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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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86 target "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org"
97 you have read through the docs.
101 \begin_layout Abstract
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103 LatexCommand tableofcontents
110 \begin_layout Section
111 Introduction and General Information
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118 \begin_layout Standard
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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255 \begin_inset Flex URL
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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
360 \begin_layout Subsection
361 Does LyX run on my computer?
364 \begin_layout Standard
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, etc
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373 Microsoft Window NT, 2000, XP, Vista (Windows 95/98/Me editions are not
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378 MacOSX (starting from 10.1)
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382 SparcLinux: RedHat 6.0
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398 OSF1 flore V4.0 1091 alpha
401 \begin_layout Subsection
402 How much hard disk space does LyX need?
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406 Binary size depends on the system, the LyX binary consumes 13 MB of disk
407 space on Windows, while the supporting files occupy another 25 MB (17 MB
408 of which is consumed by the docs! You can delete the languages you don't
409 care about to save some space).
410 Of course, you do need to have something like teTeX installed which consumes
411 a mere 115 MB, as well as ghostscript, which is another 10 MB!
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415 Is LyX really Open Source?
418 \begin_layout Standard
420 The freely available GUI toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary
421 product of Troll Tech, is used in its open source GPL variant.
422 The LyX source itself is also available under the GPL, so it qualifies.
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429 \begin_layout Subsection
430 Where should I look on the World Wide Web for LyX stuff?
433 \begin_layout Itemize
434 \begin_inset Flex URL
437 \begin_layout Plain Layout
447 \begin_layout Itemize
448 \begin_inset Flex URL
451 \begin_layout Plain Layout
458 , if you want to report a bug in LyX.
461 \begin_layout Itemize
462 \begin_inset Flex URL
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472 , if you are interested in the real blood and guts.
475 \begin_layout Itemize
476 Known mirror sites include:
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481 \begin_inset Flex URL
484 \begin_layout Plain Layout
494 \begin_layout Itemize
495 \begin_inset Flex URL
498 \begin_layout Plain Layout
508 \begin_layout Itemize
509 \begin_inset Flex URL
512 \begin_layout Plain Layout
523 \begin_layout Subsection
524 Where can I get LyX material by FTP?
527 \begin_layout Itemize
528 ftp.lyx.org in /pub/lyx (also known as ftp.via.ecp.fr)
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532 What mailing lists are there?
535 \begin_layout Itemize
536 lyx-announce@lists.lyx.org (very low volume), for announcements related to
540 \begin_layout Itemize
541 lyx-users@lists.lyx.org (medium volume), for general usage issues
544 \begin_layout Itemize
545 lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org (high volume), for development and debugging issues
548 \begin_layout Itemize
549 lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org (excruciatingly low volume), for documentation issues
553 \begin_layout Standard
554 Generally, you would send email to lyx-foo-subscribe@lists.lyx.org to subscribe
555 to these lists or to lyx-foo-unsubscribe@lists.lyx.org to unsubscribe, where
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597 \begin_inset Flex URL
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602 http://www.lyx.org/internet/mailing.php3
607 for the full details.
610 \begin_layout Subsection
611 Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?
614 \begin_layout Standard
619 \begin_layout Subsection
620 Okay, wise guy! Where are they archived?
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630 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-announce@lists.lyx.org/
638 \begin_layout Itemize
640 \begin_inset Flex URL
643 \begin_layout Plain Layout
645 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/
653 \begin_layout Itemize
655 \begin_inset Flex URL
658 \begin_layout Plain Layout
660 http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/
668 \begin_layout Section
669 Compatibility with other word/document processors
672 \begin_layout Subsection
673 Can I read/write LaTeX files?
676 \begin_layout Standard
678 LyX outputs LaTeX files that are either machine or human friendly.
683 program that comes with LyX does a decent job of converting LaTeX into
685 It's not perfect, but it will usually get at least 95% of the job done
689 \begin_layout Subsection
690 Can I read/write Word files?
693 \begin_layout Standard
695 People have had some level of success with the following sequence: LyX
696 \begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
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704 \begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
707 Word, and vice versa.
708 However, Word is inherently not a markup language like LyX and LaTeX are,
709 so conversions are usually difficult and almost meaningless.
