-What new in version 1.2.0?
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+What's new in version 1.2.0?
+----------------------------
LyX 1.2.0 is the version where many of changes in the 1.1.x series
begin to really pay off. It should prove to be a very solid base for
further developments. As of this version, we use (yet another) new
-versionning scheme: next major version will be 1.3.0, and 1.2.x will
+versioning scheme: next major version will be 1.3.0, and 1.2.x will
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
- (memory consumption, spellchecking, search and replace...)
-- TeX mode has been superceded by the 666 (aka ERT) inset, which is
+- 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+- TeX mode has been superseded by the 666 (aka ERT) inset, which is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 superceding 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
+
+- Notes inset can now contain arbitrary LyX constructs
+
+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:
-- new minipage inset
+- Improvements to the parser
-- notes inset can now contain arbitrary LyX constructs
+- Improvements to math text mode
-- new hyphenation break special character to
+- (Better) support for nested macros
-The math editor has been mostly rewritten, meaning more stability and
-the following new features:
+- (Better) support for \limits/\nolimits
- [Andre, can you help here?]
+- Enable size changes to arrays after creation (add/delete rows/columns)
+
+- Support for amsmath align environment
+
+- 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 favour 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.
+
+- Preliminary support for multiple bibliographies
+
+- Babel can be disabled when using the default language
-- updated documentation
+- A thesaurus facility (English only)
--
What's new in LyX version 1.1.6?
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