-This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.1.0, some
+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.
- There have been changes to some often used menu items.
- The following menu items moved from View to Document:
+ The following menu items moved from View to Document:
* View (Default format)
* View (Other formats)
* Update (Default format)
--export-to <format> <dest> (-E <format> <dest>)
Allows one to perform a batch export of the LyX file that is
- opened to the specified destination file <dest> and format
+ opened to the specified destination file <dest> and format
<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.
the user ("ask").
- \\completion_minlength
- Defines the minimal length of a word to be added to the list of
+ Defines the minimal length of a word to be added to the list of
words for text completion.
- \\default_length_unit
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.
+ 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.
-
+ 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
+ If set to true, LyX tries to use the theme icons as defined by
the OS.
The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
-- LFUN_IPA_INSERT
+- ipa-insert
Inserts an IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) inset.
-- LFUN_IPAMACRO_INSERT <char>
- Inserts special IPA macros into the document. <char> can be
+- ipamacro-insert <char>
+ Inserts special IPA macros into the document. <char> can be
one of 'tone-falling', 'tone-rising', 'tone-high-rising',
'tone-low-rising', 'tone-high-rising-falling', 'deco bottomtiebar',
'deco toptiebar'.
-- LFUN_SPELLING_CONTINUOUSLY
+- spelling-continuously
Toggles continuous spell-checking.
-- LFUN_VC_RENAME
-- LFUN_VC_COPY
+- vc-rename
+- vc-copy
Renames or copies a file under version control.
-- LFUN_BUFFER_FORALL <command>
+- buffer-forall <command>
Applies <command> to all non-hidden buffers.
-- LFUN_ENVIRONMENT_SPLIT
+- environment-split
Splits the current environment with a Separator.
-- LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_ACTIVATE <branch>
- LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_DEACTIVATE <branch>
+- branch-master-activate <branch>
+- branch-master-deactivate <branch>
Activates or deactivates a branch in a master document from within
- a child (as opposed to the existing LFUN_BRANCH_[DE]ACTIVATE, which
+ a child (as opposed to the existing branch-[de]activate, which
toggle the branch in the document itself).
-- LFUN_BUFFER_EXPORT_AS <format> <filename>
+- buffer-export-as <format> <filename>
Equivalent to the new -export-to command-line switch (see above).
-- LFUN_CLIPBOARD_PASTE_SIMPLE ("clipboard-paste-simple")
+- 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.
-- LFUN_VIEW_CLOSE
+- 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:
-
-- LFUN_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP ("close-tab-group") was renamed to
- LFUN_TAB_GROUP_CLOSE ("tab-group-close").
-- LFUN_SPIT_VIEW ("split-view") was renamed to
- LFUN_VIEW_SPLIT ("view-split").
+- close-tab-group was renamed to tab-group-close.
+
+- split-view was renamed to view-split.
-- LFUN_BREAK_PARAGRAPH ("break-paragraph") was renamed to
- LFUN_PARAGRAPH_BREAK ("paragraph-break").
+- break-paragraph was renamed to paragraph-break.
-- LFUN_COPY_LABEL_AS_REF ("copy-label-as-reference") has been renamed to
- LFUN_LABEL_COPY_AS_REFERENCE ("label-copy-as-reference").
+- copy-label-as-reference was renamed to label-copy-as-reference.
The following LyX key bindings have been changed:
included graphics and other files. The old builtin format detection code
is used if libmagic is not available.
-- LyX no longer uses gettext for reading the translation files. This
- especially has an advantage on Windows, reducing the time it takes to
- find the correct translation.
+- LyX no longer uses gettext for handling the translation files. This
+ especially is an advantage on Windows, where translating strings is faster.
Known issues in version 2.1.0
- 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
+ on remote X connections and we provide the \\use_qimage preference
variable, which brings back the old way of painting (when set to false).
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