X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=34029113d37d2cf0276457c3ebe865e93a2000dc;hb=4460f32dfd8a0e365b8dd3ccee87b496f6c43bf3;hp=afab4d0781b208debf146514776bbb7d275e03ef;hpb=7e58b918c53a831d955542f79d13752156447912;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index afab4d0781..34029113d3 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,69 +1,41 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 2) -========================================================= +Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (beta 4) +========================================== -We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 1.6.0. +We are pleased to announce the fourth public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0. -LyX 1.6.0 will be the culmination of 12 months of hard work since the -release of the LyX 1.5 series. We sincerely hope you will enjoy the -result. +Except usual bugfixing we fixed random crashes connected with the +new background export and compilation feature. -As usual with a major release, a lot of work that is not directly -visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and -some of the new features are the direct results of this work. +As far as new features is considered it is now possible to set the +table width, customize the language package per document and +export LyX files as a single archive containing linked material +(e.g. images) directly via export menu. -The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in -http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16 +Since this is most probably the last beta release we also added +convertor for old (1.6) preference files which are automatically +checked on the startup now. -The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release -compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.5.6). An updated list of -issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes +Please report the problems and bugs at our lists or bug tracker and +also note that this release is for testing purposes only. Users are +encouraged to use current 1.6 stable release for any serious work. +Tarballs and binaries can be found at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ +Note that windows installers might not appear for this release. -In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what -http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: +LyX 2.0.0 will be culmination of more than two years of hard work +and you can find an overview of the new features here: +http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20 - 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. +If you think you found a bug in LyX 2.0.0, either e-mail the LyX +developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open a bug +report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome - LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great, - right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting - details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with page - boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's legendary - TeX typesetting engine makes you look good. +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). - On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output -- or - richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks like - nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs, all - looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably - different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes 'eating' - your dissertation the evening before going to press. - - LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully - internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the - Macintosh and modern Windows platforms. - -You can download LyX 1.6.0rc2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, -which yields smaller files): - - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc2.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc2.tar.bz2 - -Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade -from version 1.5.6. - -Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows -installers) should soon be available at - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ - -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.0rc2, you may 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're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a question, -first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find the answer there, -e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org). - -Enjoy! +We hope you will enjoy the result! The LyX team. +http://www.lyx.org