From 82c233219730f52e85935285519574714c215b11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:37:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] update upgrade instructions git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@4002 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8 --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ UPGRADING | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++------- 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 09574cde16..b7ef7b2aa4 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2002-04-16 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes + + * UPGRADING: updates + 2002-04-11 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes * NEWS: add spie class diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING index b08f47a00e..2c3b5abda4 100644 --- a/UPGRADING +++ b/UPGRADING @@ -1,19 +1,35 @@ How do I upgrade my existing LyX system to version 1.1.6? --------------------------------------------------------- -If you upgrade from version 1.1.6, you shouldn't have -any problems. +If you upgrade from version 1.1.6 or 1.1.5, you shouldn't have any +problems. It is nevertheless a goo idea to advise all users to run +Edit>Reconfigure. + +If you have your own layout files, you may need to update them a little: + +- all layout files should have a "DefaultStyle" entry + +- the "Latex" font style does not exist anymore. If you really need + its functionality, consider using the "PassThru" keyword instead. + +The new layout format keywords are described in the Customization +manual. Document transfer ----------------- In general, you don't need to convert any documents saved with LyX -v1.1.6 to use them with LyX v1.2.0. +1.1.5 or 1.1.6 to use them with LyX 1.2.0. -LyX v1.2.0 can read all documents saved with lyx-1.1.6 correctly. +LyX 1.2.0 can read all documents saved with lyx 1.1.6 correctly. +However, older LyX versions will almost certainly fail to read files +produced by LyX 1.2.0. + +Note that the babel package is now loaded after the user-defined +preamble (because some packages really need to be loaded before +babel). If you relied, on babel being loaded before your own +definitions, you can add an extra "\usepackage{babel}" statement at +the beginning of your preamble. -Note that as a consequence to all the changes is that older LyX -versions will almost certainly fail to read files produced by LyX -1.2.0.