1 What's new in version 2.3.5?
2 ----------------------------
4 LyX 2.3.5 is the fifth maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
6 LyX 2.3.5 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
7 reliable and more stable. Most of the changes are incremental, but quite a
8 few important bugs have now been fixed.
10 One important change is that Inkscape 1.0 is now supported: It will be detected
11 and configured automatically. Users of previous versions have recently reported
12 configuration failures when Inkscape 1.0 is installed, leading to an incomplete
13 (and all but unusable) installation of LyX. This should also be fixed.
16 What's new in version 2.3.4?
17 ----------------------------
19 LyX 2.3.4 is the fourth maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
21 LyX 2.3.4 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
22 reliable and more stable. One important change is that we have finally fixed
23 a large number of bugs related to bibitems (see bug #7548). We have also (we
24 hope) fixed a long-standing bug involving the saving of files on Windows to
25 Dropbox folders and another involving missing included files.
28 What's new in version 2.3.3?
29 ----------------------------
31 LyX 2.3.3 is the third maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
33 LyX 2.3.3 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
34 reliable and more stable. One important change is that emergency files are
35 now renamed when users wish to save them. As a result, older emergency files
36 are not over-written. One major update allows for the editing of the contents
37 of the user-provided premable, and the contents of ERT insets, in external
38 editors, a request that goes back to 2003 and bug #991.
41 What's new in version 2.3.2?
42 ----------------------------
44 LyX 2.3.2 is the second maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
46 LyX 2.3.2 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
47 reliable and more stable. One main fix involves a crash with external viewers
48 on Windows. We have also fixed a number of problems with the output of right-
49 to-left languages, thanks to the involvement of users. There was also an
50 infinite loop bug connected with the separation of environments that has been
51 fixed. But, for the most part, the fixes here are incremental.
54 What's new in version 2.3.1?
55 ----------------------------
57 LyX 2.3.1 is the first maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
59 We have fixed a number of bugs and added some new features. Perhaps the most
60 important of these is that Jean-Marc Lasgouttes re-wrote the document painting
61 mechanism. This makes LyX snappier, especially on repeated events.
63 All python scripts distributed with LyX should now be compatible with both
64 python 2.x and python 3.x.
66 One oft-requested enhancement was to restore a keyboard shortcut for opening
67 the 'settings' menu of graphics, reference, etc, insets. This is now Control-
68 Alt-i, on Windows and Linux, and Control-Option-i on OSX (assuming you are
69 using the default keybindings).
72 What's new in version 2.3.0?
73 ----------------------------
75 The new features in LyX 2.3 are detailed in
76 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX23
79 * Multiple bibliographies
81 * Quotation marks enhancements
82 * Updates to reference handling
83 * Improved LaTeX handling in dialogs
85 * New supported languages
86 * New supported LaTeX commands
87 * New template for Inkscape drawings
88 * Handling of environments (e.g. beamer frames)
90 * Localization of nomenclature
91 * New translations of the LyX user interface
92 * Improvements to on-screen display of math equations
93 * Automatic detection of file changes
94 * Citation & reference dialogs
95 * Improvements to cursor movement and selection
96 * Improvements to row breaking and alignment
97 * Outliner and navigation menu
98 * Forward/Reverse search and error reporting
100 * Code preview & highlighting
103 What's new in version 2.2.3?
104 ----------------------------
106 LyX 2.2.3 is the third maintenance release in the 2.2.x series.
108 We have fixed a number of bugs and made a number of improvements.
109 Most of these are relatively minor, but the combined result of fixing
110 them all has led to significant improvements. We encourage all users of
111 2.2.2 to upgrade to this version.
114 What's new in version 2.2.2?
115 ----------------------------
117 LyX 2.2.2 is the second maintenance release in the 2.2.x series.
119 We have fixed a number of bugs and made a number of improvements.
120 Most of these are relatively minor, but we nonetheless encourage all
121 users of 2.2.1 to upgrade to this version.
123 Perhaps the most important bug we fixed affected use of covington.sty with
124 2.2.1. This will only have affected users of the Linguistics module.
126 One new feature is the use of the "scaling" option when exporting images
127 for XHTML. This does not work the same way as with LaTeX export. What it
128 does is add something like "width: 50%" to the style attribute. This will
129 ordinarily be interpreted by the browser as a percentage relative to the
133 What's new in version 2.2.1?
134 ----------------------------
136 LyX 2.2.1 is the first maintenance relase in the 2.2.x series.
138 A large number of bugs have been fixed since the 2.2.0 release.
139 We are pleased to say that most of these were relatively minor:
140 LyX 2.2.0 was perhaps the stable major version release we have
141 produced in a some time. Nontheless, we encourage all users of
142 2.2.0 to upgrade to this version.
145 What's new in version 2.2.0?
146 ----------------------------
148 The new features in LyX 2.2 are detailed in
149 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX22
151 * HiDPI display support
153 * New text display algorithm
154 * Horizontal scrolling for large insets
155 * Improved control of paragraph breaks
156 * Improved text color support
157 * Improved box dialog
158 * Improved table context menu
159 * Reworked instant preview
160 * Enhanced source panel
161 * Improved outliner and navigation menu
162 * Enhanced language support
163 * New supported languages
164 * New supported LaTeX commands
165 * Layout enhancements
166 * Module enhancements
167 * New preferences settings
171 What's new in version 2.1.5?
172 ----------------------------
174 We have fixed a number of bugs and made a number of improvements. Many
175 of these were minor, but there were a few crashes we fixed, too.
177 Please note that this is the final release in the 2.1.x series. It is
178 intended for users who for some reason do not wish to upgrade to 2.2.x
179 at this time. We strongly encourage all such users to upgrade to this
182 One of the main features of 2.1.5 is its ability to read and write files
183 in the 2.2.x format. Since the conversion process back and forth usually
184 will not leave one with an identical file, however, we do not recommend
185 attempting to collaborate with users of 2.2.x.
188 What's new in version 2.1.4?
189 ----------------------------
191 LyX 2.1.4 is the fourth maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.
193 A large number of bugs have been fixed. Many of these were minor, but
194 there were a few crashes we fixed, too, so we encourage all LyX users
195 to upgrade to this version.
198 What's new in version 2.1.3?
199 ----------------------------
201 LyX 2.1.3 is the third maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.
203 A large number of bugs have been fixed, most of them fairly minor. But
204 there were several additional improvements to the lyx2lyx conversion
205 program that should make import of older beamer documents more reliable.
208 What's new in version 2.1.2?
209 ----------------------------
211 LyX 2.1.2 is the second maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.
213 The most important fix here is that we believe we have resolved the problem
214 that led several users to experience seemingly random crashes with 2.1.0,
215 sometimes resulting in dataloss. (This was bug 9049.) These crashes generally
216 happened when the user attempted to save a file containing a table, usually a
217 fairly complex table. A seemingly unrelated bug report concerning a crash when
218 trying to save a default template (bug 9236) led to the solution. That bug has
221 There are also several other, smaller bug-fixes, including several more
222 improvements to the lyx2lyx conversion scripts. This should make the import
223 of older beamer documents easier.
226 What's new in version 2.1.1?
227 ----------------------------
229 LyX 2.1.1 is the first maintenance release in the 2.1.x series. It is bug-
230 fixing release, and a whole lot of bugs have been fixed. Please see the
231 release announcement for the details.
233 Several users have reported seemingly random crashes with 2.1.0, sometimes
234 resulting in dataloss. These crashes appear to happen when the user attempts
235 to save a file, and the dataloss occurs because the original LyX file is over-
236 written by a corrupt file that then cannot be opened. The seemingly random
237 crashes, we believe, are due to auto-save, which is enabled or disabled in
238 Tools> Preferences> Document Handling > "Backup documents every...minutes".
240 Unfortunately, we have been unable to find the cause of this bug, though all
241 known reports seem to involve documents that contain tables, and the corrupt
242 file always ends with: \begin_inset Tabular.
244 To prevent dataloss, we have changed the way LyX saves files if the user
245 has not enabled backups. LyX now renames the existing file before
246 attempting to save the new one (in effect, making a temporary backup).
247 Then, if the save fails, the original file can be restored.
250 What's new in version 2.1.0?
251 ----------------------------
253 The new features in LyX 2.1 are detailed in
254 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX21
256 * Native IPA inset and IPA toolbar
257 * New supported languages
258 * Tex Fonts Additions
259 * Basic support for Math OpenType fonts
260 * Document class categories
261 * Enhanced support for LaTeX options
262 * New supported LaTeX commands
263 * New export command-line option
265 * Layout enhancements
267 * Equation Editor "mode"
270 What's new in version 2.0.8?
271 ----------------------------
273 LyX 2.0.8 is the final release in the 2.0 series. It is intended for
274 those who for some reason wish or need to continue using LyX 2.0.x. Most
275 users should upgrade to 2.1.0, which is being released simultaneously.
277 This release incorporates a number of important bug fixes, almost all of
278 which are also in 2.1.0. Those that are not will be released with 2.1.1.
279 The most important feature of 2.0.8 is that it is capable of reading and
280 writing files from LyX 2.1.x. Files from the newer format should open in
281 LyX 2.0.8 without the user needing to do anything special. Files can be
282 exported to the 2.1.x format in the usual way: via File> Export.
285 What's new in version 2.0.7?
286 ----------------------------
288 2.0.7 is another bug-fixing release. Most of these are minor, but there
289 is one that is very ipmortant: #8854, which could lead to file corruption
290 in certain cases and, more often, would lead to errors in generated
291 files (e.g., PDFs). We encourage all LyX users to upgrade to this
294 A number of other, less critical bugs have also been fixed. Please see
295 the ANNOUNCE file for details.
298 What's new in version 2.0.6?
299 ----------------------------
301 This is a bug-fixing release, for the most part. Though, as it has been
302 almost six months since the last release, a lot of important bugs have
303 been fixed. Please see the ANNOUNCE file for details.
306 What's new in version 2.0.5?
307 ----------------------------
309 The View>Source widget now allows you to select the backend to display,
310 e.g., LaTeX or XHTML, rather than the output format. The previous choice
311 really made no sense: You didn't see a PDF there if you chose one of the
312 PDF output formats, but rather LaTeX. This solves some long-standing issues
315 There has been an important change in how the "language" lfun works.
316 - "language <LANG>" now toggles between languages
317 (status quo ante LyX 2.0.2)
318 - "language <LANG> set" sets to language <LANG>
319 (meaning of "language <LANG>" as of LyX 2.0.2)
320 - "language [reset]" resets to the document language.
321 - Menu functions are unchanged.
324 What's new in version 2.0.4?
325 ----------------------------
327 We have migrated our development from subversion to the git revision
328 control sytem. If you follow or maintain packaging of up-to-date versions
329 of LyX 2.0.x, you must switch to the new repository address:
330 git://git.lyx.org/lyx
331 Branch 2.0.x is the stable branch. See
332 http://www.lyx.org/HowToUseGIT
335 Most of the improvements in 2.0.4 are bug fixes, some of them important. In
336 particular, we have fixed several crashes. The main outstanding problem is
337 the inability to cancel the background export process. Some improvement has
338 been made here, by updating the timeout mechanism, but more needs to be done,
339 and hopefully will be done for 2.0.5.
341 There have been several updates to LyX's XHTML export routines. Work on this
342 will continue for 2.0.5.
345 What's new in version 2.0.3?
346 ----------------------------
348 There have been several more updates to LyX's Sweave support. Work on this
349 is expected to continue through the 2.0.x series.
351 LyX 2.0.3 still requires a python 2 interpreter, but steps have been taken
352 to avoid problems on systems where python 3 is the default python interpreter.
353 A python 2 interpreter is now automatically detected and used. Additionally,
354 byte-compiled python files changed their installation target. Distribution
355 maintainers are encouraged to verify their patch sets.
357 There have again been several updates to the tex2lyx conversion script. Not
358 as many as with 2.0.2, but quite a few.
361 What's new in version 2.0.2?
362 ----------------------------
364 There have been several improvements to LyX's ability to export documents
365 in the background, so the program does not freeze during compilation. We
366 hope to continue these improvements throughout the 2.0.x series.
368 There have been major updates to the tex2lyx conversion script. Please see
369 below for the details.
371 The ctex document classes, used for Chinese documents, are now supported
374 Support for the Springer document classes has been updated for compatibility
375 with the lasest versions. This has the side-effect that files, created with
376 LyX 2.0.2 or future, using a Springer document class, will not be compilable
377 with LyX versions older than LyX 2.0.2. The same applies for files created
378 with LyX 1.6.10 or older that are saved with LyX 2.0.2 or future.
381 What's new in version 2.0.1?
382 ----------------------------
384 We have fixed an unusually large number of bugs for this release and made
385 a number of improvements. All of these are detailed in the ANNOUNCE file.
386 We would like to highlight the improved handling of external files referenced
387 from ERT. This may cause issues for those who made use of the undocumented
388 \input@path hack. See the ANNOUNCE file again for how to do things the new
389 way. New methods for calling external scripts should also solve several issues
393 What's new in version 2.0.0?
394 ----------------------------
396 The new features in LyX 2.0 are detailed in
397 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20
399 * Advanced Search Facility
400 * Spell-checking on the Fly
401 * Compare Documents Feature
403 * Multilingual Thesaurus
405 * Multiple Indices Support
406 * Progress View and Debugging Pane
407 * Enhanced Instant Preview
408 * Forward Search for DVI/PDF Files
409 * Enhanced Version Control Features
410 * Typesetting in background
413 What's new in version 1.6.10?
414 ------------------------------
415 The most notable new feature of this version is that it is able to read and
416 import documents of our new stable series, LyX 2.0.x. This is for the benefit
417 of users who want to stick with LyX 1.6.x for the time being, but still want
418 to cooperate with users of the new version. Note that LyX 1.6.10 still
419 writes the 1.6 format, so it cannot produce (but only interpret) LyX 2.0's
423 What's new in version 1.6.9?
424 -----------------------------
426 We have fixed yet another number of crashes that have been reported to us
427 and ironed out many small glitches. Also, some features and additions from
428 the forthcoming 2.x series, such as support for CVS revision control and a
429 new Swedish localization, have been backported to LyX 1.6.9.
432 What's new in version 1.6.8?
433 -----------------------------
435 LyX 1.6.8 is the result of our ongoing efforts to make our stable version
436 even more reliable and stable. We have fixed crashes that have been
437 reported to us, ironed out many small glitches, further polished the user
438 interface, updated the documentation and added some new layouts.
441 What's new in version 1.6.7?
442 -----------------------------
444 From the list of fixes and improvements, we'd like to highlight
445 particularly that this release irons out all known stability problems with
446 Qt 4.6. LyX 1.6.7 is our first release that is supposed to run smoothly
447 with Qt 4.6, so we urge all distributors who use that version to upgrade
451 What's new in version 1.6.6.1?
452 ------------------------------
454 The sole purpose of this release is to fix one glitch that was introduced
455 by LyX 1.6.6: The spellchecker missed further misspellings after applying
456 a correction. This was due to the fix to different bug that had to be
457 reverted. In any other respect, this release is identical to Lyx 1.6.6.
460 What's new in version 1.6.6?
461 -----------------------------
463 The release features a long list of fixes and improvements. Yet a number
464 of crashes, reported by our users or our automatic stability testing
465 program, were fixed. Moreover, LyX was improved in many details. It also
466 introduces new features, such as support for the enchant spell checking
467 backend and for aspell language varieties (such as old and new German
468 spelling in parallel).
471 What's new in version 1.6.5?
472 -----------------------------
474 The release comes with many fixes and improvements. A number of newly
475 reported crashes were fixed, new layouts and modules were included and
476 some long-standing requests were implemented (e.g., a working LyX
477 server on the Windows OS, finally enabling the communication with other
478 applications such as JabRef on this platform as well).
481 What's new in version 1.6.4.2?
482 -------------------------------
484 The upgrade fixes recurring pseudo-crashes when running LyX on
485 Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
488 What's new in version 1.6.4.1?
489 -------------------------------
491 The only change over release 1.6.4 is the fix of a regression on the Mac,
492 which made some dialogs (such as Preferences and About LyX) unaccessible
493 via the menu. Other platforms than the Mac were not affected by the issue.
496 What's new in version 1.6.4?
497 -------------------------------
499 This is the fourth maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release
500 covers, amongst many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe
503 * A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
504 4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
505 scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
506 * Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
507 * Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
508 helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
509 * Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
510 older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).
