X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=4c0ae91c55f9651d79477c3c06177cbc191febdc;hb=ae348f8af96100a154b3792d27732d621d44ec89;hp=bcd4d48a8bfb8b71b8fb6912b26abecf581d4ebd;hpb=d0950acedaa91320340af398bb06d790486a2207;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index bcd4d48a8b..4c0ae91c55 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,100 +1,211 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.1.5cvs +Public release of LyX version 1.4.0 =================================== -What is LyX? ------------- +We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.4.0. -LyX is an advanced open-source "document processor". Unlike standard -word processors, LyX encourages writing based on the structure of your -documents, not their appearance, It lets you concentrate on writing, -leaving details of visual layout to the software. +It is the culmination of 3 years of hard work, and we sincerely hope +this you will enjoy the results. The changes are too numerous to +summarize in a few words, jump directly to the end of this message if +you want to know more. -With the familiar face of a WISYWIG word processor, LyX produces high -quality, professional output -- using LaTeX, an industrial -strength typesetting engine. No knowledge of LaTeX is required to -use LyX; however, there is also a "TeX mode" which allows you to enter -plain LaTeX commands. +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 +some of the new features are the direct results of this work. -All in all, LyX is a complete environment for writing documents. It has -superior support for scientific writing, but works well for any kind of -document. +See the file RELEASE-NOTES for some known problems in that release. -Read more about LyX (including screen shots) at: +In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what +http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: - http://www.lyx.org/ + 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. -What can LyX do? ----------------- + 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. -A very incomplete feature list: + 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. -- "standard" word processing: fonts, cut & paste, infinite undo... -- footnotes, citations, cross-referencing, faxes, spellchecking -- almost any math expression (with a simple, but powerfull interface) -- automatic, multilevel outline support (enumerated or bullets) -- tables and embedded postscript figures support -- import LaTeX or ASCII -- export LaTeX, ASCII, DVI, PostScript, LinuxDoc-SGML, DocBook-SGML -- fair support for non-English documents and/or menus -- extensive documentation, including a tutorial -- version control using RCS (some support for CVS) + 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. -How stable is LyX? ------------------- +You can download LyX 1.4.0 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, +which yields smaller files): -This release is considered stable, but as with any software, you should -take appropriate back-up steps in a production environment. + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.bz2 + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.4.0.tar.bz2 -Where can I get it? -------------------- +and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will also host +the .bz2 versions): -LyX is distributed under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL), which -means that you can not only use it freely, but also modify and -redistribute it, provided that you include the source of the program. + http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.sdsc.edu/pub/other/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz -The main LyX site is +Note that no patch is provided to upgrade from version 1.3.7. - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/ +Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows +installers) should soon be available at + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.0/ -with mirrors at - ftp://alpha.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de/pub/lyx - ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/ - ftp://ftp.sdsc.edu/pub/other/lyx/ - ftp://ftp.fciencias.unam.mx/pub/Lyx/ - ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/LyX/ - -The source code package is available at: +If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.4.0, 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 - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.1.5.