X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=d16e2420503e1247af9bde7518618b905e526390;hb=refs%2Fheads%2F2.3.4-4;hp=dcc8c77833259c8c05e1d6d8ae33531a6cc92f5b;hpb=fe0073a4a6418074e87cd5c2145ad8657d7e3c01;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index dcc8c77833..d16e242050 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,69 +1,259 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 2) -========================================================= +Public release of LyX version 2.3.4-4 +===================================== -We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 1.6.0. +This release fixes bug #11750, which prevents the LyX configure process +from properly detecting TeX files on Windows. Only Windows users will +need to upgrade to this version. -LyX 1.6.0 will be the culmination of 12 months of hard work since the -release of the LyX 1.5 series. We sincerely hope you will enjoy the -result. -As usual with a major release, a lot of work that is not directly -visible has taken place. The core of LyX has seen more cleanups and -some of the new features are the direct results of this work. +Public release of LyX version 2.3.4-3 +===================================== -The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in -http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16 +This is another emergency release that, hopefully, actually fixes the +first bug that 2.3.4-2 was meant to fix: A delay when saving files on +Windows. The new bug is #11737. There are no other changes. Only Windows +users will need to upgrade to this version. -The file RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release -compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.5.6). An updated list of -issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes -In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what -http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: +Public release of LyX version 2.3.4-2 +===================================== - LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing - based on the structure of your documents, not their appearance. It - is released under a Free Software / Open Source license. +This is an emergency release that fixes four bugs in 2.3.4. Only the +first two really warrant an emergency release, but while we're at it... - LyX is for people that write and want their writing to look great, - right out of the box. No more endless tinkering with formatting - details, 'finger painting' font attributes or futzing around with page - boundaries. You just write. In the background, Prof. Knuth's legendary - TeX typesetting engine makes you look good. +The first, bug #11728, caused a five-second delay when attempting +to save files on Windows. This was a side effect of the fix for #10091 +and reminds us why it would be good to have more testing on Windows. - On screen, LyX looks like any word processor; its printed output -- or - richly cross-referenced PDF, just as readily produced -- looks like - nothing else. Gone are the days of industrially bland .docs, all - looking similarly not-quite-right, yet coming out unpredictably - different on different printer drivers. Gone are the crashes 'eating' - your dissertation the evening before going to press. +The second bug is discussed in this thread + https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg210294.html +and concerns a crash related to the math toolbar. This was due to an +uninitialize buffer_ member revealed by the fix for #11586. - LyX is stable and fully featured. It is a multi-platform, fully - internationalized application running natively on Unix/Linux and the - Macintosh and modern Windows platforms. +The third, bug #11724, affects Beamer presentations and causes bad output +when page geometry is set in certain ways. LyX should and how does ignore +such settings. -You can download LyX 1.6.0rc2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, -which yields smaller files): +The last, bug #11579, is an old one, but a serious one, that prevents +the use of CJKUtf8 in ERT. It's a straightforward fix for a bug that is +pretty serious for people who encounter it. - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc2.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0rc2.tar.bz2 +All LyX users are encouraged to upgrade to 2.3.4-2. -Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade -from version 1.5.6. +The original announcement for 2.3.4 follows. -Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows -installers) should soon be available at - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ +===== -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.0rc2, you may either -e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open -a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.4. This is the fourth +maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. -If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a question, -first check out http://wiki.lyx.org/FAQ/. If you can't find the answer there, -e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org). +You can download LyX 2.3.4 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. -Enjoy! +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. + +LyX 2.3.4 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more +reliable and more stable. One important change is that we have finally fixed +a large number of bugs related to bibitems (see bug #7548). We have also (we +hope) fixed a long-standing bug involving the saving of files on Windows to +Dropbox folders. + +If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.4, 