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29 LyX Documentation Table of Contents
32 Bevezetés a LyX használatába,
36 Hogyan használjuk ezeket a dokumentumokat
39 Eligazodás a dokumentumok között
42 A kézikönyvek formátuma
50 Közremûködés a Dokumentációs Projektben
54 A kézikönyvben talált hibák jelentése
57 Csatlakozás a Dokumentációs Csapathoz
60 Csatlakozás a dokumentációk fordításához
64 LyX Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
69 Introduction and General Information
76 That's fine, but is it useful?
82 Does LyX run on my computer?
85 How much hard disk space does LyX need?
88 Is LyX really Open Source?
96 Where should I look on the World Wide Web for LyX stuff?
99 Where can I get LyX material by FTP?
102 What mailing lists are there?
105 Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?
108 Okay, wise guy! Where are they archived?
112 Compatibility with other word/document processors
116 Can I read/write LaTeX files?
119 Can I read/write Word files?
122 Can I read/write HTML files?
126 Obtaining and Compiling LyX
137 Where are precompiled binaries?
141 Questions about Evil Red Text (IMPORTANT!)
145 What is Evil Red Text (aka ERT)?
148 How do I enter Evil Red Text?
151 The new ERT inset is really inconvenient !
154 Is there an alternative?
158 Questions Related to Using LyX
166 How do I get rid of the date under the title?
169 How do I change the spacing in an Itemize/\SpecialChar \-
170 Enumerate/\SpecialChar \-
171 Description list environment
175 How do I number equations by section?
178 Is it possible to do this for figures and tables as well?
181 How do I change to footnote numbers to symbols (star, dagger, etc.)?
184 How do I kill widows and orphans?
187 How do I get a formatted list which starts with e.g.
192 How do I count words in LyX?
195 How do I insert a fixed amount of horizontal space?
198 How can I make citations show up as [1,2,3,6] or [1-3,6] rather than [1][2][3][6
203 Figure related questions
207 What is the difference between a
208 \begin_inset Quotes eld
212 \begin_inset Quotes erd
216 \begin_inset Quotes eld
220 \begin_inset Quotes erd
226 How do I get LyX to put the figure exactly where I want it?
230 \begin_inset Quotes eld
233 Too many unprocessed floats
234 \begin_inset Quotes erd
241 Math related questions
245 How do I put normal text inside a mathematical equation?
248 How do I make a cube root (or higher)?
253 Questions Related to Running LyX
257 How do I convert LyX files to LaTeX from the command line?
260 How do I create PDF files from my LyX document?
263 Why do the fonts in my document look so bad in
270 Why doesn't my latest and greatest version of Ghostscript render EPS inline
275 Questions Related to LyX on Windows
279 Why do the menus and the toolbar flicker ?
283 How to get further assistance
287 You still haven't answered my question!
290 I want to mail someone about my problem.
294 What to put in a request for help.
298 Administrative information and acknowledgments
306 Formats in which this FAQ is available.
310 Authorship and acknowledgments.
313 Disclaimer and Copyright.
338 Getting the Most out of the Tutorial
350 Getting Started with LyX
354 Your First LyX Document
358 Typing, Viewing, and Printing
364 WYSIWYM: Whitespace in LyX
372 Sections and Subsections
378 Other Environments: Verses, Quotations, and More
390 Templates: Writing a Letter
396 Labels and Cross-References
403 Your first cross-references
410 Footnotes and Margin Notes
427 Navigating an Equation
430 Exponents and Indices
442 Square roots, accents, and delimiters
448 TeX mode: Limits, log, sin and others
466 Other Major LyX Features
476 Importing LaTeX Documents---
481 Converting LyX Documents to LaTeX
491 Other Preamble Matter
536 Basic File Operations
539 Basic Editing Features
552 Using LyX with Other Programs
556 Importing ASCII files
559 Cut and Paste Between LyX and Other X Programs
564 LyX Setup and Supporting Applications
574 Setting Up the X Keyboard
599 Modifiers and Mode_switch
602 Helpful Hints and Tips
609 Dvips and Ghostscript
619 Ghostscript, Xdvi and Ghostview
640 The Various Document Classes
654 Fine-tuning the Defaults
657 Paper Size, Orientation, and Margins
664 Paragraph Indentation and Separation
671 Global Indentation Method
677 Changing Line Spacing
681 Paragraph Environments
706 Changing the Numbering
828 What You Can and Can't Nest
831 Nesting Other Things: Tables, Math, Floats, etc.
834 Usage and General Features
846 Example #1: The Six-fold Way and Mixed Nesting
849 Example #2: Inheritance
852 Example #3: Labels, Levels, and the
863 Example #4: Going Bonkers
868 Fonts and Text Styles
878 Using Different Character Styles
889 Printing and Previewing
901 Viewing the PostScript® Version with
910 A Few Words about Typography
914 Hyphens and Hyphenation
921 Abbreviations and End of Sentence
936 Floats: Tables, Figures, Footnotes and Margin Notes
948 Figures and Imported Graphics
978 What can be placed inside a table cell?
981 Cut & Paste in Tables
984 Multiple lines in cells
991 Table of Contents and other Listings
995 The Table of Contents
998 List of Figures, Tables and Algorithms
1003 Mathematical Formulae
1011 Navigating a Formula
1017 Exponents and Subscripts
1041 The math editor for LaTeX users
1045 Brackets and decorations
1051 Arrays and Multi-line Equations
1054 Equation Numbering and Labels
1057 User defined macros in math mode
1061 Directions on using macros
1091 Enabling AMS Support
