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  * Changes from 0.50 to 0.50.1 (Aug 28, 2002)
  * Changes from .33.7.1 to 0.50 (Aug 23, 2002)
  * Changes from .33.7 to .33.7.1 (Aug 20, 2001)
  * Changes from .33.6.3 to .33.7 (Aug 2, 2001)
  * Changes from .33.6.2 to .33.6.3 (June 3, 2001)
  * Changes from .33.6.1 to .33.6.2 (June 3, 2001)
  * Changes from .33.6 to .33.6.1 (May 29, 2001)
  * Changes from .33.5 to .33.6 (May 18, 2001)
  * Changes from .33 to .33.5 (April 5, 2001)
  * Changes from .32.6 to .33 (January 28, 2001)
  * Changes from .32.5 to .32.6 (Nov 8, 2000)
  * Changes from .32.1 to .32.5 (August 18, 2000)
  * Changes from .32 to .32.1 (August 5, 2000)
  * Changes from .31.1 to .32 (July 23, 2000)
  * Changes from .31 to .31.1 (June 18, 2000)
  * Changes from .30.1 to .31 (June 11, 2000)
  * Changes from .30 to .30.1 (April 29, 2000)
  * Changes from .29.1 to .30 (April 2, 2000)
  * Changes from .29 to .29.1 (Feb 18, 2000)
  * Changes from .28.3 to .29 (Feb 6, 2000)
  * Changes from .28.2.1 to .28.3 (Nov 20, 1999)
  * Changes from .28.2 to .28.2.1 (Aug 25, 1999)
  * Changes from .28.1 to .28.2 (Aug 25, 1999)
  * Changes from .28 to .28.1 (July 27, 1999)
  * Changes from .27.2 to .28 (July 25, 1999)
  * Changes from .27.1 to .27.2 (Mar 1, 1999)
  * Changes from .27 to .27.1 (Feb 24, 1999)
  * Changes from .26.2 to .27 (Feb 22, 1999)
  * Changed from .26.1 to .26.2 (Jan 3, 1998)
  * Changed from .26 to .26.1 (Jan 3, 1998)
  * Changed from .25.1 to .26 (Jan 3, 1999)
  * Changes from .25 to .25.1 (Dec 10, 1998)
  * Changes from .24 to .25 (Nov 23, 1998)
  * Changes from .23 to .24 (Nov 8, 1998)
  * Changes from .22.1 to .23 (Oct 31, 1998)
  * Changes from .22 to .22.1 (Oct 27, 1998)
  * Changes from .21 to .22 (Oct 26, 1998)
  * Changes from .20 to .21 (Oct 13, 1998)
  * Changes from .11 to .20 (Oct 10, 1998)
  * Changes from .10 to .11 (Sep 12, 1998)

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A. Changelog

Changes from 0.50 to 0.50.1 (Aug 28, 2002)

  * A rather large number of portability fixes for non GNU/Linux
    platforms.
  * Fixed pkglibdir and pkgdatadir in configure.
  * Reintroduced some configure options from Aspell .33.7 included
    dict-dir, data-dir, curses, curses-include, win32-relocatable.
  * Fixed Aspell so it will now compile with -O3 when using gcc.
  * Updated note on Win32 support.
  * Other minor manual improvements.
  * Portability fixes in dictionary files
  * Official dictionary package for the Slovak language.

Changes from .33.7.1 to 0.50 (Aug 23, 2002)

  * A complete overhaul of the source code which included merging Pspell
    into Aspell.
  * Changed the way dictionaries and languages are handled.
  * Added Dvorak keymap.
  * Added the ability to list the available dictionaries
  * Improved the spell checking interface a bit.
  * Added support for using the Ispell keymapping when checking files.
  * Complete rewrite of the filter interface. It should now be fairly easy
    to add new filters to Aspell.
  * Added some preliminary developer documentation.
  * Lots of other changes due to the massive overhaul of the source code.

Changes from .33.7 to .33.7.1 (Aug 20, 2001)

  * Minor manual fixes.
  * Compile fix for Gcc 3.0 and Solaris.

