X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=7d1af4162bca53540a46762e5f7c39c582cfd8aa;hb=a1a48472e7ee576c8a89c88e4245b4cd59d9a16b;hp=34029113d37d2cf0276457c3ebe865e93a2000dc;hpb=60aebf421a8088cab3515ae4045d7c66ca261a49;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 34029113d3..7d1af4162b 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,41 +1,281 @@ -Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (beta 4) -========================================== +Public release of LyX version 2.3.3 +=================================== -We are pleased to announce the fourth public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0. +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.3. This is the third +maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. -Except usual bugfixing we fixed random crashes connected with the -new background export and compilation feature. +You can download LyX 2.3.3 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. -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. +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. -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. +LyX 2.3.3 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more +reliable and more stable. One important change is that emergency files are +now renamed when users wish to save them. As a result, older emergency files +are not over-written. One major update allows for the editing of the contents +of the user-provided premable, and the contents of ERT insets, in external +editors, a request that goes back to 2003 and bug #991. -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. +If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.3, 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. -Tarballs and binaries can be found at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ -Note that windows installers might not appear for this release. +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. -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 +We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.3.3. -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 +The LyX team. +http://www.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 will enjoy the result! -The LyX team. -http://www.lyx.org +What's new +========== + +** Updates: +*********** + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Preserving .lyx file permission when saving on linux systems (Qt5-only). + +- Properly implement CJKutf8 (which never really worked as intended). + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Allow external editing of preamble and ERT (bugs 991, 7404). + +- Allow nameref in math references (bug 9798). + +- Fix renaming of citation references after changing bibliography key + (bug 6494). + +- Make tab movement visible (bug 10733). + +- Add "Reset" and "Reset All Fields" buttons to Text Properties + dialog (bug 11415). + +- Add "Reset to Default" and "Reset All" buttons to Color Preferences + (bug 10062). + +- Insert new graphics inset on the correct cursor position. + +- Fix regression where spaces are disappearing when editing text (bug 11412). + +- The function textstyle-update now only changes explicitly stated font + attributes (bug 11111). + +- Fix bad error message (bug 11486). + +- Improve performance on Windows with lots of math insets or very long + math formulas (bug 11546). + +- Add Shortcut (Command-0) for workarwa zoom reset to mac.bind. + +- Improve some icons (bug 11476). + +- Improve line breaking of Chinese, Japanese and Korean text. There are still + issues, though (bug 10299). + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- The Bulgarian user interface localization has been updated and re-enabled. + +- Updates to the Arabic, Czech, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, + Russian, Slovak, Swedish, and Ukrainian localizations. + +- Minor rework of the thesis example file in order to clear some confusion about + the included bibliography (bug 10748). + + + + +** Bug fixes: +************* + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Added support for aastex62 (bug 11397) + +- Fix problems with non-ASCII characters in path with recent LaTeX versions + (bug 11146). + +- Fix parsing of math-macro optional arguments after save-reopen (bug 11346). + +- Fix handling of InPreamble styles in insets (bug 11557). + +- Fix problem with wrongly inserted separator. + +- Beamer: automatically nest column in columns. + +- Fix Autonests and IsAutonestedBy layout tags with specific layout names + (with space, underbar and enquoted). + +- Fix SVG to PNG image conversion problem with inkscape on Mac. + On-screen display of SVG graphics was broken for e.g. users guide. + +- Fix paragraph alignment in RTL when using polyglossia (bidi) (bug 11399). + +- Fix text direction of namerefs in RTL scripts when using polyglossia (bidi) + (bug 11518). + +- Use proper listings font styles with polyglossia (bidi) and RTL (bug 11554). + +- Fix LaTeX export of query strings in Hyperlinks (bugs 11482, 11511). + +- Fix breakage caused by commas in the caption of listings (bug 11484). + +- Fix LaTeX error caused by Control key shortcut inset on the Mac (remainder + of bug 10641). + +- Correctly add the branch name suffix when the stem of the filename + contains a dot (bug 11490). + +- Load required packages to correctly typeset unicode symbols entered + in math mode (bug 11526). + +- Only write btUnits if we have a bibliography (bug 11562). + +- Fix paragraph break in particular cases (bug 11528). + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Rename emergency file when user wants to save it (bug 11464). + +- Fix reloading of local layout file (bug 11120). + +- Check for dirty hidden child documents when closing (bug 11405). + +- Fix selection of unmarked RtL characters with Qt 5.11 (bug 11284). + +- Fix on-screen display of macros whose name is a single non-letter symbol + (part of bug 11158). + +- Fix problem with collapsing insets after searches. + +- Do not swallow backspaces in custom viewer/editor paths (bug 9622). + +- Fix broken space dialog in mathed (bug 7747). + +- Fix undo in some cases involving nesting (bug 11292). + +- Fix some display problems in the Text Properties dialog (bug 11385). + +- Accept/reject changes inside selection only if there are changes (bug + 10338). + +- Fix missing TOC update (and related bugs) when setting default master (bug + 11422). + +- Properly update bibliography information (with bibliography environment) + before opening the citation dialog (bug 4899). + +- Fix problem with undo of document settings (bug 9004). + +- Fix size of layout combo (bug 6096). + +- Completion popup context menu now properly responds to Esc key. + +- Fix document updating issues with split view (bug 11354). + +- Fix cases where text is offset vertically (bug 10532, 10767). + +- Display of start/end labels of paragraphs in insets (bug 11425). + +- Fix crash when using inset-select-all in tabular. + +- Only allow toggling math limits when it makes sense. + +- Repair (de)activation of plural, capitalize, etc, for refstyle. + +- Fix display of gather environment in leqno mode (bug 11324). + +- Fix handling of labels with change tracking (bug 6563). + +- Expand environment variables when modifying the PATH prefix. + +- Fix language of Help documents when LyX UI language is different from + OS UI language. + +- Fix many drawing glitches in the IPA icons. + +- Fix crash when disabling math preview (bug 11498). + +- Quote filenames when calling gunzip and avoid a crash when the filename + of a compressed file does not end with a proper extension (bug 4269). + +- Fix behavior of (un)setting all tabular borders (bug 11382). + +- Place the indentation bars correctly in full-screen mode (bug 11286). + +- Fix display of formal table bottom line with multirows (bug 11445). + +- Fix left/right border UI when toggling formal table style (bug 9835). + +- Fix bold-like characters when selecting bidi text (bug 11198). + +- Make sure there are markers when editing variable-size delimiters (bug 11516). + +- Fix pre- and postnote fields in year-only biblatex-natbib citations. + +- Get rid of spurious empty entry in list of equations when creating new + formula (bug 11423). + +- Handle some cases where the change bar in the margin did not get updated + (bug 11396). + +- Handle some cases where underline across insets did not painted (bug 11402). + +- Fix minimal height of delimiters inset (bug 11337). + + +* INTERNALS + +- Fix reconfigure issues on Windows in the presence of an external + python installation. + + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- The Korean splash.lyx can now be compiled out-of-the-box. + +- Fix description of change bar module. + + + +* LYX2LYX + +- Speed up some lyx2lyx conversions (bug 11200). + +- Fix routine that left some old parameters unremoved (bug 11373). + + +* LYXHTML + +- Take account of 'free spacing' (bug 11432). + + +* ADVANCED FIND AND REPLACE + +- Pay attention to layout modules in Advanced F&R (bug 11138). + + +* BUILD/INSTALLATION + +- Fix build with boost 1.69 (bug 11349). + +- Update bundled boost distribution to 1.68. + +- Fix warnings with clang 7. + +- Allow automake 1.16.