1 What's new in version 2.3.6?
2 ----------------------------
4 LyX 2.3.6 is the sixth maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. It is the
5 result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more reliable and
6 more stable. Most of the changes are fairly minor, fixes of smallish bugs,
7 but a couple crashes have been fixed, as well.
9 One oft-requested feature (going back 13 years) is the ability to create
10 new child documents from within the 'include file' dialog. This is now
11 possible. Another equally old bug that has been fixed is that pasting
12 table content outside a table no longer pastes tab characters.
15 What's new in version 2.3.5?
16 ----------------------------
18 LyX 2.3.5 is the fifth maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
20 LyX 2.3.5 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
21 reliable and more stable. Most of the changes are incremental, but quite a
22 few important bugs have now been fixed.
24 One important change is that Inkscape 1.0 is now supported: It will be detected
25 and configured automatically. Users of previous versions have recently reported
26 configuration failures when Inkscape 1.0 is installed, leading to an incomplete
27 (and all but unusable) installation of LyX. This should also be fixed.
30 What's new in version 2.3.4?
31 ----------------------------
33 LyX 2.3.4 is the fourth maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
35 LyX 2.3.4 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
36 reliable and more stable. One important change is that we have finally fixed
37 a large number of bugs related to bibitems (see bug #7548). We have also (we
38 hope) fixed a long-standing bug involving the saving of files on Windows to
39 Dropbox folders and another involving missing included files.
42 What's new in version 2.3.3?
43 ----------------------------
45 LyX 2.3.3 is the third maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
47 LyX 2.3.3 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
48 reliable and more stable. One important change is that emergency files are
49 now renamed when users wish to save them. As a result, older emergency files
50 are not over-written. One major update allows for the editing of the contents
51 of the user-provided premable, and the contents of ERT insets, in external
52 editors, a request that goes back to 2003 and bug #991.
55 What's new in version 2.3.2?
56 ----------------------------
58 LyX 2.3.2 is the second maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
60 LyX 2.3.2 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
61 reliable and more stable. One main fix involves a crash with external viewers
62 on Windows. We have also fixed a number of problems with the output of right-
63 to-left languages, thanks to the involvement of users. There was also an
64 infinite loop bug connected with the separation of environments that has been
65 fixed. But, for the most part, the fixes here are incremental.
68 What's new in version 2.3.1?
69 ----------------------------
71 LyX 2.3.1 is the first maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
73 We have fixed a number of bugs and added some new features. Perhaps the most
74 important of these is that Jean-Marc Lasgouttes re-wrote the document painting
75 mechanism. This makes LyX snappier, especially on repeated events.
77 All python scripts distributed with LyX should now be compatible with both
78 python 2.x and python 3.x.
80 One oft-requested enhancement was to restore a keyboard shortcut for opening
81 the 'settings' menu of graphics, reference, etc, insets. This is now Control-
82 Alt-i, on Windows and Linux, and Control-Option-i on OSX (assuming you are
83 using the default keybindings).
86 What's new in version 2.3.0?
87 ----------------------------
89 The new features in LyX 2.3 are detailed in
90 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX23
93 * Multiple bibliographies
95 * Quotation marks enhancements
96 * Updates to reference handling
97 * Improved LaTeX handling in dialogs
99 * New supported languages
100 * New supported LaTeX commands
101 * New template for Inkscape drawings
102 * Handling of environments (e.g. beamer frames)
103 * Footnotes in tables
104 * Localization of nomenclature
105 * New translations of the LyX user interface
106 * Improvements to on-screen display of math equations
107 * Automatic detection of file changes
108 * Citation & reference dialogs
109 * Improvements to cursor movement and selection
110 * Improvements to row breaking and alignment
111 * Outliner and navigation menu
112 * Forward/Reverse search and error reporting
114 * Code preview & highlighting
117 What's new in version 2.2.3?
118 ----------------------------
120 LyX 2.2.3 is the third maintenance release in the 2.2.x series.
122 We have fixed a number of bugs and made a number of improvements.
123 Most of these are relatively minor, but the combined result of fixing
124 them all has led to significant improvements. We encourage all users of
125 2.2.2 to upgrade to this version.
128 What's new in version 2.2.2?
129 ----------------------------
131 LyX 2.2.2 is the second maintenance release in the 2.2.x series.
133 We have fixed a number of bugs and made a number of improvements.
134 Most of these are relatively minor, but we nonetheless encourage all
135 users of 2.2.1 to upgrade to this version.
137 Perhaps the most important bug we fixed affected use of covington.sty with
138 2.2.1. This will only have affected users of the Linguistics module.
140 One new feature is the use of the "scaling" option when exporting images
141 for XHTML. This does not work the same way as with LaTeX export. What it
142 does is add something like "width: 50%" to the style attribute. This will
143 ordinarily be interpreted by the browser as a percentage relative to the
147 What's new in version 2.2.1?
148 ----------------------------
150 LyX 2.2.1 is the first maintenance relase in the 2.2.x series.
152 A large number of bugs have been fixed since the 2.2.0 release.
153 We are pleased to say that most of these were relatively minor:
154 LyX 2.2.0 was perhaps the stable major version release we have
155 produced in a some time. Nontheless, we encourage all users of
156 2.2.0 to upgrade to this version.
159 What's new in version 2.2.0?
160 ----------------------------
162 The new features in LyX 2.2 are detailed in
163 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX22
165 * HiDPI display support
167 * New text display algorithm
168 * Horizontal scrolling for large insets
169 * Improved control of paragraph breaks
170 * Improved text color support
171 * Improved box dialog
172 * Improved table context menu
173 * Reworked instant preview
174 * Enhanced source panel
175 * Improved outliner and navigation menu
176 * Enhanced language support
177 * New supported languages
178 * New supported LaTeX commands
179 * Layout enhancements
180 * Module enhancements
181 * New preferences settings
185 What's new in version 2.1.5?
186 ----------------------------
188 We have fixed a number of bugs and made a number of improvements. Many
189 of these were minor, but there were a few crashes we fixed, too.
191 Please note that this is the final release in the 2.1.x series. It is
192 intended for users who for some reason do not wish to upgrade to 2.2.x
193 at this time. We strongly encourage all such users to upgrade to this
196 One of the main features of 2.1.5 is its ability to read and write files
197 in the 2.2.x format. Since the conversion process back and forth usually
198 will not leave one with an identical file, however, we do not recommend
199 attempting to collaborate with users of 2.2.x.
202 What's new in version 2.1.4?
203 ----------------------------
205 LyX 2.1.4 is the fourth maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.
207 A large number of bugs have been fixed. Many of these were minor, but
208 there were a few crashes we fixed, too, so we encourage all LyX users
209 to upgrade to this version.
212 What's new in version 2.1.3?
213 ----------------------------
215 LyX 2.1.3 is the third maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.
217 A large number of bugs have been fixed, most of them fairly minor. But
218 there were several additional improvements to the lyx2lyx conversion
219 program that should make import of older beamer documents more reliable.
222 What's new in version 2.1.2?
223 ----------------------------
225 LyX 2.1.2 is the second maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.
227 The most important fix here is that we believe we have resolved the problem
228 that led several users to experience seemingly random crashes with 2.1.0,
229 sometimes resulting in dataloss. (This was bug 9049.) These crashes generally
230 happened when the user attempted to save a file containing a table, usually a
231 fairly complex table. A seemingly unrelated bug report concerning a crash when
232 trying to save a default template (bug 9236) led to the solution. That bug has
235 There are also several other, smaller bug-fixes, including several more
236 improvements to the lyx2lyx conversion scripts. This should make the import
237 of older beamer documents easier.
240 What's new in version 2.1.1?
241 ----------------------------
243 LyX 2.1.1 is the first maintenance release in the 2.1.x series. It is bug-
244 fixing release, and a whole lot of bugs have been fixed. Please see the
245 release announcement for the details.
247 Several users have reported seemingly random crashes with 2.1.0, sometimes
248 resulting in dataloss. These crashes appear to happen when the user attempts
249 to save a file, and the dataloss occurs because the original LyX file is over-
250 written by a corrupt file that then cannot be opened. The seemingly random
251 crashes, we believe, are due to auto-save, which is enabled or disabled in
252 Tools> Preferences> Document Handling > "Backup documents every...minutes".
254 Unfortunately, we have been unable to find the cause of this bug, though all
255 known reports seem to involve documents that contain tables, and the corrupt
256 file always ends with: \begin_inset Tabular.
