1 * NEWS -- What's new in the m17n database. -*- outline -*-
2 Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
3 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
4 Registration Number H15PRO112
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8 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.3
10 ** A new input method is added.
12 ua-kbd.mim -- Ukrainian input method with Ukrainian/Russian keyboard layout
14 ** An input method is deleted.
16 bo-ewts.mim is moved to m17n-contrib package.
19 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.2
26 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.1
28 ** This release is just for a minor bug fix.
31 * Changes in the m17n database 1.6.0
33 ** An input method is deleted.
35 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim
37 ** New FLT files are added.
39 FLT/MLM2-OTF.flt, FLT/KND2-OTF.flt, FLT/TEL2-OTF.flt,
40 FLT/TML2-OTF.flt, FLT/ORY2-OTF.flt, FLT/GJR2-OTF.flt,
41 FLT/GUR2-OTF.flt, FLT/BNG2-OTF.flt, FLT/DEV2-OTF.flt,
45 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.5
47 ** An input method is deleted.
49 si-wijesekera-preedit-alt.mim
51 ** These Vietnamese input methods adopt smart-quotes.
53 vi-telex.mim, vi-tcvn.mim, vi-vni.mim
56 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.4
58 ** A new input method is added.
60 ta-lk-renganathan.mim (Tamil)
63 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.3
65 This release is just for bug fixing.
68 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.2
70 ** A new input method is added.
72 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
75 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.1
77 ** A new FLT is added.
79 CHAM-GENERIC.flt (For Cham script)
81 ** Several new input methods are added.
83 vi-tcvn.mim (Vietnamese)
85 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
88 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.0
90 ** A new FLT is added.
92 COMBINING.flt (For combining diacritical marks)
95 * Changes in the m17n database 1.4.0
97 ** Several new input methods are added.
100 bo-ewts.mim (Tibetan)
101 fr-azerty.mim (French)
103 ** New database for language names.
106 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.4
108 ** Several new input methods are added.
110 grc-mizuochi.mim (Greek)
111 ja-trycode.mim (Japanese)
112 ru-phonetic.mim (Russian)
113 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim (Sinhala)
114 th-kesmanee-2.mim, th-pattachote.mim th-pattachote-2.mim (Thai)
115 th-tis820.mim th-tis820-2.mim (Thai)
117 zh-bopomofo.mim (Chinese bopomofo, renamed from bopo-kbd.mim)
119 ** Several new FLTs are added.
127 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.0
129 ** Wildcard handling is added to mdb.dir.
131 For instance, the current mdb.dir file contains this single line:
132 (input-method * "*.mim")
133 instead of lines for each input methods.
135 ** Several new input methods are added.
137 bn-unijoy.mim (Bengali)
138 hi-typewriter.mim (Hindi)
140 si-wijesekera.mim (Sinhala)
141 sv-post.mim (Swedish)
142 vi-vni.mim (Vietnamese)
143 zh-cangjie.mim, zh-quick.mim (Chinese)
144 zh-py-b5.mim, zh-py-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-py.mim)
145 zh-tonepy-b5.mim, zh-tonepy-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-tone.mim)
147 ** Several new FLTs are added.
149 ARAB-OTF-NO-GPOS.flt (Arabic)
151 LAOO-GENERIC.flt (Lao)
152 MLYM-RACHANA.flt (Malayalam)
153 THAI-GENERIC.flt (Thai)
154 TIBT-OTF.flt (Tibetan)
157 * Changes in the m17n database 1.2.0
159 ** Naming convention for *.flt and *.mim is changed.
161 Script names : ISO 15924 (four letter codes)
162 Language names : ISO 639-1 (two letter codes)
163 See ChangeLog for details.
165 ** Several new input methods are added.
167 dv-phonetic.mim (Thaana script)
168 hy-kbd.mim (Armenian script)
169 ko-romaja.mim (Korean Hangul script)
170 my-kbd.mim (Myanmar script)
171 si-samanala.mim (Sinhala script)
172 zh-pinyin.min (PinYin script)
173 bopo-kbd.mim (Bopomofo script)
174 syrc-phonetic.mim (Syriac script)
175 latn-pre.mim (Latin script)
177 ** Several new FLTs are added.
179 SINH-OTF.flt (Sinhala script)
180 SYRC-OTF.flt (Syriac script)
182 ** Several new char-tables are added.
184 BLOCK.tab (Unicode Blocks)
185 CASE-MAPPING.tab CASED.tab SOFT-DOTTED.tab (for case conversion)
186 LINEBREAK.tab (for linebreaking)
187 LANGUAGE.tbl (ISO639-1, ISO639-2 language codes)
188 SCRIPT-LANGUAGE.tbl (script vs languages)
190 ** A new fontset generic.fst is added.
193 * Changes in the m17n database 1.1.0
195 ** Several new FLTs are added.
197 ARABIC-OTF.flt (Arabic script)
198 BEN-OTF.flt (Bengali script)
199 GUJ-OTF.flt (Gujarati script)
200 GUR-OTF.flt (Gurmukhi script)
201 KAN-OTF.flt (Kannada script)
202 MYANMAR-ZEDI.flt (Myanmar script)
203 ORI-OTF.flt (Oriya script)
204 TEL-OTF.flt (Telugu script)
205 THAANA-OTF.flt (Thaana script)
206 TML-OTF.flt (Tamil script)
208 ** Several new input methods are added.
211 hr-kbd.mim (Croatian)
212 ka-kdb.mim (Georgian)
213 kk-arabic.mim (Kazakh in Arabic script)
214 kk-kdb.mim (Kazakh in Cyrillic script)
216 ** New command m17n-db prints information about the installed m17n database.
219 * Changes in the m17n database 1.0
224 * Copyright information
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