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+What's new in version 1.2.0?
+----------------------------
+
+LyX 1.2.0 is the version where many of changes in the 1.1.x series
+begin to really pay off. It should prove to be a very solid base for
+further developments. As of this version, we use (yet another) new
+versioning scheme: next major version will be 1.3.0, and 1.2.x will
+be just incremental fixes (like the fix series used to be for 1.1.5
+and 1.1.6). 
+
+Switch to the so-called 'new' insets:
+
+- floats, footnotes and margin notes are now real insets
+
+- most problems with the new table inset of 1.1.6 have been resolved
+  (memory consumption, spell-checking, search and replace...)
+
+- TeX mode has been superseded by the 666 (aka ERT) inset, which is
+  foldable
+
+- new graphics inset superseding the older figure inset [will that be
+  OK in 1.2.0?]
+
+- new minipage inset
+
+- notes inset can now contain arbitrary LyX constructs
+
+- new ligature break special character, useful for words like
+  shelfful, or many german words
+
+The math editor has been mostly rewritten (and thus may have many new
+bugs :). Most of the changes should not be visible for the user,
+except:
+
+- improvements to the parser
+
+- improvements to math text mode
+
+- (better) support for nested macros 
+
+- (better) support for \limits/\nolimits
+
+- enable size changes to arrays after creation (add/delete rows/columns)
+
+- enable switching between equation/eqnarray and align environment
+
+
+Most of the popups have been rewritten in the GUI-I framework:
+
+- [...]
+
+- the kde frontend has been dropped in favor of a new qt2 frontend.
+  Note that only the xforms front is really operational as of this
+  version. 
+
+Other changes include:
+
+- support for natbib for bibliography citations
+
+- support for parsing preamble when converting LaTeX files
+
+- updated documentation
+
+
+
 What's new in LyX version 1.1.6?
 --------------------------------
 
 As with all of the 1.1.x versions of LyX, this release contains a lot
-of new code: in particular, half of the changes described in the
-ChangeLog (which dates back to the 1.1.0 release) describe changes in
-LyX 1.1.6!
+of new code: in particular, more than half of the changes described in
+the ChangeLog (which dates back to the 1.1.0 release) concern LyX 1.1.6!
 
 Besides the usual under-the-hood changes, LyX 1.1.6 has many
 new user-visible features. The main visible feature is that the
@@ -18,7 +82,7 @@ from the older development version:
   have been overhauled.
 
 - LyX now has a Preference popup where you can change most of your
-  lyxrc settings [Allan, details?]
+  lyxrc settings.
 
 - the menus can now be defined in a text file, and they automatically
   display the keyboard bindings associated with commands.
@@ -80,7 +144,7 @@ And finally, there have been a lot of smaller changes, which are
 mentioned here for your information
 
 - the menu entry File->New does not prompt for a file name by default
-  (this can be changed in lyxrc).
+  (this can be changed in preferences).
 
 - new -geometry command line option, which replaces the old -width,
   -height, etc.