1 #LyX 1.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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19 \quotes_language english
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
83 \begin_inset Quotes eld
87 \begin_inset Quotes erd
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.
136 \begin_inset Quotes eld
140 \begin_inset Quotes erd
144 \begin_inset Quotes eld
148 \begin_inset Quotes erd
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 ftp site
377 Notes: The document class
381 (Version 5.01) can be used to write articles for submission to the
385 Astronomy and Astrophysics
387 published by EDP Sciences.
396 CTAN: N/A (available from the American Astronomical Society's ftp site
407 Notes: The document class
411 can be used to write articles for submission to the American journals
413 Astrophysical Journal, Astronomical Journal
417 Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
430 fonts/ams/amslatex/inputs/
433 Notes: The document class
437 is an alternative to the class
442 It is part of the AMS-LaTeX package and is used for typesetting of mathematics
443 with a look the American Mathematical Society has developed.
444 They recommend it for the preparation of manuscripts intended for publication
445 both in the Society's books and journals, and also in other mathematical
447 The Society requests that published documents prepared with AMS-LaTeX include
448 an acknowledgment of its use.
449 LyX support is still limited.
455 Found: @chk_broadway@
458 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
462 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
465 Notes: The document class
469 is for writing plays.
470 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
477 Found: @chk_dinbrief@
482 macros/latex/contrib/supported/dinbrief/
485 Notes: The document class
489 can be used to type letters according to German conventions.
502 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.sgmltools.org}
509 Notes: The class docbook is not a LaTeX document class.
510 It is designed to produce Docbook SGML documents, which, in turn, can be
511 exported as HTML, RTF, text, or dvi (through
516 You need the sgmltools v2.0 package installed to use this.
529 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://math.tulane.edu/~entcs/}
536 Notes: The document class
540 is Elsevier Science's Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science
541 article style, used for the ENTCS series, and many conference proceedings.
548 Found: @chk_g-brief-en@
553 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
556 Notes: The document class
560 can be used to type commercial letters with a nice outfit.
566 Found: @chk_g-brief-de@
571 macros/latex/contrib/supported/g-brief/
574 Notes: The document class
578 is the same as the above g-brief-en only with german labels.
581 Springer 2-columns Journals (ejour2)
587 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
591 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
594 Notes: The document class
598 is for the two-column journal format used by Springer Verlag.
599 It is reasonably well tested only for the Journal of Geodesy.
600 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
612 macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/
615 Notes: The document class
619 (aka FoilTeX) provides an alternative to the standard
623 class to make transparencies.
624 It allows cross references, uses a less ugly font, and is in general much
630 It does not however have some of the advanced features found in the
634 class, which is not currently supported by LyX.
641 Found: @chk_hollywood@
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 spec scripts for the U.S.
657 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
667 CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
671 subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
674 Notes: The document class
678 can be used to type letters according to Italian conventions.
679 It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
686 Found: @chk_IEEEtran@
692 FTP: Currently, the IEEE ftp site only has an old version at:
697 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.ieee.org/info/publish/latex/ieeetran.cls}
709 A newer version is available from:
714 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://ftp.isi.edu/pub/graham/infocom99/latest/IEEEtran.cls}
725 produces documents suitable for submission to most of the IEEE Transactions.
726 You should consult the IEEE Author Information pages at
730 if you intend to use this class.
731 Note that there are both
747 file for use with LyX as the
751 file is for LaTeX 2.09 only.
752 Also note that if your
756 is in lowercase like this example LyX will not find it and you should upgrade
757 to a newer version which has IEEE in capitals.
773 is actually a LaTeX style file that adds some extra features to the
778 It produces documents suitable for submission to IEEE Conferences.
779 The LaTeX files (including BibTeX style file) are distributed with the
780 Author Kit for IEEE sponsored conferences.
786 Found: @chk_linuxdoc@
796 is not a LaTeX document class.
797 It is designed to produce LinuxDoc-SGML documents, which, in turn, can
798 be exported as HTML, RTF, text or...
808 ) set of programs installed to use this.
821 Notes: The document class
825 can be used to write articles for submission to the Springer journal
826 \begin_inset Quotes eld
829 Lecture Notes in Computer Science
830 \begin_inset Quotes erd
834 LaTeX documents are available from Springer's ftp site on the following
838 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{ftp://trick.ntp.springer.de/pub/tex/latex/llncs/latex2e}
847 The LyX layout file for this document class is still insufficiently tested.
859 macros/latex/contrib/supported/paper/
862 Notes: The document class
866 provides an alternative to the standard
871 It provides similar functionality, but you might prefer this layout with
872 sans serif sections, headings, and more.
875 Koma-Script (scrartcl, scrreprt, scrbook)
878 Found: @chk_scrartcl@
883 macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script/
886 Notes: These document classes provide different versions of the base LaTeX
900 They have been changed to look somewhat better and be more adapted to european
901 typesetting standards.
912 macros/latex209/contrib/revtex/
915 Notes: This class, which used the REVTeX 3 class, has been superseded by
920 class, so you should use that instead.
