X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=87bdabbd86f71d1333a36bdda61d4a3665b09a94;hb=5a4059e74bd62e71516aabe99dba5cadefdfeda7;hp=087f3dcca1d2008d3c5a5cd986aba36e21cb9d8b;hpb=d83603245f285318f7476d901c8852b222a1b7a2;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 087f3dcca1..87bdabbd86 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -8,9 +8,17 @@ been applied because of incomplete testing. 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. +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. + +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. Some of the LyX functions have changed names: @@ -23,14 +31,16 @@ Some of the LyX functions have changed names: has been replaced by "specialchar-insert ligature-break" * LFUN_DOTS_INSERT: removed. "dots-insert" has been replaced by "specialchar-insert dots" - * LFUN_END_OF_SENTENCE_PERIOD_INSERT: removed. "end-of-sentence-period-insert" - has been replaced by "specialchar-insert end-of-sentence" + * LFUN_END_OF_SENTENCE_PERIOD_INSERT: removed. + "end-of-sentence-period-insert" has been replaced by + "specialchar-insert end-of-sentence" * LFUN_MENU_SEPARATOR_INSERT: removed. "menu-separator-insert" has been replaced by "specialchar-insert menu-separator" -- The function LFUN_BREAK_LINE, "break-line" has been renamed to LFUN_NEWLINE_INSERT, - "newline-insert", and it now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 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 function LFUN_PAGEBREAK_INSERT, "pagebreak-insert" has been renamed to LFUN_NEWPAGE_INSERT, "newpage-insert". It obsololetes the following functions: @@ -57,19 +67,21 @@ Some of the LyX functions have changed names: 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" +- 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 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 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. @@ -88,6 +100,10 @@ The following new LyX functions have been introduced: - LFUN_COMPLETION_COMPLETE, "complete". +- LFUN_COMPLETION_CANCEL, "completion-cancel" + +- LFUN_COMPLETION_ACCEPT, "completion-accept" + - LFUN_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP, "close-tab-group". - LFUN_SPLIT_VIEW, "split-view". @@ -154,8 +170,6 @@ The following new LyX functions have been introduced: - LFUN_SET_GRAPHICS_GROUP, "set-graphics-group" -- LFUN_GRAPHICS_GROUPS_UNIFY, "graphics-groups-unify" - - LFUN_BRANCH_ACTIVATE, "branch-activate" - LFUN_BRANCH_DEACTIVATE, "branch-deactivate" @@ -167,7 +181,18 @@ The following new LyX functions have been introduced: - LFUN_NOTES_MUTATE, "notes-mutate" -The following new LyX functions have been removed: +- LFUN_FONT_BOLDSYMBOL, "font-boldsymbol" + This is the same as LFUN_FONT_BOLD except that in math mode \boldsymbol + is used instead of \mathbf. + +- LFUN_COMMAND_ALTERNATIVES, "command-alternatives" + This works similarly to command-sequence, except that instead of running + each of the commands, it only runs the first one that is enabled. This can + be used to bind multiple functions to a single key, and then which one is + used will depend upon the context. + + +The following LyX functions have been removed: - LFUN_FILE_NEW. @@ -198,14 +223,22 @@ The following new LyX functions have been removed: - LFUN_MATH_IMPORT_SELECTION. Use LFUN_MATH_MODE instead. +- LFUN_BIBITEM_INSERT. -For the detailed description of LyX functions look into doxygen documentation. +For the detailed description of LyX functions look under the Help menu. Known issues in version 1.6.0 ------------------------------------ -- ... +- 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). Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 1.6.x