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 1.6.0
10 ** An input method is deleted.
12 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim
14 ** New FLT files are added.
16 FLT/MLM2-OTF.flt, FLT/KND2-OTF.flt, FLT/TEL2-OTF.flt,
17 FLT/TML2-OTF.flt, FLT/ORY2-OTF.flt, FLT/GJR2-OTF.flt,
18 FLT/GUR2-OTF.flt, FLT/BNG2-OTF.flt, FLT/DEV2-OTF.flt,
22 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.5
24 ** An input method is deleted.
26 si-wijesekera-preedit-alt.mim
28 ** These Vietnamese input methods adopt smart-quotes.
30 vi-telex.mim, vi-tcvn.mim, vi-vni.mim
33 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.4
35 ** A new input method is added.
37 ta-lk-renganathan.mim (Tamil)
40 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.3
42 This release is just for bug fixing.
45 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.2
47 ** A new input method is added.
49 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
52 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.1
54 ** A new FLT is added.
56 CHAM-GENERIC.flt (For Cham script)
58 ** Several new input methods are added.
60 vi-tcvn.mim (Vietnamese)
62 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
65 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.0
67 ** A new FLT is added.
69 COMBINING.flt (For combining diacritical marks)
72 * Changes in the m17n database 1.4.0
74 ** Several new input methods are added.
78 fr-azerty.mim (French)
80 ** New database for language names.
83 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.4
85 ** Several new input methods are added.
87 grc-mizuochi.mim (Greek)
88 ja-trycode.mim (Japanese)
89 ru-phonetic.mim (Russian)
90 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim (Sinhala)
91 th-kesmanee-2.mim, th-pattachote.mim th-pattachote-2.mim (Thai)
92 th-tis820.mim th-tis820-2.mim (Thai)
94 zh-bopomofo.mim (Chinese bopomofo, renamed from bopo-kbd.mim)
96 ** Several new FLTs are added.
104 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.0
106 ** Wildcard handling is added to mdb.dir.
108 For instance, the current mdb.dir file contains this single line:
109 (input-method * "*.mim")
110 instead of lines for each input methods.
112 ** Several new input methods are added.
114 bn-unijoy.mim (Bengali)
115 hi-typewriter.mim (Hindi)
117 si-wijesekera.mim (Sinhala)
118 sv-post.mim (Swedish)
119 vi-vni.mim (Vietnamese)
120 zh-cangjie.mim, zh-quick.mim (Chinese)
121 zh-py-b5.mim, zh-py-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-py.mim)
122 zh-tonepy-b5.mim, zh-tonepy-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-tone.mim)
124 ** Several new FLTs are added.
126 ARAB-OTF-NO-GPOS.flt (Arabic)
128 LAOO-GENERIC.flt (Lao)
129 MLYM-RACHANA.flt (Malayalam)
130 THAI-GENERIC.flt (Thai)
131 TIBT-OTF.flt (Tibetan)
134 * Changes in the m17n database 1.2.0
136 ** Naming convention for *.flt and *.mim is changed.
138 Script names : ISO 15924 (four letter codes)
139 Language names : ISO 639-1 (two letter codes)
140 See ChangeLog for details.
142 ** Several new input methods are added.
144 dv-phonetic.mim (Thaana script)
145 hy-kbd.mim (Armenian script)
146 ko-romaja.mim (Korean Hangul script)
147 my-kbd.mim (Myanmar script)
148 si-samanala.mim (Sinhala script)
149 zh-pinyin.min (PinYin script)
150 bopo-kbd.mim (Bopomofo script)
151 syrc-phonetic.mim (Syriac script)
152 latn-pre.mim (Latin script)
154 ** Several new FLTs are added.
156 SINH-OTF.flt (Sinhala script)
157 SYRC-OTF.flt (Syriac script)
159 ** Several new char-tables are added.
161 BLOCK.tab (Unicode Blocks)
162 CASE-MAPPING.tab CASED.tab SOFT-DOTTED.tab (for case conversion)
163 LINEBREAK.tab (for linebreaking)
164 LANGUAGE.tbl (ISO639-1, ISO639-2 language codes)
165 SCRIPT-LANGUAGE.tbl (script vs languages)
167 ** A new fontset generic.fst is added.
170 * Changes in the m17n database 1.1.0
172 ** Several new FLTs are added.
174 ARABIC-OTF.flt (Arabic script)
175 BEN-OTF.flt (Bengali script)
176 GUJ-OTF.flt (Gujarati script)
177 GUR-OTF.flt (Gurmukhi script)
178 KAN-OTF.flt (Kannada script)
179 MYANMAR-ZEDI.flt (Myanmar script)
180 ORI-OTF.flt (Oriya script)
181 TEL-OTF.flt (Telugu script)
182 THAANA-OTF.flt (Thaana script)
183 TML-OTF.flt (Tamil script)
185 ** Several new input methods are added.
188 hr-kbd.mim (Croatian)
189 ka-kdb.mim (Georgian)
190 kk-arabic.mim (Kazakh in Arabic script)
191 kk-kdb.mim (Kazakh in Cyrillic script)
193 ** New command m17n-db prints information about the installed m17n database.
196 * Changes in the m17n database 1.0
201 * Copyright information
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204 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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