Bash completion script was added to the tarball.
-The following variables are obsoleted in 2.0
+The following pref variables were changed in 2.0:
+
+- \language_package was renamed to \language_custom_package
+
+- \language_use_babel (bool) has been replaced by
+ \language_package_selection, which can be
+ 0 (automatic selection)
+ 1 (always use babel)
+ 2 custom (use the custom package defined by
+ \language_custom_package)
+ 3 none (equivalent to former \language_use_babel false)
+
+The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.0:
- \plaintext_roff_command (was not used anymore)
Known issues in version 2.0.0
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+- LyX needs to be run under Python 2 and will not work properly on systems
+ where Python 3 is the default binary. See bug #7030 to know how to fix
+ this properly, since simple sheebang conversion in *.py files will not
+ be enough.
Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x
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-
+- The syntax of the languages file has been changed. If you use a modified
+ languages file, you will need to adapt it to the new syntax, as LyX 2.0
+ is not able to read old languages file anymore.
+ Please refer to the beginning of the languages file for an explanation
+ of the new syntax.
+
+- There has been a large change in how Flex insets are named. Previously,
+ they tended to have names like "CharStyle:Noun". Now, they just have
+ names like "Flex:Noun" (where "Flex" is a namespace that is optional).
+ When LyX 2.0 reads older files, it silently converts the old-style names
+ to new-style names; this direction works perfectly. It will also silently
+ revert new-style names to old-style names, when exporting to 1.6.x format,
+ but only for the pre-defined LyX insets. This means that user-defined flex
+ insets will not be properly reverted.
+ To solve this problem, you can modify the file $LYXDIR/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_0.py.
+ In that file, you will find the following:
+ flex_insets = {
+ "Alert" : "CharStyle:Alert",
+ "Code" : "CharStyle:Code",
+ "Concepts" : "CharStyle:Concepts",
+ "E-Mail" : "CharStyle:E-Mail",
+ "Emph" : "CharStyle:Emph",
+ "Expression" : "CharStyle:Expression",
+ "Initial" : "CharStyle:Initial",
+ "Institute" : "CharStyle:Institute",
+ "Meaning" : "CharStyle:Meaning",
+ "Noun" : "CharStyle:Noun",
+ "Strong" : "CharStyle:Strong",
+ "Structure" : "CharStyle:Structure",
+ "ArticleMode" : "Custom:ArticleMode",
+ "Endnote" : "Custom:Endnote",
+ "Glosse" : "Custom:Glosse",
+ "PresentationMode" : "Custom:PresentationMode",
+ "Tri-Glosse" : "Custom:Tri-Glosse"
+ }
+ This is a map form new-style names (minux "Flex") to old-style names (and
+ there is a similar for DocBook elements). To get a user-defined CharStyle
+ to revert properly, it simply needs to be added to this list.
Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at