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713 However, here are a few suggestions which were sent in:
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717 word2x produces LaTeX, HTML and plain text output.
718 The LaTeX is importable in principle (and is rather clean) but I often
719 prefer plain text and add the formatting back in.
720 (This requires that you have knowledge on the original formatting).
721 On last writing did not yet handle Office 2000 Word.
724 \begin_layout Description
725 wvware (found at www.wvware.com, or the abisource CVS repository for the latest).
726 This was previously called msWordView.
727 Very good, only tends to produce visually formatted LaTeX/HTML.
728 Is however highly configurable: a config file
732 guides the translation process.
733 Handles also the newest Office formats.
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737 Ted This is the editor to use when someone sends you an RTF file created
740 Mail yourself the converted version (plain text or HTML).
743 \begin_layout Standard
744 Finally, when all else fails, use any word processor (WordPerfect, StarOffice/Op
745 enOffice, ...) which understands Word.
746 Then export as the file as plain text and add the formatting by hand in
751 \begin_layout Standard
752 For me personally, at least, it's faster doing this than cleaning up attempts
753 at a conversion, though it is certainly unsatisfactory if you need to go
754 back and forth a lot.
757 \begin_layout Subsection
758 Can I read/write HTML files?
761 \begin_layout Standard
762 You can output HTML files using the
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770 converter program, amongst others.
772 \begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
775 LaTeX program available which allows you to convert the other direction.
778 \begin_layout Section
779 Obtaining and Compiling LyX
782 \begin_layout Subsection
786 \begin_layout Itemize
787 LyX source code: lyx-1.x.x.tar.gz
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791 Qt library: Qt-4.2.0 or higher (using the latest version available is recommended)
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795 A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX-1.0 or higher on Linux,
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800 A PostScript® interpreter: ghostscript 7.0 or higher
803 \begin_layout Itemize
804 A modern C++ compiler.
805 If you are using gcc, LyX requires at least version 3.2.0.
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812 \begin_layout Itemize
816 \begin_layout Itemize
820 \begin_layout Itemize
821 make install (usually as root, though you don't have to be if you add flags
822 to the configure command)
825 \begin_layout Standard
826 See the INSTALL file for more details.
829 \begin_layout Subsection
831 Where are precompiled binaries?
834 \begin_layout Standard
835 Most of the above packages are available as precompiled binaries for a variety
836 of Linux systems, perhaps others as well.
837 The LyX binaries are available as RPMS, Windows and Mac installers, plus
838 a few other formats and may be obtained from
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844 ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/
852 \begin_layout Section
853 Questions about Evil Red Text (IMPORTANT!)
856 \begin_layout Subsection
857 What is Evil Red Text (aka ERT)?
860 \begin_layout Standard
861 ERT (Evil Red Text) refers to raw LaTeX commands which are inserted into
863 Certain troglodytes in the development group coined this term when they
864 complained about the unsightly appearance it leads to in LyX documents.
865 The more enlightened among us know that it is extremely useful, even though
866 it does qualify as URT (Ugly Red Text), but ERT seems to have stuck.
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871 How do I enter Evil Red Text?
874 \begin_layout Standard
875 Aesthetic arguments aside, many of the answers in this FAQ require that
876 you use ERT, so whenever we say
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880 insert the following LaTeX code
881 \begin_inset Quotes erd
887 \begin_layout Enumerate
888 Click the TeX toolbar button or select
893 nsert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
903 \begin_layout Enumerate
904 Type the command as it is written in the normal way
907 \begin_layout Subsection
908 The new ERT inset is really inconvenient !
911 \begin_layout Standard
912 A lot of people have been complaining about the ERT inset introduced in
914 However, since there is little hope of to see the old LaTeX font return
915 from the grave (it was really a hack), here are a couple of things to ponder:
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919 You can collapse the ERT like any other floats by using
924 dit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
938 \begin_layout Itemize
939 You can also set it to
940 \begin_inset Quotes eld
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947 by using the properties dialog obtained by right-clicking anywhere in the
951 \begin_layout Subsection
952 Is there an alternative?
955 \begin_layout Standard
956 LaTeX commands can also be inserted in the
957 \begin_inset Quotes eld
961 \begin_inset Quotes erd
964 , a form in LyX that is inserted verbatim into the LaTeX file which is generated
966 This is especially useful for including nonstandard LaTeX packages, defining
967 global shortcuts to be used within the document, etc.
