LyX -- I look forward to the next version of LyX, not because I'm not happy
with LyX, but progress is good!
Things I currently miss in LyX 2.4:
1. Full support for Unicode. What I mean is Unicode in program listings. I
experimented with this some 6 months ago, but it was problematic... and lots of
warnings about making my Windows computer unsafe.
2. The program listing environment... it would be great it was possible to
define named listings similar to what I can do with Graphics group for figures.
With figures, I can set up the scaling (%) for the printed version, as well as
scaling, etc. for the LyX editor window. This is extremely handy for creating a
consistent document: I can make one graphics group named "Matlab-plot", one for
"Inkscape-drawing", etc., and get consistent scaling.
It would be super handy to have a similar "Listing group" so that I can define
one listing setting for in-line listing, one for "displayed" listing, and
perhaps various settings for different programming languages ("Matlab-listing",
"Python-listing", etc.). Because the listing system has many more settings than
the figures, it would be even more useful for program listing than for figures.
3. Many of my colleagues seem to prefer Overleaf over LyX for 2 reasons:
* The possibility to co-write documents stored in the cloud, with versioning,
etc. Perhaps this to some degree is possible with LyX via GitHub or similar
tools, but being old-school, I am not fluent in GitHub, so I would need a
detailed manual on how to do this... Perhaps there are better ways?
* Overleaf's more direct LaTeX connection perhaps makes it simpler to offer
up-to-date templates for journals and conferences, etc. With LyX, one may have
to in addition define a *.lyx file, etc.?? Not clear to me.
Anyways, to me, Overleaf is "going back back in time". I started to use
Scientific WorkPlace in 1994, and loved it over basic LaTeX. When SWP started
to slow development (and finally cave in), I switched to LyX. To me, Overleaf
is not an option.
4. There are a few symbols I miss, e.g.,
* the "plimsoll" symbol used for standard state in thermodynamics
(https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/495563/chemical-standard-state-symbol-with-achemso-article).
Perhaps I can add it, but I don't know how to do that so that it previews in
equations (instead of just showing a macro box).
* a "\degree" command. OK -- perhaps it is just as simple to use ^\circ...
Anyways, I don't know whether any of my points 1-4 is in the plans for LyX 2.5.
-----Original Message-----
From: lyx-users <lyx-users-boun...@lists.lyx.org> On Behalf Of Richard Kimberly
Heck
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 4:28 PM
To: LyX Developers <lyx-de...@lists.lyx.org>; lyx-users
<lyx-users@lists.lyx.org>; lyx-annou...@lists.lyx.org
Subject: LyX 2.5 Beta1
We are pleased to announce the release of the first beta for LyX 2.5.
Sources and binaries can be found here:
http://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/lyx-2.5/
For information about all the cool new features in LyX 2.5, see:
https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX25
Just to pick two: There are some significant updates to cross-reference support
(thanks Jürgen), and we now have much better integration of input methods for
languages with lots of characters (thanks Koji).
As always with beta software, we release this as a preview and for testing, and
do not necessarily recommend using it for production work.
That said, several of us have been using it for daily work, and it appears to
be quite stable.
If you should encounter any problems, please report them to one of the LyX
mailing lists, or you can write me directly.
Richard Kimberly Heck
Release Manager
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