X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=d3312067b523218bb135e56ae228afda2ecda98a;hb=d7ecdedd6735dd85f8a1f2b33350addd195124c4;hp=95e1b5662674bf91e290f31c69b284afddbac463;hpb=4f07c52a7d60a77558be8b2fb32ec77cd4bc680b;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index 95e1b56626..d3312067b5 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,33 +1,244 @@ -Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (beta 1) -========================================== +Public release of LyX version 2.2.2 +=================================== -We are pleased to announce the first public pre-release of LyX 2.0.0. -Development moved to the beta phase which basically means we will no more -include new features and focus on polishing the current ones. -We are thus grateful for any feedback you sent us regarding the bugs you -encounter while testing the beta release. Except trying new features -this is also good time to check that your favorite old files works with -the new release as expected. +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.2. This is the second +maintenance release in the 2.2.x series. -Please note that this release is for testing purposes only, users are -encouraged to use current 1.6 stable release for any serious work. +You can download LyX 2.2.2 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. -Tarballs and binaries can be found at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/ +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 2.0.0 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 +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. -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 + + +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. + +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. 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 2.2.2. The LyX team. http://www.lyx.org + + +What's new +========== + +** Updates: +*********** + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Enable the use of LuaTeX for all polyglossia-supported languages. + +- 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) + + +* 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) + +- Add some missing oxygen and IPA icons to the distribution. +