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48 LyX Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
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58 If you have comments or error corrections, please send them to the LyX Documenta
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62 target "lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org"
75 \begin_layout Abstract
76 This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions for LyX, the Open Source
77 document processor that provides a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Mean environment
78 for producing high quality documents.
79 For further help, you may wish to contact the LyX User Group mailing list
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85 target "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org"
96 you have read through the docs.
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102 LatexCommand tableofcontents
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110 Introduction and General Information
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118 LyX is a program that provides a more modern approach to writing documents
119 with a computer, an approach that breaks with the obsolete tradition of
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128 It is designed for authors who want professional output quickly with a
129 minimum of effort without becoming specialists in typesetting.
130 The job of typesetting is done mostly by the computer, not the author;
131 with LyX, the author can concentrate on the contents of her writing.
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143 view of the document.
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152 means that the line- and page-breaks are not displayed exactly as they
153 will appear in the printed document.
154 However, that's not really necessary, since LyX uses a separate typesetter
155 program (called LaTeX) to perform the final formatting of your text.
156 While LyX contains everything it needs to be a comfortable user interface,
157 the typesetting program contains everything necessary to format text, and
158 do so very, very well.
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163 So, line- and page-breaks aren't your problem anymore.
164 Remembering which number to use for the next subsection isn't your problem
166 Recalling what font you used for all of your section headings isn't your
168 You tell LyX (and LaTeX) what
172 of document you're editing and what
176 of paragraph this-or-that text is, the computer can typeset it accordingly.
177 Of course you can also still do some low-level formatting for fine-tuning.
178 However, the proper way with LyX is to tell the computer what the text
183 , not what it should look like.
184 So, we like to say that LyX gives you WYSIWYM editing (What You See Is
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193 That's fine, but is it useful?
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198 The following type of documents have been produced with LyX:
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210 Dissertations (260 pages in a single document, longer using include files)
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221 http://www.fee.uva.nl/scholar/mdw/leuven/thesis.pdf
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231 Lecture notes (133 pages, 27 figures on a 33 MHz 486 machine!)
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235 Seminar notebooks (500+ pages)
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239 Conference proceedings (Proceedings of the Second Continental Workshop on
240 the Geoid in Europe, (Finnish Geodetic Institute Report 98:4), 292 pages)
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244 Software Documentation (the LyX User Guide is about 120 pages)
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259 http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html
264 for an example on PostgreSQL
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268 Donnay, J-P., Barnsley, M.J., and Longley, P.A., eds., 2001, Remote Sensing and
269 Urban Analysis (Taylor and Francis: London).
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273 Herbert Voss: Praktische Kryptologie mit Java 286 pages, lots of equations,
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279 Yann Collette and Patrick Siarry, Optimisation multiobjectifs, 2002, Eyrolles
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284 Papers published in the following refereed journals:
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289 Astronomy & Astrophysics (Suetterlin, P.
290 1998, A&A, 333, 305; Suetterlin, P.
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296 Astronomical Journal (Ressler, M.
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304 Novels (400+ page novel due out in September 2000; an 836 page novel is
305 currently with an agent)
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309 Scripts for plays and movies
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313 Business proposals for > $1 M (US)
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332 is the first place to go for anything related to LyX.
333 News, examples, downloads, and lots of other stuff is available there.
334 After you have installed LyX and started it the first time, read the Tutorial
337 Help\SpecialChar \menuseparator
341 Yes, I really mean that.
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345 Another basic introductory guide may be found at
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351 www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin/lyxguide.pdf
359 \begin_layout Subsection
360 Does LyX run on my computer?
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364 At this time, you need to have the X Window system to run LyX.
365 OS/2 and Win32 ports exist, but you need to have an Xserver installed and
366 running on these systems.
367 LyX is known to run on the following platforms (and probably a zillion
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372 Linux: RedHat 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, SUSE 5.x, Mandrake 7.0, 7.2
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376 SparcLinux: RedHat 6.0
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392 OSF1 flore V4.0 1091 alpha
395 \begin_layout Subsection
396 How much hard disk space does LyX need?
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400 On my system, the LyX binary consumes 2.0 MB of disk space, while the supporting
401 files occupy another 12.6 MB (9.1 MB of which is consumed by the docs! You
402 can delete the languages you don't care about to save some space).
403 Of course, you do need to have something like teTeX installed which consumes
404 a mere 115 MB, as well as ghostscript, which is another 10 MB!
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408 Is LyX really Open Source?
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413 The freely available X toolkit that LyX uses, xforms, was until recently
415 Also the other toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary product
416 of Troll Tech, is used in its open source variant.
417 The LyX source itself is available under the GPL, so it qualifies.
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422 Version 1.0 of xforms is available under the LGPL and its sources (and binaries)
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429 http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/xforms/xforms-1.0.tar.gz
434 , which however requires some tinkering to get running.
435 Qt tends to come with your distribution.
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442 \begin_layout Subsection
443 Where should I look on the World Wide Web for LyX stuff?
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447 \begin_inset Flex URL
450 \begin_layout Plain Layout
460 \begin_layout Itemize
461 \begin_inset Flex URL
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471 , if you want to report a bug in LyX.
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475 \begin_inset Flex URL
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485 , if you are interested in the real blood and guts.
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489 Known mirror sites include:
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508 \begin_inset Flex URL
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522 \begin_inset Flex URL
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536 \begin_layout Subsection
537 Where can I get LyX material by FTP?
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541 ftp.lyx.org in /pub/lyx (also known as ftp.via.ecp.fr)
544 \begin_layout Subsection
545 What mailing lists are there?
548 \begin_layout Itemize
549 lyx-announce@lists.lyx.org (very low volume), for announcements related to
553 \begin_layout Itemize
554 lyx-users@lists.lyx.org (medium volume), for general usage issues
557 \begin_layout Itemize
558 lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org (high volume), for development and debugging issues
561 \begin_layout Itemize
562 lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org (excruciatingly low volume), for documentation issues
566 \begin_layout Standard
567 Generally, you would send email to lyx-foo-subscribe@lists.lyx.org to subscribe
568 to these lists or to lyx-foo-unsubscribe@lists.lyx.org to unsubscribe, where
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615 http://www.lyx.org/internet/mailing.php3
620 for the full details.
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624 Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?
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632 \begin_layout Subsection
633 Okay, wise guy! Where are they archived?
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643 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-announce@lists.lyx.org/
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653 \begin_inset Flex URL
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658 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/
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668 \begin_inset Flex URL
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673 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/
681 \begin_layout Section
682 Compatibility with other word/document processors
685 \begin_layout Subsection
686 Can I read/write LaTeX files?
689 \begin_layout Standard
691 LyX outputs LaTeX files that are either machine or human friendly.
696 program that comes with LyX does a decent job of converting LaTeX into
698 It's not perfect, but it will usually get at least 95% of the job done
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703 Can I read/write Word files?
706 \begin_layout Standard
708 People have had some level of success with the following sequence: LyX
709 \begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
713 \begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
717 \begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
720 Word, and vice versa.
721 However, Word is inherently not a markup language like LyX and LaTeX are,
722 so conversions are usually difficult and almost meaningless.
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726 However, here are a few suggestions which were sent in:
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730 word2x produces LaTeX, HTML and plain text output.
731 The LaTeX is importable in principle (and is rather clean) but I often
732 prefer plain text and add the formatting back in.
733 (This requires that you have knowledge on the original formatting).
734 On last writing did not yet handle Office 2000 Word.
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738 wvware (found at www.wvware.com, or the abisource CVS repository for the latest).
739 This was previously called msWordView.
740 Very good, only tends to produce visually formatted LaTeX/HTML.
741 Is however highly configurable: a config file
745 guides the translation process.
746 Handles also the newest Office formats.
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750 Ted This is the editor to use when someone sends you an RTF file created
753 Mail yourself the converted version (plain text or HTML).
756 \begin_layout Standard
757 Finally, when all else fails, use any word processor (WordPerfect, StarOffice/Op
758 enOffice, ...) which understands Word.
759 Then export as the file as plain text and add the formatting by hand in
764 \begin_layout Standard
765 For me personally, at least, it's faster doing this than cleaning up attempts
766 at a conversion, though it is certainly unsatisfactory if you need to go
767 back and forth a lot.
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771 Can I read/write HTML files?
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775 You can output HTML files using the
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783 converter program, amongst others.
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788 LaTeX program available which allows you to convert the other direction.
791 \begin_layout Section
792 Obtaining and Compiling LyX
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799 \begin_layout Itemize
800 LyX source code: lyx-1.x.x.tar.gz
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804 XForms library: xforms-0.88 or higher (using the latest version available
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809 A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX-1.0 or higher
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813 A PostScript® interpreter: ghostscript 7.0 or higher
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817 A modern C++ compiler.
818 If you are using gcc, LyX requires at least version 2.95.2.
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825 \begin_layout Itemize
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833 \begin_layout Itemize
834 make install (usually as root, though you don't have to be if you add flags
835 to the configure command)
838 \begin_layout Standard
839 See the INSTALL file for more details.
842 \begin_layout Subsection
844 Where are precompiled binaries?
847 \begin_layout Standard
848 Most of the above packages are available as precompiled binaries for a variety
849 of Linux systems, perhaps others as well.
850 The LyX binaries are available as RPMS and a few other formats and may
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857 ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/
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866 Questions about Evil Red Text (IMPORTANT!)
869 \begin_layout Subsection
870 What is Evil Red Text (aka ERT)?
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874 ERT (Evil Red Text) refers to raw LaTeX commands which are inserted into
876 Certain troglodytes in the development group coined this term when they
877 complained about the unsightly appearance it leads to in LyX documents.
878 The more enlightened among us know that it is extremely useful, even though
879 it does qualify as URT (Ugly Red Text), but ERT seems to have stuck.
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884 How do I enter Evil Red Text?
887 \begin_layout Standard
888 Aesthetic arguments aside, many of the answers in this FAQ require that
889 you use ERT, so whenever we say
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893 insert the following LaTeX code
894 \begin_inset Quotes erd
900 \begin_layout Enumerate
901 Click the TeX toolbar button or select
906 nsert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
916 \begin_layout Enumerate
917 Type the command as it is written in the normal way
920 \begin_layout Subsection
921 The new ERT inset is really inconvenient !
924 \begin_layout Standard
925 A lot of people have been complaining about the ERT inset introduced in
927 However, since there is little hope of to see the old LaTeX font return
928 from the grave (it was really a hack), here are a couple of things to ponder:
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932 You can collapse the ERT like any other floats by using
937 dit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
951 \begin_layout Itemize
952 You can also set it to
953 \begin_inset Quotes eld
957 \begin_inset Quotes erd
960 by using the properties dialog obtained by right-clicking anywhere in the
964 \begin_layout Subsection
965 Is there an alternative?
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969 LaTeX commands can also be inserted in the
970 \begin_inset Quotes eld
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977 , a form in LyX that is inserted verbatim into the LaTeX file which is generated
979 This is especially useful for including nonstandard LaTeX packages, defining
980 global shortcuts to be used within the document, etc.
983 \begin_layout Section
984 Questions Related to Using LyX
987 \begin_layout Standard
988 In this section, we attempt to address the truly most frequently asked questions.
989 For a broader range of not-so-frequently asked questions and many
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997 topics, see Herbert Voss' spectacular collection at
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1003 http://tug.org/TeXnik/
1009 You are doing yourself a large disservice if you don't check there before
1010 sending a message to the mailing lists!
1013 \begin_layout Subsection
1017 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1018 How do I get rid of the date under the title?
