1 Version LyX 1.5rc2-xx-06-2007
2 - LyX 1.5rc2 from xx-06-2007
3 - new Chinese translation of LyX's menus
4 - new button to close document tabs separately
5 - enable HTML export on all OS platforms
7 - Aspell (thanks to Joost Verburg)
8 - updated dictionaries for Bulgarian (bg), Farsi (fa), Irish (ga),
9 - Kurdish (ku), Polish (pl), Ukrainian (uk), and Uzbek (uz)
10 - new dictionaries for Armenian (hy), Frisian (fy), Hindi (hi),
11 and Portuguese(pt_BR and pt_PT)
12 - Norwegian (no) dictionary renamed and updated to Norwegian (nb)
13 - bugfixes in the installer of each dictionary
16 Version LyX 1.5rc1-31-05-2007
17 - LyX 1.5rc1 from 31-05-2007
19 - new Korean and Japanese translation of LyX's menus
21 - updated to MiKTeX 2.6 (version 2704)
22 - new Windows Vista-compatible launcher for LyX
23 - fixed layout file for the LaTeX-package powerdot
24 - support for SVG-images: when Inkscape is installed, it will be
25 used as SVG to PDF converter (to get real vector graphics in the
27 - support to set Hebrew, Japanese, and Korean as LyX's menu language
28 - added missing zlib1.dll (caused tex2lyx problems)
30 Thanks to Pavel Sanda:
31 - new Czech translation of the installer
34 Version LyX 1.5beta3-18-05-2007
35 - LyX 1.5 beta3 from 18-05-2007
36 - fix bug, introduced with last version, that all margin notes in
38 - support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean
39 - support for the LaTeX-package "listings"
41 - updated to ImageMagick 6.3.4
42 - updated to Python 2.5.1
43 - updated to MiKTeX 2.6 (version 2675)
44 - fix bug that LyX's menu language setting was ignored when LyX is
45 started by double-clicking on a LyX-file
46 - when Updating PDFs, the PDF is opened at the last viewed position
47 (only works with Acrobat/Adobe Reader version <= 7)
48 - fix hopefully the case that PDFs couldn't be updated when
49 Adobe Reader 8 is used on Windows Vista
50 - fix bug that MiKTeX and JabRef weren't correctly uninstalled
53 Version LyX 1.5svn-02-05-2007
54 - LyX 1.5svn from 02-05-2007
55 - support for Armenian
57 - LyX's console window is now hidden -> updated source code Readmes
58 - fix bug that file associations were set also when the user has chosen
59 to leave them untouched
60 - Update installer: new option to choose whether the file associations
61 should be updated or not
62 - Update installer: fix uninstalling
63 - Update installer: fix that a subfolder of the old install folder
64 remained after the new install folder has been set
67 Version LyX 1.5beta2-21-04-2007
68 - LyX 1.5 beta2 from 21-04-2007
70 - math delimiter changed again
71 - new math sidebar that replaces the math panel dialog
73 - Update installer: require to close LyX before it can be updated
74 - Update installer: fix bug that sessions files weren't actualized while
76 - Update installer: fix uninstalling (not fully tested yet)
79 Version LyX 1.5svn-15-04-2007
81 - LyX 1.5svn from 15-04-2007
82 - reworked paragraph dialog
83 - more cleanups of the math delimiter and the document settings dialogs
85 - fix bug that configure-script was not run after the installer told
86 you that the configuration will now start
87 - fix bug in uninstalling Arabic Aspell dictionary
88 - fix bug that PDFViewWin7.exe failed to start
89 - add missing math fonts
90 - name desktop icon according to the version to avoid interferences
91 with other installed LyX-versions
92 - only uninstall stuff that was installed together with the current LyX
93 version and not together with other installed LyX versions
95 - New installer Version "Update" available. With this you don't need to
96 reinstall LyX when you have the previous version "LyX 1.5svn-09-04-2007"
100 Version LyX 1.5svn-09-04-2007
102 - LyX 1.5svn from 09-04-2007
104 - keyboard maps are now working
105 - InstantPreview is working again
106 - new layout and template files for the g-brief2 letter class and the
107 moderncv and europecv curriculum vitae classes
108 - reworked BibTeX file parser
109 - reworked graphics, glossary, and math delimiter dialog
110 - new Spanish translation of the Extended manual
111 - many other bug fixes
113 - updated Readme files
114 - NSIS 2.25 is now required to compile the installer
117 Version LyX 1.5svn-30-03-2007
119 - LyX 1.5svn from 30-03-2007
120 - improved TOC dialog
121 - fixes for RTL languages
122 - anti-aliased symbols in math
123 - new chapter in EmbeddedObjects manual
124 - revised German Userguide
125 - new syntax highlighting for document(LaTeX)-preamble
126 - polished bookmark handling
127 - new window style for View -> View Source
128 - many, many bug fixes
130 - updated to ImageMagick 6.3.3-4: fix bug that transparent image pixels appear
131 black in DVI or Postscript output
132 - updated to Ghostscript 8.56
134 - add missing DLL to run Python on all Win platforms
135 - add missing image files for EmbeddedObjects manual
138 Version LyX 1.5beta1-19-02-2007
140 - LyX 1.5beta1 from 19-02-2007
141 - improvements for CJK languages
142 - new inset for captions
143 - support for more unicode characters, for example TIPA phonetic symbols
144 - better export to plain text
146 - updated readme files
147 - when viewing documents as PDF, Acrobat/Adobe Reader is opened with full size
148 - update to ImageMagick 6.3.2-7: fix bug of wrong display size of PDF and EPS images
151 Thanks to Martin A. Hansen:
152 - updated Danish translation of the installer
155 Version LyX 1.5alpha-05-02-2007
157 - LyX 1.5alpha from 05-02-2007
159 - updated to ImageMagick 6.3.2-3
161 - installer bug fix introduced in the last releases (01-02-2007 and 04-02-2007):
162 deliver correct python25.dll and python.exe
163 - hopefully correct fix to the bug that other PDF viewers than Acrobat/Adobe Reader
164 and GSView weren't recognized
167 Version LyX 1.5alpha-04-02-2007
169 - LyX 1.5alpha from 04-02-2007
171 - installer bug fixes introduced in the last release from 01-02-2007
172 - updated to MiKTeX 2.5.2580
173 - fix bug that other PDF viewers then Acrobat/Adobe Reader and GSView weren't recognized
175 Thanks to Allesandro Garberi:
176 - updated Italian translation of the installer
178 This is now fixed in the included MiKTeX version!:
179 - LyX's package and class database is incomplete when you don't have an open Internet
180 connection while LyX is first started. (This is a bug in MiKTeX.)
