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27 Inventory of your LaTeX configuration
30 Automatically generated by LyX (do not edit).
36 This file describes the different LaTeX add-ons that LyX can handle.
37 Below you'll find six sections:
40 Some basic details about your LaTeX installation.
41 In particular, you should make sure that your version of LaTeX is recent
45 Some common fonts that LyX knows about.
46 This is rather sparse at the moment.
49 The document classes that should be standard on any LaTeX implementation.
50 This section is only here for completeness.
53 Some optional document classes that LyX knows about.
54 If one of these is marked as missing (the
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62 item is no) and you need its functionality, you can grab it at your nearest
67 The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are:
70 ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive
73 ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive
76 ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive
79 There are also a zillion mirror sites which are listed at the three primary
82 at the location indicated in the
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91 Note that only detected document classes can be selected as document layouts
95 Some packages that LyX uses when you try to change the margins of your document.
96 The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available
100 Some common LaTeX packages that you might need with LyX, and you might also
101 want to add to your LaTeX installation.
102 The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available
106 Note that most of these packages will be available if you use a modern TeX
107 distribution such as teTeX.
108 If you decide to install one of the missing items, you should tell LyX
110 After the installation, please use the menu entry
115 ptions\SpecialChar \menuseparator
121 \begin_float footnote
124 or, if you want to change the system-wide settings, issue the command
128 from the LyX system directory (by default
134 and reload this file to see if the new package was recognized.
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151 , it means that LyX could not do the inventory of your LaTeX configuration
153 If you are using teTeX, it might be that the new package you installed
155 This is because you forgot to run the command
159 , which tells teTeX to update its own configuration.
162 LaTeX version currently in use
165 The LaTeX version that LyX will use is:
170 Note that, for best results, you should be using at least LaTeX release
174 \begin_float footnote
177 In case it is not clear to you, this number is the date at which the version
181 In fact, earlier versions may work for many things, but will certainly
183 We feel that it is better to stick to a minimal version than try to work
184 around all the quirks of older ones.
201 Notes: LaTeX does not require the use of
205 fonts, however they are strongly recommended.
210 fonts are available in a more natural range of sizes and allow better hyphenati
211 on and kerning than the old fonts such as
216 If you already have the so-called
220 fonts installed, please upgrade to the
224 fonts, which replace them.
225 They are used automatically if LyX determines that you have them installed.
236 macros/latex/packages/psnfss/
243 allows you to change the fonts used by LyX to one of the 35 classical fonts
244 available on PostScript® printers.
245 Currently, the support for
249 is limited in LyX: you can only chose a few combinations of PostScript®
259 Standard LaTeX document classes
262 The document classes presented in this section are the basic document classes
264 In particular, they are all present on your system as long as LaTeX2e is
266 When the text indicates that a particular class has not been found, this
267 means the layout file supporting this particular class has not been found.
279 Notes: The standard document class
283 is used to type articles or short texts.
284 It is the basic LaTeX document class.
296 Notes: The standard document class
304 but is slightly more structured (support for different parts).
316 Notes: The standard document class
320 is, as its name suggests, intended to produce books.
321 It supports in particular sectioning by chapters.
333 Notes: The standard document class
337 is the basic class for writing letters, mostly in English.
349 Notes: The standard document class
353 is intended to produce transparencies.
357 Additional document classes
366 CTAN: N/A (available from Springer's ftp site
377 Notes: The document class
381 can be used to write articles for submission to the scientific journal
384 Astronomy and Astrophysics
390 published by Springer -Verlag.
399 CTAN: N/A (available from the American Astronomical Society's ftp site
410 Notes: The document class
414 can be used to write articles for submission to the American journals
416 Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal
420 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
433 fonts/ams/amslatex/inputs/
436 Notes: The document class
440 is an alternative to the class
445 It is part of the AMS-LaTeX package and is used for typesetting of mathematics
446 with a look the American Mathematical Society has developed.
447 They recommend it for the preparation of manuscripts intended for publication
448 both in the Society's books and journals, and also in other mathematical
450 The Society requests that published documents prepared with AMS-LaTeX include
451 an acknowledgment of its use.
