xcin-2.5.1-3:  1999/10/11
------------------------------
1. Fix a bug of symbolic link of libXimd.a in src/lib/Makefile.in.
   Thanks to <JoeLu@freebsd.ee.ntu.edu.tw>.

2. Fix a bug of gen_inp, memory model 2, tab reading.
   Thanks to Carsten Jacobi <carsten@jakes.kawo1.rwth-aachen.de>.

3. Change gen_inp to ignore the XK_KP_ keysym, so that it will not process
   NumLock on keys.
   Thanks to <loneeagle.bbs@bbs.ee.ntu.edu.tw>

4. Change the xcin window raise behavior. Now xcin window will raise only
   when it is working.
   Thanks to <loneeagle.bbs@bbs.ee.ntu.edu.tw>

5. Fix a bug in ic_destroy and im_close: point xccore->ic to null and redraw
   xcin window.

6. Several logical bugs of testprog has been fixed.

7. Adjust the layout of xcinrc.in.

8. xcin-2.5/doc update.


xcin-2.5.1-2:  1999/9/23
------------------------------
1. bimsphone bug fix: don't send any irrelevent keys back to the XIM client
   when bimsphone buffer is not empty, in order to work around with the 
   problem of netscape.
   Thanks to platin <platin@linux.org.tw>,
	     hashao <hashao@china.com>.

2. xcin-2.5/doc update.


xcin-2.5-19990915:  1999/9/15
------------------------------
1. bimsphone bug fix: mcch choice problem for N%10 = 0 or 1, and '<', '>'
   are not functional to change pages. Now page changes can be rotated, and
   ',', '.' keys are also used for change pages.
   Thanks to joe <joe@os.nctu.edu.tw>.

2. bimsphone new function: add keyword SELEC_KEY in xcinrc to choose the
   selection keys.
   Thanks to Scott Tsai <scottt@tpts5.seed.net.tw>.

3. gui.c & bimsphone bug fix: fix the displaying problem for mcch when
   N%10 = 1.
   Thanks to joe and Scott Tsai.


xcin-2.5.1-1:  1999/9/3
------------------------------
1. Add GB cin tables: biaoxingma.cin, pinyin.cin, shuangpin.cin, wubizixing.cin
   Thanks to Adoal Xu <adoal@iname.com>.

2. Bug fix in bimsphone: now bimsphone in do Chinese input under NumLock ON.
   (Thanks to the report from <hsin@med.cgu.edu.tw>)

3. Bug fix in SB/2B funcion: now ignore ctrl & alt modified keys in 2B input.
   (Thanks to the report from <bv1al@ms2.journalist.com.tw>)

4. Bug fix in IC set focus when first start xcin.

5. Documentation update.


xcin-2.5.1:  1999/8/24
------------------------------
1. Documentation updates. Add the xcin-2.5/doc/README.En, the English
   introduction.


xcin-2.5.1-pre5:  1999/8/16
------------------------------
1. Rewrite check_ic_exist() and IC management in xim_IC.c, hopefully to 
   avoid known bugs.

2. Add an xcinrc option ICCHECK_DISABLE to turn off the ic checking.


xcin-2.5.1-pre4:  1999/8/12
------------------------------
1. Add Big5 simplex.cin, update Big5 cj.cin.
   Thanks to Voidoo <voidoo@glink.net.hk>

2. Bug fix in cin2tab & gen_inp: mark the undefined char as 
   ICODE_IDX_NOTEXIST.

3. Bug fix in gen_inp: add "inpinfo->mcch_pgstate = MCCH_ONEPG" 
   initialization/reset action.

4. Bug fix in fkey.c: add key short name to be compatible with
   Cinput/im_comm/keymap.c.

5. Update in GPL Chinese translation (xcin-2.5/doc/COPYING).
   Thanks to <ckhung@cyut.edu.tw>

6. Separate libtabe completely from xcin. 
   Configuration program and xcin.po updated.

7. Simple change in xcin-2.5/src/lib/xcintool/open_data.c:
   Add a functional to open obsulted path data file.


xcin-2.5.1-pre3:  1999/8/1
------------------------------
1. Bug fix in fkey.c for FKEY_CHREP, FKEY_SIMD, and FKEY_IMFOCUS.

