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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
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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
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96 Note that only detected document classes can be selected as document layouts
100 The packages that have been stamped
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108 by the LaTeX maintainers.
109 These ones should definitely be present, but you may not have some of them
110 if your LaTeX distribution is a bit old.
113 Some packages that LyX uses when you try to change the margins of your document.
114 The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available
118 Some common LaTeX packages that you might need with LyX, and you might also
119 want to add to your LaTeX installation.
120 The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available
124 Note that most of these packages will be available if you use a modern TeX
125 distribution such as teTeX.
126 If you decide to install one of the missing items, you should tell LyX
128 After the installation, please use the menu entry
133 ptions\SpecialChar \menuseparator
144 or, if you want to change the system-wide settings, issue the command
148 from the LyX system directory (by default
155 and reload this file to see if the new package was recognized.
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172 , it means that LyX could not do the inventory of your LaTeX configuration
174 If you are using teTeX, it might be that the new package you installed
176 This is because you forgot to run the command
180 , which tells teTeX to update its own configuration.
183 LaTeX version currently in use
186 The LaTeX version that LyX will use is:
191 Note that, for best results, you should be using at least LaTeX release
202 In case it is not clear to you, this number is the date at which the version
207 In fact, earlier versions may work for many things, but will certainly
209 We feel that it is better to stick to a minimal version than try to work
210 around all the quirks of older ones.
227 Notes: LaTeX does not require the use of
231 fonts, however they are strongly recommended.
236 fonts are available in a more natural range of sizes and allow better hyphenati
237 on and kerning than the old fonts such as
242 If you already have the so-called
246 fonts installed, please upgrade to the
250 fonts, which replace them.
251 They are used automatically if LyX determines that you have them installed.
262 macros/latex/required/psnfss/
269 allows you to change the fonts used by LyX to one of the 35 classical fonts
270 available on PostScript® printers.
271 Currently, the support for
275 is limited in LyX: you can only chose a few combinations of PostScript®
285 Standard LaTeX document classes
288 The document classes presented in this section are the basic document classes
290 In particular, they are all present on your system as long as LaTeX2e is
292 When the text indicates that a particular class has not been found, this
293 means the layout file supporting this particular class has not been found.
305 Notes: The standard document class
309 is used to type articles or short texts.
310 It is the basic LaTeX document class.
322 Notes: The standard document class
330 but is slightly more structured (support for different parts).
342 Notes: The standard document class
346 is, as its name suggests, intended to produce books.
347 It supports in particular sectioning by chapters.
359 Notes: The standard document class
363 is the basic class for writing letters, mostly in English.
375 Notes: The standard document class
379 is intended to produce transparencies.
380 It is not very well supported by LyX.
385 instead if it is available (see\SpecialChar ~
387 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{ssec:foils}
402 macros/latex/required/amslatex/classes/
405 Notes: The document class
409 is an alternative to the class
414 It is part of the AMS-LaTeX package and is used for typesetting of mathematics
415 with a look the American Mathematical Society has developed.
416 They recommend it for the preparation of manuscripts intended for publication
417 both in the Society's books and journals, and also in other mathematical
419 The Society requests that published documents prepared with AMS-LaTeX include
420 an acknowledgment of its use.
421 LyX support is still limited.
424 Additional document classes
433 CTAN: N/A (available from ftp site
444 Notes: The document class
448 (Version 5.01) can be used to write articles for submission to the scientific
451 Astronomy and Astrophysics
453 published by EDP Sciences.
462 CTAN: N/A (available from the American Astronomical Society's ftp site
473 Notes: The document class
477 can be used to write articles for submission to the American journals
479 Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal
483 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
491 Found: @chk_broadway@
494 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
498 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
501 Notes: The document class
505 is for writing plays.
506 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
516 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
520 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
523 WWW: At the time of this writing, the latest version can be obtained at
525 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www-rocq.inria.fr/~lasgoutt/lyx/cv-1.5.tar.gz}
532 Notes: The document class
536 is for writing a curriculum vitae.
537 It is rather minimalist, but has nice features like bibliography support
538 (useful for academics).
544 Found: @chk_dinbrief@
549 macros/latex/contrib/supported/dinbrief/
552 Notes: The document class
556 can be used to type letters according to German conventions.
569 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.sgmltools.org}
576 Notes: The class docbook is not a LaTeX document class.
577 It is designed to produce Docbook SGML documents, which, in turn, can be
578 exported as HTML, RTF, text, or dvi (through
583 You need the sgmltools v2.0 package installed to use this.
597 Notes: The document class
601 can be used to write articles for the Journal of the German TeX User Group
603 \begin_inset Quotes eld
606 Die TeXnische Komödie
607 \begin_inset Quotes erd
614 \begin_inset LatexCommand
615 \url{http://www.dante.de}
631 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://math.tulane.edu/~entcs/}
638 Notes: The document class
642 is Elsevier Science's Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science
643 article style, used for the ENTCS series, and many conference proceedings.
