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49 LyX Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
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59 If you have comments or error corrections, please send them to the LyX Documenta
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63 target "lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org"
76 \begin_layout Abstract
77 This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions for LyX, the Open Source
78 document processor that provides a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Mean environment
79 for producing high quality documents.
80 For further help, you may wish to contact the LyX User Group mailing list
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97 you have read through the docs.
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103 LatexCommand tableofcontents
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111 Introduction and General Information
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119 LyX is a program that provides a more modern approach to writing documents
120 with a computer, an approach that breaks with the obsolete tradition of
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129 It is designed for authors who want professional output quickly with a
130 minimum of effort without becoming specialists in typesetting.
131 The job of typesetting is done mostly by the computer, not the author;
132 with LyX, the author can concentrate on the contents of her writing.
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144 view of the document.
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153 means that the line- and page-breaks are not displayed exactly as they
154 will appear in the printed document.
155 However, that's not really necessary, since LyX uses a separate typesetter
156 program (called LaTeX) to perform the final formatting of your text.
157 While LyX contains everything it needs to be a comfortable user interface,
158 the typesetting program contains everything necessary to format text, and
159 do so very, very well.
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164 So, line- and page-breaks aren't your problem anymore.
165 Remembering which number to use for the next subsection isn't your problem
167 Recalling what font you used for all of your section headings isn't your
169 You tell LyX (and LaTeX) what
173 of document you're editing and what
177 of paragraph this-or-that text is, the computer can typeset it accordingly.
178 Of course you can also still do some low-level formatting for fine-tuning.
179 However, the proper way with LyX is to tell the computer what the text
184 , not what it should look like.
185 So, we like to say that LyX gives you WYSIWYM editing (What You See Is
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194 That's fine, but is it useful?
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199 The following type of documents have been produced with LyX:
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211 Dissertations (260 pages in a single document, longer using include files)
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217 \begin_inset Flex URL
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222 http://www.fee.uva.nl/scholar/mdw/leuven/thesis.pdf
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232 Lecture notes (133 pages, 27 figures on a 33 MHz 486 machine!)
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236 Seminar notebooks (500+ pages)
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240 Conference proceedings (Proceedings of the Second Continental Workshop on
241 the Geoid in Europe, (Finnish Geodetic Institute Report 98:4), 292 pages)
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245 Software Documentation (the LyX User Guide is about 120 pages)
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260 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html
265 for an example on PostgreSQL
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269 Donnay, J-P., Barnsley, M.J., and Longley, P.A., eds., 2001, Remote Sensing and
270 Urban Analysis (Taylor and Francis: London).
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274 Herbert Voss: Praktische Kryptologie mit Java 286 pages, lots of equations,
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280 Yann Collette and Patrick Siarry, Optimisation multiobjectifs, 2002, Eyrolles
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285 Papers published in the following refereed journals:
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290 Astronomy & Astrophysics (Suetterlin, P.
291 1998, A&A, 333, 305; Suetterlin, P.
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297 Astronomical Journal (Ressler, M.
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305 Novels (400+ page novel due out in September 2000; an 836 page novel is
306 currently with an agent)
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310 Scripts for plays and movies
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314 Business proposals for > $1 M (US)
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333 is the first place to go for anything related to LyX.
334 News, examples, downloads, and lots of other stuff is available there.
335 After you have installed LyX and started it the first time, read the Tutorial
338 Help\SpecialChar \menuseparator
342 Yes, I really mean that.
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346 Another basic introductory guide may be found at
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352 www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin/lyxguide.pdf
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361 Does LyX run on my computer?
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365 LyX is known to run on the following platforms (and probably a zillion others):
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369 Linux distributions: Debian, RedHat, SUSE, Mandrake, Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo,
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374 Microsoft Window NT, 2000, XP, Vista (Windows 95/98/Me editions are not
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379 MacOSX (starting from 10.1)
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383 SparcLinux: RedHat 6.0
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399 OSF1 flore V4.0 1091 alpha
402 \begin_layout Subsection
403 How much hard disk space does LyX need?
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407 Binary size depends on the system, the LyX binary consumes 13 MB of disk
408 space on Windows, while the supporting files occupy another 25 MB (17 MB
409 of which is consumed by the docs! You can delete the languages you don't
410 care about to save some space).