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. + +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. + +We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.3.4. The LyX team. +http://www.lyx.org + + +What's new +========== + +** Updates: +*********** + +* USER INTERFACE + +- The "Rows & Columns" optional submenu has been added to the math context menu. + +- Avoid using text mode for unicode symbols representable in math mode (bug 9616). + +- Do not issue error dialog when no tag is found in git repository for + tree-revision info inset. + +- Fix display with Wayland (bug 11692). + +- Improve editing performance when there are Include insets that point to + non-existing files. (bug 11656). + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- New section about references in the example file colored-boxes.lyx. + +- The Dutch user interface localization has been revived, and the Dutch docs + revised. + +- The Russian Tutorial has been updated. + +- Updated localizations include Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, German, Hebrew, + Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish, and Ukrainian. + +- Fixed index processor in some manuals (bug 11708). + + +** Bug fixes: +************* + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Prevent crash due to unencodable path (bug 11688). + +- Fix crash with polyglossia when the "Auto End" language preference setting + is off and titles are used. + +- (Re-)fix problems with activated equal sign and graphic options in Turkish + and Latin documents (bug 2005). + +- Correctly set language after intitle paragraphs (bug 11514). + +- Fix toprule with booktabs/longtable and captions (bug 11589). + +- Avoid adding spaces when parsing an array in a macro template (bug 10499). + +- Avoid superfluous braces in the optional argument of a macro (bug 11552). + +- Do not replace a latex command with the corresponding symbol in the + unicodesymbols file, unless it can be encoded in the document encoding + (bug 11586). + +- Fix problems with paths that contain the tilde (~) character. + +- Fix nomenclature processing with LuaTeX (bug 11571). + +- Fix problem on Windows with saving files in Dropbox folders (bug 10091). + +- Find local bib files when they exist in the same directory as the LyX + file (bug 11588). + +- Fix table column order with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 9686). + +- Fix paragraph alignment with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11399). + +- Fix direction of brackets with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11187). + +- Fix direction of roman numbers with RTL documents and LuaTeX. + +- Fix direction of numbered citations outside XeTeX/bidi (bug 3005). + +- Fix direction of references with XeTeX/bidi (bug 11626). + +- Fix interplay of the memoir class and custom page size/geometry (bug 10970). + +- Fix compilation of Hebrew Article with XeTeX and LuaTeX (bug 10525). + +- Fix greyedout note with RTL documents (bug 8647). + +- Fix colored and shaded boxes with RTL documents (bug 8642). + +- Fix loading order problem with rotfloat/rotating and graphicx (bug 11502). + +- Fix LaTeX error with Canadian French as second language. LyX now uses + the (recommended) babel option "acadian" rather than "canadien". + +- Do not create unnecessary directories when exporting from the command + line (bug 11636). + +- Fix problem with included objects with Linkback service on Mac (bug 6961). + +- Fix termination of commands after math insets (bug 11667). + +- Fix \binom command clash in beamer. + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Fix configure process with Python 3 (bug 11642). + +- Fix some numbering issues with bibitems (bug 2743, 8499). + +- Deal properly with orphaned bibitems (bug 7160). + +- Fix endless loop when a macro definition references itself (bug 11595). + +- Use the selection as the argument of a macro also when the macro has only + optional arguments (bug 10498). + +- Correctly close a language opened in a branch inset (bug 9633). + +- Fix additional problem with display of inline equations in outliner + (bug 11423). + +- Preserve "all authors" state when switching citation style via context + menu (bug 11439). + +- Fix right and left layout alignment (in workarea) with RTL (bug 11606). + +- Show filenames for verbatim includes in outliner (bug 11612). + +- Enable change tracking if paragraph break change (bug 11629). + +- Fix crash when deleting column in math grid (bug 11623). + +- Hide "LaTeX (Clipboard)" entry from import menu (bug 11657). + +- Enable dissolve in undefined Flex inset context menu (bug 8650). + +- Enable dissolve in context menu of element in table cells. + +- Fix bad caret position when row scrolls horizontally (bug 11603). + +- Fix crash when inserting some insets in math split insets (bug 11686). + +- Properly remember cursor position when many files have been opened + (bug 10310). + + +* INTERNALS + +- Fix TeX file listing with the Nix package manager. + +- Fix Python detection routines, and so instant preview on some platforms + (bug 11282). + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- Fix string direction in Hebrew localization (bug 11607). + + +* LYX2LYX + +- Fix typo in the code that converts from file formats older than lyx 2.1 + (thanks to Salvatore Falco). + + +* TEX2LYX + +- Significantly improve support for modules (bug 11259, 8229). + +- Prevent multiplication of preamble code on (re-)import (bug 8229). + +- Fix import of custom float definitions. + + +* BUILD/INSTALLATION + +- avoid annoying warnings with g++ 9. +