#8577: Additional features manual

[Cor Blom]

Op 29-11-2022 om 12:35 schreef Pavel Sanda:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 10:11:42AM +0000, John Robert Hudson wrote:
>> On Monday, 28 November 2022 23:34:48 GMT Pavel Sanda wrote:
>>> Excelent question. Are on Windows or Mac or Linux?
>>>
>>> We did not freeze the fileformat for 2.4 yet so unless you can compile
>>> the current development version we need to figure out how to deliver it
>>> for people like you.
>>>
>>> Perhaps Scott will propose soon some guidelines/deadlines when it comes to
>>> release process so I have better answers when it's a good time to start
>>> working on the documentation.
>>>
>>> Pavel
>>
>> I use openSUSE Linux but I assume that if I prepare the changes in 2.3 and
>> then open a text editor and copy and paste them into Additional.lyx, save that
>> and send you a patch, that should work. I am familiar with working with markup
>> languages and I do not think there will be anything in a 2.3 markup which will
>> be incompatible with 2.4 - at least not in the layout of Additional.lyx.
>>
>> At least we could try that when I get round to sending my first patch and, if
>> it works, carry on that way until is is practical to have a stable version of
>> 2.4.
> 
> Sounds possible, but the 2.4 manuals contain + ~5 years of changes so I would
> think twice.
> 
> On the positive side, you are on Linux! Cor Blom who is our SUSE maintainer is
> pretty active and as far as I can see there is repository with recent 2.4 so I
> would try that:
> https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home%3Acornelisbb%3Alyx-unstable/lyx
> 
> (I have no clue whether how to install this on openSUSE though....)
> Pavel

And if that is not working, please let me know.

At the moment it replaces the present lyx installation (in my experience 
master is pretty stable). If a package that is co-installable is needed, 
I can change that.

Cor