-Public release of LyX version 1.5.0 (release candidate 2)
+Public release of LyX version 1.5.0
===================================
-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.
+We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0.
-We encourage users to try this release candidate and report
-any feedback or problems to lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org.
+Since the announcement of release candidate 2, we have fixed bugs and
+we have updated the documentation.
-Since the announcement of release candidate 1, we have mostly fixed bugs
-and polished the graphical interface.
+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.
+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.
The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release
-compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.4.4). An updated list of
+compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.4.5). An updated list of
issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the
Macintosh and modern Windows platforms.
-You can download LyX 1.5.0rc2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with
-bzip2, which yields smaller files):
+You can download LyX 1.5.0 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2,
+which yields smaller files):
+
+ ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.bz2
+ ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.bz2
+
+and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will
+also host the .bz2 versions):
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc2.tar.gz
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc2.tar.bz2
+ ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz
+ http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz
+ ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz
+ ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz
+ http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz
+ http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz
Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade
-from version 1.4.4.
+from version 1.4.5.
Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows
installers) should soon be available at
- ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
+ ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/bin/1.5.0/
As confusing as it is, two sets of installers are available to windows
users:
- * LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer.exe and LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer-bundle.exe;
- * LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller.exe and LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller-Complete.exe.
+ * LyX-1.5.0-Installer.exe and LyX-1.5.0-Installer-bundle.exe;
+ * LyX-1.5.0-AltInstaller.exe and LyX-1.5.0-AltInstaller-Complete.exe.
The former is our official installer and the latter was previously known
as LyXWinInstaller. Please feel free to try either of them. Feedback
and bug reports on both installers are welcome because they will help
the merge of the two installers, which is expected to happen during the
1.5.x series of LyX development.
-If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0rc2, you may either
+If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0, you may either
e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open
a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org
The LyX team.
-What's new in version 1.5.0 (release candidate 2)?
+What's new in version 1.5.0 ?
----------------------------
* Unicode
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
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
projects / lyx.git / blobdiff