v0.6.0

What's New in libchewing 0.6.0 (Jan 27, 2024)

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 offsett 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].

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

Full Changelog: v0.5.1...v0.6.0