411 Of course, you do need to have something like teTeX installed which consumes
412 a mere 115 MB, as well as ghostscript, which is another 10 MB!
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416 Is LyX really Open Source?
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421 The freely available GUI toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary
422 product of Troll Tech, is used in its open source GPL variant.
423 The LyX source itself is also available under the GPL, so it qualifies.
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431 Where should I look on the World Wide Web for LyX stuff?
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448 \begin_layout Itemize
449 \begin_inset Flex URL
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459 , if you want to report a bug in LyX.
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463 Where can I get LyX material by FTP?
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467 ftp.lyx.org in /pub/lyx (also known as ftp.via.ecp.fr)
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471 What mailing lists are there?
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475 lyx-announce@lists.lyx.org (very low volume), for announcements related to
479 \begin_layout Itemize
480 lyx-users@lists.lyx.org (medium volume), for general usage issues
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484 lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org (high volume), for development and debugging issues
487 \begin_layout Itemize
488 lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org (excruciatingly low volume), for documentation issues
492 \begin_layout Standard
493 Generally, you would send email to lyx-foo-subscribe@lists.lyx.org to subscribe
494 to these lists or to lyx-foo-unsubscribe@lists.lyx.org to unsubscribe, where
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541 http://www.lyx.org/MailingLists
546 for the full details.
549 \begin_layout Subsection
550 Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?
553 \begin_layout Standard
558 \begin_layout Subsection
559 Okay, wise guy! Where are they archived?
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569 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-announce@lists.lyx.org/
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579 \begin_inset Flex URL
582 \begin_layout Plain Layout
584 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/
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594 \begin_inset Flex URL
597 \begin_layout Plain Layout
599 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/
607 \begin_layout Section
608 Compatibility with other word/document processors
611 \begin_layout Subsection
612 Can I read/write LaTeX files?
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617 LyX outputs LaTeX files that are either machine or human friendly.
622 program that comes with LyX does a decent job of converting LaTeX into
624 It's not perfect, but it will usually get at least 95% of the job done
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629 Can I read/write Word files?
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640 http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ConvertingFromWord
645 and also the converters section which will give another possibilities of
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652 http://www.lyx.org/AdditionalSoftware#toc9
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661 Finally, when all else fails, use any word processor (WordPerfect, StarOffice/Op
662 enOffice, ...) which understands Word.
663 Then export as the file as plain text and add the formatting by hand in
668 \begin_layout Subsection
669 Can I read/write HTML files?
672 \begin_layout Standard
673 You can output HTML files using the
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681 converter program, amongst others.
683 \begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
686 LaTeX program available (html2latex) which allows you to convert the other
690 \begin_layout Section
691 Obtaining and Compiling LyX
694 \begin_layout Subsection
698 \begin_layout Itemize
699 LyX source code: lyx-1.x.x.tar.gz
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703 Qt library: Qt-4.2.0 or higher (using the latest version available is recommended)
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707 A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX/TeXLive on Linux, MikTeX
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712 A PostScript® interpreter: ghostscript 7.0 or higher
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716 A modern C++ compiler.
717 If you are using gcc, LyX requires at least version 3.2.0.
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733 make install (usually as root, though you don't have to be if you add flags
734 to the configure command)
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738 See the INSTALL file for more details.
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743 Where are precompiled binaries?
746 \begin_layout Standard
747 Most of the above packages are available as precompiled binaries in a variety
748 of Linux systems, perhaps others as well.
749 The LyX binaries are available as RPMS, Windows and Mac installers, plus
750 a few other formats and may be obtained from
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756 ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/
764 \begin_layout Section
765 Questions about Evil Red Text (IMPORTANT!)
768 \begin_layout Subsection
769 What is Evil Red Text (aka ERT)?
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773 ERT (Evil Red Text) refers to raw LaTeX commands which are inserted into
775 Certain troglodytes in the development group coined this term when they
776 complained about the unsightly appearance it leads to in LyX documents.
