be just incremental fixes (like the fix series used to be for 1.1.5
and 1.1.6).
-Switch to the so-called 'new' insets:
+In the 1.2.0 verison, we switched to the so-called 'new' insets:
-- floats, footnotes and margin notes are now real insets
+- Floats, footnotes and margin notes are now real insets
-- most problems with the new table inset of 1.1.6 have been resolved
+- Most problems with the new table inset of 1.1.6 have been resolved
(memory consumption, spell-checking, search and replace...)
- TeX mode has been superseded by the 666 (aka ERT) inset, which is
foldable
-- new graphics inset superseding the older figure inset [will that be
- OK in 1.2.0?]
+- New graphics inset with support for hassle-free inclusion of various
+ image formats (GIF, JPEG, PNG and EPS by default).
-- new minipage inset
+- New minipage inset
-- notes inset can now contain arbitrary LyX constructs
+- Notes inset can now contain arbitrary LyX constructs
-- new ligature break special character, useful for words like
- shelfful, or many german words
+The math editor has been mostly rewritten (and thus may have many new
+bugs :). Most of the changes should not be visible for the user,
+except:
+
+- Improvements to the parser
+
+- Improvements to math text mode
+
+- (Better) support for nested macros
+
+- (Better) support for \limits/\nolimits
+
+- Enable size changes to arrays after creation (add/delete rows/columns)
-The math editor has been mostly rewritten, meaning more stability and
-the following new features:
+- Support for amsmath align environment
- [Andre, can you help here?]
+- Support for changing font on a selection
Most of the popups have been rewritten in the GUI-I framework:
-- [...]
+- The citation dialog citation dialog has a search facility, with
+ support for regular expressions.
-- the kde frontend has been dropped in favor of a new qt2 frontend.
+- The kde frontend has been dropped in favor of a new qt2 frontend.
Note that only the xforms front is really operational as of this
version.
Other changes include:
-- support for natbib for bibliography citations
+- New ligature break special character, useful for words like
+ shelfful, or many german words
+
+- Support for natbib for bibliography citations
+
+- Support for parsing preamble when converting LaTeX files. Along
+ with changes in the LaTeX production of alignment options, this
+ improves round-trip work where you export a LyX document as
+ LaTeX, and later reimport it from LaTeX.
+
+- Updated documentation
+
+- Support for setting bookmarks and jumping to them
+
+- It is possible to cycle between a label and its references.
-- support for parsing preamble when converting LaTeX files
+- Preliminary support for multiple bibliographies
-- updated documentation
+- Babel can be disabled when using the default language
+- A thesaurus facility (English only)
What's new in LyX version 1.1.6?