1021 \begin_layout Standard
1022 The simplest solution is to open the menu
1027 ayout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1037 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1043 \begin_layout Standard
1044 in the preamble window.
1047 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1048 How do I change the spacing in an Itemize/\SpecialChar \-
1049 Enumerate/\SpecialChar \-
1050 Description list environment
1054 \begin_layout Standard
1055 You'll have to do this by hand: for example, for one particular list, you
1056 can add the following LaTeX code at the beginning of the list:
1059 \begin_layout Standard
1069 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1070 How do I number equations by section?
1073 \begin_layout Standard
1074 Add the following two lines to your LaTeX preamble:
1077 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1080 @addtoreset{equation}{section}
1083 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1095 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1096 Is it possible to do this for figures and tables as well?
1099 \begin_layout Standard
1131 Don't forget to adapt the
1133 @addtoreset command, too.
1136 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1137 How do I change to footnote numbers to symbols (star, dagger, etc.)?
1140 \begin_layout Standard
1151 to your LaTeX preamble.
1154 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1155 How do I kill widows and orphans?
1158 \begin_layout Standard
1159 Okay, we are not playing Duke Nukem here! To eliminate widows and orphans
1160 (first line from a paragraph at the bottom of the page and the last line
1161 from a paragraph at the top of the page), add the following to the LaTeX
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1171 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1177 \begin_layout Standard
1181 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1187 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1191 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1192 How do I get a formatted list which starts with e.g.
1197 \begin_layout Standard
1198 If you want a list which looks like
1201 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1203 a) First alternative
1206 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1207 b) Second alternative
1210 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1211 c) Third alternative
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1215 then try the following
1218 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1223 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1224 a) First alternative
1227 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1228 b) Second alternative
1231 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1235 \begin_layout Standard
1236 where {} is in ERT (i.e.
1237 a placeholder not generating output.
1238 Specifically, set the style to
1239 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1243 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1246 , enter the brackets in ERT, change the environment depth, and add the three
1248 LyX will auto-label the entries.
1251 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1252 How do I count words in LyX?
1255 \begin_layout Standard
1256 Run a spellcheck; it will display the total number of words checked.
1257 Make sure the cursor is at the top of the document when you start the spellchec
1258 ker so that everything is counted.
1261 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1262 How do I insert a fixed amount of horizontal space?
1265 \begin_layout Standard
1266 There are various ERT commands to use:
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1312 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1315 is roughly the width of the letter
1316 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1320 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1323 in the current font.
1324 The length argument of the
1330 command is any valid TeX length; units can be
1346 (points = 1/72 inch),
1351 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1355 \begin_inset Quotes erd
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1386 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1387 How can I make citations show up as [1,2,3,6] or [1-3,6] rather than [1][2][3][6
1391 \begin_layout Standard
1398 into the LaTeX preamble.
1399 Most LaTeX distributions should have this package included.
1400 LyX supports this package, if you insert multiple citations separated by
1401 commas into the citation dialog, e.
1403 [Smalley_JCP,Jarrold_Sci], instead of just one citation after the other:
1404 [Smalley_JCP] [Jarrold_Sci].
1407 \begin_layout Subsection
1408 Figure related questions
1411 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1412 What is the difference between a
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1421 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1425 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1431 \begin_layout Standard
1432 This is an example of less-than-ideal terminology.
1434 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1438 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1441 is what I would really call a
1442 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1446 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1449 ; it basically means insert a picture file.
1451 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1455 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1458 is more what one means by a figure in a paper: it includes the graphic,
1459 the caption, the figure label, etc.
1460 You should almost always insert a figure float first, then put a figure
1464 \begin_layout Standard
1465 Tables work in the same manner.
1466 Put a table float in first, then insert the table within that.
1469 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1470 How do I get LyX to put the figure exactly where I want it?
1473 \begin_layout Standard
1476 Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1485 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1493 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1497 This tells LaTeX to try really hard to put the figure here first, then
1498 the top of a page, then on a page by itself.