2. Change in bimsphone: commit all when the char list window is full.

3. Full implement of the wild card in gen_inp.
   Bug fix in strcmp_wild() in xcintool.

4. Add GB cin table: zhiranma.cin, adopted from xcingb-2.2 package.
   Thanks to the author of xcingb-2.2: <fangh@hptc6.ihep.ac.cn>.


xcin-2.5.1-pre2:  1999/7/26
------------------------------
1. Bug fix for IM focus function: add IM focus for 2B/SB switch.
   (Thanks to Fernando <bv1al@new7.com.tw>)

2. Add functional key configurable feature.


xcin-2.5.1-pre1-1:  1999/7/16
------------------------------
1. Bug fix for gettext. Add msgmerge facility in xcin-2.5/script/generate.po.

2. Small changes of module searching in module.c.


xcin-2.5.1-pre1:  1999/7/13
------------------------------
1. libtabe/supports/bims/bims.c update. Thanks to
	<joe@os.nctu.edu.tw> for Hsu keyboard patch
	<Prince.bbs@miou.mat.ncku.edu.tw> for Eten keyboard patch

2. Add GB ChanJei table. Thanks to
	<blueslan@arphic.com.tw> 
	<khon@tm.net.my>

3. Add Big5 translated xcin.po file. Thanks to 
   ê@ <cdchen@mail.about.net.tw>
    <weichung@mail.cynix.com.tw>

4. doc/COPYING (GPL translation) update.

5. Fix bug of multi-cch choice in gen_inp.

6. Replace the FreeBSD mergesort() function in xcintool library by the
   my_merge_sort() function written by T.H.Hsieh.

7. XCIN over all layout changed. Now "xcin_rc_t" contain the original data 
   reading from rcfile, which will be passed to each IM module; while 
   "core_config_t" combines the data of original "gui_conf_t" and "xim_conf_t"
   which are the kernel data and will not be passed to the IM modules.

8. Open the freedom (more freedom than GPL) of adoption of module.h and 
   xcintool.h such that everyone can freely to write new xcin IM moudles.
   The license of xcin is also modified to fit the requirement of GPL.

9. Add a functional to print the internal comments of the modules
   (command line option "-m").


xcin-2.5.0-2:  1999/6/29
------------------------------
1. FAQ update.

2. libtabe/supports/bims/bims.c update. bimsphone module improvement.

3. Problem fix in cantonese.cin; Add setting of cantonese into xcinrc.

4. Fix a bug of SPACE_RESET function in gen_inp.


xcin-2.5.0-1:  1999/6/23
------------------------------
1. Fix db and dynamic linking flag problems in configure.in for FreeBSD.
   Add libintl autoconf for FreeBSD.
   Change the install procedure of xcin-2.5/cin.

2. Fix a little bug of endkey functional of gen_inp.c

3. Fix a little bug on IM focus functional.

4. Small patch on bims.c of libtabe such that the un-interested keys
   of bims can be returned ignored.


xcin-2.5.0:  1999/6/21
------------------------------
1. Fix several bugs in Makefiles.

2. Update documentation.

3. Remove the documents: xcin-2.5/doc/local_prog. Now these document
   will go into the package i18n_prog.tar.gz.

4. Add po/ directory and a "xcin.pot" GNU gettext message file.


xcin-2.5.0-pre3:
------------------------------
1. Add full autoconf facility.

2. Fix a little bug in quick phrase: shif+alt+?


xcin-2.5.0-pre2-4 (Bug fix):
------------------------------
1. gen_inp module is now re-designed. Now it can accept multiple keystrokes
   for the same char. The cin2tab is also changed accordingly.

