/**
 * jquery.hintbox.js v1.3 - www.wiipass.com
 *
 * @author Tiziano Treccani <treccani.tiziano@tiscali.it>
 * Copyright (c) 2009 Tiziano Treccani - released under MIT License
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********** REVISION HISTORY **********



2009-08-18 : jQuery Hintbox 1.3 released
- MatchRule option added. This option is enabled when MatchHint options is enabled too. 
  It allows to filter result list values by 3 criteria: StartsWith [S], EndsWith [E], Contains, [C].
  Values allowed are "S", "E", "C".
  Default value is: "S".
- JSON option added. If json option is enabled, hintbox plugin want to receive a list made like this:

  {
    "list" : [
      "AAA",
      "BBB",
      "CCC"
    ]
  }

  where "AAA", "BBB", "CCC" are the list values.
- Minor code optimizations and fixes


2009-05-16 : jQuery Hintbox 1.2 released
- Match hint option added. This option allows to filter resulting list showing only entries matching with input text. Default value is -> matchHint : false
- Disabled automatic browser autocomplete function. Thanks Eric ;-)
- Fix css bug when resulting list was empty


2009-04-17 : jQuery Hintbox 1.1 released
- Sort option added. It implements 'Levenshtein distance' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance). Default value is -> sort : false
- UseCache option added. Default value is -> useCache : true
- Limit option added. If limit value is <= 0 resulting list has no limit. Default value is -> limit: 0


2009-03-31 : jQuery Hintbox 1.0 released