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Clean RELEASE-NOTES for 2.2
I kept the notes on Python 3 incompatibility and the advice to compile with Qt 4.8.x.
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RELEASE-NOTES
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RELEASE-NOTES
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This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.1.0, some
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known problems in LyX 2.1.0 and some things you have to take into account
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when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.1.x series.
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This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 2.2.0, some
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known problems in LyX 2.2.0 and some things you have to take into account
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when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 2.2.x series.
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Interface changes
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-----------------
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- There have been changes to some often used menu items.
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The following menu items moved from View to Document:
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* View (Default format)
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* View (Other formats)
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* Update (Default format)
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* Update (Other formats)
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The following menu item moved from Document to View:
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* Outline -> Outline Pane
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- Whenever the user closes a (tabbed) view on a document, either by
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clicking on the tab close button, or by using the File->Close menu,
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LyX now closes exclusively that specific view. If there are other
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views showing the same document, they are not closed. When the user
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closes the last view, LyX can be configured for either closing the
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document, or keeping it in memory as a hidden document (that can be
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shown again through the View->Hidden-> submenu).
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A new configurable preference option has been added, allowing for
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either (close_buffer_with_last_view).
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- There have been some changes to the LyX command line. The following
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new options have been added:
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--export-to <format> <dest> (-E <format> <dest>)
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Allows one to perform a batch export of the LyX file that is
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opened to the specified destination file <dest> and format
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<format>. For example, to create a PDF of a LyX document,
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you can run:
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lyx --export-to pdf /path/to/dest.pdf /path/to/source.lyx
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See the manual page for details.
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This functionality is also available via a new menu voice
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Export->Export As..., that pops up a dialog allowing one to
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choose the export format, as well as the destination pathname.
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Also, it is available via the mini-buffer (or the -x switch)
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through a proper new LFUN (see below).
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- The Advanced Find and Replace feature now supports cancel of a
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long search operation by hitting the ESC key.
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- The format pdf aka "PDF (ps2pdf)" was split in two formats: pdf aka
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"PDF (ps2pdf)" and pdf6 aka "PDF (graphics)". pdf6 is used for PDF
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files included as graphics. Custom external templates and converters
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might need to be adjusted. The format split was needed since otherwise
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an odt->pdf converter which is intended for included graphics only
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did interfere with document export via ps2pdf.
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- The support for ArmTeX (a special typesetting engine for Armenian)
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was removed. Writing text in Armenian is now possible in a native
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way using XeTeX.
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The following pref variables were added in 2.1:
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- \\close_buffer_with_last_view [yes|no|ask]
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When the user closes the last view on a document, close the
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document as well ("yes"), or hide the document ("no"), or ask
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the user ("ask").
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- \\completion_minlength
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Defines the minimal length of a word to be added to the list of
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words for text completion.
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- \\default_length_unit
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Defines the default length unit: 2 for centimers, 6 for inches.
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- \\default_otf_view_format
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Defines the default output format for documents with non-tex
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fonts (OpenType fonts).
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- \\fullscreen_statusbar
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Controls whether the statusbar is shown in fullscreen mode.
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- \\texinputs_prefix
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Defines the prefix for the TEXINPUTS environment variable. A
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single '.' in the paths will get replaced with the current
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document dir and also non-absolute paths will be prefixed with
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that dir.
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The default semantics of TEXINPUTS apply, such that, for example,
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if a path is terminated with a double slash, all subdirectories
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will also be searched by both the TeX engine and ancillary programs
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such as dvi previewers or dvips.
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(see also commit 1717ef20)
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- \\use_qimage
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See Caveats section below.
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- \\use_system_theme_icons
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If set to true, LyX tries to use the theme icons as defined by
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the OS.
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The following pref variables were added in 2.2:
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The following pref variables were changed in 2.1:
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- \\mac_like_word_movement -> \\mac_like_cursor_movement
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When this option is set, the cursor is now moved to the end of
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the current paragraph on paragraph-down. The pref variable was
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renamed to better reflect this new behaviour.
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The following pref variables were changed in 2.2:
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The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.1:
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- \\default_language and \\default_papersize
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To set the default language and paper size for new documents, use
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the "Save As Document Defaults" button in Document > Settings.
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The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.2:
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The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
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- ipa-insert
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Inserts an IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) inset.
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- ipamacro-insert <char>
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Inserts special IPA macros into the document. <char> can be
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one of 'tone-falling', 'tone-rising', 'tone-high-rising',
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'tone-low-rising', 'tone-high-rising-falling', 'deco bottomtiebar',
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'deco toptiebar'.
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- spelling-continuously
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Toggles continuous spell-checking.
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- vc-rename
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- vc-copy
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Renames or copies a file under version control.
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- buffer-forall <command>
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Applies <command> to all non-hidden buffers.
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- environment-split
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Splits the current environment with a Separator.
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- branch-master-activate <branch>
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- branch-master-deactivate <branch>
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Activates or deactivates a branch in a master document from within
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a child (as opposed to the existing branch-[de]activate, which
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toggle the branch in the document itself).
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- buffer-export-as <format> <filename>
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Equivalent to the new -export-to command-line switch (see above).
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- clipboard-paste-simple
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Paste the clipboard contents as simple unformatted text.
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This is also available through a new menu voice within the
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[Edit]->[Paste Special...] sub-menu.
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- view-close
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Close the current document view only, if there are no more views
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on the document, either close or hide it (see the new preference
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option \\close_buffer_with_last_view)
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The following LyX functions have been changed:
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- close-tab-group was renamed to tab-group-close.
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- split-view was renamed to view-split.
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- break-paragraph was renamed to paragraph-break.
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- copy-label-as-reference was renamed to label-copy-as-reference.
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The following LyX key bindings have been changed:
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- The binding "C-w" was moved from "buffer-close" to "view-close"
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(only in cua.bind).
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- sciword.bind was changed significantly (see #8364). The most important
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change is that "math-delim" commands now work under Windows.
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The following LyX documents have been moved:
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- All thesis template files and the svmult and svmono template files have been
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moved to the examples folder.
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The following metadata files have been added to the tarball:
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- Linux desktop file specification and scalable icon has been
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included in the tarball.
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- AppData file (appdata.xml). It will not be installed by default and
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distribution maintainers need to handle this file themselves.
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Changes with respect to external programs and libraries:
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--------------------------------------------------------
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- LyX now links against libmagic (http://www.darwinsys.com/file/) if it is
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available at compile time. This improves the file format detection of
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included graphics and other files. The old builtin format detection code
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is used if libmagic is not available.
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- LyX no longer uses gettext for handling the translation files. This
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especially is an advantage on Windows, where translating strings is faster.
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- LyX is not yet supposed to work with Qt5. It is advised to compile and
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run LyX against Qt 4.8.x. On Windows, Qt 4.8.5 suffers from a bug that
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breaks the use of shortcuts, so on Windows Qt 4.8.4 is advised.
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Known issues in version 2.1.0
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Known issues in version 2.2.0
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-----------------------------
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- LyX needs to be run under Python 2 and will not work properly on systems
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be enough.
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Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.1.x
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Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.2.x
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-------------------------------------------------------
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- In order to improve reported scrolling slowness, we changed the way
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screen painting is done. This, however, can slow down the performance
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on remote X connections and we provide the \\use_qimage preference
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variable, which brings back the old way of painting (when set to false).
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