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29 Inventory of your LaTeX configuration
32 Automatically generated by LyX (do not edit).
38 This file describes the different LaTeX add-ons that LyX can handle.
39 Below you'll find six sections:
42 Some basic details about your LaTeX installation.
43 In particular, you should make sure that your version of LaTeX is recent
47 Some common fonts that LyX knows about.
48 This is rather sparse at the moment.
51 The document classes that should be standard on any LaTeX implementation.
52 This section is only here for completeness.
55 Some optional document classes that LyX knows about.
56 If one of these is marked as missing (the
57 \begin_inset Quotes eld
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64 item is no) and you need its functionality, you can grab it at your nearest
71 The participating hosts in the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network are:
74 ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive
77 ftp://ctan.tug.org/tex-archive
80 ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive
83 There are also a zillion mirror sites which are listed at the three primary
87 at the location indicated in the
88 \begin_inset Quotes eld
92 \begin_inset Quotes erd
96 Note that only detected document classes can be selected as document layouts
100 Some packages that LyX uses when you try to change the margins of your document.
101 The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available
105 Some common LaTeX packages that you might need with LyX, and you might also
106 want to add to your LaTeX installation.
107 The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available
111 Note that most of these packages will be available if you use a modern TeX
112 distribution such as teTeX.
113 If you decide to install one of the missing items, you should tell LyX
115 After the installation, please use the menu entry
120 ptions\SpecialChar \menuseparator
131 or, if you want to change the system-wide settings, issue the command
135 from the LyX system directory (by default
142 and reload this file to see if the new package was recognized.
144 \begin_inset Quotes eld
148 \begin_inset Quotes erd
152 \begin_inset Quotes eld
156 \begin_inset Quotes erd
159 , it means that LyX could not do the inventory of your LaTeX configuration
161 If you are using teTeX, it might be that the new package you installed
163 This is because you forgot to run the command
167 , which tells teTeX to update its own configuration.
170 LaTeX version currently in use
173 The LaTeX version that LyX will use is:
178 Note that, for best results, you should be using at least LaTeX release
187 In case it is not clear to you, this number is the date at which the version
192 In fact, earlier versions may work for many things, but will certainly
194 We feel that it is better to stick to a minimal version than try to work
195 around all the quirks of older ones.
212 Notes: LaTeX does not require the use of
216 fonts, however they are strongly recommended.
221 fonts are available in a more natural range of sizes and allow better hyphenati
222 on and kerning than the old fonts such as
227 If you already have the so-called
231 fonts installed, please upgrade to the
235 fonts, which replace them.
236 They are used automatically if LyX determines that you have them installed.
247 macros/latex/packages/psnfss/
254 allows you to change the fonts used by LyX to one of the 35 classical fonts
255 available on PostScript® printers.
256 Currently, the support for
260 is limited in LyX: you can only chose a few combinations of PostScript®
270 Standard LaTeX document classes
273 The document classes presented in this section are the basic document classes
275 In particular, they are all present on your system as long as LaTeX2e is
277 When the text indicates that a particular class has not been found, this
278 means the layout file supporting this particular class has not been found.
290 Notes: The standard document class
294 is used to type articles or short texts.
295 It is the basic LaTeX document class.
307 Notes: The standard document class
315 but is slightly more structured (support for different parts).
327 Notes: The standard document class
331 is, as its name suggests, intended to produce books.
332 It supports in particular sectioning by chapters.
344 Notes: The standard document class
348 is the basic class for writing letters, mostly in English.
360 Notes: The standard document class
364 is intended to produce transparencies.
368 Additional document classes
377 CTAN: N/A (available from ftp site
388 Notes: The document class
392 (Version 5.01) can be used to write articles for submission to the scientific
395 Astronomy and Astrophysics
397 published by EDP Sciences.
406 CTAN: N/A (available from the American Astronomical Society's ftp site
417 Notes: The document class
421 can be used to write articles for submission to the American journals
423 Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal
427 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
440 fonts/ams/amslatex/inputs/
443 Notes: The document class
447 is an alternative to the class
452 It is part of the AMS-LaTeX package and is used for typesetting of mathematics
453 with a look the American Mathematical Society has developed.
454 They recommend it for the preparation of manuscripts intended for publication
455 both in the Society's books and journals, and also in other mathematical
457 The Society requests that published documents prepared with AMS-LaTeX include
458 an acknowledgment of its use.
459 LyX support is still limited.
465 Found: @chk_broadway@
468 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
472 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
475 Notes: The document class
479 is for writing plays.
480 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
487 Found: @chk_dinbrief@
492 macros/latex/contrib/supported/dinbrief/
495 Notes: The document class
499 can be used to type letters according to German conventions.
