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...