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 1.6.2
15 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.1
17 ** This release is just for a minor bug fix.
20 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.0
22 ** An input method is deleted.
24 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim
26 ** New FLT files are added.
28 FLT/MLM2-OTF.flt, FLT/KND2-OTF.flt, FLT/TEL2-OTF.flt,
29 FLT/TML2-OTF.flt, FLT/ORY2-OTF.flt, FLT/GJR2-OTF.flt,
30 FLT/GUR2-OTF.flt, FLT/BNG2-OTF.flt, FLT/DEV2-OTF.flt,
34 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.5
36 ** An input method is deleted.
38 si-wijesekera-preedit-alt.mim
40 ** These Vietnamese input methods adopt smart-quotes.
42 vi-telex.mim, vi-tcvn.mim, vi-vni.mim
45 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.4
47 ** A new input method is added.
49 ta-lk-renganathan.mim (Tamil)
52 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.3
54 This release is just for bug fixing.
57 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.2
59 ** A new input method is added.
61 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
64 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.1
66 ** A new FLT is added.
68 CHAM-GENERIC.flt (For Cham script)
70 ** Several new input methods are added.
72 vi-tcvn.mim (Vietnamese)
74 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
77 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.0
79 ** A new FLT is added.
81 COMBINING.flt (For combining diacritical marks)
84 * Changes in the m17n database 1.4.0
86 ** Several new input methods are added.
90 fr-azerty.mim (French)
92 ** New database for language names.
95 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.4
97 ** Several new input methods are added.
99 grc-mizuochi.mim (Greek)
100 ja-trycode.mim (Japanese)
101 ru-phonetic.mim (Russian)
102 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim (Sinhala)
103 th-kesmanee-2.mim, th-pattachote.mim th-pattachote-2.mim (Thai)
104 th-tis820.mim th-tis820-2.mim (Thai)
106 zh-bopomofo.mim (Chinese bopomofo, renamed from bopo-kbd.mim)
108 ** Several new FLTs are added.
116 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.0
118 ** Wildcard handling is added to mdb.dir.
120 For instance, the current mdb.dir file contains this single line:
121 (input-method * "*.mim")
122 instead of lines for each input methods.
124 ** Several new input methods are added.
126 bn-unijoy.mim (Bengali)
127 hi-typewriter.mim (Hindi)
129 si-wijesekera.mim (Sinhala)
130 sv-post.mim (Swedish)
131 vi-vni.mim (Vietnamese)
132 zh-cangjie.mim, zh-quick.mim (Chinese)
133 zh-py-b5.mim, zh-py-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-py.mim)
134 zh-tonepy-b5.mim, zh-tonepy-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-tone.mim)
136 ** Several new FLTs are added.
138 ARAB-OTF-NO-GPOS.flt (Arabic)
140 LAOO-GENERIC.flt (Lao)
141 MLYM-RACHANA.flt (Malayalam)
142 THAI-GENERIC.flt (Thai)
143 TIBT-OTF.flt (Tibetan)
146 * Changes in the m17n database 1.2.0
148 ** Naming convention for *.flt and *.mim is changed.
150 Script names : ISO 15924 (four letter codes)
151 Language names : ISO 639-1 (two letter codes)
152 See ChangeLog for details.
154 ** Several new input methods are added.
156 dv-phonetic.mim (Thaana script)
157 hy-kbd.mim (Armenian script)
158 ko-romaja.mim (Korean Hangul script)
159 my-kbd.mim (Myanmar script)
160 si-samanala.mim (Sinhala script)
161 zh-pinyin.min (PinYin script)
162 bopo-kbd.mim (Bopomofo script)
163 syrc-phonetic.mim (Syriac script)
164 latn-pre.mim (Latin script)
166 ** Several new FLTs are added.
168 SINH-OTF.flt (Sinhala script)
169 SYRC-OTF.flt (Syriac script)
171 ** Several new char-tables are added.
173 BLOCK.tab (Unicode Blocks)
174 CASE-MAPPING.tab CASED.tab SOFT-DOTTED.tab (for case conversion)
175 LINEBREAK.tab (for linebreaking)
176 LANGUAGE.tbl (ISO639-1, ISO639-2 language codes)
177 SCRIPT-LANGUAGE.tbl (script vs languages)
179 ** A new fontset generic.fst is added.
182 * Changes in the m17n database 1.1.0
184 ** Several new FLTs are added.
186 ARABIC-OTF.flt (Arabic script)
187 BEN-OTF.flt (Bengali script)
188 GUJ-OTF.flt (Gujarati script)
189 GUR-OTF.flt (Gurmukhi script)
190 KAN-OTF.flt (Kannada script)
191 MYANMAR-ZEDI.flt (Myanmar script)
192 ORI-OTF.flt (Oriya script)
193 TEL-OTF.flt (Telugu script)
194 THAANA-OTF.flt (Thaana script)
195 TML-OTF.flt (Tamil script)
197 ** Several new input methods are added.
200 hr-kbd.mim (Croatian)
201 ka-kdb.mim (Georgian)
202 kk-arabic.mim (Kazakh in Arabic script)
203 kk-kdb.mim (Kazakh in Cyrillic script)
205 ** New command m17n-db prints information about the installed m17n database.
208 * Changes in the m17n database 1.0
213 * Copyright information
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216 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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