-This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 1.5.0 and
-also some known problems in LyX 1.5.0 that did not occur in
-1.4.5. Note that fixes are available for many of these, but they have
-not yet been applied because of incomplete testing.
+This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.0.0, some
+known problems in LyX 2.0.0 and some things you have to take into account
+when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.0.x series.
+Note that fixes are available for some of these, but they have not yet
+been applied because of incomplete testing.
Interface changes
-----------------
-Some of the LyX functions have changed names :
-
-
-Known issues with version 1.5.0
-------------------------------------
-
-- User layout files must be converted to UTF-8
-
-In previous version, layout styles were allowed to use non-ASCII names
-using the local encodings. LyX-1.5 now assumes that all layout files are
-UTF-8 encoded. This means that non-ASCII style names are still allowed
-but they nust be valid UTF-8 strings. One way of doing the conversion
-is to use iconv. Using bash, the script below should work:\r
-\r
-cd /path/to/layouts\r
-for l in *\r
-do\r
- cp $l tmp.txt\r
- iconv -f latin1 -t utf8 tmp.txt -o $l\r
-done
-rm tmp.txt
-
-- Cursor restoration problems with Multiple-View
-
-When using multiple Windows to edit different parts of the
-same document, the cursor position is sometimes not correctly restored
-when you switch from one view to the other.
-
-- Languages/encodings and insets
-
-One of the bugs fixed in LyX 1.5.0 is that previously, there were certain
-specific cases in which the LaTeX generated did not correctly reflect
-language/encoding transitions in and around insets (footnotes, LyX notes).
-After much deliberation, it was decided not to change older files such that
-they will still reflect the old LaTeX output; rather, they will now correctly
-reflect the situation as it appears in the GUI. This means, however, that if
-you mangled the text in the GUI in the older versions, in order that it
-generate the correct LaTeX output, the LaTeX will now generate the mangled
-text. If this is problematic for you, please get in touch with us on the
-developers mailing list, we do have some possible solutions for this.
-
-The effects of this will be more pronounced for RTL (Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi)
-users --- though they affect users of other languages as well.
-
-- Inset encodings and Conversion from earlier LyX versions
-
-One of the main new features in version 1.5.0 is Unicode. As part of the
-transition, lyx2lyx (the scripts used for converting back and forth between
-different versions of the lyx files) converts old .lyx files, which may use
-a number of different encodings, to UTF-8. This conversion depends on
-correctly identifying the language of the text. There were previously some
-edge-cases (insets embedded in different-language text type scenarios) in
-which the language was incorrectly identified, which caused some text to
-appear incorrectly after having upgraded from older versions. This has now been
-fixed. Unfortunately, however, the fix cannot be applied to files which have
-already been converted past format 249. So if you have already converted
-your old files (using a development version or release candidate), this fix
-won't help, unless you still have the originals lying around (and haven't
-yet made too many changes to the newer versions ;) ).
-
-Generally, it is probably wise to keep a backup of the old version of your
-files, at least until you are sure that the upgrade went smoothly (which it
-almost always will).
+There have been some changes to the LyX command line. There is a new option
+"--batch" that causes LyX to run the given commands without opening a GUI
+window. Thus, something like:
+ lyx --batch -x "buffer-print printer default dvips" myfile.lyx
+will cause LyX to print myfile.lyx to the default printer, using dvips and
+the default print settings (which, of course, have to have been configured
+already). At present, not many commands can be used this way, but there will
+be more eventually.
+
+The following variables are obsoleted in 2.0
+
+- \plaintext_roff_command (was not used anymore)
+
+- \personal_dictionary, \spell_command, \use_input_encoding,
+ \use_personal_dictionary and \use_spell_lib (ispell support has been
+ removed)
+
+- \spellchecker_use_alt_lang and \use_escape_chars (actually not used
+ by the UI, and it is as simple to check whether the relevant
+ variable is empty)
+
+- \custom_export_command and \custom_export_format
+
+
+The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
+
+- LFUN_WORD_FINDAD ("word-findadv").
+
+- LFUN_REGEXP_MODE ("regexp-mode").
+
+- LFUN_PHANTOM_INSERT ("phantom-insert").
+
+- LFUN_INSET_BEGIN ("inset-begin").
+
+- LFUN_INSET_END (""inset-end"").
+
+- LFUN_INSET_BEGIN_SELECT ("inset-begin-select").
+
+- LFUN_INSET_END_SELECT ("inset-end-select").
+
+- LFUN_CHANGE_PREVIOUS ("change-previous").
+
+- LFUN_LABEL_INSERT_AS_REF ("label-insert-as-reference").
+
+- LFUN_SECTION_SELECT ("section-select").
+
+- LFUN_FONT_UNDERLINE ("font-underline").
+
+- LFUN_FONT_STRIKEOUT ("font-strikeout").
+
+- LFUN_FONT_UULINE ("font-underunderline").
+
+- LFUN_FONT_UWAVE ("font-underwave").
+
+//FIXME kill this before release unless Rob comes
+//with something new.
+- LFUN_OUTLINE_DRAGMOVE ("outline-dragmove").
+
+- LFUN_BRANCHES_RENAME ("branches-rename").
+
+- LFUN_BRANCH_ADD_INSERT ("branch-add-insert").
+
+- LFUN_BUFFER_CLOSE_ALL ("buffer-close-all").
+
+- LFUN_INSET_FORALL ("inset-forall").
+
+- LFUN_DEBUG_LEVEL_SET ("debug-level-set").
+
+- LFUN_INSET_SELECT_ALL ("inset-select-all").
+
+- LFUN_MATH_AMS_MATRIX ("math-ams-matrix").
+
+
+The following LyX functions have been removed:
+
+- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead.
+
+- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_MODIFY ("next-inset-modify"): use "inset-modify" instead.
+
+- LFUN_PARAGRAPH_SPACING ("paragraph-spacing"): use "paragraph-params" instead.
+
+- LFUN_NOTES_MUTATE ("notes-mutate"): replace
+ notes-mutate <SOURCE> <TARGET>
+ with the more general function inset-forall
+ inset-forall Note:<SOURCE> inset-modify note Note <TARGET>
+
+The following LyX functions have been changed:
+
+- LFUN_INSET_TOGGLE ("inset-toggle"): For some insets, this function was used
+ to show the settings dialog. This is no longer possible and one should use
+ inset-settings for this purpose.
+
+- LFUN_WORD_REPLACE ("word-replace"): The replacement and searched strings
+ arguments have been inverted in order to allow the replacement of the word
+ at current cursor position, even if it is not selected.
+
+Known issues in version 2.0.0
+-----------------------------
+
+
+Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+
Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
+TODO
+----
+- Somebody should create a rc2rc script...
+ http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/27531
+
+- some summary about 3rd party programs additions/removals should be
+ written for packagers (eg aiksauraus, libtool).
+