181 Workaround: open an Internet connection and reconfigure LyX
184 Version LyX 1.5svn-01-02-2007
186 - LyX 1.5svn from 01-02-2007:
187 - you can now enter special characters directly to the document ( "µ", "€", etc.)
188 - tooltips for menu buttons now appear
189 - missing math characters are now displayed
190 - nearly all known crashes are fixed
191 - updated ExtendedInsets manual (now named "Embedded Objects" in the Help menu)
193 - updated to JabRef 2.2
195 Thanks to Gisela Stöhr:
196 - updated Slovak translation of the installer
199 Version LyX 1.5svn-23-01-2007
201 - LyX 1.5svn from 23-01-2007:
202 - InstantPreview and formal tables now work properly
203 - fix some problems when file paths have accented characters
204 - new toolbar to view/update view documents
205 - lots of crashes fixed
207 - fix crash when viewing PDF when Acrobat 8 Standard/Professional is used
208 - existing Python installation is now only used for LyX when it is Python 2.5
209 (some Compaq and Dell computers are delivered with outdated Python interpreters)
210 - the thesaurus program "Aiksaurus" that is used by LyX is now registered separately from LyX
212 - updated to ImageMagick 6.3.2-0
214 Thanks to Christian Ridderström:
215 - updated Swedish translation of the installer
216 Thanks to Szõke Sándor:
217 - updated Hungarian translation of the installer
218 Thanks to Edwin Leuven:
219 - updated Dutch translation of the installer
222 - LyX's package and class database is incomplete when you don't have an open Internet
223 connection while LyX is first started. (This is a bug in MiKTeX.)
224 Workaround: open an Internet connection and reconfigure LyX
227 Version LyX 1.5svn-15-01-2007
229 - LyX 1.5svn from 15-01-2007:
230 - improved bookmark handling
231 - copy/paste now possible between LyX-files opened in different LyX instances (programs).
232 - updated documentation
233 - this LyX 1.5svn build can now be started on every Windows 2000/XP machine
235 - updated Readme files for the installer sourcecode:
236 - mention the Galician translation files for NSIS
238 - updated Galician translation of the installer
241 - LyX's package and class database is incomplete when you don't have an open Internet
242 connection while LyX is first started. (This is a bug in MiKTeX.)
243 Workaround: open an Internet connection and reconfigure LyX
246 Version LyX 1.5svn-07-01-2007
248 - LyX 1.5svn from 07-01-2007:
249 - the tex2lyx.exe and lyx.exe and LyX's dialogs now have an icon
250 - LyX is now also translated into Galician
251 - you can now copy and paste stuff from other programs to LyX with "Strg-v"
252 like for all other Windows programs
253 - lots of bug fixes: e.g. TOC dialog, spellchecker, change tracking, LaTeX-error dialog
255 - updated Readme files for the installer sourcecode:
256 - mention the required NSIS-package "InetLoad"
257 - require NSIS 2.22 to create the installer
258 - updated installer source code documentation
260 - fix bug that small installer version took care about JabRef while uninstalling
261 - fix that complete installer version does no longer propose to install programs
262 that are already installed
263 - fix crash when viewing PDF when Adobe Reader 8 is used
265 Thanks to Ramon Flores <fa2ramon@usc.es>:
266 - updated Spanish and Portuguese translation and new Galician translation of the installer
269 Version LyX 1.5svn-22-12-2006
271 - LyX 1.5svn from 22-12-2006
272 - added two .dll-files needed to get LyX working on all Windows platforms
277 Version LyX 1.5svn-18-12-2006
279 - LyX 1.5svn from 18-12-2006
280 - open LyX with defined session file
281 - update to MiKTeX 2.5.2540
282 - update to - ImageMagick 6.3.1-2
283 - fix bug that installed Ghostscript is not always recognized
284 - fix error when invoking View -> PDF (pdflatex)
285 - GSView is no longer shipped with the small installer version
286 - the complete installer version comes now with the bibliography manager "JabRef"
287 which can be installed optionally
288 - updated to version 1.4.3-6 of the Extended-Insets manual
291 Version LyX 1.5svn-13-12-2006
293 - LyX 1.5svn from 13-12-2006
294 - ImageMagick 6.3.1-1
295 - new method to view PDF-files
296 - fixes bug in Aspell that prevents words to be added to spellchecker database