777 The more enlightened among us know that it is extremely useful, even though
778 it does qualify as URT (Ugly Red Text), but ERT seems to have stuck.
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783 How do I enter Evil Red Text?
786 \begin_layout Standard
787 Aesthetic arguments aside, many of the answers in this FAQ require that
788 you use ERT, so whenever we say
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792 insert the following LaTeX code
793 \begin_inset Quotes erd
799 \begin_layout Enumerate
800 Click the TeX toolbar button or select
805 nsert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
815 \begin_layout Enumerate
816 Type the command as it is written in the normal way
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822 The new ERT inset is really inconvenient !
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828 A lot of people have been complaining about the ERT inset introduced in
830 However, since there is little hope of to see the old LaTeX font return
831 from the grave (it was really a hack), here are a couple of things to ponder:
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837 You can collapse the ERT like any other floats by using
842 dit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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859 You can also set it to
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867 by using the properties dialog obtained by right-clicking anywhere in the
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874 Is there an alternative?
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878 LaTeX commands can also be inserted in the
879 \begin_inset Quotes eld
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886 , a form in LyX that is inserted verbatim into the LaTeX file which is generated
888 This is especially useful for including nonstandard LaTeX packages, defining
889 global shortcuts to be used within the document, etc.
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893 Questions Related to Using LyX
896 \begin_layout Standard
897 In this section, we attempt to address the truly most frequently asked questions.
898 For a broader range of not-so-frequently asked questions and many
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906 topics, see Herbert Voss' spectacular collection at
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912 http://tug.org/TeXnik/
918 You are doing yourself a large disservice if you don't check there before
919 sending a message to the mailing lists!
922 \begin_layout Subsection
926 \begin_layout Subsubsection
927 How do I get rid of the date under the title?
930 \begin_layout Standard
931 The simplest solution is to open the menu
936 ayout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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952 \begin_layout Standard
953 in the preamble window.
956 \begin_layout Subsubsection
957 How do I change the spacing in an Itemize/\SpecialChar \-
958 Enumerate/\SpecialChar \-
959 Description list environment
963 \begin_layout Standard
964 You'll have to do this by hand: for example, for one particular list, you
965 can add the following LaTeX code at the beginning of the list:
968 \begin_layout Standard
978 \begin_layout Subsubsection
979 How do I number equations by section?
982 \begin_layout Standard
983 Add the following two lines to your LaTeX preamble:
986 \begin_layout LyX-Code
989 @addtoreset{equation}{section}
992 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1004 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1005 Is it possible to do this for figures and tables as well?
1008 \begin_layout Standard
1040 Don't forget to adapt the
1042 @addtoreset command, too.
1045 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1046 How do I change to footnote numbers to symbols (star, dagger, etc.)?
1049 \begin_layout Standard
1060 to your LaTeX preamble.
1063 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1064 How do I kill widows and orphans?
1067 \begin_layout Standard
1068 Okay, we are not playing Duke Nukem here! To eliminate widows and orphans
1069 (first line from a paragraph at the bottom of the page and the last line
1070 from a paragraph at the top of the page), add the following to the LaTeX
1074 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1080 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1086 \begin_layout Standard
1090 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1096 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1100 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1101 How do I get a formatted list which starts with e.g.
1106 \begin_layout Standard
1107 If you want a list which looks like
1110 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1112 a) First alternative
1115 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1116 b) Second alternative
1119 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1120 c) Third alternative
1123 \begin_layout Standard
1124 then try the following
1127 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1132 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1133 a) First alternative
1136 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1137 b) Second alternative
1140 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1144 \begin_layout Standard
1145 where {} is in ERT (i.e.
1146 a placeholder not generating output.
1147 Specifically, set the style to
1148 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1152 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1155 , enter the brackets in ERT, change the environment depth, and add the three
1157 LyX will auto-label the entries.
1160 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1161 How do I insert a fixed amount of horizontal space?
1164 \begin_layout Standard
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1167 Use Insert>Formatting>Horizontal Space.
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1170 There are various ERT commands to use:
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1219 is roughly the width of the letter
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1224 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1227 in the current font.
