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2 List of new features in Mule Ver.2.3 -- 95.7.24
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4 1. This version is still based on GNU Emacs 18.28, and
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5 changed are mainly for bug fixes except for the following
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6 topic.
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7
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8 2. By the cooperation with Omron Software, we can include a
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9 feature to use jserver of Wnn6 as a kana-kanji conversion
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10 server. See INSTALL for more detail. General information
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11 about Wnn6 is avairable at:
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12 http://www-sp.omronsoft.co.jp/
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14 ############################################################
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15 List of new features in Mule Ver.2.2 -- 94.12.28
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17 1. This version is based on GNU Emacs 19.28 and changes are
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18 mainly for bug fixes.
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19
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20 2. `m2ps' is updated and can now handle any of text coded in
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21 *internal*.
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22
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23 3. New command `coco' is available for code conversion among
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24 any of coding-systems supported by Mule. `coco' package
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25 announced in the previous version is obsolete.
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28 ############################################################
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29 List of new features in Mule Ver.2.1 -- 94.10.29
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30
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31 1. The way to specify fontset gets easy. See mule/fonts
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32 section of info for more detail.
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33
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34 2. Improvement of Quail
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36 2.1 Works also in minibuffer. The guidance is shown in a
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37 window which pops up at the bottom of screen.
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38
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39 2.2 Quail packages can be compiled. A compiled package
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40 is load very quickly.
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41
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42 2.3 Cxterm's tit format to quail-package converter is
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43 provided in lisp/quail/tit.el. All quail packages for
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44 chinese are updated.
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45
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46 3. Arabic support improved.
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47
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48 4. Ethiopic support starts.
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50 5. Direct input of Big5. Now `set-keyboard-coding-system'
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51 accepts '*big5*.
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52
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53 6. M-x mule-diag shows you useful diagnosis about the
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54 current state of your running mule.
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55
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56 7. Multilingual Xmenu support.
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57
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58 8. cocolib package is distributed under `contrib' of Mule's ftp directory
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59
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60 This package contains a generic code conversion program. In
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61 addition, the program `any2ps' in this package is a
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62 convenient front-end of `m2ps'. Since `any2ps' accepts any
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63 coding-system, you don't have to save text in *internal*
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64 every time before using m2ps.
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67 ############################################################
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68 List of new features in Mule Ver.2.0 -- 94.8.6
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70 1. Now Mule is based on GNU Emacs 19 (.25)
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72 Of course, Mule supports GNU Emacs 19's various new
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73 features.
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74
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75 2. You can use `face' of Emacs19 even on terminals.
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77 By `configure'ing Mule with the argument `--terminal-face',
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78 such faces as underline and highlight get effective even
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79 when you run Mule on terminal (i.e. -nw).
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80
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81 3. Thai character-set gets official
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83 Since TIS620 has been registered in ISO, Mule also handles
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84 it as an official character set. The new leading-char for
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85 TIS620 (lc-thai) is 0x85. If you wrote Thai text with
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86 coding-system *junet*, the escape sequence used for Thai
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87 characters is not the same as that of previous version of
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88 Mule. But, you can still read a Thai text file of old
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89 escape sequence.
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90
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91 4. Experimental support of Arabic
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93 When you load arabic.el, you can write Arabic text.
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95 5. Stop supporting BIG5-HKU
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97 Since HKU version of BIG5 is just an error version, Mule
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98 stops supporting it.
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100 6. CCL is completely changed
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102 To improve speed and easiness of writing, CCL syntax is
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103 changed completely. Read `CCL (mule)' node in Info for more
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104 detail.
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107 ############################################################
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108 List of new features in Mule Ver.1.1 -- 94.2.10
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110 1. CRLF is now handled automatically.
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112 By the big change in the structure of coding-system, we now
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113 can automatically detect how end-of-line of a text is
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114 encoded and choose an appropriate coding-system for a new
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115 buffer. Please read doc/coding.txt for more information.
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119 List of new features in Mule Ver.0.9.8 -- 93.6.20
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121 1. CRLF is not handled automatically.
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123 The facility of automatic detection of EOL type (LF, or
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124 CRLF) is deleteted because:
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125 o causes hard problem in process I/O
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126 o not necessary if code-priority is defined appropriately
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127 Instead, on defining coding-system, you can specify the EOL
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128 type as one of LF (Unix), CRLF (DOS), CR (Mac).
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129
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130 2. Vietnamese support
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132 Now you can read/write files encoded in VISCII, VIQR, VSCII.
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133 Vietnamese inputting method is also supported by QUAIL.
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135 3. More rich support for right-to-left writing language
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137 For right-to-left characters, we have added two features:
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138 o r2l-double-cursor (Emacslisp variable)
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139 When cursor is in between right-to-left char
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140 and left-to-right (normal) char, you can see
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141 insertion points for both types of character
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142 by two cursors.