258 To prevent dataloss, we have changed the way LyX saves files if the user
259 has not enabled backups. LyX now renames the existing file before
260 attempting to save the new one (in effect, making a temporary backup).
261 Then, if the save fails, the original file can be restored.
264 What's new in version 2.1.0?
265 ----------------------------
267 The new features in LyX 2.1 are detailed in
268 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX21
270 * Native IPA inset and IPA toolbar
271 * New supported languages
272 * Tex Fonts Additions
273 * Basic support for Math OpenType fonts
274 * Document class categories
275 * Enhanced support for LaTeX options
276 * New supported LaTeX commands
277 * New export command-line option
279 * Layout enhancements
281 * Equation Editor "mode"
284 What's new in version 2.0.8?
285 ----------------------------
287 LyX 2.0.8 is the final release in the 2.0 series. It is intended for
288 those who for some reason wish or need to continue using LyX 2.0.x. Most
289 users should upgrade to 2.1.0, which is being released simultaneously.
291 This release incorporates a number of important bug fixes, almost all of
292 which are also in 2.1.0. Those that are not will be released with 2.1.1.
293 The most important feature of 2.0.8 is that it is capable of reading and
294 writing files from LyX 2.1.x. Files from the newer format should open in
295 LyX 2.0.8 without the user needing to do anything special. Files can be
296 exported to the 2.1.x format in the usual way: via File> Export.
299 What's new in version 2.0.7?
300 ----------------------------
302 2.0.7 is another bug-fixing release. Most of these are minor, but there
303 is one that is very ipmortant: #8854, which could lead to file corruption
304 in certain cases and, more often, would lead to errors in generated
305 files (e.g., PDFs). We encourage all LyX users to upgrade to this
308 A number of other, less critical bugs have also been fixed. Please see
309 the ANNOUNCE file for details.
312 What's new in version 2.0.6?
313 ----------------------------
315 This is a bug-fixing release, for the most part. Though, as it has been
316 almost six months since the last release, a lot of important bugs have
317 been fixed. Please see the ANNOUNCE file for details.
320 What's new in version 2.0.5?
321 ----------------------------
323 The View>Source widget now allows you to select the backend to display,
324 e.g., LaTeX or XHTML, rather than the output format. The previous choice
325 really made no sense: You didn't see a PDF there if you chose one of the
326 PDF output formats, but rather LaTeX. This solves some long-standing issues
329 There has been an important change in how the "language" lfun works.
330 - "language <LANG>" now toggles between languages
331 (status quo ante LyX 2.0.2)
332 - "language <LANG> set" sets to language <LANG>
333 (meaning of "language <LANG>" as of LyX 2.0.2)
334 - "language [reset]" resets to the document language.
335 - Menu functions are unchanged.
338 What's new in version 2.0.4?
339 ----------------------------
341 We have migrated our development from subversion to the git revision
342 control sytem. If you follow or maintain packaging of up-to-date versions
343 of LyX 2.0.x, you must switch to the new repository address:
344 git://git.lyx.org/lyx
345 Branch 2.0.x is the stable branch. See
346 http://www.lyx.org/HowToUseGIT
349 Most of the improvements in 2.0.4 are bug fixes, some of them important. In
350 particular, we have fixed several crashes. The main outstanding problem is
351 the inability to cancel the background export process. Some improvement has
352 been made here, by updating the timeout mechanism, but more needs to be done,
353 and hopefully will be done for 2.0.5.
355 There have been several updates to LyX's XHTML export routines. Work on this
356 will continue for 2.0.5.
359 What's new in version 2.0.3?
360 ----------------------------
362 There have been several more updates to LyX's Sweave support. Work on this
363 is expected to continue through the 2.0.x series.
365 LyX 2.0.3 still requires a python 2 interpreter, but steps have been taken
366 to avoid problems on systems where python 3 is the default python interpreter.
367 A python 2 interpreter is now automatically detected and used. Additionally,
368 byte-compiled python files changed their installation target. Distribution
369 maintainers are encouraged to verify their patch sets.
371 There have again been several updates to the tex2lyx conversion script. Not
372 as many as with 2.0.2, but quite a few.
375 What's new in version 2.0.2?
376 ----------------------------
378 There have been several improvements to LyX's ability to export documents
379 in the background, so the program does not freeze during compilation. We
380 hope to continue these improvements throughout the 2.0.x series.
382 There have been major updates to the tex2lyx conversion script. Please see
383 below for the details.
385 The ctex document classes, used for Chinese documents, are now supported
388 Support for the Springer document classes has been updated for compatibility
389 with the lasest versions. This has the side-effect that files, created with
390 LyX 2.0.2 or future, using a Springer document class, will not be compilable
391 with LyX versions older than LyX 2.0.2. The same applies for files created
392 with LyX 1.6.10 or older that are saved with LyX 2.0.2 or future.
395 What's new in version 2.0.1?
396 ----------------------------
398 We have fixed an unusually large number of bugs for this release and made
399 a number of improvements. All of these are detailed in the ANNOUNCE file.
400 We would like to highlight the improved handling of external files referenced
401 from ERT. This may cause issues for those who made use of the undocumented
402 \input@path hack. See the ANNOUNCE file again for how to do things the new
403 way. New methods for calling external scripts should also solve several issues
407 What's new in version 2.0.0?
408 ----------------------------
410 The new features in LyX 2.0 are detailed in
411 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20
413 * Advanced Search Facility
414 * Spell-checking on the Fly
415 * Compare Documents Feature
417 * Multilingual Thesaurus
419 * Multiple Indices Support
420 * Progress View and Debugging Pane
421 * Enhanced Instant Preview
422 * Forward Search for DVI/PDF Files
423 * Enhanced Version Control Features
424 * Typesetting in background
427 What's new in version 1.6.10?
428 ------------------------------
429 The most notable new feature of this version is that it is able to read and
430 import documents of our new stable series, LyX 2.0.x. This is for the benefit
431 of users who want to stick with LyX 1.6.x for the time being, but still want
432 to cooperate with users of the new version. Note that LyX 1.6.10 still
433 writes the 1.6 format, so it cannot produce (but only interpret) LyX 2.0's
437 What's new in version 1.6.9?
438 -----------------------------
440 We have fixed yet another number of crashes that have been reported to us
441 and ironed out many small glitches. Also, some features and additions from
442 the forthcoming 2.x series, such as support for CVS revision control and a
443 new Swedish localization, have been backported to LyX 1.6.9.
446 What's new in version 1.6.8?
447 -----------------------------
449 LyX 1.6.8 is the result of our ongoing efforts to make our stable version
450 even more reliable and stable. We have fixed crashes that have been
451 reported to us, ironed out many small glitches, further polished the user
452 interface, updated the documentation and added some new layouts.
455 What's new in version 1.6.7?
456 -----------------------------
458 From the list of fixes and improvements, we'd like to highlight
459 particularly that this release irons out all known stability problems with
460 Qt 4.6. LyX 1.6.7 is our first release that is supposed to run smoothly
461 with Qt 4.6, so we urge all distributors who use that version to upgrade
465 What's new in version 1.6.6.1?
466 ------------------------------
468 The sole purpose of this release is to fix one glitch that was introduced
469 by LyX 1.6.6: The spellchecker missed further misspellings after applying
470 a correction. This was due to the fix to different bug that had to be
471 reverted. In any other respect, this release is identical to Lyx 1.6.6.
474 What's new in version 1.6.6?
475 -----------------------------
477 The release features a long list of fixes and improvements. Yet a number
478 of crashes, reported by our users or our automatic stability testing
479 program, were fixed. Moreover, LyX was improved in many details. It also
480 introduces new features, such as support for the enchant spell checking
481 backend and for aspell language varieties (such as old and new German
482 spelling in parallel).
485 What's new in version 1.6.5?
486 -----------------------------
488 The release comes with many fixes and improvements. A number of newly
489 reported crashes were fixed, new layouts and modules were included and
490 some long-standing requests were implemented (e.g., a working LyX
491 server on the Windows OS, finally enabling the communication with other
492 applications such as JabRef on this platform as well).
