1 NOTE: NO BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY IS GUARANTEED FOR 0.x RELEASES !!
3 release 0.16 (16 August 2002):
5 - Another bugfixing release.
7 - Some compatibility with Lifelines 3.0.2 is added (not necessarily complete).
9 release 0.15 (27 March 2002):
11 - Again mainly a bugfixing release
13 - Compatibility with ftree is added, all GEDCOM files written by ftree
16 - Note for developers: you now have to call the function gedcom_init()
17 as soon as possible in your program (before any character set handling
18 is done, see documentation for details). If the function has not been
19 called, gedcom_parse_file() will return an error.
21 release 0.14 (20 January 2002):
23 - This is mainly a bugfixing release, no extra features have been added.
25 - Some example code is available on how to convert from UTF-8 to the locale
26 system, and how to check the library version via configure.in (see the
27 documentation for details).
29 release 0.13 (5 January 2002):
31 - Cross-references are now parsed and checked. For this, an extra type is
32 added to the types possible in a Gedcom_val: an xref pointer. This means
33 that GEDCOM_XREF_PTR has to be used now in some places instead of
35 A quick change is to replace
38 GEDCOM_XREF_PTR(val)->string
39 where applicable. But you can also store an object in the 'object' member
40 of the struct returned by GEDCOM_XREF_PTR (see documentation).
42 - Other interface changes in the callbacks:
43 - parsed tag value (integer) is passed next to the string value
44 - the start record callbacks now also contain a Gedcom_val (the NOTE can
47 - Further, various bugfixes have been made.
49 release 0.12 (31 December 2001):
51 - The calling of callbacks is now completed.
53 - Some initial documentation is available.
55 - The parsed value that is returned in callbacks can now be:
58 - a date (struct date_value)
59 See the documentation for more info. Parsing and checking of cross-
60 references will be added next.
62 release 0.11 (15 December 2001):
64 - Initial release from Sourceforge.net (developers only !)