1499 This is a global setting: all figure will then obey this rule set.
1502 \begin_layout Standard
1503 If you want to control how each figure behaves, right-click in the figure
1504 float and you will get a dialog allowing to control the figure behavior.
1507 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1509 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1512 Too many unprocessed floats
1513 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1519 \begin_layout Standard
1520 LaTeX can handle only a limited number of floating elements floating at
1522 For example, if Figure 4 can't be fit in a good location (using the default
1523 rules of top of the page, then bottom, then a page of its own) and Figure
1524 5 comes along, they will both continue to float toward the end of the document
1525 until a good location can be found.
1526 If nothing good turns up, they will just be placed at the end of the document.
1527 If there are too many of these, LaTeX overruns a counter and emits the
1529 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1532 too many unprocessed floats
1533 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1537 This is not a bug in LaTeX, this is simply too many figures with too little
1541 \begin_layout Standard
1542 The easiest way to work around this is to insert a
1548 command somewhere in the document where a pagebreak would be appropriate.
1549 While a pagebreak would simply start a new page,
1555 processes all remaining floats, then begins a new page.
1556 This may lead to an unsightly stack of figures in the middle of your document;
1557 you may need to use several
1563 to make things balance nicely.
1566 \begin_layout Subsection
1567 Math related questions
1570 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1571 How do I put normal text inside a mathematical equation?
1574 \begin_layout Standard
1576 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1584 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1587 while inside the equation to enter
1588 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1592 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1598 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1599 How do I make a cube root (or higher)?
1602 \begin_layout Standard
1604 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1612 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1616 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1620 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1624 Use the cursor keys to navigate the entry boxes.
1627 \begin_layout Section
1628 Questions Related to Running LyX
1631 \begin_layout Subsection
1632 How do I convert LyX files to LaTeX from the command line?
1635 \begin_layout Standard
1636 File export was vastly improved in version 1.1.6.
1640 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1641 lyx --export latex <yourfile>.lyx
1644 \begin_layout Standard
1645 and that is all you need to do.
1648 \begin_layout Standard
1649 If you have an older version of LyX, you can use the same syntax if you
1650 are running X, because it will cause LyX windows to pop up onto your screen.
1651 If you have the Xvfb command available, you can resort to a deeper level
1652 of subterfuge (under
1659 \begin_layout Standard
1662 (Xvfb :1 -once -terminate &); rm <file>.tex; lyx -display :1 --export latex
1666 \begin_layout Standard
1668 Under csh/tcsh it is simply
1671 \begin_layout Standard
1674 Xvfb :1 -once -terminate &; rm <file>.tex; lyx -display :1 --export latex
1678 \begin_layout Standard
1680 This should work anywhere, whether or not X is actually running.
1683 \begin_layout Subsection
1684 How do I create PDF files from my LyX document?
1687 \begin_layout Standard
1688 Read Section 5.3.6 of the
1695 \begin_layout Subsection
1696 Why do the fonts in my document look so bad in
1703 \begin_layout Standard
1704 The problem and the solution are also discussed in Section 5.3.6 of the
1711 \begin_layout Subsection
1712 Why doesn't my latest and greatest version of Ghostscript render EPS inline
1716 \begin_layout Standard
1717 [Note: this only applies to versions of LyX older than 1.2.0, since the graphics
1718 rendering code has been rewritten in this version]
1721 \begin_layout Standard
1722 A couple of users reported that they couldn't get recent Ghostscript versions
1723 to display inline figures in LyX.
