From 86200a343d6f6ab436428bf3626b3f0557a88eed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Marc Lasgouttes Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 13:15:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] some updates to prepare for 1.2.3 git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/branches/BRANCH-1_2_X@5921 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8 --- ANNOUNCE | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------- ChangeLog | 6 +++ INSTALL | 2 +- NEWS | 35 ++++++++++++++ README | 2 +- 5 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 76 deletions(-) diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE index b720bef98a..958b039180 100644 --- a/ANNOUNCE +++ b/ANNOUNCE @@ -1,56 +1,24 @@ -Public release of LyX version 1.2.2 +Public release of LyX version 1.2.3 =================================== -What is LyX? ------------- +We are glad to announce the release of LyX 1.2.3. -LyX is an advanced open-source "document processor". Unlike standard -word processors, LyX encourages writing based on the structure of your -documents, not their appearance, It lets you concentrate on writing, -leaving details of visual layout to the software. +LyX 1.2.3 is a maintenance release. It mainly fixes a very bad bug +where configuring LyX as root could lead to deleting the /dev/null +special device (this does not impact users of prebuilt binaries). +Also, a bug where LyX would create zombie processes has been fixed. -With the familiar face of a WISYWIG word processor, LyX produces high -quality, professional output -- using LaTeX, an industrial -strength typesetting engine. No knowledge of LaTeX is required to -use LyX; however, there is also a "TeX mode" which allows you to enter -plain LaTeX commands. +In case you are wondering what LyX is, here is what +http://www.lyx.org/ has to say on the subject: -All in all, LyX is a complete environment for writing documents. It has -superior support for scientific writing, but works well for any kind of -document. + LyX is an advanced open source document processor that encourages an + approach to writing based on the structure of your documents, not their + appearance. LyX lets you concentrate on writing, leaving details of + visual layout to the software. -Read more about LyX (including screenshots) at: - - http://www.lyx.org/ - -What can LyX do? ----------------- - -A very incomplete feature list: - -- "standard" word processing: fonts, cut & paste, infinite undo... -- footnotes, citations, cross-referencing, faxes, spellchecking -- almost any math expression (with a simple, but powerfull interface) -- automatic, multilevel outline support (enumerated or bullets) -- tables and embedded figures support (with automatic conversion) -- import LaTeX or ASCII -- export LaTeX, ASCII, DVI, PostScript, LinuxDoc-SGML, DocBook-SGML -- fair support for non-English documents and/or menus -- extensive documentation, including a tutorial -- version control using RCS (some support for CVS) - -How stable is LyX? ------------------- - -This release is considered stable, but as with any software, you should -take appropriate back-up steps in a production environment. - -Where can I get it? -------------------- - -LyX is distributed under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL), which -means that you can not only use it freely, but also modify and -redistribute it, provided that you include the source of the program. + LyX runs on many Unix platforms (including MacOS X), OS/2, and under + Windows/Cygwin. Note that all these ports use the same xforms interface + and therefore need an X server. The main LyX site is @@ -63,38 +31,60 @@ with mirrors at ftp://gd.tuwien.ac.at/publishing/tex/lyx/ ftp://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/X11/LyX/ ftp://ftp.icm.edu.pl/vol/rzm0/lyx/ - -The source code package is available at: - ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.2.2.tar.gz - ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.2.2.tar.gz +You can download LyX 1.2.3 here : -and at the mirrors listed above. + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.2.3.tar.gz + ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.2.3.tar.gz -You need to have XForms version 0.88 or newer to compile your own -version. Version 1.0 is highly recommended. LyX should also compile -with 0.88 and 0.89.6. +Prebuild binaries (mainly rpms for linux distributions) should soon be +available at + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.2.3 -Credits -------- +If you already have LyX 1.2.2 sources, you may