495 What's new in version 1.6.4.2?
496 -------------------------------
498 The upgrade fixes recurring pseudo-crashes when running LyX on
499 Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
502 What's new in version 1.6.4.1?
503 -------------------------------
505 The only change over release 1.6.4 is the fix of a regression on the Mac,
506 which made some dialogs (such as Preferences and About LyX) unaccessible
507 via the menu. Other platforms than the Mac were not affected by the issue.
510 What's new in version 1.6.4?
511 -------------------------------
513 This is the fourth maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release
514 covers, amongst many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe
517 * A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to
518 4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were
519 scaled to certain sizes in the work area.
520 * Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data.
521 * Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that
522 helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs.
523 * Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of
524 older LyX documents (lyx2lyx).
527 What's new in version 1.6.3?
528 -------------------------------
530 This is the third maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. Besides the usual
531 improvements of stability, the highlights of this release are:
533 * tex2lyx is now able to read files in all latex supported encodings and
534 transform them into the proper unicode-based format introduced in 1.5.0.
535 This paves the way for many other improvements in LaTeX->LyX translation
536 * The performance problems when editing a master with child documents have
538 * LyX 1.6.3 introduces some goodies provided by Qt 4.5 (menu support for
539 fullscreen mode in linux, close button on tabs). Of course these
540 improvements (as well as some Qt-related fixes) only show up if LyX is
541 compiled against Qt 4.5.
544 What's new in version 1.6.2?
545 -------------------------------
547 This is the second maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. The release
548 fixes a large number of major and critical bugs that were reported by
549 users of LyX 1.6.0 and 1.6.1. Most notably, three bugs that might lead to
550 dataloss were detected and resolved. Furthermore, a number of crashes,
551 file conversion and LaTeX output problems are fixed. As a bonus, the
552 performance of the application has been improved, and the release also
553 introduces some new features and user interface improvements.
556 What's new in version 1.6.1?
557 -------------------------------
559 This is the first maintenance release in the brand-new 1.6.x series, and
560 as such, it mainly focuses on bug fixes. We have ironed out some major
561 problems that slipped into the application in the wake of the new
565 What's new in version 1.6.0?
566 -------------------------------
568 The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in
569 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16
571 * Multiple Work Areas
573 * User-formattable Collapsible Insets
575 * Layout combobox changes
576 * Support for the LaTeX package hyperref
577 * Support for hyperlinks and URLs
579 * New implementation of math macros
584 * Shortcut Configuration dialog
585 * Paste Graphics from the Clipboard
586 * "Visual mode" for bidirectional cursor movement
591 * Graphics parameters groups
592 * LyX functions manual
593 * Multi-LFUN Keybindings
596 What's new in version 1.5.7?
597 ----------------------------
599 This is the sixth maintenance release in the 1.5.x cycle and it is
600 expected to be the final release in this series, since a new series of
601 stable releases has just been introduced by our new major release,
602 LyX 1.6.0. Besides the obligatory bug fixes, the main feature of this
603 release is the ability to read files created by LyX 1.6.0 (this feature
604 requires python 2.3.4 or newer).
607 What's new in version 1.5.6?
608 ----------------------------
610 This is the fifth maintenance release in the 1.5.x cycle that has been
611 started exactly one year ago. The aim of this release was to make LyX
612 even more robust and to solve some long-standing annoyances. Also,
613 further translation efforts have been made, and LyX now ships in 23
616 What's new in version 1.5.5?
617 ----------------------------
619 This release further improves the stability and usability of the
620 application. Besides this, it also introduces some new features. Most
621 notably, LyX is now prepared to be compiled with Qt 4.4 that has just
622 been released: the stability issues that occurred in previous versions
623 of LyX when compiled against Qt 4.4 have been resolved.
626 What's new in version 1.5.4?
627 ----------------------------
629 This is a maintenance release. Besides the usual stability
630 improvements and fixes, this release comes with major improvements in
631 the handling of Chinese, Korean and Japanese (CJK) languages and
632 scripts, and introduces some minor new features (such as a character
635 While this release continues the stable 1.5.x series, work on the next
636 major release, 1.6.0, is proceeding. A first alpha version of LyX
637 1.6.0 will be released later this week for those who like the bleeding
638 edge experience. Notwithstanding this, expect one or two more 1.5.x
639 versions to be released, of which the last one will be able to read
642 All users, especially CJK users, are encouraged to upgrade to this
643 version. Caveat: We were forced to switch from the LaTeX package
644 'floatflt' to 'wrapfig' for wrap figure floats due to a license
645 problem that limited the availability of the former package. In
646 general, this should improve your documents containing wrap figures,
647 however, it is possible that the look and positioning of the floats
648 changes due to the package change. If you have documents with wrap
649 floats, please make a backup before upgrading and check the output.
652 What's new in version 1.5.3?
653 ----------------------------
655 This is a maintenance release that further improves the stability and
656 the performance. Besides numerous crashes, the display problems that
657 slipped into 1.5.2 with the performance fixes (on the Mac and on
658 Windows) as well as problems entailed to the reworked document classes
659 were fixed. Furthermore, LyX 1.5.3 comes with speed improvements that
660 should pay off especially on the Mac and other UNIXes. Finally, this
661 version also provides some new features.
664 What's new in version 1.5.2?
665 ----------------------------
667 This is a maintenance release that focuses on improving the
668 stability. We have fixed numerous crashes, performance problems, and
669 other bugs. Furthermore, the documentation has been revised. It covers
670 all new features of the 1.5.x series now.
673 What's new in version 1.5.1?
674 ----------------------------
676 We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.5.1. It includes a few
677 bug fixes and, more importantly, fixes a bug where files produced with
678 the Document>Compressed option on would be malformed on windows. It
679 was therefore decided to revert to the trusty 1.4.x code in this area
680 and release 1.5.1 sooner than anticipated.
682 All 1.5.0 users are urged to upgrade to 1.5.1.
685 What's new in version 1.5.0?
686 ----------------------------
688 As usual with a major release, a lot of work that is not directly
689 visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and
690 some of the new features are the direct results of this work.
694 LyX 1.5's big goal was to use unicode internally and so resolve a slew
695 of existing problems with special characters and non-alphabetic
696 languages. LyX 1.5 is able to output unicode (in addition to
697 encodings currently available), so that you can use LaTeX's new utf8
698 encoding or a brand new typesetting system such as XeTeX.
699 Since the change to unicode touched much of the code base and some
700 areas still need a cleanup it, is very likely that some bugs related to
701 the unicode transition still exist. Please have a look at the Known
702 bugs on the LyX 1.5 page if you encounter a bug that seems to be related
703 to unicode. If it's not there, then please report it to the lyx-devel
706 * Integrated CJK support
708 The very first result of the Unicode transition is that we have finally
709 merged in the externally maintained CJK-LyX branch.
710 The languages Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in
712 Note that setting the encoding for these languages in LyX 1.5 by
713 using ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors!
714 Also note that you may need to run qtconfig and set appropriate default
715 or substitution fonts to display CJK characters under some circumstances.
719 In addition to the CJK languages, the languages Armenian and Farsi also
720 have full user interface support.
722 * Multiple views of the same buffer
724 LyX can now display multiple views of the same buffer. I.e., you can
725 now open a single document in multiple windows and work on different
726 parts of it synchronously.
728 * Outliner and embedded TOC
730 LyX has another long-awaited feature: a basic outliner mode, in which
731 you can move chapters and sections around in the Table of Contents
732 dialog. (The outliner has been backported and was released with LyX
733 1.4.4.) The TOC dialog is now a dock widget, embedded in the main window.
737 LyX is now able to remember window size and position and it will
738 reopen the documents you worked on last time around. If you've
739 selected the feature in the Preferences dialog, it'll even move the
740 cursor to the place you were working on last! Furthermore, toolbars
741 can (finally!) be switched on/off in View->Toolbars and moved about in
742 the LyX window. The session management will remember their state.
746 As a kind of "anti-preview-latex", a dialog was implemented that lets
747 you view the source code of a given paragraph/selection or the whole
750 * New Font Selection Interface
752 LyX's font selection abilities have been one of its weakest and most
753 outdated components. A completely new interface was implemented that
754 provides access to the power of LaTeX's font selection scheme.
758 LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of
759 LaTeX. Support for the booktabs package has been implemented,
760 providing beautiful and elegant tabulars.
764 LyX now has native support for the nomencl package. With this,
765 you can treat your document with all sorts of nomenclatures,
766 glossaries and fancy notations.
