most of the dialogs have been redesigned to be tighter.
Note also that the xforms library has been very recently updated to
-version 1.0. This version has been released under the GPL, and the
-availability of the source means that many bugs that have been
-plaguing LyX have been fixed in xforms. You are advised to upgrade to
-xforms 1.0 to enjoy all these new fixes. As a matter of fact, LyX
-1.3.0 does not support anymore versions of xforms older than 0.89.5.
-
-New features:
-
-- Angus??
+version 1.0. This version has been released under the LGPL (Lesser
+General Public License), and the availability of the source means that
+many bugs that have been plaguing LyX have been fixed in xforms. You
+are advised to upgrade to xforms 1.0 to enjoy all these new fixes. As
+a matter of fact, LyX 1.3.0 does not support anymore versions of
+xforms older than 0.89.5.
+
+In most cases the dialogs have been designed to make it impossible to input
+invalid parameters. The exception to this rule is the input of length data.
+Power LaTeX users can still input obtuse "glue lengths", but the widgets are
+highlighted in red if this input is invalid or incomplete. This visual
+feedback makes it easy to see why LyX won't allow you to Apply your changes.
** Gnome frontend
Unfortunately, the development of the Gnome frontend has mostly
-stopped recently and we have therefore disabled it. We strongly invite
-anyone willing to revive this port to volunteer on the developpers
-list.
+stopped recently and we have therefore chosen to disable it. We
+strongly invite anyone willing to revive this port to volunteer on the
+developpers list.
** Instant preview
** Math editor
-Andre??
+There have been few visible and some not-so-visible changes. On the
+visible side we have better visual feedback regarding the structure of
+a formula by showing the nesting by small purple decorations in the
+formula itself and by revealing the names of the nesting levels in the
+minibuffer. There is now native support for symbols from the wasy
+package containing e.g. the zodiac symbols. New is also the internal
+structure of font changes which are now proper "insets" as anything
+else from a square root to an array. This does not only simplify the
+code greatly but also allows the same editing tricks as for the
+"regular" math. However, it was not possible to tweak the visible
+behaviour to mimic 1.2 in all cases, so this might take some time to
+get accustomed to. On the pro side, the new structure allowed
+implementing support for LaTeX's \mbox and \fbox and general
+"switching back to text mode within math", so a lot of "evil red text"
+trickery is not needed anymore.
+
+** Reading old files
+
+LyX now has a new script lyx2lyx which allows to read any old file
+produced by LyX versions as old as 0.12. 0.10 series is in the works
+for 0.10 (1.4 time line) and still older files are in the forge.
+Basically if lyx wrote it lyx will read it. :-)
+
+There is also a strong demand for being able to read files produced by
+_newer_ versions of LyX. While lyx2lyx has an infrastructure in place
+to do such things, the filters to `downgrade' LyX files (from 1.3.0 to
+1.2.x, for example) have not yet been written.
** Miscellaneous changes
- LyX now automatically uses TeX fonts for screen rendering if they are
available (it is not necessary anymore to configure your font server).
-- Other??
+- The Insert>Short Title allows to add an optional text for section
+ headings and captions that is designed to be used in table of
+ contents.
+
+- The Insert>Float>Floatflt Figure menu item restores the capability
+ of wrapping a text around an image which was present in 1.1.6 and
+ removed in 1.2.0
What's new in version 1.2.2?
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