1109 URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
1112 Specifying Short Titles with Optional Arguments
1117 Spacing, pagination and line breaks
1121 Extra Horizontal Space
1124 Extra Vertical Space
1127 Changing Paragraph Alignment
1144 Spellchecker Options
1162 International Support
1169 Keyboard mapping configuration
1180 Extended LyX Features
1194 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1197 Help! LyX generated an unreadable
1202 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1208 Translating LaTeX files into LyX
1211 Inserting LaTeX Code into LyX Documents
1216 LyX and the LaTeX Preamble
1220 About the LaTeX Preamble
1223 Changing the Preamble
1236 Example #3: Paragraph Indentation
1239 Example #4: This Document
1244 LyX and LaTeX Errors
1252 Preparing a Bibliography with BibTeX
1265 Cross-References Between Files
1275 Fancy Headers and Footers
1281 Wrapping Text Around Figures
1290 Removing Extra Column Space
1293 Changing the Column Separator Character
1296 Making a Decimal Point Aligned Column
1299 A Better Decimal-Alignment Solution
1303 Itemize Bullet Selection
1320 Special Document Classes
1328 What these layouts provide
1354 Supported environments
1357 Commands not supported by LyX
1360 Figure and Table Floats
1377 Starting a New Paper
1380 Finishing Your Paper
1383 Comments On Specific Commands
1387 Things that work as expected
1390 Things that work, but require more comment
1393 Things not implemented, use ERT
1396 Things that cannot be implemented
1400 FAQs, Tips, Tricks, and Other Ruminations
1404 Getting LyX and AASTeX to cooperate
1407 LaTeX error processing a table
1418 Things I could have done, but didn't
1436 Preparing a paper for submission
1453 Preparing a paper for submission
1457 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1461 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1464 of the Kluwer package
1477 article (koma-script), report (koma-script), and book (koma-script)
1480 letter (koma-script)
1483 The new letter class: letter (koma-script v.2)
1534 Bugs and things to remember
1571 Paragraph Environments
1575 Supported Environments
1578 Quirks of the New Environments
1584 Making a Presentation with
1660 Supported Environments
1663 Building a Set of Foils
1667 Give It a Title Page
1673 Theorems, Lemmas, Proofs and more
1682 Page Headers and Footers
1706 Latex8 (IEEE Conference Papers)
1716 Supported Environments
1719 Differences Between Screen and Paper
1723 Hollywood (Hollywood spec scripts)
1736 Paper size and Margins
1759 Paper size and Margins
1786 Article (mwart), book (mwbk) and report (mwrep)
1801 Basic features and restrictions
1809 Importing and Exporting Alternate File Formats
1818 Importing Other Formats
1832 Exporting Other Formats
1839 Device Independent Files
1858 Why does the text look so bad when viewed with Acrobat Reader?
1867 boldsymbol{} command work when I use pslatex?
1874 Is it possible to do write latex code which is processed only when running
1880 How can I make URLs clickable ?
1888 The Complete reLyX Description
1910 What reLyX Can Handle
1913 What reLyX Can't Handle --- But it's OK
1916 What reLyX Handles Badly --- a.\SpecialChar ~
1924 What LyX Can't Handle
1940 Implementation Details:
1972 LyX Features needing Extra Software
1976 Using LyX with SGML-Tools (aka LinuxDoc)
1983 Preparing and using a LinuxDoc document
1990 Output from LinuxDoc
1994 Using the paragraph environments in LinuxDoc
1998 The Structure of a LinuxDoc Document
2001 The LinuxDoc Paragraph Environments
2004 Other document features
2007 Cross references and HTML
2011 Using the LinuxDoc Sgml scripts
2016 Troubleshooting LinuxDoc
2034 Version Control in LyX
2062 Revert To Last Version
2077 Literate Programming
2084 Literate Programming
2092 LyX and Literate Programming
2096 Generating documents and code (weaving and tangling)
2108 Colors customization
2114 Secrets of the LaTeX Masters
2120 Tricks for Footnotes and Margin Notes
2151 Columns inside columns
2160 Paragraph Environment
2165 Extra Space Between Table Rows
2171 Non-standard Paragraph Shapes
2178 Customizing LyX: Features for the Advanced User
2184 LyX configuration files
2196 Automatically generated files
2202 Files you don't want to modify
2205 Other files needing a line or two...
2209 Your local configuration directory
2212 Running LyX with multiple configurations
2227 Using the dialog for the first time
2234 DPI setting and Font Zoom
2237 Font definition commands
2254 Converters, Formats and Viewers
2257 ASCII export options
2268 The autodetected settings
2275 Internationalizing LyX
2281 Selecting an alternative language for the user interface
2288 Translating the graphical user interface (text messages).
2291 Translating the documentation.
2295 International Keyboard Support
2299 Defining Own Keymaps: Keymap File Format
2303 International Keymap Stuff
2318 Saving your Language Configuration
2323 Installing New Document Classes, Layouts, and Templates
2331 Installing a new LaTeX package
2338 Supporting new document classes
2356 Declaring a new text class
2360 General text class parameters
2370 Specific Paragraph Layouts
2389 Including External Material
2399 The external material dialog
2405 The external template configuration file
2408 The substitution mechanism
2422 Starting the LyX Server
2425 Normal communication
2431 The simple LyX Server Protocol
2434 8 \start_of_appendix
2461 ayout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
2500 Standard math bindings