5 1. Bugs that aim for 1.5.0 should be listed here.
6 2. Whoever fixes a bug sign his name before the bug and move it to the end of
7 this file, along with a lyx-devel announcement.
9 Prizes (donated by Michael):
11 #1: LyX-labeled Tick Tock Wall Clock
12 #2: LyX-labeled Coffee and Tea Mug
13 #3: LyX-labeled Mousepad
16 **********************************************************************
23 * Check FIXME, TODO, and #warning in the LyX code
25 * Resolve compiler warnings
30 * LyX tries to delete /tmp if it is called with invalid arguments
32 * Loading de_Userguide.lyx results in two parse errors:
33 Paragraph ended in line 21206
35 Paragraph ended in line 21301
37 I don't know if that is a lyx2lyx or LyX problem. LyX 1.4 can read the file.
39 * Non-ascii filenames do not work at all and result in an assertion or garbage.
41 * open lyx, create a new document, enter a few chars, quit, click cancel, lyx
44 * Change Tools->Preferences->User interface->User interface to something like
45 "kornel.default.ui"; save prefs; exit LyX; restart LyX; => crash;
46 in the preferences file, there is an entry \bind_file "/Something/kornel.default"
48 In QPrefsDialog.C:1736, function PrefUserInterface::select_ui() calls
49 form_->controller().browseUI(qstring_to_ucs4(uiFileED->text())))
52 browseLibFile(lyx::from_ascii("ui"), file, lyx::from_ascii("ui"),
53 _("Choose UI file"), FileFilterList(_("LyX UI files (*.ui)")));
54 In this function, the extension is removed, because it is the default ("ui" in
55 this case). This behaviour applies to
56 ControlPrefs::browsebind, ControlPrefs::browseUI
57 ControlPrefs::browsekbmap, ControlPrefs::browsedict
58 Setting the default extension here to something invalid, is a hack, but works.
59 (Invalid may be e.g. "*")
62 SPELL CHECKING (Joost 4/11/06)
64 * Spell checking cannot be invoked a second time.
66 * The first time the spell checker is started, an empty window shown instead
67 of the first misspelled word.
69 * Words with umlauts or accents do not arrive as a whole word in the spell
75 * In TOC, the buttons "Up", "Down", "Promote", and "Demote" are not
76 self-explaining. Why don't we group them in two pairs: Section Up/Down, Level
77 Up/Down? The arrangement of the buttons may also give some hint to the user.
79 * The items in the treeview are editable
84 * when opening an already opened document (or a document with newer backup),
85 the mouse pointer turns into a clock, although it waits for confirmation
87 * If you try to view a document as postscript that cannot be typeset because
88 of LaTeX errors and export to LaTeX afterwards you will get the old error
89 list again, although the export succeded.
94 * In the math control panel, switching between different "functions" is broken
95 (retry a couple of times).
97 * In the math control panel, there is no icon for "Set Math Font".
99 * In the math control panel, the buttons are too small.
100 The reason is probably that qt resizes the icons so that they fit into the
101 button, leaving some margin. This leads to different scales for each icon.
102 qt3 did not resize the icons. Can this be set in qt4, too?
107 * The visual table size selection on the the "Insert Table" dialog has gone
110 * The UI for bullet selection in the documents settings looks weird
112 There is a big listbox just to select one of the four levels.
113 Isn't this supposed to be a drop-down list or something like that?
115 * The bullet selection widget shows the bullets in 5 columns (instead of 6)
116 for me, and hence does not fit into the window.
119 * The style name in the BibTeX Bibliography panel (near the Browse... button)
120 disappears after closing and reopening the panel.
124 MULTIPLE WINDOWS / DOCUMENTS
126 * There are cursor problems when the same document is opened in two windows
129 Information from Abdel:
130 Yes, this is the famous dEPM bug (delete Empty Paragraph Mechanism).
131 There are two ways to fix that:
132 1) the correct way: fix the dEPM to not invalidate the cursor.
133 2) the easy way: disable the cursor on focus out event and re-enable it at
134 focus in event and jump the saved position (at focus out).
137 TOOLBARS & MINIBUFFER
139 * When toolbars are hidden, they pop up again after clicking on the document
140 area (Joost 4/11/06).
141 Comment by Bo: Can not reproduce, details please.
143 * Toolbar tooltips are no longer shown
148 * Some oddities with View menu on MAC (Bennett 3/11/06): DVI does not appear
149 in the menu, even though a converter and viewer are defined in Preferences.
150 It turned out that this was a user error: a configuration file of 1.4 was
151 used without the document flag.
152 This should definitely be documented somewhere before the final release,
153 because many users will copy their old config files.
155 * Tooltips for fields are no longer shown
160 * edit->text style->capitalize/lower/upper case doesn't work due to change
161 tracking-related changes.
163 * insert->note->lyx note, enter a few chars, collapse the note. Copy the note
164 several times (three lines?), use mouse to select. Lyx crashes with
165 Assertion triggered in void lyx::LyXText::dispatch(lyx::LCursor&, lyx::FuncRequest&) by failing check "cur.text() == this" in file src/text3.C:143
166 NOTE: this is unrelated to the button face-lift patch.
171 * No change bar is given in LaTeX output if (only) the par break has changed
173 * In tables, cut & paste (complete cells) do not support change tracking
175 * When accepting or rejecting changes, paragraphs with deleted par breaks are
176 not merged in nested text insets
178 * When accepting a change, LyX may hang (same as in 1.4.3)
180 * When running "find & replace", the cursor is not moved forward, such
181 that LyX always offers to replace the same string
186 * environments when using czech translation doesnt work: e.g.
187 itemize("Polozka") -> ERROR (layoutSelected): layout not found! (P. Sanda)
190 PAINTING & PERFORMANCE
192 * In the splash screen, the LyX version number is printed with a very, very
193 small font size such that it becomes almost invisible on Windows.
195 * END_LABEL_* handling in RowPainer::paintLast() is broken. In regular text,
196 label boxes are not completely visible (because we shrinked the margin on
197 screen?). Inside of insets, they don't work at all.
199 * Too much painting 2 (Edwin 3/11/2006): There is also a lot of painting going
200 on when selecting text. When selecting a word the whole screen is repainted.
201 PARTLY FIXED (Abdel 2006-11-20): there's a full repaint only when the mouse is
202 released. More to come in this area.
204 * Too much painting 1 (Edwin 3/11/2006): when i click in the workarea (to put
205 the cursor in another part of the text) the screen is repainted *twice*
206 whereas it seems to me that no repainting is necessary at all.
207 PARTLY FIXED (Abdel 2006-11-20): except for math insets.
209 * Too much painting 3 (Edwin 3/11/2006): the screen is repainted even when the
210 selection does not change (moving the mouse with the left button pushed down
211 always triggers a repaint).
212 PARTLY FIXED (Abdel 2006-11-20): When within the main text inset only the
213 current line is repainted.
215 * The cursor is not L-shaped for foreign languages
217 * Slowness on MAC 1 (Bennett 3/11/06):
218 There seems to be a fraction of a second lag between when I press a key and
219 when the letter appears on screen -- but the time lag doesn't obviously vary
220 with the amount of text on the screen (as was the case previously). Right now,
221 the speed of normal text entry makes LyX-1.5 usable on my
222 not-fast-but-still-not-outdated computer. (Not sure how it would be on my
223 slow-but-still-usable laptop.)
225 * Slowness on MAC 2 (Bennett 3/11/06):
226 Speed is still an issue typing in insets: noticeable lag between typing and
227 text appearing on screen. This does not seem to be compounded by having nested
228 insets, and it seems to be compounded only a little by the amount of text in
229 the inset. (This is especially a problem in math environments.)
230 PARTLY FIXED (Abdel 2006-11-20): except for math insets.
232 * Slowness on MAC 3 (Bennett 3/11/06): Some operations that with 1.4 are
233 pretty much instantaneous (inserting a footnote, dragging the mouse, switching
234 to LyX from another application, opening dialogs, etc.) take quite a long time
237 * Some math symbols are not displayed (from Enrico Forestieri)
238 I noticed that some math symbols are not shown on screen. This seems
239 to be platform dependent. The following is a table illustrating the
240 situation on three different platforms. Here "no" means that the
241 symbol is not shown on screen (the symbol is invisible but occupies
242 space: it is as a sort of \phantom), and "yes" that it is shown.
243 ---------------------------------------
244 Symbol Linux Solaris Cygwin
245 ---------------------------------------
251 \spadesuit(*) yes no yes
252 ---------------------------------------
253 (*) On solaris, a square is shown on screen instead of nothing.
254 - Further comments from Georg: This is probably a qt4 font drawing problem,
255 since \Omega works fine in 1.4.3, and my debugging results showed that the
256 correct font is found and used (cmr10).
257 - Solved problem with \int and \oint on Windows (Enrico 2006-12-06).
263 * It is ridiculous that you have to call configure with --with-frontend=qt4.
264 The existance of config/qt.m4 does not make much sense either.
269 * Many issues with toolbars on MAC (Bennett 3/11/06):
270 Most obvious of which are that icons are spaced too widely and that changes in
271 the visibility of the toolbars with the GUI do not stick after the screen is
274 * Many issue with dialogs on MAC (Bennett 3/11/06):
275 Most obviously: the Preferences dialog -- which can only be accessed now via
276 keyboard command, not from the menu -- appears initially too small and must be
277 resized; not possible to select buttons with the keyboard).
279 The prefs dialog size should be better now. See below (JSpitzm-2006-11-07).
281 * Menu bar disappears on MAC (instead of being disabled) when dialogs appear.
286 * There should be a close button on the tabs (Joost 3/11/06).
287 There is now a Qt feature request:
288 http://www.trolltech.com/developer/task-tracker/index_html?id=137891&method=entry
290 * TODO toolbar popup menu, currently disabled (Peter 9/11/06)
292 * When content (sections/captions) is changed, the toc/lof/lot is not properly
294 Abdel 2006-11-17: This one is not as simple as it seems as it involves a
295 TocBackend update at each keystroke. Unless we manage to update a specific
296 TocItem, this will be a WONTFIX for 1.5.0.
299 **********************************************************************
304 * Performance on Windows is bad. On my system, scrolling the User Guide takes
305 10 seconds with LyX 1.4 and more than 30 seconds with LyX 1.5.
307 FIXED (Abdel 04/11/06): This was due to spurious message in QLPainter.C,
309 * When I have the same document in two windows, only the last selected paragraph
310 in one of the windows gets updated.
312 FIXED (Abdel 04/11/06): This was due my singlePar optimization. With my last
313 commit, the optimization is enabled only if the WorkArea has the focus.
315 * No icon for "note-next" in the "review" toolbar.
317 ADDED (JSpitzm 2006-11-04).
319 * Branches gui broken (buttons do nothing).
321 FIXED (JSpitzm 2006-11-04).
323 * The title bar does not contain the document name when a new window is opened
326 FIXED (Abdel 05/11/06): This was due to "last_title" being a static variable
327 in LyXView::updateWindowTitle() and also due to a potential bug in Qt:
328 an update command to the window title seems to be ignored up until the window
331 * src/frontends/qt4/ui/QCitationUi.ui:70 "&Selected citations:" should be
332 "&Selected Citations:".
334 FIXED (MGerz 2006-11-05)
336 * In the "Math Delimiters" dialog, there is no need to repeat the term "Size"
337 for all values in the selection box; the label is already named "Size"
339 FIXED (MGerz 2006-11-05)
341 * If you open Document>Settings... or Tools>Preferences... for the first time,
342 the dialog is much too small to show its content; if you invoke it the second
343 time, everything is fine.
345 This happens with qt 4.2.1 only, it does not happen with 4.1.4/4.1.5!
347 FIXED (JSpitzm-2006-11-06): force updateGeometry() after the panelstack has
348 been created (with Qt >= 4.2 only). A brute method, but it works.
350 * If you open Edit>Test Style... for the first time, the choice text for
351 "Never Toggled>Size" doesn't fit in the selection box (note that in German,
352 texts are a bit longer than in English). Interestingly, if you invoke the
353 dialog a second time, its button sizes are adjusted to their content.
355 WONTFIX: This happens with qt >= 4.2 only, it does not happen with 4.1.4/4.1.5!
356 (or maybe try to add an updateGeometry() call somewhere as well; JSpitzm).
358 * All label and button texts in the Qt4 dialogs are not translated.
360 FIXED (MGerz 2006-11-07)
362 * Some English menu items don't have a '&' character. (box, date, paste...)
364 FIXED (MGerz 2006-11-07). I added shortcut whereever possible.
366 * When changing the toolbar settings in the right-button context menu of a
367 visible toolbar, the modified settings are not considered for session management
369 REPLACED with a new entry, popup disabled (Peter 2006-11-09)
371 * Toolbars always show on the top of the screen, even though they are set to
372 "bottom" in the ui file (Joost 3/11/06).
374 FIXED: use the defaul.ui value only when there is no valid position stored
375 (1st start of lyx) (Peter 7/11/2006)
377 * Window positions are not remembered correctly. Each time a window is openend
378 window again it has moved towards the bottom of the screen. (Joost 3/11/06)
380 FIXED (Peter 8/11/2006)
382 * Special handling of [[...]] in text messages is disabled in messages.C
383 FIXED (Georg 2006-11-12)
385 * broken signal/slot connection:
386 Object::connect: No such signal LengthCombo::selectionChanged(LyXLength::UNIT)
387 Object::connect: (sender name: 'unitCO')
388 Object::connect: (receiver name: 'QVSpaceUi')
390 FIXED (JSpitzm 2006-11-12)
392 * Cursor is still not visible on MAC Bennett (3/11/06).