Changes from .33.6.3 to .33.7 (Aug 2, 2001)

  * Updates to Autoconf 2.50 and switched to the HEAD branch of libtools.
  * Fixed a bug which caused Aspell to crash when typo-analysis is not
    used such as when sug-mode is fast or bad spellers.
  * Added support for typo-analysis even when a soundslike is not used.
  * Fixed a bug which causes extended charters to display incorrectly on
    some platforms
  * Compile fixes so that it will compile with Gcc 3.0.
  * Compile fixed which should allow Aspell to compile with Egcs 1.1. I
    have not been able to actually test it though. Please let me know at
    kevina@users.sourceforge.net if you have have tried with Egcs 1.1.
  * Compile and configuration script fixes so that USE_FILE_INO will
    properly be defined and Aspell will compile correctly when it is
    defined.
  * More ANSI C++ compliance fixes.

Changes from .33.6.2 to .33.6.3 (June 3, 2001)

  * Fixed a build problem in the manual/ directory by including
    manual-text and manual-html in the distribution.

Changes from .33.6.1 to .33.6.2 (June 3, 2001)

  * Compile fix so that Aspell will work correctly when not installed in /
    usr/local.
  * Avoided regenerating the manual unless configured with
    enable-maintainer-mode.
  * Added the missing documentation files in the scowl directory.

Changes from .33.6 to .33.6.1 (May 29, 2001)

  * Fixed a formating problem with the manual involving «.
  * Added a note about creating pwli files.
  * Removed the space after between the -L and the directory name in the
    pspell-module/ Makefile which caused problems on some platforms.
  * Added the configure option AM_MAINTAINER_MODE to avoid enabling rules
    which often causes generated build files to be rebuild with the wrong
    version of Libtool by default. I don't know why I didn't think to do
    this a long time ago.

Changes from .33.5 to .33.6 (May 18, 2001)

  * Fixed a minor bug where some words would have random compound tags
    attached to them.
  * Fixed a compile problem on many platforms where fileno is defined as a
    macro.
  * Updated the description for a few of Aspell's options.
  * Removed the note of Aspell not being able to run when compiled with
    the upcoming Gcc 3.0 compiler as things seam to work now.
  * Added a note about Aspell not being able to compile with Egcs 1.1.
  * Added hack to deal with Libtool's interdependencies problem. See bug #
    416981 for Pspell for more info.

Changes from .33 to .33.5 (April 5, 2001)

  * "dump master" correctly detects which dictionary and language to use
    based on the LANG environmental variable.
  * Fixed a problem on Win32 which involves path names that begin with «
    Drive Letter»:.
  * Bug fixes and enhancements so that Aspell can once again run under
    MinGW. You can even use the new full screen interface if Aspell is
    compiled with PDCurses.
  * Some major modifications to make Aspell more C++ compliant in order to
    get Aspell to compile under the upcoming Gcc 3.0 compiler. This
    included only using STL features found in the standard version of C++.
    (Which means Aspell will no longer require using the SGI version of
    the STL) This should also make compiling C++ under non-gcc compilers a
    lot simpler. Please not that Aspell still has some problems with the
    upcoming Gcc 3.0 compiler (see section [*] for more info).
  * Minor changes to remove some -Wall warnings.
  * Added a hack to that Aspell will properly compile as a shared library
    under Solaris.
  * Added a few import missing words to the English word list.

Changes from .32.6 to .33 (January 28, 2001)

  * Added a new new curses based interface to replace the dumb terminal
    interface everyone has been bitching about.
  * Added the ability to give higher priority to words such as "the"
    instead of "teh" which are likely to be due to typos.
  * Reorganized the manual so that it is hopefully easier to follow.
  * Ability to automatically select the best dictionary to used based on
    the setting of the LANG environmental variable.
  * Expanded the medium dictionary size to include more words which
    included the original words found in ispell and eliminated the large
    size for now.
  * Added three special variant add-on dictionaries.
  * Switched to the multi-language branch of the CVS version of libtool.

