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.
32 * \use_pixmap_cacheqimage
33 There is no evidence that this painting mode was useful anymore.
36 The function date-insert has been removed and superseded by info-insert date.
37 The latter does not need a pref value anymore.
40 !!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.4:
42 * export-cancel: Used to cancel background export processes.
45 !!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.4:
47 * set-graphics-group was renamed to graphics-set-group.
49 * info-insert buffer vcs-*: renamed to info-insert vcs *
52 !!!The following LyX functions have been removed in 2.4:
54 * date-insert: obsoleted by info-insert date.
58 !!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.4:
62 !!!The following new folders have been added to the LyX directory
66 !!!The following preferences files have been removed from the tarball in 2.4:
70 !!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.4:
74 !!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.4:
76 * The Qt5 libraries are now used by default. In order to link against
77 Qt4 the configure option --disable-qt5 has to be used.
81 !!Known issues in version 2.4.0
83 * See http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
86 !!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.4.x
88 * Autotools monolithic build option for building LyX binaries was removed,
89 for compilation speedup use parallel building on multiple cores instead.
91 !! If upgrading from a LyX version before 2.3.0
93 * Please additionally see the release notes from the versions in-between:
94 https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
96 * Several ttf fonts (esint10.ttf, stmary10.ttf, wasy10.ttf) were changed
97 to reflect the fact that newer Qt libraries do not support displaying certain
98 codepoints anymore (bug #8493, #10161).
99 Distribution packagers need to repack those font files in case they are
100 delivering the fonts as a separated package dependent from core LyX.