From 71a35ea45b0f7fe3325236dbca6421c6e446128c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?G=C3=BCnter=20Milde?= Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 22:31:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Warn of side-effects of the changed default behaviour regarding dash export. --- lib/RELEASE-NOTES | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES index c605cb4850..ff7e67ee72 100644 --- a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES +++ b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES @@ -212,10 +212,12 @@ the external_templates file, you will have to move the modifications to the respective *.xtemplate file manually. -* If you used literal em- and en-dashes in pre-2.2 documents, - you must manually unselect - "Document->Settings->Fonts->Output em- and en-dash as ligatures" - to ensure unchanged behaviour. +* By default, LyX 2.3 forces output of all en and em dashes as -- and --- + when exporting to LaTeX. This can lead to incorrect line breaks, wrong + characters in typewriter fonts, and problems with some LaTeX packages. + Unselect "Document->Settings->Fonts->Output em- and en-dash as ligatures" + to keep the LyX 2.2 behaviour and avoid these problems. See chapter 3.9.1.1 + "Dashes and line breaks" of the User Guide for details. * ZWSP characters (u200b) following literal em- and en-dashes are deleted by lyx2lyx when converting to 2.3 format. If you used them as optional line -- 2.39.5