Changes from .32.5 to .32.6 (Nov 8, 2000)

  * Fixed a bug that where Aspell will crash when reading in accented
    characters on some platforms. This fixes bug # 112435.
  * Fixed some other bugs so that it will run under Win32 under CygWin.
    Unfortunately it still won't run properly under Mingw.
  * Fixed the mmap test in configure so that it won't fail on some
    platforms that use munmap(char *, int) instead of munmap(void *, int).
  * Upgraded to the latest CVS version of libtool which fixed the problem
    with using GNU Make under Solaris.
  * Added an option to copy files instead of using symbolic links for the
    special "multi" dictionary files.

Changes from .32.1 to .32.5 (August 18, 2000)

  * Changed my email from kevinatk at home com to kevina at users
    sourceforge net please make a note of the new email address.
  * Added an option to control if the personal replacement dictionary is
    saved when the save_all_wls method is called.
  * Brought back the ability to dump the master word list even in the case
    of the special "multi" lists.
  * Added a large number of hacker related words and some other slang
    terms to the medium size word list.
  * Added an "ispell" and "spell" compatibility script for systems
    which don't have ispell installed. They are located in the scripts/
    directory and are not installed by default.
  * Manual fixes.
  * Added a note on not using GNU Make on Solaris.

Changes from .32 to .32.1 (August 5, 2000)

  * Minor compile fixes for recent gcc snapshot.
  * Fixed naming of pwli files.
  * Fixed a bug when aspell will crash when used with certain single
    letter flags. This bug was most noticeable when used with Emacs.
  * Word list changes, see SCOWL Readme.
  * Other miscellaneous changes.

Changes from .31.1 to .32 (July 23, 2000)

  * Added support for optionally doing without the soundslike data.
  * Greatly reduced the amount of memory used when creating word lists.
  * Added support for ignoring accents when coming up with suggestions.
  * Added support for local-data-dir which is searched before data-dir.
  * Added support for specifying which words may be used in compounds and
    where they may be used.
  * Added support for having more than one main word list as well as a
    special "multi" word list files which will allow multiple word lists
    to be treated as one.
  * Aspell now uses a completely new word list.
  * The apostrophe (') is no longer considered part of the word when it as
    at the end of the word such as in " dogs' ".

Changes from .31 to .31.1 (June 18, 2000)

  * Fixed a bug where Aspell would not create a complete dictionary file
    on some platforms when the data is 8-bit.
  * Added a workaround so Aspell will work with ispell.el 3.3.
  * Minor compile fixes so it would compile better with the very latest
    gcc (CVS Version).
  * Removed note about compiling in Win32 as I was now able to get it to
    work.

Changes from .30.1 to .31 (June 11, 2000)

  * Added support for spell checking run together words.
  * Added an option to produce a list of misspelled words from standard
    input.
  * More robust error reporting when reading in language data files.
  * Fixed a bug when that will cause Aspell to crash if the "special"
    line was not defined in the language data file.
  * Update Pspell Module.
  * Minor bug fixes.
  * Added cross references in "The Aspell utility Chapter" for easier
    use.

Changes from .30 to .30.1 (April 29, 2000)

  * Ported Aspell to Win32 platforms.
  * Portability fixes which may help aspell compile on other platforms.
  * Aspell will no longer fail if for some reason the mmap fails, instead
    it will just read the file in as normal and free the memory when done.
  * Minor changes in the format of the main word list as a result of the
    changes, the old format should still work in most cases.
  * Fixed a bug when aspell was ignoring the extension of file names such
    as .html or .tex when checking files.
  * Fixed a bug when aspell will go into an infinite loop when creating
    the main word list from a word list which has duplicates in it.
  * Minor changes to the manual for better clarity.

Changes from .29.1 to .30 (April 2, 2000)

