From a9048737cf2645844cb043048a624ef074785612 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vincent van Ravesteijn Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 04:26:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] NEWS: Update from the 2.0.x branch --- NEWS | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 96c855dab0..9ac1b13065 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,103 @@ + + + +What's new in version 2.0.6? +---------------------------- + +This is a bug-fixing release, for the most part. Though, as it has been +almost six months since the last release, a lot of important bugs have +been fixed. Please see the ANNOUNCE file for details. + + +What's new in version 2.0.5? +---------------------------- + +The View>Source widget now allows you to select the backend to display, +e.g., LaTeX or XHTML, rather than the output format. The previous choice +really made no sense: You didn't see a PDF there if you chose one of the +PDF output formats, but rather LaTeX. This solves some long-standing issues +with View>Source. + +There has been an important change in how the "language" lfun works. + - "language " now toggles between languages + (status quo ante LyX 2.0.2) + - "language set" sets to language + (meaning of "language " as of LyX 2.0.2) + - "language [reset]" resets to the document language. + - Menu functions are unchanged. + + +What's new in version 2.0.4? +---------------------------- + +We have migrated our development from subversion to the git revision +control sytem. If you follow or maintain packaging of up-to-date versions +of LyX 2.0.x, you must switch to the new repository address: + git://git.lyx.org/lyx +Branch 2.0.x is the stable branch. See + http://www.lyx.org/HowToUseGIT +for details. + +Most of the improvements in 2.0.4 are bug fixes, some of them important. In +particular, we have fixed several crashes. The main outstanding problem is +the inability to cancel the background export process. Some improvement has +been made here, by updating the timeout mechanism, but more needs to be done, +and hopefully will be done for 2.0.5. + +There have been several updates to LyX's XHTML export routines. Work on this +will continue for 2.0.5. + + +What's new in version 2.0.3? +---------------------------- + +There have been several more updates to LyX's Sweave support. Work on this +is expected to continue through the 2.0.x series. + +LyX 2.0.3 still requires a python 2 interpreter, but steps have been taken +to avoid problems on systems where python 3 is the default python interpreter. +A python 2 interpreter is now automatically detected and used. Additionally, +byte-compiled python files changed their installation target. Distribution +maintainers are encouraged to verify their patch sets. + +There have again been several updates to the tex2lyx conversion script. Not +as many as with 2.0.2, but quite a few. + + +What's new in version 2.0.2? +---------------------------- + +There have been several improvements to LyX's ability to export documents +in the background, so the program does not freeze during compilation. We +hope to continue these improvements throughout the 2.0.x series. + +There have been major updates to the tex2lyx conversion script. Please see +below for the details. + +The ctex document classes, used for Chinese documents, are now supported +by LyX. + +Support for the Springer document classes has been updated for compatibility +with the lasest versions. This has the side-effect that files, created with +LyX 2.0.2 or future, using a Springer document class, will not be compilable +with LyX versions older than LyX 2.0.2. The same applies for files created +with LyX 1.6.10 or older that are saved with LyX 2.0.2 or future. + + +What's new in version 2.0.1? +---------------------------- + +We have fixed an unusually large number of bugs for this release and made +a number of improvements. All of these are detailed in the ANNOUNCE file. +We would like to highlight the improved handling of external files referenced +from ERT. This may cause issues for those who made use of the undocumented +\input@path hack. See the ANNOUNCE file again for how to do things the new +way. New methods for calling external scripts should also solve several issues +on Windows. + + What's new in version 2.0.0? -------------------------------- +---------------------------- The new features in LyX 2.0 are detailed in http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20