[lyx.git] / ANNOUNCE

Public release of LyX version 2.3.4-3
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This is another emergency release that, hopefully, actually fixes the
first bug that 2.3.4-2 was meant to fix: A delay when saving files on
Windows. The new bug is #11737. There are no other changes. Only Windows
users will need to upgrade to this version.



Public release of LyX version 2.3.4-2
=====================================

This is an emergency release that fixes four bugs in 2.3.4. Only the
first two really warrant an emergency release, but while we're at it...

The first, bug #11728, caused a five-second delay when attempting 
to save files on Windows. This was a side effect of the fix for #10091
and reminds us why it would be good to have more testing on Windows.

The second bug is discussed in this thread
    https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg210294.html
and concerns a crash related to the math toolbar. This was due to an 
uninitialize buffer_ member revealed by the fix for #11586.

The third, bug #11724, affects Beamer presentations and causes bad output
when page geometry is set in certain ways. LyX should and how does ignore
such settings.

The last, bug #11579, is an old one, but a serious one, that prevents
the use of CJKUtf8 in ERT. It's a straightforward fix for a bug that is
pretty serious for people who encounter it.

All LyX users are encouraged to upgrade to 2.3.4-2.

The original announcement for 2.3.4 follows.

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We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.4. This is the fourth
maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. 

You can download LyX 2.3.4 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/.

LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based 
on the structure of your documents and not simply their appearance. It is
released under a Free and Open Source Software license.

LyX 2.3.4 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more 
reliable and more stable. One important change is that we have finally fixed
a large number of bugs related to bibitems (see bug #7548). We have also (we
hope) fixed a long-standing bug involving the saving of files on Windows to
Dropbox folders.

If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.4, please open a bug report at
http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. If you're not sure whether it
really is a bug, you can e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel 
<at> lists.lyx.org) and ask. 

If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the documentation 
that comes with LyX (under the Help or Apple menu) and the LyX wiki, which 
is at http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the 
LyX users' list (lyx-users <at> lists.lyx.org), where you will find an 
active community of people who are ready to help.

We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.3.4.

The LyX team.
http://www.lyx.org


What's new
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** Updates:
***********

* USER INTERFACE

- The "Rows & Columns" optional submenu has been added to the math context menu.

- Avoid using text mode for unicode symbols representable in math mode (bug 9616).

- Do not issue error dialog when no tag is found in git repository for
  tree-revision info inset.

- Fix display with Wayland (bug 11692).

- Improve editing performance when there are Include insets that point to
  non-existing files. (bug 11656).


* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION

- New section about references in the example file colored-boxes.lyx.

- The Dutch user interface localization has been revived, and the Dutch docs
  revised.

- The Russian Tutorial has been updated.

- Updated localizations include Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, German, Hebrew, 
  Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish, and Ukrainian.

- Fixed index processor in some manuals (bug 11708).


** Bug fixes:
*************

* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- Prevent crash due to unencodable path (bug 11688).

- Fix crash with polyglossia when the "Auto End" language preference setting
  is off and titles are used.

- (Re-)fix problems with activated equal sign and graphic options in Turkish
  and Latin documents (bug 2005).

- Correctly set language after intitle paragraphs (bug 11514).

- Fix toprule with booktabs/longtable and captions (bug 11589).

- Avoid adding spaces when parsing an array in a macro template (bug 10499).

- Avoid superfluous braces in the optional argument of a macro (bug 11552).

- Do not replace a latex command with the corresponding symbol in the
  unicodesymbols file, unless it can be encoded in the document encoding
  (bug 11586).

- Fix problems with paths that contain the tilde (~) character.

- Fix nomenclature processing with LuaTeX (bug 11571).

- Fix problem on Windows with saving files in Dropbox folders (bug 10091).

- Find local bib files when they exist in the same directory as the LyX
  file (bug 11588).

- Fix table column order with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 9686).

- Fix paragraph alignment with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11399).

- Fix direction of brackets with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11187).

- Fix direction of roman numbers with RTL documents and LuaTeX.

- Fix direction of numbered citations outside XeTeX/bidi (bug 3005).

- Fix direction of references with XeTeX/bidi (bug 11626).

- Fix interplay of the memoir class and custom page size/geometry (bug 10970).

- Fix compilation of Hebrew Article with XeTeX and LuaTeX (bug 10525).

- Fix greyedout note with RTL documents (bug 8647).

- Fix colored and shaded boxes with RTL documents (bug 8642).

- Fix loading order problem with rotfloat/rotating and graphicx (bug 11502).

- Fix LaTeX error with Canadian French as second language. LyX now uses
  the (recommended) babel option "acadian" rather than "canadien".

- Do not create unnecessary directories when exporting from the command
  line (bug 11636).

- Fix problem with included objects with Linkback service on Mac (bug 6961).

- Fix termination of commands after math insets (bug 11667).

- Fix \binom command clash in beamer.


* USER INTERFACE

- Fix configure process with Python 3 (bug 11642).

- Fix some numbering issues with bibitems (bug 2743, 8499).

- Deal properly with orphaned bibitems (bug 7160).

- Fix endless loop when a macro definition references itself (bug 11595).

- Use the selection as the argument of a macro also when the macro has only
  optional arguments (bug 10498).

- Correctly close a language opened in a branch inset (bug 9633).

- Fix additional problem with display of inline equations in outliner
  (bug 11423).

- Preserve "all authors" state when switching citation style via context
  menu (bug 11439).

- Fix right and left layout alignment (in workarea) with RTL (bug 11606).

- Show filenames for verbatim includes in outliner (bug 11612).

- Enable change tracking if paragraph break change (bug 11629).

- Fix crash when deleting column in math grid (bug 11623).

- Hide "LaTeX (Clipboard)" entry from import menu (bug 11657).

- Enable dissolve in undefined Flex inset context menu (bug 8650).

- Enable dissolve in context menu of element in table cells.

- Fix bad caret position when row scrolls horizontally (bug 11603).

- Fix crash when inserting some insets in math split insets  (bug 11686).

- Properly remember cursor position when many files have been opened
  (bug 10310).


* INTERNALS

- Fix TeX file listing with the Nix package manager.

- Fix Python detection routines, and so instant preview on some platforms
  (bug 11282).


* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION

- Fix string direction in Hebrew localization (bug 11607).


* LYX2LYX

- Fix typo in the code that converts from file formats older than lyx 2.1
  (thanks to Salvatore Falco).


* TEX2LYX

- Significantly improve support for modules (bug 11259, 8229).

- Prevent multiplication of preamble code on (re-)import (bug 8229).

- Fix import of custom float definitions.


* BUILD/INSTALLATION

- avoid annoying warnings with g++ 9.