X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=762f31ade4802d2c6a631db6a7a4af9867787309;hb=a7ba04dbaf77af889006201172dc22f02e7b2307;hp=1567487be074302471ebd13844c1b0a660f1afa0;hpb=e0a8abcf961635797fc646220f1974e0b4e1c26b;p=lyx.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 1567487be0..762f31ade4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,9 +1,354 @@ -What's new in version 1.6.0beta3? +What's new in version 2.1.0? ---------------------------- +The new features in LyX 2.1 are detailed in +http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX21 + +* Native IPA inset and IPA toolbar +* New supported languages +* Tex Fonts Additions +* Basic support for Math OpenType fonts +* Document class categories +* Enhanced support for LaTeX options +* New supported LaTeX commands +* New export command-line option +* Table rotations +* Layout enhancements +* New modules +* Equation Editor "mode" + + +What's new in version 2.0.8? +---------------------------- + +LyX 2.0.8 is the final release in the 2.0 series. It is intended for +those who for some reason wish or need to continue using LyX 2.0.x. Most +users should upgrade to 2.1.0, which is being released simultaneously. + +This release incorporates a number of important bug fixes, almost all of +which are also in 2.1.0. Those that are not will be released with 2.1.1. +The most important feature of 2.0.8 is that it is capable of reading and +writing files from LyX 2.1.x. Files from the newer format should open in +LyX 2.0.8 without the user needing to do anything special. Files can be +exported to the 2.1.x format in the usual way: via File> Export. + + +What's new in version 2.0.7? +---------------------------- + +2.0.7 is another bug-fixing release. Most of these are minor, but there +is one that is very ipmortant: #8854, which could lead to file corruption +in certain cases and, more often, would lead to errors in generated +files (e.g., PDFs). We encourage all LyX users to upgrade to this +version. + +A number of other, less critical bugs have also been fixed. Please see +the ANNOUNCE file for details. + + +What's new in version 2.0.6? +---------------------------- + +This is a bug-fixing release, for the most part. Though, as it has been +almost six months since the last release, a lot of important bugs have +been fixed. Please see the ANNOUNCE file for details. + + +What's new in version 2.0.5? +---------------------------- + +The View>Source widget now allows you to select the backend to display, +e.g., LaTeX or XHTML, rather than the output format. The previous choice +really made no sense: You didn't see a PDF there if you chose one of the +PDF output formats, but rather LaTeX. This solves some long-standing issues +with View>Source. + +There has been an important change in how the "language" lfun works. + - "language " now toggles between languages + (status quo ante LyX 2.0.2) + - "language set" sets to language + (meaning of "language " as of LyX 2.0.2) + - "language [reset]" resets to the document language. + - Menu functions are unchanged. + + +What's new in version 2.0.4? +---------------------------- + +We have migrated our development from subversion to the git revision +control sytem. If you follow or maintain packaging of up-to-date versions +of LyX 2.0.x, you must switch to the new repository address: + git://git.lyx.org/lyx +Branch 2.0.x is the stable branch. See + http://www.lyx.org/HowToUseGIT +for details. + +Most of the improvements in 2.0.4 are bug fixes, some of them important. In +particular, we have fixed several crashes. The main outstanding problem is +the inability to cancel the background export process. Some improvement has +been made here, by updating the timeout mechanism, but more needs to be done, +and hopefully will be done for 2.0.5. + +There have been several updates to LyX's XHTML export routines. Work on this +will continue for 2.0.5. + + +What's new in version 2.0.3? +---------------------------- + +There have been several more updates to LyX's Sweave support. Work on this +is expected to continue through the 2.0.x series. + +LyX 2.0.3 still requires a python 2 interpreter, but steps have been taken +to avoid problems on systems where python 3 is the default python interpreter. +A python 2 interpreter is now automatically detected and used. Additionally, +byte-compiled python files changed their installation target. Distribution +maintainers are encouraged to verify their patch sets. + +There have again been several updates to the tex2lyx conversion script. Not +as many as with 2.0.2, but quite a few. + + +What's new in version 2.0.2? +---------------------------- + +There have been several improvements to LyX's ability to export documents +in the background, so the program does not freeze during compilation. We +hope to continue these improvements throughout the 2.0.x series. + +There have been major updates to the tex2lyx conversion script. Please see +below for the details. + +The ctex document classes, used for Chinese documents, are now supported +by LyX. + +Support for the Springer document classes has been updated for compatibility +with the lasest versions. This has the side-effect that files, created with +LyX 2.0.2 or future, using a Springer document class, will not be compilable +with LyX versions older than LyX 2.0.2. The same applies for files created +with LyX 1.6.10 or older that are saved with LyX 2.0.2 or future. + + +What's new in version 2.0.1? +---------------------------- + +We have fixed an unusually large number of bugs for this release and made +a number of improvements. All of these are detailed in the ANNOUNCE file. +We would like to highlight the improved handling of external files referenced +from ERT. This may cause issues for those who made use of the undocumented +\input@path hack. See the ANNOUNCE file again for how to do things the new +way. New methods for calling external scripts should also solve several issues +on Windows. + + +What's new in version 2.0.0? +---------------------------- + +The new features in LyX 2.0 are detailed in +http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20 + +* Advanced Search Facility +* Spell-checking on the Fly +* Compare Documents Feature +* XHTML Output +* Multilingual Thesaurus +* XeTeX Backend +* Multiple Indices Support +* Progress View and Debugging Pane +* Enhanced Instant Preview +* Forward Search for DVI/PDF Files +* Enhanced Version Control Features +* Typesetting in background + + +What's new in version 1.6.10? +------------------------------ +The most notable new feature of this version is that it is able to read and +import documents of our new stable series, LyX 2.0.x. This is for the benefit +of users who want to stick with LyX 1.6.x for the time being, but still want +to cooperate with users of the new version. Note that LyX 1.6.10 