X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=a06afb54c1a4cb969751f87c373ecb6f86071fb7;hb=7134b5ebba33e446314175bc6312572326d9df2a;hp=4c170dfc5b5738c821ad50d03c55889518533ba3;hpb=970911abe6ae1a5b8310e4000d838875aba8bd07;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 4c170dfc5b..a06afb54c1 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -8,25 +8,280 @@ been applied because of incomplete testing. Interface changes ----------------- -The following variables are obsoleted in 2.0 +There have been some changes to the LyX command line. There is a new option +"--batch" that causes LyX to run the given commands without opening a GUI +window. Thus, something like: + lyx -batch -x "buffer-print printer default dvips" myfile.lyx +will cause LyX to print myfile.lyx to the default printer, using dvips and +the default print settings (which, of course, have to have been configured +already). At present, not many commands can be used this way, but there will +be more eventually. + +A bash completion script was added to the tarball. + +We have introduced a new flag to decide whether or not a given "document" +format shall be listed in the File > Export menu. This was necessary since +this menu got too large. If the flag "menu=export" is not explicitly set, +the formats are not included in the menu. This means that you might need +to click "Show in export menu" in Preferences > File Formats for your +customized file formats if you want them to appear in the menu. +Note, though, that you still can export to any possible format via +File > Export > More Formats and Options ... + +The following pref variables were changed in 2.0: + +- \language_package was renamed to \language_custom_package + +- \language_use_babel (bool) has been replaced by + \language_package_selection, which can be + 0 (automatic selection) + 1 (always use babel) + 2 custom (use the custom package defined by + \language_custom_package) + 3 none (equivalent to former \language_use_babel false) + +The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.0: - \plaintext_roff_command (was not used anymore) -- \spell_command and \use_spell_lib (ispell support has been removed) + +- \personal_dictionary, \spell_command, \use_input_encoding, + \use_personal_dictionary and \use_spell_lib (ispell support has been + removed) + +- \spellchecker_use_alt_lang and \use_escape_chars (actually not used + by the UI, and it is as simple to check whether the relevant + variable is empty) + +- \custom_export_command and \custom_export_format + + +The following new LyX functions have been introduced: + +- LFUN_WORD_FINDAD ("word-findadv"). + +- LFUN_REGEXP_MODE ("regexp-mode"). + +- LFUN_PHANTOM_INSERT ("phantom-insert"). + +- LFUN_INSET_BEGIN ("inset-begin"). + +- LFUN_INSET_END (""inset-end""). + +- LFUN_INSET_BEGIN_SELECT ("inset-begin-select"). + +- LFUN_INSET_END_SELECT ("inset-end-select"). + +- LFUN_CHANGE_PREVIOUS ("change-previous"). + +- LFUN_LABEL_INSERT_AS_REF ("label-insert-as-reference"). + +- LFUN_SECTION_SELECT ("section-select"). + +- LFUN_FONT_UNDERLINE ("font-underline"). + +- LFUN_FONT_STRIKEOUT ("font-strikeout"). + +- LFUN_FONT_UULINE ("font-underunderline"). + +- LFUN_FONT_UWAVE ("font-underwave"). + +- LFUN_BRANCHES_RENAME ("branches-rename"). + +- LFUN_BRANCH_ADD_INSERT ("branch-add-insert"). + +- LFUN_BUFFER_CLOSE_ALL ("buffer-close-all"). + +- LFUN_INSET_FORALL ("inset-forall"). + +- LFUN_DEBUG_LEVEL_SET ("debug-level-set"). + +- LFUN_INSET_SELECT_ALL ("inset-select-all"). + +- LFUN_MATH_AMS_MATRIX ("math-ams-matrix"). + +- LFUN_VC_COMPARE ("vc-compare"). + +- LFUN_SPELLING_ADD ("spelling-add"). + +- LFUN_SPELLING_IGNORE ("spelling-ignore"). + +- LFUN_SPELLING_REMOVE ("spelling-remove"). + +- LFUN_PREVIEW_INSERT ("preview-insert"). + +- LFUN_FORWARD_SEARCH ("forward-search"). + +- LFUN_INSET_COPY_AS ("inset-copy-as"). + +- LFUN_BUFFER_TOGGLE_OUTPUT_SYNC ("buffer-toggle-output-sync"). + + +The following LyX functions have been removed: + +- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead. + +- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_MODIFY ("next-inset-modify"): use "inset-modify" instead. + +- LFUN_PARAGRAPH_SPACING ("paragraph-spacing"): use "paragraph-params" instead. + +- LFUN_NOTES_MUTATE ("notes-mutate"): replace + notes-mutate + with the more general function inset-forall + inset-forall Note: inset-modify note Note + +- LFUN_ALL_INSETS_TOGGLE ("all-insets-toggle"): replace + all-insets-toggle + all-insets-toggle + with the more generic function inset-forall + inset-forall inset-toggle + inset-forall * inset-toggle + There is a difference in the parameter, which is would be + like "note" in the first case and "Note" in the second. + +- LFUN_TABULAR_FEATURE ("tabular-feature"): use "inset-modify" instead. + I.e., "tabular-feature FEATURE " becomes: + inset-modify tabular FEATURE + +- LFUN_LINE_INSERT ("line-insert"): use "inset-insert line" instead. For + something close to the previous default, use: + inset-insert line rule height 0.25ex width 100col% \\end_inset + This is necessary because the line inset now takes various arguments. + +- LFUN_TOC_INSERT ("toc-insert"): use "inset-insert toc" instead. + + +The following LyX functions have been changed: + +- 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_WORD_REPLACE ("word-replace"): The replacement and searched strings + arguments have been inverted in order to allow the replacement of the word + at current cursor position, even if it is not selected. + +- LFUN_OPTIONAL_INSERT ("optional-insert") has been renamed LFUN_ARGUMENT_INSERT + ("argument-insert"). + + +The following LyX key bindings have been changed: + +- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD ("math-macro-fold") + The binding to "C-minus" has changed to "C-S-underscore". + +- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_UNFOLD ("math-macro-unfold") + The binding to "C-plus" has changed to "C-S-asterisk". + + +New external programs and libraries: +------------------------------------ + +LyX 2.0 introduces support for some new external helper programs/libraries, +while the support for some existing programs has been dropped. This +particularly applies to spell checking and the thesaurus. + +1.) SPELLCHECKING: + +* Direct support for ispell and hspell has been dropped. However, ispell + and hspell are still accessible via the enchant wrapper (see below). + +* Support for the aspell command line program has been dropped. Note that + the aspell library (aspell 0.60.x) is still supported. + +* As well as the aspell library, LyX now also supports hunspell (the spell + checker used by OpenOffice and Firefox) and enchant, a wrapper that + provides automatic access to many spell checking libraries (ispell, + aspell, hspell, hunspell, etc.). + +* On Mac OSX, Apple's Spell Server is preconfigured as the "native" spell + checker. + +LyX 2.0 is configured for any and all of these three possibilities, +given that the various libraries are installed on the machine where LyX is +configured. The actual spell checker can be selected in Tools > Preferences. +Packagers are advised to pre-select whatever is most common on their +platform/distribution. + +2.) THESAURUS: + +* Support for the aiksaurus library has been dropped in favour of the + MyThes thesaurus library (the thesaurus library used by OpenOffice). + +* LyX ships the MyThes library itself, so unlike in LyX 1.6.x, no extra + thesaurus library needs to be installed. However, LyX does not ship any + thesaurus dictionaries, and those do have to be installed separately. + +* The OpenOffice thesaurus dictionaries can be used, but the path to those + dictionaries needs to be set in Tools > Preferences. Please refer to the + UserGuide, sec. 6.13, for further instructions. + +Packagers are advised to preset the thesaurus for their distribution/ +platform. Packagers of installation bundles (on Windows and the Mac) +are advised to provide automatic installation of thesaurus dictionaries +in the installation process (analoguous to the spellchecker installation). + +3.) LILYPOND: + +There is now direct support for Lilypond-book. Note that LyX requires at +least version 2.14 for proper work. + +4.) INSTANT PREVIEW: + +Make sure that dv2dt (often part of LaTeX distributions) is installed +on your system. Instant preview wil be disabled if dv2dt is not found. + Known issues in version 2.0.0 ----------------------------- +- 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 2.0.x ------------------------------------------------------- +- The syntax of the languages file has been changed. If you use a modified + languages file, you will need to adapt it to the new syntax, as LyX 2.0 + is not able to read old languages file anymore. + Please refer to the beginning of the languages file for an explanation + of the new syntax. +- There has been a large change in how Flex insets are named. Previously, + they tended to have names like "CharStyle:Noun". Now, they just have + names like "Flex:Noun" (where "Flex" is a namespace that is optional). + When LyX 2.0 reads older files, it silently converts the old-style names + to new-style names; this direction works perfectly. It will also silently + revert new-style names to old-style names, when exporting to 1.6.x format, + but only for the pre-defined LyX insets. This means that user-defined flex + insets will not be properly reverted. + To solve this problem, you can modify the file $LYXDIR/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_0.py. + In that file, you will find the following: + flex_insets = { + "Alert" : "CharStyle:Alert", + "Code" : "CharStyle:Code", + "Concepts" : "CharStyle:Concepts", + "E-Mail" : "CharStyle:E-Mail", + "Emph" : "CharStyle:Emph", + "Expression" : "CharStyle:Expression", + "Initial" : "CharStyle:Initial", + "Institute" : "CharStyle:Institute", + "Meaning" : "CharStyle:Meaning", + "Noun" : "CharStyle:Noun", + "Strong" : "CharStyle:Strong", + "Structure" : "CharStyle:Structure", + "ArticleMode" : "Custom:ArticleMode", + "Endnote" : "Custom:Endnote", + "Glosse" : "Custom:Glosse", + "PresentationMode" : "Custom:PresentationMode", + "Tri-Glosse" : "Custom:Tri-Glosse" + } + This is a map form new-style names (minux "Flex") to old-style names (and + there is a similar for DocBook elements). To get a user-defined CharStyle + to revert properly, it simply needs to be added to this list. Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes -TODO ----- -Somebody should create a rc2rc script... -http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/27531