X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=8286b7b963a284ff2694172c06d3e4e2882800c8;hb=d47b8a05fa1e06afaaa8a8a8b4c720016c295d0f;hp=34029113d37d2cf0276457c3ebe865e93a2000dc;hpb=60aebf421a8088cab3515ae4045d7c66ca261a49;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 34029113d3..8286b7b963 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,41 +1,38 @@ -Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (beta 4) -========================================== +Public release of LyX version 2.2.1 +=================================== -We are pleased to announce the fourth public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0. +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.1. -Except usual bugfixing we fixed random crashes connected with the -new background export and compilation feature. +LyX 2.2.1 is the first maintenance release in the 2.2.x series. You can +download LyX 2.2.1 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 2.2.1 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more +reliable and more stable. We have fixed a number of bugs and made a number +of improvements. FILL IN -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. +One important change is to the behavior of character styles. By default, +these now prohibit changes to the paragraph layout. Putting a description +inside a character style typically results in invalid LaTeX code, so this +makes certain mistakes harder to make. Power users who have taken advantage +of the previous behavior can restore it by adding "ForcePlain 0" to the +declaration of the character style, so long as this is done after "LyXType +charstyle" has been declared. -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. +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. -Tarballs and binaries can be found at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ -Note that windows installers might not appear for this release. - -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 - -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 +If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.1, 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. 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). +documentation that comes with LyX and the LyX wiki, which lives at +http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX +users' list (lyx-users lists.lyx.org). -We hope you will enjoy the result! +We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.2.1. The LyX team. http://www.lyx.org