X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=7f0375300255654c01a6b258d9c14ba07be7a1f7;hb=a4d9315bc49445e4419b3b59fd238a13c5f7be31;hp=44f8be0a25b90cfd7d6e5b36efa84033dc238833;hpb=5690196b3dd1502723f2175c6cfc366391895e86;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 44f8be0a25..7f03753002 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,224 +1 @@ -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 ------------------ - -- There have been changes to some often used menu items. - - The following menu items moved from View to Document: - * View (Default format) - * View (Other formats) - * Update (Default format) - * Update (Other formats) - - The following menu item moved from Document to View: - * Outline -> Outline Pane - -- 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 in memory as a hidden document (that can be - shown again through the View->Hidden-> submenu). - - A new configurable preference option has been added, allowing for - either (close_buffer_with_last_view). - -- There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following - new options have been added: - - --export-to (-E ) - - 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 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 pref variables were added in 2.1: - -- \\close_buffer_with_last_view [yes|no|ask] - When the user closes the last view on a document, close the - document as well ("yes"), or hide the document ("no"), or ask - the user ("ask"). - -- \\completion_minlength - Defines the minimal length of a word to be added to the list of - words for text completion. - -- \\default_length_unit - Defines the default length unit: 2 for centimers, 6 for inches. - -- \\default_otf_view_format - Defines the default output format for documents with non-tex - fonts (OpenType fonts). - -- \\texinputs_prefix - Defines the prefix for the TEXINPUTS environment variable. A - single '.' in the paths will get replaced with the current - document dir and also non-absolute paths will be prefixed with - that dir. - - The default semantics of TEXINPUTS apply, such that, for example, - if a path is terminated with a double slash, all subdirectories - will also be searched by both the TeX engine and ancillary programs - such as dvi previewers or dvips. - - (see also commit 1717ef20) - -- \\use_qimage - See Caveats section below. - -- \\use_system_theme_icons - If set to true, LyX tries to use the theme icons as defined by - the OS. - - -The following pref variables were changed in 2.1: - -- \\mac_like_word_movement -> \\mac_like_cursor_movement - When this option is set, the cursor is now moved to the end of - the current paragraph on paragraph-down. The pref variable was - renamed to better reflect this new behaviour. - - -The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.1: - -- \\default_language and \\default_papersize - To set the default language and paper size for new documents, use - the "Save As Document Defaults" button in Document > Settings. - - -The following new LyX functions have been introduced: - -- ipa-insert - Inserts an IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) inset. - -- ipamacro-insert - Inserts special IPA macros into the document. can be - one of 'tone-falling', 'tone-rising', 'tone-high-rising', - 'tone-low-rising', 'tone-high-rising-falling', 'deco bottomtiebar', - 'deco toptiebar'. - -- spelling-continuously - Toggles continuous spell-checking. - -- vc-rename -- vc-copy - Renames or copies a file under version control. - -- buffer-forall - Applies to all non-hidden buffers. - -- environment-split - Splits the current environment with a Separator. - -- branch-master-activate -- branch-master-deactivate - Activates or deactivates a branch in a master document from within - a child (as opposed to the existing branch-[de]activate, which - toggle the branch in the document itself). - -- buffer-export-as - Equivalent to the new -export-to command-line switch (see above). - -- 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. - -- 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 changed: - -- close-tab-group was renamed to tab-group-close. - -- split-view was renamed to view-split. - -- break-paragraph was renamed to paragraph-break. - -- copy-label-as-reference was renamed to label-copy-as-reference. - - -The following LyX key bindings have been changed: - -- The binding "C-w" was moved from "buffer-close" to "view-close" - (only in cua.bind). - -- sciword.bind was changed significantly (see #8364). The most important - change is that "math-delim" commands now work under Windows. - -The following LyX documents have been moved: - -- 'AEA', 'JASA', 'springer', 'ACM-siggraph', and 'thesis' have been moved - from templates to examples (see #8643). - - -The following metadata files have been added to the tarball: - -- Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been - included in the tarball. - -- AppData file (appdata.xml). It will not be installed by default and - distribution maintainers need to handle this file themselves. - - -Changes with respect to external programs and libraries: --------------------------------------------------------- - -- LyX now links 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. - -- LyX no longer uses gettext for handling the translation files. This - especially is an advantage on Windows, where translating strings is faster. - - -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 -------------------------------------------------------- - -- 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 the \\use_qimage preference - variable, which brings back the old way of painting (when set to false). - +The RELEASE-NOTES can be found in lib/RELEASE-NOTES.