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@@ -1,40 +1,34 @@
-XeTeX 0.99996 (just squeaked into TeXLive 2016)
+XeTeX 0.99996 (March 2016, for TeX Live 2016)
-XeTeX:
* Added \XeTeXhyphenatablelength primitive that sets the maximum
length of word that XeTeX will attempt to hyphenate (default: 63).
==============================================================
-XeTeX 0.99995 (targeting TeXLive 2016)
-==============================================================
+XeTeX 0.99995 (targeting TeX Live 2016)
-XeTeX:
-* Added \XeTeXgenerateactualtext primitive; bumped the DVI id byte to 7,
- as this uses a new opcode that requires support in the driver.
+* Added \XeTeXgenerateactualtext primitive to record original Unicode
+ text in /ActualText annotations.
+* Bumped the DVI id byte to 7, as this uses a new opcode that requires
+ support in the driver.
==============================================================
XeTeX 0.99994 (unreleased experimental version)
-==============================================================
-XeTeX:
* Increased character class limit to 4096.
-* Added \XeTeXinterwordspaceshaping primitive.
+* Added \XeTeXinterwordspaceshaping primitive, for contextual
+ measurement (when set to 1) or full glyph shaping (when set to 2) of
+ interword space with smart-enough fonts.
==============================================================
-XeTeX 0.99993 was not really "released", but in July 2015 the
-version number was bumped in the TeXLive source when a new
-primitive was added.
-==============================================================
+XeTeX 0.99993 (July 2015)
-XeTeX:
* Added \mdfivesum primitive
-* Removed -q from the default xdvipdfmx output-driver command line.
+* Removed -q from the default xdvipdfmx output-driver command line
+ (reverted 20160209, r39630 in TeX Live).
==============================================================
-XeTeX 0.99992 was released 20150507
-==============================================================
+XeTeX 0.99992 was released 20150507 (in TeX Live 2015)
-XeTeX:
* New \Uchar and \Ucharcat primitives
* Fix various issues with UTF-16 and characters >= U+10000.
* Various image handling fixes by Akira Kakuto.
@@ -48,9 +42,7 @@ XeTeX:
==============================================================
XeTeX 0.99991 was released 20140614
-==============================================================
-XeTeX:
* Drop build date from “--version” output.
* Drop Mac-specific image loading code, as it makes little sense after we
dropped xdv2pdf. Supported image formats are the same on all platforms now.
@@ -70,9 +62,7 @@ XeTeX:
==============================================================
XeTeX 0.9999.3 was released 20130528
-==============================================================
-XeTeX:
* Fix bug with extensible accents resulting in invalid glyph id some times.
* Fix alternate index in multiple alternates features to be start from zero
like pre-0.9999 XeTeX.
@@ -80,9 +70,7 @@ XeTeX:
==============================================================
XeTeX 0.9999.2 was released 20130406
-==============================================================
-XeTeX:
* Fix regression in \XeTeXOT* primitives with fonts where the number of
languages in a given script is not the same in both GSUB and GPOS tables.
@@ -104,9 +92,7 @@ xdvipdfmx:
==============================================================
XeTeX 0.9999.1 was released 20130322
-==============================================================
-XeTeX:
* Fix loading font files on PPC Mac OS 10.5 (and potentially other versions of
Mac).
@@ -130,7 +116,6 @@ xdvipdfmx:
==============================================================
XeTeX 0.9999.0 was released 20130311
-==============================================================
* Port OpenType layout from ICU LayoutEngine to HarfBuzz.
HarfBuzz is actively maintained and generally have much wider support for
@@ -203,7 +188,6 @@ XeTeX 0.9999.0 was released 20130311
==============================================================
XeTeX 0.9998 was released 20120708
-==============================================================
* Fix mismatch between fonts loaded by XeTeX and xdvipdfmx when multiple
versions of the font exist.