Hi there: Thank you for the new release of LyX! I have two files that incorporate change bars into the 1.3.6 release; a diff file and a bzip file. We fixed a couple of bugs too. I tried to send this email with both files attached and the file was bounced back for being too large, then I tried just sending the diff file with this email and that was bounced.
So here's the email. I've sent the second file (bzip archive) separately. And I'll send the diff file separately too. I apologize for the delay in posting this; we've been doing a few releases of our own here at PathScale. I'll update the LyX Wiki with this patch information very soon. Here's the description of the change bar patch and bug fixes: > Change Tracking for LyX 1.3.6 > > This is an updated version of John Levon's change tracking patch, > supporting LyX 1.3.6. Changes from the previous version include > removal of #pragmas to match the rest of the LyX source base and a few > bug fixes. > > The most important fix is to the author name and e-mail entries. > Previously, LyX would use the GECOS information without modification, > which causes a problem in many environments in which values like the > user's phone number and office number were included as a > comma-separated list. Now we only use the text leading up to the first > comma. Furthermore, the previous version would attempt to write a > user_email value into the user's lyxrc, whether or not such a value > existed. In the case in which it did not exist, undefined behavior > would occur. > > This change is important because it may change a user's author > information. This could result in an additional author entry being > created, which could cause confusion. To fix this, change the > "\author" entry in *.lyx to match the new author name, or change > user_name and user_email in .lyxrc to match the previous "\author" > entry. > > John Levon's page on his change tracking patch can be found here: > http://www.devel.lyx.org/changetracking.php3 > > It is discussed in the LyX wiki here: > http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/ChangeTrackingLyx1-3-2 > > It requires Erich Fruestueck's "dvipost" package, which can be found > here: http://freshmeat.net/projects/dvipost/ Many thanks for LyX and all your good work, Jane McKean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jeremy Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PathScale, Inc. -- Jane McKean Technical Documentation PathScale, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 650-934-8079 Fax: 650-428-1969
