X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=ed6d0c6726ee02a3d79246c90f45c03ef9022b53;hb=367c1f8483c341ca4c2dc8fe4e9a0106e6bd134b;hp=bad8a6ba805085dab21629c51c35f04a6895c70a;hpb=a648c39b70a85d8b9fd7a98c2501bec8fcb77ab1;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index bad8a6ba80..ed6d0c6726 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -19,7 +19,19 @@ be more eventually. Bash completion script was added to the tarball. -The following variables are obsoleted in 2.0 +The following pref variables were changed in 2.0: + +- \language_package was renamed to \language_custom_package + +- \language_use_babel (bool) has been replaced by + \language_package_selection, which can be + 0 (automatic selection) + 1 (always use babel) + 2 custom (use the custom package defined by + \language_custom_package) + 3 none (equivalent to former \language_use_babel false) + +The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.0: - \plaintext_roff_command (was not used anymore) @@ -92,6 +104,8 @@ The following new LyX functions have been introduced: - LFUN_INSET_COPY_AS ("inset-copy-as"). +- LFUN_BUFFER_TOGGLE_OUTPUT_SYNC ("buffer-toggle-output-sync"). + The following LyX functions have been removed: @@ -116,8 +130,15 @@ The following LyX functions have been removed: like "note" in the first case and "Note" in the second. - LFUN_TABULAR_FEATURE ("tabular-feature"): use "inset-modify" instead. + I.e., "tabular-feature FEATURE " becomes: + inset-modify tabular FEATURE -- LFUN_LINE_INSERT ("line-insert"): use "inset-insert line" instead. +- LFUN_LINE_INSERT ("line-insert"): use "inset-insert line" instead. For + something close to the previous default, use: + inset-insert line rule height 0.25ex width 100col% \\end_inset + This is necessary because the line inset now takes various arguments. + +- LFUN_TOC_INSERT ("toc-insert"): use "inset-insert toc" instead. The following LyX functions have been changed: @@ -158,16 +179,17 @@ particularly applies to spell checking and the thesaurus. * 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 +* As well as the 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.). -* On Mac Apples Spell Server is preconfigured as "native" spell checker. +* On Mac OSX, Apple's Spell Server is preconfigured as the "native" spell + checker. -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. +LyX 2.0 is configured for any and all of these three possibilities, +given that the various libraries are installed on the machine where LyX is +configured. The actual spell checker can be selected in Tools > Preferences. Packagers are advised to pre-select whatever is most common on their platform/distribution. @@ -176,19 +198,24 @@ platform/distribution. * 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. +* LyX ships the MyThes library itself, so unlike in LyX 1.6.x, no extra + thesaurus library needs to be installed. However, LyX does not ship any + thesaurus dictionaries, and those do have to be installed separately. * The OpenOffice thesaurus dictionaries can be used, but the path to those - dictionary needs to be set in Tools > Preferences. Please refer to the + dictionaries 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 +are advised to provide automatic installation of thesaurus dictionaries in the installation process (analoguous to the spellchecker installation). +3.) LILYPOND: + +There is now direct support for Lilypond-book. Note that LyX requires at +least version 2.14 for proper work. + Known issues in version 2.0.0 ----------------------------- @@ -197,6 +224,11 @@ Known issues in version 2.0.0 Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x ------------------------------------------------------- +- The syntax of the languages file has been changed. If you use a modified + languages file, you will need to adapt it to the new syntax, as LyX 2.0 + is not able to read old languages file anymore. + Please refer to the beginning of the languages file for an explanation + of the new syntax.