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Richard Kimberly Heck fb6b8201c4 Prepare for 2.3.4-3
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Public release of LyX version 2.3.4-3
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This is another emergency release that, hopefully, actually fixes the
first bug that 2.3.4-2 was meant to fix: A delay when saving files on
Windows. The new bug is #11737. There are no other changes. Only Windows
users will need to upgrade to this version.
Public release of LyX version 2.3.4-2
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This is an emergency release that fixes four bugs in 2.3.4. Only the
first two really warrant an emergency release, but while we're at it...
The first, bug #11728, caused a five-second delay when attempting
to save files on Windows. This was a side effect of the fix for #10091
and reminds us why it would be good to have more testing on Windows.
The second bug is discussed in this thread
https://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg210294.html
and concerns a crash related to the math toolbar. This was due to an
uninitialize buffer_ member revealed by the fix for #11586.
The third, bug #11724, affects Beamer presentations and causes bad output
when page geometry is set in certain ways. LyX should and how does ignore
such settings.
The last, bug #11579, is an old one, but a serious one, that prevents
the use of CJKUtf8 in ERT. It's a straightforward fix for a bug that is
pretty serious for people who encounter it.
All LyX users are encouraged to upgrade to 2.3.4-2.
The original announcement for 2.3.4 follows.
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We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.4. This is the fourth
maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
You can download LyX 2.3.4 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/.
LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based
on the structure of your documents and not simply their appearance. It is
released under a Free and Open Source Software license.
LyX 2.3.4 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
reliable and more stable. One important change is that we have finally fixed
a large number of bugs related to bibitems (see bug #7548). We have also (we
hope) fixed a long-standing bug involving the saving of files on Windows to
Dropbox folders.
If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.4, please open a bug report at
http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. If you're not sure whether it
really is a bug, you can e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel
<at> lists.lyx.org) and ask.
If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the documentation
that comes with LyX (under the Help or Apple menu) and the LyX wiki, which
is at http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the
LyX users' list (lyx-users <at> lists.lyx.org), where you will find an
active community of people who are ready to help.
We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.3.4.
The LyX team.
http://www.lyx.org
What's new
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** Updates:
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* USER INTERFACE
- The "Rows & Columns" optional submenu has been added to the math context menu.
- Avoid using text mode for unicode symbols representable in math mode (bug 9616).
- Do not issue error dialog when no tag is found in git repository for
tree-revision info inset.
- Fix display with Wayland (bug 11692).
- Improve editing performance when there are Include insets that point to
non-existing files. (bug 11656).
* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
- New section about references in the example file colored-boxes.lyx.
- The Dutch user interface localization has been revived, and the Dutch docs
revised.
- The Russian Tutorial has been updated.
- Updated localizations include Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, German, Hebrew,
Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish, and Ukrainian.
- Fixed index processor in some manuals (bug 11708).
** Bug fixes:
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* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
- Prevent crash due to unencodable path (bug 11688).
- Fix crash with polyglossia when the "Auto End" language preference setting
is off and titles are used.
- (Re-)fix problems with activated equal sign and graphic options in Turkish
and Latin documents (bug 2005).
- Correctly set language after intitle paragraphs (bug 11514).
- Fix toprule with booktabs/longtable and captions (bug 11589).
- Avoid adding spaces when parsing an array in a macro template (bug 10499).
- Avoid superfluous braces in the optional argument of a macro (bug 11552).
- Do not replace a latex command with the corresponding symbol in the
unicodesymbols file, unless it can be encoded in the document encoding
(bug 11586).
- Fix problems with paths that contain the tilde (~) character.
- Fix nomenclature processing with LuaTeX (bug 11571).
- Fix problem on Windows with saving files in Dropbox folders (bug 10091).
- Find local bib files when they exist in the same directory as the LyX
file (bug 11588).
- Fix table column order with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 9686).
- Fix paragraph alignment with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11399).
- Fix direction of brackets with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11187).
- Fix direction of roman numbers with RTL documents and LuaTeX.
- Fix direction of numbered citations outside XeTeX/bidi (bug 3005).
- Fix direction of references with XeTeX/bidi (bug 11626).
- Fix interplay of the memoir class and custom page size/geometry (bug 10970).
- Fix compilation of Hebrew Article with XeTeX and LuaTeX (bug 10525).
- Fix greyedout note with RTL documents (bug 8647).
- Fix colored and shaded boxes with RTL documents (bug 8642).
- Fix loading order problem with rotfloat/rotating and graphicx (bug 11502).
- Fix LaTeX error with Canadian French as second language. LyX now uses
the (recommended) babel option "acadian" rather than "canadien".
- Do not create unnecessary directories when exporting from the command
line (bug 11636).
- Fix problem with included objects with Linkback service on Mac (bug 6961).
- Fix termination of commands after math insets (bug 11667).
- Fix \binom command clash in beamer.
* USER INTERFACE
- Fix configure process with Python 3 (bug 11642).
- Fix some numbering issues with bibitems (bug 2743, 8499).
- Deal properly with orphaned bibitems (bug 7160).
- Fix endless loop when a macro definition references itself (bug 11595).
- Use the selection as the argument of a macro also when the macro has only
optional arguments (bug 10498).
- Correctly close a language opened in a branch inset (bug 9633).
- Fix additional problem with display of inline equations in outliner
(bug 11423).
- Preserve "all authors" state when switching citation style via context
menu (bug 11439).
- Fix right and left layout alignment (in workarea) with RTL (bug 11606).
- Show filenames for verbatim includes in outliner (bug 11612).
- Enable change tracking if paragraph break change (bug 11629).
- Fix crash when deleting column in math grid (bug 11623).
- Hide "LaTeX (Clipboard)" entry from import menu (bug 11657).
- Enable dissolve in undefined Flex inset context menu (bug 8650).
- Enable dissolve in context menu of element in table cells.
- Fix bad caret position when row scrolls horizontally (bug 11603).
- Fix crash when inserting some insets in math split insets (bug 11686).
- Properly remember cursor position when many files have been opened
(bug 10310).
* INTERNALS
- Fix TeX file listing with the Nix package manager.
- Fix Python detection routines, and so instant preview on some platforms
(bug 11282).
* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
- Fix string direction in Hebrew localization (bug 11607).
* LYX2LYX
- Fix typo in the code that converts from file formats older than lyx 2.1
(thanks to Salvatore Falco).
* TEX2LYX
- Significantly improve support for modules (bug 11259, 8229).
- Prevent multiplication of preamble code on (re-)import (bug 8229).
- Fix import of custom float definitions.
* BUILD/INSTALLATION
- avoid annoying warnings with g++ 9.