X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=e9ea1dfddd9ede3550d6c508d7044a4702894f6f;hb=a88e6e1ea5861f8275adbe4c962c2629fb482613;hp=d77710164772cc40459cb96fb3fd12acbf4a46be;hpb=319ca061675e7322ab21c615374e22cbefe9c6cf;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index d777101647..e9ea1dfddd 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,194 +1,70 @@ -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. +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. 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. -Bash completion script was added to the tarball. -The following variables are obsoleted in 2.0 +The following pref variables were added in 2.2: -- \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) +The following pref variables were changed in 2.2: -- \custom_export_command and \custom_export_format -The following new LyX functions have been introduced: +The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.2: -- LFUN_WORD_FINDAD ("word-findadv"). +- \\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. -- LFUN_REGEXP_MODE ("regexp-mode"). -- LFUN_PHANTOM_INSERT ("phantom-insert"). +The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.2: -- LFUN_INSET_BEGIN ("inset-begin"). -- LFUN_INSET_END (""inset-end""). -- LFUN_INSET_BEGIN_SELECT ("inset-begin-select"). +The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.2: -- LFUN_INSET_END_SELECT ("inset-end-select"). -- LFUN_CHANGE_PREVIOUS ("change-previous"). -- LFUN_LABEL_INSERT_AS_REF ("label-insert-as-reference"). +The following LyX key bindings have been changed in 2.2: -- LFUN_SECTION_SELECT ("section-select"). +- "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). -- LFUN_FONT_UNDERLINE ("font-underline"). -- LFUN_FONT_STRIKEOUT ("font-strikeout"). +The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.2: -- LFUN_FONT_UULINE ("font-underunderline"). -- LFUN_FONT_UWAVE ("font-underwave"). -- LFUN_BRANCHES_RENAME ("branches-rename"). +The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.2: -- LFUN_BRANCH_ADD_INSERT ("branch-add-insert"). -- LFUN_BUFFER_CLOSE_ALL ("buffer-close-all"). -- LFUN_INSET_FORALL ("inset-forall"). +Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.2: +-------------------------------------------------------- -- LFUN_DEBUG_LEVEL_SET ("debug-level-set"). -- LFUN_INSET_SELECT_ALL ("inset-select-all"). +- 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. -- LFUN_MATH_AMS_MATRIX ("math-ams-matrix"). -- LFUN_VC_COMPARE ("vc-compare"). - -- LFUN_SPELLING_ADD ("spelling-add"). - -- LFUN_SPELLING_IGNORE ("spelling-ignore"). - -- LFUN_PREVIEW_INSERT ("preview-insert"). - -- LFUN_FORWARD_SEARCH ("forward-search"). - -- LFUN_INSET_COPY_AS ("inset-copy-as"). - - -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. - - -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"). - - -New external programs and libaries: ------------------------------------ - -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. - -* Next to 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.). - -LyX 2.0 is configured for any and multiple of these three possibilities, -given that they are installed on the machine where LyX is configured on. -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 contrary to LyX 1.6.x, no - extra thesaurus library needs to be installed. However, LyX does not - ship any thesaurus dictionary. - -* The OpenOffice thesaurus dictionaries can be used, but the path to those - dictionary 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 disctionaries -in the installation process (analoguous to the spellchecker installation). - - -Known issues in version 2.0.0 +Known issues in version 2.2.0 ----------------------------- - -Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x -------------------------------------------------------- - +- 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 2.2.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