-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).
- 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-- TeX mode has been superceded by the 666 (aka ERT) inset, which is
+ (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+- TeX mode has been superseded by the 666 (aka ERT) inset, which is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
+- new graphics inset superseding the older figure inset [will that be
OK in 1.2.0?]
- new minipage inset
- notes inset can now contain arbitrary LyX constructs
-- new hyphenation break special character to
+- 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
-The math editor has been mostly rewritten, meaning more stability and
-the following new features:
+- (better) support for \limits/\nolimits
+
+- enable size changes to arrays after creation (add/delete rows/columns)
+
+- enable switching between equation/eqnarray and align environment
- [Andre, can you help here?]
Most of the popups have been rewritten in the GUI-I framework:
- [...]
-- 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.
- support for natbib for bibliography citations
+- support for parsing preamble when converting LaTeX files
+
- updated documentation
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+
What's new in LyX version 1.1.6?
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