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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 41a5202b0e..64a6fd639f 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -17,7 +17,18 @@ the default print settings (which, of course, have to have been configured
 already). At present, not many commands can be used this way, but there will
 be more eventually.
 
-Bash completion script was added to the tarball.
+A bash completion script was added to the tarball.
+
+We have introduced a new flag to decide whether or not a given "document"
+format shall be listed in the File > Export menu. This was necessary since
+this menu got too large. If the flag "menu=export" is not explicitly set,
+the formats are not included in the menu. This means that you might need
+to click "Show in export menu" in Preferences > File Formats for your
+customized file formats if you want them to appear in the menu.
+Customized formats imported from a previous configuration are handled
+by the prefs2prefs script, and should appear in the menu as before.
+Note, though, that you still can export to any possible format via
+File > Export > More Formats and Options ...
 
 The following pref variables were changed in 2.0:
 
@@ -49,70 +60,40 @@ The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.0:
 The following new LyX functions have been introduced:
 
 - LFUN_WORD_FINDAD ("word-findadv").
-
 - LFUN_REGEXP_MODE ("regexp-mode").
-
 - LFUN_PHANTOM_INSERT ("phantom-insert").
-
 - LFUN_INSET_BEGIN ("inset-begin").
-
 - LFUN_INSET_END (""inset-end"").
-
 - LFUN_INSET_BEGIN_SELECT ("inset-begin-select").
-
 - LFUN_INSET_END_SELECT ("inset-end-select").
-
 - LFUN_CHANGE_PREVIOUS ("change-previous").
-
 - LFUN_LABEL_INSERT_AS_REF ("label-insert-as-reference").
-
 - LFUN_SECTION_SELECT ("section-select").
-
 - LFUN_FONT_UNDERLINE ("font-underline").
-
 - LFUN_FONT_STRIKEOUT ("font-strikeout").
-
 - LFUN_FONT_UULINE ("font-underunderline").
-
 - LFUN_FONT_UWAVE ("font-underwave").
-
 - LFUN_BRANCHES_RENAME ("branches-rename").
-
 - LFUN_BRANCH_ADD_INSERT ("branch-add-insert").
-
 - LFUN_BUFFER_CLOSE_ALL ("buffer-close-all").
-
 - LFUN_INSET_FORALL ("inset-forall").
-
 - LFUN_DEBUG_LEVEL_SET ("debug-level-set").
-
 - LFUN_INSET_SELECT_ALL ("inset-select-all").
-
 - LFUN_MATH_AMS_MATRIX ("math-ams-matrix").
-
 - LFUN_VC_COMPARE ("vc-compare").
-
 - LFUN_SPELLING_ADD ("spelling-add").
-
 - LFUN_SPELLING_IGNORE ("spelling-ignore").
-
 - LFUN_SPELLING_REMOVE ("spelling-remove").
-
 - LFUN_PREVIEW_INSERT ("preview-insert").
-
 - LFUN_FORWARD_SEARCH ("forward-search").
-
 - LFUN_INSET_COPY_AS ("inset-copy-as").
-
 - LFUN_BUFFER_TOGGLE_OUTPUT_SYNC ("buffer-toggle-output-sync").
 
 
 The following LyX functions have been removed:
 
 - LFUN_NEXT_INSET_TOGGLE ("next-inset-toggle"): use "inset-toggle" instead.
-
 - LFUN_NEXT_INSET_MODIFY ("next-inset-modify"): use "inset-modify" instead.
-
 - LFUN_PARAGRAPH_SPACING ("paragraph-spacing"): use "paragraph-params" instead.
 
 - LFUN_NOTES_MUTATE ("notes-mutate"): replace
@@ -163,9 +144,15 @@ The following LyX key bindings have been changed:
 - LFUN_MATH_MACRO_UNFOLD ("math-macro-unfold")
   The binding to "C-plus" has changed to "C-S-asterisk".
 
+- On Mac OSX the modifier keys <Control> and <Option> are now treated separately.
+  The distributed key binding for Mac OSX no longer uses the <Option> key for
+  shortcuts with letters or numbers.
+
+  The custom key bindings for <Option>/<Control> are mapped to the <Control>
+  modifier only.
 
-New external programs and libaries:
------------------------------------
+New external programs and libraries:
+------------------------------------
 
 LyX 2.0 introduces support for some new external helper programs/libraries,
 while the support for some existing programs has been dropped. This
@@ -204,7 +191,7 @@ platform/distribution.
 