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.1.5.tar.gz +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 @ lists.lyx.org). -and at the mirrors listed above. +Enjoy! -You need to have XForms version 0.88 or newer to compile your own -version. Version 0.88 is highly recomended. LyX should also compile -with 0.89. +The LyX team. -Credits -------- -The LyX Team is composed of volunteers from around the world. Many, many -people have helped make the 1.1.x releasees possible, including: - Lars Gullik Bjoennes, Alejandro Aguilar Sierra, Asger Alstrup, - Jean-Marc Lasgouttes, Juergen Vigna, John P. Weiss, Bernhard Iselborn, - Andre Spiegel, Allan Rae, Henner Zeller, Robert van der Kamp, - David L. Johnson, Amir Karger, Joacim Persson, Peter Suetterlin, - SMiyata, Alkis Polyzotis, ... +What's new in version 1.4.0? +---------------------------- -Special thanks should go to Matthias Ettrich who started it all. +** Improved user interface -Feedback --------- +LyX 1.4 has a re-designed layout for the menus, designed to decrease +clutter and maximise productivity. Several menu items (in the Edit +menu) are now context-sensitive, so they only appear when needed. For +the die-hard old LyX users, the older layout (referred to as the +classic UI) is still available, for now. -Please direct any comments or questions to the appropriate mailing list as -described on the LyX homepage (http://www.lyx.org/). +It's now possible to define multiple toolbars as seen in other +editors. By default, the new LyX release has two toolbars displayed, +the standard one (similar to the static toolbar in LyX 1.3), plus the +extra toolbar. In addition, there are two pre-defined toolbars +available: one for tables, and one for math. + +Another new feature worth mentioning is popup toolbars: you can set a +toolbar such that it only appears when editing math, or when editing a +table. + +** Change tracking + +This new feature, similar to that found in Microsoft Word and others, +makes collaboration on a document a cinch. It provides a way to track +changes made to a document, and later approve, reject, or modify such +changes. + +** Much better conversion from .tex to .lyx + +The ancient and unloved Perl script, reLyX has finally bitten the dust +and been replaced by the brand new and shiny tex2lyx. tex2lyx's LaTeX +parser follows most of the rules of the real TeX and so is already +much more powerful than reLyX ever was. + +** Character styles + +For a system that purports to make it easy to write documents full of +logical (as opposed to visual markup), LyX has always had one glaring +omission: no character styles. LyX 1.4 goes some way towards +addressing this defect, although there's no dialog to define your own +styles. + + +** Branches + +The teacher who's setting an exam obviously doesn't want her pupils +seeing the answers, yet having questions and answers in the same +document will make the life of the markers of that exam much easier. + +That's just one example of someone who would benefit from LyX's new +"branches" feature. In fact, anyone who writes documents which have +more than one target audience will find this feature useful. + +** Minipages evolve to Boxes + +In 1.3, LyX only had native support for plain minipages. Now you can +use a wide range of box types and decorations directly from the LyX +GUI + +** Notes + +LyX now has three different Notes for you to add to your document from +the Insert>Note menu: + +- the "LyX Note" is not exported to LaTeX, as now. The "Comment" is +- exported to LaTeX as a comment environment and is not processed + further. +- The Greyed Out note is visible in your PostScript or PDF output as, + well, greyed-out text. + +** Better language and numbering on screen + +Two features help to make the screen rendering closer to the printed output: + +- the labels attached to layouts like Chapter are now translated in + the language of the document, which may be different from the + language of the menus; +- sectioning headers and theorems are now numbered according to the + document class specifications. + +** Word count + +Yes, it's finally there! Tools>Count Words will give you a word +count of the document or of the current selection. + +** Error Lists + +Nasty "error boxes" were eliminated in favor of a dialog with a list +of errors popping up at compilation time. + +** Improved bibliography support + +- LyX's support for natbib has been enhanced. Now, also the mysterious + "before citation" field is supported; +- We have added support for jurabib, an amazing package to produce + flexible citations that are especially well suited for the humanities + and law fields; +- Support for sectioned bibliographies (bibtopic) has been added; +- the way bibtex is called is now customizable (as is the way the + index processor is invoked). + +** Improved microtypography support + +LyX aims to produce superior typography. With 1.4, it supports: + +- more blank characters (e.g. a "thin space", which should stand here + between "e." and "g."); +- inner and outer quotation marks without the hassle of toggling the + style in the documents dialog. Just use the Alt key. +- the handling of figure and table alignment inside floats has been + improved. You can now use the paragraph dialog without getting too + much space between figure/table and caption. + +** Small bits + +- Figure and table floats can be rotated sideways + +- The external xfig inset has been improved especially with regard to + pdf generation + +- The graphics inset dialog has now an "edit" button that allows to + edit the included figure + +- For index generation, xindy can be used instead of makeindex, which + has poor support for other than English index sorting. + +** Bug fixes + +Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX +bugzilla. Probably some new ones have been introduced instead ;-) -Enjoy! -The LyX Team