X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=7f0375300255654c01a6b258d9c14ba07be7a1f7;hb=0c7bd9a57f2a308bb9659200eda3b7e45f8d5d3c;hp=7d90ef2657da7f5136c6dda9d6ef3f5fb2d4fa6d;hpb=85cb15935814468655630bc40a26c7b51d90e51b;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 7d90ef2657..7f03753002 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,92 +1 @@ -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. - - -Interface changes ------------------ - -Some of the LyX functions have changed names : - - -Known issues with version 1.5.0 ------------------------------------- - -- User layout files must be converted to UTF-8 - -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: - -#! /bin/sh - -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 - -- Cursor restoration problems with Multiple-View - -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. - -- Languages/encodings and insets - -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 - +The RELEASE-NOTES can be found in lib/RELEASE-NOTES.