X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=e9ea1dfddd9ede3550d6c508d7044a4702894f6f;hb=a88e6e1ea5861f8275adbe4c962c2629fb482613;hp=cb45cd23450acba17730d59abc22a4177bd3e2e8;hpb=af331179879921d3f190df894acd377b2f9e0b5b;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index cb45cd2345..e9ea1dfddd 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,62 +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 ----------------- -There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following new -options have been added: --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. +The following pref variables were added in 2.2: -The following pref variables were changed in 2.0: -The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.0: -The following new LyX functions have been introduced: +The following pref variables were changed in 2.2: -//template, remove this entry later on -- LFUN_BUFFER_TOGGLE_OUTPUT_SYNC ("buffer-toggle-output-sync"). -The following LyX functions have been removed: +The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.2: -//template, remove this entry later on -- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead. +- \\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. -The following LyX functions have been changed: +The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.2: -//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: -//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 following LyX functions have been changed in 2.2: -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. +The following LyX key bindings have been changed in 2.2: +- "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). -Known issues in version 2.0.0 + +The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.2: + + + +The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.2: + + + +Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.2: +-------------------------------------------------------- + + +- 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 @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Known issues in version 2.0.0 this properly, since simple sheebang conversion in *.py files will not be enough. -Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.1.x + +Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.2.x -------------------------------------------------------