RELEASE_NOTES: re-add some clarifications about the CJK/pLaTeX issue.

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@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ been applied because of incomplete testing.
 Interface changes
 -----------------
 
+The external template format recognize now a new tag: 'Preview'. This tag is
+used to define how an external material should be previewed in LyX. For more 
+detail, see the 'external_templates' file in the resource directory of LyX.
+
+LyX 1.6.0 introduces support for the pLaTeX distribution which provides extended
+language and script support for Japanese. The language "Japanese" now uses this
+new method. Japanese support via the CJK package is still available, but has been
+renamed to "Japanese (CJK)". Old documents continue to use the CJK method.
+Also cf. the "known issues" section for some remaining problems.
+
 Some of the LyX functions have changed names:
 
 - A new LFUN_SPECIALCHAR_INSERT has been implemented that obsoletes the
@@ -63,6 +73,17 @@ Some of the LyX functions have changed names:
 - The functions LFUN_HTML_INSERT, "html-insert", LFUN_URL_INSERT, "url-insert" was
   superseded by LFUN_HYPERLINK_INSERT, "href-insert".
 
+- The function LFUN_FLOAT_LIST has been renamed to LFUN_FLOAT_LIST_INSERT.
+
+- The functions delete-back/forward has been renamed to char-delete-back/forward.
+
+- The functions LFUN_FONT_FREE_APPLY/UPDATE has been renamed to
+  LFUN_TEXTSTYLE_APPLY/UPDATE.
+
+- The functions LFUN_SERVER_GET_NAME has been renamed to
+  LFUN_SERVER_GET_FILENAME.
+
+
 The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
 
 - LFUN_SPECIALCHAR_INSERT, "specialchar-insert" (see above).
@@ -150,6 +171,8 @@ The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
   could be used to export a pdf with the answers branch included, without 
   one's having to open LyX and activate the branch manually.
 
+- LFUN_NOTES_MUTATE, "notes-mutate"
+
 The following new LyX functions have been removed:
 
 - LFUN_FILE_NEW.
@@ -175,27 +198,33 @@ The following new LyX functions have been removed:
 
 - LFUN_INSET_REFRESH.
 
+- LFUN_BREAK_PARAGRAPH_SKIP, LFUN_DELETE_BACKWARD_SKIP, LFUN_DELETE_FORWARD_SKIP.
+
+- LFUN_ERROR_NEXT.
+
+- LFUN_MATH_IMPORT_SELECTION. Use LFUN_MATH_MODE instead.
+
+
 For the detailed description of LyX functions look into doxygen documentation.
 
 
 Known issues in version 1.6.0
 ------------------------------------
 
-- ...
+- New pLaTeX support for Japanese:
+  * Documents using this method can be backported to 1.5 in pricipal, but
+    the backported documents are not guaranteed to work, since 1.5 falls
+    back to the CJK package; expect the output to differ.
+  * pLaTeX provides a Japanese variant of BibTeX named "jbibtex", which will
+    be selected automatically by LyX. If you run into problems with this or 
+    if you need to use an alternative BibTeX program, you can change this
+    setting in the LyX preferences (Output->LaTeX->BibTeX command).
 
 
 Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 1.6.x
 -------------------------------------------------------
 
-The support for Japanese has been improved in LyX 1.6.x. Due to encoding
-reasons, Japanese documents that were edited with LyX 1.6.x cannot correctly
-be converted to the format of LyX 1.5.x and thus not edited with LyX 1.5.x.
-To be able to use LyX 1.6 with Japanese, the latest version of the LaTeX
-distribution "platex" must be installed.
-platex provides a Japanese variant of BibTeX named "jbibtex". When LyX is
-configured, this variant is used. In case you have problems with BibTeX-files
-that include Japanese or you need to use another BibTeX program, set it in LyX
-preferences under Output->LaTeX->BibTeX command.
+
 
 
 Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at