X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=2efe627f2c404285ea53cb885c4808e3e6c690a4;hb=2ffd130d2bc4b594ab64327479ace742f119b5ae;hp=2deb0b0adf94e9a83c679a7c8c802edf520b659d;hpb=6a30544088ecce0ef9432720a54d6cfb22af6e50;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 2deb0b0adf..2efe627f2c 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,233 +1,138 @@ -This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 1.6.0, some -known problems in LyX 1.6.0 and some things you have to take into account -when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 1.6.x series. -Note that fixes are available for some of these, but they have not yet -been applied because of incomplete testing. +This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.1.0, some +known problems in LyX 2.1.0 and some things you have to take into account +when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.1.x series. Interface changes ----------------- -The external template format recognize now a new tag: 'Preview'. This tag is -used to define how an external material should be previewed in LyX. For more -detail, see the 'external_templates' file in the resource directory of LyX. +Whenever the user closes a (tabbed) view on a document, either by +clicking on the tab close button, or by using the File->Close menu, +LyX now closes exclusively that specific view. If there are other +views showing the same document, they are not closed. When the user +closes the last view, LyX can be configured for either closing the +document, or keeping it into memory as a hidden document (that can be +shown again through the View->Hidden-> submenu). -LyX 1.6.0 introduces support for the pLaTeX distribution which provides extended -language and script support for Japanese. The language "Japanese" now uses this -new method. Japanese support via the CJK package is still available, but has been -renamed to "Japanese (CJK)". Old documents continue to use the CJK method. -Also cf. the "known issues" section for some remaining problems. +A new configurable preference option has been added, allowing for either +(close_buffer_with_last_view) -Some of the LyX functions have changed names: +There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following new +options have been added: -- A new LFUN_SPECIALCHAR_INSERT has been implemented that obsoletes the - different LFUNs for single special characters: +-export-to (-E ) - * LFUN_HYPHENATION_POINT_INSERT: removed. "hyphenation-point-insert" - has been replaced by "specialchar-insert hyphenation-point" - * LFUN_LIGATURE_BREAK_INSERT: removed. "ligature-break-insert" - has been replaced by "specialchar-insert ligature-break" - * LFUN_DOTS_INSERT: removed. "dots-insert" - has been replaced by "specialchar-insert dots" - * LFUN_END_OF_SENTENCE_PERIOD_INSERT: removed. "end-of-sentence-period-insert" - has been replaced by "specialchar-insert end-of-sentence" - * LFUN_MENU_SEPARATOR_INSERT: removed. "menu-separator-insert" - has been replaced by "specialchar-insert menu-separator" + Allows one to perform a batch export of the LyX file that is opened + to the specified destination file and format . + For example, to create a PDF of a LyX document, you can run: + lyx -export-to pdf /path/to/dest.pdf /path/to/source.lyx + See the manual page for details. + This functionality is also available via a new menu voice + Export->Export As..., that pops up a dialog allowing one to + choose the export format, as well as the destination pathname. + Also, it is available via the mini-buffer (or the -x switch) + through a proper new LFUN (see below). -- The function LFUN_BREAK_LINE, "break-line" has been renamed to LFUN_NEWLINE_INSERT, - "newline-insert", and it now allows two options: "newline-insert newline" inserts - a \newline, "newline-insert linebreak" inserts a \linebreak. +The Advanced Find and Replace feature now supports cancel of a long +search operation by hitting the ESC key. -- The function LFUN_PAGEBREAK_INSERT, "pagebreak-insert" has been renamed to - LFUN_NEWPAGE_INSERT, "newpage-insert". It obsololetes the following functions: +The following pref variables were changed in 2.1: - * LFUN_PAGEBREAK_INSERT: removed. "pagebreak-insert" has been replaced by - "newpage-insert pagebreak" +- \\close_buffer_with_last_view [yes|no|ask] + When user closes the last view on a document, close the document + as well ("yes"), or hide the document ("no"), or ask the user + ("ask"). - * LFUN_CLEARPAGE_INSERT: removed. "clearpage-insert" has been replaced by - "newpage-insert clearpage" +The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.1: - * LFUN_CLEARDOUBLEPAGE_INSERT: