1 #LyX 1.3 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
15 \use_numerical_citations 0
16 \paperorientation portrait
19 \paragraph_separation indent
21 \quotes_language english
25 \paperpagestyle default
29 LyX Documentation Table of Contents
32 Introducere în LyX sau cum sã utilizaþi acest document
35 Navigarea prin documentaþie
46 Contribuþii la proiectul de documentare
57 LyX Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
62 Introduction and General Information
69 That's fine, but is it useful?
75 Does LyX run on my computer?
78 How much hard disk space does LyX need?
81 Is LyX really Open Source?
89 Where should I look on the World Wide Web for LyX stuff?
92 Where can I get LyX material by FTP?
95 What mailing lists are there?
98 Are the mailing lists archived anywhere?
101 Okay, wise guy! Where are they archived?
105 Compatibility with other word/document processors
109 Can I read/write LaTeX files?
112 Can I read/write Word files?
115 Can I read/write HTML files?
119 Obtaining and Compiling LyX
130 Where are precompiled binaries?
134 Questions about Evil Red Text (IMPORTANT!)
138 What is Evil Red Text (aka ERT)?
141 How do I enter Evil Red Text?
144 The new ERT inset is really inconvenient !
147 Is there an alternative?
151 Questions Related to Using LyX
159 How do I get rid of the date under the title?
162 How do I change the spacing in an Itemize/\SpecialChar \-
163 Enumerate/\SpecialChar \-
164 Description list environment
168 How do I number equations by section?
171 Is it possible to do this for figures and tables as well?
174 How do I change to footnote numbers to symbols (star, dagger, etc.)?
177 How do I kill widows and orphans?
180 How do I get a formatted list which starts with e.g.
185 How do I count words in LyX?
188 How do I insert a fixed amount of horizontal space?
191 How can I make citations show up as [1,2,3,6] or [1-3,6] rather than [1][2][3][6
196 Figure related questions
200 What is the difference between a
201 \begin_inset Quotes eld
205 \begin_inset Quotes erd
209 \begin_inset Quotes eld
213 \begin_inset Quotes erd
219 How do I get LyX to put the figure exactly where I want it?
223 \begin_inset Quotes eld
226 Too many unprocessed floats
227 \begin_inset Quotes erd
234 Math related questions
238 How do I put normal text inside a mathematical equation?
241 How do I make a cube root (or higher)?
246 Questions Related to Running LyX
250 How do I convert LyX files to LaTeX from the command line?
253 How do I create PDF files from my LyX document?
256 Why do the fonts in my document look so bad in
263 Why doesn't my latest and greatest version of Ghostscript render EPS inline
268 Questions Related to LyX on Windows
272 Why do the menus and the toolbar flicker ?
276 How to get further assistance
280 You still haven't answered my question!
283 I want to mail someone about my problem.
287 What to put in a request for help.
291 Administrative information and acknowledgments
299 Formats in which this FAQ is available.
303 Authorship and acknowledgments.
306 Disclaimer and Copyright.
331 Getting the Most out of the Tutorial
343 Getting Started with LyX
347 Your First LyX Document
351 Typing, Viewing, and Printing
357 WYSIWYM: Whitespace in LyX
365 Sections and Subsections
371 Other Environments: Verses, Quotations, and More
383 Templates: Writing a Letter
389 Labels and Cross-References
396 Your first cross-references
403 Footnotes and Margin Notes
420 Navigating an Equation
423 Exponents and Indices
435 Square roots, accents, and delimiters
441 TeX mode: Limits, log, sin and others
459 Other Major LyX Features
469 Importing LaTeX Documents---
474 Converting LyX Documents to LaTeX
484 Other Preamble Matter
529 Basic File Operations
532 Basic Editing Features
545 Using LyX with Other Programs
549 Importing ASCII files
552 Cut and Paste Between LyX and Other X Programs
557 LyX Setup and Supporting Applications
567 Setting Up the X Keyboard
592 Modifiers and Mode_switch
595 Helpful Hints and Tips
602 Dvips and Ghostscript
612 Ghostscript, Xdvi and Ghostview
633 The Various Document Classes
647 Fine-tuning the Defaults
650 Paper Size, Orientation, and Margins
657 Paragraph Indentation and Separation
664 Global Indentation Method
670 Changing Line Spacing
674 Paragraph Environments
699 Changing the Numbering
821 What You Can and Can't Nest
824 Nesting Other Things: Tables, Math, Floats, etc.
827 Usage and General Features
839 Example #1: The Six-fold Way and Mixed Nesting
842 Example #2: Inheritance
845 Example #3: Labels, Levels, and the
856 Example #4: Going Bonkers
861 Fonts and Text Styles
871 Using Different Character Styles
882 Printing and Previewing
894 Viewing the PostScript® Version with
903 A Few Words about Typography
907 Hyphens and Hyphenation
914 Abbreviations and End of Sentence
929 Floats: Tables, Figures, Footnotes and Margin Notes
941 Figures and Imported Graphics
971 What can be placed inside a table cell?
974 Cut & Paste in Tables
977 Multiple lines in cells
984 Table of Contents and other Listings
988 The Table of Contents
991 List of Figures, Tables and Algorithms
996 Mathematical Formulae
1004 Navigating a Formula
1010 Exponents and Subscripts
1034 The math editor for LaTeX users
1038 Brackets and decorations
1044 Arrays and Multi-line Equations
1047 Equation Numbering and Labels
1050 User defined macros in math mode
1054 Directions on using macros
1084 Enabling AMS Support
