+What's new in version 1.6.0rc2?
+-------------------------------
+
+The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in
+http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16
+
+
+What's new in version 1.5.6?
+----------------------------
+
+This is the fifth maintenance release in the 1.5.x cycle that has been
+started exactly one year ago. The aim of this release was to make LyX
+even more robust and to solve some long-standing annoyances. Also,
+further translation efforts have been made, and LyX now ships in 23
+languages.
+
+What's new in version 1.5.5?
+----------------------------
+
+This release further improves the stability and usability of the
+application. Besides this, it also introduces some new features. Most
+notably, LyX is now prepared to be compiled with Qt 4.4 that has just
+been released: the stability issues that occured in previous versions
+of LyX when compiled against Qt 4.4 have been resolved.
+
+
+What's new in version 1.5.4?
+----------------------------
+
+This is a maintenance release. Besides the usual stability
+improvements and fixes, this release comes with major improvements in
+the handling of Chinese, Korean and Japanese (CJK) languages and
+scripts, and introduces some minor new features (such as a character
+count option).
+
+While this release continues the stable 1.5.x series, work on the next
+major release, 1.6.0, is proceeding. A first alpha version of LyX
+1.6.0 will be released later this week for those who like the bleeding
+edge experience. Notwithstanding this, expect one or two more 1.5.x
+versions to be released, of which the last one will be able to read
+the 1.6 format.
+
+All users, especially CJK users, are encouraged to upgrade to this
+version. Caveat: We were forced to switch from the LaTeX package
+'floatflt' to 'wrapfig' for wrap figure floats due to a license
+problem that limited the availability of the former package. In
+general, this should improve your documents containing wrap figures,
+however, it is possible that the look and positioning of the floats
+changes due to the package change. If you have documents with wrap
+floats, please make a backup before upgrading and check the output.
+
+
+What's new in version 1.5.3?
+----------------------------
+
+This is a maintenance release that further improves the stability and
+the performance. Besides numerous crashes, the display problems that
+slipped into 1.5.2 with the performance fixes (on the Mac and on
+Windows) as well as problems entailed to the reworked document classes
+were fixed. Furthermore, LyX 1.5.3 comes with speed improvements that
+should pay off especially on the Mac and other UNIXes. Finally, this
+version also provides some new features.
+
+
+What's new in version 1.5.2?
+----------------------------
+
+This is a maintenance release that focuses on improving the
+stability. We have fixed numerous crashes, performance problems, and
+other bugs. Furthermore, the documentation has been revised. It covers
+all new features of the 1.5.x series now.
+
+
+What's new in version 1.5.1?
+----------------------------
+
+We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.5.1. It includes a few
+bug fixes and, more importantly, fixes a bug where files produced with
+the Document>Compressed option on would be malformed on windows. It
+was therefore decided to revert to the trusty 1.4.x code in this area
+and release 1.5.1 sooner than anticipated.
+
+All 1.5.0 users are urged to upgrade to 1.5.1.
+
+
+What's new in version 1.5.0?
+----------------------------
+
+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.
+
+* Unicode
+
+LyX 1.5's big goal was to use unicode internally and so resolve a slew
+of existing problems with special characters and non-alphabetic
+languages. LyX 1.5 is able to output unicode (in addition to
+encodings currently available), so that you can use LaTeX's new utf8
+encoding or a brand new typesetting system such as XeTeX.
+Since the change to unicode touched much of the code base and some
+areas still need a cleanup it, is very likely that some bugs related to
+the unicode transition still exist. Please have a look at the Known
+bugs on the LyX 1.5 page if you encounter a bug that seems to be related
+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.
+The languages Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in
+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
+
+In addition to the CJK languages, the languages Armenian and Farsi also
+have full user interface support.
+
+* 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 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.) The TOC dialog is now a dock widget, embedded in the main window.
