X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=b5c50b6a42c0041096db55fb1cc92da0a17a81fd;hb=06e19de13b8297620890736acdcfaf6e54a1ea77;hp=428b4fe58adf66c97ce127ceca4e27b4ec011be1;hpb=11441c85605e023e7c9a0a5d78cd608b6b5e1321;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 428b4fe58a..b5c50b6a42 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,77 +1,123 @@ -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 lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.0.0, some +known problems in LyX 2.0.0 and some things you have to take into account +when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.0.x series. +Note that fixes are available for some 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 version, 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 nust be valid UTF-8 strings. One way of doing the conversion -is to use iconv. Using bash, the script below should work: - -cd /path/to/layouts -for l in * -do - cp $l tmp.txt - iconv -f latin1 -t utf8 tmp.txt -o $l -done -rm 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). +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. + +The following variables are obsoleted in 2.0 + +- \plaintext_roff_command (was not used anymore) + +- \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"). + + +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 + +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. + +Known issues in version 2.0.0 +----------------------------- + + +Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x +------------------------------------------------------- + + 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 + +- some summary about 3rd party programs additions/removals should be + written for packagers (eg aiksauraus, libtool). +