Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
On 17/09/2018 3:49 p.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: On 09/16/2018 06:09 PM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: My thanks to the dwindling number of active LyX developers for 2.3.1 and, as a windows user, particularly Riki. On 17/09/2018 3:40 a.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: - Use native file dialogs on all platforms by default. It is now possible to switch to LyX custom dialogs (which have extra shortcuts to relevant directories) by setting the preference \use_native_filedialog true I am intrigued by this entry in the announcement, which leaves me confused. I wanted to test it but where does one find this preference? Tools > Preferences > ?? I do not think there is UI for it (yet). You have to put it manually into the preferences file. Riki OK, thanks. But surely what was intended in the announcement was \use_native_filedialog false On my windows 7 system, using "false" here gives a dialogue I haven't seen before. File > Open for instance now provides a button for Examples which isn't there when "true" is used, and similarly File > New from Template now has a Templates button. Andrew --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
On 09/16/2018 06:09 PM, Andrew Parsloe wrote: > My thanks to the dwindling number of active LyX developers for 2.3.1 > and, as a windows user, particularly Riki. > > On 17/09/2018 3:40 a.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: >> - Use native file dialogs on all platforms by default. It is now >> possible to switch to LyX custom dialogs (which have extra shortcuts >> to relevant directories) by setting the preference >> \use_native_filedialog true >> > I am intrigued by this entry in the announcement, which leaves me > confused. I wanted to test it but where does one find this preference? > Tools > Preferences > ?? I do not think there is UI for it (yet). You have to put it manually into the preferences file. Riki
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
My thanks to the dwindling number of active LyX developers for 2.3.1 and, as a windows user, particularly Riki. On 17/09/2018 3:40 a.m., Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: - Use native file dialogs on all platforms by default. It is now possible to switch to LyX custom dialogs (which have extra shortcuts to relevant directories) by setting the preference \use_native_filedialog true I am intrigued by this entry in the announcement, which leaves me confused. I wanted to test it but where does one find this preference? Tools > Preferences > ?? Andrew --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
On Sunday, 16 September 2018 16.40.46 WEST Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.1. This is the first > maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. > > You can download LyX 2.3.1 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. In order to build to Fedora I tried to download the xz file and I get: "The requested URL /pub/lyx/stable/2.3.x/lyx-2.3.1.tar.xz was not found on this server." That happens because of the -2 suffix. I suggest to rename the files (the same applies to .tar.gz and .sig files). -- José Abílio
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
Le 16/09/2018 à 22:08, Baris Erkus a écrit : Hi, can you remind me what this particular problem is? JMarc https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10010 Just saw that this is aimed to be fixed in 2.3.2. So, when it say "fixed," does not necessarily mean that it is closed? If so --> my bad. Very good, I missed it at the time, but Jürgen did not :) JMarc
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
On 16-Sep-18 11:02 PM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote: > Le 16/09/2018 à 20:23, Baris Erkus a écrit : >> Seems like the column borders of the the tables are not fixed tough, but >> it is perfectly OK. maybe for the next version. :-P:-P;-);-) > > Hi, can you remind me what this particular problem is? > > JMarc https://www.lyx.org/trac/ticket/10010 Just saw that this is aimed to be fixed in 2.3.2. So, when it say "fixed," does not necessarily mean that it is closed? If so --> my bad. BE
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
Le 16/09/2018 à 20:23, Baris Erkus a écrit : Seems like the column borders of the the tables are not fixed tough, but it is perfectly OK. maybe for the next version. :-P:-P;-);-) Hi, can you remind me what this particular problem is? JMarc
Re: you say install latest version of MiKTeX before installing LyX - what is the minimal version needed?
