[perl5.git] / lib / unicode / ReadMe.txt

June 23, 1999

This directory contains the initial release for Unicode 3.0.

This release consists of corrections and additions to the
Unicode Character Database, to match the publication of
The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0.

Detailed documentation of the files constituting the
Unicode Character Database (contributory data files for
the standard itself) can now be found in
UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html.

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The files have been copied from

	ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/

and most of them have been renamed to better fit 8.3 filename limitations.

long name at unicode.org		short name		latest '#'
------------------------		----------		----------
ArabicShaping-#.txt			ArabShap.txt		2
Blocks-#.txt				Blocks.txt		3
CompositionExclusions-#.txt		CompExcl.txt		1
EastAsianWidth-#.txt			EAWidth.txt		3
Index-#.txt				Index.txt		3.0.0
Jamo-#.txt				Jamo.txt		2
LineBreak-#.txt				LineBrk.txt		5
NamesList-#.txt				Names.txt		3.0.0
NamesList-#.html			NamesList.html		1
PropList-#.txt				Props.txt		3.0.0
SpecialCasing-#.txt			SpecCase.txt		2
UnicodeData-#.txt			Unicode.300		3.0.0
UnicodeData-#.html			Unicode3.html		3.0.0
UnicodeCharacterDatabase-#.html		UCD300.html		3.0.0

The *.pl files are generated from these files by the 'mktables.PL' script.

While the files have been renamed the links in the html files haven't.

-- 
jhi@iki.fi
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d357d9fe JH	1	June 23, 1999
	2
	3	This directory contains the initial release for Unicode 3.0.
	4
	5	This release consists of corrections and additions to the
	6	Unicode Character Database, to match the publication of
	7	The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0.
	8
	9	Detailed documentation of the files constituting the
	10	Unicode Character Database (contributory data files for
	11	the standard itself) can now be found in
	12	UnicodeCharacterDatabase.html.
	13
	14	--------------------------------------------------------------------------
	15	NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE
	16
505afebf	17	The files have been copied from
d357d9fe JH	18
	19	ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/
	20
505afebf JH	21	and most of them have been renamed to better fit 8.3 filename limitations.
	22
	23	long name at unicode.org short name latest '#'
	24	------------------------ ---------- ----------
	25	ArabicShaping-#.txt ArabShap.txt 2
	26	Blocks-#.txt Blocks.txt 3
	27	CompositionExclusions-#.txt CompExcl.txt 1
	28	EastAsianWidth-#.txt EAWidth.txt 3
	29	Index-#.txt Index.txt 3.0.0
	30	Jamo-#.txt Jamo.txt 2
	31	LineBreak-#.txt LineBrk.txt 5
	32	NamesList-#.txt Names.txt 3.0.0
	33	NamesList-#.html NamesList.html 1
	34	PropList-#.txt Props.txt 3.0.0
	35	SpecialCasing-#.txt SpecCase.txt 2
	36	UnicodeData-#.txt Unicode.300 3.0.0
	37	UnicodeData-#.html Unicode3.html 3.0.0
	38	UnicodeCharacterDatabase-#.html UCD300.html 3.0.0
	39
	40	The *.pl files are generated from these files by the 'mktables.PL' script.
	41
	42	While the files have been renamed the links in the html files haven't.
	43
	44	--
d357d9fe	45	jhi@iki.fi