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Public release of LyX version 2.1.1
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We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.1.1.  This is the first 
maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.

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.

You can download LyX 2.1.1 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/.

LyX 2.1.1 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version
even more reliable and stable. We have fixed a number of bugs and made
a number of improvements. These are detailed below. We strongly encourage 
all LyX users to upgrade to this version.

Several users have reported seemingly random crashes with 2.1.0, sometimes 
resulting in dataloss. These crashes appear to happen when the user attempts 
to save a file, and the dataloss occurs because the original LyX file is over-
written by a corrupt file that then cannot be opened. The seemingly random
crashes, we believe, are due to auto-save, which is enabled or disabled in
Tools> Preferences> Document Handling > "Backup documents every...minutes".

Unfortunately, we have been unable to find the cause of this bug, though all
known reports seem to involve documents that contain tables, and the corrupt 
file always ends with: \begin_inset Tabular.

To prevent dataloss, we have changed the way LyX saves files if the user
has not enabled backups. LyX now renames the existing file before 
attempting to save the new one (in effect, making a temporary backup). 
Then, if the save fails, the original file can be restored.

If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.1.1, either e-mail the LyX
developers' mailing list (lyx-devel <at> lists.lyx.org) or open a bug
report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome.

If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
documentation that comes with LyX and the LyX wiki, which lives 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).

We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.1.1.

The LyX team.
http://www.lyx.org

What's new
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** Updates:
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* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- We now flush the output stream more frequently, as a temporary measure
  to help us gather information about the crash mentioned above.

- To prevent dataloss, we have changed the way LyX saves files if the user
  has not enabled backups. LyX now renames the existing file before 
  attempting to save the new one (in effect, making a temporary backup). 
  Then, if the save fails, the original file can be restored.


* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION

- Updated Chinese (simplified), French, Interlingua, Japanese, Spanish,
  Swedish and Ukrainian user interface localizations.

- updated French translation of the User Guide and the Math manual.


** Bug fixes:
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* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT

- Fix assertion when selecting in document with bi-directional text (bug 9142).

- Fix assertion when accepting change (bug 9145).

- Fix LaTeX error with alphabetic delimiters in inline Listings (part of bug
  8985).

- Fix output of deleted citations in change tracking mode (bug 8806).

- Fix handling of multiple bibliography styles when using sectioned bibliography
  (bug 9060).

- Fix problem converting layout files and modules when Flex inset names are
  quoted.

- Honor the NextNoIndent layout parameter also in the exported output.

- Output arguments required by arguments with DefaultArg or PresetArg (bug 9128).

- Fix export from command line when included files have names with non-ascii
  characters.


* LYX2LYX

We have fixed several significant issues involving conversion of 2.0 format into 
2.1 format, and conversely. This mostly affects the new argument insets and, in 
particular, beamer documents. These are detailed below.

- Fix conversion of beamer block titles ending with non-ERT insets to 2.1 format.

- Fix conversion of beamer blocks with preceding or trailing blanks.

- Add \justification parameter when converting to 2.1 format (avoids
  warning when converting back to 2.0 format).

- Fix conversion of argument insets from 2.1 to 2.0 format.

- Fix "use math package" settings conversion from 2.1 to 2.0 format.

- Fix "use math package" settings conversion from 2.0 to 2.1 format (bug 9069).

- Fix table cell rotation conversion from 2.1 to 2.0 format.

- Fix import of some argument insets.

- Fix some nesting problems in reversion of some beamer environments to 2.0 format.


* USER INTERFACE

- Fix crash when right-clicking into an insets with more paragraphs than the
  main text (bug 9123).

- Fix crash when entering math in change-tracking mode while merge changes
  dialog is open (bug 7685).

- Fix crash when CheckTeX hits mathed (bug 8798).

- Fix crash when performing "Change Case" operation on a selection with font
  changes (bug 7943).

- Fix crash involving certain sorts of BibTeX files (bug 9112).

- Fix assertion when entering a path into the import dialog (bug 7437).

- Fix assertion when doing advanced replace with table cells selected (bug
  7944).

- Failed instant preview compilation now returns an error. And a red box is 
  drawn around very small preview images, so they can be seen (bug 7522).

- Fix "Select Section" function in the Outliner (bug 8936).

- Fix select-by-doubleclick in mathed (bug 8829).

- Make selection by mouse drag more reliable in mathed (bug 9074).

- Fix undo with many individual changes (e.g. with replace all)
  (bug 7079).

- Fix problem with display of citation information when a whole lot of
  entries are cited at once (bug 9131).

- Do not spellcheck "code" style in logical markup module.

- Fix invalid writing of default_otf_view_format preference (bug 9100).

- Open View > Source Pane at a reasonable size (bug 9084). The downside of
  this fix is that the Source Pane cannot be shrunken ad infinitum anymore.

- Fix problem with drawing of background in math when selection is active.

- Fix wrong on-screen indentation of a paragraph occurring in some cases.

- Fix keyborad input of cyrillic characters in program listings (bug 9102).

- Fix default vertical alignment when inserting a math matrix through the
  math toolbar or context menu (bug 9153).


* INTERNALS

- Fix a problem when PATH changes and python command is relative (bug 8950).

- Reduce memory use with large documents.

- Disable a console message when loading a document in a language for
  which the UI is not translated.
 

* BUILD/INSTALLATION

- Fix bad compare of pointer vs. character (part of bug 8985).

- With autotools, avoid installing in Windows and MacOS some files intented
  for the unix builds.

- Fix minor issue in script that extracts strings for GUI translation (bug 9054).