X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FRELEASE-NOTES;h=07f73e250a65edfb1415b09fe4bd211a976ad30a;hb=cb6c40a07b275f62cb641f02f377c54a821837fb;hp=d3ac4c4f1582ceb6a8baa6b80699ae142d61447c;hpb=e16018afb83e5e001a9b8c5ac0b9cc2944dd256a;p=lyx.git diff --git a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES index d3ac4c4f15..07f73e250a 100644 --- a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,179 +1,58 @@ -!Important Changes in LyX 2.2.0 - -(: 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. :) +!Important Changes in LyX 2.3.0 !!Interface changes -* The --Separator-- layout has been removed in favor of an environment - separator inset. There is no provision for inserting this inset from - the GUI (though some menu entries use it) as it is automatically inserted - when needed. See Section 3.4.6 of the User Guide for details. - -* The prefix for subsections in labels and references has been changed from - "sub:" to "subsec:" in order to avoid a clash with subfloats (conflicting - \subref command, see #7550). Files are automatically converted to the new - scheme. Please assure that you adapt external refstyle or prettyref - definitions and your own layout files. - -* Support for printing from within LyX (File> Print) has been removed. LyX's - printing support was very limited, and most users will want to print after - reviewing an output document (e.g., a PDF), anyway, which can be done from the - PDF viewer. - Users who would like to restore this functionality can create a - "printer" format from within LyX and then define, say, a - pdf->printer converter that does nothing but call lpd, or a2ps, or - whatever. The "printer" will then be available as an export option. - - -!!!The following pref variables were added in 2.2: - -* \save_origin - This variable was introduced to allow saving the document directory - path in the document. If allowed, LyX will be able to locate all - included files even when the document is manually moved/copied to - a different location. If a valid \origin tag is present and the - document was actually moved, the path of all included files is - updated relative to the new location and the new origin will be - recorded when saving again the document. - -!!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.2: - - - -!!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.2: - -* \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. - -* \printer -* \print_adapt_output -* \print_command -* \print_evenpage_flag -* \print_oddpage_flag -* \print_pagerange_flag -* \print_copies_flag -* \print_collcopies_flag -* \print_reverse_flag -* \print_to_printer -* \print_to_file -* \print_file_extension: - These were used for print support, which has been removed. - - -!!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.2: - -* buffer-view-cache - Opens the last previewed output of the buffer, if it exists. - -* buffer-move-next - Moves the current tab one spot to the right. - -* buffer-move-previous - Moves the current tab one spot to the left. - -* tabular-feature is reintroduced to allow more flexibility for user - commands, whereas "inset-modify tabular" is now reserved for the tabular - dialog. In particular, "inset-modify tabular" is no longer caught by math grid - insets. The name tabular-feature is kept to avoid renaming icons. For more - information, see #9794. - -!!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.2: - -* word-upcase, word-lowcase and word-capitalize do not select the word - to operate on in the emacs way (that is, starting at cursor - position); this behaviour can be restored by using the argument - "partial". - -* Functionality of "inset-modify tabular" has changed. See description of the - new LyX function "tabular-feature" above. +* LyX now has "inverted" branch insets, which output their contents just in + case a given branch is not "activated". This makes inclusion of alternate + material in different versions easier. -!!!The following LyX key bindings have been changed in 2.2: +* When inserting a command or symbol in mathed, it is now automatically + wrapped in a real inset (either \text or \ensuremath) assuring the correct + mode, instead of being wrapped only in the output. The wrapping inset can + be safely dissolved, as it will be automatically inserted at export time + if needed, as usual. -* 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 shortcuts for "bookmark-save x" have been changed from C-M-S-x to S-Fx - ("x" stands for the number of the bookmark.) +!!!The following pref variables were added in 2.3: -!!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.2: +!!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.3: +* \document_path + Default is changed to ".". The best guess for where the user wants to save + or find files is the directory the user started LyX from. Before, the + default was always the home directory. If desired, the old behavior can be + restored by changing the default path in Preferences > "Working directory". -!!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.2: +!!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.3: -!!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.2: +!!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.3: -* LyX 2.2.0 and the following 2.2.x releases will continue to work well with - Qt 4.5 (and later Qt 4.x) but will also support Qt 5.6, which brings some - advantages most notably for users with HiDPI displays. Note that if you - compile LyX with a Qt 5 release before 5.6 you are likely to run into - several regressions with respect to Qt 4.x. See #9215 for a list of bugs - related to compiling LyX with different versions of Qt. +* branch-invert + Toggles inversion status of branch inset. -* If compiling LyX on Windows with Qt 5.6, it is recommended to use MSVC 2015 - update 2 to avoid #9892. +* lyx-activate + Activates the LyX window. Useful in combination with reverse search. -* LyX now gives an error if the underlying LaTeX command exited with error. +!!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.3: -!!Known issues in version 2.2.0 -* LyX needs Python 2.7 at runtime. The python 2 interpreter needs to be named - either 'python' or 'python2'. - Building LyX usually works with Python 3 as well, but there might be cases - where it does not work properly on systems where Python 3 is the default - binary. See #7030 to know how to fix this properly, since simple shebang - conversion in *.py files will not be enough. +!!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.3: -* If using LyX with Qt 4, it is possible to suddenly get keyboard keys wrong, - and deadlock. To work around the issue, you can disable IBus for LyX by - starting LyX as 'XMODIFIERS= lyx'. For further discussion and alternative - workarounds, see #9362. -* LyX can produce LuaTeX output that is not compatible with the newest versions - of the engine (e.g. 0.95.0, the version in TeX Live 2016). In a later 2.2.x - version we plan to implement exporting of LuaTeX code that is compatible - with the LuaTeX versions shipped with both TeX Live 2015 and TeX Live 2016. - For more information, see the following mailing list thread: - https://www.mail-archive.com/search?l=mid&q=20160520075810.yi3uspufehev5aln%40cotopaxi +!!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.3: -!!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.2.x +!!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.3: +* Inkscape SVG with separate LaTeX + PDF output is experimentally supported. -* 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. -* Missing characters in the output are now reported as errors. This leads - to error reports for documents that compiled without error before. - However, the error was always present but went undetected! +!!Known issues in version 2.3.0 -* Documents using Times fonts and containing Greek characters may now fail - to compile under pdflatex for users of MikTeX due to an automatically - half-installed "grtimes" package. A workaround in LyX was removed as it - stands in the way of alternative approaches (see #6469). -* With LuaTeX, LyX now uses polyglossia instead of babel if the language - package option "Automatic" is selected. In order to use babel, select - "Always babel" instead. This may be needed if a document uses code that - is specific to babel. +!!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.3.x -* As usual, when opening and saving a document that was created by a previous - major version of LyX (in this case 2.1.x), the file format is changed to - the new file format (in this case 2.2.x). What is different starting with - 2.2.0 is that when we save a file that was not originally in the current LyX - format, we create a backup of the original file. We put it in the backup - directory, if one exists, otherwise in the directory the original file is - in. This is the same strategy as for normal backups. This backup file can be - helpful in case a bug in lyx2lyx caused data loss. For more information, see - #9554.