On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 06:34:31PM +, Baris Erkus wrote: > I have been looking into the LyX Bug reporter and changes made to the > code by the developers, and I have realized that I am not actually too > far away from code being developed. I studied C and C++ long time ago, > but I have never had a chance to put it into action. After clearing up > some of the major work and projects I have on my plate, I am hoping to > get more involved with developing LyX. Who knows how long it will > take... Thanks again to all... Nice! Even though I have been a LyX "developer" for some years now, I still consider myself somewhere in-between beginner and intermediate in terms of my C++ knowledge. When you are looking for your first issue to tackle, try to start *very* small. Also, feel free to email the lyx-devel list to ask for advice if you are stuck. Best, Scott signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: you say install latest version of MiKTeX before installing LyX - what is the minimal version needed?
On 15-Sep-18 5:10 AM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > On 9/14/18 2:38 AM, Baris Erkus wrote: >> If the intention is more like a complete WYSIWYG software package (or >> bundle) allowing users to produce documents right after installation >> without much hassle of Tex and other setups and preventing them from >> dealing with low-level Latex programming, it would be more reasonable >> to develop LyX as a bundle/package of LyX Frontend+TeX system+misc >> components. This would make the bundle more predictable and manageable >> if the components of the package are package-specific and they are >> developed specifically for the package. In this case, the TeX system >> should be customized by the LyX developers and should not be allowed >> to be updated by a third party software. This is the approach taken by >> Scientific Workplace and Bakoma, I guess. >> >> If the intention is develop only a powerful frontend that allows users >> to juggle around the TeX system, to do their own customization, allow >> different TeX systems to be used (and let the TeX developers to do >> job of developing TeX systems) and even maybe allow users install >> their own addons and functions to LyX, then LyX should have a module >> that can communicate with different TeX systems efficiently and should >> be immune to changes and updates in the TeX system. >> >> In my opinion, it is just not feasible/meaningful to achieve these two >> different-and conflicting-by-nature intentions at the same time. > Unfortunately, my own sense is that it is of LyX's essence to straddle > that line. On the one hand, we do strive to ease the learning curve for > people who ulimately need or want to know LaTeX. (Many of us on the > development team are like that.) But, on the other hand, we also hope to > make LyX usable by folks who know nothing of LaTeX. We have had > important developers (e.g. Abdel Younes) who knew very little LaTeX. > I've got many students who use LyX who are in the same boat. > > On a different note: It is worth remembering that LyX does not just > (directly) export TeX. It also exports DocBook and XHTML, and the latter > might long-term be more important due to its compatibilty with ebook > formats. If I had more time---I wrote the XHTML export code---I'd do a > lot more in that direction. But even though I don't, it would not be > difficult for people who cared about such functionality to do that work: > It has more to do with time and experimentation (e.g., what CSS works > and what does not) than it does to do with complex coding in C++/Qt. > Anyone who cares about that, please let me know, and I can direct you to > a lot of bugs that need attention. > > So, as so often with FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) projects, the > issues fundamentallly concern people power. We *know* what LyX's > weakenesses are, but we do not have the people-hours to address all of > them. All of us who work on LyX are volunteers, so we generally work on > what matters to us---but there are about half as many of us as there > were when I started, around 2006. And of course we are 'advanced' users. > > Riki I have been looking into the LyX Bug reporter and changes made to the code by the developers, and I have realized that I am not actually too far away from code being developed. I studied C and C++ long time ago, but I have never had a chance to put it into action. After clearing up some of the major work and projects I have on my plate, I am hoping to get more involved with developing LyX. Who knows how long it will take... Thanks again to all... Baris
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
On 16-Sep-18 6:40 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > Public release of LyX version 2.3.1 > === > > We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.1. This is the first > maintenance release in the 2.3.x series. > > Thanks very much for the new version. Lots of work... I have installed and tested it on one of my complicated papers, and it is installed and it compiled flawlessly... :-):-) Seems like the column borders of the the tables are not fixed tough, but it is perfectly OK. maybe for the next version. :-P:-P;-);-)
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
On 09/16/2018 11:46 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: > >> You can download LyX 2.3.1 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. > > Richard, > > As of the time of this message only 2.3.0 is still available. Sorry, sent the email just as I was updating the download page. Should be there now. Riki
Re: [ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
On Sun, 16 Sep 2018, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote: You can download LyX 2.3.1 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/. Richard, As of the time of this message only 2.3.0 is still available. Regards, Rich
[ANNOUNCE] LyX 2.3.1 Released
Public release of LyX version 2.3.1
===
We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.1. This is the first
maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
You can download LyX 2.3.1 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 2.3.1 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 added some new
features. Please see below for a full list. Perhaps the most important of
these is that Jean-Marc Lasgouttes re-wrote the document painting
mechanism.
