-Public release of LyX version 1.5.0
-===================================
-
-We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0.
-
-Since the announcement of release candidate 2, we have fixed bugs and
-we have updated the documentation.
-
-Following the ad hoc tradition of 1.5.0 pre-releases, called
-respectively Ruby (alpha), Towny (beta) and Quinta ("farm" in
-Portuguese for the release candidates) this release starts the Vintage
-selection that is (will be) the 1.5 series.
-
-LyX 1.5.0 is the culmination of 15 months of hard work since the
-release of the LyX 1.4 series. We sincerely hope you will enjoy the
-result. The changes are too numerous to summarize in a few words, but
-initial unicode support is the flagship among the new features. See
-the end of this announcement for further details.
-
-As usual with a major release, a lot of work that is not directly
-visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and
-some of the new features are the direct results of this work.
-
-* Unicode
-
-LyX 1.5's big goal was to use unicode internally and so resolve a slew
-of existing problems with special characters and non-alphabetic
-languages. LyX 1.5 is able to output unicode (in addition to
-encodings currently available), so that you can use LaTeX's new utf8
-encoding or a brand new typesetting system such as XeTeX.
-Since the change to unicode touched much of the code base and some
-areas still need a cleanup it, is very likely that some bugs related to
-the unicode transition still exist. Please have a look at the Known
-bugs on the LyX 1.5 page if you encounter a bug that seems to be related
-to unicode. If it's not there, then please report it to the lyx-devel
-mailing list.
-
-* Integrated CJK support
-
-The very first result of the Unicode transition is that we have finally
-merged in the externally maintained CJK-LyX branch.
-The languages Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in
-the user interface.
-Note that setting the encoding for these languages in LyX 1.5 by
-using ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors!
-Also note that you may need to run qtconfig and set appropriate default
-or substitution fonts to display CJK characters under some circumstances.
-
-* Language support
-
-In addition to the CJK languages, the languages Armenian and Farsi also
-have full user interface support.
-
-* Multiple views of the same buffer
-
-LyX can now display multiple views of the same buffer. I.e., you can
-now open a single document in multiple windows and work on different
-parts of it synchronously.
-
-* Outliner and embedded TOC
-
-LyX has another long-awaited feature: a basic outliner mode, in which
-you can move chapters and sections around in the Table of Contents
-dialog. (The outliner has been backported and was released with LyX
-1.4.4.) The TOC dialog is now a dock widget, embedded in the main window.
-
-* Session management
-
-LyX is now able to remember window size and position and it will
-reopen the documents you worked on last time around. If you've
-selected the feature in the Preferences dialog, it'll even move the
-cursor to the place you were working on last! Furthermore, toolbars
-can (finally!) be switched on/off in View->Toolbars and moved about in
-the LyX window. The session management will remember their state.
-
-* Source code Viewer
-
-As a kind of "anti-preview-latex", a dialog was implemented that lets
-you view the source code of a given paragraph/selection or the whole
-document.
-
-* New Font Selection Interface
-
-LyX's font selection abilities have been one of its weakest and most
-outdated components. A completely new interface was implemented that
-provides access to the power of LaTeX's font selection scheme.
-
-* Tabular extensions
-
-LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of
-LaTeX. Support for the booktabs package has been implemented,
-providing beautiful and elegant tabulars.
-
-* Nomenclatures
-
-LyX now has native support for the nomencl package. With this,
-you can treat your document with all sorts of nomenclatures,
-glossaries and fancy notations.
-
-* Tabbed Widget
-
-LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents.
-
-* Enhanced Math Toolbars
-
-The math toolbar was enhanced significantly. Drop down menus were
-added, allowing the integration of all of the math panel's content
-to the math toolbars.
-Since this input method is much easier than the clumsy panel, the math
-panel itself has been removed and superceded by the toolbars.
-
-* Frontend News
-
-LyX 1.5 uses the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for
-Windows users, because there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no
-longer have to rely on an unofficial port of the Unix Qt3 library to
-Windows. The good old XForms frontend went the way of the dodo. It
-was both hated and loved, and certainly shaped the unique look of LyX
-in the past. It was finally killed off, however, by the switch to
-unicode. The Qt3 frontend was also removed. The work on the GTK
-frontend has been transferred to a branch because its development has
-essentially stalled.
