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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.
498 Found: @chk_g-brief-en@
503 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
506 Notes: The document class
510 can be used to type commercial letters with a nice outfit.
516 Found: @chk_g-brief-de@
521 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
524 Notes: The document class
528 is the same as the above g-brief-en only with german labels.
531 Springer 2-columns Journals (ejour2)
537 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
541 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
544 Notes: The document class
548 is for the two-column journal format used by Springer Verlag.
549 It is reasonably well tested only for the Journal of Geodesy.
550 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
562 macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/
565 Notes: The document class
569 (aka FoilTeX) provides an alternative to the standard
573 class to make transparencies.
574 It allows cross references, uses a less ugly font, and is in general much
580 It does not however have some of the advanced features found in the
584 class, which is not currently supported by LyX.
591 Found: @chk_hollywood@
594 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
598 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
601 Notes: The document class
605 can be used to type spec scripts for the U.S.
607 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
617 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
621 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
624 Notes: The document class
628 can be used to type letters according to Italian conventions.
629 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
636 Found: @chk_IEEEtran@
642 FTP: Currently, the IEEE ftp site only has an old version at:
647 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.ieee.org/info/publish/latex/ieeetran.cls}
659 A newer version is available from:
664 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/pub/graham/infocom99/latest/IEEEtran.cls}
675 produces documents suitable for submission to most of the IEEE Transactions.
676 You should consult the IEEE Author Information pages at
680 if you intend to use this class.
681 Note that there are both
697 file for use with LyX as the
701 file is for LaTeX 2.09 only.
702 Also note that if your
706 is in lowercase like this example LyX will not find it and you should upgrade
707 to a newer version which has IEEE in capitals.
723 is actually a LaTeX style file that adds some extra features to the
728 It produces documents suitable for submission to IEEE Conferences.
729 The LaTeX files (including BibTeX style file) are distributed with the
730 Author Kit for IEEE sponsored conferences.
736 Found: @chk_linuxdoc@
746 is not a LaTeX document class.
747 It is designed to produce LinuxDoc-SGML documents, which, in turn, can
748 be exported as HTML, RTF, text or...
758 ) set of programs installed to use this.
772 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.sgmltools.org}
779 Notes: The class docbook is not a LaTeX document class.
780 It is designed to produce Docbook SGML documents, which, in turn, can be
781 exported as HTML, RTF, text, or dvi (through
786 You need the sgmltools v2.0 package installed to use this.
797 macros/latex/contrib/supported/paper/
800 Notes: The document class
804 provides an alternative to the standard
809 It provides similar functionality, but you might prefer this layout with
810 sans serif sections, headings, and more.
813 Koma-Script (scrartcl, scrreprt, scrbook)
816 Found: @chk_scrartcl@
821 macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script/
824 Notes: These document classes provide different versions of the base LaTeX
838 They have been changed to look somewhat better and be more adapted to european
839 typesetting standards.
850 macros/latex209/contrib/revtex/
853 Notes: The document class
857 is used to write articles for the publications of the American Physical
858 Society (APS), American Institute of Physics (AIP), and Optical Society
860 For better results, you should use the file
868 subdirectory of LyX source distribution.
879 macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex4-beta/
882 Notes: RevTeX 4 is a class used for submitting manuscripts to journals including
883 APS (Physical Review A-E and Letters, Reviews in Modern Physics, Special
884 Topics---Accelerators and Beams), the American Institute of Physics, the
885 Optical Society of America, and the Society for Exploration Geophysicists.
886 [It is in BETA release as of September, 1999.]
889 Paper layout packages
892 Changing the margins of a document is one thing people like to do.
893 While LaTeX offers built-in options to set the margins of the documents,
894 some people feel that these margins are too large and want to set them
896 You can use the package
900 for this purpose, but note that for the sake of readability, your lines
901 should not contain more than 60-70 characters.
912 macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntgclass/
919 changes the margins of your document to suit the European A4 page dimensions
920 with smaller margins that the default A4 format.
931 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/
938 is another package that allows setting of the margins of your document
940 With this package, the margins are very wide, but do not follow typographical
947 Found: @chk_geometry@
952 macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry
959 allows to change the paper size and margins of your document in an arbitrary
961 It does not provide a typographically correct page layout like
965 or the standard options, though.
977 Found: @chk_algorithm@
982 macros/latex/contrib/supported/algorithms/
989 is needed by LyX to be able to output
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998 These are useful in placing short algorithms across pagebreaks and support
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1018 macros/latex/packages/babel/
1025 allows you to customize your document for your favorite language (see the
1033 In particular, it handles hyphenation and automatic translation of all
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1051 This package is not needed if you only plan to write in English, except
1052 if you want to use non-English quotes.
1063 macros/latex/packages/graphics/
1070 is needed by LyX to handled colored text.
1071 These colors will not show in the DVI preview window, but will be correct
1072 on the printed output or with a PostScript® previewer.
1073 This package is bundled with the
1078 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{ssec:graphics}
1088 Found: @chk_fancyhdr@
1093 macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/
1100 (previously known as
1104 ) is used when you select the
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1112 page style in the document layout popup.
1113 It provides alternate headers and footers to your pages.
1119 Found: @chk_floatflt@
1124 macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/
1135 ) is used by LyX if you select the ``floatflt'' type in
1137 Layout->Paragraph->ExtraOpt
1139 in the paragraph of a figure float.
1140 It allows you to create a figure float which is narrower than the full
1141 page and wrap the text around it.
1145 \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{ssec:graphics}
1152 Found: @chk_graphics@
1157 macros/latex/packages/graphics/
1164 is needed by LyX to insert PostScript® figures.
1165 You will also need the program
1171 to see them on screen.
1172 The configuration script has determined that the graphics driver used by
1173 the package should be
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1179 @chk_graphicsdriver@
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1203 means that your LaTeX installation provides a sensible value for this parameter.
1211 Found: @chk_rotating@
1216 macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotating
1223 is needed by LyX to change the orientation of some parts of your documents.
1224 Note that it only really works with a PostScript® compatible printer.
1230 Found: @chk_subfigure@
1235 macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure
1242 is used by LyX when you select ``subfigure'' in the EPS figure popup.
1243 Several figures marked in this way can be packed into a single float with
1244 individual subcaptions.
1250 Found: @chk_setspace@
1255 macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/
1262 is needed by LyX to change the line spacing of your document.
1268 Found: @chk_longtable@
1273 macros/latex/packages/tools/longtable.dtx
1280 is needed by LyX to be able to output correctly multipage tables.
1291 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/url.sty
1298 is needed by LyX to be able to output url's corrently.