1228 The length argument of the
1234 command is any valid TeX length; units can be
1250 (points = 1/72 inch),
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1292 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1293 How can I make citations show up as [1,2,3,6] or [1-3,6] rather than [1][2][3][6
1297 \begin_layout Standard
1304 into the LaTeX preamble.
1305 Most LaTeX distributions should have this package included.
1306 LyX supports this package, if you insert multiple citations separated by
1307 commas into the citation dialog, e.
1309 [Smalley_JCP,Jarrold_Sci], instead of just one citation after the other:
1310 [Smalley_JCP] [Jarrold_Sci].
1313 \begin_layout Subsection
1314 Figure related questions
1317 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1318 What is the difference between a
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1337 \begin_layout Standard
1338 This is an example of less-than-ideal terminology.
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1361 ; it basically means insert a picture file.
1363 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1367 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1370 is more what one means by a figure in a paper: it includes the graphic,
1371 the caption, the figure label, etc.
1372 You should almost always insert a figure float first, then put a figure
1376 \begin_layout Standard
1377 Tables work in the same manner.
1378 Put a table float in first, then insert the table within that.
1381 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1382 How do I get LyX to put the figure exactly where I want it?
1385 \begin_layout Standard
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1390 Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1399 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1407 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1411 This tells LaTeX to try really hard to put the figure here first, then
1412 the top of a page, then on a page by itself.
1413 This is a global setting: all figure will then obey this rule set.
1416 \begin_layout Standard
1417 If you want to control how
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1423 figure behaves, right-click in the figure float and you will get a dialog
1424 allowing to control the figure behavior.
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1427 If you want to control how they all behave, look at
1429 Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1430 Settings\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1438 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1440 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1443 Too many unprocessed floats
1444 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1450 \begin_layout Standard
1451 LaTeX can handle only a limited number of floating elements floating at
1453 For example, if Figure 4 can't be fit in a good location (using the default
1454 rules of top of the page, then bottom, then a page of its own) and Figure
1455 5 comes along, they will both continue to float toward the end of the document
1456 until a good location can be found.
1457 If nothing good turns up, they will just be placed at the end of the document.
1458 If there are too many of these, LaTeX overruns a counter and emits the
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1463 too many unprocessed floats
1464 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1468 This is not a bug in LaTeX, this is simply too many figures with too little
1472 \begin_layout Standard
1473 The easiest way to work around this is to insert a
1479 command somewhere in the document where a pagebreak would be appropriate.
1480 While a pagebreak would simply start a new page,
1486 processes all remaining floats, then begins a new page.
1487 This may lead to an unsightly stack of figures in the middle of your document;
1488 you may need to use several
1494 to make things balance nicely.
1497 \begin_layout Subsection
1498 Math related questions
1501 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1502 How do I put normal text inside a mathematical equation?
1505 \begin_layout Standard
1507 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1515 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1518 while inside the equation to enter
1519 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1523 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1529 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1530 How do I make a cube root (or higher)?
1533 \begin_layout Standard
1535 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1543 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1547 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1551 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1555 Use the cursor keys to navigate the entry boxes.
1558 \begin_layout Section
1559 Questions Related to Running LyX
1562 \begin_layout Subsection
1563 How do I convert LyX files to LaTeX from the command line?
1566 \begin_layout Standard
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1569 File export was vastly improved in version 1.1.6.
1575 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1576 lyx --export latex <yourfile>.lyx
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1580 and that is all you need to do.
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1583 Other formats can be exported in the same way.
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1591 If you have an older version of LyX, you can use the same syntax if you
1592 are running X, because it will cause LyX windows to pop up onto your screen.
1593 If you have the Xvfb command available, you can resort to a deeper level
1594 of subterfuge (under
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1606 (Xvfb :1 -once -terminate &); rm <file>.tex; lyx -display :1 --export latex
1610 \begin_layout Standard
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1614 Under csh/tcsh it is simply
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1622 Xvfb :1 -once -terminate &; rm <file>.tex; lyx -display :1 --export latex
1626 \begin_layout Standard
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1630 This should work anywhere, whether or not X is actually running.
