X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=e21dfd9a7280010c270613693a1a4a4c031f8afb;hb=8a4455d459e52510b5c86dd872bcd8c65cc41903;hp=8d64d63a06dad5de243d7a1432a73ce7d063f892;hpb=8effd3eec4f9f143572875416ed8815e2a26cd12;p=lyx.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 8d64d63a06..e21dfd9a72 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -2,9 +2,8 @@ What's new in LyX version 1.1.6? -------------------------------- As with all of the 1.1.x versions of LyX, this release contains a lot -of new code: in particular, half of the changes described in the -ChangeLog (which dates back to the 1.1.0 release) describe changes in -LyX 1.1.6! +of new code: in particular, more than half of the changes described in +the ChangeLog (which dates back to the 1.1.0 release) concern LyX 1.1.6! Besides the usual under-the-hood changes, LyX 1.1.6 has many new user-visible features. The main visible feature is that the @@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ from the older development version: have been overhauled. - LyX now has a Preference popup where you can change most of your - lyxrc settings [Allan, details?] + lyxrc settings. - the menus can now be defined in a text file, and they automatically display the keyboard bindings associated with commands. @@ -52,11 +51,12 @@ Other major changes in 1.1.6 include: rendering when you do Ascii export if you have gifscii installed. - The code which converts from LyX format to anything else (for - viewing or exporting purposes) has been rewritten. In particular, the - PDF format is now supported. In fact it's now possible to add - new export formats without recompiling LyX by specifying external - programs or scripts in lyxrc settings (note that the old export lyxrc - settings no longer work). + viewing or exporting purposes) and from anything else to LyX has been + rewritten. In particular, it is now possible to export to PDF, and to + import from HTML/MSWord. In fact it's now possible to add new import/export + formats without recompiling LyX by specifying external programs or scripts + in lyxrc settings + (note that the old import/export lyxrc settings no longer work). - LyX can do command line exports without opening any GUI components. @@ -67,16 +67,19 @@ Other major changes in 1.1.6 include: have differently encoded languages in the same paragraph. The languages and the encodings are defined in text files. -- Improved support for Hebrew and Arabic (already present in 1.1.5fix2). +- Improved support for Hebrew and Arabic (also present in 1.1.5fix2). - included files work now with docbook and linuxdoc; new layout docbook-book. +- PSpell library and Aspell spell checker support now included thanks + largely to Kevin Atkinson (PSpell and Aspell maintainer). + And finally, there have been a lot of smaller changes, which are mentioned here for your information - the menu entry File->New does not prompt for a file name by default - (this can be changed in lyxrc). + (this can be changed in preferences). - new -geometry command line option, which replaces the old -width, -height, etc.