LyX 2.4.0 Alpha 1

[Baris Erkus]

On 14-Jan-21 10:11 PM, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
> On 1/14/21 1:44 PM, Yu Jin wrote:
>> Am Do., 14. Jan. 2021 um 18:50 Uhr schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck 
>> <rikiheck at lyx.org <mailto:rikiheck at lyx.org>>:
>>
>>     On 1/14/21 11:04 AM, Yu Jin wrote:
>>>     Am Do., 14. Jan. 2021 um 04:06 Uhr schrieb Richard Kimberly Heck
>>>     <rikiheck at lyx.org <mailto:rikiheck at lyx.org>>:
>>>
>>>         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/
>>>         <http://ftp.lyx.org/ftp/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.4/>
>>>         >>
>>>         >> See this page
>>>         >>
>>>         >> https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX24
>>>         <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
>>>         <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 <mailto: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?
>>>
>>>
>>>     Yes, I get this error message:
>>>
>>>     16:46:58.105: (file-open: Strg-Taste+O)
>>>
>>>     16:47:22.766: (buffer-new: Strg-Taste+N)
>>>
>>>     16:48:12.887: (buffer-close: Strg-Taste+F4)
>>>
>>>     16:48:20.652: Öffne Dokument ~\Desktop\newfile1.lyx...LyX: Could
>>>     not find input file: theorems-counters-bytype.inc [around line
>>>     26 of file [layouts/theorems-ams-bytype.inc] current token:
>>>     'theorems-counters-bytype.inc' context: '']
>>>
>>>     LyX: Error reading input file: C:/Program Files/LyX
>>>     2.4/Resources/layouts/theorems-ams-bytype.inc [around line 26 of
>>>     file [layouts/theorems-ams-bytype.module] current token:
>>>     'theorems-ams-bytype.inc' context: '']
>>>
>>>     Warning: Lesefehler
>>>
>>>     ----------------------------------------
>>>
>>>     Fehler beim Lesen von Modul theorems-ams-bytype
>>>
>>>     The message box is shown, but the file is fine afterwards I can
>>>     edit it and save normally, its just the message when opening.
>>>
>>>     Only occurs in that one specifig version (both 32 and 64 bit
>>>     build are affected though), current master works fine.
>>>
>>     How odd. Is the file installed by alpha 1? Or is something missing?
>>
>> The file is fairly new:
>> https://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/ccc7c641c64aac28791693ff0daa620a383f8aeb/lyxgit 
>> <https://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/ccc7c641c64aac28791693ff0daa620a383f8aeb/lyxgit>
>>
>> It was not in the tarballs for the alpha, NSIS does not check each 
>> file manually in the Resources folder when building the installer, 
>> just copy it as it was built and prepared my the compiler and CMake.
>
> I forgot to add those to the Makefile. I've done so now.
>
> Baris (and anyone else), if you want to fix this locally, add the 
> attached file to the layouts/ directory in your LyX installation.
>
> Riki
>
The problem with the module is solved.

One thing I observed, maybe nothing big, the screen fonts are quite 
large compared to 2.3.x, even if the screen fonts zoom ratio is %225 in 
both versions. See attached (above is 2.4, below is 2.3).

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