removed. "clearpage-insert" has been replaced - by "newpage-insert cleardoublepage" +- \\default_language +- \\default_papersize -- The function LFUN_WORDS_COUNT, "words-count", has been replaced by - LFUN_STATISTICS, "statistics", which counts more than words. - -- The function LFUN_MATH_NUMBER, "math-number", has been renamed to - LFUN_MATH_NUMBER_TOGGLE. - -- The function LFUN_MATH_NONUMBER, "math-nonumber", has been renamed to - LFUN_MATH_NUMBER_LINE_TOGGLE. - -- The function LFUN_CHARSTYLE_INSERT, "charstyle-insert", has been renamed to - LFUN_FLEX_INSERT, "flex-insert". It now handles beside charstyles, also - custom insets and XML short element insets. - -- The function LFUN_TOGGLE_CURSOR_FOLLOWS_SCROLLBAR, "toggle-cursor-follows-scrollbar" - has been renamed to LFUN_CURSOR_FOLLOWS_SCROLLBAR_TOGGLE, - "cursor-follows-scrollbar-toggle". - -- The function LFUN_FONT_CODE, "font-code", has been renamed to - LFUN_FONT_TYPEWRITER, "font-typewriter". - -- The functions LFUN_HTML_INSERT, "html-insert", LFUN_URL_INSERT, "url-insert" was - superseded by LFUN_HYPERLINK_INSERT, "href-insert". - -- The function LFUN_FLOAT_LIST has been renamed to LFUN_FLOAT_LIST_INSERT. - -- The functions delete-back/forward has been renamed to char-delete-back/forward. - -- The functions LFUN_FONT_FREE_APPLY/UPDATE has been renamed to - LFUN_TEXTSTYLE_APPLY/UPDATE. - -- The functions LFUN_SERVER_GET_NAME has been renamed to - LFUN_SERVER_GET_FILENAME. +To set the default language and paper size for new documents, use the +"Save As Document Defaults" button in Document > Settings. +The support for ArmTeX (a special typesetting engine for Armenian) was removed. +Writing text in Armenian is now possible in a native way using XeTeX. The following new LyX functions have been introduced: -- LFUN_SPECIALCHAR_INSERT, "specialchar-insert" (see above). - -- LFUN_COMPLETION_INLINE, "completion-inline". - -- LFUN_COMPLETION_POPUP, "completion-popup". - -- LFUN_COMPLETION_COMPLETE, "complete". - -- LFUN_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP, "close-tab-group". - -- LFUN_SPLIT_VIEW, "split-view". - -- LFUN_UI_TOGGLE, "ui-toggle". - -- LFUN_SCROLL, "scroll". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO, "math-macro". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_UNFOLD, "math-macro-unfold". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD, "math-macro-fold". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_ADD_PARAM, "math-macro-add-param". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_REMOVE_PARAM, "math-macro-remove-param". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_APPEND_GREEDY_PARAM, "math-macro-append-greedy-param". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_REMOVE_GREEDY_PARAM, "math-macro-remove-greedy-param". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_MAKE_OPTIONAL, "math-macro-make-optional". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_MAKE_NONOPTIONAL, "math-macro-make-nonoptional". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_ADD_OPTIONAL_PARAM, "math-macro-add-optional-param". - -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_REMOVE_OPTIONAL_PARAM, "math-macro-remove-optional-param". +- LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_ACTIVATE : + LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_DEACTIVATE : + Activates or deactivates a branch in a master document from within + a child (as opposed to the existing LFUN_BRANCH_[DE]ACTIVATE, which + toggle the branch in the document itself). -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_ADD_GREEDY_OPTIONAL_PARAM, "math-macro-add-greedy-optional-param". +- LFUN_BUFFER_EXPORT_AS + Equivalent to the new -export-to command-line switch (see above). -- LFUN_WORD_LEFT, "word-left". +- LFUN_CLIPBOARD_PASTE_SIMPLE ("clipboard-paste-simple") + Paste the clipboard contents as simple unformatted text. + This is also available through a new menu voice within the + [Edit]->[Paste Special...] sub-menu. -- LFUN_WORD_LEFT_SELECT, "word-left-select". +- LFUN_VIEW_CLOSE + Close the current document view only, if there are no more views + on the document, either close or hide it (see the new preference + option \\close_buffer_with_last_view) -- LFUN_WORD_RIGHT, "word-right". +The following LyX functions have been removed: -- LFUN_WORD_RIGHT_SELECT, "word-right-select". +//template, remove this entry later on +- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead. -- LFUN_CHAR_LEFT, "char-left". -- LFUN_CHAR_LEFT_SELECT, "char-left-select". +The following LyX functions have been changed: -- LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT, "char-right". +//template, remove