671 tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/extsizes/
674 Notes: These document classes are equivalent to the corresponding standard
683 , \SpecialChar \ldots{}
684 ) with additional document-wide font sizes.
688 \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{ssec:foils}
700 macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/
703 Notes: The document class
707 (aka FoilTeX) provides an alternative to the standard
711 class to make transparencies.
712 It allows cross references, uses a less ugly font, and is in general much
718 It does not however have some of the advanced features found in the
722 class, which is not currently supported by LyX.
723 Note that, due to its somewhat restrictive license, it is not included
724 in free TeX distributions like teTeX.
730 Found: @chk_g-brief-en@
735 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
738 Notes: The document class
742 can be used to type commercial letters with a nice outfit.
748 Found: @chk_g-brief-de@
753 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
756 Notes: The document class
760 is the same as the above g-brief-en only with german labels.
766 Found: @chk_hollywood@
769 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
773 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
776 Notes: The document class
780 can be used to type spec scripts for the U.S.
782 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
792 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
796 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
799 Notes: The document class
803 can be used to type letters according to Italian conventions.
804 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
811 Found: @chk_IEEEtran@
817 FTP: Currently, the IEEE ftp site only has an old version at:
822 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.ieee.org/info/publish/latex/ieeetran.cls}
834 A newer version is available from:
839 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/pub/graham/infocom99/latest/IEEEtran.cls}
850 produces documents suitable for submission to most of the IEEE Transactions.
851 You should consult the IEEE Author Information pages at
855 if you intend to use this class.
856 Note that there are both
872 file for use with LyX as the
876 file is for LaTeX 2.09 only.
877 Also note that if your
881 is in lowercase like this example LyX will not find it and you should upgrade
882 to a newer version which has IEEE in capitals.
894 WWW: available from the Kluwer Academic Publishers site
895 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/STYLEFILES}
902 Notes: The document class
906 can be used to write articles for submission to the journals published
907 by Kluwer Academic Publishers, such as
909 Astrophysics and Space Science, Solar Physics
911 and many others (see a full list at
912 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.wkap.nl/jrnllist.htm/JRNLHOME}
922 Found: scrartcl: @chk_scrartcl@,
935 macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script/
938 Notes: These document classes provide different versions of the base LaTeX
952 They have been changed to look somewhat better and be more adapted to european
953 typesetting standards.
969 is actually a LaTeX style file that adds some extra features to the
974 It produces documents suitable for submission to IEEE Conferences.
975 The LaTeX files (including BibTeX style file) are distributed with the
976 Author Kit for IEEE sponsored conferences.
982 Found: @chk_linuxdoc@
992 is not a LaTeX document class.
993 It is designed to produce LinuxDoc-SGML documents, which, in turn, can
994 be exported as HTML, RTF, text or...
1000 (previously known as
1004 ) set of programs installed to use this.
1017 Notes: The document class
1021 can be used to write articles for submission to the Springer journal
1022 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1025 Lecture Notes in Computer Science
1026 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1030 LaTeX documents are available from Springer's ftp site on the following
1034 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://trick.ntp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e}
1043 The LyX layout file for this document class is still insufficiently tested.
1055 macros/latex/contrib/supported/paper/
1058 Notes: The document class
1062 provides an alternative to the standard
1067 It provides similar functionality, but you might prefer this layout with
1068 sans serif sections, headings, and more.
1079 macros/latex209/contrib/revtex/
1082 Notes: This class, which used the REVTeX 3 class, has been superseded by
1087 class, so you should use that instead.
1092 class documents should be pretty easy to change to the new class.) If you
1093 have to use this class for some reason, you should use the file
1101 subdirectory of LyX source distribution.
1107 Found: @chk_revtex4@
1112 macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex/
1115 Notes: REVTeX 4 is a class used for submitting manuscripts to journals including
1116 APS (Physical Review A-E and Letters, Reviews in Modern Physics, Special
1117 Topics---Accelerators and Beams), the American Institute of Physics, the
1118 Optical Society of America, and the Society for Exploration Geophysicists.
1120 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/}
1130 Found: @chk_siamltex@
1135 macros/latex/contrib/other/siam/siamltex.tar
1138 Notes: The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia,
1139 Pennsylvania, wants to ensure quality typesetting according to SIAM style
1140 standards by providing this LaTeX style.
1144 \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{svjog}
1148 Springer Journal of Geodesy
1156 macros/latex/contrib/supported/springer/svjour/jog
1160 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.springer.de/author/tex/help-journals.html}
1171 is for the journal formats used by Springer Verlag, in particular that
1172 of Journal of Geodesy.
1173 It is not very well tested yet.
1174 The corresponding documentclass files and associated material can be found
1175 on the Springer site.
1176 The layout consists of two parts:
1180 (which is generic for all Springer journals) and
1188 and is specific for Journal of Geodesy.
1189 You can write your own
1193 to support any other Springer journals (hint, hint!)
1196 Springer Probability Theory and Related Fields
1199 Found: @chk_svprobth@
1204 macros/latex/contrib/supported/springer/svjour/prothe
1208 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.springer.de/author/tex/help-journals.html}
1219 is a format suitable for publication in the journal Probability Theory
1221 For more information, see section
1222 \begin_inset LatexCommand
1232 Found: @chk_ltugboat@
1237 plain/contrib/tugboat.tar
1240 Notes: The document class
1244 can be used to write articles for the Journal of the TeX User Group
1245 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1249 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1256 \begin_inset LatexCommand
1257 \url{http://www.tug.org}
1266 This section contains packages which have been declared as
1267 \begin_inset Quotes eld
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1274 by the LaTeX maintainers.
1275 You should really consider upgrading your LaTeX setup if one of them is
1287 macros/latex/required/tools/
1290 Notes: The package array is needed by LyX to be able to output vertical
1291 alignment other then ''top'' for tabulars.
1302 macros/latex/required/babel/
1309 allows you to customize your document for your favorite language (see the
1317 In particular, it handles hyphenation and automatic translation of all
1319 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1323 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1327 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1331 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1335 This package is not needed if you only plan to write in English, except
1336 if you want to use non-English quotes.
1347 macros/latex/required/graphics/
1354 is needed by LyX to handled colored text.
1355 These colors will not show in the DVI preview window, but will be correct
1356 on the printed output or with a PostScript® previewer.
1357 This package is bundled with the
1367 Found: @chk_graphicx@
1372 macros/latex/required/graphics/
1379 is needed by LyX to insert PostScript® figures (using the new graphics
1388 to see them on screen.
1389 The configuration script has determined that the graphics driver used by
1390 the package should be
1393 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1396 @chk_graphicsdriver@
1397 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1407 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1411 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1414 means that your LaTeX installation provides a sensible value for this parameter.
1423 Found: @chk_longtable@
1428 macros/latex/required/tools/
1435 is needed by LyX to be able to output correctly multipage tables.
1441 Found: @chk_varioref@
1446 macros/latex/required/tools/
1452 Paper layout packages
1455 Changing the margins of a document is one thing people like to do.
1456 While LaTeX offers built-in options to set the margins of the documents,
1457 some people feel that these margins are too large and want to set them
1459 You can use the package
1463 for this purpose, but note that for the sake of readability, your lines
1464 should not contain more than 60-70 characters.
1475 macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntgclass/
1482 changes the margins of your document to suit the European A4 page dimensions
1483 with smaller margins that the default A4 format.
1494 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/
1501 is another package that allows setting of the margins of your document
1503 With this package, the margins are very wide, but do not follow typographical
1510 Found: @chk_geometry@
1515 macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry/
1522 allows to change the paper size and margins of your document in an arbitrary
1524 It does not provide a typographically correct page layout like
1528 or the standard options, though.
1540 Found: @chk_algorithm@
1545 macros/latex/contrib/supported/algorithms/
1552 is needed by LyX to be able to output
1553 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1557 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1561 These are useful in placing short algorithms across pagebreaks and support
1563 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1567 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1576 Found: @chk_fancyhdr@
1581 macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/
1588 (previously known as
1592 ) is used when you select the
1593 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1597 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1600 page style in the document layout popup.
1601 It provides alternate headers and footers to your pages.
1607 Found: @chk_floatflt@
1612 macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/
1623 ) is used by LyX if you select the ``floatflt'' type in
1625 Layout->Paragraph->ExtraOpt
1627 in the paragraph of a figure float.
1628 It allows you to create a figure float which is narrower than the full
1629 page and wrap the text around it.
1640 macros/latex/contrib/supported/natbib/
1647 is needed by LyX to produce a flexible interface to most of the available
1648 bibliographic styles.
1654 Found: @chk_prettyref@
1659 macros/latex/contrib/supported/prettyref
1668 Found: @chk_rotating@
1673 macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotating
1680 is needed by LyX to change the orientation of some parts of your documents.
1681 Note that it only really works with a PostScript® compatible printer.
1687 Found: @chk_subfigure@
1692 macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure
1699 is used by LyX when you select ``subfigure'' in the EPS figure popup.
1700 Several figures marked in this way can be packed into a single float with
1701 individual subcaptions.
1707 Found: @chk_setspace@
1712 macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/
1719 is needed by LyX to change the line spacing of your document.
1730 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/url.sty
1737 is needed by LyX to be able to output url's corrently.