1 Public release of LyX version 2.3.4
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4 We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.4. This is the fourth
5 maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
7 You can download LyX 2.3.4 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/.
9 LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based
10 on the structure of your documents and not simply their appearance. It is
11 released under a Free and Open Source Software license.
13 LyX 2.3.4 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
14 reliable and more stable. One important change is that we have finally fixed
15 a large number of bugs related to bibitems (see bug #7548). We have also (we
16 hope) fixed a long-standing bug involving the saving of files on Windows to
19 If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.4, please open a bug report at
20 http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. If you're not sure whether it
21 really is a bug, you can e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel
22 <at> lists.lyx.org) and ask.
24 If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the documentation
25 that comes with LyX (under the Help or Apple menu) and the LyX wiki, which
26 is at http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the
27 LyX users' list (lyx-users <at> lists.lyx.org), where you will find an
28 active community of people who are ready to help.
30 We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.3.4.
44 - The "Rows & Columns" optional submenu has been added to the math context menu.
46 - Avoid using text mode for unicode symbols representable in math mode (bug 9616).
48 - Do not issue error dialog when no tag is found in git repository for
49 tree-revision info inset.
51 - Fix display with Wayland (bug 11692).
53 - Improve editing performance when there are Include insets that point to
54 non-existing files. (bug 11656).
57 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
59 - New section about references in the example file colored-boxes.lyx.
61 - The Dutch user interface localization has been revived, and the Dutch docs
64 - The Russian Tutorial has been updated.
66 - Updated localizations include Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, German, Hebrew,
67 Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish, and Ukrainian.
69 - Fixed index processor in some manuals (bug 11708).
75 * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
77 - Prevent crash due to unencodable path (bug 11688).
79 - Fix crash with polyglossia when the "Auto End" language preference setting
80 is off and titles are used.
82 - (Re-)fix problems with activated equal sign and graphic options in Turkish
83 and Latin documents (bug 2005).
85 - Correctly set language after intitle paragraphs (bug 11514).
87 - Fix toprule with booktabs/longtable and captions (bug 11589).
89 - Avoid adding spaces when parsing an array in a macro template (bug 10499).
91 - Avoid superfluous braces in the optional argument of a macro (bug 11552).
93 - Do not replace a latex command with the corresponding symbol in the
94 unicodesymbols file, unless it can be encoded in the document encoding
97 - Fix problems with paths that contain the tilde (~) character.
99 - Fix nomenclature processing with LuaTeX (bug 11571).
101 - Fix problem on Windows with saving files in Dropbox folders (bug 10091).
103 - Find local bib files when they exist in the same directory as the LyX
106 - Fix table column order with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 9686).
108 - Fix paragraph alignment with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11399).
110 - Fix direction of brackets with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11187).
112 - Fix direction of roman numbers with RTL documents and LuaTeX.
114 - Fix direction of numbered citations outside XeTeX/bidi (bug 3005).
116 - Fix direction of references with XeTeX/bidi (bug 11626).
118 - Fix interplay of the memoir class and custom page size/geometry (bug 10970).
120 - Fix compilation of Hebrew Article with XeTeX and LuaTeX (bug 10525).
122 - Fix greyedout note with RTL documents (bug 8647).
124 - Fix colored and shaded boxes with RTL documents (bug 8642).
126 - Fix loading order problem with rotfloat/rotating and graphicx (bug 11502).
128 - Fix LaTeX error with Canadian French as second language. LyX now uses
129 the (recommended) babel option "acadian" rather than "canadien".
131 - Do not create unnecessary directories when exporting from the command
134 - Fix problem with included objects with Linkback service on Mac (bug 6961).
136 - Fix termination of commands after math insets (bug 11667).
138 - Fix \binom command clash in beamer.
143 - Fix configure process with Python 3 (bug 11642).
145 - Fix some numbering issues with bibitems (bug 2743, 8499).
147 - Deal properly with orphaned bibitems (bug 7160).
149 - Fix endless loop when a macro definition references itself (bug 11595).
151 - Use the selection as the argument of a macro also when the macro has only
152 optional arguments (bug 10498).
154 - Correctly close a language opened in a branch inset (bug 9633).
156 - Fix additional problem with display of inline equations in outliner
159 - Preserve "all authors" state when switching citation style via context
162 - Fix right and left layout alignment (in workarea) with RTL (bug 11606).
164 - Show filenames for verbatim includes in outliner (bug 11612).
166 - Enable change tracking if paragraph break change (bug 11629).
168 - Fix crash when deleting column in math grid (bug 11623).
170 - Hide "LaTeX (Clipboard)" entry from import menu (bug 11657).
172 - Enable dissolve in undefined Flex inset context menu (bug 8650).
174 - Enable dissolve in context menu of element in table cells.
176 - Fix bad caret position when row scrolls horizontally (bug 11603).
178 - Fix crash when inserting some insets in math split insets (bug 11686).
180 - Properly remember cursor position when many files have been opened
186 - Fix TeX file listing with the Nix package manager.
188 - Fix Python detection routines, and so instant preview on some platforms
192 * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
194 - Fix string direction in Hebrew localization (bug 11607).
199 - Fix typo in the code that converts from file formats older than lyx 2.1
200 (thanks to Salvatore Falco).
205 - Significantly improve support for modules (bug 11259, 8229).
207 - Prevent multiplication of preamble code on (re-)import (bug 8229).
209 - Fix import of custom float definitions.
214 - avoid annoying warnings with g++ 9.