970 \begin_layout Section
971 Questions Related to Using LyX
974 \begin_layout Standard
975 In this section, we attempt to address the truly most frequently asked questions.
976 For a broader range of not-so-frequently asked questions and many
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984 topics, see Herbert Voss' spectacular collection at
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988 \begin_layout Plain Layout
990 http://tug.org/TeXnik/
996 You are doing yourself a large disservice if you don't check there before
997 sending a message to the mailing lists!
1000 \begin_layout Subsection
1004 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1005 How do I get rid of the date under the title?
1008 \begin_layout Standard
1009 The simplest solution is to open the menu
1014 ayout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1024 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1030 \begin_layout Standard
1031 in the preamble window.
1034 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1035 How do I change the spacing in an Itemize/\SpecialChar \-
1036 Enumerate/\SpecialChar \-
1037 Description list environment
1041 \begin_layout Standard
1042 You'll have to do this by hand: for example, for one particular list, you
1043 can add the following LaTeX code at the beginning of the list:
1046 \begin_layout Standard
1056 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1057 How do I number equations by section?
1060 \begin_layout Standard
1061 Add the following two lines to your LaTeX preamble:
1064 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1067 @addtoreset{equation}{section}
1070 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1082 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1083 Is it possible to do this for figures and tables as well?
1086 \begin_layout Standard
1118 Don't forget to adapt the
1120 @addtoreset command, too.
1123 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1124 How do I change to footnote numbers to symbols (star, dagger, etc.)?
1127 \begin_layout Standard
1138 to your LaTeX preamble.
1141 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1142 How do I kill widows and orphans?
1145 \begin_layout Standard
1146 Okay, we are not playing Duke Nukem here! To eliminate widows and orphans
1147 (first line from a paragraph at the bottom of the page and the last line
1148 from a paragraph at the top of the page), add the following to the LaTeX
1152 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1158 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1164 \begin_layout Standard
1168 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1174 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1178 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1179 How do I get a formatted list which starts with e.g.
1184 \begin_layout Standard
1185 If you want a list which looks like
1188 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1190 a) First alternative
1193 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1194 b) Second alternative
1197 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1198 c) Third alternative
1201 \begin_layout Standard
1202 then try the following
1205 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1210 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1211 a) First alternative
1214 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1215 b) Second alternative
1218 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1222 \begin_layout Standard
1223 where {} is in ERT (i.e.
1224 a placeholder not generating output.
1225 Specifically, set the style to
1226 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1230 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1233 , enter the brackets in ERT, change the environment depth, and add the three
1235 LyX will auto-label the entries.
1238 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1239 How do I count words in LyX?
1242 \begin_layout Standard
1243 Run a spellcheck; it will display the total number of words checked.
1244 Make sure the cursor is at the top of the document when you start the spellchec
1245 ker so that everything is counted.
1248 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1249 How do I insert a fixed amount of horizontal space?
1252 \begin_layout Standard
1253 There are various ERT commands to use:
1295 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1299 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1302 is roughly the width of the letter
1303 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1307 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1310 in the current font.
1311 The length argument of the
1317 command is any valid TeX length; units can be
1333 (points = 1/72 inch),
1338 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1342 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1350 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1354 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1373 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1374 How can I make citations show up as [1,2,3,6] or [1-3,6] rather than [1][2][3][6
1378 \begin_layout Standard
1385 into the LaTeX preamble.
1386 Most LaTeX distributions should have this package included.
1387 LyX supports this package, if you insert multiple citations separated by
1388 commas into the citation dialog, e.
1390 [Smalley_JCP,Jarrold_Sci], instead of just one citation after the other:
1391 [Smalley_JCP] [Jarrold_Sci].
1394 \begin_layout Subsection
1395 Figure related questions
1398 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1399 What is the difference between a
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1404 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1408 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1412 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1418 \begin_layout Standard
1419 This is an example of less-than-ideal terminology.
1421 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1425 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1428 is what I would really call a
1429 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1433 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1436 ; it basically means insert a picture file.
