X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FRELEASE-NOTES;h=202a7fe73e802227b47d5604c4f309bdd3ff5a0b;hb=0ae337014ec6cfbe7bb884c4f70b8e66764c22c8;hp=9030c1ea71cadf1acfbbd2ccffbebc372bcec306;hpb=74a41be4b97b159aa3515e57e1e1fdad2bdff38d;p=lyx.git diff --git a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES index 9030c1ea71..202a7fe73e 100644 --- a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ * 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 bug #7550). Files are automatically converted to the new - scheme. Please assure that you adapt external refstyle or prettyref definitions + \subref command, see bug #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 +* 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. - + 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: @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ * \print_to_printer * \print_to_file * \print_file_extension: - These were used for print support, which has been removed. + These were used for print support, which has been removed. !!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.2: @@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ !!!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". !!!The following LyX key bindings have been changed in 2.2: @@ -87,6 +90,9 @@ {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 LyX documents have been moved in 2.2: @@ -98,21 +104,21 @@ !!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 4.8.6 or newer is advised. +* 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. * LyX now gives an error if the underlying LaTeX command exited with error. -* 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. - !!Known issues in version 2.2.0 * 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 + this properly, since simple shebang conversion in *.py files will not be enough. @@ -124,3 +130,16 @@ 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! + +* 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 bug #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.