513 What's new in version 1.6.3?
514 -------------------------------
516 This is the third maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. Besides the usual
517 improvements of stability, the highlights of this release are:
519 * tex2lyx is now able to read files in all latex supported encodings and
520 transform them into the proper unicode-based format introduced in 1.5.0.
521 This paves the way for many other improvements in LaTeX->LyX translation
522 * The performance problems when editing a master with child documents have
524 * LyX 1.6.3 introduces some goodies provided by Qt 4.5 (menu support for
525 fullscreen mode in linux, close button on tabs). Of course these
526 improvements (as well as some Qt-related fixes) only show up if LyX is
527 compiled against Qt 4.5.
530 What's new in version 1.6.2?
531 -------------------------------
533 This is the second maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. The release
534 fixes a large number of major and critical bugs that were reported by
535 users of LyX 1.6.0 and 1.6.1. Most notably, three bugs that might lead to
536 dataloss were detected and resolved. Furthermore, a number of crashes,
537 file conversion and LaTeX output problems are fixed. As a bonus, the
538 performance of the application has been improved, and the release also
539 introduces some new features and user interface improvements.
542 What's new in version 1.6.1?
543 -------------------------------
545 This is the first maintenance release in the brand-new 1.6.x series, and
546 as such, it mainly focuses on bug fixes. We have ironed out some major
547 problems that slipped into the application in the wake of the new
551 What's new in version 1.6.0?
552 -------------------------------
554 The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in
555 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16
557 * Multiple Work Areas
559 * User-formattable Collapsible Insets
561 * Layout combobox changes
562 * Support for the LaTeX package hyperref
563 * Support for hyperlinks and URLs
565 * New implementation of math macros
570 * Shortcut Configuration dialog
571 * Paste Graphics from the Clipboard
572 * "Visual mode" for bidirectional cursor movement
577 * Graphics parameters groups
578 * LyX functions manual
579 * Multi-LFUN Keybindings
582 What's new in version 1.5.7?
583 ----------------------------
585 This is the sixth maintenance release in the 1.5.x cycle and it is
586 expected to be the final release in this series, since a new series of
587 stable releases has just been introduced by our new major release,
588 LyX 1.6.0. Besides the obligatory bug fixes, the main feature of this
589 release is the ability to read files created by LyX 1.6.0 (this feature
590 requires python 2.3.4 or newer).
593 What's new in version 1.5.6?
594 ----------------------------
596 This is the fifth maintenance release in the 1.5.x cycle that has been
597 started exactly one year ago. The aim of this release was to make LyX
598 even more robust and to solve some long-standing annoyances. Also,
599 further translation efforts have been made, and LyX now ships in 23
602 What's new in version 1.5.5?
603 ----------------------------
605 This release further improves the stability and usability of the
606 application. Besides this, it also introduces some new features. Most
607 notably, LyX is now prepared to be compiled with Qt 4.4 that has just
608 been released: the stability issues that occurred in previous versions
609 of LyX when compiled against Qt 4.4 have been resolved.
612 What's new in version 1.5.4?
613 ----------------------------
615 This is a maintenance release. Besides the usual stability
616 improvements and fixes, this release comes with major improvements in
617 the handling of Chinese, Korean and Japanese (CJK) languages and
618 scripts, and introduces some minor new features (such as a character
621 While this release continues the stable 1.5.x series, work on the next
622 major release, 1.6.0, is proceeding. A first alpha version of LyX
623 1.6.0 will be released later this week for those who like the bleeding
624 edge experience. Notwithstanding this, expect one or two more 1.5.x
625 versions to be released, of which the last one will be able to read
628 All users, especially CJK users, are encouraged to upgrade to this
629 version. Caveat: We were forced to switch from the LaTeX package
630 'floatflt' to 'wrapfig' for wrap figure floats due to a license
631 problem that limited the availability of the former package. In
632 general, this should improve your documents containing wrap figures,
633 however, it is possible that the look and positioning of the floats
634 changes due to the package change. If you have documents with wrap
635 floats, please make a backup before upgrading and check the output.
638 What's new in version 1.5.3?
639 ----------------------------
641 This is a maintenance release that further improves the stability and
642 the performance. Besides numerous crashes, the display problems that
643 slipped into 1.5.2 with the performance fixes (on the Mac and on
644 Windows) as well as problems entailed to the reworked document classes
645 were fixed. Furthermore, LyX 1.5.3 comes with speed improvements that
646 should pay off especially on the Mac and other UNIXes. Finally, this
647 version also provides some new features.
650 What's new in version 1.5.2?
651 ----------------------------
653 This is a maintenance release that focuses on improving the
654 stability. We have fixed numerous crashes, performance problems, and
655 other bugs. Furthermore, the documentation has been revised. It covers
656 all new features of the 1.5.x series now.
659 What's new in version 1.5.1?
660 ----------------------------
662 We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.5.1. It includes a few
663 bug fixes and, more importantly, fixes a bug where files produced with
664 the Document>Compressed option on would be malformed on windows. It
665 was therefore decided to revert to the trusty 1.4.x code in this area
666 and release 1.5.1 sooner than anticipated.
668 All 1.5.0 users are urged to upgrade to 1.5.1.
671 What's new in version 1.5.0?
672 ----------------------------
674 As usual with a major release, a lot of work that is not directly
675 visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and
676 some of the new features are the direct results of this work.
680 LyX 1.5's big goal was to use unicode internally and so resolve a slew
681 of existing problems with special characters and non-alphabetic
682 languages. LyX 1.5 is able to output unicode (in addition to
683 encodings currently available), so that you can use LaTeX's new utf8
684 encoding or a brand new typesetting system such as XeTeX.
685 Since the change to unicode touched much of the code base and some
686 areas still need a cleanup it, is very likely that some bugs related to
687 the unicode transition still exist. Please have a look at the Known
688 bugs on the LyX 1.5 page if you encounter a bug that seems to be related
689 to unicode. If it's not there, then please report it to the lyx-devel
692 * Integrated CJK support
694 The very first result of the Unicode transition is that we have finally
695 merged in the externally maintained CJK-LyX branch.
696 The languages Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in
698 Note that setting the encoding for these languages in LyX 1.5 by
699 using ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors!
700 Also note that you may need to run qtconfig and set appropriate default
701 or substitution fonts to display CJK characters under some circumstances.
705 In addition to the CJK languages, the languages Armenian and Farsi also
706 have full user interface support.
708 * Multiple views of the same buffer
710 LyX can now display multiple views of the same buffer. I.e., you can
711 now open a single document in multiple windows and work on different
712 parts of it synchronously.
714 * Outliner and embedded TOC
716 LyX has another long-awaited feature: a basic outliner mode, in which
717 you can move chapters and sections around in the Table of Contents
718 dialog. (The outliner has been backported and was released with LyX
719 1.4.4.) The TOC dialog is now a dock widget, embedded in the main window.
723 LyX is now able to remember window size and position and it will
724 reopen the documents you worked on last time around. If you've
725 selected the feature in the Preferences dialog, it'll even move the
726 cursor to the place you were working on last! Furthermore, toolbars
727 can (finally!) be switched on/off in View->Toolbars and moved about in
728 the LyX window. The session management will remember their state.
732 As a kind of "anti-preview-latex", a dialog was implemented that lets
733 you view the source code of a given paragraph/selection or the whole
736 * New Font Selection Interface
738 LyX's font selection abilities have been one of its weakest and most
739 outdated components. A completely new interface was implemented that
740 provides access to the power of LaTeX's font selection scheme.
744 LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of
745 LaTeX. Support for the booktabs package has been implemented,
746 providing beautiful and elegant tabulars.
750 LyX now has native support for the nomencl package. With this,
751 you can treat your document with all sorts of nomenclatures,
752 glossaries and fancy notations.
756 LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents.
758 * Enhanced Math Toolbars
760 The math toolbar was enhanced significantly. Drop down menus were
761 added, allowing the integration of all of the math panel's content
762 to the math toolbars.
763 Since this input method is much easier than the clumsy panel, the math
764 panel itself has been removed and superceded by the toolbars.
