X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FRELEASE-NOTES;h=202a7fe73e802227b47d5604c4f309bdd3ff5a0b;hb=5b5b1a451512026f4d201f60c9228313037ed735;hp=93d9bf038b017e6a038b8ad0ec2bb896ee6250bc;hpb=0bbc80fa83847668b58c5f6c17331a0c02058e68;p=lyx.git diff --git a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES index 93d9bf038b..202a7fe73e 100644 --- a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -104,15 +104,15 @@ !!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 @@ -130,11 +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. -* With XeTeX and LuaTeX, 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! +* 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.