X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=da074d5c03879f312a1ca62d4ec7c664afd40e9f;hb=9913fe650d70d8b47b1808e0a49bcb0bb113cc3f;hp=c2da3c90a3321bee485b97ed98b3886746b9b33a;hpb=b16eb1d16949112d8919d7ac629c5c0a81763279;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index c2da3c90a3..da074d5c03 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,210 +1,37 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.4.0 -=================================== +Public release of LyX version 2.3.0beta1 +======================================== -We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.4.0. +We are proud to announce the first public beta of the new LyX 2.3 series. +This pre-release is meant for testing and should not be used for serious work. +For curious users who would like to test in order to help catch bugs before +the 2.3.0 release, please back up all of your documents and be prepared for +the worst to happen. Most users (who desire a stable LyX version) should not +use this pre-release. -It is the culmination of 3 years of hard work, and we sincerely hope -this you will enjoy the results. The changes are too numerous to -summarize in a few words, jump directly to the end of this message if -you want to know more. +The 2.3 series has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable +series. An overview of the new features can be found here: -As usual with major releases, 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. + http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX23 -See the file RELEASE-NOTES for some known problems in that release. +You can download LyX 2.3.0beta1 from ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/. -In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what -http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: +We appreciate your help in testing this pre-release! - 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. +The file lib/RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared +to the current stable releases (LyX 2.2.x). We strongly recommend that +packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file. - 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. +As with any major release, this one comes with a lot of new features but +also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.0beta1, 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. +Please specify if the behavior you are reporting is different from behavior +in a previous LyX version. - 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. - - 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. - -You can download LyX 1.4.0 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, -which yields smaller files): - - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.bz2 - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.4.0.tar.bz2 - -and it should propagate shortly to the following mirrors (which will also host -the .bz2 versions): - - http://lyx.mirror.fr/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz - ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/stable/lyx-1.4.0.tar.gz - -Note that no patch is provided to upgrade from version 1.3.7. - -Prebuilt binaries (rpms for linux distributions, Mac OS X and Windows -installers) should soon be available at - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.4.0/ - - -If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.4.0, you may either -e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel @ lists.lyx.org), or open -a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org - -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 @ lists.lyx.org). - -Enjoy! +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). The LyX team. - - - -What's new in version 1.4.0? ----------------------------- - -** Improved user interface - -LyX 1.4 has a re-designed layout for the menus, designed to decrease -clutter and maximise productivity. Several menu items (in the Edit -menu) are now context-sensitive, so they only appear when needed. For -the die-hard old LyX users, the older layout (referred to as the -classic UI) is still available, for now. - -It's now possible to define multiple toolbars as seen in other -editors. By default, the new LyX release has two toolbars displayed, -the standard one (similar to the static toolbar in LyX 1.3), plus the -extra toolbar. In addition, there are two pre-defined toolbars -available: one for tables, and one for math. - -Another new feature worth mentioning is popup toolbars: you can set a -toolbar such that it only appears when editing math, or when editing a -table. - -** Change tracking - -This new feature, similar to that found in Microsoft Word and others, -makes collaboration on a document a cinch. It provides a way to track -changes made to a document, and later approve, reject, or modify such -changes. - -** Much better conversion from .tex to .lyx - -The ancient and unloved Perl script, reLyX has finally bitten the dust -and been replaced by the brand new and shiny tex2lyx. tex2lyx's LaTeX -parser follows most of the rules of the real TeX and so is already -much more powerful than reLyX ever was. - -** Character styles - -For a system that purports to make it easy to write documents full of -logical (as opposed to visual markup), LyX has always had one glaring -omission: no character styles. LyX 1.4 goes some way towards -addressing this defect, although there's no dialog to define your own -styles. - - -** Branches - -The teacher who's setting an exam obviously doesn't want her pupils -seeing the answers, yet having questions and answers in the same -document will make the life of the markers of that exam much easier. - -That's just one example of someone who would benefit from LyX's new -"branches" feature. In fact, anyone who writes documents which have -more than one target audience will find this feature useful. - -** Minipages evolve to Boxes - -In 1.3, LyX only had native support for plain minipages. Now you can -use a wide range of box types and decorations directly from the LyX -GUI - -** Notes - -LyX now has three different Notes for you to add to your document from -the Insert>Note menu: - -- the "LyX Note" is not exported to LaTeX, as now. The "Comment" is -- exported to LaTeX as a comment environment and is not processed - further. -- The Greyed Out note is visible in your PostScript or PDF output as, - well, greyed-out text. - -** Better language and numbering on screen - -Two features help to make the screen rendering closer to the printed output: - -- the labels attached to layouts like Chapter are now translated in - the language of the document, which may be different from the - language of the menus; -- sectioning headers and theorems are now numbered according to the - document class specifications. - -** Word count - -Yes, it's finally there! Tools>Count Words will give you a word -count of the document or of the current selection. - -** Error Lists - -Nasty "error boxes" were eliminated in favor of a dialog with a list -of errors popping up at compilation time. - -** Improved bibliography support - -- LyX's support for natbib has been enhanced. Now, also the mysterious - "before citation" field is supported; -- We have added support for jurabib, an amazing package to produce - flexible citations that are especially well suited for the humanities - and law fields; -- Support for sectioned bibliographies (bibtopic) has been added; -- the way bibtex is called is now customizable (as is the way the - index processor is invoked). - -** Improved microtypography support - -LyX aims to produce superior typography. With 1.4, it supports: - -- more blank characters (e.g. a "thin space", which should stand here - between "e." and "g."); -- inner and outer quotation marks without the hassle of toggling the - style in the documents dialog. Just use the Alt key. -- the handling of figure and table alignment inside floats has been - improved. You can now use the paragraph dialog without getting too - much space between figure/table and caption. - -** Small bits - -- Figure and table floats can be rotated sideways - -- The external xfig inset has been improved especially with regard to - pdf generation - -- The graphics inset dialog has now an "edit" button that allows to - edit the included figure - -- For index generation, xindy can be used instead of makeindex, which - has poor support for other than English index sorting. - -** Bug fixes - -Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX -bugzilla. Probably some new ones have been introduced instead ;-) - - +http://www.lyx.org