diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 666439e82a..1a54a5c415 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,65 @@ +What's new in version 2.1.4? +---------------------------- + +LyX 2.1.4 is the fourth maintenance release in the 2.1.x series. + +A large number of bugs have been fixed. Many of these were minor, but +there were a few crashes we fixed, too, so we encourage all LyX users +to upgrade to this version. + + +What's new in version 2.1.3? +---------------------------- + +LyX 2.1.3 is the third maintenance release in the 2.1.x series. + +A large number of bugs have been fixed, most of them fairly minor. But +there were several additional improvements to the lyx2lyx conversion +program that should make import of older beamer documents more reliable. + + +What's new in version 2.1.2? +---------------------------- + +LyX 2.1.2 is the second maintenance release in the 2.1.x series. + +The most important fix here is that we believe we have resolved the problem +that led several users to experience seemingly random crashes with 2.1.0, +sometimes resulting in dataloss. (This was bug 9049.) These crashes generally +happened when the user attempted to save a file containing a table, usually a +fairly complex table. A seemingly unrelated bug report concerning a crash when +trying to save a default template (bug 9236) led to the solution. That bug has +also been fixed. + +There are also several other, smaller bug-fixes, including several more +improvements to the lyx2lyx conversion scripts. This should make the import +of older beamer documents easier. + + +What's new in version 2.1.1? +---------------------------- + +LyX 2.1.1 is the first maintenance release in the 2.1.x series. It is bug- +fixing release, and a whole lot of bugs have been fixed. Please see the +release announcement for the details. + +Several users have reported seemingly random crashes with 2.1.0, sometimes +resulting in dataloss. These crashes appear to happen when the user attempts +to save a file, and the dataloss occurs because the original LyX file is over- +written by a corrupt file that then cannot be opened. The seemingly random +crashes, we believe, are due to auto-save, which is enabled or disabled in +Tools> Preferences> Document Handling > "Backup documents every...minutes". + +Unfortunately, we have been unable to find the cause of this bug, though all +known reports seem to involve documents that contain tables, and the corrupt +file always ends with: \begin_inset Tabular. + +To prevent dataloss, we have changed the way LyX saves files if the user +has not enabled backups. LyX now renames the existing file before +attempting to save the new one (in effect, making a temporary backup). +Then, if the save fails, the original file can be restored. + + What's new in version 2.1.0? ----------------------------