X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=e0fdd5e24baa4391b95e290d693aa390c4311a4a;hb=978ecc33092206c9d3ffcead33af5442f3370a5b;hp=cb45cd23450acba17730d59abc22a4177bd3e2e8;hpb=af331179879921d3f190df894acd377b2f9e0b5b;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index cb45cd2345..e0fdd5e24b 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -6,57 +6,190 @@ when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.1.x series. Interface changes ----------------- -There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following new -options have been added: +- 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 --export-to (-E ) +- 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 into memory as a hidden document (that can + be shown again through the View->Hidden-> submenu). - 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. + A new configurable preference option has been added, allowing for + either (close_buffer_with_last_view). -The following pref variables were changed in 2.0: +- There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following + new options have been added: -The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.0: + -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. + +- Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been + included into the tarball. + +- 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 amnd 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 paragrah-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: -//template, remove this entry later on -- LFUN_BUFFER_TOGGLE_OUTPUT_SYNC ("buffer-toggle-output-sync"). +- LFUN_IPA_INSERT + Inserts an IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) inset. +- LFUN_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'. -The following LyX functions have been removed: +- LFUN_SPELLING_CONTINUOUSLY + Toggles continuous spell-checking. -//template, remove this entry later on -- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead. +- LFUN_VC_RENAME +- LFUN_VC_COPY + Renames or copies a file under version control. +- LFUN_BUFFER_FORALL + Applies the to all non-hidden buffers. -The following LyX functions have been changed: +- LFUN_ENVIRONMENT_SPLIT + Splits the current environment with a Separator. + +- LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_ACTIVATE + LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_DEACTIVATE + Activates or deactivates a branch in a master document from within + a child (as opposed to the existing LFUN_BRANCH_[DE]ACTIVATE, which + toggle the branch in the document itself). + +- LFUN_BUFFER_EXPORT_AS + Equivalent to the new -export-to command-line switch (see above). -//template, remove this entry later on -- 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_CLIPBOARD_PASTE_SIMPLE ("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. + +- LFUN_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: +- LFUN_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP ("close-tab-group") was renamed to + LFUN_TAB_GROUP_CLOSE ("tab-group-close"). + +- LFUN_SPIT_VIEW ("split-view") was renamed to + LFUN_VIEW_SPLIT ("view-split"). + +- LFUN_BREAK_PARAGRAPH ("break-paragraph") was renamed to + LFUN_PARAGRAPH_BREAK ("paragraph-break"). The following LyX key bindings have been changed: -//template, remove this entry later on -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD ("math-macro-fold") - The binding to "C-minus" has changed to "C-S-underscore". +- The binding "C-w" was moved from "buffer-close" to "view-close" + (only in cua.bind). + +Changes with respect to external programs and libraries: +-------------------------------------------------------- -New external programs and libraries: ------------------------------------- +- LyX links now 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 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. +- LyX no longer uses gettext for reading the translation files. This + especially has an advantage on Windows, reducing the time it takes to + find the correct translation. -Known issues in version 2.0.0 +Known issues in version 2.1.0 ----------------------------- - LyX needs to be run under Python 2 and will not work properly on systems @@ -67,3 +200,8 @@ Known issues in version 2.0.0 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). +