393 FIXED (Abdel 2006-11-13)
395 * crash on Windows/Mac
397 2. insert List/TOC->Bibtex Bilio
398 3. add a bibliography
399 4. View Source ->crash
400 FIXED (Peter 2006-11-14)
402 * In the TOC dialog, switching between the different TOC types (TOC, Table,
403 Float, etc.) is broken.
406 * In the TOC dialog, the slider for altering the display level is
407 non-functional (not implemented).
408 FIXED (Ugras 2006-11-17)
410 * The correct list is not selected when right-clicking on a LOF or
412 FIXED (Ugras 2006-11-17)
414 * When selecting a type which *is* already selected, the content in the
415 browser window vanishes
416 FIXED (Ugras 2006-11-17)
418 * TOC crashes (simply make a few sections, subsections, sections; then add TOC
419 before all sections and click on the left button)
420 FIXED (Abdel, sometimes in november 2006).
422 * Items in the TOC cannot be moved using drag & drop (Joost 4/11/06).
423 WONTFIX (Abdel 2006-11-17): at least not for 1.5.0, this is just candy anyway.
425 * M-x is broken (does not bring up the minibuffer).
426 FIXED (Bo, 2006-11-18): set toolbar flag in display function.
428 * open a file; mark with the mouse and scroll; assert will fail:
429 FIXED (Abdel 2006-11-20): side effect of updateMetrics() cleanup.
431 * Selection highlighting is broken. Test case: two paragraphs with "Hello"
432 and "World"; move cursor past "Wor", press Shift+Up
433 FIXED (Abdel 2006-11-20): side effect of updateMetrics() cleanup.
435 * Mac Crash (Bennett 3/11/06):
436 On launch from GUI (by double-clicking on the LyX icon). As I reported before,
437 this happens only when using the GUI; I can successfully start LyX from the
438 Terminal, with or without gdb. Hence the only debug information I get is this,
439 printed out in Console.app when I try launching from the GUI (note that the
440 number changes everytime):
442 Wrong command line option `-psn_0_182321153'. Exiting.
444 Hint from Andreas Vox: LyX must accept any option starting with '-psn' and
445 pass it oon to the Qt initialisation. On Mac this gives the app a link to the
447 FIXED (Abdel 2006-11-25): Arguments are now passed to QApplication.
449 * In the math control panel, "Detach panel" is broken (only 1 button is
450 visible in the detached panel).
451 FIXED (Edwin/Ugras 2006-11-XX)
453 * Command completion in the minibuffer shows a huge blank area below the proposed
454 commands. Clicking in that empty area crashes LyX.
457 * Copy/paste using middle mouse button inserts musical notes.
458 FIXED (Abdel 2006-11): Confirmed by Michael who couldn't reproduce on SuSE Linux 9.3)
460 * new document; insert note; place cursor in front of the note; activate change tracking;
461 press delete => assertion failed
462 FIXED (JMarc 2006-11)
464 * new document; insert note; insert "hello" into note; place the cursor at the beginning of the note;
465 activate change tracking; press backspace => seg fault
466 FIXED (Michael 2006-11-25)
468 * Mac Crash On quit (Bennett).
469 FIXED (Peter 2006-11-20)
471 * Drawing oddities on MAC (Bennett 3/11/06):
472 Lines occasionally overlapping vertically, math characters not properly
474 FIXED (JMarc 2006-11).
476 * Icons in the toolbars do not have the correct size, they are stretched a few
477 pixels compared to 1.4. This makes the images look jagged and the initial
478 window size has also become to small to show the whole toolbar
479 (Joost 4/11/06). See also the math panel buttons entry above.
480 FIXED (Peter, 2006-11-28)
482 * The -geometry option doesn't work on Windows (it did in 1.4.x)
483 c:\> lyx-qt4.exe -geometry 800x600+100+30
484 Wrong command line option `-geometry'. Exiting.
485 FIXED (Peter, 2006-11-29)
487 * When I "Save as..." in /tmp, I get a Backup error popup about non writable
488 /tmp, which is obviously not true. The file is there, and if I try to Save
489 as again, I get the overwrite popup warning twice: once in English, once
490 in French. (J. P. Chretien)
491 FIXED (Michael (found the problem), Georg (fix), 2006-11-30)