LyX 2.4.0 Alpha 1

Andrew Parsloe ajparsloe at gmail.com
Thu Jan 14 21:55:24 UTC 2021


On 15/01/2021 10:30 am, Andrew Parsloe wrote:
>
> On 14/01/2021 10:11 pm, Baris Erkus wrote:
>> On 14-Jan-21 6:06 AM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>>> On 1/13/21 4:18 PM, Baris Erkus wrote:
>>>> On 13-Jan-21 7:51 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>>>>> We are pleased to announce the release of the first alpha for LyX 
>>>>> 2.4.0.
>>>>> You can find source tarballs and binaries for Windows and OSX here:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://ftp.lyx.org/ftp/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.4/
>>>>>
>>>>> See this page
>>>>>
>>>>> https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX24
>>>>>
>>>>> for a description of new features and updates. As you will note, 
>>>>> there
>>>>> are quite a few of those.
>>>>>
>>>>> As always with alpha software, this is released only for testing
>>>>> purposes. While some of the developers have been using this 
>>>>> version, and
>>>>> we believe it is fairly stable, there are likely to be some 
>>>>> unpleasant
>>>>> surprises. That said, we would greatly appreciate testing, 
>>>>> especially on
>>>>> Windows, where we have few developers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Should you run into a problem, please report it on our bug tracker:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.lyx.org/trac/newticket
>>>>>
>>>>> (You may need to register, if you haven't already.) If you have
>>>>> questions or comments, or aren't sure if what you have found is a 
>>>>> bug,
>>>>> please email the developer's list at lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org.
>>>>>
>>>> When I tried to open my LyX 2.3.5.2 file with 2.4.0a1 64 bits, it
>>>> gives the error "Error reading module theorems-ams-bytype." [snip] I
>>>> attached a MWE that I created in LyX 2.3.5.2, with empty contents but
>>>> with Theorems (AMS, numbered by type) module added. So it gives the
>>>> error once and the file opens.
>>> This opens fine for me, with no error. Have you made any local
>>> modifications to that module? (I.e., do you have your own modified copy
>>> in your user directory?)
>>>
>>> Eugene, can you reproduce?
>>>
>>> Riki
>>>
>>> PS Note that 2.3.6 is out.
>>>
>> Nope, I have not done modifications to the module.
>
> I've installed 2.4.0 alpha 1 on windows 10. When I try to add the 
> Standard Theorems (Numbered by type) module to a new document I too 
> get the message: Error reading module theorems-bytype.  I looked at 
> the module and commented out the line
>
> Input theorems-counters-bytype.inc
>
> and it loaded without problem. theorems-counters-bytype.inc is not in 
> the LyX 2.4/Resources/layouts directory, which I presume is the problem.
>
> (In the module there is also the line
>
>     \ifx\proof\undefined\
>
> Is that last backslash supposed to be there?)
>
> Andrew
Please ignore. Time zones got in the way and the matter has been dealt with.
>
> Andrew
>


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