1635 \begin_layout Subsection
1636 Why do the fonts in my document look so bad in
1643 \begin_layout Standard
1644 The problem and the solution are also discussed in Section 5.3.6 of the
1651 \begin_layout Section
1652 Questions Related to LyX on Windows
1655 \begin_layout Subsection
1656 Why do the menus and the toolbar flicker ?
1659 \begin_layout Standard
1660 You are probably using the XWin32 X server.
1661 This is a bug in XWin32: you can work around the problem by disabling the
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1670 option of XWin32, and using a color mode other than PseudoColor.
1673 \begin_layout Section
1674 How to get further assistance
1677 \begin_layout Subsection
1678 You still haven't answered my question!
1681 \begin_layout Standard
1682 Then RTFM, especially the Tutorial.
1683 The documentation really is quite good.
1684 (Besides, I helped write parts of it :-) If you think your problem may
1685 be LaTeX related, then look in
1687 LaTeX, A Document Preparation System, 2nd Ed.
1690 by Leslie Lamport (1994).
1691 There are also numerous example files included with LyX.
1694 File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1695 Open\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1699 Don't forget we have Tips and Tricks database in LyX wiki.
1702 \begin_layout Subsection
1703 I want to mail someone about my problem.
1707 \begin_layout Standard
1708 Send email to the LyX Users list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org.
1709 If LyX is actually crashing or otherwise non-functional, then try the developer
1710 s' list at lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org.
1713 \begin_layout Subsection
1714 What to put in a request for help.
1717 \begin_layout Standard
1718 Include your version of LyX and a description of what you are trying to
1719 do, along with evidence that you've actually read the docs.
1722 \begin_layout Standard
1723 If LyX has crashed, include the version of LyX, the operating system, the
1724 version of xforms (if it seems to be a screen drawing problem), and a precise
1725 description of the events that lead to the crash.
1726 The easier it is for the developers to reproduce your crash, the more likely
1728 If you're brave and like to hack, use gdb to generate a backtrace and include
1729 the results with your mail.
1730 If you have no clue what I'm talking about, just describe what you did
1731 as completely as you can.
1734 \begin_layout Section
1735 Administrative information and acknowledgments
1738 \begin_layout Subsection
1739 Feedback is invited.
1743 \begin_layout Standard
1744 Send comments, suggested additions, world record document claims, etc.
1747 lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org.
1750 \begin_layout Subsection
1751 Formats in which this FAQ is available.
1755 \begin_layout Standard
1756 The LyX file original is included in the LyX source distribution, converted
1757 versions in HTML and ASCII should soon be available at the website.
1758 A German version is also available with the distribution.
1761 \begin_layout Subsection
1762 Authorship and acknowledgments.
1765 \begin_layout Standard
1766 Bernhard Iselborn, David Johnson, and Paul Evans were responsible for the
1767 FAQ through version 0.2.2 which covered LyX-0.10.7.
1768 The FAQ as of version 0.3.0 was written from scratch and covers LyX-1.0 and
1770 Many people contributed pieces to the current version; Mike Ressler of
1771 the Doc Team collected them into this file.
1774 \begin_layout Subsection
1775 Disclaimer and Copyright.
1779 \begin_layout Standard
1780 I don't claim anything in this document is accurate to within a factor of
1782 \begin_inset Formula $\pi$
1785 ; after all, I'm just an astronomer, and we like to set
1786 \begin_inset Formula $c=h=k=\pi=1$
1790 When the answer is wrong, we just redefine the units.
1791 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
1792 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
1793 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
1794 See the GNU General Public License for more details.
1795 In other words, it's not my fault if you lose your dissertation the night
1796 before your doctoral defense because you forgot to save it before the power
1797 failed while wondering how a fundamental physical constant expressed in
1799 \begin_inset Formula $\textrm{m s}^{-1}$
1802 could possibly be equal to one expressed as
1803 \begin_inset Formula $\textrm{kg m s}^{-2}\textrm{ K}^{-1}$
1807 This file is Copyright © 2000 by Michael E.
1808 Ressler on behalf of the LyX Documentation Team.