-Public release of LyX version 1.5.0 (beta 1)
+Public release of LyX version 1.5.0 (beta 2)
===================================
-We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (beta 1).
+We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (beta 2).
-It is the culmination of 1 year of hard work, and we sincerely hope
-this you will enjoy the results. The changes are too numerous to
-summarize in a few words, with initial unicode support as the flagship
-of new features, jump directly to the end of this message if you want
-to know more.
+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)
+
+Compare with the latest stable release this is the culmination of 1
+year of hard work, and we sincerely hope this you will enjoy the
+results. The changes are too numerous to summarize in a few words,
+with initial unicode support as the flagship of new features, jump
+directly to the end of this message if you want to know more.
As usual with major releases, a lot of work that is not directly
visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and
internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the
Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.
-You can download LyX 1.5.0beta1 here (the .bz2 are compressed with
+You can download LyX 1.5.0beta2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with
bzip2, which yields smaller files):
- ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.bz2
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.bz2
-
-and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will also host
-the .bz2 versions):
-
- ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz
- http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz
- ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz
- http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz
- http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.bz2
Note that due to the ammount of changes no patch is provided to upgrade
from version 1.4.4.
Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
installers) should soon be available at
- ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.0beta1/
+ ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
-If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0beta1, you may either
+If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0beta2, you may either
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel @ lists.lyx.org), or open
a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org
The LyX team.
-What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 1)?
+What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 2)?
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* Unicode
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
+* 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.)
+1.4.4.) The TOC dialog is now a dock widget, embedded in the main window.
* Session managment
LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents.
+* Enhanced Math Toolbars
+
+The math toolbar was enhanced significantly. Drop down menus were
+added, that allowed to integrate all of the math panel' content to the
+math toolbars.
+Since this input method is much easier than the clumsy panel, the math
+panel itself has been removed and superseeded by the toolbars.
+
* Frontend News
LyX 1.5 will use the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for
* Change tracking enhancements
-Major parts of the change tracking code were rewrote addressing
+Major parts of the change tracking code were rewritten addressing
several problems that existed in the existing implementation.
* Converter file cache
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
+is disabled by default, and it can be enabled in the Preference
+Settings dialog, in the Converters section or, 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
+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.
The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding
both installers are welcome.
+* Minor user interface improvements
+
+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
+
* Under the hood
As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX
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