-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
------------------
-
-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.
-
-Bash completion script was added to the tarball.
-
-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-- \language_use_babel (bool) has been replaced by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)
-
-- \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").
-
-- 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").
-
-- LFUN_VC_COMPARE ("vc-compare").
-
-- LFUN_SPELLING_ADD ("spelling-add").
-
-- LFUN_SPELLING_IGNORE ("spelling-ignore").
-
-- LFUN_SPELLING_REMOVE ("spelling-remove").
-
-- LFUN_PREVIEW_INSERT ("preview-insert").
-
-- LFUN_FORWARD_SEARCH ("forward-search").
-
-- LFUN_INSET_COPY_AS ("inset-copy-as").
-
-- LFUN_BUFFER_TOGGLE_OUTPUT_SYNC ("buffer-toggle-output-sync").
-
-
-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>
-
-- LFUN_ALL_INSETS_TOGGLE ("all-insets-toggle"): replace
- all-insets-toggle <ACTION> <TARGET>
- all-insets-toggle <ACTION>
- with the more generic function inset-forall
- inset-forall <TARGET> inset-toggle <ACTION>
- inset-forall * inset-toggle <ACTION>
- There is a difference in the <TARGET> parameter, which is would be
- like "note" in the first case and "Note" in the second.
-
-- LFUN_TABULAR_FEATURE ("tabular-feature"): use "inset-modify" instead.
- I.e., "tabular-feature FEATURE <ARGS>" becomes:
- inset-modify tabular FEATURE <ARGS>
-
-- LFUN_LINE_INSERT ("line-insert"): use "inset-insert line" instead. For
- something close to the previous default, use:
- inset-insert line rule height 0.25ex width 100col% \\end_inset
- This is necessary because the line inset now takes various arguments.
-
-- LFUN_TOC_INSERT ("toc-insert"): use "inset-insert toc" instead.
-
-
-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.
-
-- LFUN_OPTIONAL_INSERT ("optional-insert") has been renamed LFUN_ARGUMENT_INSERT
- ("argument-insert").
-
-
-The following LyX key bindings have been changed:
-
-- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD ("math-macro-fold")
- The binding to "C-minus" has changed to "C-S-underscore".
-
-- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_UNFOLD ("math-macro-unfold")
- The binding to "C-plus" has changed to "C-S-asterisk".
-
-
-New external programs and libaries:
------------------------------------
-
-LyX 2.0 introduces support for some new external helper programs/libraries,
-while the support for some existing programs has been dropped. This
-particularly applies to spell checking and the thesaurus.
-
-1.) SPELLCHECKING:
-
-* Direct support for ispell and hspell has been dropped. However, ispell
- and hspell are still accessible via the enchant wrapper (see below).
-
-* Support for the aspell command line program has been dropped. Note that
- the aspell library (aspell 0.60.x) is still supported.
-
-* As well as the aspell library, LyX now also supports hunspell (the spell
- checker used by OpenOffice and Firefox) and enchant, a wrapper that
- provides automatic access to many spell checking libraries (ispell,
- aspell, hspell, hunspell, etc.).
-
-* On Mac OSX, Apple's Spell Server is preconfigured as the "native" spell
- checker.
-
-LyX 2.0 is configured for any and all of these three possibilities,
-given that the various libraries are installed on the machine where LyX is
-configured. The actual spell checker can be selected in Tools > Preferences.
-Packagers are advised to pre-select whatever is most common on their
-platform/distribution.
-
-2.) THESAURUS:
-
-* Support for the aiksaurus library has been dropped in favour of the
- MyThes thesaurus library (the thesaurus library used by OpenOffice).
-
-* LyX ships the MyThes library itself, so unlike in LyX 1.6.x, no extra
- thesaurus library needs to be installed. However, LyX does not ship any
- thesaurus dictionaries, and those do have to be installed separately.
-
-* The OpenOffice thesaurus dictionaries can be used, but the path to those
- dictionaries needs to be set in Tools > Preferences. Please refer to the
- UserGuide, sec. 6.13, for further instructions.
-
-Packagers are advised to preset the thesaurus for their distribution/
-platform. Packagers of installation bundles (on Windows and the Mac)
-are advised to provide automatic installation of thesaurus dictionaries
-in the installation process (analoguous to the spellchecker installation).
-
-3.) LILYPOND:
-
-There is now direct support for Lilypond-book. Note that LyX requires at
-least version 2.14 for proper work.
-
-4.) INSTANT PREVIEW:
-
-Make sure that dv2dt (often part of LaTeX distributions) is installed
-on your system.
-
-
-Known issues in version 2.0.0
------------------------------
-
-- 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
--------------------------------------------------------
-
-- 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
- http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
-
+The RELEASE-NOTES can be found in lib/RELEASE-NOTES.
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