EmbeddedObjects: More (minor) corrections to the Inkscape template decription.

[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
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 !!Interface changes
 
-* LyX now has "inverted" branch insets, which output their contents just in 
+* LyX now has "inverted" branch insets, which output their contents just in
   case a given branch is not "activated". This makes inclusion of alternate
   material in different versions easier.
 
@@ -19,9 +19,19 @@
   changed output with old documents and bugs. The 2.2 behavior can be restored
   by don't allowing using dash ligatures in Document->Settings->Fonts.
 
+* The following UI translations were dropped, because the lack of translation
+  maintenance:  Russian, Danish, Greek, Serbian, Galician, Catalan, Romanian,
+  Dutch.
 
 !!Documents compilation process and images conversion
 
+* It is now possible to enable the -shell-escape option only for specific
+  documents, rather than having to enable it globally in preferences.
+  This is achieved by checking "Allow running external programs" in
+  Document->Settings->Formats. LyX will now check whether -shell-escape
+  has been added to a LaTeX converter and invites the user to remove it
+  in favor of the new mechanism when that LaTeX converter is used.
+
 * The converters definition syntax (LYX_HOME/lyxrc*) now supports a
   new option, 'needauth', to prevent completely automated execution of
   the converter, unless LyX acquired explicit consent by the
@@ -50,13 +60,16 @@
 !!!The following pref variables were added in 2.3:
 
 * \use_converter_needauth
-  when enabled, user is asked before calling any external converter with the
-  'needauth' option
+  when enabled, user is asked before calling any (possibly dangerous)
+  external converter with the 'needauth' option
 
 * \use_converter_needauth_forbidden
   when enabled, use of external converters with the 'needauth' option is
   forbidden
 
+* \pygmentize_command
+  holds the name of the driver command used by the Pygments python module.
+
 
 !!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.3:
 
@@ -72,6 +85,12 @@
 * lyx-activate
   Activates the LyX window. Useful in combination with reverse search.
 
+* devel-mode-toggle
+  Activate/deactivate the developer mode, which consists mainly in:
+  (1) more information shown in the status bar and (2) help file
+  opened in editable mode. This state used to be hardcoded at compile
+  time.
+
 
 !!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.3:
 
@@ -82,7 +101,7 @@
 
 * inset-modify
   This function now also applies to quote insets. It takes a three-character
-  string as an argument, refering (1.) to the style (e = ``english'',
+  string as an argument, referring (1.) to the style (e = ``english'',
   s = ''swedish'', g = ,,german``, p = ,,polish'', f = <<french>>, a = >>danish<<),
   (2.) to the side (l = left, r = right) and (3.) to the quotation level
   (s = single, d = double). So "eld" means "English left double quotation mark".
@@ -160,3 +179,10 @@
   option in the LyX preferences;
   2) provides explicit consent to the use of the converter on the first
   compilation of the R-enhanced document.
+
+* LyX now gives a warning if a document mixes title and non-title layouts.
+  In some cases, this warning is harmless, but in other cases the document has
+  a serious problem even though the LaTeX command does not exit with error. For
+  example, create a document with a title layout, then a standard layout, and
+  then an author layout, and you will see in the PDF that the author is not
+  typeset as an author.