X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=f1999c271af19256abf64a07f4d4d0649ab3ad8d;hb=d592ec06b91a6bdb6ddf6687c3762d8edf20fa7d;hp=cb45cd23450acba17730d59abc22a4177bd3e2e8;hpb=af331179879921d3f190df894acd377b2f9e0b5b;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index cb45cd2345..f1999c271a 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,62 +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 ----------------- -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. - +- buffer-view-cache + Opens the last previewed output of the buffer, if it exists. -The following LyX key bindings have been changed: +- buffer-move-next + Moves the current tab one spot to the right. -//template, remove this entry later on -- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD ("math-macro-fold") - The binding to "C-minus" has changed to "C-S-underscore". +- buffer-move-previous + Moves the current tab one spot to the left. -New external programs and libraries: ------------------------------------- +The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.2: -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. -Known issues in version 2.0.0 +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 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. + +- LyX now gives an error if the underlying LaTeX command exited with error. + + +Known issues in version 2.2.0 ----------------------------- - LyX needs to be run under Python 2 and will not work properly on systems @@ -64,6 +73,12 @@ 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 ------------------------------------------------------- +- 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.