770 LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents.
772 * Enhanced Math Toolbars
774 The math toolbar was enhanced significantly. Drop down menus were
775 added, allowing the integration of all of the math panel's content
776 to the math toolbars.
777 Since this input method is much easier than the clumsy panel, the math
778 panel itself has been removed and superceded by the toolbars.
782 LyX 1.5 uses the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for
783 Windows users, because there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no
784 longer have to rely on an unofficial port of the Unix Qt3 library to
785 Windows. The good old XForms frontend went the way of the dodo. It
786 was both hated and loved, and certainly shaped the unique look of LyX
787 in the past. It was finally killed off, however, by the switch to
788 unicode. The Qt3 frontend was also removed. The work on the GTK
789 frontend has been transferred to a branch because its development has
792 * Change tracking enhancements
794 Major parts of the change tracking code have been rewritten, addressing
795 several problems that existed in the previous implementation.
797 * Converter file cache
799 A cache for converted files, such as included figures, has been
800 implemented. This can speed up LyX's performance considerably when
801 displaying documents with many included figures that need conversion
802 to a format that can be rendered on screen. The converter file cache
803 is enabled by default.
805 The default maximum age of a cached file is 6 months. You can change
808 \converter_cache_maxage xxx
810 where xxx is the maximum age in seconds, in your preferences file.
812 * Unified Windows installer
814 The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding
815 both installers are welcome.
819 The traditional way to insert program listings in LyX involves the use
820 of the LyX-Code style. This option works quite well for short snippets but
821 does not support in-line code segments or the inclusion of external files.
823 Using the listings latex package as the backend a new inset was added that
824 supports all these three ways of listing computer programs.
826 * LaTeX-package support
828 LyX provides the following new document classes:
829 - article(IOP) - for scientific papers published by the IOP group
830 - presentation(powerdot) - for presentations using the powerdot package
831 - curriculum vitae(Europe) - for CVs following the guidelines of the EU
832 - curriculum vitae(modern) - for CVs using the moderncv package
833 - curriculum vitae(simple) - for simple CVs
835 * Minor user interface improvements
837 Several minor improvements of the user interface have been made, such as:
839 - Syntax highlighting of the user preamble and the LaTeX log file.
840 - Better parsing of BibTeX databases (in the citation dialog).
841 - Support for optional arguments for environments.
843 * Enhanced clipboard/selection handling
845 The clipboard has been tuned to work better with other applications.
846 Parallel to clipboard usages, the *nix way of using middle-button
847 to paste selected text is enhanced, and is also available under windows
848 (but within lyx only). Selection of lyx text is now persistent in that
849 you can paste the selected text using the middle button multiple times,
850 even after the selection has been cleared.
852 * Limited support for local class and layout files
854 Lyx can not create, but can open a .lyx file with .cls and .layout files
855 stored in the same directory as the .lyx file. That is to say, if you send
856 your co-author a .lyx file with associated class and layout files, s/he
857 can view and modify the .lyx file directly, without having to install the
858 .cls and .layout files, reconfigure and restart lyx. Note that the .cls and
859 .layout files have to be copied to every directory your .lyx files reside,
860 should you use different directories for master and child documents.
864 As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX
865 core. Performing this cleanup makes the code more understandable and
866 easier to maintain. It also leads inevitably to a more robust
867 application. Nonetheless, it's an unfortunate fact of life that ugly
868 code is sometimes faster than pretty code. We're well aware that LyX
869 1.4 is slower than LyX 1.3. One important goal of this 1.5 development
870 series has been to bring this speed back.
874 Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX
875 bugzilla. Probably some new ones have been introduced instead ;-)
878 What's new in version 1.4.5.1?
879 ------------------------------
881 The only change over release 1.4.5 is the addition to the distribution
882 of one file necessary to read and write lyx 1.5 files.
885 What's new in version 1.4.5?
886 ----------------------------
888 This is expected to be the last release in the 1.4.x stable
889 branch. Besides the obligatory bug fixes, its main feature is the
890 ability to read files created by LyX 1.5.0 (this feature requires
891 python 2.3.4 or later).
894 What's new in version 1.4.4?
895 ----------------------------
897 This is of course a bug fix release, but some new features sneaked in, among which:
899 *) Outline support: it is now possible to move around parts of
900 documents in the Table of Contents dialog.
902 *) Add new UI settings default-autotoolbars and default-alltoolbars
903 allowing to select what toolbars are active or shown automatically.
905 *) Improved documentation.
907 *) Speed improvements, especially on windows.
910 What's new in version 1.4.3?
911 ----------------------------
913 This is a bug fix release that improves stability and MS Windows
914 support. Notable new features include:
916 *) The windows port does not need a MSys (unix-like tools)
917 installation anymore.
919 *) A new function inset-dissolve has been added to delete an text
920 inset and put its contents in the enclosing text; this can be
921 accessed (like in the math editor) by pressing Backspace at the start
922 of an inset, or Delete at the end.
924 *) Many crashes have been fixed, in particular for systems based on
928 What's new in version 1.4.2?
929 ----------------------------
931 This is a bug fix release that improves performance, stability and native OS support. Notable new features include:
933 *) LyX now automatically uses file viewers and editors set at OS level
934 [Windows and Mac OS X only].
936 *) The windows installer has been completely rewritten.
938 *) A new function buffer-toggle-compression (and corresponding entry
939 in the Document menu) has been added to change whether the file will
940 be compressed on disk or not.
942 *) A "LaTeX (pdflatex)" output format has been added. This new output
943 format produces .tex files that are suitable for pdflatex, including
944 figure conversion to png, pdf or jpeg instead of eps.
947 What's new in version 1.4.1?
948 ----------------------------
950 This is a bug fix release, but some of the bugs were big. In particular:
952 *) fix the huge memory consumption and corresponding sluggishness with
953 documents containing many graphics or `instant preview' snippets.
955 *) fix slow screen update with nested insets, particularly with
958 *) fix the delay when exiting from a math inset.
960 *) let the change tracking code track paragraph breaks too.
962 *) Also, this will be the first 1.4 release with a windows
963 installer. See the file RELEASE-NOTES for some known problems in this
966 What's new in version 1.4.0?
967 ----------------------------
969 As usual with major releases, a lot of work that is not directly
970 visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and
971 some of the new features are the direct results of this work.
973 ** Improved user interface
975 LyX 1.4 has a re-designed layout for the menus, designed to decrease
976 clutter and maximise productivity. Several menu items (in the Edit
977 menu) are now context-sensitive, so they only appear when needed. For
978 the die-hard old LyX users, the older layout (referred to as the
979 classic UI) is still available, for now.
981 It's now possible to define multiple toolbars as seen in other
982 editors. By default, the new LyX release has two toolbars displayed,
983 the standard one (similar to the static toolbar in LyX 1.3), plus the
984 extra toolbar. In addition, there are two pre-defined toolbars
985 available: one for tables, and one for math.
987 Another new feature worth mentioning is popup toolbars: you can set a
988 toolbar such that it only appears when editing math, or when editing a
993 This new feature, similar to that found in Microsoft Word and others,
994 makes collaboration on a document a cinch. It provides a way to track
995 changes made to a document, and later approve, reject, or modify such
998 ** Much better conversion from .tex to .lyx
1000 The ancient and unloved Perl script, reLyX has finally bitten the dust
1001 and been replaced by the brand new and shiny tex2lyx. tex2lyx's LaTeX
1002 parser follows most of the rules of the real TeX and so is already
1003 much more powerful than reLyX ever was.
1007 For a system that purports to make it easy to write documents full of
1008 logical (as opposed to visual markup), LyX has always had one glaring
1009 omission: no character styles. LyX 1.4 goes some way towards
1010 addressing this defect, although there's no dialog to define your own
1016 The teacher who's setting an exam obviously doesn't want her pupils
1017 seeing the answers, yet having questions and answers in the same
1018 document will make the life of the markers of that exam much easier.
1020 That's just one example of someone who would benefit from LyX's new
1021 "branches" feature. In fact, anyone who writes documents which have
1022 more than one target audience will find this feature useful.
1024 ** Minipages evolve to Boxes
1026 In 1.3, LyX only had native support for plain minipages. Now you can
1027 use a wide range of box types and decorations directly from the LyX
1032 LyX now has three different Notes for you to add to your document from
1033 the Insert>Note menu:
1035 - the "LyX Note" is not exported to LaTeX, as now. The "Comment" is
1036 - exported to LaTeX as a comment environment and is not processed
1038 - The Greyed Out note is visible in your PostScript or PDF output as,
1039 well, greyed-out text.
