1 !Important Changes in LyX 2.2.0
3 (: This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.2.0, some
4 known problems in LyX 2.2.0 and some things you have to take into account
5 when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.2.x series. :)
10 * The --Separator-- layout has been removed in favor of an environment
11 separator inset. There is no provision for inserting this inset from
12 the GUI (though some menu entries use it) as it is automatically inserted
13 when needed. See Section 3.4.6 of the User Guide for details.
15 * The prefix for subsections in labels and references has been changed from
16 "sub:" to "subsec:" in order to avoid a clash with subfloats (conflicting
17 \subref command, see bug #7550). Files are automatically converted to the new
18 scheme. Please assure that you adapt external refstyle or prettyref definitions
19 and your own layout files.
21 * Support for printing from within LyX (File> Print) has been removed. LyX's
22 printing support was very limited, and most users will want to print after
23 reviewing an output document (e.g., a PDF), anyway, which can be done from the
25 Users who would like to restore this functionality can create a "printer"
26 format from within LyX and then define, say, a pdf->printer converter that does
27 nothing but call lpd, or a2ps, or whatever. The "printer" will then be available
31 !!!The following pref variables were added in 2.2:
34 This variable was introduced to allow saving the document directory
35 path in the document. If allowed, LyX will be able to locate all
36 included files even when the document is manually moved/copied to
37 a different location. If a valid \origin tag is present and the
38 document was actually moved, the path of all included files is
39 updated relative to the new location and the new origin will be
40 recorded when saving again the document.
42 !!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.2:
46 !!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.2:
49 This variable was introduced to guard against any bad consequence of
50 the then-new right-to-left languages support. It is no longer needed
51 because of improvements. Now right-to-left support is always enabled.
56 * \print_evenpage_flag
58 * \print_pagerange_flag
60 * \print_collcopies_flag
64 * \print_file_extension:
65 These were used for print support, which has been removed.
68 !!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.2:
71 Opens the last previewed output of the buffer, if it exists.
74 Moves the current tab one spot to the right.
76 * buffer-move-previous
77 Moves the current tab one spot to the left.
80 !!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.2:
84 !!!The following LyX key bindings have been changed in 2.2:
86 * For bindings where Control + {PgDn, PgUp} switches to the
87 {next, previous} tab, Control + Shift + {PgDn, PgUp} moves the current
88 tab to the {next, previous} tab.
90 * The shortcuts for "bookmark-save x" have been changed from C-M-S-x to S-Fx
91 ("x" stands for the number of the bookmark.)
94 !!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.2:
98 !!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.2:
102 !!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.2:
104 * LyX is not yet supposed to work with Qt5. It is advised to compile and
105 run LyX against Qt 4.8.x. On Windows Qt 4.8.6 or newer is advised.
107 * LyX now gives an error if the underlying LaTeX command exited with error.
109 * With LuaTeX, LyX now uses polyglossia instead of babel if the language
110 package option "Automatic" is selected. In order to use babel, select
111 "Always babel" instead.
114 !!Known issues in version 2.2.0
116 * LyX needs to be run under Python 2 and will not work properly on systems
117 where Python 3 is the default binary. See bug #7030 to know how to fix
118 this properly, since simple sheebang conversion in *.py files will not
122 !!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.2.x
124 * BibTeX errors are now processed and cause LyX to show the errors dialog.
125 Before, these errors were ignored, which means that it may happen that
126 documents that compiled without error with a previous version now
127 compile with error. However, because now in 2.2.x users can click on
128 the "Show Output Anyway" button, the document can still be viewed.