+Generalized and changed record type specifications. In short, there are:
+ text plain SUTRS
+ grs.sgml structured, "SGML-like" syntax
+ grs.regx.<filter> structured, Regular expression filter
+
+Bug fix: Result sets weren't sorted in operations involving boolean
+operations with "ranked" operands.
+
+--- 1.0a8 1996/6/6
+
+Added national character-handling subsystem.
+
+Various fixes.
+
+Small modifications to input filters and profiles.
+
+Added support for SOIF syntax (with private OID).
+
+--- 1.0a7 1996/5/16
+
+Fixed buffer-size problem in indexing.
+
+Added compression to temporary files for updating.
+
+Added phrase registers.
+
+Added dynamic mapping of search attribute to multiple termlists (ANY).
+
+Scan support in multiple databases/registers.
+
+Configuration settings are case-insensitive and single dash (-)
+characters are ignored in comparisons.
+
+The index processing ignores empty files - warning given.
+
+New option to zebraidx (-V) displays version information.
+
+--- 1.0a6 1996/2/24
+
+Fixed problem in file-update system.
+
+Fixed problem in shadow system; register was sometimes corrupted after
+a commit operation.
+
+--- 1.0a5 1996/2/10
+
+Fixed problems in the ISAM subsystem. Caused difficulties when updating
+existing registers.
+
+Fixed small problem in SUTRS-filter. A newline was sometimes inserted before
+the rank and record number.
+
+Fixed bug in the isam subsystem - caused a malfunction when accessing
+words which occurred more than 10000 times.
+
+Distribution should now include YAZ (Z39.50 protocol stack) to simplify
+installation.
+
+Server can now run under inetd. Use option -i, and -w <directory> to
+set working directory to desired location.
+
+New zebraidx command: clean - removes temporary shadow files.
+
+Fixed bug in ISAM system. Occurred rarely during register updates.
+
+Logging during index merge phase is improved. The remaining running
+time is estimated.
+
+Temporary files generated by zebraidx are removed after each run.
+
+Bug fix: Dictionary didn't handle 8-bit characters correctly; was obvious
+when doing scan operations in dictionaries with European characters.
+