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+-*- text -*-
+
+This file describes what has been done in the preparation of LyX 2.3.4.
+All comments are welcome.
+
+We try to group things by topic and in decreasing order of importance.
+Please feel free to re-arrange if that seems like a good idea.
+
+
+What's new
+==========
+
+** Updates:
+***********
+
+* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
+
+
+
+* MISCELLANEOUS
+
+
+
+* TEX2LYX IMPROVEMENTS
+
+
+
+* USER INTERFACE
+
+
+
+
+* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
+
+
+
+
+* BUILD/INSTALLATION
+
+
+
+
+** Bug fixes:
+*************
+
+* DOCUMENT INPUT/OUTPUT
+
+
+
+
+* USER INTERFACE
+
+
+
+
+* INTERNALS
+
+
+
+
+
+* DOCUMENTATION AND LOCALIZATION
+
+
+
+
+* LYX2LYX
+
+
+
+
+* TEX2LYX
+
+
+
+
+* LYXHTML
+
+
+
+
+* ADVANCED FIND AND REPLACE
+
+
+
+
+* BUILD/INSTALLATION
+