X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=f1999c271af19256abf64a07f4d4d0649ab3ad8d;hb=68ee68103a77300c3aa01db9e63bd01b8243a0eb;hp=39f162181ff6df0671d1e8c2ac9d63d46bbc98fd;hpb=cb5dd33475e7cca472ead1fd3eac9f174b8b76ba;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 39f162181f..f1999c271a 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,133 +1,71 @@ -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 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 following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.2: -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. +- buffer-view-cache + Opens the last previewed output of the buffer, if it exists. -The following new LyX functions have been introduced: +- buffer-move-next + Moves the current tab one spot to the right. -- 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). +- buffer-move-previous + Moves the current tab one spot to the left. -- 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. +The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.2: -- 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 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: +- For bindings where Control + {PgDn, PgUp} switches to the + {next, previous} tab, Control + Shift + {PgDn, PgUp} moves the current + tab to the {next, previous} tab. -The following LyX functions have been changed: -//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_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP_CLOSE ("close-tab-group") was renamed to - LFUN_TAB_GROUP_CLOSE ("tab-group-close"). +The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.2: -- 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: +The following metadata files have been added to the tarball 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". -- The binding "C-w" was moved from "buffer-close" to "view-close" - (only in cua.bind). +Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.2: +-------------------------------------------------------- -Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been included -into the tarball. +- 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. +- LyX now gives an error if the underlying LaTeX command exited with error. -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. - - -Known issues in version 2.1.0 +Known issues in version 2.2.0 ----------------------------- - LyX needs to be run under Python 2 and will not work properly on systems @@ -135,11 +73,12 @@ 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 +------------------------------------------------------- +- BibTeX errors are now processed and cause LyX to show the errors dialog. + Before, these errors were ignored, which means that it may happen that + documents that compiled without error with a previous version now + compile with error. However, because now in 2.2.x users can click on + the "Show Output Anyway" button, the document can still be viewed.