925 class documents should be pretty easy to change to the new class.) If you
926 have to use this class for some reason, you should use the file
934 subdirectory of LyX source distribution.
945 macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex4-beta/
948 Notes: REVTeX 4 is a class used for submitting manuscripts to journals including
949 APS (Physical Review A-E and Letters, Reviews in Modern Physics, Special
950 Topics---Accelerators and Beams), the American Institute of Physics, the
951 Optical Society of America, and the Society for Exploration Geophysicists.
952 [It is in BETA release as of July, 2000.] Also see
954 http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/
960 Found: @chk_siamltex@
965 macros/latex/contrib/other/siam/siamltex.tar
968 Notes: The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Philadelphia,
969 Pennsylvania, wants to ensure quality typesetting according to SIAM style
970 standards by providing this LaTeX style.
973 Springer Journal of Geodesy
983 \begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.springer.de/author/tex/help-journals.html}
994 is for the journal formats used by Springer Verlag, in particular that
995 of Journal of Geodesy.
996 It is not very well tested yet.
997 The corresponding documentclass files and associated material can be found
998 on the Springer site.
999 The layout consists of two parts:
1003 (which is generic for all Springer journals) and
1011 and is specific for Journal of Geodesy.
1012 You can write your own
1016 to support any other Springer journals (hint, hint!)
1019 Paper layout packages
1022 Changing the margins of a document is one thing people like to do.
1023 While LaTeX offers built-in options to set the margins of the documents,
1024 some people feel that these margins are too large and want to set them
1026 You can use the package
1030 for this purpose, but note that for the sake of readability, your lines
1031 should not contain more than 60-70 characters.
1042 macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntgclass/
1049 changes the margins of your document to suit the European A4 page dimensions
1050 with smaller margins that the default A4 format.
1061 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/
1068 is another package that allows setting of the margins of your document
1070 With this package, the margins are very wide, but do not follow typographical
1077 Found: @chk_geometry@
1082 macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry
1089 allows to change the paper size and margins of your document in an arbitrary
1091 It does not provide a typographically correct page layout like
1095 or the standard options, though.
1107 Found: @chk_algorithm@
1112 macros/latex/contrib/supported/algorithms/
1119 is needed by LyX to be able to output
1120 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1124 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1128 These are useful in placing short algorithms across pagebreaks and support
1130 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1134 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1148 macros/latex/required/tools/array.dtx
1151 Notes: The package array is needed by LyX to be able to output vertical
1152 alignment other then ''top'' for tabulars.
1163 macros/latex/packages/babel/
1170 allows you to customize your document for your favorite language (see the
1178 In particular, it handles hyphenation and automatic translation of all
1180 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1184 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1188 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1192 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1196 This package is not needed if you only plan to write in English, except
1197 if you want to use non-English quotes.
1208 macros/latex/packages/graphics/
1215 is needed by LyX to handled colored text.
1216 These colors will not show in the DVI preview window, but will be correct
1217 on the printed output or with a PostScript® previewer.
1218 This package is bundled with the
1223 \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{ssec:graphics}
1233 Found: @chk_fancyhdr@
1238 macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/
1245 (previously known as
1249 ) is used when you select the
1250 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1254 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1257 page style in the document layout popup.
1258 It provides alternate headers and footers to your pages.
1264 Found: @chk_floatflt@
1269 macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/
1280 ) is used by LyX if you select the ``floatflt'' type in
1282 Layout->Paragraph->ExtraOpt
1284 in the paragraph of a figure float.
1285 It allows you to create a figure float which is narrower than the full
1286 page and wrap the text around it.
1290 \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{ssec:graphics}
1297 Found: @chk_graphics@
1302 macros/latex/packages/graphics/
1309 is needed by LyX to insert PostScript® figures.
1310 You will also need the program
1316 to see them on screen.
1317 The configuration script has determined that the graphics driver used by
1318 the package should be
1321 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1324 @chk_graphicsdriver@
1325 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1329 \begin_float footnote
1335 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1343 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1348 means that your LaTeX installation provides a sensible value for this parameter.
1356 Found: @chk_longtable@
1361 macros/latex/packages/tools/longtable.dtx
1368 is needed by LyX to be able to output correctly multipage tables.
1374 Found: @chk_prettyref@
1379 macros/latex/contrib/supported/prettyref
1388 Found: @chk_rotating@
1393 macros/latex/contrib/supported/rotating
1400 is needed by LyX to change the orientation of some parts of your documents.
1401 Note that it only really works with a PostScript® compatible printer.
1407 Found: @chk_subfigure@
1412 macros/latex/contrib/supported/subfigure
1419 is used by LyX when you select ``subfigure'' in the EPS figure popup.
1420 Several figures marked in this way can be packed into a single float with
1421 individual subcaptions.
1427 Found: @chk_setspace@
1432 macros/latex/contrib/supported/setspace/
1439 is needed by LyX to change the line spacing of your document.
1450 macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/url.sty
1457 is needed by LyX to be able to output url's corrently.
1463 Found: @chk_varioref@
1468 macros/latex/required/tools/