commit 4453ae8e970999d52032ed73e819071ca1ce3761
Author: Richard Kimberly Heck <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Aug 21 11:26:30 2024 -0400
Begin preps for 2.4.2
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-Public release of LyX version 2.4.1
+Public release of LyX version 2.4.2
===================================
-We are proud to announce the release LyX 2.4.1, the first maintenance
+We are proud to announce the release LyX 2.4.2, the second maintenance
release in the 2.4.x series.
-We have fixed a number of bugs in this version. Most of these are minor,
-but there was one crash when deleting rows or columns from a table that has
-been fixed. There have also been some improvements to tab management. See
-the complete list of updates and improvements below for more.
-You can download LyX 2.4.1 from https://www.lyx.org/Download.
+
+There has been a change (as of 2.4.0) in how the option to use vertical
+space between paragraphs is handled. Previously, LyX simply modified
+\parskip and \parindent, but this caused various problems (see bug
+#4796). Now, we use the parskip package. As a result, however, and
+to ensure there are no changes to old documents, when LyX files from
+2.3.x and earlier are converted to the new format, if they were set to
+use vertical space between paragraphs, the lyx2lyx conversion routine
+adds
+ % Added by lyx2lyx
+ \setlength{\parskip}{\smallskipamount}
+ \setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
+to the preamble and, within LyX itself, resets the text layout to use
+indentation (so we do not issue the new code for vertical spacing). The
+net effect is that PDFs generated with LaTeX (etc) look right, but in
+LyX itself indentation is used.
+
+This will happen with any document created with 2.3.x or older. It can
+also happen with documents created from templates created with 2.3.x
+or older, and even with new documents, if you had previously set them to
+use, by default, vertical space. Templates are just LyX files saved in
+the templates/ folder, and the 'defaults' are simply saved in a
+template file, defaults.lyx. Hence, if you want the new behavior, or
+just want the LyX document to look `right', then you will need to make
+two changes to the document or template: Remove what lyx2lyx added, and
+then set Paragraph Separation to Vertical Space.
+
+You can download LyX 2.4.2 from https://www.lyx.org/Download.
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
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