X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=084bffa0a963c48928ef433f0be347d9f07ab87b;hb=e62e3a695c59fee5d2ee13940bb71dfdadca127f;hp=0e999074094c89391ae10ddf6176434dbbc53c95;hpb=7ce8372ea522a301b0c5814e5c9580e2cbcbbfeb;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 0e99907409..084bffa0a9 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,13 +1,25 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.5.0 (beta 1) +Public release of LyX version 1.5.0 (beta 2) =================================== -We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (beta 1). +We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (beta 2). -It is the culmination of 1 year of hard work, and we sincerely hope -this you will enjoy the results. The changes are too numerous to -summarize in a few words, with initial unicode support as the flagship -of new features, jump directly to the end of this message if you want -to know more. +Compared with the previous beta release we have fixed several bugs and +added some graphical improvements: + * A new math toolbar replaces the old (faithful) math panel. + * The converter file cache can be now configured in the graphical interface. + * The TOC dialog is now a dock widget, embedded in the main window. + +Apart from the described major changes, several minor improvements of +the user interface have been made, such as: + + - Syntax highlighting for the user preamble and the LaTeX log file + - Better parsing of BibTeX databases (in the citation dialog) + +Compare with the latest stable release this is the culmination of 1 +year of hard work, and we sincerely hope this you will enjoy the +results. The changes are too numerous to summarize in a few words, +with initial unicode support as the flagship of new features, jump +directly to the end of this message if you want to know more. As usual with major releases, a lot of work that is not directly visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and @@ -39,31 +51,21 @@ http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the Macintosh and modern Windows platforms. -You can download LyX 1.5.0 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, -which yields smaller files): - - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.bz2 - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.5.0.tar.bz2 - -and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will also host -the .bz2 versions): +You can download LyX 1.5.0beta2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with +bzip2, which yields smaller files): - http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz - ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/lyx-1.5.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.bz2 -Note that due to the changes no patch is provided to upgrade from -version 1.4.4. +Note that due to the ammount of changes no patch is provided to upgrade +from version 1.4.4. Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows installers) should soon be available at - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.0/ + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0, you may either +If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0beta2, you may either e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel @ lists.lyx.org), or open a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org @@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ Enjoy! The LyX team. -What's new in version 1.5.0? +What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 2)? ---------------------------- * Unicode @@ -93,18 +95,23 @@ bugs in LyX 1.5 page if you encounter a bug that seems to be related to unicode. If it's not there, then please report it to the lyx-devel mailing list. +* Integrated CJK support + +The very first result of the Unicode transition is that we have finally +merged in the externally maintained CJK-LyX branch. + * Multiple views of the same buffer LyX can now display multiple views of the same buffer. I.e., you can now open a single document in multiple windows and work on different parts of it synchronously. -* Outliner +* Outliner and embedded TOC LyX has another long-awaited feature: a basic outliner mode, in which you can move chapters and sections around in the Table of Contents dialog. (The outliner has been backported and was released with LyX -1.4.4.) +1.4.4.) The TOC dialog is now a dock widget, embedded in the main window. * Session managment @@ -144,6 +151,14 @@ glossaries and fancy notations. LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents. +* Enhanced Math Toolbars + +The math toolbar was enhanced significantly. Drop down menus were +added, that allowed to integrate all of the math panel' content to the +math toolbars. +Since this input method is much easier than the clumsy panel, the math +panel itself has been removed and superseeded by the toolbars. + * Frontend News LyX 1.5 will use the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for @@ -158,7 +173,7 @@ essentially stalled. * Change tracking enhancements -Major parts of the change tracking code were rewrote addressing +Major parts of the change tracking code were rewritten addressing several problems that existed in the existing implementation. * Converter file cache @@ -167,16 +182,35 @@ A cache for converted files, such as included figures, was implemented. This can speed up LyX's performance considerably when displaying documents with many included figures that need conversion to a format that can be rendered on screen. The converter file cache -is disabled by default, and there is no GUI for configuring it yet. If -you want to use it, add the line +is disabled by default, and it can be enabled in the Preference +Settings dialog, in the Converters section or, if you want to use it, +add the line + \use_converter_cache true -to your preferences file. The default maximum age of a cached file is -6 months. You can change that with the line +to your preferences file. + +The default maximum age of a cached file is 6 months. You can change +that with the line + \converter_cache_maxage xxx where xxx is the maximum age in seconds. +* Unified Windows installer + +The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding +both installers are welcome. + +* Minor user interface improvements + +Apart from the described major changes, several minor improvements of +the user interface have been made, such as: + + - Syntax highlighting for the user preamble and the LaTeX log file + - Better parsing of BibTeX databases (in the citation dialog) + - Support optional argument for environments + * Under the hood As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX