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2003-01-26 Angus Leeming <leeming@lyx.org>
* README, NEWS, INSTALL: tighten up the English and make them a bit
more self-consistent. Remove a couple of references to bogus ftp
repositories.
2003-01-18 Lars Gullik Bjønnes <larsbj@gullik.net>
* Makefile.am: move some doxy stuff from here...

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INSTALL
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@ -46,52 +46,49 @@ Standard Template Library (STL); this means that gcc users will have
to install the relevant libstdc++ library to be able to compile this
version.
* xforms frontend
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 1.2.0, you will need to have Xforms library and
header version 0.88 or 0.89. Version 0.89.6 is the one which works
best, but the old stable 0.88.1 version is still supported. On some
systems, such as linux ELF, there are shared library versions of the
Xforms library, which require an installation step to configure the
system.
Xforms is available (free) only in binary format, source code is not
available. If it is not available for your machine, contact the Xforms
developers to request a version for your system. You can get it from
The xforms library has been very recently updated to version 1.0.
This version has been released under the LGPL (Lesser General Public
License), and the availability of the source means that many bugs that
have been plaguing LyX have been fixed in xforms. You are advised to
upgrade to xforms 1.0 to enjoy all these new fixes.
In fact, LyX 1.3.0 no longer supports versions of xforms older than 0.89.5.
You can get the source from
http://world.std.com/~xforms/
ftp://ncmir.ucsd.edu/pub/xforms/
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/xforms/
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/X11/gui/xforms
ftp://ftp.cs.ruu.nl/pub/XFORMS/
ftp://ncmir.ucsd.edu/pub/xforms/OpenSource/xforms-1.0-release.tgz
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/xforms/OpenSource/xforms-1.0-release.tgz
If you use a rpm-based linux distribution, such as RedHat or Mandrake,
we recommend that you grab a version of xforms from
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/contrib
as the rpm packages commonly found are compiled against glibc 2.0
instead of 2.[12], and this causes occasional crashes.
Look for the xforms-1.0-release.src.rpm or the binary libforms*.i386.rpm.
In addition, you must have libXpm version 4.7 or newer.
Note that the Qt and Gnome frontends are still under development, and
as a result are only useful if you want to help out with testing and
development.
* Qt frontend
LyX has been tested with both Qt 2.x and 3.0.x libraries. The only special
point to make is that you must ensure that both LyX and the Qt libraries
are compiled with the same C++ compiler.
If you make modifications to files in src/ (for example by applying a
patch), you will need to have the GNU gettext package installed, due
to some dependencies in the makefiles. You can find the latest version
to some dependencies in the makefiles. You can get the latest version
from:
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/gettext-0.11.4.tar.gz
LyX contains a hack to work around this, but you should not rely too
much on it.
To use the thesaurus, you will need to install libAikSaurus, available
from :
from:
http://aiken.clan11.com/aiksaurus/
Finally, the two following programs should be available at

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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ What's new in version 1.3.0?
As with the previous major version 1.2.0, many things make this new
release an exciting one. This should not however hide the fact that
the `under the hood' changes to the code have been (again) very
the `under the hood' changes to the code have again been very
important. One of these invisible changes that have been going on for
a long time is the so-called GUI-independence project. We are glad to
announce that version 1.3.0 shows the first results of this.
@ -23,16 +23,15 @@ displayed properly.
The avent of the Qt frontend does not mean that the historical xforms
frontend is dead. Actually, it is still the one which is the best
implemented, since we had much time to polish it. In this release,
implemented, because we have had more time to polish it. In this release,
most of the dialogs have been redesigned to be tighter.
Note also that the xforms library has been very recently updated to
version 1.0. This version has been released under the LGPL (Lesser
General Public License), and the availability of the source means that
many bugs that have been plaguing LyX have been fixed in xforms. You
are advised to upgrade to xforms 1.0 to enjoy all these new fixes. As
a matter of fact, LyX 1.3.0 does not support anymore versions of
xforms older than 0.89.5.
are advised to upgrade to xforms 1.0 to enjoy all these new fixes.
In fact, LyX 1.3.0 no longer supports versions of xforms older than 0.89.5.
In most cases the dialogs have been designed to make it impossible to input
invalid parameters. The exception to this rule is the input of length data.
@ -53,28 +52,28 @@ preview-latex is an emacs package for LaTeX that allows "instant previews"
of LaTeX code, so you can immediately see the visual rendering of the
LaTeX in the document. Its project home page can be found at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/preview-latex. With the help of David
Kastrup, the author, current CVS LyX can harness this functionality to
Kastrup, the author, LyX 1.3.0 can harness this functionality to
allow instant previews in the LyX window of math equations and
figures. This feature can be immensely useful for making sure the
figures. This feature can be immensely useful, ensuring that the
rendering of your equation will look right in the final output. The
preview is only displayed (when enabled) when you're not editing the
preview is only displayed (if enabled) when you're not editing the
actual equation, so it's unobtrusive too.
** Math editor
There have been few visible and some not-so-visible changes. On the
There have been a few visible and some not-so-visible changes. On the
visible side we have better visual feedback regarding the structure of
a formula by showing the nesting by small purple decorations in the
formula itself and by revealing the names of the nesting levels in the
a formula, showing the nesting by small purple decorations in the
formula itself and revealing the names of the nesting levels in the
minibuffer. There is now native support for symbols from the wasy
package containing e.g. the zodiac symbols. New is also the internal
structure of font changes which are now proper "insets" as anything
else from a square root to an array. This does not only simplify the
code greatly but also allows the same editing tricks as for the
package containing e.g. the zodiac symbols. New also is the internal
structure of font changes which are now proper "insets", just like
anything else from a square root to an array. This not only simplifies
the code greatly but also allows the same editing tricks as for the
"regular" math. However, it was not possible to tweak the visible
behaviour to mimic 1.2 in all cases, so this might take some time to
get accustomed to. On the pro side, the new structure allowed
implementing support for LaTeX's \mbox and \fbox and general
support for LaTeX's \mbox and \fbox to be implemented and general
"switching back to text mode within math", so a lot of "evil red text"
trickery is not needed anymore. The most visible changes are the following:
@ -89,13 +88,13 @@ trickery is not needed anymore. The most visible changes are the following:
** Reading old files
LyX now has a new script lyx2lyx which allows to read any old file
produced by LyX versions as old as 0.12. 0.10 series is in the works
for 0.10 (1.4 time line) and still older files are in the forge.
Basically if lyx wrote it lyx will read it. :-)
LyX now has a new script lyx2lyx which enables the reading of any file
produced by LyX versions as old as 0.12. Work is in progress on files
created with LyX 0.10 (LyX 1.4 time-line) and still older files are
in the forge. Basically if lyx wrote it LyX will read it. :-)
There is also a strong demand for being able to read files produced by
_newer_ versions of LyX. While lyx2lyx has an infrastructure in place
There is also a strong demand to be able to read files produced by
_newer_ versions of LyX. While lyx2lyx has the infrastructure in place
to do such things, the filters to `downgrade' LyX files (from 1.3.0 to
1.2.x, for example) have not yet been written.
@ -105,12 +104,12 @@ to do such things, the filters to `downgrade' LyX files (from 1.3.0 to
equations if they are available (it is not necessary anymore to
configure your font server).
- The Insert>Short Title allows to add an optional text for section
headings and captions that is designed to be used in table of
contents.
- The Insert>Short Title allows the addition of an optional text
for section headings and captions that is designed to be used in
tables of contents.
- The Insert>Float>Floatflt Figure menu item restores the capability
of wrapping a text around an image which was present in 1.1.6 and
- The Insert>Float>Floatflt Figure menu item restores the ability
to wrap text around an image which was present in 1.1.6 and
removed in 1.2.0
- If you configure with --with-pspell (which uses the PSpell library for

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@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ Preamble: LyX version scheme
In September of 1999 the LyX Team decided that we could no
longer successfully use the two strand development process
like the Linux kernel. The idea was to to switch to a
development model similar to that used by Fetchmail where only
we would will only make small stable changes between releases
development model similar to that used by Fetchmail where
we would make only small stable changes between releases
and release more often. This lead to the 1.1.x series of LyX
releases where the inhards of the program have been rewritten
releases during which the inhards of the program were rewritten
to make use of the C++ Standard Library features, establish
the foundations of GUI/system independence, and generally
clean up the data structures used in the core of LyX.
@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ Preamble: LyX version scheme
feature/modification has proved stable it will be merged into
the main releases.
LyX still uses a continuous numbering scheme where odd or
even numbering is not significant. Prereleases are
labeled with a "pre" suffix and any fixes required between
stable releases have a "fix" suffix. Thus there are three
possible file names:
LyX still uses a continuous numbering scheme in which odd or
even numbering is not significant. Instead a number '1.x.y'
indicates stable release '1.x', fix level 'y'. Prereleases
are labeled with a "pre" suffix. Thus there are three possible
file names:
lyx-1.2.0.tar.gz -- stable release
lyx-1.2.2.tar.gz -- second maintenance release of the
1.2.0 stable release
lyx-1.2.0pre1.tar.gz -- potentially unstable test release
The maintenance releases are designed mainly to fix bugs. The
The maintenance releases are designed primarily to fix bugs. The
goal here is not to have parallel development as for the linux
kernel (the team is too small to afford that), but rather to
include all the simple (so that the maintenance burden on us
@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ What is LyX not?
What do I need to run LyX?
A Unix-like system or Windows with cygwin, OS/2 with XFree
At least X11 Release 5
At least X11 Release 5.
A decent LaTeX2e installation (e.g. teTeX or NTeX) not older
than 1995/12/01
Perl5.002 or later to import LaTeX files into LyX
than 1995/12/01.
Perl5.002 or later to import LaTeX files into LyX.
What's new?
@ -96,12 +96,16 @@ How do I upgrade from an earlier LyX version?
What do I need to compile LyX from the source distribution?
1. A good c++ compiler. Development is being done mainly on
gcc/g++, but some others work. As of LyX 1.2.0, you need at
* A good c++ compiler. Development is being done mainly on
gcc/g++, but some others work. As of LyX 1.3.0, you need at
least gcc 2.95.X (or egcs 1.1.x). Another compiler known to
work is compaq cxx 6.1.
2. The Xforms library version 0.89.6 (recommended) or 0.88.1.
3. LibXpm version 4.7 (or newer).
Either:
* The Xforms library, version 0.89.5 or newer. We recommend
the LGPL version 1.0.
* LibXpm, version 4.7 or newer.
Or:
* The Qt library, version 2.x or 3.0.x.
Read the file "INSTALL" for more information on compiling.