XBoard: split printing of the features line for clarity.

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 GNU shogi news
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-This file will start with GNU Shogi 1.3 (07/01/1999).
+Changes in version 1.5.0 (unreleased):
+
+* XBoard protocol support, enabling the use of XBoard as a graphical
+  interface, officially deprecating XShogi.
+* Build system switched from pure autoconf to automake
+* Support for cross-compilation using standard "./configure --host=...",
+  including building windows binaries (both 32bit and 64bit) using
+  the gcc-mingw toolchain
+
+Changes in version 1.4.2 (02/2014):
+
+* XShogi is no longer included in the GNU Shogi source, it is
+  available as a separate source archive.
+* Fixes for edit mode:
+  - fixed clobbering of board on invalid input
+  - display a message on wrong input
+* Fixed Curses mode display:
+  - reversed column number for MiniShogi
+  - clock and captures position for MiniShogi
+  - refresh display after "switch" to get player names updated
+  - layout fixes, notably when using only 80 columns
+* Minor code cleanups.
+
+Changes in version 1.4.1 (01/2014):
+
+* Initial support for the MiniShogi variant, for now as a separate
+  executable built using "./configure --enable-minishogi".
+* Support for building without the curses UI.
+* Preliminary win32 support: can be built on cygwin with gcc3, in the
+  win32 directory.
+* Build system enhancements.
+* Bug fixes.
+
+Changes in version 1.4.0 (03/2012):
+
+* Main change is the license switch to GPL3.
+* Project is now being maintained on a git repository.
+* Bug fixes.
+
+Changes in version 1.3.2 (07/2004):
+
+* configure.in has been renamed to configure.ac
+
+* A number of small fixes were added to make the program compile and run
+  correctly on modern Linuxes.
+
+
+Changes in version 1.3.1 (07/2001):
+
+* New piece bitmaps for both westernized and Japanese piece sets, courtesy of
+  Bernhard Maerz.
+
 
 Changes in version 1.3 (07/1999):
 
@@ -29,3 +80,5 @@ Changes in version 1.3 (07/1999):
   The man page is included in the texinfo file.  The (separate) man pages have
   been updated to deal with the new command-line options for gnushogi.
 
+
+This file starts with GNU Shogi 1.3 (07/01/1999).