Dear LyX users,
The time has finally come to release LyX 1.1.5fix1 (aka "The quick
brown fix jumped over the lazy bugs" release). It has taken a lot of
time, but many fixes have been done, while the work on next major
version 1.1.6 continues to go on at full steam.
Basically, 1.1.5fix1 is a bugfix release. It contains however a few
new features (mostly things which used to work in 1.1.4). Note that
there is now a mechanism to create binary distributions. Feel free to
contribute yours :)
You can get it at:
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/stable/lyx-1.1.5fix1.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.1.5fix1.tar.gz
Binary RPMs for Redhat Linux/i386 are available at
ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/1.1.5fix1/lyx-1.1.5fix1-1.i386.rpm (soon)
ftp://ftp.devel.lyx.org/pub/lyx/lyx-1.1.5fix1-1.i386.rpm
JMarc
What's new
==========
** New features [yes I know there should not be new features, but these
were almost bugs]
- New lyxrc command \set_color, to set the colors of the GUI elements
in the document [a functionality present in 1.1.4, but not in 1.1.5]
- New lyxrc command \wheel_jump that sets the amount of text skipped
when using a mouse wheel [the behaviour of 1.1.5 was unintentionnaly
different from 1.1.4, now you can choose what you want]
- new Makefile target "bindist", so that we can try again to have
binary distributions of LyX. [As was possible in 1.0.x versions]
- add 'Reset' option to language choice.
- better support for arabic points.
** Bugfixes
- fix crash in lyxsum() when running LaTeX (with older stream libraries).
- fix crash in the spellchecker (with older stream libraries).
- fix two crashes related to clipboard
- fix problem with tables when reading msdos-encoded lyx files.
- fix crash when closing index popup from window manager.
- make sure the .kmap files exist when a keymap is specified.
- better dependency for latex runs.
- fix disappearing cursor in some situations
- fix bug in configure where installation would fail in the reLyX
directory in some cases.
- fix build problems on AIX and Solaris.
- fix bug in the install-strip Makefile target
** Other: documentation update, UI translation updates.
Remaining problems
==================
These are bugs which are probably small, and appeared recently. Good
clients for a fix release. Note that they exist in 1.1.6 too, so we'll
have to fix them eventually. Please send me references to the ones I
forgot.
- When the cursor is between two spaces, then the Shift-Cursor
selection keys will lead to a mangled selection (on screen)
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg12431.html
- the documentation should be reviewed to indicate the 1.1.5fix1 is a
stable release (should some english-speaking volunteer have a look?).
- bad karma between \noindent and Description
http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/msg11759.html
- the --with-lyxname switch of configure still does not work. It just
a matter of convincing automake to do what we want...
