Author: rgheck Date: Mon Jul 25 21:18:14 2016 New Revision: 41071 URL: http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/41071
Log: Release 2.2.1 Added: www-user/trunk/announce/2_2_0.txt www-user/trunk/announce/2_2_1.txt Modified: www-user/trunk/farm/cookbook/LyX/news.inc www-user/trunk/misc/rss/lyx_news_feed.xml Added: www-user/trunk/announce/2_2_0.txt ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ www-user/trunk/announce/2_2_0.txt Mon Jul 25 21:18:14 2016 (r41071) @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +Public release of LyX version 2.2.0 +======================================== + +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.0. + +With this release, LyX celebrates 20 years of existence. The 2.2 series +has a rich set of new features compared to the current stable series. + +LyX 2.2.0 is the culmination of two years of hard work. An overview +of the new features can be found here: + http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX22 + +You can download LyX 2.2.0 from https://www.lyx.org/Download/. + +For Windows users, if you installed a pre-release of LyX 2.2.0, you +should uninstall that version before installing this newer release. + +We hope you will enjoy the result! + +The file lib/RELEASE-NOTES lists some known issues and problems compared +to the current stable releases (LyX 2.1.x). We strongly recommend that +packagers of LyX on various platforms and distributions read this file. + +As with any major release, this one comes with a lot of new features but +also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.0, either +email 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 (under Help) and the LyX wiki, which you +will find at http://wiki.lyx.org/. You can also send email to the LyX users' +list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org). + +The LyX team. +http://www.lyx.org Added: www-user/trunk/announce/2_2_1.txt ============================================================================== --- /dev/null 00:00:00 1970 (empty, because file is newly added) +++ www-user/trunk/announce/2_2_1.txt Mon Jul 25 21:18:14 2016 (r41071) @@ -0,0 +1,242 @@ +Public release of LyX version 2.2.1 +=================================== + +We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.1. This is the first +maintenance release in the 2.2.x series. You can download LyX 2.2.1 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 2.2.1 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 2.2.0 to upgrade to this version. + +One important change is to the behavior of character styles. By default, +these now prohibit changes to the paragraph layout. Putting a description +inside a character style typically results in invalid LaTeX code, so this +makes certain mistakes harder to make. Power users who have taken advantage +of the previous behavior can restore it by adding "ForcePlain 0" to the +declaration of the character style, so long as this is done after "LyXType +charstyle" has been declared. + +If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.2.1, 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 2.2.1. + +The LyX team. +http://www.lyx.org + + +What's new +========== + +** Updates: +*********** + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Enable the use of LuaTeX for all polyglossia-supported languages. + +- New document parameter "Save transient properties" under Document Properties > + Format. (Output has been renamed into Format.) Disabling this option is made + to play nicer in collaborative settings. (bug 9841) + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- Syntax highlighting in the preamble and and the source view has been made + compatible with dark themes (bug 8325). + +- Changed the display of buttons for collapsed branches. We now display the + same thing as if the branches were open (bug 10213). + +- "Provides <package> 1" now works with fontspec, subfig, and listings (bug + 10257). + +- Added a new module "Title and Preamble Hacks". + +- Bring window to front after loading a document in single instance (bug 7875). + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- Updated Brazilian, French, German, Interlingua, Italian and Slovakian user + interface localization. + +- Increase the maximum value for the number of last open files that LyX can + remember (bug 9924). + +- Change mouse cursor to indicate row/column selection in tabulars. + +- Make inset-select-all select all cells only in tables. + +- Automatically show the review toolbar if the