From b44b09d36bb2378ad1e50ca6593683e27c81a932 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jamatos Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:12:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update NEWS to beta 1 git-svn-id: svn://svn.lyx.org/lyx/lyx-devel/trunk@25007 a592a061-630c-0410-9148-cb99ea01b6c8 --- NEWS | 221 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 220 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 4efa792603..33e7d74f88 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,229 @@ -What's new in version 1.6.0alpha2? +What's new in version 1.6.0beta1? ---------------------------- The new features in LyX 1.6 are detailed in http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX16 +What's new in version 1.5.5? +---------------------------- + +** Updates: +*********** + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- New Spanish translation of the math manual. + +- New French translation of the documentation file "Formula-numbering.lyx". + +- Updated Czech, French, Galician, German, Italian, Japanese, and + Romanian translation of the user interface. + +- Updated German User's Guide and Extended manual. + +- Updated French User's Guide. + +- Updated Italian Intro manual. + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Add support for the bm package. + +- New layout files "article (beamer)" and "article (koma + beamer)" that + support beamer's article mode. + +- Allow using the \binom command without the amsmath package. + +- Add support for \brace and \brack commands in mathed. + + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- New import option for comma-separated-value files. + +- Add support for the HTML-to-LaTeX converters gnuhtml2latex and + htmltolatex (bug 4615). + +- The commands \makeatletter and \makeatother are now only added to the + preamble when actually needed. + +- The command \textcolor is now converted when importing LaTeX files + (bug 2457). + +- Global line spacing settings are now imported when importing LaTeX + files. + +- The command \lyxline is now converted when importing LaTeX files + (bug 4795). + + +* WINDOWS INSTALLER: + +- A metafile (EMF/WMF) to EPS conversion tool is included. + This tool uses a virtual printer called "Metafile to EPS Converter". + +- Full support for installation on a per-user basis, including limited + users. + +- Required files of ImageMagick and Ghostscript will be installed in the + LyX folder. + + +* BUILD: + +- New configure option --enable-build-type allows to set all + compilation options for release, prerelease or development builds. + Please see the INSTALL file for more details. + + +** Bug fixes: +************* + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Fix LaTeX import of aligned consecutive paragraphs (bug 4806). + +- Fix font size handling when importing LaTeX files (bug 4803 and + bug 4807). + +- After an inset, don't always revert to the language's default encoding + for latex output, but honor that specified in the document settings + (bug 4665). + +- Close font macros (such as \emph) before comments, greyedout, framed + and shaded notes, thus fixing a problem where documents couldn't be + compiled anymore. + +- Fix LaTeX error "unknown color 'ignore'" when setting text style + attributes in mathed (bug 4091). + +- Assure amsthm is loaded if a theorem is defined with \theoremstyle. + +- Fix LaTeX errors triggered by switching from ams article to ams plain + article. + +- Fix drawing of top and bottom rules in formal tables (bug 4554). + +- Fix reversion of OHM and ANGSTROM characters to LyX < 1.5.0 (rest of + bug 3313). + +- Check for the LaTeX packages "nicefrac" and "units" that are used by + LyX. + +- Check for PDF->PS, PDF->EPS and PS->EPS converters and use them (bug + 3968). + +- Stop warning messages when a local layout file is opened. Fix bugs + caused by incorrect reloading of local layout files. + +- Use verbose htlatex command instead of oolatex, if available, since the + latter caused problems on some systems (bug 4604). + +- Use package amsbsy for bold math symbols obtained through the \boldsymbol + macro, such that bold super and subscripts have the correct size even + when not using the complete amsmath package. + +- Fix loading of lyx documents generated with csv2lyx (bug 4639). + +- Move \label{} outside of listings option caption={} because the listings + package prefers a separate label={} option. + +- Set the correct encoding when an ASCII encoded LaTeX file is imported + (bug 4719). + +- Parse the command \makebox correctly when importing LaTeX files + (bug 2504). + +- Import global paragraph settings correctly when importing LaTeX files + (bug 4773). + +- Use style guide-conforming headings in the APA layout (bug 4827). + + +* USER INTERFACE: + +- Fix a crash on startup with Qt 4.4 (bug 4568). + +- Fix a crash that occured on some OSes when the character '{' was + inserted in the advanced input of the listings dialog (bug 4780). + +- Fix an assertion with compressed image files that do not have a + zip-extension. + +- Fix an assertion with incorrect argument for '-sysdir' command-line + switch (bug 4791). + +- Correctly apply font changes when several math matrix cells are selected + (bug 4566). + +- Allow deleting a label in a formula as well as the numbering with the + delete key (bug 2556). + +- Allow to enter starred math commands such as \tag* (bug 4584). + +- Load amsmath when \tag or \tag* is used (bug 4586). + +- Fix parameter input of the math commands \makebox and \framebox (bug + 2461). + +- When cutting a selection do not leave a dangling paragraph (bug 3995). + +- Improve the behaviour when inserting a collapsable inset over a multi- + paragraph selection. + +- Fix the automatic uncollapsing of outliner during updates (bug 3740). + +- Correctly handle quotation marks in command preferences (bug 2016). + +- Remove the menu entries to swap rows/columns as this feature is not + implemented. + +- Fix wrong focusing of buttons in search dialog (bug 4194). + +- Disallow some Note variants in places where they would result in LaTeX + errors (part of bug 4180). + +- Use *.* to select all files in the file selection dialog on Windows. + Using shortcuts for navigation is now possible. + +- Fix \Vert symbol in the math panel (part of bug 4720). + +- correct numbering inside multiline environments (bug 518). + +- Fix typo in the script TeXFiles.py that scans for TeX files. + +- Remove the menu entry Insert -> Math -> Toggle math panels, since + it actually does not insert anything and its functionality is covered + by menu View - > Toolbars -> Math Panels (bug 4765). + + +* DOCUMENTATION + +- Fix LaTeX errors in the Spanish Tutorial, UserGuide, and Intro manual. + +- Math manual: + - correct shortcuts for math fonts in section 11.1 + - fix the description of the command \tag in section 19.4 + +- Man page: document -geometry option, update Copyright date (bug 4740). + +- The tex2lyx man page was completely outdated and referred to reLyX in many + places (bug 2770). It has been cleaned up, but it is still outdated in + details. + + +* BUILD/INSTALLATION: + +- fix the 'make check' target in src/support; one of the checks still + fails (bug 4638) + +- fix the problems with compilation on gcc 4.3.0 with disabled pch headers. + +- fix some compilation warnings. + + What's new in version 1.5.4? ---------------------------- -- 2.11.4.GIT