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@ -126,6 +126,37 @@ Furthermore, LyX uses a converter layout2layout.py, also written in python
that will convert old layout files on the fly. You can also call it manually
on your layout files if you want to convert them to 2.0.x format permanently.
* Formatted references
Before version 2.0, LyX used the LaTeX package "prettyref" to produce
"formatted references", such as "Section 2.1". This package has several
shortcomings when used in a non-English environment, not least of which is
that it has no mechanism for internationalization. (See bug #6421 and those
it references.)
As of LyX 2.0, users can choose whether to use prettyref or, alternatively,
the "refstyle" package. The current version of refstyle, v0.5, ships with
translations for several languages and provides an easy mechanism for users
to translate the references it produces into still other languages. It also
defines many more commands than prettyref does, including, for example, ones
to produce "ranges", such as "Sections 2.1 to 2.3". Some LyX developers are
already working with the refstyle maintainer, Danie Els, to make it work more
easily with LyX and to extend the translations it provides. (You are invited
to contribute translations, too!)
Because many LyX users already have customized prettyref for their purposes,
LyX 1.6.x files opened in LyX 2.0 will continue to use prettref by default.
New LyX 2.0 files will use refstyle by default. Both can of course be changed
in Document>Settings. Please be advised, however, that prettyref support is to
be considered deprecated: It may well be removed in LyX 2.1, and all users are
encouraged to adapt their layout files, etc, to refstyle.
Doing so is fairly simple. With prettyref, one has declarations such as:
\newrefformat{for}(Formula \ref{#1}}
The refstyle equivalent is:
\newref{for}{refcmd={Formula \ref{#1}}}
The translation is obviously trivial.
* Preparing for Unicode:
As of version 1.5.0, LyX uses Unicode internally. This is a major change that
@ -134,8 +165,8 @@ transition as smooth as possible for you. However, there are some caveats:
- User layout files must be converted to UTF-8
In previous versions, layout styles were allowed to use non-ASCII names
using the local encodings. LyX-1.5 now assumes that all layout files are
In versions prior to 1.5.0, layout styles were allowed to use non-ASCII names
using the local encodings. LyX-1.5 and later assume that all layout files are
UTF-8 encoded. This means that non-ASCII style names are still allowed
but they must be valid UTF-8 strings. One way of doing the conversion
is to use iconv. Using bash, the script below should work: