-Public release of LyX version 1.0.4
+Public release of LyX version 1.2.0
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What is LyX?
documents, not their appearance, It lets you concentrate on writing,
leaving details of visual layout to the software.
-With the familiar face of a WSYWIG word processor, LyX produces high
+With the familiar face of a WISYWIG word processor, LyX produces high
quality, professional output -- using LaTeX, an industrial
strength typesetting engine. No knowledge of LaTeX is required to
use LyX; however, there is also a "TeX mode" which allows you to enter
superior support for scientific writing, but works well for any kind of
document.
-Read more about LyX (including screen shots) at:
+Read more about LyX (including screenshots) at:
http://www.lyx.org/
- footnotes, citations, cross-referencing, faxes, spellchecking
- almost any math expression (with a simple, but powerfull interface)
- automatic, multilevel outline support (enumerated or bullets)
-- tables and embedded postscript figures support
+- tables and embedded figures support (with automatic conversion)
- import LaTeX or ASCII
- export LaTeX, ASCII, DVI, PostScript, LinuxDoc-SGML, DocBook-SGML
- fair support for non-English documents and/or menus
- extensive documentation, including a tutorial
-- version control using RCS
-
-What's new compared to LyX version 0.12.0?
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-
-Most importantly, import of LaTeX documents is possible if you have
-Perl installed. Other than that, some new features, and lots of bug
-fixes. See WHATSNEW
+- version control using RCS (some support for CVS)
How stable is LyX?
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ftp://alpha.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/lyx
ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/
+ ftp://ftp.chg.ru/packages/lyx/
ftp://ftp.sdsc.edu/pub/other/lyx/
ftp://ftp.fciencias.unam.mx/pub/Lyx/
ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/LyX/
The source code package is available at:
- ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.0.4.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.0.4.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.2.0.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.2.0.tar.gz
and at the mirrors listed above.
-You need to have XForms version 0.81, 0.86 or 0.88 to compile your own
-version. Version 0.88 is highly recomended. LyX should also compile
-with 0.89.
-
-Ready-to-run precompiled binaries for various platforms are available at:
-
- ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.0.4/
-
-Binaries for i386-Linux are also available at your local sunsite mirror:
-
- ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/editors/lyx-1.0.4-bin.tar.gz
+You need to have XForms version 0.88 or newer to compile your own
+version. Version 0.89 is highly recommended. LyX should also compile
+with 0.88.
Credits
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The LyX Team is composed of volunteers from around the world. Many, many
-people have helped make the 1.0 release possible, including:
+people have helped make the 1.2.0 release possible, including:
Lars Gullik Bjoennes, Alejandro Aguilar Sierra, Asger Alstrup,
Jean-Marc Lasgouttes, Juergen Vigna, John P. Weiss, Bernhard Iselborn,