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@ -6,65 +6,142 @@ when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.1.x series.
Interface changes
-----------------
Whenever the user closes a (tabbed) view on a document, either by
- There have been changes to some often used menu items.
The following menu items moved from View to Document:
* View (Default format)
* View (Other formats)
* Update (Default format)
* Update (Other formats)
The following menu item moved from Document to View:
* Outline -> Outline Pane
- Whenever the user closes a (tabbed) view on a document, either by
clicking on the tab close button, or by using the File->Close menu,
LyX now closes exclusively that specific view. If there are other
views showing the same document, they are not closed. When the user
closes the last view, LyX can be configured for either closing the
document, or keeping it into memory as a hidden document (that can be
shown again through the View->Hidden-> submenu).
document, or keeping it into memory as a hidden document (that can
be shown again through the View->Hidden-> submenu).
A new configurable preference option has been added, allowing for either
(close_buffer_with_last_view)
A new configurable preference option has been added, allowing for
either (close_buffer_with_last_view).
There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following new
options have been added:
- There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following
new options have been added:
-export-to <format> <dest> (-E <format> <dest>)
Allows one to perform a batch export of the LyX file that is opened
to the specified destination file <dest> and format <format>.
For example, to create a PDF of a LyX document, you can run:
Allows one to perform a batch export of the LyX file that is
opened to the specified destination file <dest> and format
<format>. For example, to create a PDF of a LyX document,
you can run:
lyx -export-to pdf /path/to/dest.pdf /path/to/source.lyx
See the manual page for details.
This functionality is also available via a new menu voice
Export->Export As..., that pops up a dialog allowing one to
choose the export format, as well as the destination pathname.
Also, it is available via the mini-buffer (or the -x switch)
through a proper new LFUN (see below).
The Advanced Find and Replace feature now supports cancel of a long
search operation by hitting the ESC key.
- The Advanced Find and Replace feature now supports cancel of a
long search operation by hitting the ESC key.
- Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been
included into the tarball.
- The format pdf aka "PDF (ps2pdf)" was split in two formats: pdf aka
"PDF (ps2pdf)" and pdf6 aka "PDF (graphics)". pdf6 is used for PDF
files included as graphics. Custom external templates and converters
might need to be adjusted. The format split was needed since otherwise
an odt->pdf converter which is intended for included graphics only
did interfere with document export via ps2pdf.
- The support for ArmTeX (a special typesetting engine for Armenian)
was removed. Writing text in Armenian is now possible in a native
way using XeTeX.
The following pref variables were added in 2.1:
- \\close_buffer_with_last_view [yes|no|ask]
When the user closes the last view on a document, close the
document as well ("yes"), or hide the document ("no"), or ask
the user ("ask").
- \\completion_minlength
Defines the minimal length of a word to be added to the list of
words for text completion.
- \\default_length_unit
Defines the default length unit: 2 for centimers, 6 for inches.
- \\default_otf_view_format
Defines the default output format for documents with non-tex
fonts (OpenType fonts).
- \\texinputs_prefix
Defines the prefix for the TEXINPUTS environment variable. A
single '.' in the paths will get replaced with the current
document dir and also non-absolute paths will be prefixed with
that dir.
The default semantics of TEXINPUTS apply, such that, for example,
if a path is terminated with a double slash, all subdirectories
will also be searched by both the TeX engine amnd ancillary programs
such as dvi previewers or dvips.
(see also commit 1717ef20)
- \\use_qimage
See Caveats section below.
- \\use_system_theme_icons
If set to true, LyX tries to use the theme icons as defined by
the OS.
The following pref variables were changed in 2.1:
- \\close_buffer_with_last_view [yes|no|ask]
When user closes the last view on a document, close the document
as well ("yes"), or hide the document ("no"), or ask the user
("ask").
- \\mac_like_word_movement -> \\mac_like_cursor_movement
When this option is set, the cursor is now moved to the end of
the current paragraph on paragrah-down. The pref variable was
renamed to better reflect this new behaviour.