512 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.sgmltools.org}
519 Notes: The class docbook is not a LaTeX document class.
520 It is designed to produce Docbook SGML documents, which, in turn, can be
521 exported as HTML, RTF, text, or dvi (through
526 You need the sgmltools v2.0 package installed to use this.
539 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://math.tulane.edu/~entcs/}
546 Notes: The document class
550 is Elsevier Science's Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science
551 article style, used for the ENTCS series, and many conference proceedings.
558 Found: @chk_extarticle@
563 tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/extsizes/
570 is equivalent to standard
574 class with additional document-wide font sizes.
585 tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/extsizes/
592 is equivalent to standard
596 class with additional document-wide font sizes.
602 Found: @chk_extreport@
607 tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/extsizes/
614 is equivalent to standard
618 class with additional document-wide font sizes.
624 Found: @chk_extletter@
629 tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/extsizes/
636 is equivalent to standard
640 class with additional document-wide font sizes.
646 Found: @chk_g-brief-en@
651 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
654 Notes: The document class
658 can be used to type commercial letters with a nice outfit.
664 Found: @chk_g-brief-de@
669 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
672 Notes: The document class
676 is the same as the above g-brief-en only with german labels.
679 Springer 2-columns Journals (ejour2)
685 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
689 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
692 Notes: The document class
696 is for the two-column journal format used by Springer Verlag.
697 It is reasonably well tested only for the Journal of Geodesy.
698 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
710 macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/
713 Notes: The document class
717 (aka FoilTeX) provides an alternative to the standard
721 class to make transparencies.
722 It allows cross references, uses a less ugly font, and is in general much
728 It does not however have some of the advanced features found in the
732 class, which is not currently supported by LyX.
739 Found: @chk_hollywood@
742 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
746 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
749 Notes: The document class
753 can be used to type spec scripts for the U.S.
755 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
765 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
769 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
772 Notes: The document class
776 can be used to type letters according to Italian conventions.
777 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
784 Found: @chk_IEEEtran@
790 FTP: Currently, the IEEE ftp site only has an old version at:
795 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.ieee.org/info/publish/latex/ieeetran.cls}
807 A newer version is available from:
812 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/pub/graham/infocom99/latest/IEEEtran.cls}
823 produces documents suitable for submission to most of the IEEE Transactions.
824 You should consult the IEEE Author Information pages at
828 if you intend to use this class.
829 Note that there are both
845 file for use with LyX as the
849 file is for LaTeX 2.09 only.
850 Also note that if your
854 is in lowercase like this example LyX will not find it and you should upgrade
855 to a newer version which has IEEE in capitals.
864 CTAN: N/A (available from the Kluwer Academic Publishers site
865 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/STYLEFILES}
872 Notes: The document class
876 can be used to write articles for submission to the journals published
877 by Kluwer Academic Publishers, such as
879 Astrophysics and Space Science, Solar Physics
881 and many others (see a full list at
882 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.wkap.nl/jrnllist.htm/JRNLHOME}
902 is actually a LaTeX style file that adds some extra features to the
907 It produces documents suitable for submission to IEEE Conferences.
908 The LaTeX files (including BibTeX style file) are distributed with the
909 Author Kit for IEEE sponsored conferences.
915 Found: @chk_linuxdoc@
925 is not a LaTeX document class.
926 It is designed to produce LinuxDoc-SGML documents, which, in turn, can
927 be exported as HTML, RTF, text or...
937 ) set of programs installed to use this.
950 Notes: The document class
954 can be used to write articles for submission to the Springer journal
955 \begin_inset Quotes eld
958 Lecture Notes in Computer Science
959 \begin_inset Quotes erd
963 LaTeX documents are available from Springer's ftp site on the following
967 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://trick.ntp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e}
976 The LyX layout file for this document class is still insufficiently tested.
988 macros/latex/contrib/supported/paper/
991 Notes: The document class
995 provides an alternative to the standard
1000 It provides similar functionality, but you might prefer this layout with
1001 sans serif sections, headings, and more.
1004 Koma-Script (scrartcl, scrreprt, scrbook)
1007 Found: @chk_scrartcl@
1012 macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script/
1015 Notes: These document classes provide different versions of the base LaTeX
1029 They have been changed to look somewhat better and be more adapted to european
1030 typesetting standards.
1041 macros/latex209/contrib/revtex/
1044 Notes: This class, which used the REVTeX 3 class, has been superseded by
1049 class, so you should use that instead.
1054 class documents should be pretty easy to change to the new class.) If you
1055 have to use this class for some reason, you should use the file
1063 subdirectory of LyX source distribution.
