1 This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.0.0, some
2 known problems in LyX 2.0.0 and some things you have to take into account
3 when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.0.x series.
4 Note that fixes are available for some of these, but they have not yet
5 been applied because of incomplete testing.
11 There have been some changes to the LyX command line. There is a new option
12 "--batch" that causes LyX to run the given commands without opening a GUI
13 window. Thus, something like:
14 lyx -batch -x "buffer-print printer default dvips" myfile.lyx
15 will cause LyX to print myfile.lyx to the default printer, using dvips and
16 the default print settings (which, of course, have to have been configured
17 already). At present, not many commands can be used this way, but there will
20 Bash completion script was added to the tarball.
22 The following variables are obsoleted in 2.0
24 - \plaintext_roff_command (was not used anymore)
26 - \personal_dictionary, \spell_command, \use_input_encoding,
27 \use_personal_dictionary and \use_spell_lib (ispell support has been
30 - \spellchecker_use_alt_lang and \use_escape_chars (actually not used
31 by the UI, and it is as simple to check whether the relevant
34 - \custom_export_command and \custom_export_format
37 The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
39 - LFUN_WORD_FINDAD ("word-findadv").
41 - LFUN_REGEXP_MODE ("regexp-mode").
43 - LFUN_PHANTOM_INSERT ("phantom-insert").
45 - LFUN_INSET_BEGIN ("inset-begin").
47 - LFUN_INSET_END (""inset-end"").
49 - LFUN_INSET_BEGIN_SELECT ("inset-begin-select").
51 - LFUN_INSET_END_SELECT ("inset-end-select").
53 - LFUN_CHANGE_PREVIOUS ("change-previous").
55 - LFUN_LABEL_INSERT_AS_REF ("label-insert-as-reference").
57 - LFUN_SECTION_SELECT ("section-select").
59 - LFUN_FONT_UNDERLINE ("font-underline").
61 - LFUN_FONT_STRIKEOUT ("font-strikeout").
63 - LFUN_FONT_UULINE ("font-underunderline").
65 - LFUN_FONT_UWAVE ("font-underwave").
67 - LFUN_BRANCHES_RENAME ("branches-rename").
69 - LFUN_BRANCH_ADD_INSERT ("branch-add-insert").
71 - LFUN_BUFFER_CLOSE_ALL ("buffer-close-all").
73 - LFUN_INSET_FORALL ("inset-forall").
75 - LFUN_DEBUG_LEVEL_SET ("debug-level-set").
77 - LFUN_INSET_SELECT_ALL ("inset-select-all").
79 - LFUN_MATH_AMS_MATRIX ("math-ams-matrix").
81 - LFUN_VC_COMPARE ("vc-compare").
83 - LFUN_SPELLING_ADD ("spelling-add").
85 - LFUN_SPELLING_IGNORE ("spelling-ignore").
88 The following LyX functions have been removed:
90 - LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead.
92 - LFUN_NEXT_INSET_MODIFY ("next-inset-modify"): use "inset-modify" instead.
94 - LFUN_PARAGRAPH_SPACING ("paragraph-spacing"): use "paragraph-params" instead.
96 - LFUN_NOTES_MUTATE ("notes-mutate"): replace
97 notes-mutate <SOURCE> <TARGET>
98 with the more general function inset-forall
99 inset-forall Note:<SOURCE> inset-modify note Note <TARGET>
101 - LFUN_TABULAR_FEATURE ("tabular-feature"): use "inset-modify" instead.
104 The following LyX functions have been changed:
106 - LFUN_INSET_TOGGLE ("inset-toggle"): For some insets, this function was used
107 to show the settings dialog. This is no longer possible and one should use
108 inset-settings for this purpose.
110 - LFUN_WORD_REPLACE ("word-replace"): The replacement and searched strings
111 arguments have been inverted in order to allow the replacement of the word
112 at current cursor position, even if it is not selected.
115 New external programs and libaries:
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118 LyX 2.0 introduces support for some new external helper programs/libraries,
119 while the support for some existing programs has been dropped. This
120 particularly applies to spell checking and the thesaurus.
124 * Direct support for ispell and hspell has been dropped. However, ispell
125 and hspell are still accessible via the enchant wrapper (see below).
127 * Support for the aspell command line program has been dropped. Note that
128 the aspell library (aspell 0.60.x) is still supported.
130 * Next to aspell (library), LyX now also supports hunspell (the spell
131 checker used by OpenOffice and Firefox) and enchant, a wrapper that
132 provides automatic access to many spell checking libraries (ispell,
133 aspell, hspell, hunspell, etc.).
135 LyX 2.0 is configured for any and multiple of these three possibilities,
136 given that they are installed on the machine where LyX is configured on.
137 The actual spell checker can be selected in Tools > Preferences.
138 Packagers are advised to pre-select whatever is most common on their
139 platform/distribution.
143 * Support for the aiksaurus library has been dropped in favour of the
144 MyThes thesaurus library (the thesaurus library used by OpenOffice).
146 * LyX ships the MyThes library itself, so contrary to LyX 1.6.x, no
147 extra thesaurus library needs to be installed. However, LyX does not
148 ship any thesaurus dictionary.
150 * The OpenOffice thesaurus dictionaries can be used, but the path to those
151 dictionary needs to be set in Tools > Preferences. Please refer to the
152 UserGuide, sec. 6.13, for further instructions.
154 Packagers are advised to preset the thesaurus for their distribution/
155 platform. Packagers of installation bundles (on Windows and the Mac)
156 are advised to provide automatic installation of thesaurus disctionaries
157 in the installation process (analoguous to the spellchecker installation).
160 Known issues in version 2.0.0
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164 Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x
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170 Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at
171 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
175 - Somebody should create a rc2rc script...
176 http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/27531