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# Line 16  also contains some notes for maintainers Line 16  also contains some notes for maintainers
16  Files in the maint directory  Files in the maint directory
17  ----------------------------  ----------------------------
18    
19    ----------------- This file is now OBSOLETE and no longer used ----------------
20  Builducptable    A Perl script that creates the contents of the ucptable.h file  Builducptable    A Perl script that creates the contents of the ucptable.h file
21                   from two Unicode data files, which themselves are downloaded                   from two Unicode data files, which themselves are downloaded
22                   from the Unicode web site. Run this script in the "maint"                   from the Unicode web site. Run this script in the "maint"
23                   directory.                   directory.
24    ----------------- This file is now OBSOLETE and no longer used ----------------
25    
26    GenerateUtt.py   A Python script to generate part of the pcre_tables.c file
27                     that contains Unicode script names in a long string with
28                     offsets, which is tedious to maintain by hand.
29    
30  ManyConfigTests  A shell script that runs "configure, make, test" a number of  ManyConfigTests  A shell script that runs "configure, make, test" a number of
31                   times with different configuration settings.                   times with different configuration settings.
32    
33  Unicode.tables   The files in this directory, Scripts.txt and UnicodeData.txt,  MultiStage2.py   A Python script that generates the file pcre_ucd.c from three
34                   were downloaded from the Unicode web site. They contain                   Unicode data tables, which are themselves downloaded from the
35                   information about Unicode characters and scripts.                   Unicode web site. Run this script in the "maint" directory.
36                     The generated file contains the tables for a 2-stage lookup
37  ucptest.c        A short C program for testing the Unicode property functions                   of Unicode properties.
38                   in pcre_ucp_searchfuncs.c, mainly useful after rebuilding the  
39                   Unicode property table. Compile and run this in the "maint"  Unicode.tables   The files in this directory, DerivedGeneralCategory.txt,
40                   directory.                   Scripts.txt and UnicodeData.txt, were downloaded from the
41                     Unicode web site. They contain information about Unicode
42                     characters and scripts.
43    
44    ucptest.c        A short C program for testing the Unicode property macros
45                     that do lookups in the pcre_ucd.c data, mainly useful after
46                     rebuilding the Unicode property table. Compile and run this in
47                     the "maint" directory (see comments at its head).
48    
49  ucptestdata      A directory containing two files, testinput1 and testoutput1,  ucptestdata      A directory containing two files, testinput1 and testoutput1,
50                   to use in conjunction with the ucptest program.                   to use in conjunction with the ucptest program.
# Line 49  Updating to a new Unicode release Line 62  Updating to a new Unicode release
62  ---------------------------------  ---------------------------------
63    
64  When there is a new release of Unicode, the files in Unicode.tables must be  When there is a new release of Unicode, the files in Unicode.tables must be
65  refreshed from the web site, and the Buildupctable script can then be run to  refreshed from the web site. If the new version of Unicode adds new character
66  generate a new version of ucptable.h. The ucptest program can be used to check  scripts, the source file ucp.h and both the MultiStage2.py and the
67  that the resulting table works properly, using the data files in ucptestdata to  GenerateUtt.py scripts must be edited to add the new names. Then the
68  check a number of test characters.  MultiStage2.py script can then be run to generate a new version of pcre_ucd.c
69    and the GenerateUtt.py can be run to generate the tricky tables for inclusion
70    in pcre_tables.c.
71    
72    The ucptest program can then be compiled and used to check that the new tables
73    in pcre_ucd.c work properly, using the data files in ucptestdata to check a
74    number of test characters.
75    
76    
77  Preparing for a PCRE release  Preparing for a PCRE release
# Line 244  others are relatively new. Line 263  others are relatively new.
263  Philip Hazel  Philip Hazel
264  Email local part: ph10  Email local part: ph10
265  Email domain: cam.ac.uk  Email domain: cam.ac.uk
266  Last updated: 27 December 2007  Last updated: 04 July 2008
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