document has tracked changes + (bug 8738), and related UI improvements. + +- Implement "Dissolve Inset" and "Show Label" context menu items for + arguments (bug 10150). + +- Restore selected reference when using "Go to label" and "Go back" in the + cross-reference dialog. + + +** Bug fixes: +************* + +* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT + +- Correctly protect the \pagebreak command when needed (bug 10092). + +- Resolve problem on Windows with importing files from directories with + accented characters on FAT drives (bug 10218). + +- InPreamble styles should be written to the preamble as many times as the + user requests them, even if it results in duplicate commands. + +- Make sure we output all XHTML table cells, even the empty ones (bug 10153). + +- .svgz images are now converted to .svg for XHTML export (bug 10160). + +- Ask where to export file if not yet saved (bug 8814). + +- Fix size issue with outliner icons on HiDPI monitors (bug 10125). + +- Load math packages automatically with JSS template (bug 9242). + +- Calling a Computer Algebra System from LyX works again (windows only bug 10262). + +- Fix command clash between beamer and covington (from the Linguistics module). + +- Fix crash on Buffer preview when not exporting in thread. + + +* LYX2LYX + +- Fix paragraph argument conversion for \labelwidthstring etc (bug 10243). + + + +* USER INTERFACE + +- CharStyles now prohibit layout changes by default (bug 10237). + +- Fix display of labels in right-to-left languages (bug 10169). + +- Fix button label font of inset arguments when some traits are inherited. + +- When a counter is stepped, reset recursively all subcounters (bug #10063). + +- Fix on screen narrow box when using \width as box width unit (bug 10048). + +- Raise GuiView on buffer switch to bring it topmost in multi-window mode. + +- Fix small typo in Reference dialog (bug 10194). + +- Fix default location for RPM based hunspell dictionary search (bug 10071 and 10192). + +- Fix double input of tabulations with Qt5 < Qt5.5 (bug 9218). + +- Do not omit the first space of the selection when copying (bug 9995). + +- Do not allow non-default layouts to be pasted into table cells that are not fixed + width (bug 8782). + +- Display the correct column alignment and a better column spacing in AMS + environments (bugs 1861, 9908). + +- Disable properly toggling math display in places where it is not + possible (bug 10033). + +- Fix horizontal scrolling feature when inside a collapsable inset + with several paragraphs. + +- Fix selection of large formula with the mouse when horizontal + scrolling kicks in (but 10094). + +- Fix bug where cursor can't be put at the end of a line before an + inset (bug 10180). + +- Fix display of collapsable insets when the same document is shown in + two views with different width (bug 9756). + +- fix display glitches when editing changes the dimension of insets + (bug 6691). + +- Raise GuiView on buffer switch to bring it topmost in multi-window mode. + +- Fix cursor position after Redo of a document settings change (bug + 10097). + +- Handle undo after deleting end of paragraph in change tracking mode + (bug 10253). + +- Disable Edit > Dissolve Inset in tabulars (bug 9954). + +- Shortcut preferences: ask the user for removing bindings when using the + "restore" button (#9174). + +- Shortcut preferences: fix the already-bound-key detection logic. + +- Shortcut preferences: don't forget to trigger the search when it is + initialized with the previous value. + +- Remove extra spacing around button insets (bug 10149). + +- Fix drawing of buttons by enforcing equal left/right spacing (bug 10147). + +- Fix problem with drawing of lists after pasting normal text (bug 8735). + +- Accessibility of the document class selector from keyboard (bug 10035). + +- Fix title of LuaTeX and XeTeX error dialogs (part of bug 10013). + +- Remove special code for Qt5 to load SVG icons with HiDPI (bug 10281). + + +* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION + +- Move documentation change logs to lib/doc (they are not distributed). + + +* LYXHTML + +- Output width of table columns (bug 8168). + +- Fix output of math sizes (bug 10129). + +- Fix output of vertical space in the middle of a paragraph (bug 8154). + +- Fix output of ABOVE and CENTERED label types (bug 8843). + +- Output correct entities for named delimiters (bug 8280). + +- Added class attribute for mathbb to allow customization (part of bug + 8521). + +- Use 'text-align: center;' with displayed equations (bug 8654). + + +* BUILD/INSTALLATION + +- Due to bug fixes, it is no longer discouraged to build against Qt 5.4. + +- Building against Qt < 4.7 no longer fails. + +- Fix monolithic builds with autotools on Mac OS X. + +- Avoid 'ar' warning with recent binutils versions. + +- LyX compiled with Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 runs now on Windows Vista (bug 10186) + +- Add some missing oxygen and IPA icons to the distribution. + Modified: www-user/trunk/farm/cookbook/LyX/news.inc ============================================================================== --- www-user/trunk/farm/cookbook/LyX/news.inc Thu Jul 21 20:32:20 2016 (r41070) +++ www-user/trunk/farm/cookbook/LyX/news.inc Mon Jul 25 21:18:14 2016 (r41071) @@ -18,6 +18,36 @@ // ///////////////////// function news_data() { +news_item("LyX 2.2.1 released.", "First Maintenance Release in 2.2.1 Series", "July 25, 2016", +"<p>We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 2.2.1. This is the first +maintenance release in the 2.2.1 series.</p> +<p> LyX 2.2.1 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. These are detailed in the +<a href=\"http://www.lyx.org/announce/2_2_1.txt\";>announcement</a>.</p> + +<p>We had previously announced that versions of LyX later than 2.1.5 would no +longer support Windows Vista. Thanks to the contributions of some of our users, +we have been able to restore support for Vista, so 2.2.1 will in fact run on +Vista. See the discussion at <a href=\"http://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10186\";>bug +10186</a> for the details.</p> + +<p>One important change is to the behavior of character styles. By default, +these now prohibit changes to the paragraph layout. Putting a description +inside a character style typically results in invalid LaTeX code, so this +makes certain mistakes harder to make. Power users who have taken advantage +of the previous behavior can restore it by adding \"ForcePlain 0\" to the +declaration of the character style, so long as this is done after \"LyXType +charstyle\" has been declared.</p> + +<p>You can download the +<a href=\"ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/2.2.x/lyx-2.2.1.tar.gz\";>sources in tar.gz format</a> +(also +<a href=\"ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/2.2.x/lyx-2.2.1.tar.xz\";>tar.xz</a>). There are also some +<a href=\"ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.2.1/\";>binaries</a> available.</p>"); + + +function news_data() { news_item("LyX 2.1.5 released.", "Last Maintenance Release in 2.1.x Series", "June 20, 2016", "<p>We are pleased to announce the release of LyX 2.1.5. This is the fifth and final maintenance release in the 2.1.x series.</p> @@ -32,9 +62,10 @@ at this time. We strongly encourage all such users to upgrade to this version. Most users should upgrade to 2.2.0.</p> -<p>Note that LyX 2.1.5 is the last release that will support Windows Vista. +<p><del>Note that LyX 2.1.5 is the last release that will support Windows Vista. This is due to the fact that the Windows releases in the 2.2.x series require -Qt 5.6, which is not available for Vista.</p> +Qt 5.6, which is not available for Vista.</del> (Although the Windows binaries +distributed for LyX 2.2.0 will not run on Vista, those for 2.2.1 will.)</p> <p>One of the main features of 2.1.5 is its ability to read and write files in the 2.2.x format. Since the conversion process back and forth usually @@ -48,12 +79,6 @@ <a href=\"ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/2.1.x/lyx-2.1.5.tar.xz\";>tar.xz</a>). There are also some <a href=\"ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/2.1.5/\";>binaries</a> available.</p>"); -news_item("End of support for Windows Vista", "End of support for Windows Vista", "June 9, 2016", -"<p>The Windows binaries for the new LyX versions 2.2.x will not run under Windows Vista. LyX has for several versions now depended exclusively upon the -<a href=\"https://www.qt.io/\";>Qt libraries</a> -and as of 2.2.0 requires Qt 5.6, which no longer supports Windows Vista.</p> -<p>Users of Vista who need to collaborate with people using LyX 2.2.x may download LyX 2.1.5 (to be released shortly). LyX 2.1.5 will run on Vista and is able to read LyX files created/saved with LyX 2.2.x.</p>"); - news_item("LyX 2.2.0 released.", "New Stable Series", "May 27, 2016", "<p>We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.2.0.</p> <p>LyX 2.2.0 is the culmination of two years of hard work. 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