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diff --git a/unicode/README b/unicode/README index 74b7cf4..4e67d6c 100644 --- a/unicode/README +++ b/unicode/README @@ -15,29 +15,28 @@ Courier Unicode Library COPYING - This library implements several algorithms related to the Unicode Standard - (with both C and C++ bindings), notably: + This library implements several algorithms related to the Unicode + Standard, featuring: - * Look up uppercase, lowercase, and titlecase equivalents of a unicode - character. + * Both C and C++11 bindings, with a complete manual page documentation + set. - * Implementation of grapheme and word breaking rules. + * The library has all Unicode mappings compiled in as fast, compact, + lookup table. The library does not need to load the Unicode database + files at startup, every time. - * Implementation of line breaking rules. + * The library implements lookups uppercase, lowercase, and titlecase + equivalents of a unicode character; grapheme and word breaking rules; + line breaking rules; and the bi-directional algorithm. - * Implementation of the bi-directional algorithm. + * The library implements canonical and compatibility decomposition and + composition of Unicode text; and the Unicode script property. - * Canonical forms and normalizations of Unicode text. - - * Look up the Unicode script property. - - * Look up the category property. - - * Several ancillary functions, like looking up the unicode character - that corresponds to some HTML 4.0 entity (such as “&”, for - example), and determining the normal width or a double-width status of - a unicode character. Also, an adaptation of the iconv(3) API for this - unicode library. + * The library also implements ancillary functions, like looking up the + unicode character that corresponds to some HTML 4.0 entity (such as + “&”, for example), and determining the normal width or a + double-width status of a unicode character. Also, an adaptation of the + iconv(3) API for this unicode library. Current status |