this entry later on +- LFUN_INSET_TOGGLE ("inset-toggle"): For some insets, this function was used + to show the settings dialog. This is no longer possible and one should use + inset-settings for this purpose. + +- LFUN_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP_CLOSE ("close-tab-group") was renamed to + LFUN_TAB_GROUP_CLOSE ("tab-group-close"). -- LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT_SELECT, "char-right-select". +- LFUN_SPIT_VIEW ("split-view") was renamed to + LFUN_VIEW_SPLIT ("view-split"). -- LFUN_FINISHED_FORWARD, "". +- LFUN_BREAK_PARAGRAPH ("break-paragraph") was renamed to + LFUN_PARAGRAPH_BREAK ("paragraph-break"). -- LFUN_FINISHED_BACKWARD, "". +The following LyX key bindings have been changed: -- LFUN_INFO_INSERT, "info-insert". +//template, remove this entry later on +- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD ("math-macro-fold") + The binding to "C-minus" has changed to "C-S-underscore". -- LFUN_LAYOUT_RELOAD, "layout-reload". +- The binding "C-w" was moved from "buffer-close" to "view-close" + (only in cua.bind). -- LFUN_LAYOUT_MODULES_CLEAR, "layout-modules-clear". -- LFUN_LAYOUT_MODULE_ADD, "layout-module-add". +Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been included +into the tarball. -- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_MODIFY, "next-inset-modify" -- LFUN_INSET_EDIT, "inset-edit" - -- LFUN_SET_GRAPHICS_GROUP, "set-graphics-group" - -- LFUN_GRAPHICS_GROUPS_UNIFY, "graphics-groups-unify" - -- LFUN_BRANCH_ACTIVATE, "branch-activate" - -- LFUN_BRANCH_DEACTIVATE, "branch-deactivate" - These can be used in export mode to turn branches on and off. - Thus, something like: - lyx -e pdf2 -x "branch-activate answers" finalexam.lyx - could be used to export a pdf with the answers branch included, without - one's having to open LyX and activate the branch manually. - -- LFUN_NOTES_MUTATE, "notes-mutate" - -The following new LyX functions have been removed: - -- LFUN_FILE_NEW. - -- LFUN_BREAK_PARAGRAPH_KEEP_LAYOUT. - -- LFUN_FONT_CODE. - -- LFUN_HFILL_INSERT. HFills are now part of InsetSpace and have to be inserted - via "space-insert hfill". - -- LFUN_CLEARPAGE_INSERT. Now part of LFUN_NEWPAGE_INSERT (see above). - -- LFUN_CLEARDOUBLEPAGE_INSERT. Now part of LFUN_NEWPAGE_INSERT (see above). - -- LFUN_SERVER_GET_FONT. - -- LFUN_EXTERNAL_EDIT. Superseded by the more general LFUN_INSET_EDIT. - -- LFUN_GRAPHICS_EDIT. Superseded by the more general LFUN_INSET_EDIT. - -- LFUN_ACCENT_SPECIAL_CARON. - -- LFUN_INSET_REFRESH. - -- LFUN_BREAK_PARAGRAPH_SKIP, LFUN_DELETE_BACKWARD_SKIP, LFUN_DELETE_FORWARD_SKIP. - -- LFUN_ERROR_NEXT. - -- LFUN_MATH_IMPORT_SELECTION. Use LFUN_MATH_MODE instead. - -- LFUN_BIBITEM_INSERT. - -For the detailed description of LyX functions look into doxygen documentation. - - -Known issues in version 1.6.0 +New external programs and libraries: ------------------------------------ -- New pLaTeX support for Japanese: - * Documents using this method can be backported to 1.5 in pricipal, but - the backported documents are not guaranteed to work, since 1.5 falls - back to the CJK package; expect the output to differ. - * pLaTeX provides a Japanese variant of BibTeX named "jbibtex", which will - be selected automatically by LyX. If you run into problems with this or - if you need to use an alternative BibTeX program, you can change this - setting in the LyX preferences (Output->LaTeX->BibTeX command). +- LyX links now against libmagic (http://www.darwinsys.com/file/) if it is + available at compile time. This improves the file format detection of + included graphics and other files. The old builtin format detection code + is used if libmagic is not available. -Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 1.6.x -------------------------------------------------------- - +Known issues in version 2.1.0 +----------------------------- +- LyX needs to be run under Python 2 and will not work properly on systems + where Python 3 is the default binary. See bug #7030 to know how to fix + this properly, since simple sheebang conversion in *.py files will not + be enough. +Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.1.x +------------------------------------------------------- -Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at - http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes +In order to improve reported scrolling slowness, we changed the way screen +painting is done. This, however, can slow down the performance on remote +X connections and we provide RC_USE_QIMAGE variable, which brings back +the old way of painting (when set to false).