X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=7d90ef2657da7f5136c6dda9d6ef3f5fb2d4fa6d;hb=9c59de3c6795e124e26e9603bddd355f172eec51;hp=9db6b9254cb66419c15f96bb8465ebdd57794a5a;hpb=7b0e52d4d4b1d74611c67cf775bca8169bac15d2;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 9db6b9254c..7d90ef2657 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,49 +1,92 @@ -Known issues with version 1.4.0 --------------------------------- +This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 1.5.0 and +also some known problems in LyX 1.5.0 that did not occur in +1.4.5. Note that fixes are available for many of these, but they have +not yet been applied because of incomplete testing. -This file describes some known problems in LyX 1.4.0 that did not -occur in 1.3.7. Note that fixes are available for many of these, but -they have not yet been applied because of incomplete testing. -** Noticeable delays when editing a large document +Interface changes +----------------- -- exiting a math formula with the keyboard. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2217 +Some of the LyX functions have changed names : -- creating/deleting paragraphs. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2287 -** Change tracking +Known issues with version 1.5.0 +------------------------------------ -- Breaking a paragraph is not supported. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=880 +- User layout files must be converted to UTF-8 -- Delete key does not move the cursor to the next character. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2185 - -- Pasted text inserted wrong after switch of change tracking state. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2207 +In previous versions, layout styles were allowed to use non-ASCII names +using the local encodings. LyX-1.5 now assumes that all layout files are +UTF-8 encoded. This means that non-ASCII style names are still allowed +but they must be valid UTF-8 strings. One way of doing the conversion +is to use iconv. Using bash, the script below should work: -- First change is skipped is "Merges changes..." dialog. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2212 +#! /bin/sh -** User Interface +cd /path/to/layouts +for l in * +do + cp "$l" tmp.txt + iconv -f latin1 -t utf8 tmp.txt -o "$l" +done +rm -f tmp.txt -- Shift-PageDown and Shift-PageUp key combinations work only if there - is an already active selection. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2119 +- Cursor restoration problems with Multiple-View -- First incorrect word is skipped when spell checking. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2218 +When using multiple Windows to edit different parts of the +same document, the cursor position is sometimes not correctly restored +when you switch from one view to the other. -- Font changes do not apply to tables inside the selection when - making latex. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1973 +- Languages/encodings and insets -- Bookmarks and links to LaTeX errors are broken after paragraph - deletion/insertion. - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2284 - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2242 +One of the bugs fixed in LyX 1.5.0 is that previously, there were certain +specific cases in which the LaTeX generated did not correctly reflect +language/encoding transitions in and around insets (footnotes, LyX notes). +After much deliberation, it was decided not to change older files such that +they will still reflect the old LaTeX output; rather, they will now correctly +reflect the situation as it appears in the GUI. This means, however, that if +you mangled the text in the GUI in the older versions, in order that it +generate the correct LaTeX output, the LaTeX will now generate the mangled +text. If this is problematic for you, please get in touch with us on the +developers mailing list, we do have some possible solutions for this. + +The effects of this will be more pronounced for RTL (Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi) +users --- though they affect users of other languages as well. + +- Inset encodings and Conversion from earlier LyX versions + +One of the main new features in version 1.5.0 is Unicode. As part of the +transition, lyx2lyx (the scripts used for converting back and forth between +different versions of the lyx files) converts old .lyx files, which may use +a number of different encodings, to UTF-8. This conversion depends on +correctly identifying the language of the text. There were previously some +edge-cases (insets embedded in different-language text type scenarios) in +which the language was incorrectly identified, which caused some text to +appear incorrectly after having upgraded from older versions. This has now been +fixed. Unfortunately, however, the fix cannot be applied to files which have +already been converted past format 249. So if you have already converted +your old files (using a development version or release candidate), this fix +won't help, unless you still have the originals lying around (and haven't +yet made too many changes to the newer versions ;) ). + +Generally, it is probably wise to keep a backup of the old version of your +files, at least until you are sure that the upgrade went smoothly (which it +almost always will). + +- RTL and keymaps + +Currently there is a bug where you can't use two non-RTL language keymaps if +the RTL preference is set (which is now the default). If you need to use two +non-RTL keymaps, for now you should just turn off the RTL preference (Tools -> +Preferences... -> Language settings -> Language, uncheck "Right-to-left +language support"). + +We hope to offer more comprehensive support for multiple keymaps in the future, +which will solve this bug, as well as allow more than just two keymaps. If you +have any input on this issue, please chime in on the developers mailing list, +or add your comments to http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4051. + + +Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at + http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes -- Instant preview figures are sometimes displaced - http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2167