 * The OpenOffice thesaurus dictionaries can be used, but the path to those
   dictionaries needs to be set in Tools > Preferences. Please refer to the
-  UserGuide, sec. 6.13, for further instructions.
+  UserGuide, sec. 6.14, for further instructions.
 
 Packagers are advised to preset the thesaurus for their distribution/
 platform. Packagers of installation bundles (on Windows and the Mac)
@@ -216,14 +203,38 @@ in the installation process (analoguous to the spellchecker installation).
 There is now direct support for Lilypond-book. Note that LyX requires at
 least version 2.14 for proper work.
 
+4.) INSTANT PREVIEW:
+
+Make sure that dv2dt (often part of LaTeX distributions) is installed
+on your system. Instant preview wil be disabled if dv2dt is not found.
+
+5.) LuaTeX support
+
+For proper LuaTeX support you need to have at least TeXLive 2010.
+
 
 Known issues in version 2.0.0
 -----------------------------
 
+- LyX needs to be run under Python 2 and will not work properly on systems
+  where Python 3 is the default binary. See bug #7030 to know how to fix
+  this properly, since simple sheebang conversion in *.py files will not
+  be enough.
 
 Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x
 -------------------------------------------------------
 
+- The typeset of your documents with non-english language can slightly
+  change in case of math environments and floats (this is usually the case
+  with certain modules which provide specific environments like AMS ones
+  or provide specific floats like the linguistic one).
+
+  LyX now uses its own translation machinery which will automatically provide
+  localization strings used so far only in GUI. The status of translation to
+  your language can be seen in lib/layouttranslation file. This is not meant as
+  a babel replacement (still used), but rather extension for strings not
+  translated by babel at all.
+
 - The syntax of the languages file has been changed. If you use a modified
   languages file, you will need to adapt it to the new syntax, as LyX 2.0
   is not able to read old languages file anymore.
@@ -232,14 +243,23 @@ Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x
 
 - There has been a large change in how Flex insets are named. Previously,
   they tended to have names like "CharStyle:Noun". Now, they just have
-  names like "Flex:Noun" (where "Flex" is a namespace that is optional).
-  When LyX 2.0 reads older files, it silently converts the old-style names
-  to new-style names; this direction works perfectly. It will also silently
-  revert new-style names to old-style names, when exporting to 1.6.x format,
-  but only for the pre-defined LyX insets. This means that user-defined flex
-  insets will not be properly reverted.
-  To solve this problem, you can modify the file $LYXDIR/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_0.py.
-  In that file, you will find the following:
+  names like "Flex:Noun" (where the "Flex" prefix is now required). When 
+  LyX 2.0 reads older files, it silently converts the old-style names
+  to new-style names; this direction works almost perfectly. The one place
+  it does not work is with CopyStyle declarations, IF your old InsetLayout
+  was NOT named "CharStyle:..." or "Custom:..." or "Element:...", but, say,
+  just "MyInset". In that case, "InsetLayout MyInset" will be changed to
+  "InsetLayout Flex:MyInset", but "CopyStyle MyInset" will be left as is.
+  Users will need to make that kind of change manually. The best way to do
+  this is to use the layout2layout.py script, which gets installed in
+  $LYXDIR/scripts/layout2layout.py, to convert your custom layout files to
+  the new format, and then check them for correctness.
+   
+  LyX will also silently revert new-style names to old-style names when 
+  exporting to 1.6.x format, but only for the pre-defined LyX insets. This 
+  means that user-defined flex insets will not be properly reverted. To solve 
+  this problem, you can modify the file $LYXDIR/lyx2lyx/lyx_2_0.py. In that 
+  file, you will find the following:
     flex_insets = {
       "Alert" : "CharStyle:Alert",
       "Code" : "CharStyle:Code",
@@ -259,7 +279,7 @@ Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x
       "PresentationMode" : "Custom:PresentationMode",
       "Tri-Glosse" : "Custom:Tri-Glosse"
     }
-  This is a map form new-style names (minux "Flex") to old-style names (and
+  This is a map from new-style names (minux "Flex") to old-style names (and
   there is a similar for DocBook elements). To get a user-defined CharStyle
   to revert properly, it simply needs to be added to this list.
 
@@ -267,7 +287,5 @@ Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.0.x
 Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at
 	http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
 
-TODO
-----
-- Somebody should create a rc2rc script...
-  http://www.lyx.org/trac/changeset/27531
+- UI layout named "classic.ui" and some localized keyboard bindings (sv,pt,fi)
+  were long time unmaintained and we do not ship it anymore.