-
-* Change tracking enhancements
-
-Major parts of the change tracking code have been rewritten, addressing
-several problems that existed in the previous implementation.
-
-* Converter file cache
-
-A cache for converted files, such as included figures, has been
-implemented. This can speed up LyX's performance considerably when
-displaying documents with many included figures that need conversion
-to a format that can be rendered on screen. The converter file cache
-is enabled by default.
-
-The default maximum age of a cached file is 6 months. You can change
-that with the line
-
- \converter_cache_maxage xxx
-
-where xxx is the maximum age in seconds, in your preferences file.
-
-* Unified Windows installer
-
-The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding
-both installers are welcome.
-
-* Program listings
-
-The traditional way to insert program listings in LyX involves the use
-of the LyX-Code style. This option works quite well for short snippets but
-does not support in-line code segments or the inclusion of external files.
-
-Using the listings latex package as the backend a new inset was added that
-supports all these three ways of listing computer programs.
-
-* LaTeX-package support
-
-LyX provides the following new document classes:
- - article(IOP) - for scientific papers published by the IOP group
- - presentation(powerdot) - for presentations using the powerdot package
- - curriculum vitae(Europe) - for CVs following the guidelines of the EU
- - curriculum vitae(modern) - for CVs using the moderncv package
- - curriculum vitae(simple) - for simple CVs
-
-* Minor user interface improvements
-
-Several minor improvements of the user interface have been made, such as:
-
- - Syntax highlighting of the user preamble and the LaTeX log file.
- - Better parsing of BibTeX databases (in the citation dialog).
- - Support for optional arguments for environments.
-
-* Enhanced clipboard/selection handling
-
-The clipboard has been tuned to work better with other applications.
-Parallel to clipboard usages, the *nix way of using middle-button
-to paste selected text is enhanced, and is also available under windows
-(but within lyx only). Selection of lyx text is now persistent in that
-you can paste the selected text using the middle button multiple times,
-even after the selection has been cleared.
-
-* Limited support for local class and layout files
-
-Lyx can not create, but can open a .lyx file with .cls and .layout files
-stored in the same directory as the .lyx file. That is to say, if you send
-your co-author a .lyx file with associated class and layout files, s/he
-can view and modify the .lyx file directly, without having to install the
-.cls and .layout files, reconfigure and restart lyx. Note that the .cls and
-.layout files have to be copied to every directory your .lyx files reside,
-should you use different directories for master and child documents.
-
-* Under the hood
-
-As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX
-core. Performing this cleanup makes the code more understandable and
-easier to maintain. It also leads inevitably to a more robust
-application. Nonetheless, it's an unfortunate fact of life that ugly
-code is sometimes faster than pretty code. We're well aware that LyX
-1.4 is slower than LyX 1.3. One important goal of this 1.5 development
-series has been to bring this speed back.
-
-** Bug fixes
-
-Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX
-bugzilla. Probably some new ones have been introduced instead ;-)
-
-
-What's new in version 1.5.0 (release candidate 2)
-----------------------------
-
-We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (release candidate 2).
-We expect this to be the last release before 1.5.0. We do not anticipate
-any further changes before 1.5.0, although any critical bugs and regressions
-in 1.5.0rc2 will, of course, be addressed.
-
-Since the announcement of release candidate 1, we have mostly fixed bugs
-and polished the graphical interface.
-
-What's new in version 1.5.0 (release candidate 1)
-----------------------------
-
-The difference to the last beta release is due to bug fixes only,
-no new features are allowed at this stage of development. The only
-exception to this rule is the addition of Farsi as a supported language
-since the available patch was not integrated in the previous release.
-
-What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 3)?
-----------------------------
-
-Compared with the previous beta release we have fixed several bugs
-and added some improvements:
-
- * A new inset to support code listings.
- * We have enabled the converter file cache by default.
- * The languages Armenian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in
- the user interface.
- Note that from now on, former encoding settings for these languages
- done via ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors!
-
-Internally we have renamed files to follow a consistent name pattern,
-this will allow an easier navigation of the source code thus simplifying
-bug fixing.
-
-What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 2)?
-----------------------------
-
-Compared with the previous beta release we have fixed several bugs and
-added some graphical improvements:
- * A new math toolbar replaces the old (faithful) math panel.
