Re: LyX version 1.5.0 (beta 1) is released
that provides access to the power of LaTeX's font selection scheme. * Tabular extensions LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of LaTeX. support for the booktabs package was implemented, which provides beautiful and elegant tabulars. * Glossaries Native LyX support for the nomencl package was implemented. With this, you can treat your document with all sorts of nomenclatures, glossaries and fancy notations. * Tabbed Widget LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents. * Frontend News LyX 1.5 will use the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for Windows users, since there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no longer have to rely on an unofficial port of the Unix Qt3 library to Windows. The good old XForms frontend went the way of the dodo. It was both hated and loved, and certainly shaped the unique look of LyX in the past. It was finally killed off, however, by the switch to unicode. The Qt3 frontend was removed. The work on the GTK frontend has been transfered to a branch because its development has essentially stalled. * Change tracking enhancements Major parts of the change tracking code were rewrote addressing several problems that existed in the existing implementation. * Converter file cache A cache for converted files, such as included figures, was implemented. This can speed up LyX's performance considerably when displaying documents with many included figures that need conversion to a format that can be rendered on screen. The converter file cache is disabled by default, and there is no GUI for configuring it yet. If you want to use it, add the line \use_converter_cache true to your preferences file. The default maximum age of a cached file is 6 months. You can change that with the line \converter_cache_maxage xxx where xxx is the maximum age in seconds. * Unified Windows installer The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding both installers are welcome. * Under the hood As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX core. Performing this cleanup makes the code more understandable and easier to maintain. It also leads inevitably to a more robust application. Nonetheless, it's an unfortunate fact of life that ugly code is sometimes faster than pretty code. We're well aware that LyX 1.4 is slower than LyX 1.3. One important goal of this 1.5 development series has been to bring this speed back. ** Bug fixes Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX bugzilla. -- Peter Kümmel
Re: LyX version 1.5.0 (beta 1) is released
that provides access to the power of LaTeX's font selection scheme. * Tabular extensions LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of LaTeX. support for the booktabs package was implemented, which provides beautiful and elegant tabulars. * Glossaries Native LyX support for the nomencl package was implemented. With this, you can treat your document with all sorts of nomenclatures, glossaries and fancy notations. * Tabbed Widget LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents. * Frontend News LyX 1.5 will use the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for Windows users, since there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no longer have to rely on an unofficial port of the Unix Qt3 library to Windows. The good old XForms frontend went the way of the dodo. It was both hated and loved, and certainly shaped the unique look of LyX in the past. It was finally killed off, however, by the switch to unicode. The Qt3 frontend was removed. The work on the GTK frontend has been transfered to a branch because its development has essentially stalled. * Change tracking enhancements Major parts of the change tracking code were rewrote addressing several problems that existed in the existing implementation. * Converter file cache A cache for converted files, such as included figures, was implemented. This can speed up LyX's performance considerably when displaying documents with many included figures that need conversion to a format that can be rendered on screen. The converter file cache is disabled by default, and there is no GUI for configuring it yet. If you want to use it, add the line \use_converter_cache true to your preferences file. The default maximum age of a cached file is 6 months. You can change that with the line \converter_cache_maxage xxx where xxx is the maximum age in seconds. * Unified Windows installer The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding both installers are welcome. * Under the hood As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX core. Performing this cleanup makes the code more understandable and easier to maintain. It also leads inevitably to a more robust application. Nonetheless, it's an unfortunate fact of life that ugly code is sometimes faster than pretty code. We're well aware that LyX 1.4 is slower than LyX 1.3. One important goal of this 1.5 development series has been to bring this speed back. ** Bug fixes Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX bugzilla. -- Peter Kümmel
Re: LyX version 1.5.0 (beta 1) is released
and moved about in > the LyX window. The session managment will remember their state. > > * Source code Viewer > > As a kind of "anti-preview-latex", a dialog was implemented that lets > you view the source code of a given paragraph/selection or the whole > document. > > * New Font Selection Interface > > LyX's font selection abilities have been one of its weakest and most > outdated components. A completely new interface was implemented that > provides access to the power of LaTeX's font selection scheme. > > * Tabular extensions > > LyX's table support is certainly less powerful than that of > LaTeX. support for the booktabs package was implemented, which > provides beautiful and elegant tabulars. > > > * Glossaries > > Native LyX support for the nomencl package was implemented. With this, > you can treat your document with all sorts of nomenclatures, > glossaries and fancy notations. > > * Tabbed Widget > > LyX now uses tabbed widgets to display multiple documents. > > * Frontend News > > LyX 1.5 will use the Qt4 toolkit. This is especially good news for > Windows users, since there's an official, GPL version of Qt4. They no > longer have to rely on an unofficial port of the Unix Qt3 library to > Windows. The good old XForms frontend went the way of the dodo. It > was both hated and loved, and certainly shaped the unique look of LyX > in the past. It was finally killed off, however, by the switch to > unicode. The Qt3 frontend was removed. The work on the GTK frontend > has been transfered to a branch because its development has > essentially stalled. > > * Change tracking enhancements > > Major parts of the change tracking code were rewrote addressing > several problems that existed in the existing implementation. > > * Converter file cache > > A cache for converted files, such as included figures, was > implemented. This can speed up LyX's performance considerably when > displaying documents with many included figures that need conversion > to a format that can be rendered on screen. The converter file cache > is disabled by default, and there is no GUI for configuring it yet. If > you want to use it, add the line > \use_converter_cache true > > to your preferences file. The default maximum age of a cached file is > 6 months. You can change that with the line > \converter_cache_maxage xxx > > where xxx is the maximum age in seconds. > > * Unified Windows installer > > The two windows installers are being merged and bug reports regarding > both installers are welcome. > > * Under the hood > > As usual, one big task has been the ongoing code cleanup of the LyX > core. Performing this cleanup makes the code more understandable and > easier to maintain. It also leads inevitably to a more robust > application. Nonetheless, it's an unfortunate fact of life that ugly > code is sometimes faster than pretty code. We're well aware that LyX > 1.4 is slower than LyX 1.3. One important goal of this 1.5 development > series has been to bring this speed back. > > ** Bug fixes > > Lots of long-lasting bugs have been fixed, as documented in LyX > bugzilla. > -- Peter Kümmel
