Document \draw_strategy in release notes

[features.git] / lib / RELEASE-NOTES

diff --git a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES
index b7e870cd5fabc050d7a81c6dbd0ed4b813435ba7..dc97f29b0be90fcb717517a398529149e682926e 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 * Ctrl-click on a cross-reference will now take you to its label.
 
 * Default shortcuts for saving bookmarks have been changed to Alt-NUM, where
 * Ctrl-click on a cross-reference will now take you to its label.
 
 * Default shortcuts for saving bookmarks have been changed to Alt-NUM, where

-  NUM is the number of the bookmark. (They were previously Shift-F1, etc.) 
+  NUM is the number of the bookmark. (They were previously Shift-F1, etc.)

 
 * This allows Shift-F3 to be used for word-find-backwards (i.e., find previous)
   on Linux and Windows.
 
 * The shortcut to use the selection for a find on macOS is now Cmd-E, as is the
   Apple standard.  The shortcut for find the next occurrence of the current
 
 * This allows Shift-F3 to be used for word-find-backwards (i.e., find previous)
   on Linux and Windows.
 
 * The shortcut to use the selection for a find on macOS is now Cmd-E, as is the
   Apple standard.  The shortcut for find the next occurrence of the current

-  find buffer text is Cmd-G.  The shortcut for toggle of font emphasis has been 
+  find buffer text is Cmd-G.  The shortcut for toggle of font emphasis has been

   changed to Cmd-Ctrl-E.
 
 * Continuous spellcheck is now on by default, but only if the user does not have
   changed to Cmd-Ctrl-E.
 
 * Continuous spellcheck is now on by default, but only if the user does not have


@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@
 
 * Documents that use TeX fonts can only be compiled with XeTeX if the input
   encoding is set to "utf8-plain" or "ascii".
 
 * Documents that use TeX fonts can only be compiled with XeTeX if the input
   encoding is set to "utf8-plain" or "ascii".

-  
-* DocBook support has been revamped and now targets DocBook 5 (i.e. 
-  only XML, SGML is gone). Some supporting files for the previous 
-  implementation have been removed: all examples (lib/examples), 
-  some layouts (existing documents should still work, but with a 
-  DocBook 5 output instead of DocBook 4 SGML). The dependency on 
+
+* DocBook support has been revamped and now targets DocBook 5 (i.e.
+  only XML, SGML is gone). Some supporting files for the previous
+  implementation have been removed: all examples (lib/examples),
+  some layouts (existing documents should still work, but with a
+  DocBook 5 output instead of DocBook 4 SGML). The dependency on

   sgmltools has been removed, this new support is always enabled.
   Having sgmltools installed or not will not change anything in LyX.
 
   sgmltools has been removed, this new support is always enabled.
   Having sgmltools installed or not will not change anything in LyX.
 


@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 * \citation_search_view lyxpaperview: determines whether external script "lyxpaperview"
   should be used for looking up citation source.
 
 * \citation_search_view lyxpaperview: determines whether external script "lyxpaperview"
   should be used for looking up citation source.
 

+* \draw_strategy partial|backingstore: when this is set to
+  "backingstore", the drawing code will force the use of an
+  intermediate surface, instead of just drawing changed regions on
+  screen. Note that "backingstore" is actually always enforced on
+  macOS and Wayland (default: partial).

 
 !!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.4:
 
 
 !!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.4:
 


@@ -92,8 +97,6 @@
 
 !!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.4:
 
 
 !!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.4:
 

-* bidi is a helper function to implement icons that are different between LTR and RTL text. 
-

 * buffer-reset-export advises LyX to remove the auxiliary files before doing the next
   export.
 
 * buffer-reset-export advises LyX to remove the auxiliary files before doing the next
   export.
 


@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@
 
 * The examples and templates directories have been completely re-organized.
   They are now much more structured (by means of layout categories) and thus
 
 * 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. 
+  consist of many new subfolders.

 
 
 
 
 
 


@@ -234,7 +237,7 @@
 
 * Several ttf fonts (esint10.ttf, stmary10.ttf, wasy10.ttf) were changed
   to reflect the fact that newer Qt libraries do not support displaying certain
 
 * 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). 
+  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
   in order to display correctly math symbols like \oint.
   Distribution packagers need to repack those font files in case they are
   delivering the fonts as a separated package dependent from core LyX
   in order to display correctly math symbols like \oint.