-Pre-release of LyX version 2.0.0 (alpha 2)
-==========================================
+Public release of LyX version 2.3.4
+===================================
-We are pleased to announce the second alpha release of LyX 2.0.0.
-This release is for testing purposes only, users are encouraged
-to use current 1.6 stable release for any serious work.
+We are proud to announce the release of LyX 2.3.4. This is the fourth
+maintenance release in the 2.3.x series.
-Tarballs and binaries can be found at ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/devel/
+You can download LyX 2.3.4 from http://www.lyx.org/Download/.
-LyX 2.0.0 will be culmination of more than 18 months of hard work
-and you can find an overview of the new features here:
-http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX20
+LyX is a document processor that encourages an approach to writing based
+on the structure of your documents and not simply their appearance. It is
+released under a Free and Open Source Software license.
-Known issues with LyX 2.0 can be found at the following addresses:
-http://wiki.lyx.org/Devel/LyX20Road
-http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
+LyX 2.3.4 is the result of on-going efforts to make our stable version more
+reliable and more stable. One important change is that we have finally fixed
+a large number of bugs related to bibitems (see bug #7548). We have also (we
+hope) fixed a long-standing bug involving the saving of files on Windows to
+Dropbox folders.
+If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.3.4, please open a bug report at
+http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome. If you're not sure whether it
+really is a bug, you can e-mail the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel
+<at> lists.lyx.org) and ask.
-If you think you found a bug in LyX 2.0.0, either e-mail the LyX
-developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org), or open a bug
-report at http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
+If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the documentation
+that comes with LyX (under the Help or Apple menu) and the LyX wiki, which
+is at http://wiki.lyx.org/. If you can't find the answer there, e-mail the
+LyX users' list (lyx-users <at> lists.lyx.org), where you will find an
+active community of people who are ready to help.
-If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
-documentation that comes with lyx and http://wiki.lyx.org. If you
-can't find the answer there, e-mail the LyX users' list
-(lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).
-
-We hope you will enjoy the result!
+We hope you enjoy using LyX 2.3.4.
The LyX team.
http://www.lyx.org
+
+
+What's new
+==========
+
+** Updates:
+***********
+
+* USER INTERFACE
+
+- The "Rows & Columns" optional submenu has been added to the math context menu.
+
+- Avoid using text mode for unicode symbols representable in math mode (bug 9616).
+
+- Do not issue error dialog when no tag is found in git repository for
+ tree-revision info inset.
+
+- Fix display with Wayland (bug 11692).
+
+- Improve editing performance when there are Include insets that point to
+ non-existing files. (bug 11656).
+
+
+* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
+
+- New section about references in the example file colored-boxes.lyx.
+
+- The Dutch user interface localization has been revived, and the Dutch docs
+ revised.
+
+- The Russian Tutorial has been updated.
+
+- Updated localizations include Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, German, Hebrew,
+ Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish, and Ukrainian.
+
+- Fixed index processor in some manuals (bug 11708).
+
+
+** Bug fixes:
+*************
+
+* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
+
+- Prevent crash due to unencodable path (bug 11688).
+
+- Fix crash with polyglossia when the "Auto End" language preference setting
+ is off and titles are used.
+
+- (Re-)fix problems with activated equal sign and graphic options in Turkish
+ and Latin documents (bug 2005).
+
+- Correctly set language after intitle paragraphs (bug 11514).
+
+- Fix toprule with booktabs/longtable and captions (bug 11589).
+
+- Avoid adding spaces when parsing an array in a macro template (bug 10499).
+
+- Avoid superfluous braces in the optional argument of a macro (bug 11552).
+
+- Do not replace a latex command with the corresponding symbol in the
+ unicodesymbols file, unless it can be encoded in the document encoding
+ (bug 11586).
+
+- Fix problems with paths that contain the tilde (~) character.
+
+- Fix nomenclature processing with LuaTeX (bug 11571).
+
+- Fix problem on Windows with saving files in Dropbox folders (bug 10091).
+
+- Find local bib files when they exist in the same directory as the LyX
+ file (bug 11588).
+
+- Fix table column order with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 9686).
+
+- Fix paragraph alignment with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11399).
+
+- Fix direction of brackets with RTL documents and LuaTeX (part of bug 11187).
+
+- Fix direction of roman numbers with RTL documents and LuaTeX.
+
+- Fix direction of numbered citations outside XeTeX/bidi (bug 3005).
+
+- Fix direction of references with XeTeX/bidi (bug 11626).
+
+- Fix interplay of the memoir class and custom page size/geometry (bug 10970).
+
+- Fix compilation of Hebrew Article with XeTeX and LuaTeX (bug 10525).
+
+- Fix greyedout note with RTL documents (bug 8647).
+
+- Fix colored and shaded boxes with RTL documents (bug 8642).
+
+- Fix loading order problem with rotfloat/rotating and graphicx (bug 11502).
+
+- Fix LaTeX error with Canadian French as second language. LyX now uses
+ the (recommended) babel option "acadian" rather than "canadien".
+
+- Do not create unnecessary directories when exporting from the command
+ line (bug 11636).
+
+- Fix problem with included objects with Linkback service on Mac (bug 6961).
+
+- Fix termination of commands after math insets (bug 11667).
+
+- Fix \binom command clash in beamer.
+
+
+* USER INTERFACE
+
+- Fix configure process with Python 3 (bug 11642).
+
+- Fix some numbering issues with bibitems (bug 2743, 8499).
+
+- Deal properly with orphaned bibitems (bug 7160).
+
+- Fix endless loop when a macro definition references itself (bug 11595).
+
+- Use the selection as the argument of a macro also when the macro has only
+ optional arguments (bug 10498).
+
+- Correctly close a language opened in a branch inset (bug 9633).
+
+- Fix additional problem with display of inline equations in outliner
+ (bug 11423).
+
+- Preserve "all authors" state when switching citation style via context
+ menu (bug 11439).
+
+- Fix right and left layout alignment (in workarea) with RTL (bug 11606).
+
+- Show filenames for verbatim includes in outliner (bug 11612).
+
+- Enable change tracking if paragraph break change (bug 11629).
+
+- Fix crash when deleting column in math grid (bug 11623).
+
+- Hide "LaTeX (Clipboard)" entry from import menu (bug 11657).
+
+- Enable dissolve in undefined Flex inset context menu (bug 8650).
+
+- Enable dissolve in context menu of element in table cells.
+
+- Fix bad caret position when row scrolls horizontally (bug 11603).
+
+- Fix crash when inserting some insets in math split insets (bug 11686).
+
+- Properly remember cursor position when many files have been opened
+ (bug 10310).
+
+
+* INTERNALS
+
+- Fix TeX file listing with the Nix package manager.
+
+- Fix Python detection routines, and so instant preview on some platforms
+ (bug 11282).
+
+
+* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
+
+- Fix string direction in Hebrew localization (bug 11607).
+
+
+* LYX2LYX
+
+- Fix typo in the code that converts from file formats older than lyx 2.1
+ (thanks to Salvatore Falco).
+
+
+* TEX2LYX
+
+- Significantly improve support for modules (bug 11259, 8229).
+
+- Prevent multiplication of preamble code on (re-)import (bug 8229).
+
+- Fix import of custom float definitions.
+
+
+* BUILD/INSTALLATION
+
+- avoid annoying warnings with g++ 9.
+
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