1438 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1442 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1445 is more what one means by a figure in a paper: it includes the graphic,
1446 the caption, the figure label, etc.
1447 You should almost always insert a figure float first, then put a figure
1451 \begin_layout Standard
1452 Tables work in the same manner.
1453 Put a table float in first, then insert the table within that.
1456 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1457 How do I get LyX to put the figure exactly where I want it?
1460 \begin_layout Standard
1463 Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1472 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1480 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1484 This tells LaTeX to try really hard to put the figure here first, then
1485 the top of a page, then on a page by itself.
1486 This is a global setting: all figure will then obey this rule set.
1489 \begin_layout Standard
1490 If you want to control how each figure behaves, right-click in the figure
1491 float and you will get a dialog allowing to control the figure behavior.
1494 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1496 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1499 Too many unprocessed floats
1500 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1506 \begin_layout Standard
1507 LaTeX can handle only a limited number of floating elements floating at
1509 For example, if Figure 4 can't be fit in a good location (using the default
1510 rules of top of the page, then bottom, then a page of its own) and Figure
1511 5 comes along, they will both continue to float toward the end of the document
1512 until a good location can be found.
1513 If nothing good turns up, they will just be placed at the end of the document.
1514 If there are too many of these, LaTeX overruns a counter and emits the
1516 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1519 too many unprocessed floats
1520 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1524 This is not a bug in LaTeX, this is simply too many figures with too little
1528 \begin_layout Standard
1529 The easiest way to work around this is to insert a
1535 command somewhere in the document where a pagebreak would be appropriate.
1536 While a pagebreak would simply start a new page,
1542 processes all remaining floats, then begins a new page.
1543 This may lead to an unsightly stack of figures in the middle of your document;
1544 you may need to use several
1550 to make things balance nicely.
1553 \begin_layout Subsection
1554 Math related questions
1557 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1558 How do I put normal text inside a mathematical equation?
1561 \begin_layout Standard
1563 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1571 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1574 while inside the equation to enter
1575 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1579 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1585 \begin_layout Subsubsection
1586 How do I make a cube root (or higher)?
1589 \begin_layout Standard
1591 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1599 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1603 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1607 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1611 Use the cursor keys to navigate the entry boxes.
1614 \begin_layout Section
1615 Questions Related to Running LyX
1618 \begin_layout Subsection
1619 How do I convert LyX files to LaTeX from the command line?
1622 \begin_layout Standard
1623 File export was vastly improved in version 1.1.6.
1627 \begin_layout LyX-Code
1628 lyx --export latex <yourfile>.lyx
1631 \begin_layout Standard
1632 and that is all you need to do.
1635 \begin_layout Standard
1636 If you have an older version of LyX, you can use the same syntax if you
1637 are running X, because it will cause LyX windows to pop up onto your screen.
1638 If you have the Xvfb command available, you can resort to a deeper level
1639 of subterfuge (under
1646 \begin_layout Standard
1649 (Xvfb :1 -once -terminate &); rm <file>.tex; lyx -display :1 --export latex
1653 \begin_layout Standard
1655 Under csh/tcsh it is simply
1658 \begin_layout Standard
1661 Xvfb :1 -once -terminate &; rm <file>.tex; lyx -display :1 --export latex
1665 \begin_layout Standard
1667 This should work anywhere, whether or not X is actually running.
1670 \begin_layout Subsection
1671 How do I create PDF files from my LyX document?
1674 \begin_layout Standard
1675 Read Section 5.3.6 of the
1682 \begin_layout Subsection
1683 Why do the fonts in my document look so bad in
1690 \begin_layout Standard
1691 The problem and the solution are also discussed in Section 5.3.6 of the
1698 \begin_layout Subsection
1699 Why doesn't my latest and greatest version of Ghostscript render EPS inline
1703 \begin_layout Standard
1704 [Note: this only applies to versions of LyX older than 1.2.0, since the graphics
1705 rendering code has been rewritten in this version]
1708 \begin_layout Standard
1709 A couple of users reported that they couldn't get recent Ghostscript versions
1710 to display inline figures in LyX.