1041 ** Better language and numbering on screen
1043 Two features help to make the screen rendering closer to the printed output:
1045 - the labels attached to layouts like Chapter are now translated in
1046 the language of the document, which may be different from the
1047 language of the menus;
1048 - sectioning headers and theorems are now numbered according to the
1049 document class specifications.
1053 Yes, it's finally there! Tools>Count Words will give you a word
1054 count of the document or of the current selection.
1058 Nasty "error boxes" were eliminated in favor of a dialog with a list
1059 of errors popping up at compilation time.
1061 ** Improved bibliography support
1063 - LyX's support for natbib has been enhanced. Now, also the mysterious
1064 "before citation" field is supported;
1065 - We have added support for jurabib, an amazing package to produce
1066 flexible citations that are especially well suited for the humanities
1068 - Support for sectioned bibliographies (bibtopic) has been added;
1069 - the way bibtex is called is now customizable (as is the way the
1070 index processor is invoked).
1072 ** Improved microtypography support
1074 LyX aims to produce superior typography. With 1.4, it supports:
1076 - more blank characters (e.g. a "thin space", which should stand here
1077 between "e." and "g.");
1078 - inner and outer quotation marks without the hassle of toggling the
1079 style in the documents dialog. Just use the Alt key.
1080 - the handling of figure and table alignment inside floats has been
1081 improved. You can now use the paragraph dialog without getting too
1082 much space between figure/table and caption.
1086 - Figure and table floats can be rotated sideways
1088 - The external xfig inset has been improved especially with regard to
1091 - The graphics inset dialog has now an "edit" button that allows to
1092 edit the included figure
1094 - For index generation, xindy can be used instead of makeindex, which
1095 has poor support for other than English index sorting.
1099 Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX
1100 bugzilla. Probably some new ones have been introduced instead ;-)
1103 What's new in version 1.3.7?
1104 ----------------------------
1106 We hope that this will be the last release in the 1.3.x series. In
1107 addition to many bug fixes, the following improvements are worth
1110 - LyX 1.3.7 is able to read all LyX files up to file format 245,
1111 the format that we anticipate will be used by the forthcoming LyX 1.4.0.
1113 - The windows version has received some polish, in particular in the
1114 installer and in the handling of file names.
1116 All current 1.3.x users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.
1119 What's new in version 1.3.6?
1120 ----------------------------
1122 Unix and MacOSX users should consider this to be a bugfix release.
1124 To Windows users, however, LyX 1.3.6 is the first version of LyX
1125 to support the platform officially. This means that we've put a huge
1126 effort into squashing those bugs that were present in Ruurd Reitsma's
1127 unofficial ports to Windows. Large chunks of the code base have been
1128 touched in an attempt to resolve these problems so whilst we're
1129 confident that LyX/Win 1.3.6 will be the best ever version of LyX on
1130 Windows, we cannot say that it's bug free.
1132 We would like to highlight three fixes in particular:
1133 * It is now possible to typeset files which reside in a directory with
1134 spaces in its name; this requires a modern TeX implementation (such
1136 * It is possible to use Ctrl-PageDown and Control-PageUp (<opt>-tab
1137 and <opt><shift>-tab with LyX/Mac) to switch between the open documents.
1138 * LaTeX-type accents, ligature breaks and hyphenation marks are now
1139 considered as part of words
1143 What's new in version 1.3.5?
1144 ----------------------------
1146 This is mainly a bugfix release, with few notable user-visible
1147 improvements. However, we would like to highlight two fixes in particular:
1148 * Nested documents (with Insert>Include File...), which have been
1149 broken since LyX 1.2.0, should now work properly, including the
1150 case where the files are in different directories.
1151 * It is now possible to compile LyX with gcc 3.4.
1153 What's new in version 1.3.4?
1154 ----------------------------
1156 This is a maintenance release which improves upon 1.3.3 in
1158 * It adds support for old files from LyX 0.10.x or 0.12.x;
1159 * Lyx documents can now be opened and edited even if
1160 they use text classes not present in your latex installation;
1161 * New Qt features have been added (improved selection,
1163 * Mac OS X support is much improved;
1164 * The interface and documentation localization have
1167 What's new in version 1.3.3?
1168 ----------------------------
1170 This is a maintenance release which improves upon 1.3.2 in
1172 * import of old LyX files and export to DocBook have been improved;
1173 * many small bugs in the Qt frontend have been fixed;
1174 * MacOSX users can now compile LyX and enjoy the native MacOSX interface;
1175 * several languages now benefit from an improved translation of
1176 the user interface and documentation.
1178 What's new in version 1.3.2?
1179 ----------------------------
1181 This is a maintenance release which improves upon 1.3.1 in
1183 * the spellchecker code has been overhauled and many bugs
1185 * many small bugs in the Qt frontend have been fixed;
1186 * several languages now benefit from an improved translation of
1189 What's new in version 1.3.1?
1190 ----------------------------
1192 LyX 1.3.1 is a maintenance release, which adds some polish to the new
1193 features of LyX 1.3.0 (especially the Qt frontend) and also fixes some
1194 significant bugs in the math editor and the lyx2lyx import script. We
1195 also threw in a few new features (new textclasses, latex import
1196 improvements) for good measure.
1200 - when there is vertical space between paragraphs, the amount of space
1201 is also indicated in the small/medium/large case [bug #814]
1203 - reLyX improvements: support for natib citations, for 'm' column
1204 descriptors in tables; a .lyx file generated by reLyX now says this
1206 - new classes mwart, mwbk and mwrep (adaptation of the base classes to
1207 polish conventions); new class elsart (for journals published by
1208 Elsevier); updated classes koma-script (in particular new class
1209 scrlttr2); re-introduce class ijmpd (which was in 1.2.x) and unbreak
1212 - new "polski" keymap, useful for entering Polish on a QWERTY
1213 keyboard; update to Scientific Word-compatible bindings
1214 (documentation has been updated too)
1216 - updates to the danish, dutch, french, german, norwegian, polish and
1217 spanish translation of menus
1219 - Most of the documentation has been updated for the current version
1220 of LyX. If you find some problems with the documentation in this
1221 release, please contact lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org
1223 What's new in version 1.3.0?
1224 ----------------------------
1226 As with the previous major version 1.2.0, many things make this new
1227 release an exciting one. One of the major projects that has been going
1228 on behind the scenes is the so-called GUI-independence project. We are
1229 glad to announce that version 1.3.0 shows the first results of this.
1230 LyX now comes in two flavours: Qt-LyX and xforms-LyX!
1232 Although this is the most visible change in version 1.3, this should not
1233 hide the fact that the `under the hood' changes to the code have again
1234 been very important. A detailed list can be found below.
1238 This is of course the most visible new feature. This frontend supports
1239 either Qt 2.x or 3.x and is mostly feature complete. Note that some
1240 of the dialogs are slightly different in design, but are generally
1241 functionally equivalent.
1243 Note that if Qt is using Xft2/fontconfig, you may need to install the
1244 latex-xft-fonts package at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib to get maths
1245 symbols displayed properly.
1249 Unfortunately, the development of the Gnome frontend has mostly
1250 stopped recently and we have therefore chosen to disable it. We
1251 strongly invite anyone willing to revive this port to volunteer on the
1256 preview-latex is an emacs package for LaTeX that allows "instant previews"
1257 of LaTeX code, so you can immediately see the visual rendering of the
1258 LaTeX in the document. Its project home page can be found at
1259 http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex. With the help of David
1260 Kastrup, the author, LyX 1.3.0 can harness this functionality to
1261 allow instant previews in the LyX window of math equations and
1262 figures. This feature can be immensely useful, ensuring that the
1263 rendering of your equation will look right in the final output. The
1264 preview is only displayed (if enabled) when you're not editing the
1265 actual equation, so it's unobtrusive too.
