libchewing 0.6.0 Released
libchewing 0.6.0 Released: 2024-01-27
What’s New in libchewing 0.6.0
This release contains many improvements and bug fixes. It’s the first release since 2016. We have started a major rewrite in Rust so we expect to have more frequent releases in the following months.
- Added
- New API chewing_phone_to_bopomofo to convert syllable in u16 to bopomofo string [ShengYenPeng]. #166
- New API chewing_set_autoLearn and chewing_get_autoLearn can be used to disable and enable new phrase auto learning. [Hiunn-hué] #261
- Add default config test for autoLearn option [Billy Su].
- Add Android platform support [hiroshiyui]. #408
- New chewing Rust crate can be downloaded from crates.io [Kan-ru Chen]. #423
- Add several CMake presets for supported configurations [Kan-ru Chen]. #424
- Changed
- Implement has_userphrase in testhelper with the public chewing_userphrase_lookup API. [ShengYenPeng]. #223
- Updated HSU layout’s JVC conversion to be more intuitive [Hiunn-hué]. #259
- Phrase auto learning now only triggers after committing [Hiunn-hué]. #260
- chewing_handle_CtrlNum now handles cursor better and has clearer error message if there is nothing to be added to user phrase. [Hiunn-hué] #277
- chewing_handle_ShiftLeft and chewing_handle_ShiftRight now also displays aux message for new user phrases added. [Hiunn-hué] #278
- Symbol used for full-width colon changed from ︰ (U+FE30) to : (U+FF1A) [school510587] #304
- Support cross compiling with qemu. [sgn] #333
- CMake minimum version changed to 3.21.0
- Rewrite chewing internal in Rust [Kan-ru Chen] #347 #378
- Dictionary
- Add new syllable ㄒㄩㄢ for 亘 [yan12125] #252 #253
- Removed
- Autotools build tools are removed. CMake is the recommended way to build libchewing.
- Bug fixed
- Fix ChoiceEndChoice expression always true [Billy Su].
- Fix strncpy warning in hash.c [Bo-Cheng Jhan].
- Fix unable to input some Bopomofos with ET26 layout [Hiunn-hué]. #235
- Fix double free in userphrase-hash’s TerminateUserphrase [cwlin]. #254
- Fix hash item offset calculation in uhash [cwlin]. #255
- Fix ChoiceEndChoice expression always true [Billy Su]. #258
- Fix clearing bopomofo buffer after switching Chi-Eng mode [Hiunn-hué]. #268
- Fix chewing_handle_Space cannot input space with empty buffer [Hiunn-hué]. #274
- Fix a strncpy warning and use ARRAY_SIZE [school510587] #296
- Enhance chewing.py to support platforms with 64-bit pointer [cheese] #310
- Fix init_database to correctly read phrase frequency for sorting [yan12125] #334 #337
- Fix installation of data files [yan12125] #350
- Fix building shared library on all supported platforms [Kan-ru Chen] #375 #376
- Fix dvorak-qwerty symbol mapping [hiroshiyui] #407
- prevent memory leak in error case of GetDefaultUserPhrasePath [Kuang-che Wu].
- Fix PinYinData keySeq buffer overflow in PinYinInput() [Kuang-che Wu]. #238
- Fix trying to allocate buffer of negative size [Kuang-che Wu].
- Fix access violation due to negative cursor position [Kuang-che Wu].
- Fix several buffer overflow. [ChangZhuo Chen]. #241 #242
- Platform-specific
- Install instructions for macOS [Chocobo1].
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New Contributors
- @cwlin made their first contribution in #254
- @Billy4195 made their first contribution in #258
- @splasky made their first contribution in #280
- @school510587 made their first contribution in #296
- @cheese made their first contribution in #310
- @sgn made their first contribution in #333
- @ianchen-tw made their first contribution in #396
- @hiroshiyui made their first contribution in #408
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