X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=d3312067b523218bb135e56ae228afda2ecda98a;hb=d7ecdedd6735dd85f8a1f2b33350addd195124c4;hp=5dcd4b8de08aed887ec816bfd38e5be7186fd7de;hpb=e88bc302c24bfdc21144a4444e0e4eef6fabd385;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 5dcd4b8de0..d3312067b5 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,73 +1,244 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (beta 4) -============================================= +Public release of LyX version 2.2.2 +=================================== -We are pleased to announce the fourth beta release of LyX 1.6.0. +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.2. This is the second +maintenance release in the 2.2.x series. -LyX 1.6.0 will be the culmination of 9 months of hard work since the -release of the LyX 1.5 series. We sincerely hope you will enjoy the -result. +You can download LyX 2.2.2 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. -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. +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 RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues with this release -compared to the current stable release (LyX 1.5.5). An updated list of -issues might later be found at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes +LyX 2.2.2 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. Most of these are relatively minor, but we nonetheless +encourage all users of 2.2.1 to upgrade to this version. -In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what -http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: - 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. +One new feature is the use of the "scaling" option when exporting images +for XHTML. This does not work the same way as with LaTeX export. What it +does is add something like "width: 50%" to the style attribute. This will +ordinarily be interpreted by the browser as a percentage relative to the +current element. - 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. +If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.2, 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. - 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. +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). - 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. +We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.2.2. -You can download LyX 1.6.0alpha2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, -which yields smaller files): +The LyX team. +http://www.lyx.org - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0alpha2.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-1.6.0alpha2.tar.bz2 -Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade -from version 1.5.5. +What's new +========== -Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows -installers) should soon be available at - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/bin/1.6.0alpha2/ +** Updates: +*********** -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.6.0alpha2, 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 +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT -If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a question, -first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/. If you can't find the answer there, -e-mail the LyX users' list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org). +- Enable the use of LuaTeX for all polyglossia-supported languages. -Enjoy! +- New document parameter "Save transient properties" under Document Properties > + Format. (Output has been renamed into Format.) Disabling this option is made + to play nicer in collaborative settings. (bug 9841) -The LyX team. +* USER INTERFACE + +- Syntax highlighting in the preamble and and the source view has been made + compatible with dark themes (bug 8325). + +- Changed the display of buttons for collapsed branches. We now display the + same thing as if the branches were open (bug 10213). + +- "Provides 1" now works with fontspec, subfig, and listings (bug + 10257). + +- Added a new module "Title and Preamble Hacks". + +- Bring window to front after loading a document in single instance (bug 7875). + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- Updated Brazilian, French, German, Interlingua, Italian and Slovakian user + interface localization. + +- Increase the maximum value for the number of last open files that LyX can + remember (bug 9924). + +- Change mouse cursor to indicate row/column selection in tabulars. + +- Make inset-select-all select all cells only in tables. + +- Automatically show the review toolbar if the document has tracked changes + (bug 8738), and related UI improvements. + +- Implement "Dissolve Inset" and "Show Label" context menu items for + arguments (bug 10150). + +- Restore selected reference when using "Go to label" and "Go back" in the + cross-reference dialog. + + +** Bug fixes: +************* + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Correctly protect the \pagebreak command when needed (bug 10092). + +- Resolve problem on Windows with importing files from directories with + accented characters on FAT drives (bug 10218). + +- InPreamble styles should be written to the preamble as many times as the + user requests them, even if it results in duplicate commands. + +- Make sure we output all XHTML table cells, even the empty ones (bug 10153). + +- .svgz images are now converted to .svg for XHTML export (bug 10160). + +- Ask where to export file if not yet saved (bug 8814). + +- Fix size issue with outliner icons on HiDPI monitors (bug 10125). + +- Load math packages automatically with JSS template (bug 9242). + +- Calling a Computer Algebra System from LyX works again (windows only bug 10262). + +- Fix command clash between beamer and covington (from the Linguistics module). + +- Fix crash on Buffer preview when not exporting in thread. + + +* LYX2LYX + +- Fix paragraph argument conversion for \labelwidthstring etc (bug 10243). + + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- CharStyles now prohibit layout changes by default (bug 10237). + +- Fix display of labels in right-to-left languages (bug 10169). + +- Fix button label font of inset arguments when some traits are inherited. + +- When a counter is stepped, reset recursively all subcounters (bug #10063). + +- Fix on screen narrow box when using \width as box width unit (bug 10048). + +- Raise GuiView on buffer switch to bring it topmost in multi-window mode. + +- Fix small typo in Reference dialog (bug 10194). + +- Fix default location for RPM based hunspell dictionary search (bug 10071 and 10192). + +- Fix double input of tabulations with Qt5 < Qt5.5 (bug 9218). + +- Do not omit the first space of the selection when copying (bug 9995). + +- Do not allow non-default layouts to be pasted into table cells that are not fixed + width (bug 8782). + +- Display the correct column alignment and a better column spacing in AMS + environments (bugs 1861, 9908). + +- Disable properly toggling math display in places where it is not + possible (bug 10033). + +- Fix horizontal scrolling feature when inside a collapsable inset + with several paragraphs. + +- Fix selection of large formula with the mouse when horizontal + scrolling kicks in (but 10094). + +- Fix bug where cursor can't be put at the end of a line before an + inset (bug 10180). + +- Fix display of collapsable insets when the same document is shown in + two views with different width (bug 9756). + +- fix display glitches when editing changes the dimension of insets + (bug 6691). + +- Raise GuiView on buffer switch to bring it topmost in multi-window mode. + +- Fix cursor position after Redo of a document settings change (bug + 10097). + +- Handle undo after deleting end of paragraph in change tracking mode + (bug 10253). + +- Disable Edit > Dissolve Inset in tabulars (bug 9954). + +- Shortcut preferences: ask the user for removing bindings when using the + "restore" button (#9174). + +- Shortcut preferences: fix the already-bound-key detection logic. + +- Shortcut preferences: don't forget to trigger the search when it is + initialized with the previous value. + +- Remove extra spacing around button insets (bug 10149). + +- Fix drawing of buttons by enforcing equal left/right spacing (bug 10147). + +- Fix problem with drawing of lists after pasting normal text (bug 8735). + +- Accessibility of the document class selector from keyboard (bug 10035). + +- Fix title of LuaTeX and XeTeX error dialogs (part of bug 10013). + +- Remove special code for Qt5 to load SVG icons with HiDPI (bug 10281). + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- Move documentation change logs to lib/doc (they are not distributed). + + +* LYXHTML + +- Output width of table columns (bug 8168). + +- Fix output of math sizes (bug 10129). + +- Fix output of vertical space in the middle of a paragraph (bug 8154). + +- Fix output of ABOVE and CENTERED label types (bug 8843). + +- Output correct entities for named delimiters (bug 8280). + +- Added class attribute for mathbb to allow customization (part of bug + 8521). + +- Use 'text-align: center;' with displayed equations (bug 8654). + + +* BUILD/INSTALLATION + +- Due to bug fixes, it is no longer discouraged to build against Qt 5.4. + +- Building against Qt < 4.7 no longer fails. + +- Fix monolithic builds with autotools on Mac OS X. + +- Avoid 'ar' warning with recent binutils versions. + +- LyX compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 runs now on Windows Vista (bug 10186) -What's new in version 1.6.0beta4? ----------------------------- +- Add some missing oxygen and IPA icons to the distribution. -The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in -http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16