1269 There have been a few visible and some not-so-visible changes. On the
1270 visible side we have better visual feedback regarding the structure of
1271 a formula, showing the nesting by small purple decorations in the
1272 formula itself and revealing the names of the nesting levels in the
1273 minibuffer. There is now native support for symbols from the wasy
1274 package containing e.g. the zodiac symbols. New also is the internal
1275 structure of font changes which are now proper "insets", just like
1276 anything else from a square root to an array. This not only simplifies
1277 the code greatly but also allows the same editing tricks as for the
1278 "regular" math. However, it was not possible to tweak the visible
1279 behaviour to mimic 1.2 in all cases, so this might take some time to
1280 get accustomed to. On the pro side, the new structure allowed
1281 support for LaTeX's \mbox and \fbox to be implemented and general
1282 "switching back to text mode within math", so a lot of "evil red text"
1283 trickery is not needed anymore. The most visible changes are the following:
1285 - Pressing { and } will insert LaTeX's \{ and \} which show up as { }
1286 in the printout. To get LaTeX's {} nesting, you need to type \{.
1288 - Fonts changes now really nest. Repeated application of a font change
1289 will result in nested font changes! To remove a font change without
1290 removing the "contents", it is now possible to "pull the argument"
1291 like in other insets, i.e. put the cursor in the first position of
1292 the inset and press 'backspace'.
1294 ** Reading old files
1296 LyX now has a new script lyx2lyx which enables the reading of any file
1297 produced by LyX versions as old as 0.12. Work is in progress on files
1298 created with LyX 0.10 (LyX 1.4 time-line) and still older files are
1299 in the forge. Basically if lyx wrote it LyX will read it. :-)
1301 There is also a strong demand to be able to read files produced by
1302 _newer_ versions of LyX. While lyx2lyx has the infrastructure in place
1303 to do such things, the filters to `downgrade' LyX files (from 1.3.0 to
1304 1.2.x, for example) have not yet been written.
1306 ** Miscellaneous changes
1308 - LyX now automatically uses TeX fonts for screen rendering of math
1309 equations if they are available (it is not necessary anymore to
1310 configure your font server).
1312 - The Insert>Short Title allows the addition of an optional text
1313 for section headings and captions that is designed to be used in
1316 - The Insert>Float>Floatflt Figure menu item restores the ability
1317 to wrap text around an image which was present in 1.1.6 and
1320 - If you configure with --with-pspell (which uses the PSpell library for
1321 spellchecking), you will be able to automatically spell-check
1322 multi-language documents, assuming you have the right dictionaries
1326 What's new in version 1.2.3?
1327 ----------------------------
1329 LyX 1.2.3 is a maintenance release. It mainly fixes a very bad bug
1330 where configuring LyX as root could lead to deleting the /dev/null
1331 special device (this does not impact users of prebuilt binaries).
1332 Also, a bug where LyX would create zombie processes has been fixed.
1336 - updated italian User Guide
1338 - updated french localization
1341 What's new in version 1.2.2?
1342 ----------------------------
1344 LyX 1.2.2 is a maintenance release. It is a recommended upgrade from
1345 1.2.0 or 1.2.1, especially since it fixes a few bugs introduced in
1350 - LyX builds with the newly released xforms 1.0. Actually, it is
1351 advised to use this version of xforms, since it fixes many bugs and
1352 support for older versions will probably be dropped in LyX 1.3.0
1354 - selecting a word by double clicking now sets the X clipboard (like
1355 when dragging the mouse)
1357 - it is now possible to specify the arguments for viewers; in
1358 particular, this means that it is possible to use browsers which
1359 require a file: URL as HTML viewers (mozilla is used as default if
1362 - when a new LyX version is launched, the Edit>Reconfigure tool is
1363 automatically invoked; this should avoid many problems with users
1364 who are not aware that it is needed
1366 - when changing the current layout with the toolbar, the corresponding
1367 keyboard binding is shown in the minibuffer
1369 - in hebrew language, the key " now inserts a typewriter quote (since
1370 other quotes do not make sense in hebrew)
1372 - Insert>Lists & TOC>Bibtex Reference uses style 'plain' by default
1374 - new class ijmpd; update cl2emult, llncs and foils textclasses
1376 - update sciword bindings
1378 - small cleanup of UserGuide and FAQ; update to German, French and
1379 Russian documentation; new Hebrew tutorial
1381 - update french, german, russian, finnish and danish localization of
1385 What's new in version 1.2.1?
1386 ----------------------------
1388 LyX 1.2.1 is a maintenance release which fixes many bugs in version
1389 1.2.0. We hope in this way to enhance world happiness, allowing the
1390 developers to continue busily to prepare the next major release
1391 1.3.0. There are a lot of fixes in there, and upgrading is highly
1396 - it is now possible to build LyX with xforms 1.0rc4 (and probably 1.0
1397 when this gets released)
1399 - partial rewrite of the find & replace feature. This should solve most of
1400 the performance problems
1402 - new option `keep aspect ratio' in graphics dialog
1404 - revert to the old behaviour when creating new floats (figure,
1405 table...): the empty paragraph in the float now is a caption. It
1406 seems that 1.2.0 behaviour was confusing too many people
1408 - it is now possible to set the float placement parameters to
1411 - when the cursor is inside a collapsible inset, `Edit>Open/close
1412 float' will leave it after the inset after closing it (this should
1413 help entering of ERT insets)
1415 - update Finnish, Danish, French and Russian localizations
1417 - update Tutorial to 1.2.x features
1419 - better support for entering Cyrillic and Greek alphabets
1421 - cleanup shortcuts for section layouts. Starred versions are now
1422 obtained by prepending a * to the section number (M-p asterisk 0, ...,
1425 - add keyboard shortcuts to the Documents menu
1427 - support the numpad direction keys as equivalent to normal cursor
1430 - it is now possible to specify a non-existent file name on the command
1431 line and have this file created for you
1433 - new class cl2emult; update template for IEEEtran; small update to
1434 heb-article and hollywood textclasses
1437 What's new in version 1.2.0?
1438 ----------------------------
1440 LyX 1.2.0 is the version where many of changes in the 1.1.x series
1441 really begin to pay off. It should prove to be a very solid base for
1442 further developments. As of this version, we use (yet another) new
1443 versioning scheme: next major version will be 1.3.0, and 1.2.x will
1444 be just incremental fixes (like the `fix' series used to be for 1.1.5
1447 This version sees the introduction of the so-called `new' insets,
1448 which can contain arbitrary text. As a consequence, many new features
1451 - Floats, footnotes and margin notes are now real insets. The
1452 positional parameters of figure, table and algorithm floats can be set
1455 - Most problems with the new table inset of 1.1.6 have been addressed
1456 (memory consumption, file bloat, spell-checking, search and replace...).
1457 Better longtable header/footer support was implemented.
1459 - TeX mode has been superseded by the ERT inset, which is foldable, or
1462 - Notes inset can now contain arbitrary LyX constructs; they will not
1463 appear in the output.
1465 - New minipage inset
1467 Note that another consequence of these changes is that older LyX
1468 versions will almost certainly fail to read files produced by LyX
1472 Other more traditional insets have been improved too:
1474 - New graphics inset with support for hassle-free inclusion of various
1475 image formats (GIF, JPEG, PNG and EPS by default) and a new
1476 rendering scheme that should fix the bugs we had with the older
1479 - Support for natbib for bibliography citations
1483 The math editor has been mostly rewritten. This begun as a general
1484 cleanup, but it turns out that many new features happened in this
1485 process, among which:
1487 - many of the known bugs or annoyances in mathed have been fixed.
1489 - possibility to display all standard latex and amsmath symbols (and
1490 also the \mathcal, \mathbb, and \mathfrak fonts)as long as the
1491 relevant fonts have been made available to the X server
1493 - support for many amsmath features
1494 Commands: xrightarrow, xleftarrow, substack, underset, dddot
1495 over/under arrows (e.g. underleftarrow).
1496 Environments: align, alignat, xalignat, xxalignat, multline, gather
1497 split, gathered, aligned, cases, subarray, pmatrix, bmatrix, vmatrix,
1500 - Preliminary support for xymatrix
1502 - Support for horizontal and vertical lines in arrays.
1504 - Improvements to the parser
1506 - Improvements to math text mode
1508 - (Better) support for nested macros
1510 - Enable size changes to arrays after creation (add/delete rows/columns)
1512 - Support for changing font or displaystyle on a selection
1514 - GUI support provided for many more features
1517 Other changes include:
1519 - Support for windows with cygwin has been incorporated into the main
1522 - Most of the dialogs have been rewritten in the GUI-I framework, and
1523 improved in the process
1525 - The kde frontend has been dropped in favor of a new qt2 frontend.
