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$ Main contributors and volunteers of this repository (vChewing for macOS):
- Shiki Suen // Main developer of vChewing for macOS, Megrez language engine, Hotenka Chinese Converter, and Tekkon syllable composer engine.
- Hiraku Wang // Technical reinforcement in Cocoa during the Object-Cpp dev period of this project.
- Isaac Xen // Technical reinforcement in Swift: SFX Module (NSSound ver.) and StringView Ranges Extension.
$ 3rd-Party Modules Used:
- ShiftKeyUpChecker: (c) 2019 and onwards Qwertyyb (March Yang) (MIT License).
- LineReader: (c) 2019 and onwards Robert Muckle-Jones (Apache 2.0 License).
- SwiftUI Preferences UI Framework: (c) 2018 and onwards Sindre Sorhus (MIT License).
- SwiftUI VDKComboBox: (c) 2022 and onwards Bryan Jones (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Note that Hotenka Chinese Converter is rewritten by Shiki Suen (using Swift) from Nick Chen's Objective-C library "NCChineseConverter" (MIT License).
$ Contributors and volunteers of the upstream repo, having no responsibility in discussing anything in the current repo:
- Zonble Yang:
- McBopomofo for macOS 2.x architect.
- Voltaire candidate window MK2 (massively modified as MK3 in vChewing by Shiki Suen).
- Notifier window.
- App-style installer (only preserved for developer purposes).
- mgrPrefs (userdefaults manager).
- Mengjuei Hsieh:
- McBopomofo for macOS 1.x main developer and architect.
- The original C++ version of the User Override Module.
- Shiki Suen is trying to rewrite this module in Swift (and CSharp) with further development.
Although there is no Lukhnos's codes left in the current repository, we still credit him for his previous work:
- Lukhnos Liu:
- Developer of Gramambular 2 language engine (removed since vChewing 1.5.4).
- Shiki Suen's Megrez engine (MIT License) is basically a Swift-rewritten version of Gramambular 2 with further development.
- Developer of Mandarin syllable composer (removed since vChewing 1.5.7).
- Shiki Suen's Tekkon engine is made from scratch and has no relationship to Mandarin syllable composer.
$ Special thanks to:
- All supporters from Cocoaheads Taipei and Mobile01 community, etc.