   Change the keyword: "SPACE_IGNOR" to "SPACE_IGNORE".

   Add a keyword: "AUTO_FULLUP" (thanks to cwhuang@linux.org.tw)

2. General module interface changes slitly.

3. libtabe update.

4. Several improvement on bimsphone module.

5. array.cin update: the %quickkey is removed and replaced by multiple
   keystrokes feature of gen_inp.

6. XNSeparatorofNestedList bug fixed. 
   Add a new functional: IM focus (func key: ctrl+alt+f, keyword: IM_FOCUS_ON)

7. Add simple garbage collection for unused IC.


xcin-2.5.0-pre2-1 (Bug fix):
------------------------------
1. Bug fix in locale_setting.

2. Bug fix in IMdkit, now xcin can start before the XIM clients.

3. The IMDestroyCallback functionality of XIM clients has been realized.
   It is independent of the XIM server and should be handled by Xlib.
   Therefore, xcin can terminated be for any XIM client without the client
   being crashed, provided that the client is free of bugs.

4. Several fixes in libtabe:
   a. the default open mode for .db files is changed to 0444.
   b. the util programs is added in install process.

5. Add "XKILL_DISABLE" option into xcinrc.

6. Add locks in xim.c such that the xim_init(), switch_in(), xim_end(),
   and switch_out() functions of modules will not be repeated called.

7. Add doc: xcin-2.5/doc/locale-prog/ and example program: xcin-2.5/example.


xcin-2.5.0-pre2:
------------------------------
1. Add libtabe and bimsphone module.
	(Thanks to Pai-Hsiang Hsiao <shawn@iis.sinica.edu.tw>)

2. Generalize the framework of module structer.
	(Thanks to Steve Underwood <steveu@netpage.com.hk>

3. Add the module ID tag into cin2tab and generalize its framework.

4. Add "SPACE_RESET" and "AUTO_RESET" options to gen_inp module.

5. Use ELF dynamic link facility to dlopen modules.


xcin-2.5-pre1-5 (Bug fix):
------------------------------
1. Fix the IMdkit memory leak problem and remove the XIMP module from IMdkit.
	(Thanks to Steve Underwood <steveu@netpage.com.hk>)

2. Change some sentax of xcinrc such that the configuration of different
   locales can be clearly specified. Now xcin is tested OK both in
   zh_TW.Big5 & zh_CN.GB2312 locales.

3. Fix bug in stable_sort and change the configure option QUICKSORT to
   SYSSORT.

4. Add license announcement doc of XCIN.

5. Remove localedata/ and lcGen/ source from xcin source tree. They will be
   maintained in i18n_tool package.

6. Begin to add libtabe and bims source code and start the phone module
   coding. These will be completed in xcin-2.5.0-pre2 release.


xcin-2.5.0-pre1-4 (Bug fix):
------------------------------
1. Change Makefiles and configure to suitable for FreeBSD.
	(Thanks to Keith Jang <jtjang@gcn.net.tw>
		   Phantom Hong <phantoms@tpts7.seed.net.tw>)

2. Rewrite a stable_sort & add QUICKSORT configure option to ensure the 
   sorting stability.
	(Thanks to Yung-Ching Hsiao <yhsiao@cae.wisc.edu>)

3. Update array30.cin.
	(Thanks to Reid Liu <reid@WormHole.dorm9.nccu.edu.tw>)

4. Fix little bugs in documents and gui.c.
	(Thanks to <RocBird.bbs@bbs.im.tku.edu.tw>)

5. Add doc/FAQ document.

6. Fix little bugs and make some improvement in gen_inp.c & gui.c.
   Add an option "SINMD_IN_LINE1" in gen_inp module.
	(Thanks to Steve Underwood <steveu@netpage.com.hk>)


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