1 !Important Changes in LyX 2.4.0
6 - It is now possible to cancel background export processes. A menu entry
7 to do so will appear on the Document menu when such a process is underway.
8 The LFUN for this is export-cancel.
11 !!Documents compilation process and images conversion
15 !!!The following pref variables were added in 2.4:
19 !!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.4:
23 !!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.4:
26 The font encoding is now automatically set depending on the document
30 This is no longer necessary due to the rewrite of the painter.
33 !!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.4:
35 LFUN_EXPORT_CANCEL: Used to cancel background export processes.
38 !!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.4:
40 - LFUN_SET_GRAPHICS_GROUP was renamed into LFUN_GRAPHICS_SET_GROUP.
44 !!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.4:
48 !!!The following new folders have been added to the LyX directory
52 !!!The following preferences files have been removed from the tarball in 2.4:
56 !!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.4:
60 !!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.4:
64 !!Known issues in version 2.4.0
66 * See http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
69 !!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.4.x
72 !! If upgrading from a LyX version before 2.3.0
74 * Please additionally see the release notes from the versions in-between:
75 https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
77 * Several ttf fonts (esint10.ttf, stmary10.ttf, wasy10.ttf) were changed
78 to reflect the fact that newer Qt libraries do not support displaying certain
79 codepoints anymore (bug #8493, #10161).
80 Distribution packagers need to repack those font files in case they are
81 delivering the fonts as a separated package dependent from core LyX.