X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FRELEASE-NOTES;h=6e19d292ae7b7ab7b129a1aa41b195ab1001e15a;hb=e5fc7327e398c6b243113f6a8f624ed917287ee4;hp=9030c1ea71cadf1acfbbd2ccffbebc372bcec306;hpb=74a41be4b97b159aa3515e57e1e1fdad2bdff38d;p=lyx.git diff --git a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES index 9030c1ea71..6e19d292ae 100644 --- a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -1,126 +1,97 @@ -!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 2.4.0 !!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. +- It is now possible to cancel background export processes. A menu entry + to do so will appear on the Document menu when such a process is underway. + The LFUN for this is export-cancel. + + +!!Documents compilation process and images conversion + + + +!!!The following pref variables were added in 2.4: + + + +!!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.4: + + + +!!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.4: -* 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 - and your own layout files. +* \font_encoding + The font encoding is now automatically set depending on the document + fonts and languages. -* 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. - +* \use_qimage + This is no longer necessary due to the rewrite of the painter. -!!!The following pref variables were added in 2.2: +* \date_insert_format + The function date-insert has been removed and superseded by info-insert date. + The latter does not need a pref value anymore. -* \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 new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.4: +* export-cancel: Used to cancel background export processes. -!!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.2: +!!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.4: -* \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. +* set-graphics-group was renamed to graphics-set-group. -* \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. +* info-insert buffer vcs-*: renamed to info-insert vcs * -!!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.2: +!!!The following LyX functions have been removed in 2.4: -* buffer-view-cache - Opens the last previewed output of the buffer, if it exists. +* date-insert: obsoleted by info-insert date. -* buffer-move-next - Moves the current tab one spot to the right. -* buffer-move-previous - Moves the current tab one spot to the left. +!!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.4: -!!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.2: +!!!The following new folders have been added to the LyX directory -!!!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 preferences files have been removed from the tarball in 2.4: -!!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.2: +!!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.4: -!!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.2: +!!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.4: -!!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.2: +* The Qt5 libraries are now used by default. In order to link against + Qt4 the configure option --disable-qt5 has to be used. -* 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 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 2.4.0 +* See http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome -!!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 - be enough. +!!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.4.x +* Autotools monolithic build option for building LyX binaries was removed, + for compilation speedup use parallel building on multiple cores instead. -!!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.2.x +!! If upgrading from a LyX version before 2.3.0 -* 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. +* Please additionally see the release notes from the versions in-between: + https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes +* Several ttf fonts (esint10.ttf, stmary10.ttf, wasy10.ttf) were changed + to reflect the fact that newer Qt libraries do not support displaying certain + codepoints anymore (bug #8493, #10161). + Distribution packagers need to repack those font files in case they are + delivering the fonts as a separated package dependent from core LyX.