X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=ANNOUNCE;h=f9f8e964a4d975bb088561fbfaf09c1f19a94765;hb=031d1c86a1a03ba4367bfd7374b649215b290cb3;hp=afab4d0781b208debf146514776bbb7d275e03ef;hpb=7e58b918c53a831d955542f79d13752156447912;p=lyx.git diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index afab4d0781..f9f8e964a4 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,69 +1,232 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.6.0 (release candidate 2) -========================================================= +Public release of LyX version 2.3.2 +=================================== + +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.2. This is the second +maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. + +You can download LyX 2.3.2 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. + +LyX 2.3.2 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more +reliable and more stable. One main fix involves a crash with external viewers +on Windows. We have also fixed a number of problems with the output of right- +to-left languages, thanks to the involvement of users. There was also an +infinite loop bug connected with the separation of environments that has been +fixed. But, for the most part, the fixes here are incremental. Please see below +for a full list. + +If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.2, 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 (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 2.3.2. -We are pleased to announce the first release candidate of LyX 1.6.0. +The LyX team. +http://www.lyx.org -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. -The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in -http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16 +What's new +========== -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 +** Updates: +*********** +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT -In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what -http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: +- Add support for non-ASCII characters in hyperlinks (bug 11165). - 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. +- Support rotated table cells with linebreaks (bug 8085). - 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. +- Add support for LyX logo in RTL output (bug 10423). - 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. +- Update support for linguistic subexamples. - 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. +- Support key symbols via menukeys package (part of bug 10641). -You can download LyX 1.6.0rc2 here (the .bz2 are compressed with bzip2, -which yields smaller files): - 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 +* TEX2LYX IMPROVEMENTS -Note that due to the amount of change, no patch is provided to upgrade -from version 1.5.6. +- Add support for multirow (bug 11164). -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/ +- Improve import of titling commands other than \maketitle (bug 6461). -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 +- Add support for horizontal longtabular alignment. -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). +- Add support for btUnit (multibib). -Enjoy! +- Add support for decimal alignment in table cells. + +- Add support for plural and capitalized refstyle references. + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Improve layout of the character dialog (bugs 2752, 3804, 3884, and 4836). + +- Rework OK/Apply/Cancel behavior of preferences dialog (bug 10016). + +- Disambiguate dialog message (bug 11242). + +- Unify capitalzation in dialog (bug 11237). + +- Allow to change multiple table columns' width at once (bug 11205). + +- When using formal tables, draw top/bottom rules thicker when adequate. + +- Draw underline (and friends) over insets too (bug 11297). + +- Handle properly branches with a space in their name (bug 11108). + +- Allow the 'module in child not used in master' warning to be disabled. + +- Add bibtex inset to outliner if "add to toc" is checked (bug 11309). + +- Show module name with description (bug 11275). + +- GuiCitation: Don't reset filter on show (bug 11291). + +- If a master is being created at loading the child, un-hide it (bug 11162). + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- Update Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, German, Italian, Russian, + Slovak, Swedish and Ukrainian user interface localization. + +- Add some tooltips in citation dialog in favor of keyboard users (bug 11317). + + +* BUILD/INSTALLATION + +- The Windows installer no longer has a 'bundled' version that installs MiKTeX + alongside LyX. Users will need to install their own LaTeX distribution (as on + other platforms), preferably before installing LyX itself. + + + +** Bug fixes: +************* + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Fix footnotes in table with hyperref (bug 11212). + +- When cloning a buffer, do not start from a parent if it is not the + current master (e.g., when compiling a child alone). + +- Disallow paragraph customization in some single-par charstyle insets + (bug 9192). + +- Fix problems with extra table borders added on table modification + (bug 10010). + +- Fix text direction in figure wrap floats with RTL (bug 11029). + +- Fix text direction issue in info insets with RTL context (bug 10463). + +- Fix text direction problem with polyglossia with nested languages + (part of bug 10111). + +- Use LTR environment for forceLTR content in RTL context with + polyglossia (bug 10548). + +- Fix output of key symbols with info inset on the Mac (bug 10641). + +- Fix output of table cells with multiple languages (bug 11128). + +- Fix RTL table output with bidi package (non-TeX fonts) (bug 9686). + +- Do not mark the import converters for Sweave and knitr as needauth. + +- Fix conversion of captions from LyX 2.0 documents. + +- Ignore horizontal wheel scrolling in work area (bug 11257). + +- Avoid crash when cursor is outside of work area (bug 11296). + +- Fix crash on Windows when closing external viewers (bug 11210). + +- Fix issue with erroneous qualified citations (bug 11308). + +- Add "hyperref-driver=dvips" option to the extra flags of the + latex->dvi converter (bug 11332). + +- Fix loading order conflict with beamer-article and covington. + +- Preserve a new paragraph after a float (bug 11398). + + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Fix infinite loop while separating environments (bug 11295). + +- Fix loss of citation list after Undo (bug 9158). + +- Fix document-wide language setting with minted (bug 11203). + +- Fix display of percent sign with numbers in RTL (bug 4057). + +- Fix issues with dead key accents (bug 11183). + +- Fix disappearance of blue (language) line in some situations. + +- Draw menu separator symbol according to text direction. + +- Improve automatic removal of extra spaces, aka DEPM (bug 10503). + +- Avoid white space before math completion (bug 11283). + +- View and change Plural, Capitalization, and No Prefix options for + cross-references from the context menu (bug 11070). + +- Don't step counters in deleted material (bug 11135). + +- Fix display of raster graphics with viewports (bug 11180). + +- Fix some missing screen updates (bug 11323, regression in 2.3.1). + +- Allow adjustment of margin settings in InsetLayout (bug 10177). + +- Fix suprious comma in book and thesis bib preview (bug 11272). + +- Merge paragraphs when pasted into an inset that forbids multiple + paragraphs (bug 8281). + +- Fix display issue of individual pre- and posttext in citation dialog + (biblatex only) (bug 11352). + +- Fix display of overset, underset, and stackrel insets (bug 11367). + +- Avoid extra space at the end of tooltips (bug 11353). + +- Show cursor correctly when loading file (bug 11377). + + +* TEX2LYX + +- Consider required modules when checking for layout definitions in modules + (bug 11156). + +- Fix import of Arabic polyglossia environment (part of bug 10111). + +- Fix import of unknown commands'/environments' options (bug 8685). + + +* BUILD/INSTALLATION + +- Fix linker options for Mac builds to avoid failures when running + install_name_tool on Mac to create relocatable binaries using the + bundled private frameworks. -The LyX team.