768 LyX 1.5 uses the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for
769 Windows users, because there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no
770 longer have to rely on an unofficial port of the Unix Qt3 library to
771 Windows. The good old XForms frontend went the way of the dodo. It
772 was both hated and loved, and certainly shaped the unique look of LyX
773 in the past. It was finally killed off, however, by the switch to
774 unicode. The Qt3 frontend was also removed. The work on the GTK
775 frontend has been transferred to a branch because its development has
778 * Change tracking enhancements
780 Major parts of the change tracking code have been rewritten, addressing
781 several problems that existed in the previous implementation.
783 * Converter file cache
785 A cache for converted files, such as included figures, has been
786 implemented. This can speed up LyX's performance considerably when
787 displaying documents with many included figures that need conversion
788 to a format that can be rendered on screen. The converter file cache
789 is enabled by default.
791 The default maximum age of a cached file is 6 months. You can change
794 \converter_cache_maxage xxx
796 where xxx is the maximum age in seconds, in your preferences file.
798 * Unified Windows installer
800 The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding
801 both installers are welcome.
805 The traditional way to insert program listings in LyX involves the use
806 of the LyX-Code style. This option works quite well for short snippets but
807 does not support in-line code segments or the inclusion of external files.
809 Using the listings latex package as the backend a new inset was added that
810 supports all these three ways of listing computer programs.
812 * LaTeX-package support
814 LyX provides the following new document classes:
815 - article(IOP) - for scientific papers published by the IOP group
816 - presentation(powerdot) - for presentations using the powerdot package
817 - curriculum vitae(Europe) - for CVs following the guidelines of the EU
818 - curriculum vitae(modern) - for CVs using the moderncv package
819 - curriculum vitae(simple) - for simple CVs
821 * Minor user interface improvements
823 Several minor improvements of the user interface have been made, such as:
825 - Syntax highlighting of the user preamble and the LaTeX log file.
826 - Better parsing of BibTeX databases (in the citation dialog).
827 - Support for optional arguments for environments.
829 * Enhanced clipboard/selection handling
831 The clipboard has been tuned to work better with other applications.
832 Parallel to clipboard usages, the *nix way of using middle-button
833 to paste selected text is enhanced, and is also available under windows
834 (but within lyx only). Selection of lyx text is now persistent in that
835 you can paste the selected text using the middle button multiple times,
836 even after the selection has been cleared.
838 * Limited support for local class and layout files
840 Lyx can not create, but can open a .lyx file with .cls and .layout files
841 stored in the same directory as the .lyx file. That is to say, if you send
842 your co-author a .lyx file with associated class and layout files, s/he
843 can view and modify the .lyx file directly, without having to install the
844 .cls and .layout files, reconfigure and restart lyx. Note that the .cls and
845 .layout files have to be copied to every directory your .lyx files reside,
846 should you use different directories for master and child documents.
850 As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX
851 core. Performing this cleanup makes the code more understandable and
852 easier to maintain. It also leads inevitably to a more robust
853 application. Nonetheless, it's an unfortunate fact of life that ugly
854 code is sometimes faster than pretty code. We're well aware that LyX
855 1.4 is slower than LyX 1.3. One important goal of this 1.5 development
856 series has been to bring this speed back.
860 Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX
861 bugzilla. Probably some new ones have been introduced instead ;-)
864 What's new in version 1.4.5.1?
865 ------------------------------
867 The only change over release 1.4.5 is the addition to the distribution
868 of one file necessary to read and write lyx 1.5 files.
871 What's new in version 1.4.5?
872 ----------------------------
874 This is expected to be the last release in the 1.4.x stable
875 branch. Besides the obligatory bug fixes, its main feature is the
876 ability to read files created by LyX 1.5.0 (this feature requires
877 python 2.3.4 or later).
880 What's new in version 1.4.4?
881 ----------------------------
883 This is of course a bug fix release, but some new features sneaked in, among which:
885 *) Outline support: it is now possible to move around parts of
886 documents in the Table of Contents dialog.
888 *) Add new UI settings default-autotoolbars and default-alltoolbars
889 allowing to select what toolbars are active or shown automatically.
891 *) Improved documentation.
893 *) Speed improvements, especially on windows.
896 What's new in version 1.4.3?
897 ----------------------------
899 This is a bug fix release that improves stability and MS Windows
900 support. Notable new features include:
902 *) The windows port does not need a MSys (unix-like tools)
903 installation anymore.
905 *) A new function inset-dissolve has been added to delete an text
906 inset and put its contents in the enclosing text; this can be
907 accessed (like in the math editor) by pressing Backspace at the start
908 of an inset, or Delete at the end.
910 *) Many crashes have been fixed, in particular for systems based on
914 What's new in version 1.4.2?
915 ----------------------------
917 This is a bug fix release that improves performance, stability and native OS support. Notable new features include:
919 *) LyX now automatically uses file viewers and editors set at OS level
920 [Windows and Mac OS X only].
922 *) The windows installer has been completely rewritten.
924 *) A new function buffer-toggle-compression (and corresponding entry
925 in the Document menu) has been added to change whether the file will
926 be compressed on disk or not.
928 *) A "LaTeX (pdflatex)" output format has been added. This new output
929 format produces .tex files that are suitable for pdflatex, including
930 figure conversion to png, pdf or jpeg instead of eps.
933 What's new in version 1.4.1?
934 ----------------------------
936 This is a bug fix release, but some of the bugs were big. In particular:
938 *) fix the huge memory consumption and corresponding sluggishness with
939 documents containing many graphics or `instant preview' snippets.
941 *) fix slow screen update with nested insets, particularly with
944 *) fix the delay when exiting from a math inset.
946 *) let the change tracking code track paragraph breaks too.
948 *) Also, this will be the first 1.4 release with a windows
949 installer. See the file RELEASE-NOTES for some known problems in this
952 What's new in version 1.4.0?
953 ----------------------------
955 As usual with major releases, a lot of work that is not directly
956 visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and
957 some of the new features are the direct results of this work.
959 ** Improved user interface
961 LyX 1.4 has a re-designed layout for the menus, designed to decrease
962 clutter and maximise productivity. Several menu items (in the Edit
963 menu) are now context-sensitive, so they only appear when needed. For
964 the die-hard old LyX users, the older layout (referred to as the
965 classic UI) is still available, for now.
967 It's now possible to define multiple toolbars as seen in other
968 editors. By default, the new LyX release has two toolbars displayed,
969 the standard one (similar to the static toolbar in LyX 1.3), plus the
970 extra toolbar. In addition, there are two pre-defined toolbars
971 available: one for tables, and one for math.
973 Another new feature worth mentioning is popup toolbars: you can set a
974 toolbar such that it only appears when editing math, or when editing a
979 This new feature, similar to that found in Microsoft Word and others,
980 makes collaboration on a document a cinch. It provides a way to track
981 changes made to a document, and later approve, reject, or modify such
984 ** Much better conversion from .tex to .lyx
986 The ancient and unloved Perl script, reLyX has finally bitten the dust
987 and been replaced by the brand new and shiny tex2lyx. tex2lyx's LaTeX
988 parser follows most of the rules of the real TeX and so is already
989 much more powerful than reLyX ever was.
993 For a system that purports to make it easy to write documents full of
994 logical (as opposed to visual markup), LyX has always had one glaring
995 omission: no character styles. LyX 1.4 goes some way towards
996 addressing this defect, although there's no dialog to define your own
1002 The teacher who's setting an exam obviously doesn't want her pupils
1003 seeing the answers, yet having questions and answers in the same
1004 document will make the life of the markers of that exam much easier.
1006 That's just one example of someone who would benefit from LyX's new
1007 "branches" feature. In fact, anyone who writes documents which have
1008 more than one target audience will find this feature useful.
1010 ** Minipages evolve to Boxes
1012 In 1.3, LyX only had native support for plain minipages. Now you can
1013 use a wide range of box types and decorations directly from the LyX
1018 LyX now has three different Notes for you to add to your document from
1019 the Insert>Note menu:
1021 - the "LyX Note" is not exported to LaTeX, as now. The "Comment" is
1022 - exported to LaTeX as a comment environment and is not processed
1024 - The Greyed Out note is visible in your PostScript or PDF output as,
1025 well, greyed-out text.
1027 ** Better language and numbering on screen
1029 Two features help to make the screen rendering closer to the printed output:
1031 - the labels attached to layouts like Chapter are now translated in
1032 the language of the document, which may be different from the
1033 language of the menus;
1034 - sectioning headers and theorems are now numbered according to the
1035 document class specifications.