1102 URLs (Uniform Resource Locators)
1105 Specifying Short Titles with Optional Arguments
1110 Spacing, pagination and line breaks
1114 Extra Horizontal Space
1117 Extra Vertical Space
1120 Changing Paragraph Alignment
1137 Spellchecker Options
1155 International Support
1162 Keyboard mapping configuration
1173 Extended LyX Features
1187 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1190 Help! LyX generated an unreadable
1195 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1201 Translating LaTeX files into LyX
1204 Inserting LaTeX Code into LyX Documents
1209 LyX and the LaTeX Preamble
1213 About the LaTeX Preamble
1216 Changing the Preamble
1229 Example #3: Paragraph Indentation
1232 Example #4: This Document
1237 LyX and LaTeX Errors
1245 Preparing a Bibliography with BibTeX
1258 Cross-References Between Files
1268 Fancy Headers and Footers
1274 Wrapping Text Around Figures
1283 Removing Extra Column Space
1286 Changing the Column Separator Character
1289 Making a Decimal Point Aligned Column
1292 A Better Decimal-Alignment Solution
1296 Itemize Bullet Selection
1313 Special Document Classes
1321 What these layouts provide
1347 Supported environments
1350 Commands not supported by LyX
1353 Figure and Table Floats
1370 Starting a New Paper
1373 Finishing Your Paper
1376 Comments On Specific Commands
1380 Things that work as expected
1383 Things that work, but require more comment
1386 Things not implemented, use ERT
1389 Things that cannot be implemented
1393 FAQs, Tips, Tricks, and Other Ruminations
1397 Getting LyX and AASTeX to cooperate
1400 LaTeX error processing a table
1411 Things I could have done, but didn't
1429 Preparing a paper for submission
1446 Preparing a paper for submission
1450 \begin_inset Quotes eld
1454 \begin_inset Quotes erd
1457 of the Kluwer package
1470 article (koma-script), report (koma-script), and book (koma-script)
1473 letter (koma-script)
1476 The new letter class: letter (koma-script v.2)
1527 Bugs and things to remember
1564 Paragraph Environments
1568 Supported Environments
1571 Quirks of the New Environments
1577 Making a Presentation with
1653 Supported Environments
1656 Building a Set of Foils
1660 Give It a Title Page
1666 Theorems, Lemmas, Proofs and more
1675 Page Headers and Footers
1699 Latex8 (IEEE Conference Papers)
1709 Supported Environments
1712 Differences Between Screen and Paper
1716 Hollywood (Hollywood spec scripts)
1729 Paper size and Margins
1752 Paper size and Margins
1779 Article (mwart), book (mwbk) and report (mwrep)
1794 Basic features and restrictions
1802 Importing and Exporting Alternate File Formats
1811 Importing Other Formats
1825 Exporting Other Formats
1832 Device Independent Files
1851 Why does the text look so bad when viewed with Acrobat Reader?
1860 boldsymbol{} command work when I use pslatex?
1867 Is it possible to do write latex code which is processed only when running
1873 How can I make URLs clickable ?
1881 The Complete reLyX Description
1903 What reLyX Can Handle
1906 What reLyX Can't Handle --- But it's OK
1909 What reLyX Handles Badly --- a.\SpecialChar ~
1917 What LyX Can't Handle
1933 Implementation Details:
1965 LyX Features needing Extra Software
1969 Using LyX with SGML-Tools (aka LinuxDoc)
1976 Preparing and using a LinuxDoc document
1983 Output from LinuxDoc
1987 Using the paragraph environments in LinuxDoc
1991 The Structure of a LinuxDoc Document
1994 The LinuxDoc Paragraph Environments
1997 Other document features
2000 Cross references and HTML
2004 Using the LinuxDoc Sgml scripts
2009 Troubleshooting LinuxDoc
2027 Version Control in LyX
2055 Revert To Last Version
2070 Literate Programming
2077 Literate Programming
2085 LyX and Literate Programming
2089 Generating documents and code (weaving and tangling)
2101 Colors customization
2107 Secrets of the LaTeX Masters
2113 Tricks for Footnotes and Margin Notes
2144 Columns inside columns
2153 Paragraph Environment
2158 Extra Space Between Table Rows
2164 Non-standard Paragraph Shapes
2171 Customizing LyX: Features for the Advanced User
2177 LyX configuration files
2189 Automatically generated files
2195 Files you don't want to modify
2198 Other files needing a line or two...
2202 Your local configuration directory
2205 Running LyX with multiple configurations
2220 Using the dialog for the first time
2227 DPI setting and Font Zoom
2230 Font definition commands
2247 Converters, Formats and Viewers
2250 ASCII export options
2261 The autodetected settings
2268 Internationalizing LyX
2274 Selecting an alternative language for the user interface
2281 Translating the graphical user interface (text messages).
2284 Translating the documentation.
2288 International Keyboard Support
2292 Defining Own Keymaps: Keymap File Format
2296 International Keymap Stuff
2311 Saving your Language Configuration
2316 Installing New Document Classes, Layouts, and Templates
2324 Installing a new LaTeX package
2331 Supporting new document classes
2349 Declaring a new text class
2353 General text class parameters
2363 Specific Paragraph Layouts
2382 Including External Material
2392 The external material dialog
2398 The external template configuration file
2401 The substitution mechanism
2415 Starting the LyX Server
2418 Normal communication
2424 The simple LyX Server Protocol
2427 8 \start_of_appendix
2454 ayout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
2493 Standard math bindings