-!Important Changes in LyX 2.3.0
+!Important Changes in LyX 2.4.0
!!Interface changes
-* LyX now has "inverted" branch insets, which output their contents just in
- case a given branch is not "activated". This makes inclusion of alternate
- material in different versions easier.
-* When inserting a command or symbol in mathed, it is now automatically
- wrapped in a real inset (either \text or \ensuremath) assuring the correct
- mode, instead of being wrapped only in the output. The wrapping inset can
- be safely dissolved, as it will be automatically inserted at export time
- if needed, as usual.
-* LyX now outputs en- and em-dashes as -- and --- ligatures when exporting to
- latex using TeX fonts, as done in version 2.1 and earlier. In version 2.2
- they were instead output as the macros \textendash and \textemdash, causing
- changed output with old documents and bugs. The 2.2 behavior can be restored
- by don't allowing using dash ligatures in Document->Settings->Fonts.
+!!Documents compilation process and images conversion
-!!!The following pref variables were added in 2.3:
+!!!The following pref variables were added in 2.4:
-!!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.3:
-* \document_path
- Default is changed to ".". The best guess for where the user wants to save
- or find files is the directory the user started LyX from. Before, the
- default was always the home directory. If desired, the old behavior can be
- restored by changing the default path in Preferences > "Working directory".
+!!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.4:
-!!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.3:
-!!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.3:
+!!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.4:
-* branch-invert
- Toggles inversion status of branch inset.
+* \use_qimage
+ This is no longer necessary due to the rewrite of the painter.
-* lyx-activate
- Activates the LyX window. Useful in combination with reverse search.
+!!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.4:
-!!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.3:
-* quote-insert
- The function now has a second and third optional argument to specify
- the side (left, right, auto) and quotation mark style (english, swedish,
- german, polish, french, danish).
-* inset-modify
- This function now also applies to quote insets. It takes a three-character
- string as an argument, refering (1.) to the style (e = ``english'',
- s = ''swedish'', g = ,,german``, p = ,,polish'', f = <<french>>, a = >>danish<<),
- (2.) to the side (l = left, r = right) and (3.) to the quotation level
- (s = single, d = double). So "eld" means "English left double quotation mark".
- A dot in the string means: take the current value. So "inset-modify changetype e.."
- will only change the style to English, while letting side and level as is,
- "inset-modify changetype f.s" will change the style to French and the level to
- single, leaving the side value.
+!!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.4:
- This function is most useful when combined with inset-forall. E.g.,
- "inset-forall Quotes inset-modify changetype f.."
- => change all quote insets to French style, maintaining current side and level
- "inset-forall Quotes inset-modify changetype ..s"
- => change all quote insets to single quotes, keeping style and level
- "inset-forall Quotes inset-modify changetype g.s"
- => change all quote insets to German single quotes, keeping left/right setting
-* word-delete-forward, word-delete-backward, char-delete-forward,
- char-delete-backward
- The pre-2.3 behavior of these functions is equivalent to the 2.3 behavior with
- the "force" option appended. The new default behavior (without "force") is
- to select big insets on the first call and delete them only on the second.
- This new behavior is consistent with how delete works in LyX's math editor.
-!!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.3:
+!!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.4:
+
!!!The following new folders have been added to the LyX directory
-* citeengines: Contains the *.citeengine files that determine the citation
- formatting and features.
-* xtemplates: Contains the *.xtemplate files that define the external templates
- (previously in the external_templates file).
+!!!The following preferences files have been removed from the tarball in 2.4:
-!!!The following preferences files have been removed from the tarball in 2.3:
-* external_templates. This files has been split into multiple *.xtemplate
- files that are now shipped as content of the xtemplates directory.
+!!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.4:
-!!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.3:
-!!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.3:
+!!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.4:
-* Inkscape SVG with separate LaTeX + PDF output is experimentally supported.
-* Add some editor/viewer applications to (re)configure checks.
+!!Known issues in version 2.4.0
-!!Known issues in version 2.3.0
+* See http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
-!!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.3.x
+!!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.4.x
-* The external_templates file has been split into one file per template,
- which are now located in lib/xtemplates/*.xtemplate. This makes it easier
- to add new templates or modify existing ones. If you have modified
- the external_templates file, you will have to move the modifications to
- the respective *.xtemplate file manually.
-* If using TeX fonts and en- and em-dashes are output as font ligatures,
- when exporting documents containing en- and em-dashes to the format of
- LyX 2.0 or earlier, the following line has to be manually added to the
- unicodesymbols file of that LyX version:<br>
- 0x200b "\\hspace{0pt}" "" "" "" "" # ZERO WIDTH SPACE<br>
- This avoids "uncodable character" issues if the document is actually
- loaded by that LyX version. LyX 2.1 and later versions already have the
- necessary definition in their unicodesymbols file.
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