1039 Yes, it's finally there! Tools>Count Words will give you a word
1040 count of the document or of the current selection.
1044 Nasty "error boxes" were eliminated in favor of a dialog with a list
1045 of errors popping up at compilation time.
1047 ** Improved bibliography support
1049 - LyX's support for natbib has been enhanced. Now, also the mysterious
1050 "before citation" field is supported;
1051 - We have added support for jurabib, an amazing package to produce
1052 flexible citations that are especially well suited for the humanities
1054 - Support for sectioned bibliographies (bibtopic) has been added;
1055 - the way bibtex is called is now customizable (as is the way the
1056 index processor is invoked).
1058 ** Improved microtypography support
1060 LyX aims to produce superior typography. With 1.4, it supports:
1062 - more blank characters (e.g. a "thin space", which should stand here
1063 between "e." and "g.");
1064 - inner and outer quotation marks without the hassle of toggling the
1065 style in the documents dialog. Just use the Alt key.
1066 - the handling of figure and table alignment inside floats has been
1067 improved. You can now use the paragraph dialog without getting too
1068 much space between figure/table and caption.
1072 - Figure and table floats can be rotated sideways
1074 - The external xfig inset has been improved especially with regard to
1077 - The graphics inset dialog has now an "edit" button that allows to
1078 edit the included figure
1080 - For index generation, xindy can be used instead of makeindex, which
1081 has poor support for other than English index sorting.
1085 Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX
1086 bugzilla. Probably some new ones have been introduced instead ;-)
1089 What's new in version 1.3.7?
1090 ----------------------------
1092 We hope that this will be the last release in the 1.3.x series. In
1093 addition to many bug fixes, the following improvements are worth
1096 - LyX 1.3.7 is able to read all LyX files up to file format 245,
1097 the format that we anticipate will be used by the forthcoming LyX 1.4.0.
1099 - The windows version has received some polish, in particular in the
1100 installer and in the handling of file names.
1102 All current 1.3.x users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.
1105 What's new in version 1.3.6?
1106 ----------------------------
1108 Unix and MacOSX users should consider this to be a bugfix release.
1110 To Windows users, however, LyX 1.3.6 is the first version of LyX
1111 to support the platform officially. This means that we've put a huge
1112 effort into squashing those bugs that were present in Ruurd Reitsma's
1113 unofficial ports to Windows. Large chunks of the code base have been
1114 touched in an attempt to resolve these problems so whilst we're
1115 confident that LyX/Win 1.3.6 will be the best ever version of LyX on
1116 Windows, we cannot say that it's bug free.
1118 We would like to highlight three fixes in particular:
1119 * It is now possible to typeset files which reside in a directory with
1120 spaces in its name; this requires a modern TeX implementation (such
1122 * It is possible to use Ctrl-PageDown and Control-PageUp (<opt>-tab
1123 and <opt><shift>-tab with LyX/Mac) to switch between the open documents.
1124 * LaTeX-type accents, ligature breaks and hyphenation marks are now
1125 considered as part of words
1129 What's new in version 1.3.5?
1130 ----------------------------
1132 This is mainly a bugfix release, with few notable user-visible
1133 improvements. However, we would like to highlight two fixes in particular:
1134 * Nested documents (with Insert>Include File...), which have been
1135 broken since LyX 1.2.0, should now work properly, including the
1136 case where the files are in different directories.
1137 * It is now possible to compile LyX with gcc 3.4.
1139 What's new in version 1.3.4?
1140 ----------------------------
1142 This is a maintenance release which improves upon 1.3.3 in
1144 * It adds support for old files from LyX 0.10.x or 0.12.x;
1145 * Lyx documents can now be opened and edited even if
1146 they use text classes not present in your latex installation;
1147 * New Qt features have been added (improved selection,
1149 * Mac OS X support is much improved;
1150 * The interface and documentation localization have
1153 What's new in version 1.3.3?
1154 ----------------------------
1156 This is a maintenance release which improves upon 1.3.2 in
1158 * import of old LyX files and export to DocBook have been improved;
1159 * many small bugs in the Qt frontend have been fixed;
1160 * MacOSX users can now compile LyX and enjoy the native MacOSX interface;
1161 * several languages now benefit from an improved translation of
1162 the user interface and documentation.
1164 What's new in version 1.3.2?
1165 ----------------------------
1167 This is a maintenance release which improves upon 1.3.1 in
1169 * the spellchecker code has been overhauled and many bugs
1171 * many small bugs in the Qt frontend have been fixed;
1172 * several languages now benefit from an improved translation of
1175 What's new in version 1.3.1?
1176 ----------------------------
1178 LyX 1.3.1 is a maintenance release, which adds some polish to the new
1179 features of LyX 1.3.0 (especially the Qt frontend) and also fixes some
1180 significant bugs in the math editor and the lyx2lyx import script. We
1181 also threw in a few new features (new textclasses, latex import
1182 improvements) for good measure.
1186 - when there is vertical space between paragraphs, the amount of space
1187 is also indicated in the small/medium/large case [bug #814]
1189 - reLyX improvements: support for natib citations, for 'm' column
1190 descriptors in tables; a .lyx file generated by reLyX now says this
1192 - new classes mwart, mwbk and mwrep (adaptation of the base classes to
1193 polish conventions); new class elsart (for journals published by
1194 Elsevier); updated classes koma-script (in particular new class
1195 scrlttr2); re-introduce class ijmpd (which was in 1.2.x) and unbreak
1198 - new "polski" keymap, useful for entering Polish on a QWERTY
1199 keyboard; update to Scientific Word-compatible bindings
1200 (documentation has been updated too)
1202 - updates to the danish, dutch, french, german, norwegian, polish and
1203 spanish translation of menus
1205 - Most of the documentation has been updated for the current version
1206 of LyX. If you find some problems with the documentation in this
1207 release, please contact lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org
1209 What's new in version 1.3.0?
1210 ----------------------------
1212 As with the previous major version 1.2.0, many things make this new
1213 release an exciting one. One of the major projects that has been going
1214 on behind the scenes is the so-called GUI-independence project. We are
1215 glad to announce that version 1.3.0 shows the first results of this.
1216 LyX now comes in two flavours: Qt-LyX and xforms-LyX!
1218 Although this is the most visible change in version 1.3, this should not
1219 hide the fact that the `under the hood' changes to the code have again
1220 been very important. A detailed list can be found below.
1224 This is of course the most visible new feature. This frontend supports
1225 either Qt 2.x or 3.x and is mostly feature complete. Note that some
1226 of the dialogs are slightly different in design, but are generally
1227 functionally equivalent.
1229 Note that if Qt is using Xft2/fontconfig, you may need to install the
1230 latex-xft-fonts package at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib to get maths
1231 symbols displayed properly.
1235 Unfortunately, the development of the Gnome frontend has mostly
1236 stopped recently and we have therefore chosen to disable it. We
1237 strongly invite anyone willing to revive this port to volunteer on the
1242 preview-latex is an emacs package for LaTeX that allows "instant previews"
1243 of LaTeX code, so you can immediately see the visual rendering of the
1244 LaTeX in the document. Its project home page can be found at
1245 http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex. With the help of David
1246 Kastrup, the author, LyX 1.3.0 can harness this functionality to
1247 allow instant previews in the LyX window of math equations and
1248 figures. This feature can be immensely useful, ensuring that the
1249 rendering of your equation will look right in the final output. The
1250 preview is only displayed (if enabled) when you're not editing the
1251 actual equation, so it's unobtrusive too.
1255 There have been a few visible and some not-so-visible changes. On the
1256 visible side we have better visual feedback regarding the structure of
1257 a formula, showing the nesting by small purple decorations in the
1258 formula itself and revealing the names of the nesting levels in the
1259 minibuffer. There is now native support for symbols from the wasy
1260 package containing e.g. the zodiac symbols. New also is the internal
1261 structure of font changes which are now proper "insets", just like
1262 anything else from a square root to an array. This not only simplifies
1263 the code greatly but also allows the same editing tricks as for the
1264 "regular" math. However, it was not possible to tweak the visible
1265 behaviour to mimic 1.2 in all cases, so this might take some time to
1266 get accustomed to. On the pro side, the new structure allowed
1267 support for LaTeX's \mbox and \fbox to be implemented and general
1268 "switching back to text mode within math", so a lot of "evil red text"
1269 trickery is not needed anymore. The most visible changes are the following:
1271 - Pressing { and } will insert LaTeX's \{ and \} which show up as { }
1272 in the printout. To get LaTeX's {} nesting, you need to type \{.
