GF Version 3.4 Release Notes
January 2013

==Installation==

See the [download page http://www.grammaticalframework.org/download/index.html].

==What's new==

===GF compiler and run-time library===

- A new partial evaluator that should provide more efficient grammar
  complilation, and solve problems with stack overflows and overly long
  compilaton times for certain grammars.
- New options for visualization of parse trees with the
  shell command [``visualize_parse`` ../doc/gf-shell-reference.html#toc39].
- ``alltenses`` is now part of the default search path, eliminating the need for
  ``-path=…`` flags in many cases.
- Various other small improvements and bug fixes.
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===Resource Grammar Library===

- New languages in the Resource Grammar Library: Japanese, Chinese (complete);
  Maltese, Hebrew (partial).
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 (see the [updated synopsis ../lib/doc/synopsis.html]).
- Improvements for other languages, e.g. Latvian.
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- Large morphological dictionaries for German, Urdu.
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- Updated web-based RGL browser ([/lib/doc/browse/ ../lib/doc/browse/]).


===GF Cloud services===

- A [Simple Translation Tool http://cloud.grammaticalframework.org/translator/about.html]
  (a bilingual document editor) has been added.
- A [syntax tree editor http://cloud.grammaticalframework.org/syntax-editor/about.html]
  has been added.
- Some new functionality in the web-based grammar editor, e.g. preliminary
  support for public grammars.
- Various other small improvements and bug fixes.