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 * NEWS -- What's new in the m17n database.                     -*- outline -*-
-Copyright (C) 2004
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
   National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
   Registration Number H15PRO112
 See the end for copying conditions.
 
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+* Changes in the m17n database 1.6.2
+
+** New FLT file.
+
+FLT/HEBR-OTF.flt 
+
+\f
+* Changes in the m17n database 1.6.1
+
+** This release is just for a minor bug fix.
+
+\f
+* Changes in the m17n database 1.6.0
+
+** An input method is deleted.
+
+si-wijesekera-preedit.mim
+
+** New FLT files are added.
+
+FLT/MLM2-OTF.flt, FLT/KND2-OTF.flt, FLT/TEL2-OTF.flt,
+FLT/TML2-OTF.flt, FLT/ORY2-OTF.flt, FLT/GJR2-OTF.flt,
+FLT/GUR2-OTF.flt, FLT/BNG2-OTF.flt, FLT/DEV2-OTF.flt,
+FLT/MYMR-SIL.flt
+
+\f
+* 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
+
+\f
+* Changes in the m17n database 1.5.4
+
+** A new input method is added.
+
+ta-lk-renganathan.mim (Tamil)
+
+\f
+* Changes in the m17n database 1.5.3
+
+This release is just for bug fixing.
+
+\f
+* Changes in the m17n database 1.5.2
+
+** A new input method is added.
+
+sa-harvard-kyoto.mim (Sanscrit)
+
+\f
+* 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)
+
+\f
+* Changes in the m17n database 1.5.0
+
+** A new FLT is added.
+
+COMBINING.flt (For combining diacritical marks)
+
+\f
+* 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.
+
+\f
+* 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.
+
+\f
+* 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)
+
+\f
 * Changes in the m17n database 1.2.0
 
 ** Naming convention for *.flt and *.mim is changed.
@@ -23,12 +161,23 @@ 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.
+
 \f
 * Changes in the m17n database 1.1.0
 
@@ -63,7 +212,7 @@ kk-kdb.mim (Kazakh in Cyrillic script)
 \f
 * Copyright information
 
-Copyright (C) 2004
+Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
   National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
   Registration Number H15PRO112
 
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