X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=248e1c90a3f7cfc739a58a907eebef208db5a37a;hb=25b4920feffeae5fd86d5f2eae7f6f2ff45207de;hp=af28b0aa9b6c75d059c441620595d87aca449315;hpb=9179d408909b6f65c4cb3cf1fd8bb186aa7eacbd;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index af28b0aa9b..248e1c90a3 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,32 +1,165 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 +Public release of LyX version 2.3.6 =================================== -We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 1.6.0. +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.6. This is the sixth +maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. We encourage all users to +upgrade to this version. -LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing -based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It -is released under a Free Software / Open Source license. +You can download LyX 2.3.6 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. -You can download LyX 1.6.0 from http://www.lyx.org/Download +LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based +on the structure of your documents and not simply their appearance. It is +released under a Free and Open Source Software license. -LyX 1.6.0 is the culmination of 15 months of hard work and you can -find an overview of the new features here: +LyX 2.3.6 is the sixth maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. It is the +result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more reliable and +more stable. Most of the changes are fairly minor, fixes of smallish bugs, +but a couple crashes have been fixed, as well. -http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16 +One oft-requested feature (going back 13 years) is the ability to create +new child documents from within the 'include file' dialog. This is now +possible. Another equally old bug that has been fixed is that pasting +table content outside a table no longer pastes tab characters. -We hope you will enjoy the result! +If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.6, please open a bug report at +http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. If you're not sure whether it +really is a bug, you can e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel + lists.lyx.org) and ask. -Known issues with LyX 1.6 compared to the previous stable release -(LyX 1.5.6) can be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes160 +If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the documentation +that comes with LyX (under the Help or Apple menu) and the LyX wiki, which +is at http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the +LyX users' list (lyx-users lists.lyx.org), where you will find an +active community of people who are ready to help. -If you think you found a bug in LyX 1.6.0, either e-mail the LyX -developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open a bug -report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org - -If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the -documentation that comes with lyx and http://wiki.lyx.org. If you -can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list -(lyx-users at lists.lyx.org). +We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.3.6. The LyX team. http://www.lyx.org + + +What's new +========== + +** Updates: +*********** + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Added layout for American Psychological Association (APA), v. 7 (apa7). + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Improve UI of math matrix dialog UI (bug 11888). + +- Fix display of 'by chapter' labels in AMS classes (bug 11741). + +- Add support for the doublestroke package in mathed (bug 11887). + +- Fix behavior of text style dialog when "Immediate Apply" is checked (bug 11926). + +- Focus keyword field in Thesaurus dialog. + +- Allow creation of a child file from the include dialog (bug 4475). + +- Make sure to load the correct math fonts in certain cases. + +- Update autocorrect in mathed so that pressing '*' after a delimiter will + cycle through all sizes. + +- Display character styles along with fonts in status bar (bug 11951). + + +* MISCELLANEOUS + +- Adjust debug output for fonts by not breaking lines that should go together. + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- Update Czech, German, Italian, Slovak, Russian and French user interface localizations. + +- Update French translation of Customization manual + + +* BUILD/INSTALLATION + +- Wininstaller, temporary remove the option to run LyX from the finish page + due to upcoming fix of the issue where after installing LyX as admin, this option + would execute LyX as admin too. + + + +** Bug fixes: +************* + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Fix output of titles in branches and other insets (follow-up to bug 11787). + +- Fix clipping of vector images and when exporting from command line + (follow-up to bug 11180). + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Fix crash when pasting math grid with more rows in source than target + (bug 11897). + +- Fix problem with drawing of auto-opened insets (bug 11870). + +- Fix crash when rejecting changes and the cursor is in an inset that will be + deleted (bug 10316). + +- Ask to save hidden dirty documents (bug 11405). + +- Fix background color of collapsible insets with sublabel. + +- Do not paste tabulators when pasting multiple cell outside table (bug 4449). + +- Fix language when pasting multiple cell outside table (bug 11898). + +- Fix input of decimal numbers in RtL context (bug 11900). + +- Fix the LyX icon in the Wayland dash (bug 11847). + +- Fix display bug when typing in a paragraph where row heights change (bug 11601). + +- Fix wrong marking-text-behavior with doubleclick on notebook touchpads (Windows) + +- Fix spacing of limits of sum-like operators in display style. + +- Fix positioning of super- and subscripts with integral signs. + +- Fix counter in bibliography inset (bug 11920). + +- Do not allow editing of math package list in Document > Settings > Math Options, + thus preventing a crash (bug 11931). + +- Maintain standard layout for separating paragraphs when switching layouts (bug 11936). + +- Prevent permanent disabling of widgets in Vertical/Horizontal Space dialogs + (bug 11952). + +- Fix behavior of Edit button in Include dialog. + +- Localize some previously unlocalized strings (bug 11954 ). + +- Fix bug where cursor blinks at the wrong position after changing layout (bug 11912). + +- Fix PrettyFormat for Part (bug 11986). + +- Fix on-screen display of special math fonts (bug 11802). + +- Fix white frame border in fullscreen mode. + + +* BUILD/INSTALLATION + +- Wininstaller, fix bug where previous installations, with emergency version + greater than 1, could not be seen in registry on overinstall + +- Do not break configuration if a module file is not decodable (file + not encoded in utf-8). Rather than that, issue a warning and skip + that file (a variant of bug 11736).