1 * NEWS -- What's new in the m17n database. -*- outline -*-
2 Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
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 1.5.5
10 ** An input method is deleted.
12 si-wijesekera-preedit-alt.mim
14 ** These Vietnamese input methods adopt smart-quotes.
16 vi-telex.mim, vi-tcvn.mim, vi-vni.mim
19 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.4
21 ** A new input method is added.
23 ta-lk-renganathan.mim (Tamil)
26 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.3
28 This release is just for bug fixing.
31 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.2
33 ** A new input method is added.
35 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
38 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.1
40 ** A new FLT is added.
42 CHAM-GENERIC.flt (For Cham script)
44 ** Several new input methods are added.
46 vi-tcvn.mim (Vietnamese)
48 sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
51 * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.0
53 ** A new FLT is added.
55 COMBINING.flt (For combining diacritical marks)
58 * Changes in the m17n database 1.4.0
60 ** Several new input methods are added.
64 fr-azerty.mim (French)
66 ** New database for language names.
69 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.4
71 ** Several new input methods are added.
73 grc-mizuochi.mim (Greek)
74 ja-trycode.mim (Japanese)
75 ru-phonetic.mim (Russian)
76 si-wijesekera-preedit.mim (Sinhala)
77 th-kesmanee-2.mim, th-pattachote.mim th-pattachote-2.mim (Thai)
78 th-tis820.mim th-tis820-2.mim (Thai)
80 zh-bopomofo.mim (Chinese bopomofo, renamed from bopo-kbd.mim)
82 ** Several new FLTs are added.
90 * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.0
92 ** Wildcard handling is added to mdb.dir.
94 For instance, the current mdb.dir file contains this single line:
95 (input-method * "*.mim")
96 instead of lines for each input methods.
98 ** Several new input methods are added.
100 bn-unijoy.mim (Bengali)
101 hi-typewriter.mim (Hindi)
103 si-wijesekera.mim (Sinhala)
104 sv-post.mim (Swedish)
105 vi-vni.mim (Vietnamese)
106 zh-cangjie.mim, zh-quick.mim (Chinese)
107 zh-py-b5.mim, zh-py-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-py.mim)
108 zh-tonepy-b5.mim, zh-tonepy-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-tone.mim)
110 ** Several new FLTs are added.
112 ARAB-OTF-NO-GPOS.flt (Arabic)
114 LAOO-GENERIC.flt (Lao)
115 MLYM-RACHANA.flt (Malayalam)
116 THAI-GENERIC.flt (Thai)
117 TIBT-OTF.flt (Tibetan)
120 * Changes in the m17n database 1.2.0
122 ** Naming convention for *.flt and *.mim is changed.
124 Script names : ISO 15924 (four letter codes)
125 Language names : ISO 639-1 (two letter codes)
126 See ChangeLog for details.
128 ** Several new input methods are added.
130 dv-phonetic.mim (Thaana script)
131 hy-kbd.mim (Armenian script)
132 ko-romaja.mim (Korean Hangul script)
133 my-kbd.mim (Myanmar script)
134 si-samanala.mim (Sinhala script)
135 zh-pinyin.min (PinYin script)
136 bopo-kbd.mim (Bopomofo script)
137 syrc-phonetic.mim (Syriac script)
138 latn-pre.mim (Latin script)
140 ** Several new FLTs are added.
142 SINH-OTF.flt (Sinhala script)
143 SYRC-OTF.flt (Syriac script)
145 ** Several new char-tables are added.
147 BLOCK.tab (Unicode Blocks)
148 CASE-MAPPING.tab CASED.tab SOFT-DOTTED.tab (for case conversion)
149 LINEBREAK.tab (for linebreaking)
150 LANGUAGE.tbl (ISO639-1, ISO639-2 language codes)
151 SCRIPT-LANGUAGE.tbl (script vs languages)
153 ** A new fontset generic.fst is added.
156 * Changes in the m17n database 1.1.0
158 ** Several new FLTs are added.
160 ARABIC-OTF.flt (Arabic script)
161 BEN-OTF.flt (Bengali script)
162 GUJ-OTF.flt (Gujarati script)
163 GUR-OTF.flt (Gurmukhi script)
164 KAN-OTF.flt (Kannada script)
165 MYANMAR-ZEDI.flt (Myanmar script)
166 ORI-OTF.flt (Oriya script)
167 TEL-OTF.flt (Telugu script)
168 THAANA-OTF.flt (Thaana script)
169 TML-OTF.flt (Tamil script)
171 ** Several new input methods are added.
174 hr-kbd.mim (Croatian)
175 ka-kdb.mim (Georgian)
176 kk-arabic.mim (Kazakh in Arabic script)
177 kk-kdb.mim (Kazakh in Cyrillic script)
179 ** New command m17n-db prints information about the installed m17n database.
182 * Changes in the m17n database 1.0
187 * Copyright information
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190 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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