1526 Note that only the xforms front is really operational as of this
1527 version and alternative frontends are expected for 1.3.0
1529 - The citation dialog has a search facility, with support for regular
1532 - New ligature break special character, useful for words like
1533 "shelfful", or many german words
1535 - Support for parsing preamble when converting LaTeX files. Along
1536 with changes in the LaTeX production of alignment options, this
1537 improves round-trip work where you export a LyX document as
1538 LaTeX, and later reimport it from LaTeX.
1540 - Updated documentation
1542 - a few more document classes for journals: dtk, ltugboat, spie and
1545 - Support for setting bookmarks and jumping to them
1547 - It is possible to cycle between a label and its references.
1549 - Preliminary support for multiple bibliographies
1551 - Babel can be disabled
1553 - A thesaurus facility (English only)
1555 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6fix4?
1556 ------------------------------------
1558 LyX 1.1.6fix4 is a bugfix release.
1562 - add support for latin3, latin4 and latin9 encodings
1564 - change the encoding for estonian from latin4 to latin1, since it
1565 appears to be more suitable.
1567 - add support for ae fonts (emulation of T1 encoding with OT1 fonts).
1568 This is useful for creating pdf files in T1 encoding
1570 - add support for dvipdfm
1572 - when passing a file name as argument from command line, the
1573 extension `.lyx' is added if necessary
1575 - insert error insets in the documents when there have been unknown
1578 - new class `kluwer'; update to hollywood class
1580 - the class encts has been renamed to entcs (stupid typo!) and
1583 - updates to the introduction document and the italian user guide
1585 - updates to the russian, finnish and hebrew localisations
1588 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6fix3?
1589 ------------------------------------
1591 LyX 1.1.6fix3 is a bugfix release.
1595 - documentation has been updated to remove errors due to interface
1598 - new italian user guide; updated french localisation of menus and
1599 documentation; new dutch translations of some examples
1601 - the `history' and `revert' functionalities have been implemented in CVS
1604 - it is now possible to enter directly characters in an encoding
1605 different from latin1 (providing one is using a correct screen font)
1607 - new encts class for Elsevier Science's Electronic Notes in
1608 Theoretical Computer Science
1610 - new cv class for writing curriculum vitae
1612 - new extarticle, extreport, extbook and extletter classes, which are
1613 versions of the normal classes with more font sizes available
1615 - the aapaper class has been complemented with a aa class for the A&A
1616 LaTeX document class version 5.0, which is slightly incompatible
1617 with the older version
1620 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6fix2?
1621 ------------------------------------
1623 LyX 1.1.6fix2 is a bugfix release.
1627 - add language support in docbook; better support for verbatim text.
1629 - the --with-lyx-suffix flag introduced in 1.1.6fix1 has been renamed
1630 to --with-version-suffix; it can now be used without argument (to
1631 install as lyx-1.1.6fix2)
1633 - many translations updated; big french documentation overhaul; german
1634 documentation update.
1636 - preliminary Thai support; new serbo-croatian support
1639 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6fix1?
1640 ------------------------------------
1642 LyX 1.1.6fix1 is a bugfix release.
1646 - updated documentation for version 1.1.6; new french documentation
1647 translations; updated danish translation of the interface.
1649 - better support for ukrainian language
1651 - non working --with-lyxname configure option has been replaced by
1652 working --with-lyx-suffix.
1654 - in default cua bindings, change C-k from font-noun to
1655 line-delete-forward.
1657 - Add the prefix "key-" to the default keys for bibliography insets.
1659 - Show both key and label of a bibliography inset.
1662 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6?
1663 --------------------------------
1665 As with all of the 1.1.x versions of LyX, this release contains a lot
1666 of new code: in particular, more than half of the changes described in
1667 the ChangeLog (which dates back to the 1.1.0 release) concern LyX 1.1.6!
1669 Besides the usual under-the-hood changes, LyX 1.1.6 has many
1670 new user-visible features. The main visible feature is that the
1671 GUI-independent branch of development has been merged, as well as code
1672 from the older development version:
1674 - many popups have been rewritten to use the new GUI-I scheme. In the
1675 process they have received a nice cleanup: the Document and Paragraph
1676 popups now contain in one single place what was previously scattered
1677 in many places. Similarly, the citation and cross reference popups
1678 have been overhauled.
1680 - LyX now has a Preference popup where you can change most of your
1683 - the menus can now be defined in a text file, and they automatically
1684 display the keyboard bindings associated with commands.
1686 - it is now possible to provide your own icons for the toolbar.
1688 - last but not least, work has begun on a KDE and a Gnome frontend for
1689 LyX. They are not officially supported for this version, but this
1690 will give you an idea of what is happening.
1692 Other major changes in 1.1.6 include:
1694 - the table support has been completely rewritten. It is now a modular
1695 object (inset), each cell of which owns a (also) newly written text
1696 inset. This now permits automatic text-wrap inside a tabular
1697 cell (if you define a width), multiparagraph mode AND setting of
1698 layouts for the paragraphs (lists inside a tabular cell!). Last but
1699 not least, a wide tabular now scrolls automatically so that all of it
1700 is visible without the need to enlarge the window!
1702 While there are as yet no other new features, they will be now MUCH
1703 easier to add. It may be that because of being "young" code some
1704 features may not work right now, but at least it is much
1707 - new external material inset: this is a new kind of very powerful
1708 inset which will allow LyX to interface intelligently with external
1709 applications. Among other good things, it will finally allow you to
1710 include GIF, JPEG, TIF, PNG, or just about any other raster format
1711 images in your document. It will even do an approximate ascii
1712 rendering when you do Ascii export if you have gifscii installed.
1714 - The code which converts from LyX format to anything else (for
1715 viewing or exporting purposes) and from anything else to LyX has been
1716 rewritten. In particular, it is now possible to export to PDF, and to
1717 import from HTML/MSWord. In fact it's now possible to add new import/export
1718 formats without recompiling LyX by specifying external programs or scripts
1720 (note that the old import/export lyxrc settings no longer work).
1722 - LyX can do command line exports without opening any GUI components.
1724 - The multilingual support has been improved. It is now possible to use in a
1725 document languages with different encodings, e.g. German (iso8859-1) and
1726 Czech (iso8859-2). Such a document can be viewed on screen using an
1727 iso10646-1 (Unicode) font. However, it is (currently) not possible to
1728 have differently encoded languages in the same paragraph.
1729 The languages and the encodings are defined in text files.
1731 - Improved support for Hebrew and Arabic (also present in 1.1.5fix2).
1733 - included files work now with docbook and linuxdoc; new layout
1736 - PSpell library and Aspell spell checker support now included thanks
1737 largely to Kevin Atkinson (PSpell and Aspell maintainer).
1739 And finally, there have been a lot of smaller changes, which are
1740 mentioned here for your information
1742 - the menu entry File->New does not prompt for a file name by default
1743 (this can be changed in preferences).
1745 - new -geometry command line option, which replaces the old -width,
1750 What's new in LyX version 1.1.5?
1751 --------------------------------
1753 Lots of internal code rewritten, fixed, changed and added.
1754 We are using the C++ Standard Library more each day.
1755 This will in most cases make the code clearer and easier to maintain
1757 We are also gearing up for the merge of the gui-indep branch, expect
1758 this (but not the new gui's) in 1.1.6.
1760 User-visible changes:
1762 - Paste to other programs (like emacs or xterm). Note: text only.
1764 - New TOC menu item for fast access to the table of contents.
1766 - New Refs menu item for quick insertion of cross-references.
1768 - multilingual documents (preliminary support)
1770 - Right-to-Left support for Hebrew and Arabic, this is a first attempt
1771 only and is likely to improve in future versions.
1773 - Per-paragraph spacing, currently only settable from the
1774 command-line/window:
1775 paragraph-spacing (default,single,onehalf,double,other) [float]
1777 - New visual feedback for environment depth of paragraphs (also the !
1778 in the margin for margin notes has been removed).
1780 - End-of-proof box, for layouts where it makes sense.
1782 - labels are now editable (not in equations, though).
1784 - Much faster spellchecking (50x faster!).
1786 - The parsing of the LaTex log has improved flagging more errors that
1787 earlier versions of LyX did not see at all. So if you suddenly have
1788 errors in documents that used to have none, this might be the casue.
1789 (And you probably had the error always.)
1791 - Better definition for LyXList style.
