X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=e9ea1dfddd9ede3550d6c508d7044a4702894f6f;hb=276fa4825dcfadb897cdee862f6902e3c1753443;hp=3d5d7469cd7d6e6f2489f603d58d3306c47aaf43;hpb=4985015e8939df78a8d29c31aa04bc28caa3a47f;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 3d5d7469cd..e9ea1dfddd 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,106 +1,62 @@ -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. +This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.2.0, some +known problems in LyX 2.2.0 and some things you have to take into account +when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.2.x series. Interface changes ----------------- -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). -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: +The following pref variables were added in 2.2: --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 following pref variables were changed in 2.2: -The following pref variables were changed in 2.1: -- \\close_buffer_with_last_view [yes|no|ask] - When user closes the last view on a document, close the document - as well ("yes"), or hide the document ("no"), or ask the user - ("ask"). -The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.1: +The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.2: -- \\default_language -- \\default_papersize +- \\rtl + This variable was introduced to guard against any bad consequence of + the then-new right-to-left languages support. It is no longer needed + because of improvements. Now right-to-left support is always enabled. -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: +The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.2: -- LFUN_BUFFER_EXPORT_AS - Equivalent to the new -export-to command-line switch (see above). -- 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 in 2.2: -The following LyX functions have been removed: -//template, remove this entry later on -- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead. +The following LyX key bindings have been changed in 2.2: -The following LyX functions have been changed: +- "C-a" is now bound to "inset-select-all" and "C-M-a" is now + bound to the old function (a command-sequence to select the + entire buffer). -//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. - -The following LyX key bindings have been changed: +The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.2: -//template, remove this entry later on -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD ("math-macro-fold") - The binding to "C-minus" has changed to "C-S-underscore". -Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been included -into the tarball. +The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.2: -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. +Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.2: +-------------------------------------------------------- -Known issues in version 2.1.0 +- LyX is not yet supposed to work with Qt5. It is advised to compile and + run LyX against Qt 4.8.x. On Windows, Qt 4.8.5 suffers from a bug that + breaks the use of shortcuts, so on Windows Qt 4.8.4 is advised. + + +Known issues in version 2.2.0 ----------------------------- - LyX needs to be run under Python 2 and will not work properly on systems @@ -108,11 +64,7 @@ Known issues in version 2.1.0 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 RC_USE_QIMAGE variable, which brings back -the old way of painting (when set to false). +Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.2.x +-------------------------------------------------------