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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  ManyConfigTests  A shell script that runs "configure, make, test" a number of  ManyConfigTests  A shell script that runs "configure, make, test" a number of
27                   times with different configuration settings.                   times with different configuration settings.
28    
29  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
30                   were downloaded from the Unicode web site. They contain                   Unicode data tables, which are themselves downloaded from the
31                   information about Unicode characters and scripts.                   Unicode web site. Run this script in the "maint" directory.
32                     The generated file contains the tables for a 2-stage lookup
33  ucptest.c        A short C program for testing the Unicode property functions                   of Unicode properties.
34                   in pcre_ucp_searchfuncs.c, mainly useful after rebuilding the  
35                   Unicode property table. Compile and run this in the "maint"  Unicode.tables   The files in this directory, DerivedGeneralCategory.txt,
36                   directory.                   Scripts.txt and UnicodeData.txt, were downloaded from the
37                     Unicode web site. They contain information about Unicode
38                     characters and scripts.
39    
40    ucptest.c        A short C program for testing the Unicode property macros
41                     that do lookups in the pcre_ucd.c data, mainly useful after
42                     rebuilding the Unicode property table. Compile and run this in
43                     the "maint" directory.
44    
45  ucptestdata      A directory containing two files, testinput1 and testoutput1,  ucptestdata      A directory containing two files, testinput1 and testoutput1,
46                   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 58  Updating to a new Unicode release
58  ---------------------------------  ---------------------------------
59    
60  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
61  refreshed from the web site, and the Buildupctable script can then be run to  refreshed from the web site, and the MultiStage2.py script can then be run to
62  generate a new version of ucptable.h. The ucptest program can be used to check  generate a new version of pcre_ucd.c. The ucptest program can be used to check
63  that the resulting table works properly, using the data files in ucptestdata to  that the resulting table works properly, using the data files in ucptestdata to
64  check a number of test characters.  check a number of test characters.
65    
# Line 244  others are relatively new. Line 253  others are relatively new.
253  Philip Hazel  Philip Hazel
254  Email local part: ph10  Email local part: ph10
255  Email domain: cam.ac.uk  Email domain: cam.ac.uk
256  Last updated: 27 December 2007  Last updated: 02 July 2008
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