+
+* Session management
+
+LyX is now able to remember window size and position and it will
+reopen the documents you worked on last time around. If you've
+selected the feature in the Preferences dialog, it'll even move the
+cursor to the place you were working on last! Furthermore, toolbars
+can (finally!) be switched on/off in View->Toolbars and moved about in
+the LyX window. The session management will remember their state.
+
+* Source code Viewer
+
+As a kind of "anti-preview-latex", a dialog was implemented that lets
+you view the source code of a given paragraph/selection or the whole
+document.
+
+* New Font Selection Interface
+
+LyX's font selection abilities have been one of its weakest and most
+outdated components. A completely new interface was implemented that
+provides access to the power of LaTeX's font selection scheme.
+
+* Tabular extensions
+
+LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of
+LaTeX. Support for the booktabs package has been implemented,
+providing beautiful and elegant tabulars.
+
+* Nomenclatures
+
+LyX now has native support for the nomencl package. With this,
+you can treat your document with all sorts of nomenclatures,
+glossaries and fancy notations.
+
+* Tabbed Widget
+
+LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents.
+
+* Enhanced Math Toolbars
+
+The math toolbar was enhanced significantly. Drop down menus were
+added, allowing the integration of all of the math panel's content
+to the math toolbars.
+Since this input method is much easier than the clumsy panel, the math
+panel itself has been removed and superceded by the toolbars.
+
+* Frontend News
+
+LyX 1.5 uses the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for
+Windows users, because there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no
+longer have to rely on an unofficial port of the Unix Qt3 library to
+Windows. The good old XForms frontend went the way of the dodo. It
+was both hated and loved, and certainly shaped the unique look of LyX
+in the past. It was finally killed off, however, by the switch to
+unicode. The Qt3 frontend was also removed. The work on the GTK
+frontend has been transferred to a branch because its development has
+essentially stalled.
+
+* Change tracking enhancements
+
+Major parts of the change tracking code have been rewritten, addressing
+several problems that existed in the previous implementation.
+
+* Converter file cache
+
+A cache for converted files, such as included figures, has been
+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 enabled by default.
+
+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, in your preferences file.
+
+* Unified Windows installer
+
+The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding
+both installers are welcome.
+
+* Program listings
+
+The traditional way to insert program listings in LyX involves the use
+of the LyX-Code style. This option works quite well for short snippets but
+does not support in-line code segments or the inclusion of external files.
+
+Using the listings latex package as the backend a new inset was added that
+supports all these three ways of listing computer programs.
+
+* LaTeX-package support
+
+LyX provides the following new document classes:
+ - article(IOP) - for scientific papers published by the IOP group
+ - presentation(powerdot) - for presentations using the powerdot package
+ - curriculum vitae(Europe) - for CVs following the guidelines of the EU
+ - curriculum vitae(modern) - for CVs using the moderncv package
+ - curriculum vitae(simple) - for simple CVs
+
+* Minor user interface improvements
+
+Several minor improvements of the user interface have been made, such as:
+
+ - Syntax highlighting of the user preamble and the LaTeX log file.
+ - Better parsing of BibTeX databases (in the citation dialog).
+ - Support for optional arguments for environments.
+
+* Enhanced clipboard/selection handling
+
+The clipboard has been tuned to work better with other applications.
+Parallel to clipboard usages, the *nix way of using middle-button
+to paste selected text is enhanced, and is also available under windows
+(but within lyx only). Selection of lyx text is now persistent in that
+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
+core. Performing this cleanup makes the code more understandable and
+easier to maintain. It also leads inevitably to a more robust
+application. Nonetheless, it's an unfortunate fact of life that ugly
+code is sometimes faster than pretty code. We're well aware that LyX
+1.4 is slower than LyX 1.3. One important goal of this 1.5 development
+series has been to bring this speed back.
+
+** Bug fixes
+
+Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX
+bugzilla. Probably some new ones have been introduced instead ;-)
+
+
+What's new in version 1.4.5.1?
+------------------------------
+
+The only change over release 1.4.5 is the addition to the distribution
+of one file necessary to read and write lyx 1.5 files.
+
+
+What's new in version 1.4.5?