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143 o highlight-reverse-direction (Emacslisp variable)
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144 A character whose direction is different
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145 from that of the current buffer is
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146 highlighted by gray-color (or background mesh).
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147 Both mode is on by default. Try these while you are
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148 writing, for instance, Hebrew.
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149
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150 In addition, ISO6429's escape sequence for specifying
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151 directionality is used on I/O.
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153 3. CCL -- Code Conversion Language
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155 Now Mule has a interpreter of CCL (simple stack language for
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156 code-conversion) for non-ISO2022 coding-system. It's much
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157 faster than doing the same thing by Emacslisp. CCL can also
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158 be used to map a character code to that of a font while
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159 displaying on X.
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160
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161 4. Quail packages for Chinese get more combenient
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162
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163 Now it works much similar as cxterm's inputting methods with
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164 the features of showing candidates dynamically and selecting
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165 candidate by ".," and digits.
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168 ############################################################
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169 List of new features in Mule Ver.0.9.7.1 -- 93.1.22
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171 1. Usage of EGG (TAKANA)
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173 Although EGG can communicate with both jserver and cserver,
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174 using EGG for both Japanese and Chinese was not convenient
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175 in the previous version. Now the environment is improved.
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176 But please note that the previous command set-wnn-host-name
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177 is changed to set-jserver-host-name and
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178 set-cserver-host-name.
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179
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180 2. Thai inputting methods
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182 Quail-package of the name 'thai' is ninproved. You can
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183 enter a composite character easily. For instance, in
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184 quail-mode for Thai, typing CVT (where C:consonant
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185 V:upper-vowel, T:tone-mark) will produce a character
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186 something like:
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187
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188 T
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189 V
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190 __C__ <-- base line
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191
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192 Though, we still have a problem in deleting only T or V.
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193
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194 3. Automatic handling of CRLF at end of line
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196 Mule's automatic coding-system detection mechanism can now
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197 detect the type of end of line. In the world of DOS, the
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198 end-of-line mark is the sequence of CR and LF. When mule
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199 reads such a file, it detects the sequence and set an
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200 appropriate coding-system for the file.
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201
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203 ############################################################
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204 List of new features in Mule Ver.0.9.7 -- 92.12.26
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206 1. Composite character
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207
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208 You can compose any characters (upto 16 chars) into one
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209 composite character, in that case, all the characters are
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210 displayed on the same column and treated as one character.
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211
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212 But!!, for the moment, vertical split of window is not
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213 supported for composite character. If you split window
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214 vartically while showing composite characters, I don't no
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215 what happens. :-(
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216
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217 'm2ps' is also updated to support composite character.
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219
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220 2. Thai character support
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222 By utilizing composite character, now you can treat Thai
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223 character on X window. See doc/demo for example.
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224 lisp/quail-thai.el provides input method of Thai, the
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225 program is not yet completed. We are waiting a contribution
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226 by who has knowledge of Thai writing.
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227
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229 3. Right-to-left displaying
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231 Each character set has new attribute 'display-direction'.
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232 Although, most of character sets have 'left-to-right'
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233 feature, Hebrew and Arabic character sets have
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234 'right-to-left' feature. Characters who have this feature
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235 are displayed from right to left on the screen. See
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236 doc/demo and try to move cursor around Hebrew letters.
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238 But!!! (again), the support is yet quite buggy. You may
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239 find many many inconveniences.
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240
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241
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242 4. Coding-system is now a symbol
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244 You may not find any change on user-interface, but emacslisp
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245 programers will find that handling coding-system gets much
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246 easier.
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249 ############################################################
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250 List of new features in Mule Ver.0.9.6 -- 92.10.26
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252 1. EGG requires Wnn4.108.
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254 You need Wnn4.108 to compile Mule with '#define EGG'.
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255
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256
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257 2. TAKANA of EGG provides Chinese inputting facility.
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258
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259 Now, TAKANA can communicate with cserver. All setups for it
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260 is done in lisp/chinese.el. To use this facility, you also
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261 need SiSheng font (available in fonts/ETL.tar.Z or in
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262 fonts/SISHENG.tar.Z). The default setting uses the font in
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263 ETL.tar.Z.
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264
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265
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266 3. QUAIL system updated.
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268 You must type 'C-]' (not 'C-\') to startup quail.
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269 'quail-latin.el' supports Latin-2,3,4,5 inputting.
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271
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272 4. Support for new machines and systems
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274 NeXT, PFU-A-Family, 386BSD, Linux, VMS, and MS-DOS are
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275 supported.
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278 5. Required PURESIZE is reduced a little.
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280 By autoloading some libraries.
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