| A.D. | SKK | GNU Emacs | XEmacs | SKK-JISYO.L |
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| 1987 | SKK was created by Masahiko Sato. | Nemacs 1.1 (Emacs 18.47) (06/12) | ||
| 1988 | SKK 1.13 (04/22) | Nemacs 2.1 (06/15) | 5,914 candidates | |
| 1989 | SKK 2.25 (04/15) | Nemacs 3.1 (06/14) | ||
| 1990 | SKK maling list was first created in Tohoku University. SKK 3.47 (04/29) -- Okurigana learning method was implemented. |
Nemacs 3.3.2 (Emacs 18.55) (06/06) -- SKK 2.25 was included in this version. | ||
| 1991 | M. Sato submitted an article on SKK to 'bit', a Japanese computer science magazine. You can refer to the article (in Japanese). SKK 4.33 (05/09) |
Demacs 1.2.0 (Emacs 18.55) (12/12(?)) | ||
| 1992 | SKK 5.30 (05/09) -- Support for Mule. |
Mule 0.9.0 Beta (03/04) | ||
| 1993 | SKK 6.32 (04/24) -- Implementation of multiple-dictionary search and binary search method in the dictionary buffer. | 106,732 candidates | ||
| 1994 | SKK 7.18 (06/07) | Mule 1.1 (Emacs 18.59) (02/08) Mule 2.0 (Emacs 19.25) (08/06) -- Emacs 19 implemented color GUI. |
133,284 candidates | |
| 1995 | SKK 8.6 (05/17) -- Support for new i-search functionality of Emacs 19. | Mule 2.3 (Emacs 19.28) (07/24) | 152,639 candidates | |
| 1996 | M. Sato moved to Kyoto University. So did SKK mailing list. | Mule 2.3 (Emacs 19.34) -- This version was not officially released but widely used. Both FSF Emacs and XEmacs implemented Mule. |
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| 1997 | SKK 9.6 (02/07) -- The appearance got better than ever with color face support. SKK 10 development started -- this was called `unofficial SKK'. SKK now had to support all of Mule 2, Emacs 20 and XEmacs. |
Emacs 20.1 (MULE 3.0) (09/14) -- Mule implementaion was not complete and incompatible with SKK 9.6. | XEmacs 20.0 (02/09) | 156,075 candidates |
| 1998 | SKK 10.39 (03/01) SKK 10.44.8 (07/27) APEL was used from this point for more easily support different versions of Emacsen. |
Emacs 20.3 (MULE 4.0) (08/19) -- This version was soooo unstable due to drastic changes in character handling. | XEmacs 20.4 (02/23) -- SKK 10.38 was included. Many users began to use XEmacs due to its nice GUI and unstability of FSF Emacs. |
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| 1999 | SKK 10.56 (10/23) SKK Openlab started, i.e. the beginnig of Daredevil SKK. |
Emacs 20.4 (MULE 4.0) (07/12) -- This version was stable. | XEmacs 21.0.67 (03/25) | |
| 2000 | SKK 10.62a (10/30) -- SKK mailing list at Kyoto University was closed. |
Emacs 20.7 (MULE 4.0) (06/14) | Annotation method was invented. | |
| 2001 | Daredevil SKK 11.4 (01/02) Daredevil SKK 11.5.2 (12/02) Daredevil SKK 11.6.0 (12/16) |
Emacs 21.1 (MULE 5.0) (10/20) -- Much improved GUI support, no longer inferior to XEmacs in appearance. | XEmacs 21.2.46 (03/21) (old stable version) XEmacs 21.4.0 (04/16) (new stable version) XEmacs 21.5.1 (05/09) (development version) |
Annotation project started. |
| 2002 | Emacs development disclosed via anonymous CVS. | 158,694 candidates | ||
| 2003 | Daredevil SKK 12.2.0 (08/03) | 186,826 candidates | ||
| 2004 | Implementation of Emacs 21 tooltip support for displaying canditates
and notes nicely. New candidate estimation program (skk-bayesian.el). |
XEmacs 21.4.16 (12/11) XEmacs 21.5.18 (10/22) |
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| 2005 | (uim and scim showed remarkable progress.) Various extensions including visual improvements in candidate lists, inline candidate listing, and server completion as well as full support for FSF Emacs 22. |
Emacs 21.4 (MULE 5.0) (02/06) | ||
| 2006 | Head word completion was remarkably improved with new features including programmable completion, kana prefix completion, look completion for Japanese head word, and support for completion using any SKK dictionaries. | XEmacs 21.4.20 (12/10) | ||
| 2007 | Daredevil SKK 13.1 (8/18) | Emacs 22.1 (MULE 5.0) (06/02) | XEmacs 21.5.28 (05/21) | |
| 2008 | Enhanced dynamic completion showing multiple candidates at once, sticky shift-like input support | Emacs 22.3 (MULE 5.0) (09/05) | XEmacs 21.4.22 (12/28) | |
| 2009 | Emacs 23.1 (MULE 6.0) (07/29) -- UNICODE support and new internal coding system (utf-8-emacs), Xft support, multi-tty support | XEmacs 21.5.29 (05/18) | ||
| 2010 | Daredevil SKK 14.1 (09/15) -- CDB database dictionary support, enhanced support for single Kanji character input | Emacs 23.2 (MULE 6.0) (05/07) | ||
| 2011 | Daredevil SKK 14.2 (01/01) -- APEL (A Portable Emacs Library) is no longer required under GNU Emacs 22 or later Daredevil SKK 14.3 (07/01) |
Emacs 23.3 (MULE 6.0) (03/10) | XEmacs 21.5.31 (04/29) | |
| 2012 | Daredevil SKK 14.4 (01/01) | Emacs 23.4 (MULE 6.0) (01/29) Emacs 24.1 (MULE 6.0) (06/10) Emacs 24.2 (MULE 6.0) (08/27) |
XEmacs 21.5.32 (08/02) | |
| 2013 | Daredevil SKK 15.1 (03/16) | Emacs 24.3 (MULE 6.0) (03/11) | XEmacs 21.5.33 (01/04) XEmacs 21.5.34 (06/24) |
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| 2014 | Daredevil SKK 15.2 (11/24) | Emacs 24.4 (MULE 6.0) (10/20) -- eww, org8, nadvice.el, more. | ||
| 2015 | Emacs 24.5 (04/10) | |||
| 2016 | Daredevil SKK 16.1 (10/01) | Emacs 25.1 (MULE 6.0) (09/17) -- dynamic module, Xwidgets, more. | ||
| 2017 | Daredevil SKK 16.2 (03/04) | Emacs 25.2 (04/21) Emacs 25.3 (09/11) |
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| 2018 | Emacs 26.1 (05/28) | Number of candidates today |