X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=1d963ded587bdd0b21d50c3dd2d49335bccee508;hb=591be6aea9d5b5a970e774c63aa081c3d17d6d13;hp=c936c4f578af5eaebf4fd1b20e5dd94a414a45ad;hpb=20bb4a911fae79328589018bad7d13365e769a02;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index c936c4f578..1d963ded58 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 @@ -39,33 +51,33 @@ 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 1.5.0beta1 here (the .bz2 are compressed with +You can download LyX 1.5.0beta2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, which yields smaller files): - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.bz2 - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.bz2 + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/pre/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.bz2 + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.bz2 and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will also host the .bz2 versions): - ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz - http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz - ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz - http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz - http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta1.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz + http://lyx.cybermirror.org/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz + ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz + http://sunsite.icm.edu.pl/pub/unix/editors/lyx/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz + http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/lyx-1.5.0beta2.tar.gz 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/1.5.0beta1/ + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.5.0beta2/ -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0beta1, 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 @@ -78,7 +90,7 @@ Enjoy! The LyX team. -What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 1)? +What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 2)? ---------------------------- * Unicode @@ -95,18 +107,23 @@ 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 @@ -146,6 +163,14 @@ 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 @@ -169,12 +194,17 @@ 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. @@ -184,6 +214,15 @@ where xxx is the maximum age in seconds. 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