2005-07-14 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.4.0 Stable version release:
    Fixed remaining build system issues.

2005-07-10 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.3.3 Major bug fix release:
    Fixed a lot of outstanding build system issues existing in 1.3.2

2005-07-07 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.3.2 Build system migrated to bksys:
    From this release, skim migrated to bksys build system (http://freehackers.org/~tnagy/bksys.html) 
    fixed: font text color issue in the input window
    fixed: handbook invoking in the help dialog
  Please consult the README file on how to install

2005-06-18 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.3.1 bug fix release:
    improvement: docking handling
    improvement: transparent window management
    improvement: separate GUI and Frontend property display area in mainwindow
    improvement: performance of input window and fixed the flitter issue
    improvement: a new option for input window to set a minium width for lookup table when in standalone mode
    fixed: compile issue in some distro
    fixed: tool button size issue
    fixed: other minor issues
  This version is highly recommanded for everyone who is using skim 1.3.0.
  Please delete the file ~/.kde/share/apps/skim/mainwindowui.rc if you upgrade from previous version (skim <= 1.3.0)

2005-05-28 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.3.0 major feature release:
    new: Transparent Window support and the configure UI
    new: Main Window Dockable into Panel (only works with kicker)
    new: 4 Direction support in Main Window
    new: reworked Always show option of Main Window
    new: three more modifier keys support (meta/hyper/super) and a config options to customize modifiers
    new: filter setup dialog for the filter mechanism (new to libscim 1.3.0)
    improvement: refined configure dialog to be more user friendly, re-structured the hierachy and new icons
    improvement: do not display the border of the next/previous buttons; hide next/previous button when disabled; (thanks to cjacker for advice)
    improvement: smaller buttons in main toolbar which just use as little space as possible
    improvement: String layout in Input Window
    new: SCIM Setup can be added to the Main Toolbar
    fixed: other minor bugs

2005-05-25 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.2.3 bug fix version is released
    fixed: crash with some KDE theme
    fixed: make sure Main window is always visible
    fixed: support icons whose filenames contain none-latin1 chars
    fixed: do not show inputwindow when show lookuptable if detached
    fixed: lookup table should be hiden by default

2005-03-28 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.2.2 bug fix version is released
    improvement: inputwindow honors the current KDE style now, rather than a pre-defined pattern
    improvement: reduced the size main window, now honor the size of font rather than the default icon size
    improvement: get rid of the extra space in the main window on the far right
    improvement: new option to set up tear off lookup table
    fixed: tear off lookup table support (none-embedded lookup table)
    fixed: the input window was not kept visible when qt built-in preedit-area is used
    fixed: other input window (mainly lookup table issues) were rectified
    fixed: drawing issue of inputwindow (lookup table mainly)
    performance: use timer to reduce adjustSize calls
    fixed: forced start didn't behave as expected (exit immediately)

2005-03-16 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.2.1 Major bug fix version is released
    now all exit issue with skim should have been fixed
    SCIM standalone helper module menu support (scim-input-pad can be called in skim now)
    Workaround for issues in Qt 3.3.4 qtimm patch
  This upgrade is highly recommanded for everyone.

2005-02-28 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.2.0 released
    skim is now pkgconfig library: contains libskim and libscim-kdeutils
    config options for scim-qtimm is splitted to its corresponding package
    fixed amd64 compile issue (thanks to Federico Zenith)
    update configure options for scim-pinyin/scim-tables
    more compatible with qt 3.3.4

2005-02-03 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.1.0 released
    First release compatible with libscim 1.1.x (requires scim >= 1.1.3)
    New disable/enable All buttons in IMEngines configure dialog
    New Edit Hotkeys button in IMEngines configure dialog
    New Italian translation, thanks to Federico Zenith [zenith ZAI chemeng.ntnu.no]
    Other minor bugs fixed

2005-01-20 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.0.3 released
        Fixed several bugs reported, especially in configure dialogs.
        New French translation, thanks to Damien Menanteau <damien.menanteau ZAI cegetel.net>

2004-10-10 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.0.2 released
        Fixed bug #1042106;
        Incorporated Qt-immodule related info in the English doc;
        Updated to support for latest Intel compiler;
        Other minor improvement.

2004-09-27 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.0.1 released
        New option in configure dialog: Autostart skim when KDE starts;
        Updated document;
       Display less candidates in the lookuptable window if it is too long.
  
2004-09-08 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  1.0.0 released
        New German document;
        New icons;
        Fixed/Enhanced the factory menu shortcut support bug;
        Updated English document;
        Other small improvement and cleanup.

2004-09-07 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  3 contributors now join us as "offical" developers:
        JanHefti: Doc writer and German translator
        KitaeKim: Art designer and Korean translator
        YukikoBando: Japanese translator

2004-08-28 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  0.9.7 released
        New translations for German, Japanese, Korean and Tranditional Chinese: thanks to Jan, Yukiko, Kitae and Jim Huang;
        Now fully i18ned: include all translatible strings.
        Get rid of extra space in text buttons in the mainwindow;
        New option -f: with this option, skim will start even if scim-panel-gtk is running;
        move libskim and libscim-kdeutils to ${libdir};
        New Translator Tab in the about dialog ;)
        Fixed other minor bugs.
  If no further bugs are reported, this will become the skim 1.0 version when scim 1.0 merges.

2004-08-20 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  0.9.6 released
        Rewrote the config module support: now only reload settings when necessary;
        New Korean Translation (thanks to Kitae);
        New setup UI for scim-hangul;

2004-08-11 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  0.9.5 released
        Changed the actionlist name;
        New option to only display the icon of current input method;
        fixed compile issue under Slackware;
        fixed other minor bugs.

2004-08-02 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  0.9.4 released
        Completed setup UI for smartpinyin and scim global settings;
        Fixed Qt 3.2.x compile issue;
        Fixed gcc 3.2.x + Qt 3.2.x compile issue (under Slackware hopefully);
        Fixed FreeBSD compatible issue;
        Fixed other minor bugs.

2004-07-17 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  0.9.3 released
        Fixed gcc 3.4.x compile issues;
        New appearance of inputwindow and mainwindow (hopefully it's better now);
        Fixed icon size issues in serveral UIs;
        New setupUI for scim global settings;
        New layout in Configure Dialog.
2004-07-03 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  0.9.1 released, notable Changes:
        NEW setupui for scim-lib, including generic table IMEngine and smartpinyin. Now most of the important settings of scim-lib can be configured in skim;
        NEW script wrapper scim-panel-kde: it won't load scimlauncher plugin, so it can be used to replace scim-panel-gtk straightforward;
        NEW options: -l, -n and --np to customize which plugins will be enabled/disabled;
        fixed property support bugs;
        fixed some issues in rendering text in inputwindow;
        updated zh_CN translation;
	other small improvement;
2004-06-24 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
  0.9.0 released, notable Changes:
        the name is formally renamed to "skim" (the executable file is called skim now);
        NEW SetupUI for IMEngines and X Window system of scim-lib;
        Work with scim-lib >= 0.99;
        NEW scim config module "kconfig", the settings used in skim (including scim's started by skim) are manipulated by this module;
        Generic On-demand plugin support: the ones you do not need will not get loaded and some temparory plugins (now only including configure plugin) will only be loaded if the user activate their actions;
        Aux string attribute support implemented;
        NEW render engine dedicated to manipluating drawing of strings associating with attribute lists, this lead to more effecient input window;
        Rewrite config module to honor the KDE config module principle;
        NEW plugin system based upon standard KDE plugins;
        A Quit action is added: if you want to debug skim this is what you would expect;
        Improved performance in serveral components.
        Serveral Bug fixes;

2004-04-28 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
	0.7.4 released, notable Changes:
        enlarged the height of preedit area in inputwindow and some cleanup, also fixed a bug in preedit string area.
        Added one option to inputwindow: highlight_Candidate, when disabled, you can gain some speedup, although current selected candidate in lookup table will not be highlighted;                                                  Fixed several bugs, including the problem of empty server list popup menu;                                     Qt >= 3.2.0 are all supported (not only Qt >= 3.3.0) (thanks for zliu[@linuxsir.org])
2004-04-18 cougar <liuspider@users.sourceforge.net>
        0.7.3 released
