NEWS

runes 2020-04-28

Unit tests for new runes() futhark argument option
New param for the runes() function to determine which futhark set to use
Forgotten runes Eiwaz conversion added in
New 'branch' argument for younger futhark runes to pick either long branch or short twig younger futhark runes Younger Futhark
Younger futhark rune translations
runes_table() now has futhark and branch arguments so you can differentiate which translation table you'd like be it elder, younger-short, or younger-long

Added new function options to runes() it will now accept a new argument "futhark" which defaults to "elder" to maintain prior functionality but now different futhark rune sets can be chosen such as younger futhark
fixed character conversion for the elder futhark set, some conversions like ng for inguaz are actually linked to a unicode character not a dual character ascii 'ng', the same goes for 'th' which is the thorisaz runes and now requires the unicode character to be translated into that character again where as 'th' will translate to Tiwaz and Hagalaz

Removed the internal tolower() functionality as some rune sets have case sensitive conversions and with regex the case wont matter for the other sets if [aA] is used for 'A' in the elder sets
Redundant and superfluous unit tests

Core functionality of a-z alphabet translation to Elder Futhark
all special characters, numeric, or otherwise all ignored as pass through
New function runes_table() create a 3 column data frame with the unicode sequence, transcription, and character of the entire Elder Futhark alphabet to be used for inputting into documents, reference, or any other purpose

new parameter to runes() hide=FALSE is now the default option but when set to true, the English 'x' & 'q' characters will not pass through the function and appear at all since there is no equivalent rune.
- added unit tests to support this new parameter option