  * Fixed many of the capitalization bugs found in previous versions of
    Aspell.
  * Changed the format of the main word list yet again.
  * Fixed a bug so that "aspell check" will work on the PowerPC.
  * Added ability to change configuration options in the middle of a
    session.
  * Added words from /usr/dict/words found on most Linux systems as well
    as a bunch of commonly used abbreviation to the word list.
  * Fixed a bug when aspell will dump core after reporting certain errors
    when compiled with gcc 2.95 or higher. This involved reworked the
    Exception heritage to get around a bug in gcc 2.95.
  * Added a few more commands to the list of default commands the TEX
    filter knows about.
  * Aspell will now check if a word only contains valid characters before
    adding it to any dictionaries. This might mean that you have to
    manually delete a few words from your personal word list.
  * Added option to ignore case when checking a document.
  * Adjusted the parameters of the "normal" suggest mode to so that
    significantly less far fetched results are returned in cases such as
    tomatoe, which went from 100 suggestions down to 32, at the expense of
    getting slightly lower results (less than 1%),
  * Improved the edit distance algorithm for slightly faster results.
  * Removed the $$m command in pipe mode, you should now use "$$cs mode,«
    mode»" to set the mode and "$$cr mode" to find out the current
    mode.
  * Reworked parts of Aspell to use Pspell services to avoid duplicating
    code.
  * Added a module for the newly released Pspell. It will get installed
    with the rest of aspell.
  * Miscellaneous other bug fixes.

Changes from .29 to .29.1 (Feb 18, 2000)

  * Improved the TEX filter so that it will accept '@' at the begging of a
    command name and ignore trailing '*'s. It also now has better defaults
    for which parameters to skip.
  * Reworked the main dictionary so that it can be memory mapped in. This
    decreases startup time and allows multiple aspell processes to use the
    same memory for the main word list. This also also made Aspell 64 bit
    clean so that it should work on an alpha now.
  * Fix so that aspell can compile on platforms that gnu as is not
    available for.
  * Fixed issue with flock so it would compile on FreeBSD.
  * Minor changes in the code to make it more C++ compliant although I am
    sure there will still be problems when using some other compiler other
    than gcc or egcs.
  * Added some comments to the header files to better document a few of
    the classes.

Changes from .28.3 to .29 (Feb 6, 2000)

  * Fixed a bug in the pipe mode with lines that start with "^$$".
  * Added support for ignoring all words less than or equal to a specified
    length
  * New soundslike code based thanks to the contribution of Björn Jacke.
    It now gets all of its data from a table making it easier for other
    people to add soundslike code for their native language. He also
    converted the metaphone algorithm to table form, eliminating the need
    for the old metaphone code.
  * Major redesign of the suggestion code for better results.
  * Changed the format of the personal word lists. In most cases it should
    be converted automatically.
  * Changed the format of the main word list.
  * Name space cleanup for more consistent naming. I now use name spaces
    which means that gcc 2.8.* and egcs 1.0.* will no longer cut it.
  * Used file locks when reading and saving the personal dictionaries so
    that it truly multiprocess safe.
  * Added rudimentary filter support.
  * Reworked the configuration system once again. However, the changes to
    the end user who does not directly use my library should be minimal.
  * Rewrote my code that handles parsing command line parameters so that
    it no longer uses popt as it was causing to many problems and didn't
    integrate well with my new configuration system.
  * Fixed pipe mode so that it will properly ignore lines starting with
    '~' for better ispell compatibility.
  * Aspell now has a new home page at http://aspell.sourceforge.net/.
    Please make note of the new URL.
  * Miscellaneous manual fixes and clarifications.

Changes from .28.2.1 to .28.3 (Nov 20, 1999)

  * Fixed a bug that caused aspell to crash when spell checking words over
    60 characters long.
  * Reworked "aspell check" so that
   
     1. You no longer have to hit enter when making a choice.
     2. It will now overwrite the original file instead of creating a new
        file. An optional backup can be made by using the -b option.
  * Fixed a few bugs in data.cc.

Changes from .28.2 to .28.2.1 (Aug 25, 1999)

  * Fixed the version number for the shared library.
  * Fixed a problem with undefined references when linking to the shared
    library.

Changes from .28.1 to .28.2 (Aug 25, 1999)

  * Fixed a bunch of bugs in the language and configuration classes.
  * Minor changed in the code so that it could compile with the new gcc
    2.95(.1).
  * Changed the output of "dump config" so that default values are given
    the value "<default>". This means that the output can be used to
    created a configuration file.
  * Added notes on using aspell with VIM.

Changes from .28 to .28.1 (July 27, 1999)

  * Removed some debug output
  * Changed notes on compiling with gcc 2.8.* as I managed to get it to
    compile on my school account
  * Avoided included stdexcept in const_string.hh so that I could get to
    compile on my schools account with gcc 2.8.1.

