-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.
+This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.1.0, some
+known problems in LyX 2.1.0 and some things you have to take into account
+when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.1.x series.
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.
+There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following new
+options have been added:
-Bash completion script was added to the tarball.
+-export-to <format> <dest> (-E <format> <dest>)
-The following variables are obsoleted in 2.0
+ Allows one to perform a batch export of the LyX file that is opened
+ to the specified destination file <dest> and format <format>.
+ For example, to create a PDF of a LyX document, you can run:
+ lyx -export-to pdf /path/to/dest.pdf /path/to/source.lyx
+ See the manual page for details.
+ This functionality is also available via a new menu voice
+ Export->Export As..., that pops up a dialog allowing one to
+ choose the export format, as well as the destination pathname.
+ Also, it is available via the mini-buffer (or the -x switch)
+ through a proper new LFUN (see below).
-- \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 pref variables were changed in 2.0:
+The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.0:
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_BUFFER_EXPORT_AS <format> <filename>
+ Equivalent to the new -export-to command-line switch (see above).
-- LFUN_SPELLING_ADD ("spelling-add").
-
-- LFUN_SPELLING_IGNORE ("spelling-ignore").
-
-- LFUN_PREVIEW_INSERT ("preview-insert").
-
-- LFUN_FORWARD_SEARCH ("forward-search").
-
-- LFUN_INSET_COPY_AS ("inset-copy-as").
+//template, remove this entry later on
+- LFUN_BUFFER_TOGGLE_OUTPUT_SYNC ("buffer-toggle-output-sync").
The following LyX functions have been removed:
+//template, remove this entry later on
- 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.
-
The following LyX functions have been changed:
+//template, remove this entry later on
- 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:
+//template, remove this entry later on
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD ("math-macro-fold")
+ The binding to "C-minus" has changed to "C-S-underscore".
-New external programs and libaries:
------------------------------------
+
+New external programs and libraries:
+------------------------------------
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.
-
-* Next to 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.).
-
-LyX 2.0 is configured for any and multiple of these three possibilities,
-given that they are installed on the machine where LyX is configured on.
-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 contrary to LyX 1.6.x, no
- extra thesaurus library needs to be installed. However, LyX does not
- ship any thesaurus dictionary.
-
-* The OpenOffice thesaurus dictionaries can be used, but the path to those
- dictionary 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 disctionaries
-in the installation process (analoguous to the spellchecker installation).
-
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
+Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.1.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
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