for finding a word boundary in Thai text, "configure"
+checks the existence of these libraries (libthai is preferred):
- anthy -- http://anthy.sourceforge.jp/
+ libthai -- http://sourceforge.net/projects/libthai
+ wordcut -- http://thaiwordseg.sourceforge.net/
-The sample program medit and mdump utilize this Thai word-boundary
-finder. It is also recommended to install it.
+The sample program m17n-edit utilizes this Japanese inputting system.
+It is also recommended to install it.
- wordcut -- http://thaiwordseg.sourceforge.net/
+ anthy -- http://anthy.sourceforge.jp/
Then, type the followings on the command line.
This shell script is installed in /usr/local/bin:
m17n-config
These sample programs are installed in /usr/local/bin too:
- mconv, mdate, mview, mdump, medit
+ m17n-conv, m17n-date, m17n-view, m17n-dump, m17n-edit
+
+If you don't need GUI libraries (libm17n-gui.so and etc.), you can
+instruct the `configure' script not to build them as below:
+
+ % ./configure --without-gui
This file under `example' sub-directory is a Japanese resource file
-for medit. It is not installed but useful in Japanese locale. Copy
+for m17n-edit. It is not installed but useful in Japanese locale. Copy
it to your home directory (or, for instance,
-/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ja/app-defaults) and rename it to "MEdit" if you
+/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/ja/app-defaults) and rename it to "M17NEdit" if you
want to see labels in Japanese:
- MEdit.ja
+ M17NEdit.ja
These text files under `example' sub-directory are not installed but
useful for testing the rendering engine of the m17n library:
- HELLO.utf8 HELLO.xml HELLO-ja.utf8 HELLO-ja.xml
+ HELLO.utf8 HELLO.xml HELLO-ja.utf8 HELLO-ja.xml HELLO.html
XXX.xml are generated from XXX.utf8 by attaching text property
`language' and serializing.
The m17n library utilizes the m17n database available at:
http://www.m17n.org/m17n-lib/m17n-db
Without this database, the m17n library loses half its value. Please
-install it too before you try the above sample programs or develop a
-program that uses the m17n library.
+install it (Ver.1.3.3 or the later is required) too before you try the
+above sample programs or develop a program that uses the m17n library.
(3) DOCUMENTATION
the source files. There are English and Japanese comments in
parallel.
+
(4) USAGE
The library provides three levels of APIs, CORE, SHELL, and GUI. For
% gcc -o PROX `m17n-config GUI --cflags` `m17n-config GUI --libs` PROX.c
+
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Copyright information
-Copyright (C) 2003, 2004
+Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Registration Number H15PRO112