1793 - hollywood.layout and broadway.layout have improved. New classes
1794 LLNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science), svjog (Journal of Geodesy)
1796 - support for varioref and pretty ref (preliminary support)
1798 - A couple of changes to the LyX format, so that files written with
1799 1.1.5 will not be parsed correctly by older LyX versions if protected
1800 spaces or the new per-paragraph spacing are used. Also the RtL
1801 support is of course not supported in older versions.
1803 - Removed support for XForms older than 0.88.
1805 - Some command-line options and X resources are not supported anymore
1806 (The color ones, and -mono -fastselection, -reverse)
1808 - New command-line options '-userdir' which so that you can choose to
1809 use another dir than .lyx for user configurations. (Or have many.)
1811 - new lyxrc variables: \show_banner [true|false] to remove the banner
1812 screen, \backupdir_path to tell where the backup files created
1813 by lyx should be stored, and \override_x_deadkeys to tell whether
1814 lyx should provide its own accent keys handling (default is true).
1817 What's new in LyX version 1.1.4?
1818 --------------------------------
1820 More internals have been rethought. In particular, most of the file IO
1821 routines of LyX have been rewritten to use real C++ streams. Many
1822 changes have also been done to help compile LyX with Sun CC 5.0 and
1825 In the user-visible department, we find:
1827 - new command line option -x (or --execute) and -e (or --export). Now
1828 direct conversion from .lyx to .tex (.dvi, .ps, ...) is possible
1829 ('lyx file.lyx --export latex') Unfortunately, X is still needed and
1830 the GUI pops up during the process...
1832 - better placement of accents for characters that LyX draws by itself;
1834 - improved translations, in particular in Finnish (overhauled UI
1835 translation), Dutch (tutorial and examples), German
1837 - new configure flag --with-lyxname which allows to choose the name
1838 under which lyx is installed. Default is "lyx", of course. It used
1839 to be possible to do this with --program-suffix, but the later has
1840 in fact a different meaning for autoconf.
1842 And of course, a lot of old bugs have been replaced by new ones ;)
1845 What's new in LyX version 1.1.3?
1846 --------------------------------
1848 More LyX internals have been cleaned-up in this version, but the usual
1849 small number of user-visible changes have appeared:
1851 - LyX is not able anymore to read some old files using latex inset
1852 (this should not be a problem as these were already not generated by
1853 LyX 0.12.0). Use LyX 1.0.4 to read files containing those.
1855 - The first line of a .lyx file does not contain anymore the file
1856 creator name and the date of creation; this was causing various
1859 - the -dbg command line switch is enhanced. For example, "-dbg lyxrc"
1862 - Slightly better handling of dependency tracking for bibtex files.
1864 - The screen representations of \varepsilon and \epsilon have been
1865 swapped. Now \epsilon shows as red text, and \varepsilon shows as it
1866 should. This is of course a controversial change (since many people
1867 will find that their lyx workscreen is suddenly full of red), but done
1868 for the sake of correctness.
1870 - The characters \angle and \vee are now correctly displayed in math
1871 formulas; the glyph for \Upsilon has been changed.
1873 - Characters '~' and '^' are now output using standard LaTeX macros,
1874 which improves the result with T1 fonts.
1876 - new function "command-sequence" to bind several sequences to a key.
1878 - The textclass g-brief has been updated.
1880 And of course many bugs have been fixed.
1882 What's new in LyX version 1.1.2?
1883 --------------------------------
1885 LyX 1.1.2 is a minor upgrade to 1.1.1, only one new feature has been added:
1887 - the export to html feature has been extended to use other programs.
1888 Currently, tth, latex2html and hevea are supported. Note that the
1889 variable \tth_command has been renamed to \html_command in lyxrc.
1891 Moreover, a couple of semi-serious bugs have been fixed:
1893 - a bug that caused a crash in lyxstring::find
1895 - the annoying '-' vs. '_' bug.
1897 Also the cheaders files were missing from the 1.1.1 distribution, that
1898 has also been fixed.
1900 What's new in LyX version 1.1.1?
1901 --------------------------------
1903 LyX 1.1.1 marks an important change in our development scheme. While
1904 it does not have many new features, there have been many internal
1905 changes, many of which have been backported from our old development
1906 branch (which is now extinct). So while on the surface this version is
1907 very similar to version 1.0.4, many things happened under the hood. As
1908 a consequence of this: expect that some new bugs have crept in.
1910 User visible changes in lyx 1.1.1:
1912 - New export to HTML feature
1914 - All the popups should be more resistant to resize actions.
1916 - normal spaces are automatically made unbreakable if we are in
1917 a freespacing mode (LyX-Code), but not in latex mode. The rule used
1918 to be that spaces where changed when in typewriter font.
1920 - the default encoding of a new document is now latin1, since it seems
1921 to be a reasonable default for many people. Note that you can
1922 override this default with the "Save layout as default" feature.
1924 What's new in 1.0.4 compared to LyX version 1.0.3?
1925 --------------------------------------------------
1927 LyX 1.0.4 is mainly a bugfix update to 1.0.3, but some
1928 new features has been included:
1934 - Better printing with custom pagesizes.
1936 - Several language files updated.
1938 - And several bugfixes to math and table.
1940 What's new in 1.0.3 compared to LyX version 1.0.2?
1941 --------------------------------------------------
1943 LyX 1.0.3 is mainly a bugfix update to 1.0.2.
1945 - improved dependency tracking when running LaTeX (fixes one important
1948 - new italian and walloon localizations of the user interface.
1950 - New slovene and spanish translations of the Tutorial.
1952 What's new in 1.0.2 compared to LyX version 1.0.1?
1953 --------------------------------------------------
1955 LyX 1.0.2 is a minor update to LyX 1.0.1. Besides fixing many bugs
1956 compared to version 1.0.0, it adds the following features:
1958 - Improved reLyX: supports EPS image inclusion and works in windows.
1960 - New french translation of Intro.lyx and Tutorial.lyx; new german
1961 translation of UserGuide.lyx.
1963 - Better multipart document support.
1965 - LyX is now able to parse your BibTex files and show a list of
1968 - New broadway textclass (for plays).
1971 What's new in 1.0.1 compared to LyX version 1.0.0?
1972 --------------------------------------------------
1974 LyX 1.0.1 is a minor update to LyX 1.0.0. Besides fixing many bugs
1975 compared to version 1.0.0, it adds the following features:
1977 - Support for selecting pages and number of copies in print dialog
1979 - New function 'Replace all' in Find&Replace popup
1981 - Support for optional argument of \sqrt in math editor
1983 - Support for literate programming with the 'noweb' program
1985 - New LaTeX document classe: APA
1989 What's new in 1.0.0 compared to LyX version 0.12.0?
1990 ----------------------------------------------------
1992 LyX 1.0.0 is a stable release. Besides fixing many bugs compared to
1993 version 0.12.0, it adds the following features:
1995 - much improved reLyX script: many bugs have been fixed, new options
1996 have been added, many constructs are now correctly handled. reLyX is now
1997 installed along with LyX and has its own man page. Separate upgrades
1998 of reLyX will be made available later. The reLyX script is utilized
1999 by the File->Import LaTeX command in LyX.
2001 - Much improved LinuxDoc (sgml-tools) support: multiple textclasses,
2002 footnotes, and generally better output.
2004 - New textclasses scrartcl, scrbook, scrreprt and scrlettr
2005 implementing the corresponding classes of the koma-script
2006 package. New textclasses latex8 for some IEEE journals, IEEEtran for
2007 various IEEE Transactions journals and ejour2 for some Springer Verlag
2008 Journals. New textclass hollywood to typeset your own film scripts.
2010 - Better support (keyboard bindings, keyboard mappings, and/or menu
2011 and error message translations) for several languages.
2013 - Documentation has been partly translated to German, Swedish, and Czech. You
2014 will get this automatically from the Help menu if you set up the LANG
2015 environment variable correctly (i.e. to 'de' or 'sv').
2017 - Documentation has been generally improved and expanded.
2019 - Improved table support.
2021 - Support for arbitrary line spacing in documents.
2023 - easier handling of index entries.
2025 - The printer configuration scheme has changed a bit to help people
2026 whose dvips is not configured correctly. As a consequence, you might
2027 have to modify your lyxrc a bit. All users are advised to re-run
2028 Option->Reconfigure to update LyX configuration.
2031 Note that your existing global lyxrc file will not be overwritten by
2032 default since now LyX only installs a file lyxrc.example to use as