want to apply the +following patch instead + ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/patch-1.2.3.gz + +If you find what you think is a bug in LyX 1.2.3, you may either +e-mail the LyX user's mailing list (lyx-users@lists.lyx.org), or open +a bug report at http://bugzilla.lyx.org -The LyX Team is composed of volunteers from around the world. Many, many -people have helped make the 1.2.2 release possible, including: - - Lars Gullik Bjoennes, Alejandro Aguilar Sierra, Asger Alstrup, - Jean-Marc Lasgouttes, Juergen Vigna, John P. Weiss, Bernhard Iselborn, - Andre Spiegel, Allan Rae, Henner Zeller, Robert van der Kamp, - David L. Johnson, Amir Karger, Joacim Persson, Peter Suetterlin, - SMiyata, Alkis Polyzotis, ... - -Special thanks should go to Matthias Ettrich who started it all. - -Feedback --------- - -Please direct any comments or questions to the appropriate mailing list as -described on the LyX homepage (http://www.lyx.org/). +If you're having trouble using the new version of LyX, or have a question, +first check out http://www.lyx.org/help/, and e-mail the LyX user's list if you +can't find an answer there. Enjoy! -The LyX Team +The LyX team. + + + +What's new +========== + +** Updates + +- updated italian User Guide + +** Bug fixes + +- fix bug where the configure script would try to delete the /dev/null + device when there has been an error in configuration step + +- fix bug where autosaving would leave a lot of zombie processes after + a long time + +- fix problem where it was not possible to force some values to 0 in + custom margins + +- fix bug where horizontal alignment would be reset automatically to + "left" in the tabular dialog. + +- fix functions word-find-forward and word-find-backward, which + meaning was inverted + +- when the lyx binary was actually a symbolic link, LyX printed + annoying debug messages on console; they are debug messages now + +- fix an installation issue with solaris + diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 155f24513e..65eee11a6a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2003-01-08 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes + + * ANNOUNCE: + * INSTALL: + * NEWS: update for 1.2.3 + 2002-12-16 Jean-Marc Lasgouttes * configure.in (VERSION): back to 1.2.3cvs diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index ef0d38b320..c630e45efd 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Both an Xforms and Xpm libraries should be installed to compile LyX. It is imperative that you have the correct versions of these libraries, and their associated header files. -As of LyX version 1.2.2, you will need to have Xforms library and +As of LyX version 1.2.x, you will need to have Xforms library and header version 0.88, 0.89 or 1.0.0. The later is the one which works best (many bugs have been fixed in this version after reports from the LyX team). On some systems, such as linux ELF, there are shared diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 555c6cfd75..a7fe62f5a4 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,38 @@ +What's new in version 1.2.3? +---------------------------- + +LyX 1.2.3 is a maintenance release. It mainly fixes a very bad bug +where configuring LyX as root could lead to deleting the /dev/null +special device (this does not impact users of prebuilt binaries). +Also, a bug where LyX would create zombie processes has been fixed. + +** Updates + +- updated italian User Guide + +** Bug fixes + +- fix bug where the configure script would try to delete the /dev/null + device when there has been an error in configuration step + +- fix bug where autosaving would leave a lot of zombie processes after + a long time + +- fix problem where it was not possible to force some values to 0 in + custom margins + +- fix bug where horizontal alignment would be reset automatically to + "left" in the tabular dialog. + +- fix functions word-find-forward and word-find-backward, which + meaning was inverted + +- when the lyx binary was actually a symbolic link, LyX printed + annoying debug messages on console; they are debug messages now + +- fix an installation issue with solaris + + What's new in version 1.2.2? ---------------------------- diff --git a/README b/README index a7fe42dcb6..f224e89e8b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Preamble: LyX version scheme possible file names: lyx-1.2.0.tar.gz -- stable release - lyx-1.2.2.tar.gz -- second maintenance release of the + lyx-1.2.3.tar.gz -- third maintenance release of the 1.2.0 stable release lyx-1.2.0pre1.tar.gz -- potentially unstable test release