* NEWS -- What's new in the m17n database. -*- outline -*- Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Registration Number H15PRO112 See the end for copying conditions. * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.5 ** An input method is deleted. si-wijesekera-preedit-alt.mim ** These Vietnamese input methods adopt smart-quotes. vi-telex.mim, vi-tcvn.mim, vi-vni.mim * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.4 ** A new input method is added. ta-lk-renganathan.mim (Tamil) * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.3 This release is just for bug fixing. * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.2 ** A new input method is added. sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit) * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.1 ** A new FLT is added. CHAM-GENERIC.flt (For Cham script) ** Several new input methods are added. vi-tcvn.mim (Vietnamese) cmc-kbd.mim (Cham) sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit) * Changes in the m17n database 1.5.0 ** A new FLT is added. COMBINING.flt (For combining diacritical marks) * Changes in the m17n database 1.4.0 ** Several new input methods are added. da-post.mim (Danish) bo-ewts.mim (Tibetan) fr-azerty.mim (French) ** New database for language names. * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.4 ** Several new input methods are added. grc-mizuochi.mim (Greek) ja-trycode.mim (Japanese) ru-phonetic.mim (Russian) si-wijesekera-preedit.mim (Sinhala) th-kesmanee-2.mim, th-pattachote.mim th-pattachote-2.mim (Thai) th-tis820.mim th-tis820-2.mim (Thai) ug-kbd.mim (Uyghur) zh-bopomofo.mim (Chinese bopomofo, renamed from bopo-kbd.mim) ** Several new FLTs are added. LAOO-OTF.flt (Lao) THAI-OTF.flt (Thai) ** Gettextized. * Changes in the m17n database 1.3.0 ** Wildcard handling is added to mdb.dir. For instance, the current mdb.dir file contains this single line: (input-method * "*.mim") instead of lines for each input methods. ** Several new input methods are added. bn-unijoy.mim (Bengali) hi-typewriter.mim (Hindi) lo-kbd.mim (Lao) si-wijesekera.mim (Sinhala) sv-post.mim (Swedish) vi-vni.mim (Vietnamese) zh-cangjie.mim, zh-quick.mim (Chinese) zh-py-b5.mim, zh-py-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-py.mim) zh-tonepy-b5.mim, zh-tonepy-gb.mim (Chinese, restricted version of zh-tone.mim) ** Several new FLTs are added. ARAB-OTF-NO-GPOS.flt (Arabic) KHMR-OTF.flt (Khmer) LAOO-GENERIC.flt (Lao) MLYM-RACHANA.flt (Malayalam) THAI-GENERIC.flt (Thai) TIBT-OTF.flt (Tibetan) * Changes in the m17n database 1.2.0 ** Naming convention for *.flt and *.mim is changed. Script names : ISO 15924 (four letter codes) Language names : ISO 639-1 (two letter codes) See ChangeLog for details. ** Several new input methods are added. dv-phonetic.mim (Thaana script) hy-kbd.mim (Armenian script) ko-romaja.mim (Korean Hangul script) my-kbd.mim (Myanmar script) si-samanala.mim (Sinhala script) zh-pinyin.min (PinYin script) bopo-kbd.mim (Bopomofo script) syrc-phonetic.mim (Syriac script) latn-pre.mim (Latin script) ** Several new FLTs are added. SINH-OTF.flt (Sinhala script) SYRC-OTF.flt (Syriac script) ** Several new char-tables are added. BLOCK.tab (Unicode Blocks) CASE-MAPPING.tab CASED.tab SOFT-DOTTED.tab (for case conversion) LINEBREAK.tab (for linebreaking) LANGUAGE.tbl (ISO639-1, ISO639-2 language codes) SCRIPT-LANGUAGE.tbl (script vs languages) ** A new fontset generic.fst is added. * Changes in the m17n database 1.1.0 ** Several new FLTs are added. ARABIC-OTF.flt (Arabic script) BEN-OTF.flt (Bengali script) GUJ-OTF.flt (Gujarati script) GUR-OTF.flt (Gurmukhi script) KAN-OTF.flt (Kannada script) MYANMAR-ZEDI.flt (Myanmar script) ORI-OTF.flt (Oriya script) TEL-OTF.flt (Telugu script) THAANA-OTF.flt (Thaana script) TML-OTF.flt (Tamil script) ** Several new input methods are added. sr-kbd.mim (Serbian) hr-kbd.mim (Croatian) ka-kdb.mim (Georgian) kk-arabic.mim (Kazakh in Arabic script) kk-kdb.mim (Kazakh in Cyrillic script) ** New command m17n-db prints information about the installed m17n database. * Changes in the m17n database 1.0 ** Released. * Copyright information Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Registration Number H15PRO112 This file is part of the m17n database; a sub-part of the m17n library. The m17n library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The m17n library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with the m17n library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.