+What's new in version 1.3.0?
+----------------------------
+
+As with the previous major version 1.2.0, many things make this new
+release an exciting one. This should not however hide the fact that
+the `under the hood' changes to the code have been (again) very
+important. One of these invisible changes that have been going on for
+a long time is the so-called GUI-independence project. We are glad to
+announce that version 1.3.0 shows the first results of this.
+
+** Qt frontend
+
+This is of course the most visible new feature. This frontend supports
+either Qt 2.x or 3.0.x and is mostly feature complete. The dialogs are
+not copies of those of xforms, but that some different design choices
+have been made.
+
+There are a few caveats though:
+
+- John???
+
+** Xforms frontend
+
+The avent of the Qt frontend does not mean that the historical xforms
+frontend is dead. Actually, it is still the one which is the best
+implemented, since we had much time to polish it. In this release,
+most of the dialogs have been redesigned to be tighter.
+
+Note also that the xforms library has been very recently updated to
+version 1.0. This version has been released under the GPL, and the
+availability of the source means that many bugs that have been
+plaguing LyX have been fixed in xforms. You are advised to upgrade to
+xforms 1.0 to enjoy all these new fixes. As a matter of fact, LyX
+1.3.0 does not support anymore versions of xforms older than 0.89.5.
+
+New features:
+
+- Angus??
+
+** Gnome frontend
+
+Unfortunately, the development of the Gnome frontend has mostly
+stopped recently and we have therefore disabled it. We strongly invite
+anyone willing to revive this port to volunteer on the developpers
+list.
+
+** Instant preview
+
+preview-latex is an emacs package for LaTeX that allows "instant
+previews" of LaTeX code, so you can immediately see the visual
+rendering of the LaTeX in the document. With the help of David
+Kastrup, the author, current CVS LyX can harness this functionality to
+allow instant previews in the LyX window of math equations and
+figures. This feature can be immensely useful for making sure the
+rendering of your equation will look right in the final output. The
+preview is only displayed (when enabled) when you're not editing the
+actual equation, so it's unobtrusive too.
+
+** Math editor
+
+Andre??
+
+** Miscellaneous changes
+
+- LyX now automatically uses TeX font for screen rendering if they are
+ available (it is not necessary anymore to configure your font server).
+
+- Other??
+
+What's new in version 1.2.2?
+----------------------------
+
+LyX 1.2.2 is a maintenance release. It is a recommended upgrade from
+1.2.0 or 1.2.1, especially since it fixes a few bugs introduced in
+1.2.1.
+
+** Updates
+
+- LyX builds with the newly released xforms 1.0. Actually, it is
+ advised to use this version of xforms, since it fixes many bugs and
+ support for older versions will probably be dropped in LyX 1.3.0
+
+- selecting a word by double clicking now sets the X clipboard (like
+ when dragging the mouse)
+
+- it is now possible to specify the arguments for viewers; in
+ particular, this means that it is possible to use browsers which
+ require a file: URL as HTML viewers (mozilla is used as default if
+ found)
+
+- when a new LyX version is launched, the Edit>Reconfigure tool is
+ automatically invoked; this should avoid many problems with users
+ who are not aware that it is needed
+
+- when changing the current layout with the toolbar, the corresponding
+ keyboard binding is shown in the minibuffer
+
+- in hebrew language, the key " now inserts a typewriter quote (since
+ other quotes do not make sense in hebrew)
+
+- Insert>Lists & TOC>Bibtex Reference uses style 'plain' by default
+
+- new class ijmpd; update cl2emult, llncs and foils textclasses
+
+- update sciword bindings
+
+- small cleanup of UserGuide and FAQ; update to German, French and
+ Russian documentation; new Hebrew tutorial
+
+- update french, german, russian, finnish and danish localization of
+ the interface
+
+
+What's new in version 1.2.1?
+----------------------------
+
+LyX 1.2.1 is a maintenance release which fixes many bugs in version
+1.2.0. We hope in this way to enhance world happiness, allowing the
+developers to continue busily to prepare the next major release
+1.3.0. There are a lot of fixes in there, and upgrading is highly
+recommended.
+
+** Updates
+
+- it is now possible to build LyX with xforms 1.0rc4 (and probably 1.0
+ when this gets released)
+
+- partial rewrite of the find & replace feature. This should solve most of
+ the performance problems
+
+- new option `keep aspect ratio' in graphics dialog
+
+- revert to the old behaviour when creating new floats (figure,
+ table...): the empty paragraph in the float now is a caption. It
+ seems that 1.2.0 behaviour was confusing too many people
+
+- it is now possible to set the float placement parameters to
+ "document defaults"
+
+- when the cursor is inside a collapsible inset, `Edit>Open/close
+ float' will leave it after the inset after closing it (this should
+ help entering of ERT insets)
+
+- update Finnish, Danish, French and Russian localizations
+
+- update Tutorial to 1.2.x features
+
+- better support for entering Cyrillic and Greek alphabets
+
+- cleanup shortcuts for section layouts. Starred versions are now
+ obtained by prepending a * to the section number (M-p asterisk 0, ...,
+ M-p asterisk 6)
+
+- add keyboard shortcuts to the Documents menu
+
+- support the numpad direction keys as equivalent to normal cursor
+ keys
+
+- it is now possible to specify a non-existent file name on the command
+ line and have this file created for you
+
+- new class cl2emult; update template for IEEEtran; small update to
+ heb-article and hollywood textclasses
+
+
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