X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=9da191acdbc6ead0d8075c03b7af1aa0030a1fa4;hb=e4842c77d6e210919d00c103e1d33f973ac96033;hp=8286b7b963a284ff2694172c06d3e4e2882800c8;hpb=ba1cf3e5ce67b859a84e9a1236329e8aa9aab000;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 8286b7b963..9da191acdb 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,38 +1,42 @@ -Public release of LyX version 2.2.1 +Public release of LyX version 2.2.4 =================================== -We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.1. +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.4. This is the fourth and +final maintenance release in the 2.2.x 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 2.2.1 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 - -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. +You can download LyX 2.2.4 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. 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. -If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.1, please open a bug report at +LyX 2.2.4 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 several +improvements. Most users, however, will want to upgrade to LyX 2.3.0, which +was released shortly before 2.2.4. Users who want or need to continue using +the 2.2.x series, however, should in most cases upgrade to 2.2.4. Perhaps its +most imortant new feature is that it is able to read and write files in the +2.3.x format. Please note, however, that the conversion process back and forth +usually will not leave one with an identical file, so we do not recommend that +users of 2.2.4 try to collaborate with users of 2.3.x. + +If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.4, 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. + lists.lyx.org) and ask. Please note, however, that bugs discovered in +2.2.4 will only be fixed in the 2.3.x series (if they still exist there), as +there will be no further releases in the 2.2.x series. If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the 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. +We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.2.4. The LyX team. http://www.lyx.org + + +What's new +==========