1069 Found: @chk_revtex4@
1074 macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex4-beta/
1077 Notes: REVTeX 4 is a class used for submitting manuscripts to journals including
1078 APS (Physical Review A-E and Letters, Reviews in Modern Physics, Special
1079 Topics---Accelerators and Beams), the American Institute of Physics, the
1080 Optical Society of America, and the Society for Exploration Geophysicists.
1081 [It is in BETA release as of July, 2000.] Also see
1083 http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/
1089 Found: @chk_siamltex@
1094 macros/latex/contrib/other/siam/siamltex.tar
1097 Notes: The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia,
1098 Pennsylvania, wants to ensure quality typesetting according to SIAM style
1099 standards by providing this LaTeX style.
1102 Springer Journal of Geodesy
1112 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.springer.de/author/tex/help-journals.html}
1123 is for the journal formats used by Springer Verlag, in particular that
1124 of Journal of Geodesy.
1125 It is not very well tested yet.
1126 The corresponding documentclass files and associated material can be found
1127 on the Springer site.
1128 The layout consists of two parts:
1132 (which is generic for all Springer journals) and
1140 and is specific for Journal of Geodesy.
1141 You can write your own
1145 to support any other Springer journals (hint, hint!)
1148 Paper layout packages
1151 Changing the margins of a document is one thing people like to do.
1152 While LaTeX offers built-in options to set the margins of the documents,
1153 some people feel that these margins are too large and want to set them
1155 You can use the package
1159 for this purpose, but note that for the sake of readability, your lines
1160 should not contain more than 60-70 characters.
1171 macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntgclass/
1178 changes the margins of your document to suit the European A4 page dimensions
1179 with smaller margins that the default A4 format.
1190 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/
1197 is another package that allows setting of the margins of your document
1199 With this package, the margins are very wide, but do not follow typographical
1206 Found: @chk_geometry@
1211 macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry
1218 allows to change the paper size and margins of your document in an arbitrary
1220 It does not provide a typographically correct page layout like
1224 or the standard options, though.
1236 Found: @chk_algorithm@
1241 macros/latex/contrib/supported/algorithms/
1248 is needed by LyX to be able to output
1249 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1253 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1257 These are useful in placing short algorithms across pagebreaks and support
1259 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1263 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1277 macros/latex/required/tools/array.dtx
1280 Notes: The package array is needed by LyX to be able to output vertical
1281 alignment other then ''top'' for tabulars.
1292 macros/latex/packages/babel/
1299 allows you to customize your document for your favorite language (see the
1307 In particular, it handles hyphenation and automatic translation of all
1309 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1313 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1317 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1321 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1325 This package is not needed if you only plan to write in English, except
1326 if you want to use non-English quotes.
1337 macros/latex/packages/graphics/
1344 is needed by LyX to handled colored text.
1345 These colors will not show in the DVI preview window, but will be correct
1346 on the printed output or with a PostScript® previewer.
1347 This package is bundled with the
1352 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{ssec:graphics}
1362 Found: @chk_fancyhdr@
1367 macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/
1374 (previously known as
1378 ) is used when you select the
1379 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1383 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1386 page style in the document layout popup.
1387 It provides alternate headers and footers to your pages.
1393 Found: @chk_floatflt@
1398 macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/
1409 ) is used by LyX if you select the ``floatflt'' type in
1411 Layout->Paragraph->ExtraOpt
1413 in the paragraph of a figure float.
1414 It allows you to create a figure float which is narrower than the full
1415 page and wrap the text around it.
1419 \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{ssec:graphics}
1426 Found: @chk_graphics@
1431 macros/latex/packages/graphics/
1438 is needed by LyX to insert PostScript® figures.
1439 You will also need the program
1445 to see them on screen.
1446 The configuration script has determined that the graphics driver used by
1447 the package should be
1450 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1453 @chk_graphicsdriver@
1454 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1464 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1468 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1471 means that your LaTeX installation provides a sensible value for this parameter.
1480 Found: @chk_longtable@
1485 macros/latex/packages/tools/longtable.dtx
1492 is needed by LyX to be able to output correctly multipage tables.
1505 macros/latex/contrib/supported/natbib/natbib.dtx
1512 is needed by LyX to produce a flexible interface to most of the available
1513 bibliographic styles.
1519 Found: @chk_prettyref@
1524 macros/latex/contrib/supported/prettyref
1533 Found: @chk_rotating@
1538 macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotating
1545 is needed by LyX to change the orientation of some parts of your documents.
1546 Note that it only really works with a PostScript® compatible printer.
1552 Found: @chk_subfigure@
1557 macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure
1564 is used by LyX when you select ``subfigure'' in the EPS figure popup.
1565 Several figures marked in this way can be packed into a single float with
1566 individual subcaptions.
1572 Found: @chk_setspace@
1577 macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/
1584 is needed by LyX to change the line spacing of your document.
1595 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/url.sty
1602 is needed by LyX to be able to output url's corrently.
1608 Found: @chk_varioref@
1613 macros/latex/required/tools/