X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=RELEASE-NOTES;h=f680014257abe69eeea76304eda51afef3d41296;hb=9135dcee0743538db730cd05b3daff029d50119f;hp=0343eec44ff1ce0c5fb34418addb2a5fbcd88482;hpb=823e44822e6638824900eee2f7e2e7165af97f8d;p=lyx.git diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES index 0343eec44f..f680014257 100644 --- a/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,55 +1,231 @@ -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 2.1.0, 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. 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. +- There have been changes to some often used menu items. -The following variables are obsoleted in 2.0 + The following menu items moved from View to Document: + * View (Default format) + * View (Other formats) + * Update (Default format) + * Update (Other formats) -- \plaintext_roff_command (was not used anymore) -- \spell_command and \use_spell_lib (ispell support has been removed) -- \custom_export_command and \custom_export_format + The following menu item moved from Document to View: + * Outline -> Outline Pane + +- 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 in 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: + + --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 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 support for ArmTeX (a special typesetting engine for Armenian) + was removed. Writing text in Armenian is now possible in a native + way using XeTeX. + + +The following pref variables were added in 2.1: + +- \\close_buffer_with_last_view [yes|no|ask] + When the user closes the last view on a document, close the + document as well ("yes"), or hide the document ("no"), or ask + the user ("ask"). + +- \\completion_minlength + Defines the minimal length of a word to be added to the list of + words for text completion. + +- \\default_length_unit + Defines the default length unit: 2 for centimers, 6 for inches. + +- \\default_otf_view_format + Defines the default output format for documents with non-tex + fonts (OpenType fonts). + +- \\fullscreen_statusbar + Controls whether the statusbar is shown in fullscreen mode. + +- \\texinputs_prefix + Defines the prefix for the TEXINPUTS environment variable. A + single '.' in the paths will get replaced with the current + document dir and also non-absolute paths will be prefixed with + that dir. + + The default semantics of TEXINPUTS apply, such that, for example, + if a path is terminated with a double slash, all subdirectories + will also be searched by both the TeX engine and ancillary programs + such as dvi previewers or dvips. + + (see also commit 1717ef20) + +- \\use_qimage + See Caveats section below. + +- \\use_system_theme_icons + If set to true, LyX tries to use the theme icons as defined by + the OS. + + +The following pref variables were changed in 2.1: + +- \\mac_like_word_movement -> \\mac_like_cursor_movement + When this option is set, the cursor is now moved to the end of + the current paragraph on paragraph-down. The pref variable was + renamed to better reflect this new behaviour. + + +The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.1: + +- \\default_language and \\default_papersize + To set the default language and paper size for new documents, use + the "Save As Document Defaults" button in Document > Settings. The following new LyX functions have been introduced: -- LFUN_WORD_FINDAD ("word-findadv"). +- ipa-insert + Inserts an IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) inset. -- LFUN_REGEXP_MODE ("regexp-mode"). +- ipamacro-insert + Inserts special IPA macros into the document. can be + one of 'tone-falling', 'tone-rising', 'tone-high-rising', + 'tone-low-rising', 'tone-high-rising-falling', 'deco bottomtiebar', + 'deco toptiebar'. -- LFUN_COPY_LABEL_AS_REF ("copy-label-as-reference"). +- spelling-continuously + Toggles continuous spell-checking. -The following LyX functions have been removed: +- vc-rename +- vc-copy + Renames or copies a file under version control. -- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE (next-inset-toggle): use "inset-toggle" instead. +- buffer-forall + Applies to all non-hidden buffers. -Known issues in version 2.0.0 ------------------------------ +- environment-split + Splits the current environment with a Separator. +- branch-master-activate +- branch-master-deactivate + Activates or deactivates a branch in a master document from within + a child (as opposed to the existing branch-[de]activate, which + toggle the branch in the document itself). -Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x -------------------------------------------------------- +- buffer-export-as + Equivalent to the new -export-to command-line switch (see above). + +- 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. + +- 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 changed: + +- close-tab-group was renamed to tab-group-close. + +- split-view was renamed to view-split. + +- break-paragraph was renamed to paragraph-break. + +- copy-label-as-reference was renamed to label-copy-as-reference. + + +The following LyX key bindings have been changed: + +- The binding "C-w" was moved from "buffer-close" to "view-close" + (only in cua.bind). + +- sciword.bind was changed significantly (see #8364). The most important + change is that "math-delim" commands now work under Windows. + +The following LyX documents have been moved: +- All thesis template files and the svmult and svmono template files have been + moved to the examples folder. +The following metadata files have been added to the tarball: + +- Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been + included in the tarball. + +- AppData file (appdata.xml). It will not be installed by default and + distribution maintainers need to handle this file themselves. + + +Changes with respect to external programs and libraries: +-------------------------------------------------------- + +- LyX now links 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. + +- LyX no longer uses gettext for handling the translation files. This + especially is an advantage on Windows, where translating strings is faster. + +- 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 2.1.0 +----------------------------- + +- 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 2.1.x +------------------------------------------------------- -Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at - http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes +- 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 the \\use_qimage preference + variable, which brings back the old way of painting (when set to false). -TODO ----- -Somebody should create a rc2rc script... -http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/27531