Changes between Version 5 and Version 6 of TracDev/ReleaseNotes/0.10

Timestamp:

Jul 7, 2006, 11:25:01 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

ErikRose

Comment:

Spelling, grammar, flow

TracDev/ReleaseNotes/0.10

@@ -57 +57 @@
 
   ''We should probably package that plugin separately, 
-  but put it right besides the Trac packages, on the TracDownload page.''
+  but put it right beside the Trac packages, on the TracDownload page.''
 
 == Wiki syntax improvements ==
 
-Numerous improvements have been made on the WikiFormatting syntax.
- * Headings can optionally be given explicit ''id''
- * MoinMoin `["internal free link"]` syntax is now supported
- * Introduced citation syntax for the Wiki (e-mail style)
- * More robust parsing and formatting of Wiki lists and robust coupling of lists and quotes 
- * Improve the way external links are displayed.
+Numerous improvements have been made in the WikiFormatting syntax:
+ * Headings can optionally be given explicit ''id''.
+ * MoinMoin `["internal free link"]` syntax is now supported.
+ * Introduced citation syntax for the Wiki (e-mail style).
+ * Added more robust parsing and formatting of Wiki lists and robust coupling of lists and quotes.
+ * Improved the way external links are displayed.
  * Lots of new ways to refer to specific repository views (`diff:from//to`, log:, `[x:y]`, `rx:y`)
  * `htdocs:`, useful for refering to local resources in TracStandalone
@@ -72 +72 @@
  * Removed support for direct embedding of images using links: use the ![[Image]] macro instead.
 
-== Developer visible changes ==
+== Developer-visible changes ==
 
 === `unicode` everywhere ===
 
 Trac used to handle text content by using `str` objects, 
-in which bytes where encoding Unicode characters using the UTF-8 
+in which Unicode characters were represented using UTF-8 
 encoding. This lead to various problems with most non-western 
-languages, and the decision was made to use the dedicated `unicode` 
-datatype to be able to handle consistently text written in any 
+languages. We now use the dedicated `unicode` 
+datatype to consistently handle text written in any 
 language.
 
-This removed all the problems we had when cutting UTF-8 encoded strings 
-in the middle of a byte sequence for encoding one character.
+This removes all the problems caused by mistakenly cutting a UTF-8-encoded string between the bytes of a multi-byte character.
 
 === Better way to programatically generate of HTML fragments ===