From 4453ae8e970999d52032ed73e819071ca1ce3761 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Richard Kimberly Heck Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:26:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Begin preps for 2.4.2 --- ANNOUNCE | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index cd49a9f1e2..74415269ff 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,15 +1,38 @@ -Public release of LyX version 2.4.1 +Public release of LyX version 2.4.2 =================================== -We are proud to announce the release LyX 2.4.1, the first maintenance +We are proud to announce the release LyX 2.4.2, the second maintenance release in the 2.4.x series. -We have fixed a number of bugs in this version. Most of these are minor, -but there was one crash when deleting rows or columns from a table that has -been fixed. There have also been some improvements to tab management. See -the complete list of updates and improvements below for more. -You can download LyX 2.4.1 from https://www.lyx.org/Download. + +There has been a change (as of 2.4.0) in how the option to use vertical +space between paragraphs is handled. Previously, LyX simply modified +\parskip and \parindent, but this caused various problems (see bug +#4796). Now, we use the parskip package. As a result, however, and +to ensure there are no changes to old documents, when LyX files from +2.3.x and earlier are converted to the new format, if they were set to +use vertical space between paragraphs, the lyx2lyx conversion routine +adds + % Added by lyx2lyx + \setlength{\parskip}{\smallskipamount} + \setlength{\parindent}{0pt} +to the preamble and, within LyX itself, resets the text layout to use +indentation (so we do not issue the new code for vertical spacing). The +net effect is that PDFs generated with LaTeX (etc) look right, but in +LyX itself indentation is used. + +This will happen with any document created with 2.3.x or older. It can +also happen with documents created from templates created with 2.3.x +or older, and even with new documents, if you had previously set them to +use, by default, vertical space. Templates are just LyX files saved in +the templates/ folder, and the 'defaults' are simply saved in a +template file, defaults.lyx. Hence, if you want the new behavior, or +just want the LyX document to look `right', then you will need to make +two changes to the document or template: Remove what lyx2lyx added, and +then set Paragraph Separation to Vertical Space. + +You can download LyX 2.4.2 from https://www.lyx.org/Download. If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the documentation that comes with LyX (under Help) and the LyX wiki, which you