1274 - Fonts changes now really nest. Repeated application of a font change
1275 will result in nested font changes! To remove a font change without
1276 removing the "contents", it is now possible to "pull the argument"
1277 like in other insets, i.e. put the cursor in the first position of
1278 the inset and press 'backspace'.
1280 ** Reading old files
1282 LyX now has a new script lyx2lyx which enables the reading of any file
1283 produced by LyX versions as old as 0.12. Work is in progress on files
1284 created with LyX 0.10 (LyX 1.4 time-line) and still older files are
1285 in the forge. Basically if lyx wrote it LyX will read it. :-)
1287 There is also a strong demand to be able to read files produced by
1288 _newer_ versions of LyX. While lyx2lyx has the infrastructure in place
1289 to do such things, the filters to `downgrade' LyX files (from 1.3.0 to
1290 1.2.x, for example) have not yet been written.
1292 ** Miscellaneous changes
1294 - LyX now automatically uses TeX fonts for screen rendering of math
1295 equations if they are available (it is not necessary anymore to
1296 configure your font server).
1298 - The Insert>Short Title allows the addition of an optional text
1299 for section headings and captions that is designed to be used in
1302 - The Insert>Float>Floatflt Figure menu item restores the ability
1303 to wrap text around an image which was present in 1.1.6 and
1306 - If you configure with --with-pspell (which uses the PSpell library for
1307 spellchecking), you will be able to automatically spell-check
1308 multi-language documents, assuming you have the right dictionaries
1312 What's new in version 1.2.3?
1313 ----------------------------
1315 LyX 1.2.3 is a maintenance release. It mainly fixes a very bad bug
1316 where configuring LyX as root could lead to deleting the /dev/null
1317 special device (this does not impact users of prebuilt binaries).
1318 Also, a bug where LyX would create zombie processes has been fixed.
1322 - updated italian User Guide
1324 - updated french localization
1327 What's new in version 1.2.2?
1328 ----------------------------
1330 LyX 1.2.2 is a maintenance release. It is a recommended upgrade from
1331 1.2.0 or 1.2.1, especially since it fixes a few bugs introduced in
1336 - LyX builds with the newly released xforms 1.0. Actually, it is
1337 advised to use this version of xforms, since it fixes many bugs and
1338 support for older versions will probably be dropped in LyX 1.3.0
1340 - selecting a word by double clicking now sets the X clipboard (like
1341 when dragging the mouse)
1343 - it is now possible to specify the arguments for viewers; in
1344 particular, this means that it is possible to use browsers which
1345 require a file: URL as HTML viewers (mozilla is used as default if
1348 - when a new LyX version is launched, the Edit>Reconfigure tool is
1349 automatically invoked; this should avoid many problems with users
1350 who are not aware that it is needed
1352 - when changing the current layout with the toolbar, the corresponding
1353 keyboard binding is shown in the minibuffer
1355 - in hebrew language, the key " now inserts a typewriter quote (since
1356 other quotes do not make sense in hebrew)
1358 - Insert>Lists & TOC>Bibtex Reference uses style 'plain' by default
1360 - new class ijmpd; update cl2emult, llncs and foils textclasses
1362 - update sciword bindings
1364 - small cleanup of UserGuide and FAQ; update to German, French and
1365 Russian documentation; new Hebrew tutorial
1367 - update french, german, russian, finnish and danish localization of
1371 What's new in version 1.2.1?
1372 ----------------------------
1374 LyX 1.2.1 is a maintenance release which fixes many bugs in version
1375 1.2.0. We hope in this way to enhance world happiness, allowing the
1376 developers to continue busily to prepare the next major release
1377 1.3.0. There are a lot of fixes in there, and upgrading is highly
1382 - it is now possible to build LyX with xforms 1.0rc4 (and probably 1.0
1383 when this gets released)
1385 - partial rewrite of the find & replace feature. This should solve most of
1386 the performance problems
1388 - new option `keep aspect ratio' in graphics dialog
1390 - revert to the old behaviour when creating new floats (figure,
1391 table...): the empty paragraph in the float now is a caption. It
1392 seems that 1.2.0 behaviour was confusing too many people
1394 - it is now possible to set the float placement parameters to
1397 - when the cursor is inside a collapsible inset, `Edit>Open/close
1398 float' will leave it after the inset after closing it (this should
1399 help entering of ERT insets)
1401 - update Finnish, Danish, French and Russian localizations
1403 - update Tutorial to 1.2.x features
1405 - better support for entering Cyrillic and Greek alphabets
1407 - cleanup shortcuts for section layouts. Starred versions are now
1408 obtained by prepending a * to the section number (M-p asterisk 0, ...,
1411 - add keyboard shortcuts to the Documents menu
1413 - support the numpad direction keys as equivalent to normal cursor
1416 - it is now possible to specify a non-existent file name on the command
1417 line and have this file created for you
1419 - new class cl2emult; update template for IEEEtran; small update to
1420 heb-article and hollywood textclasses
1423 What's new in version 1.2.0?
1424 ----------------------------
1426 LyX 1.2.0 is the version where many of changes in the 1.1.x series
1427 really begin to pay off. It should prove to be a very solid base for
1428 further developments. As of this version, we use (yet another) new
1429 versioning scheme: next major version will be 1.3.0, and 1.2.x will
1430 be just incremental fixes (like the `fix' series used to be for 1.1.5
1433 This version sees the introduction of the so-called `new' insets,
1434 which can contain arbitrary text. As a consequence, many new features
1437 - Floats, footnotes and margin notes are now real insets. The
1438 positional parameters of figure, table and algorithm floats can be set
1441 - Most problems with the new table inset of 1.1.6 have been addressed
1442 (memory consumption, file bloat, spell-checking, search and replace...).
1443 Better longtable header/footer support was implemented.
1445 - TeX mode has been superseded by the ERT inset, which is foldable, or
1448 - Notes inset can now contain arbitrary LyX constructs; they will not
1449 appear in the output.
1451 - New minipage inset
1453 Note that another consequence of these changes is that older LyX
1454 versions will almost certainly fail to read files produced by LyX
1458 Other more traditional insets have been improved too:
1460 - New graphics inset with support for hassle-free inclusion of various
1461 image formats (GIF, JPEG, PNG and EPS by default) and a new
1462 rendering scheme that should fix the bugs we had with the older
1465 - Support for natbib for bibliography citations
1469 The math editor has been mostly rewritten. This begun as a general
1470 cleanup, but it turns out that many new features happened in this
1471 process, among which:
1473 - many of the known bugs or annoyances in mathed have been fixed.
1475 - possibility to display all standard latex and amsmath symbols (and
1476 also the \mathcal, \mathbb, and \mathfrak fonts)as long as the
1477 relevant fonts have been made available to the X server
1479 - support for many amsmath features
1480 Commands: xrightarrow, xleftarrow, substack, underset, dddot
1481 over/under arrows (e.g. underleftarrow).
1482 Environments: align, alignat, xalignat, xxalignat, multline, gather
1483 split, gathered, aligned, cases, subarray, pmatrix, bmatrix, vmatrix,
1486 - Preliminary support for xymatrix
1488 - Support for horizontal and vertical lines in arrays.
1490 - Improvements to the parser
1492 - Improvements to math text mode
1494 - (Better) support for nested macros
1496 - Enable size changes to arrays after creation (add/delete rows/columns)
1498 - Support for changing font or displaystyle on a selection
1500 - GUI support provided for many more features
1503 Other changes include:
1505 - Support for windows with cygwin has been incorporated into the main
1508 - Most of the dialogs have been rewritten in the GUI-I framework, and
1509 improved in the process
1511 - The kde frontend has been dropped in favor of a new qt2 frontend.
1512 Note that only the xforms front is really operational as of this
1513 version and alternative frontends are expected for 1.3.0
1515 - The citation dialog has a search facility, with support for regular
1518 - New ligature break special character, useful for words like
1519 "shelfful", or many german words
1521 - Support for parsing preamble when converting LaTeX files. Along
1522 with changes in the LaTeX production of alignment options, this
1523 improves round-trip work where you export a LyX document as
1524 LaTeX, and later reimport it from LaTeX.
1526 - Updated documentation
1528 - a few more document classes for journals: dtk, ltugboat, spie and
1531 - Support for setting bookmarks and jumping to them
1533 - It is possible to cycle between a label and its references.
1535 - Preliminary support for multiple bibliographies
1537 - Babel can be disabled
1539 - A thesaurus facility (English only)
1541 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6fix4?
1542 ------------------------------------
1544 LyX 1.1.6fix4 is a bugfix release.
1548 - add support for latin3, latin4 and latin9 encodings
1550 - change the encoding for estonian from latin4 to latin1, since it
1551 appears to be more suitable.
1553 - add support for ae fonts (emulation of T1 encoding with OT1 fonts).
1554 This is useful for creating pdf files in T1 encoding
1556 - add support for dvipdfm
1558 - when passing a file name as argument from command line, the
1559 extension `.lyx' is added if necessary
1561 - insert error insets in the documents when there have been unknown
1564 - new class `kluwer'; update to hollywood class
1566 - the class encts has been renamed to entcs (stupid typo!) and
1569 - updates to the introduction document and the italian user guide
1571 - updates to the russian, finnish and hebrew localisations
1574 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6fix3?
1575 ------------------------------------
1577 LyX 1.1.6fix3 is a bugfix release.
1581 - documentation has been updated to remove errors due to interface
1584 - new italian user guide; updated french localisation of menus and
1585 documentation; new dutch translations of some examples
1587 - the `history' and `revert' functionalities have been implemented in CVS
1590 - it is now possible to enter directly characters in an encoding
1591 different from latin1 (providing one is using a correct screen font)
1593 - new encts class for Elsevier Science's Electronic Notes in
1594 Theoretical Computer Science
1596 - new cv class for writing curriculum vitae
1598 - new extarticle, extreport, extbook and extletter classes, which are
1599 versions of the normal classes with more font sizes available
1601 - the aapaper class has been complemented with a aa class for the A&A
1602 LaTeX document class version 5.0, which is slightly incompatible
1603 with the older version
1606 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6fix2?
1607 ------------------------------------
1609 LyX 1.1.6fix2 is a bugfix release.
1613 - add language support in docbook; better support for verbatim text.
1615 - the --with-lyx-suffix flag introduced in 1.1.6fix1 has been renamed
1616 to --with-version-suffix; it can now be used without argument (to
1617 install as lyx-1.1.6fix2)
1619 - many translations updated; big french documentation overhaul; german
1620 documentation update.
1622 - preliminary Thai support; new serbo-croatian support
1625 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6fix1?
1626 ------------------------------------
1628 LyX 1.1.6fix1 is a bugfix release.
1632 - updated documentation for version 1.1.6; new french documentation
1633 translations; updated danish translation of the interface.
1635 - better support for ukrainian language
1637 - non working --with-lyxname configure option has been replaced by
1638 working --with-lyx-suffix.
1640 - in default cua bindings, change C-k from font-noun to
1641 line-delete-forward.
1643 - Add the prefix "key-" to the default keys for bibliography insets.
1645 - Show both key and label of a bibliography inset.
1648 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6?
1649 --------------------------------
1651 As with all of the 1.1.x versions of LyX, this release contains a lot
1652 of new code: in particular, more than half of the changes described in
1653 the ChangeLog (which dates back to the 1.1.0 release) concern LyX 1.1.6!
1655 Besides the usual under-the-hood changes, LyX 1.1.6 has many
1656 new user-visible features. The main visible feature is that the
1657 GUI-independent branch of development has been merged, as well as code
1658 from the older development version:
1660 - many popups have been rewritten to use the new GUI-I scheme. In the
1661 process they have received a nice cleanup: the Document and Paragraph
1662 popups now contain in one single place what was previously scattered
1663 in many places. Similarly, the citation and cross reference popups
1664 have been overhauled.
1666 - LyX now has a Preference popup where you can change most of your
1669 - the menus can now be defined in a text file, and they automatically
1670 display the keyboard bindings associated with commands.
1672 - it is now possible to provide your own icons for the toolbar.
1674 - last but not least, work has begun on a KDE and a Gnome frontend for
1675 LyX. They are not officially supported for this version, but this
1676 will give you an idea of what is happening.
1678 Other major changes in 1.1.6 include:
1680 - the table support has been completely rewritten. It is now a modular
1681 object (inset), each cell of which owns a (also) newly written text
1682 inset. This now permits automatic text-wrap inside a tabular
1683 cell (if you define a width), multiparagraph mode AND setting of
1684 layouts for the paragraphs (lists inside a tabular cell!). Last but
1685 not least, a wide tabular now scrolls automatically so that all of it
1686 is visible without the need to enlarge the window!
1688 While there are as yet no other new features, they will be now MUCH
1689 easier to add. It may be that because of being "young" code some
1690 features may not work right now, but at least it is much
1693 - new external material inset: this is a new kind of very powerful
1694 inset which will allow LyX to interface intelligently with external
1695 applications. Among other good things, it will finally allow you to
1696 include GIF, JPEG, TIF, PNG, or just about any other raster format
1697 images in your document. It will even do an approximate ascii
1698 rendering when you do Ascii export if you have gifscii installed.
1700 - The code which converts from LyX format to anything else (for
1701 viewing or exporting purposes) and from anything else to LyX has been
1702 rewritten. In particular, it is now possible to export to PDF, and to
1703 import from HTML/MSWord. In fact it's now possible to add new import/export
1704 formats without recompiling LyX by specifying external programs or scripts
1706 (note that the old import/export lyxrc settings no longer work).
1708 - LyX can do command line exports without opening any GUI components.
1710 - The multilingual support has been improved. It is now possible to use in a
1711 document languages with different encodings, e.g. German (iso8859-1) and
1712 Czech (iso8859-2). Such a document can be viewed on screen using an
1713 iso10646-1 (Unicode) font. However, it is (currently) not possible to
1714 have differently encoded languages in the same paragraph.
1715 The languages and the encodings are defined in text files.
1717 - Improved support for Hebrew and Arabic (also present in 1.1.5fix2).
1719 - included files work now with docbook and linuxdoc; new layout
1722 - PSpell library and Aspell spell checker support now included thanks
1723 largely to Kevin Atkinson (PSpell and Aspell maintainer).
1725 And finally, there have been a lot of smaller changes, which are
1726 mentioned here for your information
1728 - the menu entry File->New does not prompt for a file name by default
1729 (this can be changed in preferences).
1731 - new -geometry command line option, which replaces the old -width,
1736 What's new in LyX version 1.1.5?
1737 --------------------------------
1739 Lots of internal code rewritten, fixed, changed and added.
1740 We are using the C++ Standard Library more each day.
1741 This will in most cases make the code clearer and easier to maintain
1743 We are also gearing up for the merge of the gui-indep branch, expect
1744 this (but not the new gui's) in 1.1.6.
1746 User-visible changes:
1748 - Paste to other programs (like emacs or xterm). Note: text only.
1750 - New TOC menu item for fast access to the table of contents.
1752 - New Refs menu item for quick insertion of cross-references.
1754 - multilingual documents (preliminary support)
1756 - Right-to-Left support for Hebrew and Arabic, this is a first attempt
1757 only and is likely to improve in future versions.
1759 - Per-paragraph spacing, currently only settable from the
1760 command-line/window:
1761 paragraph-spacing (default,single,onehalf,double,other) [float]
1763 - New visual feedback for environment depth of paragraphs (also the !
1764 in the margin for margin notes has been removed).
1766 - End-of-proof box, for layouts where it makes sense.
1768 - labels are now editable (not in equations, though).
1770 - Much faster spellchecking (50x faster!).
1772 - The parsing of the LaTex log has improved flagging more errors that
1773 earlier versions of LyX did not see at all. So if you suddenly have
1774 errors in documents that used to have none, this might be the casue.
1775 (And you probably had the error always.)
1777 - Better definition for LyXList style.
