Libuninameslist - version 20240910

This release contains source code to build libuninameslist (with NamesList.txt 16.0), libuninameslist-fr (with ListeDesNoms 15.1), and Python wrapper uninameslist.py (ver0.2).

This version adds 5,185 new characters, including 3,995 additional Egyptian Hieroglyph characters plus seven new scripts, seven new emoji characters, and over 700 symbols from legacy computing environments, for a total of 154,998 characters.

For a more detailed description of updates, please see: announcing-unicode-standard-version-160

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Libuninameslist - version 20240524

Thanks to the team supporting libuninameslist-fr, which now upgrades ListeDesNoms to version 15.1

This release contains source code to build libuninameslist (with NamesList.txt 15.1), libuninameslist-fr (with ListeDesNoms 15.1), and Python wrapper uninameslist.py (ver0.2).

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Libuninameslist - version 20230916

This release contains source code to build libuninameslist (with NamesList.txt 15.1), libuninameslist-fr (with ListeDesNoms 15.0), and Python wrapper uninameslist.py (ver0.2).

Version 15.1 is a minor update, adding 627 characters, bringing the total to 149,813 characters.
Details about 15.1 can be found here: http://blog.unicode.org/2023/09/announcing-unicode-standard-version-151.html

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Libuninameslist - version 20230523, unicode 15.1_Beta

This is for anyone interested in trying-out and commenting about the upcoming version 15.1

If you have comments about unicode 15.1, please contact unicode.org (before 2023jul04). See this page: https://www.unicode.org/versions/beta-15.1.0.html
The review period for 15.1 Beta is between 2023may23 to 2022jul04.

This release is marked as 15.0b for testing purposes and contains 608 new characters.
If you have comments about this library, please create an issue:
https://github.com/fontforge/libuninameslist/issues

NOTE for MacOS, python users:
You will note that this build did not complete for python.
This is only a pre-release version and the python problem appears to only affect virtual environments for users using python 3.10+. Currently adopting a wait-n-see for now based on reading these:
initial discovery and discussion
warning to users using init

The French libuninameslist-fr is also now updated from 14.0 to 15.0.

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Libuninameslist - version 20221022

This release contains source code to build libuninameslist (with NamesList.txt 15.0), libuninameslist-fr (with ListeDesNoms 14.0), and Python wrapper uninameslist.py (ver0.2).

This version adds 4,489 characters, bringing the total to 149,186 characters.

Users who do not have 'autoconf' or 'automake' (or cannot run them), should choose the -dist- release version included here which skips these steps (you then start at ./configure).

Libuninameslist - version 20220701, unicode 15.0_Beta

This is for anyone interested in trying-out and commenting about the upcoming version 15.

If you have comments about unicode 15.0, please contact unicode.org (before 2022jul12). See this page: https://home.unicode.org/unicode-15-0-beta-review/
The review period for 15.0 Beta is before 2022jul12.

This release is marked as 14.9 for testing purposes.
If you have comments about this library, please create an issue:
https://github.com/fontforge/libuninameslist/issues

Libuninameslist - version 20211114

This release contains source code to build libuninameslist (with NamesList.txt 14.0 released Sept14, 2021), libuninameslist-fr with ListeDesNoms 14.0 (released Oct04, 2021), and Python wrapper uninameslist.py (ver0.2).

Users who do not have 'autoconf' or 'automake' (or cannot run them), should choose the -dist- release version included here which skips these steps (you then start at ./configure).

Libuninameslist - version 20210917

This release contains source code to build libuninameslist (with NamesList.txt 14.0 released Sept14, 2021), libuninameslist-fr (with ListeDesNoms 13.0 (plus improvements)), and Python wrapper uninameslist.py (ver0.2).

Users who do not have 'autoconf' or 'automake' (or cannot run them), should choose the -dist- release version included here which skips these steps (you then start at ./configure).

Libuninameslist - version 20210626, unicode 14.0_Beta

This is for anyone interested in trying-out and commenting about the upcoming version 14.

If you have comments about unicode 14.0, please contact unicode.org (before 2021jul08). See this page: https://home.unicode.org/unicode-14-0-beta-review/
The review period for 14.0 Beta is before 2021jul08.

This release is marked as 13.9 for testing purposes.
If you have comments about this library, please create an issue:
https://github.com/fontforge/libuninameslist/issues

Libuninameslist version 20200413

This release contains source code to build libuninameslist (with NamesList.txt 13.0), libuninameslist-fr (with ListeDesNoms 13.0), and Python wrapper uninameslist.py (ver0.2).

The French libuninameslist-fr was updated recently from 10.0 to 13.0.
libuninameslist now includes added functions that can be used for displaying language translations from libuninameslist-fr, or other libraries if/when they are available. Translators interested in creating such a translation can collect the latest Unicode.org NamesList.txt to be included in a future release (NamesList.txt can be obtained from the Public directory at Unicode.org).

Documentation has also been updated, and the python wrapper install has been clarified to say, it is a two step process, first make the library, install it, then install the python wrapper.
Distro maintainers can take a look at Adele for an example Python install.

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