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How do I upgrade my existing LyX system to version 1.4.x?
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The format of the preferences file has changed slightly. LyX 1.4.x is
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able to read old preferences files, but it will save them in the new
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format, so it is not possible to run LyX 1.3.x and 1.4.x with the same
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personal configuration directory.
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The format of the layout files has also changed, but LyX 1.4.x uses a
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converter layout2layout.py written in python that will convert old layout
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files on the fly. You can also call it manually on your layout files if
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you want to convert them to 1.4.x format permanently.
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The format of the external template file has changed substantially.
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Automatic conversion is not available, so you need to convert your
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external templates manually. The new format of the external template
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configuration file is described in chapter 6.5 of the Customization Guide.
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And of course, if you upgrade from LyX 1.2.x, remember that since
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1.3.0, you have to do the following changes:
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One of the perennial bug bears of LyX users in the past has been that
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they have had to run Edit->Reconfigure when starting their new version
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of the code for the first time. Strange and wonderful things would
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often result if they forgot to do this, so LyX 1.3.0 now runs
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Edit->Reconfigure automatically the first time the program is run.
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If you have your own layout files, you may need to update them a little:
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- floats are now defined in the layout file, using the "Float"..."End"
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construct. In most cases, adding "Input stdfloats.inc" to your layout
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file is enough.
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- counters are also defined in the layout files, using the
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"Counter"..."End" construct. As for floats, adding "Input
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stdfloats.inc" is probably a good idea.
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And of course, if you upgrade from LyX 1.1.x, remember that since
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1.2.0, you have to do the following changes:
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- all layout files should have a "DefaultStyle" entry
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- the "Latex" font style does not exist anymore. If you really need
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its functionality, consider using the "PassThru" keyword instead.
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The new layout format keywords are described in the Customization
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manual.
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If you have your own binding files (especially math.bind), you will
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have to update them
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- math-insert now takes a latex macro name as argument, so that
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"math-insert sqrt" should now be "\math-insert \sqrt"
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- math-greek-toggle is now gone, and should be replaced by explicit
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bindings like
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\bind "M-m g a" "math-insert \alpha"
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Build requirements
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LyX's graphics handling system has changed substantially. If you
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do not have the JPEG library installed, you may need to install
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it before you can use the graphics capabilities of LyX. If you
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do not have the ImageMagick command-line tools installed, you
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will need to modify the default set up of LyX, or install them,
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in order to get previews of your document's graphics.
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Document transfer
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LyX 1.4.x uses an external python script, lyx2lyx, to import documents
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written using previous versions of LyX. All versions of LyX as far back as
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0.12 are supported, so any klyx users still holding out for an alternative
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to xforms will finally be able to put their dinosaur to rest ;-)
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Of course, this means that you must have python (at least version 1.5)
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installed in order to use LyX 1.4.x with your old documents.
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lyx2lyx also has the framework in place to be able to convert documents
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to an earlier format. However, these converters have only been written
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for the conversion from 1.4.x to 1.3.x, so versions of LyX older than
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1.3.0 will NOT be able to read documents saved with LyX 1.4.x.
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The conversion from 1.4.x to 1.3.x is lossless as long as no new features
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are used. lyx2lyx tries hard to find something equivalent for new
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features such as boxes, but this is known to fail sometimes.
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LyX 1.3.7 contains an updated lyx2lyx that can read documents in 1.4.x
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format. LyX 1.4.x can also export to 1.3.x format for document transfer to
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older 1.3.x releases.
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If you were previously (in LyX 1.1.x) using the floatflt paragraph
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option to wrap text around a figure, it was necessary to modify this
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for LyX 1.2.0 manually, as described in the manuals. The feature has
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been re-implemented as "Floting figure" inset in 1.3.0. Old files will
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be converted automatically, but you may want to convert the
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1.2.x-style ERT constructs with the native solution (see section 3.8
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of the Extended Features manual).
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Since LyX 1.2.0, the babel package is loaded after the user-defined
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preamble (because some packages really need to be loaded before
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babel). If you relied, on babel being loaded before your own
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definitions, you can add an extra "\usepackage{babel}" statement at
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the beginning of your preamble.
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http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315
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