452 LyX support is still limited.
458 Found: @chk_broadway@
461 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
465 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
468 Notes: The document class
472 is for writing plays.
473 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
480 Found: @chk_dinbrief@
485 macros/latex/contrib/supported/dinbrief/
488 Notes: The document class
492 can be used to type letters according to German conventions.
505 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.sgmltools.org}
512 Notes: The class docbook is not a LaTeX document class.
513 It is designed to produce Docbook SGML documents, which, in turn, can be
514 exported as HTML, RTF, text, or dvi (through
519 You need the sgmltools v2.0 package installed to use this.
525 Found: @chk_g-brief-en@
530 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
533 Notes: The document class
537 can be used to type commercial letters with a nice outfit.
543 Found: @chk_g-brief-de@
548 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
551 Notes: The document class
555 is the same as the above g-brief-en only with german labels.
558 Springer 2-columns Journals (ejour2)
564 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
568 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
571 Notes: The document class
575 is for the two-column journal format used by Springer Verlag.
576 It is reasonably well tested only for the Journal of Geodesy.
577 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
589 macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/
592 Notes: The document class
596 (aka FoilTeX) provides an alternative to the standard
600 class to make transparencies.
601 It allows cross references, uses a less ugly font, and is in general much
607 It does not however have some of the advanced features found in the
611 class, which is not currently supported by LyX.
618 Found: @chk_hollywood@
621 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
625 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
628 Notes: The document class
632 can be used to type spec scripts for the U.S.
634 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
644 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
648 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
651 Notes: The document class
655 can be used to type letters according to Italian conventions.
656 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
663 Found: @chk_IEEEtran@
669 FTP: Currently, the IEEE ftp site only has an old version at:
674 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.ieee.org/info/publish/latex/ieeetran.cls}
686 A newer version is available from:
691 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/pub/graham/infocom99/latest/IEEEtran.cls}
702 produces documents suitable for submission to most of the IEEE Transactions.
703 You should consult the IEEE Author Information pages at
707 if you intend to use this class.
708 Note that there are both
724 file for use with LyX as the
728 file is for LaTeX 2.09 only.
729 Also note that if your
733 is in lowercase like this example LyX will not find it and you should upgrade
734 to a newer version which has IEEE in capitals.
750 is actually a LaTeX style file that adds some extra features to the
755 It produces documents suitable for submission to IEEE Conferences.
756 The LaTeX files (including BibTeX style file) are distributed with the
757 Author Kit for IEEE sponsored conferences.
763 Found: @chk_linuxdoc@
773 is not a LaTeX document class.
774 It is designed to produce LinuxDoc-SGML documents, which, in turn, can
775 be exported as HTML, RTF, text or...
785 ) set of programs installed to use this.
798 Notes: The document class
802 can be used to write articles for submission to the Springer journal
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806 Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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811 LaTeX documents are available from Springer's ftp site on the following
815 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://trick.ntp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e}
824 The LyX layout file for this document class is still insufficiently tested.
836 macros/latex/contrib/supported/paper/
839 Notes: The document class
843 provides an alternative to the standard
848 It provides similar functionality, but you might prefer this layout with
849 sans serif sections, headings, and more.
852 Koma-Script (scrartcl, scrreprt, scrbook)
855 Found: @chk_scrartcl@
860 macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script/
863 Notes: These document classes provide different versions of the base LaTeX
877 They have been changed to look somewhat better and be more adapted to european
878 typesetting standards.
889 macros/latex209/contrib/revtex/
892 Notes: The document class
896 is used to write articles for the publications of the American Physical
897 Society (APS), American Institute of Physics (AIP), and Optical Society
899 For better results, you should use the file
907 subdirectory of LyX source distribution.
918 macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex4-beta/
921 Notes: RevTeX 4 is a class used for submitting manuscripts to journals including
922 APS (Physical Review A-E and Letters, Reviews in Modern Physics, Special
923 Topics---Accelerators and Beams), the American Institute of Physics, the
924 Optical Society of America, and the Society for Exploration Geophysicists.
925 [It is in BETA release as of September, 1999.]