1711 It transpires that this is a Ghostscript bug:
1714 \begin_layout Standard
1715 \begin_inset Flex URL
1718 \begin_layout Plain Layout
1720 http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=124957&group_id=1897
1728 \begin_layout Standard
1730 This bug appears to affect Ghostscript 6.22 and upwards.
1731 After applying the above mentioned patch, rendering in Lyx works fine again.
1732 GNU Ghostscript 6.53 and above include this fix.
1735 \begin_layout Section
1736 Questions Related to LyX on Windows
1739 \begin_layout Subsection
1740 Why do the menus and the toolbar flicker ?
1743 \begin_layout Standard
1744 You are probably using the XWin32 X server.
1745 This is a bug in XWin32: you can work around the problem by disabling the
1747 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1751 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1754 option of XWin32, and using a color mode other than PseudoColor.
1757 \begin_layout Section
1758 How to get further assistance
1761 \begin_layout Subsection
1762 You still haven't answered my question!
1765 \begin_layout Standard
1766 Then RTFM, especially the Tutorial.
1767 The documentation really is quite good.
1768 (Besides, I helped write parts of it :-) If you think your problem may
1769 be LaTeX related, then look in
1771 LaTeX, A Document Preparation System, 2nd Ed.
1774 by Leslie Lamport (1994).
1775 There are also numerous example files included with LyX.
1778 File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1779 Open\SpecialChar \menuseparator
1785 \begin_layout Subsection
1786 I want to mail someone about my problem.
1790 \begin_layout Standard
1791 Send email to the LyX Users list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org.
1792 If LyX is actually crashing or otherwise non-functional, then try the developer
1793 s' list at lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org.
1796 \begin_layout Subsection
1797 What to put in a request for help.
1800 \begin_layout Standard
1801 Include your version of LyX and a description of what you are trying to
1802 do, along with evidence that you've actually read the docs.
1805 \begin_layout Standard
1806 If LyX has crashed, include the version of LyX, the operating system, the
1807 version of xforms (if it seems to be a screen drawing problem), and a precise
1808 description of the events that lead to the crash.
1809 The easier it is for the developers to reproduce your crash, the more likely
1811 If you're brave and like to hack, use gdb to generate a backtrace and include
1812 the results with your mail.
1813 If you have no clue what I'm talking about, just describe what you did
1814 as completely as you can.
1817 \begin_layout Section
1818 Administrative information and acknowledgments
1821 \begin_layout Subsection
1822 Feedback is invited.
1826 \begin_layout Standard
1827 Send comments, suggested additions, world record document claims, etc.
1830 lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org.
1833 \begin_layout Subsection
1834 Formats in which this FAQ is available.
1838 \begin_layout Standard
1839 The LyX file original is included in the LyX source distribution, converted
1840 versions in HTML and ASCII should soon be available at the website.
1841 A German version is also available with the distribution.
1844 \begin_layout Subsection
1845 Authorship and acknowledgments.
1848 \begin_layout Standard
1849 Bernhard Iselborn, David Johnson, and Paul Evans were responsible for the
1850 FAQ through version 0.2.2 which covered LyX-0.10.7.
1851 The FAQ as of version 0.3.0 was written from scratch and covers LyX-1.0 and
1853 Many people contributed pieces to the current version; Mike Ressler of
1854 the Doc Team collected them into this file.
1857 \begin_layout Subsection
1858 Disclaimer and Copyright.
1862 \begin_layout Standard
1863 I don't claim anything in this document is accurate to within a factor of
1865 \begin_inset Formula $\pi$
1868 ; after all, I'm just an astronomer, and we like to set
1869 \begin_inset Formula $c=h=k=\pi=1$
1873 When the answer is wrong, we just redefine the units.
1874 This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
1875 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
1876 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
1877 See the GNU General Public License for more details.
1878 In other words, it's not my fault if you lose your dissertation the night
1879 before your doctoral defense because you forgot to save it before the power
1880 failed while wondering how a fundamental physical constant expressed in
1882 \begin_inset Formula $\textrm{m s}^{-1}$
1885 could possibly be equal to one expressed as
1886 \begin_inset Formula $\textrm{kg m s}^{-2}\textrm{ K}^{-1}$
1890 This file is Copyright © 2000 by Michael E.
1891 Ressler on behalf of the LyX Documentation Team.