X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=8286b7b963a284ff2694172c06d3e4e2882800c8;hb=d47b8a05fa1e06afaaa8a8a8b4c720016c295d0f;hp=50992ed848b84e28af8ebe9562c9b196efe82b47;hpb=b6116fe0ef7b4af03f402d9dc48ede0166884a95;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 50992ed848..8286b7b963 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,33 +1,38 @@ -Public release of LyX version 2.2.0alpha2 -======================================== +Public release of LyX version 2.2.1 +=================================== -We are proud to announce the second public alpha release of the new LyX 2.2 -series. +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.1. -With this release, LyX celebrates 20 years of existence. The 2.2 series -has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable series. +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/. -LyX 2.2.0alpha2 is the culmination of a year and a half of hard work. An overview of -the new features can be found here: - http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX22 +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 -You can download LyX 2.2.0alpha2 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/. +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. -We hope you will enjoy the result! +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. -The file lib/RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared -to the current stable releases (LyX 2.1.x). We strongly recommend that -packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file. - -As with any major release, this one comes with lot of new features but -also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.0, either -email 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 (under Help) and the LyX wiki, which you -will find at http://wiki.lyx.org/. You can also send email to 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 enjoy using LyX 2.2.1. The LyX team. http://www.lyx.org