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As with the previous major version 1.2.0, many things make this new
-release an exciting one. This should not however hide the fact that
-the `under the hood' changes to the code have been (again) very
-important. One of these invisible changes that have been going on for
-a long time is the so-called GUI-independence project. We are glad to
-announce that version 1.3.0 shows the first results of this.
+release an exciting one. One of the major projects that has been going
+on behind the scenes is the so-called GUI-independence project. We are
+glad to announce that version 1.3.0 shows the first results of this.
+LyX now comes in two flavours: Qt-LyX and xforms-LyX!
+
+Although this is the most visible change in version 1.3, this should not
+hide the fact that the `under the hood' changes to the code have again
+been very important. A detailed list can be found below.
** Qt frontend
This is of course the most visible new feature. This frontend supports
-either Qt 2.x or 3.0.x and is mostly feature complete. Note that some
+either Qt 2.x or 3.x and is mostly feature complete. Note that some
of the dialogs are slightly different in design, but are generally
functionally equivalent.
** Xforms frontend
-The avent of the Qt frontend does not mean that the historical xforms
+The advent of the Qt frontend does not mean that the historical xforms
frontend is dead. Actually, it is still the one which is the best
-implemented, since we had much time to polish it. In this release,
+implemented, because we have had more time to polish it. In this release,
most of the dialogs have been redesigned to be tighter.
Note also that the xforms library has been very recently updated to
version 1.0. This version has been released under the LGPL (Lesser
General Public License), and the availability of the source means that
many bugs that have been plaguing LyX have been fixed in xforms. You
-are advised to upgrade to xforms 1.0 to enjoy all these new fixes. As
-a matter of fact, LyX 1.3.0 does not support anymore versions of
-xforms older than 0.89.5.
+are advised to upgrade to xforms 1.0 to enjoy all these new fixes.
+In fact, LyX 1.3.0 no longer supports versions of xforms older than 0.89.5.
In most cases the dialogs have been designed to make it impossible to input
invalid parameters. The exception to this rule is the input of length data.
** Instant preview
-preview-latex is an emacs package for LaTeX that allows "instant
-previews" of LaTeX code, so you can immediately see the visual
-rendering of the LaTeX in the document. With the help of David
-Kastrup, the author, current CVS LyX can harness this functionality to
+preview-latex is an emacs package for LaTeX that allows "instant previews"
+of LaTeX code, so you can immediately see the visual rendering of the
+LaTeX in the document. Its project home page can be found at
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex. With the help of David
+Kastrup, the author, LyX 1.3.0 can harness this functionality to
allow instant previews in the LyX window of math equations and
-figures. This feature can be immensely useful for making sure the
+figures. This feature can be immensely useful, ensuring that the
rendering of your equation will look right in the final output. The
-preview is only displayed (when enabled) when you're not editing the
+preview is only displayed (if enabled) when you're not editing the
actual equation, so it's unobtrusive too.
** Math editor
-There have been few visible and some not-so-visible changes. On the
+There have been a few visible and some not-so-visible changes. On the
visible side we have better visual feedback regarding the structure of
-a formula by showing the nesting by small purple decorations in the
-formula itself and by revealing the names of the nesting levels in the
+a formula, showing the nesting by small purple decorations in the
+formula itself and revealing the names of the nesting levels in the
minibuffer. There is now native support for symbols from the wasy
-package containing e.g. the zodiac symbols. New is also the internal
-structure of font changes which are now proper "insets" as anything
-else from a square root to an array. This does not only simplify the
-code greatly but also allows the same editing tricks as for the
+package containing e.g. the zodiac symbols. New also is the internal
+structure of font changes which are now proper "insets", just like
+anything else from a square root to an array. This not only simplifies
+the code greatly but also allows the same editing tricks as for the
"regular" math. However, it was not possible to tweak the visible
behaviour to mimic 1.2 in all cases, so this might take some time to
get accustomed to. On the pro side, the new structure allowed
-implementing support for LaTeX's \mbox and \fbox and general
+support for LaTeX's \mbox and \fbox to be implemented and general
"switching back to text mode within math", so a lot of "evil red text"
trickery is not needed anymore. The most visible changes are the following:
** Reading old files
-LyX now has a new script lyx2lyx which allows to read any old file
-produced by LyX versions as old as 0.12. 0.10 series is in the works
-for 0.10 (1.4 time line) and still older files are in the forge.
-Basically if lyx wrote it lyx will read it. :-)
+LyX now has a new script lyx2lyx which enables the reading of any file
+produced by LyX versions as old as 0.12. Work is in progress on files
+created with LyX 0.10 (LyX 1.4 time-line) and still older files are
+in the forge. Basically if lyx wrote it LyX will read it. :-)
-There is also a strong demand for being able to read files produced by
-_newer_ versions of LyX. While lyx2lyx has an infrastructure in place
+There is also a strong demand to be able to read files produced by
+_newer_ versions of LyX. While lyx2lyx has the infrastructure in place
to do such things, the filters to `downgrade' LyX files (from 1.3.0 to
1.2.x, for example) have not yet been written.
equations if they are available (it is not necessary anymore to
configure your font server).
-- The Insert>Short Title allows to add an optional text for section
- headings and captions that is designed to be used in table of
- contents.
+- The Insert>Short Title allows the addition of an optional text
+ for section headings and captions that is designed to be used in
+ tables of contents.
-- The Insert>Float>Floatflt Figure menu item restores the capability
- of wrapping a text around an image which was present in 1.1.6 and
+- The Insert>Float>Floatflt Figure menu item restores the ability
+ to wrap text around an image which was present in 1.1.6 and
removed in 1.2.0
- If you configure with --with-pspell (which uses the PSpell library for
multi-language documents, assuming you have the right dictionaries
installed.
+
+What's new in version 1.2.3?
+----------------------------
+
+LyX 1.2.3 is a maintenance release. It mainly fixes a very bad bug
+where configuring LyX as root could lead to deleting the /dev/null
+special device (this does not impact users of prebuilt binaries).
+Also, a bug where LyX would create zombie processes has been fixed.
+
+** Updates
+
+- updated italian User Guide
+
+- updated french localization
+
+
What's new in version 1.2.2?
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