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-This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 1.5.0 and
-also some known problems in LyX 1.5.0 that did not occur in
-1.4.4. Note that fixes are available for many of these, but they have
-not yet been applied because of incomplete testing.
+This file lists interface changes that might affect users in 1.6.0, some 
+known problems in LyX 1.6.0 and some things you have to take into account
+when upgrading from earlier versions to a version of the 1.6.x series.
+Note that fixes are available for some of these, but they have not yet
+been applied because of incomplete testing.
 
 
 Interface changes
 -----------------
 
-Some of the LyX functions have changed names :
+Some of the LyX functions have changed names:
 
+- A new LFUN_SPECIALCHAR_INSERT has been implemented that obsoletes the
+  different LFUNs for single special characters:
 
-Known issues with version 1.5.0
+  * LFUN_HYPHENATION_POINT_INSERT: removed. "hyphenation-point-insert" 
+    has been replaced by "specialchar-insert hyphenation-point"
+  * LFUN_LIGATURE_BREAK_INSERT: removed. "ligature-break-insert" 
+    has been replaced by "specialchar-insert ligature-break"
+  * LFUN_DOTS_INSERT: removed. "dots-insert" 
+    has been replaced by "specialchar-insert dots"
+  * LFUN_END_OF_SENTENCE_PERIOD_INSERT: removed. "end-of-sentence-period-insert" 
+    has been replaced by "specialchar-insert end-of-sentence"
+  * LFUN_MENU_SEPARATOR_INSERT: removed. "menu-separator-insert" 
+    has been replaced by "specialchar-insert menu-separator"
+
+- The function LFUN_BREAK_LINE, "break-line" has been renamed to LFUN_NEWLINE_INSERT,
+  "newline-insert", and it now allows two options: "newline-insert newline" inserts
+  a \newline, "newline-insert linebreak" inserts a \linebreak.
+
+- The function LFUN_PAGEBREAK_INSERT, "pagebreak-insert" has been renamed to
+  LFUN_NEWPAGE_INSERT, "newpage-insert". It obsololetes the following functions:
+
+  * LFUN_PAGEBREAK_INSERT: removed. "pagebreak-insert" has been replaced by
+    "newpage-insert pagebreak"
+
+  * LFUN_CLEARPAGE_INSERT: removed. "clearpage-insert" has been replaced by
+    "newpage-insert clearpage"
+
+  * LFUN_CLEARDOUBLEPAGE_INSERT: removed. "clearpage-insert" has been replaced
+    by "newpage-insert cleardoublepage"
+
+- The function LFUN_WORDS_COUNT, "words-count", has been replaced by
+  LFUN_STATISTICS, "statistics", which counts more than words.
+
+- The function LFUN_MATH_NUMBER, "math-number", has been renamed to
+  LFUN_MATH_NUMBER_TOGGLE.
+
+- The function LFUN_MATH_NONUMBER, "math-nonumber", has been renamed to
+  LFUN_MATH_NUMBER_LINE_TOGGLE.
+
+- The function LFUN_CHARSTYLE_INSERT, "charstyle-insert", has been renamed to
+  LFUN_FLEX_INSERT, "flex-insert". It now handles beside charstyles, also
+  custom insets and XML short element insets.
+
+- The function LFUN_TOGGLE_CURSOR_FOLLOWS_SCROLLBAR, "toggle-cursor-follows-scrollbar"
+  has been renamed to LFUN_CURSOR_FOLLOWS_SCROLLBAR_TOGGLE,
+  "cursor-follows-scrollbar-toggle".
+
+- The function LFUN_FONT_CODE, "font-code", has been renamed to
+  LFUN_FONT_TYPEWRITER, "font-typewriter".
+
+- The functions LFUN_HTML_INSERT, "html-insert", LFUN_URL_INSERT, "url-insert" was
+  superseded by LFUN_HYPERLINK_INSERT, "href-insert".
+
+
+The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
+
+- LFUN_SPECIALCHAR_INSERT, "specialchar-insert" (see above).
+
+- LFUN_COMPLETION_INLINE, "completion-inline".
+
+- LFUN_COMPLETION_POPUP, "completion-popup".