still +writes the 1.6 format, so it cannot produce (but only interpret) LyX 2.0's +new features. + + +What's new in version 1.6.9? +----------------------------- + +We have fixed yet another number of crashes that have been reported to us +and ironed out many small glitches. Also, some features and additions from +the forthcoming 2.x series, such as support for CVS revision control and a +new Swedish localization, have been backported to LyX 1.6.9. + + +What's new in version 1.6.8? +----------------------------- + +LyX 1.6.8 is the result of our ongoing efforts to make our stable version +even more reliable and stable. We have fixed crashes that have been +reported to us, ironed out many small glitches, further polished the user +interface, updated the documentation and added some new layouts. + + +What's new in version 1.6.7? +----------------------------- + +From the list of fixes and improvements, we'd like to highlight +particularly that this release irons out all known stability problems with +Qt 4.6. LyX 1.6.7 is our first release that is supposed to run smoothly +with Qt 4.6, so we urge all distributors who use that version to upgrade +LyX as well. + + +What's new in version 1.6.6.1? +------------------------------ + +The sole purpose of this release is to fix one glitch that was introduced +by LyX 1.6.6: The spellchecker missed further misspellings after applying +a correction. This was due to the fix to different bug that had to be +reverted. In any other respect, this release is identical to Lyx 1.6.6. + + +What's new in version 1.6.6? +----------------------------- + +The release features a long list of fixes and improvements. Yet a number +of crashes, reported by our users or our automatic stability testing +program, were fixed. Moreover, LyX was improved in many details. It also +introduces new features, such as support for the enchant spell checking +backend and for aspell language varieties (such as old and new German +spelling in parallel). + + +What's new in version 1.6.5? +----------------------------- + +The release comes with many fixes and improvements. A number of newly +reported crashes were fixed, new layouts and modules were included and +some long-standing requests were implemented (e.g., a working LyX +server on the Windows OS, finally enabling the communication with other +applications such as JabRef on this platform as well). + + +What's new in version 1.6.4.2? +------------------------------- + +The upgrade fixes recurring pseudo-crashes when running LyX on +Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard). + + +What's new in version 1.6.4.1? +------------------------------- + +The only change over release 1.6.4 is the fix of a regression on the Mac, +which made some dialogs (such as Preferences and About LyX) unaccessible +via the menu. Other platforms than the Mac were not affected by the issue. + + +What's new in version 1.6.4? +------------------------------- + +This is the fourth maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. This release +covers, amongst many minor improvements, fixes to some rather severe +issues, such as: + +* A workaround to a nasty problem in recent Qt versions (Qt 4.5.0 up to + 4.5.2) that made LyX crash if the document included images that were + scaled to certain sizes in the work area. +* Fixes to problems that might result in the loss of data. +* Many other stability improvements, thanks to a new debugging script that + helped to reveal uncovered critical bugs. +* Further fixes to the LaTeX importer (tex2lyx) and the conversion of + older LyX documents (lyx2lyx). + + +What's new in version 1.6.3? +------------------------------- + +This is the third maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. Besides the usual +improvements of stability, the highlights of this release are: + +* tex2lyx is now able to read files in all latex supported encodings and + transform them into the proper unicode-based format introduced in 1.5.0. + This paves the way for many other improvements in LaTeX->LyX translation +* The performance problems when editing a master with child documents have + been resolved. +* LyX 1.6.3 introduces some goodies provided by Qt 4.5 (menu support for + fullscreen mode in linux, close button on tabs). Of course these + improvements (as well as some Qt-related fixes) only show up if LyX is + compiled against Qt 4.5. + + +What's new in version 1.6.2? +------------------------------- + +This is the second maintenance release in the 1.6.x series. The release +fixes a large number of major and critical bugs that were reported by +users of LyX 1.6.0 and 1.6.1. Most notably, three bugs that might lead to +dataloss were detected and resolved. Furthermore, a number of crashes, +file conversion and LaTeX output problems are fixed. As a bonus, the +performance of the application has been improved, and the release also +introduces some new features and user interface improvements. + + +What's new in version 1.6.1? +------------------------------- + +This is the first maintenance release in the brand-new 1.6.x series, and +as such, it mainly focuses on bug fixes. We have ironed out some major +problems that slipped into the application in the wake of the new +features. + + +What's new in version 1.6.0? +------------------------------- + The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16 +* Multiple Work Areas +* Split Views +* User-formattable Collapsable Insets +* Layout Modules +* Layout combobox changes +* Support for the LaTeX package hyperref +* Support for hyperlinks and URLs +* Improved floats +* New implementation of math macros +* Completion popup +* Inset Tooltip +* Context Menu +* Symbols dialog +* Shortcut Configuration dialog +* Paste Graphics from the Clipboard +* "Visual mode" for bidirectional cursor movement +* Fullscreen mode +* Extended Outliner +* Session management +* Subversion support +* Graphics parameters groups +* LyX functions manual +* Multi-LFUN Keybindings + + +What's new in version 1.5.7? +---------------------------- + +This is the sixth maintenance release in the 1.5.x cycle and it is +expected to be the final release in this series, since a new series of +stable releases has just been introduced by our new major release, +LyX 1.6.0. Besides the obligatory bug fixes, the main feature of this +release is the ability to read files created by LyX 1.6.0 (this feature +requires python 2.3.4 or newer). + + +What's new in version 1.5.6? +---------------------------- + +This is the fifth maintenance release in the 1.5.x cycle that has been +started exactly one year ago. The aim of this release was to make LyX +even more robust and to solve some long-standing annoyances. Also, +further translation efforts have been made, and LyX now ships in 23 +languages. What's new in version 1.5.5? ----------------------------