X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=39f162181ff6df0671d1e8c2ac9d63d46bbc98fd;hb=c02c03ce8111d1d920ed65f61b7f538aee2fcd20;hp=4c170dfc5b5738c821ad50d03c55889518533ba3;hpb=970911abe6ae1a5b8310e4000d838875aba8bd07;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 4c170dfc5b..39f162181f 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,32 +1,145 @@ -This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.0.0, some -known problems in LyX 2.0.0 and some things you have to take into account -when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.0.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 following variables are obsoleted in 2.0 +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). -- \plaintext_roff_command (was not used anymore) -- \spell_command and \use_spell_lib (ispell support has been removed) +A new configurable preference option has been added, allowing for either +(close_buffer_with_last_view) -Known issues in version 2.0.0 ------------------------------ +There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following new +options have been added: +-export-to (-E ) -Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x -------------------------------------------------------- + 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 Advanced Find and Replace feature now supports cancel of a long +search operation by hitting the ESC key. + +The following pref variables were changed in 2.1: + +- \\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"). + +The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.1: + +- \\default_language +- \\default_papersize + +To set the default language and paper size for new documents, use the +"Save As Document Defaults" button in Document > Settings. + +The format pdf aka "PDF (ps2pdf)" was split in two formats: pdf aka +"PDF (ps2pdf)" and pdf6 aka "PDF (graphics)". pdf6 is used for PDF files +included as graphics. Custom external templates and converters might need +to be adjusted. The format split was needed since otherwise an odt->pdf +converter which is intended for included graphics only did interfere with +document export via ps2pdf. + +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_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_BUFFER_EXPORT_AS + Equivalent to the new -export-to command-line switch (see above). + +- 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_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) + +The following LyX functions have been removed: + +//template, remove this entry later on +- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead. +The following LyX functions have been changed: +//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_SPIT_VIEW ("split-view") was renamed to + LFUN_VIEW_SPLIT ("view-split"). + +- LFUN_BREAK_PARAGRAPH ("break-paragraph") was renamed to + LFUN_PARAGRAPH_BREAK ("paragraph-break"). + +The following LyX key bindings have been changed: + +//template, remove this entry later on +- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD ("math-macro-fold") + The binding to "C-minus" has changed to "C-S-underscore". + +- The binding "C-w" was moved from "buffer-close" to "view-close" + (only in cua.bind). + + +Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been included +into the tarball. + + +New external programs and libraries: +------------------------------------ + +- 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. + + +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). -TODO ----- -Somebody should create a rc2rc script... -http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/27531