On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Richard Heck <rgh...@lyx.org> wrote: > Public release of LyX version 2.2.2 > =================================== >
Ubuntu packages are now available on the PPA: https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/ubuntu/release For those requiring Qt5 builds, check out this dedicated PPA: https://launchpad.net/~lyx-devel/+archive/ubuntu/release-qt5 Regards, Liviu > We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.2. This is the second > maintenance release in the 2.2.x series. > > You can download LyX 2.2.2 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 2.2.2 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more > reliable and more stable. We have fixed a number of bugs and made a number > of improvements. Most of these are relatively minor, but we nonetheless > encourage all users of 2.2.1 to upgrade to this version. > > Perhaps the most important bug we fixed affected use of covington.sty with > 2.2.1. This will only have affected users of the Linguistics module. > > One new feature is the use of the "scaling" option when exporting images > for XHTML. This does not work the same way as with LaTeX export. What it > does is add something like "width: 50%" to the style attribute. This will > ordinarily be interpreted by the browser as a percentage relative to the > current element. > > If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.2, 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 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 2.2.2. > > The LyX team. > http://www.lyx.org > > > What's new > ========== > > ** Updates: > *********** > > * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT > > - .xlsx is now a suggested extension in the spreadsheet external template. > > - Improve systemlyxdir handling. > > > * USER INTERFACE > > - When changing zoom level, show current value in status bar (bug > 10212). > > - Names containing @ are now recognised by the syntax highlighter in the > preamble. > > - Replace Insert>Caption submenu by a normal entry when there is only one > caption type. > > > * DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION > > - Updated Brazilian, French, German, Italian and Slovak user interface > localization. > > - Updated French Customizaion, Math, Tutorial and UserGuide manuals. > > - Update beamer manual with regard to the new Separator usage. > > > * BUILD/INSTALLATION > > - If available, use qtchooser to select correct Qt tools when configuring. > > > > ** Bug fixes: > ************* > > * DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT > > - We no longer attempt to convert images for which we cannot find an > input format. > > - Fixed fen2ascii script. > > - Fixed preview of external material with plaintext and DocBook. > > - Fixed substitution for $$Contents in external templates. > > - Fixed usage of new module "Title and Preamble Hacks" (bug 10320). > > - Fix error with older versions of the covington package in the > Linguistics module (bug 10340). > > - Fix LaTeX error with recent LuaTeX versions when using landscape. > > - Fix data loss with [ in first cell of aligned environment (bug 10361). > > > * LYX2LYX > > - Fix hang with some IEEEtran documents (bug 10307). > > - Fix export of compressed files to previous versions that were not > recognised on windows (bug 10273). > > > * USER INTERFACE > > - Avoid crashing in release mode if we stumble across an unrealized font. > > - Correctly return exit code from spawned processes on Windows (bug 10327). > > - Fix display of citations with two authors. > > - Fix display of multi-author citations when the GUI language is not > English. > > - Fix bug where change tracking marks are lost under math insets (bug > 10265). > > - Fix display glitch when switching to Description layout with an inset > at the beginning of the paragraph (bug 10163) > > - Fix display of label font for argument insets. > > - Keep leading whitespace when converting local layout. > > - Correct default font of beamer article layouts (bug 9977). > > - Remove extra whitespace around Preview and IPA insets (bug 10304). > > - Let M-x give focus to minibuffer when it is already open. > > - When doing a selection with Shift-click, make sure that the selection > anchor > is correct. > > - Avoid to overwrite end-of-proof character with text on screen (bug > 10344). > > - Use proper dialog titles in InsetParams-derived dialogs (bug 10329). > > - Fix "scroll here" feature of scrollbar (bug 10311). > > - Fix the minimum size of the citation dialog on first time (bug 10019). > > - When Enter does nothing (empty paragraph), do not record undo (bug 10089). > > - Remove duplicate context menu item for Argument insets (bug 10368). > > - Fix display of vertical lines inside math matrices (bug 10363). > > > * LYXHTML > > - Enable export of external material (bug 8693). > > - Fix problem with output of branches (bug 8022). > > - Fix output of table borders (bug 10154). > > - Fix display of several math symbols (bug 8844). > > - Use scaling factor for export of images (bug 8742). > > - Fix display of listings (bug 8362). > > - Fix output of floats, etc, inside environments (bug 9094). > > - Simplify XHTML output for floats, etc (bug 8605). > > - Add "dir='auto'" to body tag, which should help a lot with export of > RTL languages (bug 8279, partly). > > - Fix display of cases and matrices (bugs 8753, 8755). > > - Fixed output of logos to the TOC. >
