1 * NEWS -- What's new in the m17n database. -*- outline -*-
2 Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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 1.6.1
10 ** This release is just for a minor bug fix.
13 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.0
15 ** An input method is deleted.
17 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim
19 ** New FLT files are added.
21 FLT/MLM2-OTF.flt, FLT/KND2-OTF.flt, FLT/TEL2-OTF.flt,
22 FLT/TML2-OTF.flt, FLT/ORY2-OTF.flt, FLT/GJR2-OTF.flt,
23 FLT/GUR2-OTF.flt, FLT/BNG2-OTF.flt, FLT/DEV2-OTF.flt,
27 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.5
29 ** An input method is deleted.
31 si-wijesekera-preedit-alt.mim
33 ** These Vietnamese input methods adopt smart-quotes.
35 vi-telex.mim, vi-tcvn.mim, vi-vni.mim
38 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.4
40 ** A new input method is added.
42 ta-lk-renganathan.mim (Tamil)
45 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.3
47 This release is just for bug fixing.
50 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.2
52 ** A new input method is added.
54 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
57 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.1
59 ** A new FLT is added.
61 CHAM-GENERIC.flt (For Cham script)
63 ** Several new input methods are added.
65 vi-tcvn.mim (Vietnamese)
67 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
70 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.0
72 ** A new FLT is added.
74 COMBINING.flt (For combining diacritical marks)
77 * Changes in the m17n database 1.4.0
79 ** Several new input methods are added.
83 fr-azerty.mim (French)
85 ** New database for language names.
88 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.4
90 ** Several new input methods are added.
92 grc-mizuochi.mim (Greek)
93 ja-trycode.mim (Japanese)
94 ru-phonetic.mim (Russian)
95 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim (Sinhala)
96 th-kesmanee-2.mim, th-pattachote.mim th-pattachote-2.mim (Thai)
97 th-tis820.mim th-tis820-2.mim (Thai)
99 zh-bopomofo.mim (Chinese bopomofo, renamed from bopo-kbd.mim)
101 ** Several new FLTs are added.
109 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.0
111 ** Wildcard handling is added to mdb.dir.
113 For instance, the current mdb.dir file contains this single line:
114 (input-method * "*.mim")
115 instead of lines for each input methods.
117 ** Several new input methods are added.
119 bn-unijoy.mim (Bengali)
120 hi-typewriter.mim (Hindi)
122 si-wijesekera.mim (Sinhala)
123 sv-post.mim (Swedish)
124 vi-vni.mim (Vietnamese)
125 zh-cangjie.mim, zh-quick.mim (Chinese)
126 zh-py-b5.mim, zh-py-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-py.mim)
127 zh-tonepy-b5.mim, zh-tonepy-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-tone.mim)
129 ** Several new FLTs are added.
131 ARAB-OTF-NO-GPOS.flt (Arabic)
133 LAOO-GENERIC.flt (Lao)
134 MLYM-RACHANA.flt (Malayalam)
135 THAI-GENERIC.flt (Thai)
136 TIBT-OTF.flt (Tibetan)
139 * Changes in the m17n database 1.2.0
141 ** Naming convention for *.flt and *.mim is changed.
143 Script names : ISO 15924 (four letter codes)
144 Language names : ISO 639-1 (two letter codes)
145 See ChangeLog for details.
147 ** Several new input methods are added.
149 dv-phonetic.mim (Thaana script)
150 hy-kbd.mim (Armenian script)
151 ko-romaja.mim (Korean Hangul script)
152 my-kbd.mim (Myanmar script)
153 si-samanala.mim (Sinhala script)
154 zh-pinyin.min (PinYin script)
155 bopo-kbd.mim (Bopomofo script)
156 syrc-phonetic.mim (Syriac script)
157 latn-pre.mim (Latin script)
159 ** Several new FLTs are added.
161 SINH-OTF.flt (Sinhala script)
162 SYRC-OTF.flt (Syriac script)
164 ** Several new char-tables are added.
166 BLOCK.tab (Unicode Blocks)
167 CASE-MAPPING.tab CASED.tab SOFT-DOTTED.tab (for case conversion)
168 LINEBREAK.tab (for linebreaking)
169 LANGUAGE.tbl (ISO639-1, ISO639-2 language codes)
170 SCRIPT-LANGUAGE.tbl (script vs languages)
172 ** A new fontset generic.fst is added.
175 * Changes in the m17n database 1.1.0
177 ** Several new FLTs are added.
179 ARABIC-OTF.flt (Arabic script)
180 BEN-OTF.flt (Bengali script)
181 GUJ-OTF.flt (Gujarati script)
182 GUR-OTF.flt (Gurmukhi script)
183 KAN-OTF.flt (Kannada script)
184 MYANMAR-ZEDI.flt (Myanmar script)
185 ORI-OTF.flt (Oriya script)
186 TEL-OTF.flt (Telugu script)
187 THAANA-OTF.flt (Thaana script)
188 TML-OTF.flt (Tamil script)
190 ** Several new input methods are added.
193 hr-kbd.mim (Croatian)
194 ka-kdb.mim (Georgian)
195 kk-arabic.mim (Kazakh in Arabic script)
196 kk-kdb.mim (Kazakh in Cyrillic script)
198 ** New command m17n-db prints information about the installed m17n database.
201 * Changes in the m17n database 1.0
206 * Copyright information
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209 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
210 Registration Number H15PRO112
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