+----------------------------
+
+This is expected to be the last release in the 1.4.x stable
+branch. Besides the obligatory bug fixes, its main feature is the
+ability to read files created by LyX 1.5.0 (this feature requires
+python 2.3.4 or later).
+
+
+What's new in version 1.4.4?
+----------------------------
+
+This is of course a bug fix release, but some new features sneaked in, among which:
+
+*) Outline support: it is now possible to move around parts of
+documents in the Table of Contents dialog.
+
+*) Add new UI settings default-autotoolbars and default-alltoolbars
+allowing to select what toolbars are active or shown automatically.
+
+*) Improved documentation.
+
+*) Speed improvements, especially on windows.
+
+
+What's new in version 1.4.3?
+----------------------------
+
+This is a bug fix release that improves stability and MS Windows
+ support. Notable new features include:
+
+*) The windows port does not need a MSys (unix-like tools)
+ installation anymore.
+
+*) A new function inset-dissolve has been added to delete an text
+ inset and put its contents in the enclosing text; this can be
+ accessed (like in the math editor) by pressing Backspace at the start
+ of an inset, or Delete at the end.
+
+*) Many crashes have been fixed, in particular for systems based on
+ gcc 4.1.
+
+
+What's new in version 1.4.2?
+----------------------------
+
+This is a bug fix release that improves performance, stability and native OS support. Notable new features include:
+
+*) LyX now automatically uses file viewers and editors set at OS level
+ [Windows and Mac OS X only].
+
+*) The windows installer has been completely rewritten.
+
+*) A new function buffer-toggle-compression (and corresponding entry
+ in the Document menu) has been added to change whether the file will
+ be compressed on disk or not.
+
+*) A "LaTeX (pdflatex)" output format has been added. This new output
+ format produces .tex files that are suitable for pdflatex, including
+ figure conversion to png, pdf or jpeg instead of eps.
+
+
+What's new in version 1.4.1?
+----------------------------
+
+This is a bug fix release, but some of the bugs were big. In particular:
+
+*) fix the huge memory consumption and corresponding sluggishness with
+ documents containing many graphics or `instant preview' snippets.
+
+*) fix slow screen update with nested insets, particularly with
+ LyX/Mac.
+
+*) fix the delay when exiting from a math inset.
+
+*) let the change tracking code track paragraph breaks too.
+
+*) Also, this will be the first 1.4 release with a windows
+ installer. See the file RELEASE-NOTES for some known problems in this
+ release.
+
What's new in version 1.4.0?
----------------------------
editors. By default, the new LyX release has two toolbars displayed,
the standard one (similar to the static toolbar in LyX 1.3), plus the
extra toolbar. In addition, there are two pre-defined toolbars
-available: one for tables, and one for math.
+available: one for tables, and one for math.
Another new feature worth mentioning is popup toolbars: you can set a
toolbar such that it only appears when editing math, or when editing a
This new feature, similar to that found in Microsoft Word and others,
makes collaboration on a document a cinch. It provides a way to track
changes made to a document, and later approve, reject, or modify such
-changes.
+changes.
** Much better conversion from .tex to .lyx
logical (as opposed to visual markup), LyX has always had one glaring
omission: no character styles. LyX 1.4 goes some way towards
addressing this defect, although there's no dialog to define your own
-styles.
+styles.
** Branches
* It is possible to use Ctrl-PageDown and Control-PageUp (<opt>-tab
and <opt><shift>-tab with LyX/Mac) to switch between the open documents.
* LaTeX-type accents, ligature breaks and hyphenation marks are now
- considered as part of words
+ considered as part of words
This is a maintenance release which improves upon 1.3.1 in
three main areas:
- * the spellchecker code has been overhauled and many bugs
+ * the spellchecker code has been overhauled and many bugs
have been squashed;
* many small bugs in the Qt frontend have been fixed;
- * several languages now benefit from an improved translation of
+ * several languages now benefit from an improved translation of
the user interface.
What's new in version 1.3.1?
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