- * The converter file cache can be now configured in the graphical interface.
- * The TOC dialog is now a dock widget, embedded in the main window.
-
-Apart from the described major changes, several minor improvements of
-the user interface have been made, such as:
-
- - Syntax highlighting for the user preamble and the LaTeX log file
- - Better parsing of BibTeX databases (in the citation dialog)
- - Support optional argument for environments
-
-What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 1)?
-----------------------------
-
-* Unicode
-
-LyX 1.5's big goal was to use unicode internally and so resolve a slew
-of existing problems with special characters and non-alphabetic
-languages. LyX 1.5 is able to output unicode (in addition to
-encodings current available), so that you can use LaTeX's new utf8
-encoding or such brand new typesetting systems as XeTeX.
-Since the change to unicode touched much of the code base and some
-areas still need a cleanup it is very likely that some bugs related to
-the unicode transition still exist. Please have a look at the Known
-bugs in LyX 1.5 page if you encounter a bug that seems to be related
-to unicode. If it's not there, then please report it to the lyx-devel
-mailing list.
-
-* Integrated CJK support
-
-The very first result of the Unicode transition is that we have finally
-merged in the externally maintained CJK-LyX branch.
-
-* Multiple views of the same buffer
-
-LyX can now display multiple views of the same buffer. I.e., you can
-now open a single document in multiple windows and work on different
-parts of it synchronously.
-
-* Outliner
-
-LyX has another long-awaited feature: a basic outliner mode, in which
-you can move chapters and sections around in the Table of Contents
-dialog. (The outliner has been backported and was released with LyX
-1.4.4.)
-
-* Session management
-
-LyX is now able to remember window size and position and it will
-reopen the documents you worked on last time around. If you've
-selected the feature in the Preferences dialog, it'll even move the
-cursor to the place you were working on last! Furthermore, toolbars
-can (finally!) be switched on/off in View->Toolbars and moved about in
-the LyX window. The session management will remember their state.
-
-* Source code Viewer
-
-As a kind of "anti-preview-latex", a dialog was implemented that lets
-you view the source code of a given paragraph/selection or the whole
-document.
-
-* New Font Selection Interface
-
-LyX's font selection abilities have been one of its weakest and most
-outdated components. A completely new interface was implemented that
-provides access to the power of LaTeX's font selection scheme.
-
-* Tabular extensions
-
-LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of
-LaTeX. support for the booktabs package was implemented, which
-provides beautiful and elegant tabulars.
-
-
-* Nomenclatures
-
-Native LyX support for the nomencl package was implemented. With this,
-you can treat your document with all sorts of nomenclatures,
-glossaries and fancy notations.
-
-* Tabbed Widget
-
-LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents.
-
-* Frontend News
-
-LyX 1.5 will use the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for
-Windows users, since there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no
-longer have to rely on an unofficial port of the Unix Qt3 library to
-Windows. The good old XForms frontend went the way of the dodo. It
-was both hated and loved, and certainly shaped the unique look of LyX
-in the past. It was finally killed off, however, by the switch to
-unicode. The Qt3 frontend was removed. The work on the GTK frontend
-has been transferred to a branch because its development has
-essentially stalled.
-
-* Change tracking enhancements
-
-Major parts of the change tracking code were rewrote addressing
-several problems that existed in the existing implementation.
-
-* Converter file cache
-
-A cache for converted files, such as included figures, was
-implemented. This can speed up LyX's performance considerably when
-displaying documents with many included figures that need conversion
-to a format that can be rendered on screen. The converter file cache
-is disabled by default, and there is no GUI for configuring it yet. If
-you want to use it, add the line
- \use_converter_cache true
-
-to your preferences file. The default maximum age of a cached file is
-6 months. You can change that with the line
- \converter_cache_maxage xxx
-
-where xxx is the maximum age in seconds.
-
-* Unified Windows installer
-
-The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding
-both installers are welcome.
-
-* Under the hood
-
-As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX
-core. Performing this cleanup makes the code more understandable and
-easier to maintain. It also leads inevitably to a more robust
-application. Nonetheless, it's an unfortunate fact of life that ugly
-code is sometimes faster than pretty code. We're well aware that LyX
-1.4 is slower than LyX 1.3. One important goal of this 1.5 development
-series has been to bring this speed back.
-
-
-What's new in version 1.4.5?
-----------------------------
-
-** Updates:
-***********
-
-* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
-
-- Update Hungarian and Italian localizations of the interface.
-
-
-** Bug fixes:
-*************
-
-* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
-
-- Don't skip lines after noweb chunks in tex2lyx (bug 3052).
-
-- Fix bug when entering relative length (like page%) as margin
- settings (bug 3416).
-
-- Fix Date external template in windows (bug 3241).
-
-- Fix babel bug triggered by MarkBoth in the IEEEtran.layout (bug
- 3510).
-
-- Fix ordering of layouts in beamer textclass (bug 3141).
-
-* USER INTERFACE:
-
-- Fix bug where moving the last section up in the toc dialog eats the
- last paragraph (bug 3303).
-
-- Fix crash when using "all-insets-toggle" lfun on a file with
- math insets (bug 3358).
-
-- Fix crash when undoing ctrl-<minus> in mathed (bug 3590).
-
-- Fix crash if the thesaurus fails on startup (bug 2691).
-
-- Handle undo correctly when inserting a plain text file (bug 3204).
-
-- Fix misplaced cursor when clicking at the end of a line (bug 3310).
-
-- Make it possible to reset itemize bullets to their original state
- (bug 3312).
-
-- Fix display of Theorem-like environments when in appendix (bug 3351).
-
-- Fix conflict with globally installed math fonts, for ex. from
- Scientific Workplace (bug 3962, windows only).
-
-- Properly keep existing previews when pasting formulas (bug 1486).
-
-- Fix display of math root inset when the exponent contains large
- things (bug 3295).
-
-- Fix display of the \overset math macro when the first argument has a
- non-zero descent.
-
-- Set a default image size value (bug 2458).
-
-- Get ProvidesNatbib working correctly, esp. for egs.layout.
-
-- Fix undo for quotation marks (bug 3439).
-
-- Fix undo for special characters.
-
-- Fix gui for big delimiters.
-
-- Fix wrong LaTeX-output when using the backslash "\" as math
- delimiter (bug 3458) (Qt frontend only).
-
-- Fix generation of linuxdoc manpages (bug 2966).
-
-- Fix example for docbook-article.
-
-- Fix table rotate toolbar buttons images (bug 3525).
-
-- Fix display of "Acknowledgments" environment in elsart document
- class (bug 3931).
-
-* DOCUMENTATION
-
-- Fix description of booktabs tables in the EmbeddedObjects manual
- (bug 3736).
-
-- Fix broken link to IEEETran.cls in LaTeXConfiguration (bug 848).
-
-- Fix that Slovak userguide couldn't be typeset.
-
-* BUILD/INSTALLATION:
-
-- Make LyX/Mac recognize correctly newer versions of teTeX.
-
-- Allow automake 1.10 for building.
-
-- Require python 2.3 (due to lyx2lyx backport from 1.5.0), version
- 2.3.4 is required to read lyx 1.5.x documents (due to a bug in older
- 2.3.x python releases).
-
-
-What's new in version 1.4.4?
-----------------------------
-
-** Updates:
-***********
-
-* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
-
-- Improve Computer Algebra System support in math editor.
-
-- Add support for fixed size math delimiters in math editor.
-
-- Convert included vector graphics to pdf instead of png for pdflatex export
- (bug 2868). This is implemented with the help of a new format flag "vector"
- that you have to set manually for your self defined vector graphics formats
- if you want to use this feature.
-
-- Add a wmf -> eps converter (bug 2845) and a latex -> rtf converter.
-
-- Add the layout file and an example document for the beamer
- presentation class (these files where taken from the beamer package
- by Till Tantau); new layout file ISPRS (Int. Soc. Photogrammetry &
- Remote Sensing); new layout file for Arabic articles; update layout
- file for REVTeX4 (bug 1215)
-
-- New external template for LilyPond (a music typesetter).
-
-* USER INTERFACE:
-
-- Outline support: it is now possible to move around parts of
- documents in the Table of Contents dialog.
-
-- Add new UI settings default-autotoolbars and default-alltoolbars
- allowing to select what toolbars are active.