928 Springer Journal of Geodesy
938 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.springer.de/author/tex/help-journals.html}
949 is for the journal formats used by Springer Verlag, in particular that
950 of Journal of Geodesy.
951 It is not very well tested yet.
952 The corresponding documentclass files and associated material can be found
953 on the Springer site.
954 The layout consists of two parts:
958 (which is generic for all Springer journals) and
966 and is specific for Journal of Geodesy.
967 You can write your own
971 to support any other Springer journals (hint, hint!)
974 Paper layout packages
977 Changing the margins of a document is one thing people like to do.
978 While LaTeX offers built-in options to set the margins of the documents,
979 some people feel that these margins are too large and want to set them
981 You can use the package
985 for this purpose, but note that for the sake of readability, your lines
986 should not contain more than 60-70 characters.
997 macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntgclass/
1004 changes the margins of your document to suit the European A4 page dimensions
1005 with smaller margins that the default A4 format.
1016 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/
1023 is another package that allows setting of the margins of your document
1025 With this package, the margins are very wide, but do not follow typographical
1032 Found: @chk_geometry@
1037 macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry
1044 allows to change the paper size and margins of your document in an arbitrary
1046 It does not provide a typographically correct page layout like
1050 or the standard options, though.
1062 Found: @chk_algorithm@
1067 macros/latex/contrib/supported/algorithms/
1074 is needed by LyX to be able to output
1075 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1079 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1083 These are useful in placing short algorithms across pagebreaks and support
1085 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1089 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1103 macros/latex/packages/babel/
1110 allows you to customize your document for your favorite language (see the
1118 In particular, it handles hyphenation and automatic translation of all
1120 \begin_inset Quotes eld
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1128 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1132 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1136 This package is not needed if you only plan to write in English, except
1137 if you want to use non-English quotes.
1148 macros/latex/packages/graphics/
1155 is needed by LyX to handled colored text.
1156 These colors will not show in the DVI preview window, but will be correct
1157 on the printed output or with a PostScript® previewer.
1158 This package is bundled with the
1163 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{ssec:graphics}
1173 Found: @chk_fancyhdr@
1178 macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/
1185 (previously known as
1189 ) is used when you select the
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1197 page style in the document layout popup.
1198 It provides alternate headers and footers to your pages.
1204 Found: @chk_floatflt@
1209 macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/
1220 ) is used by LyX if you select the ``floatflt'' type in
1222 Layout->Paragraph->ExtraOpt
1224 in the paragraph of a figure float.
1225 It allows you to create a figure float which is narrower than the full
1226 page and wrap the text around it.
1230 \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{ssec:graphics}
1237 Found: @chk_graphics@
1242 macros/latex/packages/graphics/
1249 is needed by LyX to insert PostScript® figures.
1250 You will also need the program
1256 to see them on screen.
1257 The configuration script has determined that the graphics driver used by
1258 the package should be
1261 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1264 @chk_graphicsdriver@
1265 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1269 \begin_float footnote
1275 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1283 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1288 means that your LaTeX installation provides a sensible value for this parameter.
1296 Found: @chk_rotating@
1301 macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotating
1308 is needed by LyX to change the orientation of some parts of your documents.
1309 Note that it only really works with a PostScript® compatible printer.
1315 Found: @chk_subfigure@
1320 macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure
1327 is used by LyX when you select ``subfigure'' in the EPS figure popup.
1328 Several figures marked in this way can be packed into a single float with
1329 individual subcaptions.
1335 Found: @chk_setspace@
1340 macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/
1347 is needed by LyX to change the line spacing of your document.
1353 Found: @chk_longtable@
1358 macros/latex/packages/tools/longtable.dtx
1365 is needed by LyX to be able to output correctly multipage tables.
1376 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/url.sty
1383 is needed by LyX to be able to output url's corrently.