This makes LyX snappier, especially on repeated events.
All python scripts distributed with LyX should now be compatible with both
python 2.x and python 3.x.
One oft-requested enhancement was to restore a keyboard shortcut for opening
the 'settings' menu of graphics, reference, etc, insets. This is now
Control-
Alt-i, on Windows and Linux, and Control-Option-i on OSX (assuming you are
using the default keybindings).
A change to how math macros are output can break some documents that use
ERT to comment out macros. Please see bug #11216 if you experience this
sort
of problem.
If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.1, 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
lists.lyx.org) and ask.
If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the documentation
that comes with LyX (under the Help or Apple menu) and the LyX wiki, which
is at http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the
LyX users' list (lyx-users lists.lyx.org), where you will find an
active community of people who are ready to help.
We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.3.1.
The LyX team.
http://www.lyx.org
What's new
==
** Updates:
***
* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
- It possible to anonymize document's content for bug submissions
via buffer-anonymize lfun (bug 7259).
- Support rotation of multi-page tables via (pdf)lscape (bug 9194).
- Added LFUN_MASTER_BUFFER_EXPORT, which exports the master buffer, along
the lines of LFUN_MASTER_BUFFER_VIEW (bug 8).
- Needauth is not needed for exporting R code (only when executing the
code).
- Center longtable explicitly for compatibility with some packages (bug
10690).
- Fix problems with default conversion script for graphics (part of bug
11186).
* MISCELLANEOUS
- Updated to Qt5 the LyX server example client in development/lyxserver/
* TEX2LYX IMPROVEMENTS
- Add support for biblatex.
- Add support for chapterbib.
- Add support for \includeonly.
- Add support for beamer overlay arguments (bug 11068).
- Update tex2lyx quotation marks detection:
* Consider new quote styles of LyX 2.3.
* Consider changed quote styles in LYX 2.3.
* Try to be a bit smarter with ambiguous quotation marks,
depending on the main quote style and the local context.
- Consider options passed via \PassOptionsToPackage.
- Add support for URW Classico, MinionPro and the new Libertine fonts.
- Add support for \lstinputlisting and \inputminted.
- Add support for the \t*{} (bottomtiebar) macro of TIPA.
- Implement better parsing of some command options (via "literate"
function of some insets) (bug 9563).
- Add support for alignment pseudo-environments as used inside floats
(bug 7857).
* USER INTERFACE
- Overhaul the document painting mechanism. Now the screen is updated
asyncronously (as all normal applications do), which makes LyX
snappier, especially on repeated events. As an added bonus, subpixel
aliasing is honored in the work area.
- Use native file dialogs on all platforms by default. It is now
possible to switch to LyX custom dialogs (which have extra shortcuts
to relevant directories) by setting the preference
\use_native_filedialog true
- Let caret height depend on character size in math editor.
- Handle properly top/bottom of inset with mac-like cursor movement
(bug 10701).
- Respect the last setting of the 'literal' checkbox when adding citations
via the LyX server (e.g., from JabRef).
- Allow unification of graphic groups inside marked block via context
menu.
- Cosmetic polishment of the "Math Options" pane of Document Settings
(bug 10777).
- UI improvements in the graphics dialog (bug 10771).
- Set tab stop in preamble editor to four characters.
- Provide simple search functionality in preamble (bug 11099).
- Change Settings -> Local Layout to Fixed-width Font and Nowrap (bug
10992).
- Allow LFUN_UNICODE_INSERT to take multiple arguments (bug 11084).
- Added C-M-i as a shortcut for LFUN_INSET_SETTINGS (bug 7662).
* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
- Updated Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), German, Hungarian, Italian, Russian,