1724 It transpires that this is a Ghostscript bug:
1727 \begin_layout Standard
1728 \begin_inset Flex URL
1731 \begin_layout Plain Layout
1733 http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=124957&group_id=1897
1741 \begin_layout Standard
1743 This bug appears to affect Ghostscript 6.22 and upwards.
1744 After applying the above mentioned patch, rendering in Lyx works fine again.
1745 GNU Ghostscript 6.53 and above include this fix.
1748 \begin_layout Section
1749 Questions Related to LyX on Windows
1752 \begin_layout Subsection
1753 Why do the menus and the toolbar flicker ?
1756 \begin_layout Standard
1757 You are probably using the XWin32 X server.
1758 This is a bug in XWin32: you can work around the problem by disabling the
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1764 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1767 option of XWin32, and using a color mode other than PseudoColor.
1770 \begin_layout Section
1771 How to get further assistance
1774 \begin_layout Subsection
1775 You still haven't answered my question!
1778 \begin_layout Standard
1779 Then RTFM, especially the Tutorial.
1780 The documentation really is quite good.
1781 (Besides, I helped write parts of it :-) If you think your problem may
1782 be LaTeX related, then look in
1784 LaTeX, A Document Preparation System, 2nd Ed.
1787 by Leslie Lamport (1994).
1788 There are also numerous example files included with LyX.
1791 File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1792 Open\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1798 \begin_layout Subsection
1799 I want to mail someone about my problem.
1803 \begin_layout Standard
1804 Send email to the LyX Users list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org.
1805 If LyX is actually crashing or otherwise non-functional, then try the developer
1806 s' list at lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org.
1809 \begin_layout Subsection
1810 What to put in a request for help.
1813 \begin_layout Standard
1814 Include your version of LyX and a description of what you are trying to
1815 do, along with evidence that you've actually read the docs.
1818 \begin_layout Standard
1819 If LyX has crashed, include the version of LyX, the operating system, the
1820 version of xforms (if it seems to be a screen drawing problem), and a precise
1821 description of the events that lead to the crash.
1822 The easier it is for the developers to reproduce your crash, the more likely
1824 If you're brave and like to hack, use gdb to generate a backtrace and include
1825 the results with your mail.
1826 If you have no clue what I'm talking about, just describe what you did
1827 as completely as you can.
1830 \begin_layout Section
1831 Administrative information and acknowledgments
1834 \begin_layout Subsection
1835 Feedback is invited.
1839 \begin_layout Standard
1840 Send comments, suggested additions, world record document claims, etc.
1843 lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org.
1846 \begin_layout Subsection
1847 Formats in which this FAQ is available.
1851 \begin_layout Standard
1852 The LyX file original is included in the LyX source distribution, converted
1853 versions in HTML and ASCII should soon be available at the website.
1854 A German version is also available with the distribution.
1857 \begin_layout Subsection
1858 Authorship and acknowledgments.
1861 \begin_layout Standard
1862 Bernhard Iselborn, David Johnson, and Paul Evans were responsible for the
1863 FAQ through version 0.2.2 which covered LyX-0.10.7.
1864 The FAQ as of version 0.3.0 was written from scratch and covers LyX-1.0 and
1866 Many people contributed pieces to the current version; Mike Ressler of
1867 the Doc Team collected them into this file.
1870 \begin_layout Subsection
1871 Disclaimer and Copyright.
1875 \begin_layout Standard
1876 I don't claim anything in this document is accurate to within a factor of
1878 \begin_inset Formula $\pi$
1881 ; after all, I'm just an astronomer, and we like to set
1882 \begin_inset Formula $c=h=k=\pi=1$
1886 When the answer is wrong, we just redefine the units.
1887 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
1888 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
1889 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
1890 See the GNU General Public License for more details.
1891 In other words, it's not my fault if you lose your dissertation the night
1892 before your doctoral defense because you forgot to save it before the power
1893 failed while wondering how a fundamental physical constant expressed in
1895 \begin_inset Formula $\textrm{m s}^{-1}$
1898 could possibly be equal to one expressed as
1899 \begin_inset Formula $\textrm{kg m s}^{-2}\textrm{ K}^{-1}$
1903 This file is Copyright © 2000 by Michael E.
1904 Ressler on behalf of the LyX Documentation Team.