Changes from .27.2 to .28 (July 25, 1999)

  * Provided an iterator for the replacement classes.
  * Added support for dumping and creating and merging the personal and
    replacement word lists.
  * Changed the aspell utility command line a bit, it now used popt.
  * Totally reworked aspell configuration system. Now aspell can get
    configuration from any of 5 sources: the command line, the
    environmental variable ASPELL_CONF, the personal configuration file,
    the global configuration file, and finally the compiled in defaults.
  * Totally reworked the language class in preparation for my new language
    code. See http://aspell.sourceforge.net/international/ for more
    information of what I have in store.
  * Added some options to the configure script: --enable-dict-dir=DIR,
    --enable-doc-dir=DIR, --enable-debug, and --enable-opt
  * Removed some old header files.
  * Reorganized the directory structure a bit
  * Made the text version of the manual pages slightly easier to read
  * Used the \url command for urls for better formating of the printed
    version.

Changes from .27.1 to .27.2 (Mar 1, 1999)

  * Fixed a major bug that caused aspell to dump core when used without
    any arguments
  * Fixed another major bug that caused aspell to do nothing when used in
    interactive mode.
  * Added an option to exit in Aspell's interactive mode.
  * Removed some old documentation files from the distribution.
  * Minor changes on to the section on using Aspell with egcs.
  * Minor changes to remove -Wall warnings.

Changes from .27 to .27.1 (Feb 24, 1999)

  * Fixed a minor compile problem.
  * Updated the section on using Aspell with egcs to it it more clear why
    the patch is necessary.

Changes from .26.2 to .27 (Feb 22, 1999)

  * Totally reworked the C++ library which means you may need to change
    some things in your code.
  * Added support for detachable and multiple personal dictionaries in the
    C++ class library.
  * The C++ class library now throws exceptions.
  * Reworked aspell ability to learn from users misspellings a bit so that
    it now has a memory. See section 6.3 for more information.
  * Upgraded autoconf to version 2.13 and automake to version 1.4 for
    better portability.
  * Fixed the configuration so the "make dist" will work. For now on
    aspell will be distributed with "make dist".
  * Added support to skip over URL's, email addresses and host names.
  * Added support for dumping the master and personal word list. You can
    now also merge a personal word list. Type aspell -help for help on
    using this feature.
  * Reorganized the source code.
  * Started using proper version numbers for the shared library.
  * Fixed a bug that caused a spell to crash when adding certain
    replacement pairs.
  * Fixed the problem with duplicate lines when exiting pipe mode for
    good.

Changed from .26.1 to .26.2 (Jan 3, 1998)

  * Fixed another compile problem. Hopefully this time it will really
    compile OK on other peoples machines.

Changed from .26 to .26.1 (Jan 3, 1998)

  * Fixed a small compile problem in as_data.cc.

Changed from .25.1 to .26 (Jan 3, 1999)

  * Fixed a bug that causes duplicates items to be displayed in the
    suggestion list for good. (If it still does it please send be email.)
  * Added the ability for aspell to learn form the users misspellings.
  * Library Interface changes. Still more to come....
  * Is now multiprocess safe. When a personal dictionary (or replacement
    list) is saved it will now first update he list against the dictionary
    on disk in case another process modified it.
  * Fixed the bug that caused duplicate output when used non interactively
    in pipe mode.
  * Dropped support for gcc 2.7.2 as the C++ compiler.
  * Updated the How Aspell Works (8) Chapter.
  * Added support for the ASPELL_DATA_DIR environmental variable.

Changes from .25 to .25.1 (Dec 10, 1998)

  * Fixed the version number so that Aspell reports the correct version
    number.
  * Changed the note on gcc 2.7.2 compilers to make it clear that only the
    C++ compiler can not be gcc 2.7.2, it is ok if the C compiler is gcc
    2.7.2.
  * Updated the TODO list and reorganized it a bit.
  * Fixed the directory so that all the documentation will get installed
    in ${prefix}/doc/aspell instead of half of it in ${prefix}/doc/aspell
    and half of it in ${prefix}/doc/kspell.

Changes from .24 to .25 (Nov 23, 1998)

  * Total rework of how the main word list is stored. Start up time
    decreased to about 1/3 of what it was in .24 and memory usage
    decreased to about 2/3. (When used with the provided word list on a
    Linux system). Also the format and default locations of the main word
    list data files changed in the process and the data is now machine
    dependent. The personal word list format, however, stayed the same.
  * Changed the scoring method to produce slightly better results with
    words like the vs. teh. And other simpler misspellings where two
    letters are swapped.
  * Fixed the very unpredictable behavior of the '*', '&', '@' commands in
    the pipe mode.
  * Added documentations for Aspell pipe mode (also known as ispell -a
    compatibility mode)
  * Added a bunch of Aspell specific extensions to the pipe mode and
    documented them.
  * Documented the to_soundslike and soundslike methods for the aspell
    class.
  * Changed the scoring method to produce better results for words like
    "fone" vs "phone" and other words that have a spelling that
    doesn't directly relate to how the word sounds by using the phoneme
    equivalent of the word in the scoring of it.
  * Added the to_phoneme and have_phoneme methods to the SC_Language
    class.
  * Added the to_phoneme method to the aspell class.
  * Added the framework for being able to learn from the users
    misspelling. Right now it just keep a log of replacements.
  * Re did stl_rope-30.diff. For some reason the version of patch on my
    system refused it.
  * Rewrite of the "Using as a replacement for Ispell" section and added
    the run-with-aspell utility as a replacement of the old method of
    mapping Ispell to Aspell.
  * Fixed a bug that caused duplicate words to appear in the suggestion
    list.

Changes from .23 to .24 (Nov 8, 1998)

  * Fixed my code so that it can once again compile with g++ 2.7.2.
  * Rewrote the How It Works chapter.
  * Rewrote the Requirement section and added noted on compiling with g++
    2.7.2.
  * Added a To Do chapter.
  * Added a Glossary and References chapter.
  * Other minor documentation improvements.
  * Internal code documentation improvements.

Changes from .22.1 to .23 (Oct 31, 1998)

  * Minor documentation fixes.
  * Changed the scoring strategy for words with 3 or less letters. This
    cut the number of words returned for these roughly in half.
  * Expanded the word list to also include american.0 and american.1 from
    the Ispell distribution. It now includes english.0, english.1, 
    american.0 and american.1 from the directory languages/english
    provided with Ispell 3.1.20.
  * Added a link to the location of the latest Ispell.el in the
    documentation.
  * Started a C interface and added some rough documentation for it.

Changes from .22 to .22.1 (Oct 27, 1998)

  * Minor bug fixes. I was deleting arrays with delete rather than delete
    []. I was suppressed that this had not created a problem.
  * Added a simple test program to test for a memory leak present on some
    systems. (Only debian slink at the moment.) See the file
    memleak-test.cc for more info.

Changes from .21 to .22 (Oct 26, 1998)

  * Major redesign or the scoring method. It now uses absolute distances
    rather than relative scores for more consistent results. See
    suggest.cc for more info.
  * Suggest code rewritten is several places however the core process
    stayed the same.
  * The suggest_ultra method temporally does nothing. It should be working
    again by the next release.

Changes from .20 to .21 (Oct 13, 1998)

  * Added documentation for aspell::Error
  * Changed the library name from libspell to libaspell. It should never
    have been libspell in the first place. Sorry for the incompatibility.
  * Added as_error.hh to the list of files copied to the include directory
    so that you can actually use the library outside of the source dir.
  * Fixed bug that caused a segmentation fault with words where the only
    suggestions was inserting a space or hyphen such as in "ledgerline".
  * Added the score method to aspell.
  * Changed the scoring method to deal with word when the user uses "f" in
    place of "ph" a lot better.

Changes from .11 to .20 (Oct 10, 1998)

  * Name change. Everything that was Kspell is now Aspell. Sorry, the name
    Kspell was already used by KDE and I didn't want to cause any
    confusion.
  * Fixed a bug that causes a segmentation fault when the HOME
    environmental variable doesn't exist.

Changes from .10 to .11 (Sep 12, 1998)

  * Overhaul of the SC_Language class
  * Added documentation for international support
  * Added documentation for the C++ library
  * Other minor bug fixes.

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