+* export-cancel: Used to cancel background export processes.
+
+* ifrelatives is a helper function to check whether a buffer has a master or children.
+
+* master-buffer-forall executes an lfun in the master and all children of a document.
+
+* paragraph-select is a new convenience function to select the paragraph
+ surrounding the actual cursor position.
+
+* tabular-style-insert: Insert a table in a specified style.
+
+
+!!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.4:
+
+* set-graphics-group was renamed to graphics-set-group.
+
+* info-insert buffer vcs-*: renamed to info-insert vcs *
+
+* file-insert: optional second parameter "ignorelang" to make the insertion
+ ignore the inserted file's main language (and rather adapt it to the insertion
+ context's language).
+
+
+!!!The following LyX functions have been removed in 2.4:
+
+* date-insert: obsoleted by info-insert date.
+
+!!!The following LyX function has been added and then removed in 2.4 development cycle.
+
+* bidi: used as a first solution to provide icons that change
+ direction with language.
+
+
+!!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.4:
+
+* As a result of a major restructuring of the templates and example
+ directories, almost all examples and templates files have been renamed and
+ moved to subfolders that reflect the layout category.
+ The files now have much more decriptive (and longer) names, and they use
+ URL encoding for specific special characters such as '(', ')' and '&'.
+ Notably also the file that opens for new users has been renamed (from
+ splash.lyx to Welcome.lyx).
+
+
+!!!The following new folders have been added to the LyX directory
+
+* The examples and templates directories have been completely re-organized.
+ They are now much more structured (by means of layout categories) and thus
+ consist of many new subfolders.
+
+
+
+!!!The following preferences files have been removed from the tarball in 2.4:
+
+
+
+!!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.4:
+
+
+
+!!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.4:
+
+* The Qt5 libraries are now used by default. In order to link against
+ Qt4 the configure option --disable-qt5 has to be used.
+
+* The dependency on pplatex/dvipost was dropped.
+
+
+
+!!Known issues in version 2.4.0
+
+* See http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
+
+
+!!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.4.x
+
+* Autotools monolithic build option for building LyX binaries was removed,
+ for compilation speedup use parallel building on multiple cores instead.
+
+!! If upgrading from a LyX version before 2.3.0
+
+* Please additionally see the release notes from the versions in-between:
+ https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
+
+* Several ttf fonts (esint10.ttf, stmary10.ttf, wasy10.ttf) were changed
+ to reflect the fact that newer Qt libraries do not support displaying certain
+ codepoints anymore (bug #8493, #10161).
+ Distribution packagers need to repack those font files in case they are
+ delivering the fonts as a separated package dependent from core LyX.