From 22a4291221e6907eaeb495fe8990b44662f68817 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:27:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update NEWS git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@5873 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8 --- ChangeLog | 4 ++ NEWS | 165 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 169 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 491a4a3bb4..f0fc1f069d 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-12-19 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes + + * NEWS: update + 2002-12-18 Lars Gullik Bjønnes * Makefile.am: sourcdoc as firstclass citizen diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 69000cc898..c9b50e8ae1 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,168 @@ +What's new in version 1.3.0? +---------------------------- + +As with the previous major version 1.2.0, many things make this new +release an exciting one. This should not however hide the fact that +the `under the hood' changes to the code have been (again) very +important. One of these invisible changes that have been going on for +a long time is the so-called GUI-independence project. We are glad to +announce that version 1.3.0 shows the first results of this. + +** Qt frontend + +This is of course the most visible new feature. This frontend supports +either Qt 2.x or 3.0.x and is mostly feature complete. The dialogs are +not copies of those of xforms, but that some different design choices +have been made. + +There are a few caveats though: + +- John??? + +** Xforms frontend + +The avent of the Qt frontend does not mean that the historical xforms +frontend is dead. Actually, it is still the one which is the best +implemented, since we had much time to polish it. In this release, +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?? + +** 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. + +** Instant preview + +preview-latex is an emacs package for LaTeX that allows "instant +previews" of LaTeX code, so you can immediately see the visual +rendering of the LaTeX in the document. With the help of David +Kastrup, the author, current CVS LyX can harness this functionality to +allow instant previews in the LyX window of math equations and +figures. This feature can be immensely useful for making sure the +rendering of your equation will look right in the final output. The +preview is only displayed (when enabled) when you're not editing the +actual equation, so it's unobtrusive too. + +** Math editor + +Andre?? + +** Miscellaneous changes + +- LyX now automatically uses TeX font for screen rendering if they are + available (it is not necessary anymore to configure your font server). + +- Other?? + +What's new in version 1.2.2? +---------------------------- + +LyX 1.2.2 is a maintenance release. It is a recommended upgrade from +1.2.0 or 1.2.1, especially since it fixes a few bugs introduced in +1.2.1. + +** Updates + +- LyX builds with the newly released xforms 1.0. Actually, it is + advised to use this version of xforms, since it fixes many bugs and + support for older versions will probably be dropped in LyX 1.3.0 + +- selecting a word by double clicking now sets the X clipboard (like + when dragging the mouse) + +- it is now possible to specify the arguments for viewers; in + particular, this means that it is possible to use browsers which + require a file: URL as HTML viewers (mozilla is used as default if + found) + +- when a new LyX version is launched, the Edit>Reconfigure tool is + automatically invoked; this should avoid many problems with users + who are not aware that it is needed + +- when changing the current layout with the toolbar, the corresponding + keyboard binding is shown in the minibuffer + +- in hebrew language, the key " now inserts a typewriter quote (since + other quotes do not make sense in hebrew) + +- Insert>Lists & TOC>Bibtex Reference uses style 'plain' by default + +- new class ijmpd; update cl2emult, llncs and foils textclasses + +- update sciword bindings + +- small cleanup of UserGuide and FAQ; update to German, French and + Russian documentation; new Hebrew tutorial + +- update french, german, russian, finnish and danish localization of + the interface + + +What's new in version 1.2.1? +---------------------------- + +LyX 1.2.1 is a maintenance release which fixes many bugs in version +1.2.0. We hope in this way to enhance world happiness, allowing the +developers to continue busily to prepare the next major release +1.3.0. There are a lot of fixes in there, and upgrading is highly +recommended. + +** Updates + +- it is now possible to build LyX with xforms 1.0rc4 (and probably 1.0 + when this gets released) + +- partial rewrite of the find & replace feature. This should solve most of + the performance problems + +- new option `keep aspect ratio' in graphics dialog + +- revert to the old behaviour when creating new floats (figure, + table...): the empty paragraph in the float now is a caption. It + seems that 1.2.0 behaviour was confusing too many people + +- it is now possible to set the float placement parameters to + "document defaults" + +- when the cursor is inside a collapsible inset, `Edit>Open/close + float' will leave it after the inset after closing it (this should + help entering of ERT insets) + +- update Finnish, Danish, French and Russian localizations + +- update Tutorial to 1.2.x features + +- better support for entering Cyrillic and Greek alphabets + +- cleanup shortcuts for section layouts. Starred versions are now + obtained by prepending a * to the section number (M-p asterisk 0, ..., + M-p asterisk 6) + +- add keyboard shortcuts to the Documents menu + +- support the numpad direction keys as equivalent to normal cursor + keys + +- it is now possible to specify a non-existent file name on the command + line and have this file created for you + +- new class cl2emult; update template for IEEEtran; small update to + heb-article and hollywood textclasses + + What's new in version 1.2.0? ----------------------------