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-!Important Changes in LyX 2.3.0
+!Important Changes in LyX 2.4.0
 
 
 !!Interface changes
 
+- It is now possible to cancel background export processes. A menu entry
+  to do so will appear on the Document menu when such a process is underway.
+  The LFUN for this is export-cancel.
 
-!!!The following pref variables were added in 2.3:
 
+!!Documents compilation process and images conversion
 
-!!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.3:
 
 
-!!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.3:
+!!!The following pref variables were added in 2.4:
 
 
-!!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.3:
 
+!!!The following pref variables were changed in 2.4:
 
-!!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.3:
 
 
-!!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.3:
+!!!The following pref variables are obsoleted in 2.4:
 
+* \font_encoding
+  The font encoding is now automatically set depending on the document
+  fonts and languages.
 
-!!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.3:
+* \use_qimage
+  This is no longer necessary due to the rewrite of the painter.
 
+* \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+  The function date-insert has been removed and superseded by info-insert date.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.
 
-!!Changes with respect to external programs and libraries in 2.3:
 
+!!!The following new LyX functions have been introduced in 2.4:
 
-!!Known issues in version 2.3.0
+* export-cancel: Used to cancel background export processes.
 
 
-!!Caveats when upgrading from earlier versions to 2.3.x
+!!!The following LyX functions have been changed in 2.4:
 
+* set-graphics-group was renamed to graphics-set-group.
+
+* info-insert buffer vcs-*: renamed to info-insert vcs *
+
+
+!!!The following LyX functions have been removed in 2.4:
+
+* date-insert: obsoleted by info-insert date.
+
+
+
+!!!The following LyX documents have been moved in 2.4:
+
+
+
+!!!The following new folders have been added to the LyX directory
+
+
+
+!!!The following preferences files have been removed from the tarball in 2.4:
+
+
+
+!!!The following metadata files have been added to the tarball in 2.4:
+
+
+
+!!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
+
+* See http://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome
+
+
+!!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
+
+* Please additionally see the release notes from the versions in-between:
+  https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ReleaseNotes
+
+* Several ttf fonts (esint10.ttf, stmary10.ttf, wasy10.ttf) were changed
+  to reflect the fact that newer Qt libraries do not support displaying certain
+  codepoints anymore (bug #8493, #10161). 
+  Distribution packagers need to repack those font files in case they are
+  delivering the fonts as a separated package dependent from core LyX.