+
+- LFUN_COMPLETION_COMPLETE, "complete".
+
+- LFUN_CLOSE_TAB_GROUP, "close-tab-group".
+
+- LFUN_SPLIT_VIEW, "split-view".
+
+- LFUN_UI_TOGGLE, "ui-toggle".
+
+- LFUN_SCROLL, "scroll".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO, "math-macro".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_UNFOLD, "math-macro-unfold".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_FOLD, "math-macro-fold".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_ADD_PARAM, "math-macro-add-param".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_REMOVE_PARAM, "math-macro-remove-param".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_APPEND_GREEDY_PARAM, "math-macro-append-greedy-param".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_REMOVE_GREEDY_PARAM, "math-macro-remove-greedy-param".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_MAKE_OPTIONAL, "math-macro-make-optional".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_MAKE_NONOPTIONAL, "math-macro-make-nonoptional".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_ADD_OPTIONAL_PARAM, "math-macro-add-optional-param".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_REMOVE_OPTIONAL_PARAM, "math-macro-remove-optional-param".
+
+- LFUN_MATH_MACRO_ADD_GREEDY_OPTIONAL_PARAM, "math-macro-add-greedy-optional-param".
+
+- LFUN_WORD_LEFT, "word-left".
+
+- LFUN_WORD_LEFT_SELECT, "word-left-select".
+
+- LFUN_WORD_RIGHT, "word-right".
+
+- LFUN_WORD_RIGHT_SELECT, "word-right-select".
+
+- LFUN_CHAR_LEFT, "char-left".
+
+- LFUN_CHAR_LEFT_SELECT, "char-left-select".
+
+- LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT, "char-right".
+
+- LFUN_CHAR_RIGHT_SELECT, "char-right-select".
+
+- LFUN_FINISHED_FORWARD, "".
+
+- LFUN_FINISHED_BACKWARD, "".
+
+- LFUN_BUFFER_TOGGLE_EMBEDDING, "buffer-toggle-embedding".
+
+- LFUN_INFO_INSERT, "info-insert".
+
+- LFUN_LAYOUT_RELOAD, "layout-reload".
+
+- LFUN_LAYOUT_MODULES_CLEAR, "layout-modules-clear".
+
+- LFUN_LAYOUT_MODULE_ADD, "layout-module-add".
+
+- LFUN_NEXT_INSET_MODIFY, "next-inset-modify"
+
+
+The following new LyX functions have been removed:
+
+- LFUN_FILE_NEW.
+
+- LFUN_BREAK_PARAGRAPH_KEEP_LAYOUT.
+
+- LFUN_FONT_CODE.
+
+- LFUN_HFILL_INSERT. HFills are now part of InsetSpace and have to be inserted
+  via "space-insert hfill".
+
+- LFUN_CLEARPAGE_INSERT. Now part of LFUN_NEWPAGE_INSERT (see above).
+
+- LFUN_CLEARDOUBLEPAGE_INSERT. Now part of LFUN_NEWPAGE_INSERT (see above).
+
+
+For the detailed description of LyX functions look into doxygen documentation.
+
+
+Known issues in version 1.6.0
 ------------------------------------
 
-- User layout files must be converted to UTF-8
-
-In previous version, layout styles were allowed to use non-ASCII names
-using the local encodings. LyX-1.5 now assumes that all layout files are
-UTF-8 encoded. This means that non-ASCII style names are still allowed
-but they nust be valid UTF-8 strings. One way of doing the conversion
-is to use iconv. Using bash, the script below should work:\r
-\r
-cd /path/to/layouts\r
-for l in *\r
-do\r
-  cp $l tmp.txt\r
-  iconv -f latin1 -t utf8 tmp.txt -o $l\r
-done
-rm tmp.txt
-
-- Cursor restoration problems with Multiple-View
-
-When using multiple Windows to edit different parts of the
-same document, the cursor position is sometimes not correctly restored
-when you switch from one view to the other.
+- ...
+
+
+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.
 
 
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