Add some release notes

[lyx.git] / lib / RELEASE-NOTES

diff --git a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES
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--- a/lib/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/lib/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 * \use_qimage
   This is no longer necessary due to the rewrite of the painter.
 
+* \use_pixmap_cacheqimage
+  There is no evidence that this painting mode was useful anymore.
+
 * \date_insert_format
   The function date-insert has been removed and superseded by info-insert date.
   The latter does not need a pref value anymore.
@@ -36,6 +39,9 @@
 
 !!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.4:
 
+* buffer-write-as-template is a new convenient function to ease saving a document
+  in the (personal) templates folder.
+
 * export-cancel: Used to cancel background export processes.
 
 
@@ -54,10 +60,21 @@
 
 !!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.4:
 
+* As a result of a major restructuring of the templates and example
+  directories, almost all examples and templates files have been renamed and
+  moved to subfolders that reflect the layout category.
+  The files now have much more decriptive (and longer) names, and they use
+  URL encoding for specific special characters such as '(', ')' and '&'.
+  Notably also the file that opens for new users has been renamed (from
+  splash.lyx to Welcome.lyx).
 
 
 !!!The following new folders have been added to the LyX directory
 
+* 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. 
+
 
 
 !!!The following preferences files have been removed from the tarball in 2.4:
@@ -70,6 +87,9 @@
 
 !!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.4:
 
+* The Qt5 libraries are now used by default. In order to link against
+  Qt4 the configure option --disable-qt5 has to be used.
+
 
 
 !!Known issues in version 2.4.0
@@ -79,6 +99,8 @@
 
 !!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.4.x
 
+* Autotools monolithic build option for building LyX binaries was removed,
+  for compilation speedup use parallel building on multiple cores instead.
 
 !! If upgrading from a LyX version before 2.3.0