The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.1:
- \\default_language
- \\default_papersize
To set the default language and paper size for new documents, use the
"Save As Document Defaults" button in Document > Settings.
The format pdf aka "PDF (ps2pdf)" was split in two formats: pdf aka
"PDF (ps2pdf)" and pdf6 aka "PDF (graphics)". pdf6 is used for PDF files
included as graphics. Custom external templates and converters might need
to be adjusted. The format split was needed since otherwise an odt->pdf
converter which is intended for included graphics only did interfere with
document export via ps2pdf.
The support for ArmTeX (a special typesetting engine for Armenian) was removed.
Writing text in Armenian is now possible in a native way using XeTeX.
- \\default_language and \\default_papersize
To set the default language and paper size for new documents, use
the "Save As Document Defaults" button in Document > Settings.
The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
- LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_ACTIVATE <branch>:
LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_DEACTIVATE <branch>:
- LFUN_IPA_INSERT
Inserts an IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) inset.
- LFUN_IPAMACRO_INSERT <char>
Inserts special IPA macros into the document. <char> can be
one of 'tone-falling', 'tone-rising', 'tone-high-rising',
'tone-low-rising', 'tone-high-rising-falling', 'deco bottomtiebar',
'deco toptiebar'.
- LFUN_SPELLING_CONTINUOUSLY
Toggles continuous spell-checking.
- LFUN_VC_RENAME
- LFUN_VC_COPY
Renames or copies a file under version control.
- LFUN_BUFFER_FORALL <command>
Applies the <command> to all non-hidden buffers.
- LFUN_ENVIRONMENT_SPLIT
Splits the current environment with a Separator.
- LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_ACTIVATE <branch>
LFUN_BRANCH_MASTER_DEACTIVATE <branch>
Activates or deactivates a branch in a master document from within
a child (as opposed to the existing LFUN_BRANCH_[DE]ACTIVATE, which
toggle the branch in the document itself).
@ -82,20 +159,9 @@ The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
on the document, either close or hide it (see the new preference
option \\close_buffer_with_last_view)
The following LyX functions have been removed:
//template, remove this entry later on
- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead.
The following LyX functions have been changed:
//template, remove this entry later on
- LFUN_INSET_TOGGLE ("inset-toggle"): For some insets, this function was used
to show the settings dialog. This is no longer possible and one should use
inset-settings for this purpose.
- LFUN_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP_CLOSE ("close-tab-group") was renamed to
- LFUN_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP ("close-tab-group") was renamed to
LFUN_TAB_GROUP_CLOSE ("tab-group-close").
- LFUN_SPIT_VIEW ("split-view") was renamed to
@ -106,26 +172,22 @@ The following LyX functions have been changed:
The following LyX key bindings have been changed:
//template, remove this entry later on
- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD ("math-macro-fold")
The binding to "C-minus" has changed to "C-S-underscore".
- The binding "C-w" was moved from "buffer-close" to "view-close"
(only in cua.bind).
Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been included
into the tarball.
New external programs and libraries:
------------------------------------
Changes with respect to external programs and libraries:
--------------------------------------------------------
- LyX links now against libmagic (http://www.darwinsys.com/file/) if it is
available at compile time. This improves the file format detection of
included graphics and other files. The old builtin format detection code
is used if libmagic is not available.
- LyX no longer uses gettext for reading the translation files. This
especially has an advantage on Windows, reducing the time it takes to
find the correct translation.
Known issues in version 2.1.0
-----------------------------
@ -138,8 +200,8 @@ Known issues in version 2.1.0
Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.1.x
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In order to improve reported scrolling slowness, we changed the way screen
painting is done. This, however, can slow down the performance on remote
X connections and we provide RC_USE_QIMAGE variable, which brings back
the old way of painting (when set to false).
- In order to improve reported scrolling slowness, we changed the way
screen painting is done. This, however, can slow down the performance
on remote X connections and we provide the \\use_qimage preference
variable, which brings back the old way of painting (when set to false).