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diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 20a37a1f2e..7d90ef2657 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -15,19 +15,21 @@ Known issues with version 1.5.0
 
 - User layout files must be converted to UTF-8
 
-In previous version, layout styles were allowed to use non-ASCII names
+In previous versions, 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:
-
-cd /path/to/layouts
-for l in *
-do
-  cp $l tmp.txt
-  iconv -f latin1 -t utf8 tmp.txt -o $l
+but they must be valid UTF-8 strings. One way of doing the conversion
+is to use iconv. Using bash, the script below should work:
+
+#! /bin/sh
+
+cd /path/to/layouts
+for l in *
+do
+  cp "$l" tmp.txt
+  iconv -f latin1 -t utf8 tmp.txt -o "$l"
 done
-rm tmp.txt
+rm -f tmp.txt
 
 - Cursor restoration problems with Multiple-View
 
@@ -51,6 +53,39 @@ developers mailing list, we do have some possible solutions for this.
 The effects of this will be more pronounced for RTL (Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi) 
 users --- though they affect users of other languages as well.
 
+- Inset encodings and Conversion from earlier LyX versions
+
+One of the main new features in version 1.5.0 is Unicode. As part of the
+transition, lyx2lyx (the scripts used for converting back and forth between
+different versions of the lyx files) converts old .lyx files, which may use 
+a number of different encodings, to UTF-8. This conversion depends on
+correctly identifying the language of the text. There were previously some
+edge-cases (insets embedded in different-language text type scenarios) in 
+which the language was incorrectly identified, which caused some text to 
+appear incorrectly after having upgraded from older versions. This has now been
+fixed. Unfortunately, however, the fix cannot be applied to files which have
+already been converted past format 249.  So if you have already converted 
+your old files (using a development version or release candidate), this fix
+won't help, unless you still have the originals lying around (and haven't 
+yet made too many changes to the newer versions ;) ).
+
+Generally, it is probably wise to keep a backup of the old version of your 
+files, at least until you are sure that the upgrade went smoothly (which it 
+almost always will).
+
+- RTL and keymaps
+
+Currently there is a bug where you can't use two non-RTL language keymaps if
+the RTL preference is set (which is now the default). If you need to use two
+non-RTL keymaps, for now you should just turn off the RTL preference (Tools -> 
+Preferences... -> Language settings -> Language, uncheck "Right-to-left
+language support").
+
+We hope to offer more comprehensive support for multiple keymaps in the future,
+which will solve this bug, as well as allow more than just two keymaps. If you 
+have any input on this issue, please chime in on the developers mailing list,
+or add your comments to http://bugzilla.lyx.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4051.
+
 
 Note: There may later be an updated list of known issues online at
 	http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes