LyX 2.4.0 Released

Version 2.4.0 of the LyX document processor has been released. LyX is a "What You See Is What You Mean" (WYSIWYM) application that offers GUI editing of LaTeX documents with import and export to PDF, HTML, OpenDocument, Word, and other formats. LyX 2.4.0 is the first major release in six years, and brings support for EPUB, DocBook 5, improved table styles, and now uses Unicode (utf8) as its default encoding. See the full list of new features on the LyX wiki, and release notes for information on known issues and caveats for those upgrading from earlier versions of LyX.

Public release of LyX version 2.4.0
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We are proud to announce the release of the new LyX 2.4 series.

After long 6 years of development the 2.4 series has a rich set
of new features compared to the current stable series.
An overview of the new features can be found here:

   https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/NewInLyX24

As this release ships with new features, we strongly recommend that 
packagers
of LyX on various platforms and distributions read RELEASE-NOTES in order to
get the new dependencies right.

You can download LyX 2.4.0 from https://www.lyx.org/Download

We hope you will enjoy the result!

If a file from an earlier version of LyX is opened *and saved* with
any version of 2.4.x, then the original file will automatically be
backed up. The backup file will be found in the backup directory, if one
is set under Tools> Preferences> Paths, or else in the same folder as
the original file, if no backup directory is set. The filename of the
backup file will be:
     ORIGNAME-lyxformat-NUM.lyx~
where NUM is the LyX format number of the original file. In the case of
2.3.x file, this will be 544, but in the case of older files it will be
different.

The file RELEASE-NOTES also lists some known issues and problems compared
to the current stable releases (LyX 2.3.x).

As with any major release, this one comes with a lot of new features but
also some bugs. If you think you have found a bug in LyX 2.4.0, either
email the LyX developers' mailing list (lyx-devel at lists.lyx.org),
or open a bug report at https://www.lyx.org/trac/wiki/BugTrackerHome .
Please specify if the behavior you are reporting is different from behavior
in a previous LyX version.

If you have trouble using LyX or have a question, consult the
documentation that comes with LyX (under Help) and the LyX wiki, which you
will find at https://wiki.lyx.org/. You can also send email to the LyX 
users'
list (lyx-users at lists.lyx.org).

The LyX team.
https://www.lyx.org