Prevent unneeded cprotection in branches (#12378)

[lyx.git] / lib / RELEASE-NOTES

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@@ -19,8 +19,16 @@
 * Ctrl-click on a cross-reference will now take you to its label.
 
 * Default shortcuts for saving bookmarks have been changed to Alt-NUM, where
-  NUM is the number of the bookmark. (They were previously Shift-F1, etc.) This
-  allows Shift-F3 to be used for word-find-backwards (i.e., find previous).
+  NUM is the number of the bookmark. (They were previously Shift-F1, etc.) 
+
+* This allows Shift-F3 to be used for word-find-backwards (i.e., find previous)
+  on Linux and Windows.
+
+* The shortcut for word-find on OSX is now Cmd-E, as is the Apple standard. The
+  shortcut for word-find-previous is Cmd-G.
+
+* Continuous spellcheck is now on by default, but only if the user does not have
+  an existing preferences file. In that case, the old setting is preserved.
 
 
 !!Documents compilation process and images conversion
@@ -92,6 +100,9 @@
 
 * export-cancel: Used to cancel background export processes.
 
+* font-nospellcheck marks the word under cursor or selection to the effect that the
+  spellchecker ignores it.
+
 * ifrelatives is a helper function to check whether a buffer has a master or children.
 
 * lyxfiles-open opens the new examples or templates dialog.
@@ -105,6 +116,12 @@
   cursor in the search cache that is used by word-find[-backward|-forward] if no argument
   is given to those.
 
+* spelling-add-local adds words for a given language to the document's local spelling
+  dictionary.
+
+* spelling-remove-local removes words for a given language from the document's local
+  spelling dictionary.
+
 * inset-split is a new convenience function that splits an inset into two at the given
   cursor position. This is only implemented for text insets currently.
 
@@ -157,6 +174,9 @@
 
 !!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.4:
 
+* Metainfo was updated from appdata.xml to org.lyx.LyX.metainfo.xml
+  and is by default installed to /usr/share/metainfo/ per freedesktop.org
+  recommendation.
 
 
 !!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.4:
@@ -171,8 +191,12 @@
 !!! Dependencies to generate ePub files:
 
 * The DocBook XSLT 1.0 style sheets are a required dependency to generate
-  ePub files. All versions since 1.76.0 are supported. Version 1.79.2 is
-  bundled with LyX.
+  ePub files. All versions since 1.76.0 are supported.
+
+  Version 1.79.2 is bundled with LyX. If your system already provides xslt
+  style sheets you can use configure parameter --without-xslt-stylesheets to
+  avoid installing them.
+
 
 * XSLT processor is needed, two options were successfully tested
   a) xsltproc
@@ -182,7 +206,9 @@
      - Tested on Linux, OSX and Windows.
      - Java is a required dependency. Any JVM for Java 1.4 should be supported.
      - Only Saxon versions 6.5.4 and 6.5.5 are supported.
-     - Version 6.5.5 is bundled with LyX.
+     - Version 6.5.5 is bundled with LyX. If your system already provides Saxon
+       (or xsltproc) you can use configure parameter --without-saxon to avoid
+       installation of this library.
 
 
 !!Known issues in version 2.4.0