X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=60aada1adee4755b12429b3835bf722967eb9516;hb=ca339eb1991efcab02a5f1b7f33387b35df2a416;hp=5ed445705c5978da975ed9699aa7d8b58497e0a4;hpb=862a35bf2bfbb538f72b5f54a127377639d24f82;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 5ed445705c..60aada1ade 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,16 +1,16 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.5.0 (beta 3) +Public release of LyX version 1.5.0 (release candidate 2) =================================== -We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (beta 3). +We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.5.0 (release candidate 2). +We expect this to be the last release before 1.5.0, and until the +first stable release only critical bugs and regressions will be +addressed. -Compared with the previous beta release we have fixed several bugs -and added some improvements, namely a new inset to support code listings. +We encourage users to try this release candidate and report +any feedback or problems to lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org. -We have enabled the converter file cache by default. - -Internally we have renamed files to follow a consistent name pattern, -this will allow an easier navigation of the source code thus simplifying -bug fixing. +Compared with the first release candidate we have mostly fixed bugs +and polished the graphical interface. Compared with the latest stable release, this is the culmination of one year of hard work, and we sincerely hope you will enjoy the @@ -51,21 +51,29 @@ 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 1.5.0beta3 here (the .bz2 are compressed with +You can download LyX 1.5.0rc2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, which yields smaller files): - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0beta3.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0beta3.tar.bz2 + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc2.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.5.0rc2.tar.bz2 Note that due to the amount 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/devel/ - - -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0beta3, you may either + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ + +As confusing as it is, two sets of installers are available to windows +users: LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer.exe, LyX-1.5.0rc2-Installer-bundle.exe and +LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller.exe, LyX-1.5.0rc2-AltInstaller-Complete.exe. +The former is our official installer and the latter is previously known +as LyXWinInstaller. Please feel free to try either of them. Feedbacks +and bug reports on both installers are welcome because they will help +the merge of two installers, which is expected to happen during the +1.5.x series of LyX development. + +If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.5.0rc2, 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 +86,7 @@ Enjoy! The LyX team. -What's new in version 1.5.0 (beta 3)? +What's new in version 1.5.0 (release candidate 2)? ---------------------------- * Unicode @@ -99,6 +107,15 @@ mailing list. The very first result of the Unicode transition is that we have finally merged in the externally maintained CJK-LyX branch. +The languages Chinese, Japanese, and Korean are now supported in +the user interface. +Note that from now on, former encoding settings for these languages +done via ERT or the document preamble will lead to LaTeX-errors! + +* Language support + +Besides the CJK languages, the languages Armenian and Farsi are now +supported in the user interface. * Multiple views of the same buffer @@ -140,7 +157,6 @@ LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of LaTeX. support for the booktabs package was implemented, which provides beautiful and elegant tabulars. - * Nomenclatures Native LyX support for the nomencl package was implemented. With this, @@ -205,6 +221,15 @@ does not support in-line code segments or the inclusion of external files. Using the listings latex package as the backend a new inset was added that supports all these three ways of listing computer programs. +* LaTeX-package support + +LyX provides the following new document classes: + - article(IOP) - for scientific papers published by the IOP group + - presentation(powerdot) - for presentations using the powerdot package + - curriculum vitae(Europe) - for CVs following the guidelines of the EU + - curriculum vitae(modern) - for CVs using the moderncv package + - curriculum vitae(simple) - for simple CVs + * Minor user interface improvements Apart from the described major changes, several minor improvements of @@ -223,7 +248,6 @@ within lyx only). Selection of lyx text is now persistent in that you can paste the selected text using middle button multiple times, even after the selection has been cleared. - * Under the hood As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX