Interface changes
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+The external template format recognize now a new tag: 'Preview'. This
+tag is used to define how an external material should be previewed in
+LyX. For more detail, see the 'external_templates' file in the resource
+directory of LyX.
+
+LyX 1.6.0 introduces support for the pLaTeX distribution which provides
+extended language and script support for Japanese. The language
+"Japanese" now uses this new method. Japanese support via the CJK
+package is still available, but has been renamed to "Japanese (CJK)".
+Old documents continue to use the CJK method. Also cf. the "known
+issues" section for some remaining problems.
+
Some of the LyX functions have changed names:
- A new LFUN_SPECIALCHAR_INSERT has been implemented that obsoletes the
has been replaced by "specialchar-insert ligature-break"
* LFUN_DOTS_INSERT: removed. "dots-insert"
has been replaced by "specialchar-insert dots"
- * LFUN_END_OF_SENTENCE_PERIOD_INSERT: removed. "end-of-sentence-period-insert"
- has been replaced by "specialchar-insert end-of-sentence"
+ * LFUN_END_OF_SENTENCE_PERIOD_INSERT: removed.
+ "end-of-sentence-period-insert" has been replaced by
+ "specialchar-insert end-of-sentence"
* LFUN_MENU_SEPARATOR_INSERT: removed. "menu-separator-insert"
has been replaced by "specialchar-insert menu-separator"
-- The function LFUN_BREAK_LINE, "break-line" has been renamed to LFUN_NEWLINE_INSERT,
- "newline-insert", and it now allows two options: "newline-insert newline" inserts
- a \newline, "newline-insert linebreak" inserts a \linebreak.
+- The function LFUN_BREAK_LINE, "break-line" has been renamed to
+ LFUN_NEWLINE_INSERT, "newline-insert", and it now allows two options:
+ "newline-insert newline" inserts a \newline, "newline-insert linebreak"
+ inserts a \linebreak.
- The function LFUN_PAGEBREAK_INSERT, "pagebreak-insert" has been renamed to
LFUN_NEWPAGE_INSERT, "newpage-insert". It obsololetes the following functions:
LFUN_FLEX_INSERT, "flex-insert". It now handles beside charstyles, also
custom insets and XML short element insets.
-- The function LFUN_TOGGLE_CURSOR_FOLLOWS_SCROLLBAR, "toggle-cursor-follows-scrollbar"
+- The function LFUN_TOGGLE_CURSOR_FOLLOWS_SCROLLBAR,
+ "toggle-cursor-follows-scrollbar"
has been renamed to LFUN_CURSOR_FOLLOWS_SCROLLBAR_TOGGLE,
"cursor-follows-scrollbar-toggle".
- The function LFUN_FONT_CODE, "font-code", has been renamed to
LFUN_FONT_TYPEWRITER, "font-typewriter".
-- The functions LFUN_HTML_INSERT, "html-insert", LFUN_URL_INSERT, "url-insert" was
- superseded by LFUN_HYPERLINK_INSERT, "href-insert".
+- The functions LFUN_HTML_INSERT, "html-insert", LFUN_URL_INSERT,
+ "url-insert" was superseded by LFUN_HYPERLINK_INSERT, "href-insert".
- The function LFUN_FLOAT_LIST has been renamed to LFUN_FLOAT_LIST_INSERT.
-- The functions delete-back/forward has been renamed to char-delete-back/forward.
+- The functions delete-back/forward has been renamed to
+ char-delete-back/forward.
- The functions LFUN_FONT_FREE_APPLY/UPDATE has been renamed to
LFUN_TEXTSTYLE_APPLY/UPDATE.
+- The functions LFUN_SERVER_GET_NAME has been renamed to
+ LFUN_SERVER_GET_FILENAME.
+
The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
- LFUN_COMPLETION_COMPLETE, "complete".
+- LFUN_COMPLETION_CANCEL, "completion-cancel"
+
+- LFUN_COMPLETION_ACCEPT, "completion-accept"
+
- LFUN_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP, "close-tab-group".
- LFUN_SPLIT_VIEW, "split-view".
- LFUN_SET_GRAPHICS_GROUP, "set-graphics-group"
-- LFUN_GRAPHICS_GROUPS_UNIFY, "graphics-groups-unify"
-
- LFUN_BRANCH_ACTIVATE, "branch-activate"
- LFUN_BRANCH_DEACTIVATE, "branch-deactivate"
could be used to export a pdf with the answers branch included, without
one's having to open LyX and activate the branch manually.
-The following new LyX functions have been removed:
+- LFUN_NOTES_MUTATE, "notes-mutate"
+
+- LFUN_FONT_BOLDSYMBOL, "font-boldsymbol"
+ This is the same as LFUN_FONT_BOLD except that in math mode \boldsymbol
+ is used instead of \mathbf.
+
+- LFUN_COMMAND_ALTERNATIVES, "command-alternatives"
+ This works similarly to command-sequence, except that instead of running
+ each of the commands, it only runs the first one that is enabled. This can
+ be used to bind multiple functions to a single key, and then which one is
+ used will depend upon the context.
+
+
+The following LyX functions have been removed:
- LFUN_FILE_NEW.
- LFUN_BREAK_PARAGRAPH_SKIP, LFUN_DELETE_BACKWARD_SKIP, LFUN_DELETE_FORWARD_SKIP.
-- LFUN_ERROR_NEXT
+- LFUN_ERROR_NEXT.
+- LFUN_MATH_IMPORT_SELECTION. Use LFUN_MATH_MODE instead.
-For the detailed description of LyX functions look into doxygen documentation.
+- LFUN_BIBITEM_INSERT.
+
+For the detailed description of LyX functions look under the Help menu.
Known issues in version 1.6.0
------------------------------------
-- ...
+- New pLaTeX support for Japanese:
+ * Documents using this method can be backported to 1.5 in pricipal, but
+ the backported documents are not guaranteed to work, since 1.5 falls
+ back to the CJK package; expect the output to differ.
+ * pLaTeX provides a Japanese variant of BibTeX named "jbibtex", which will
+ be selected automatically by LyX. If you run into problems with this or
+ if you need to use an alternative BibTeX program, you can change this
+ setting in the LyX preferences (Output->LaTeX->BibTeX command).
Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 1.6.x
-------------------------------------------------------
-The support for Japanese has been improved in LyX 1.6.x. Due to encoding
-reasons, Japanese documents that were edited with LyX 1.6.x cannot correctly
-be converted to the format of LyX 1.5.x and thus not edited with LyX 1.5.x.
-To be able to use LyX 1.6 with Japanese, the latest version of the LaTeX
-distribution "platex" must be installed.
-platex provides a Japanese variant of BibTeX named "jbibtex". When LyX is
-configured, this variant is used. In case you have problems with BibTeX-files
-that include Japanese or you need to use another BibTeX program, set it in LyX
-preferences under Output->LaTeX->BibTeX command.
+
Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at