1779 - hollywood.layout and broadway.layout have improved. New classes
1780 LLNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science), svjog (Journal of Geodesy)
1782 - support for varioref and pretty ref (preliminary support)
1784 - A couple of changes to the LyX format, so that files written with
1785 1.1.5 will not be parsed correctly by older LyX versions if protected
1786 spaces or the new per-paragraph spacing are used. Also the RtL
1787 support is of course not supported in older versions.
1789 - Removed support for XForms older than 0.88.
1791 - Some command-line options and X resources are not supported anymore
1792 (The color ones, and -mono -fastselection, -reverse)
1794 - New command-line options '-userdir' which so that you can choose to
1795 use another dir than .lyx for user configurations. (Or have many.)
1797 - new lyxrc variables: \show_banner [true|false] to remove the banner
1798 screen, \backupdir_path to tell where the backup files created
1799 by lyx should be stored, and \override_x_deadkeys to tell whether
1800 lyx should provide its own accent keys handling (default is true).
1803 What's new in LyX version 1.1.4?
1804 --------------------------------
1806 More internals have been rethought. In particular, most of the file IO
1807 routines of LyX have been rewritten to use real C++ streams. Many
1808 changes have also been done to help compile LyX with Sun CC 5.0 and
1811 In the user-visible department, we find:
1813 - new command line option -x (or --execute) and -e (or --export). Now
1814 direct conversion from .lyx to .tex (.dvi, .ps, ...) is possible
1815 ('lyx file.lyx --export latex') Unfortunately, X is still needed and
1816 the GUI pops up during the process...
1818 - better placement of accents for characters that LyX draws by itself;
1820 - improved translations, in particular in Finnish (overhauled UI
1821 translation), Dutch (tutorial and examples), German
1823 - new configure flag --with-lyxname which allows to choose the name
1824 under which lyx is installed. Default is "lyx", of course. It used
1825 to be possible to do this with --program-suffix, but the later has
1826 in fact a different meaning for autoconf.
1828 And of course, a lot of old bugs have been replaced by new ones ;)
1831 What's new in LyX version 1.1.3?
1832 --------------------------------
1834 More LyX internals have been cleaned-up in this version, but the usual
1835 small number of user-visible changes have appeared:
1837 - LyX is not able anymore to read some old files using latex inset
1838 (this should not be a problem as these were already not generated by
1839 LyX 0.12.0). Use LyX 1.0.4 to read files containing those.
1841 - The first line of a .lyx file does not contain anymore the file
1842 creator name and the date of creation; this was causing various
1845 - the -dbg command line switch is enhanced. For example, "-dbg lyxrc"
1848 - Slightly better handling of dependency tracking for bibtex files.
1850 - The screen representations of \varepsilon and \epsilon have been
1851 swapped. Now \epsilon shows as red text, and \varepsilon shows as it
1852 should. This is of course a controversial change (since many people
1853 will find that their lyx workscreen is suddenly full of red), but done
1854 for the sake of correctness.
1856 - The characters \angle and \vee are now correctly displayed in math
1857 formulas; the glyph for \Upsilon has been changed.
1859 - Characters '~' and '^' are now output using standard LaTeX macros,
1860 which improves the result with T1 fonts.
1862 - new function "command-sequence" to bind several sequences to a key.
1864 - The textclass g-brief has been updated.
1866 And of course many bugs have been fixed.
1868 What's new in LyX version 1.1.2?
1869 --------------------------------
1871 LyX 1.1.2 is a minor upgrade to 1.1.1, only one new feature has been added:
1873 - the export to html feature has been extended to use other programs.
1874 Currently, tth, latex2html and hevea are supported. Note that the
1875 variable \tth_command has been renamed to \html_command in lyxrc.
1877 Moreover, a couple of semi-serious bugs have been fixed:
1879 - a bug that caused a crash in lyxstring::find
1881 - the annoying '-' vs. '_' bug.
1883 Also the cheaders files were missing from the 1.1.1 distribution, that
1884 has also been fixed.
1886 What's new in LyX version 1.1.1?
1887 --------------------------------
1889 LyX 1.1.1 marks an important change in our development scheme. While
1890 it does not have many new features, there have been many internal
1891 changes, many of which have been backported from our old development
1892 branch (which is now extinct). So while on the surface this version is
1893 very similar to version 1.0.4, many things happened under the hood. As
1894 a consequence of this: expect that some new bugs have crept in.
1896 User visible changes in lyx 1.1.1:
1898 - New export to HTML feature
1900 - All the popups should be more resistant to resize actions.
1902 - normal spaces are automatically made unbreakable if we are in
1903 a freespacing mode (LyX-Code), but not in latex mode. The rule used
1904 to be that spaces where changed when in typewriter font.
1906 - the default encoding of a new document is now latin1, since it seems
1907 to be a reasonable default for many people. Note that you can
1908 override this default with the "Save layout as default" feature.
1910 What's new in 1.0.4 compared to LyX version 1.0.3?
1911 --------------------------------------------------
1913 LyX 1.0.4 is mainly a bugfix update to 1.0.3, but some
1914 new features has been included:
1920 - Better printing with custom pagesizes.
1922 - Several language files updated.
1924 - And several bugfixes to math and table.
1926 What's new in 1.0.3 compared to LyX version 1.0.2?
1927 --------------------------------------------------
1929 LyX 1.0.3 is mainly a bugfix update to 1.0.2.
1931 - improved dependency tracking when running LaTeX (fixes one important
1934 - new italian and walloon localizations of the user interface.
1936 - New slovene and spanish translations of the Tutorial.
1938 What's new in 1.0.2 compared to LyX version 1.0.1?
1939 --------------------------------------------------
1941 LyX 1.0.2 is a minor update to LyX 1.0.1. Besides fixing many bugs
1942 compared to version 1.0.0, it adds the following features:
1944 - Improved reLyX: supports EPS image inclusion and works in windows.
1946 - New french translation of Intro.lyx and Tutorial.lyx; new german
1947 translation of UserGuide.lyx.
1949 - Better multipart document support.
1951 - LyX is now able to parse your BibTex files and show a list of
1954 - New broadway textclass (for plays).
1957 What's new in 1.0.1 compared to LyX version 1.0.0?
1958 --------------------------------------------------
1960 LyX 1.0.1 is a minor update to LyX 1.0.0. Besides fixing many bugs
1961 compared to version 1.0.0, it adds the following features:
1963 - Support for selecting pages and number of copies in print dialog
1965 - New function 'Replace all' in Find&Replace popup
1967 - Support for optional argument of \sqrt in math editor
1969 - Support for literate programming with the 'noweb' program
1971 - New LaTeX document classe: APA
1975 What's new in 1.0.0 compared to LyX version 0.12.0?
1976 ----------------------------------------------------
1978 LyX 1.0.0 is a stable release. Besides fixing many bugs compared to
1979 version 0.12.0, it adds the following features:
1981 - much improved reLyX script: many bugs have been fixed, new options
1982 have been added, many constructs are now correctly handled. reLyX is now
1983 installed along with LyX and has its own man page. Separate upgrades
1984 of reLyX will be made available later. The reLyX script is utilized
1985 by the File->Import LaTeX command in LyX.
1987 - Much improved LinuxDoc (sgml-tools) support: multiple textclasses,
1988 footnotes, and generally better output.
1990 - New textclasses scrartcl, scrbook, scrreprt and scrlettr
1991 implementing the corresponding classes of the koma-script
1992 package. New textclasses latex8 for some IEEE journals, IEEEtran for
1993 various IEEE Transactions journals and ejour2 for some Springer Verlag
1994 Journals. New textclass hollywood to typeset your own film scripts.
1996 - Better support (keyboard bindings, keyboard mappings, and/or menu
1997 and error message translations) for several languages.
1999 - Documentation has been partly translated to German, Swedish, and Czech. You
2000 will get this automatically from the Help menu if you set up the LANG
2001 environment variable correctly (i.e. to 'de' or 'sv').
2003 - Documentation has been generally improved and expanded.
2005 - Improved table support.
2007 - Support for arbitrary line spacing in documents.
2009 - easier handling of index entries.
2011 - The printer configuration scheme has changed a bit to help people
2012 whose dvips is not configured correctly. As a consequence, you might
2013 have to modify your lyxrc a bit. All users are advised to re-run
2014 Option->Reconfigure to update LyX configuration.
2017 Note that your existing global lyxrc file will not be overwritten by
2018 default since now LyX only installs a file lyxrc.example to use as