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38 \begin_layout Standard
40 lyx - A Document Processor
48 \begin_layout Standard
50 lyx [ command-line switches] [name.lyx ...
59 \begin_layout Standard
65 is too complex to be described completely in the "man" page format.
66 If your system is properly configured, you can access the full documentation
75 \begin_layout Standard
81 is a modern approach of writing documents with a computer which breaks
82 with the tradition of the obsolete typewriter concept.
83 It is designed for people who want a professional output with a minimum
84 of time effort, without becoming specialists in typesetting.
85 Compared to common word processors,
89 will increase the productivity a lot, since most of the typesetting will
90 be done by the computer, not the author.
95 the author can concentrate on the contents of his writing, since the computer
96 will take care of the look.
97 Read more about this concept in the online documentation under the Help
102 \begin_layout Standard
108 uses the XForms library as a toolkit.
113 should run everywhere, where XForms runs.
114 This is on all major Unix platforms as well as some PC platforms, including
115 Sun, SGI, HP, Compaq Tru64, IBM RS6000, Convex, Cray, i386/Linux, Alpha/Linux,
116 i386/FreeBSD, i386/NetBSD, DecSystem(mips)/Ultrix, OS/2 with XFree or PMX
121 \begin_layout Section
126 \begin_layout Standard
132 supports the following command-line switches, which can also be specified
135 in .Xdefaults) with class name
142 \begin_layout Description
144 -help summarizes LyX usage
147 \begin_layout Description
149 -sysdir directory sets system directory.
153 \begin_layout Description
155 -userdir directory sets user directory.
156 Needed if you want to use LyX with different lyxrc settings.
159 \begin_layout Description
161 -geometry WxH+X+Y specifies the preferred size and position of the main
162 LyX window; see X(1).
165 \begin_layout Description
167 -dbg feature[,feature...] where feature is a name or number.
168 Use "lyx -dbg" to see the list of available debug features.
171 \begin_layout Description
173 -x [--execute] command where command is a lyx command.
176 \begin_layout Description
178 -e [--export] fmt where fmt is the export format of choice.
181 \begin_layout Description
183 -i [--import] fmt file.xxx where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx
184 is the file to be imported.
188 \begin_layout Standard
190 Furthermore, LyX understands the following generic command line options
191 from the Forms Library:
194 \begin_layout Description
196 -display host:display specifies the server to connect to.
199 \begin_layout Description
201 -bw borderwidth specifies the border width to use to built-in objects.
204 \begin_layout Description
206 -visual visualName requests a visual by name such as TrueColor etc.
207 By default the Forms Library always selects the visual that has the most
211 \begin_layout Description
213 -depth depth requests a specific depth.
214 Try "-depth best" or "-depth 8" if you get a bad match.
217 \begin_layout Description
219 -debug level generates some info about the state of the XForms.
220 where level is an integer between 1-5 and controls the amount of information
222 Depending on the options used when the Forms Library was built, a level
223 more than 3 might not be available.
226 \begin_layout Description
228 -sync runs the application in synchronous mode with debug level set to 4.
231 \begin_layout Description
233 -private requests a private colormap for the application.
236 \begin_layout Description
238 -shared requests a shared colormap even if the application needs more colors
240 For those colors that can't be allocated in the shared colormap, substitutions
241 are made so the closest matching color is used.
244 \begin_layout Description
246 -stdcmap requests a standard colormap.
249 \begin_layout Description
251 -name newname specifies the application name under which resources are to
252 be obtained, rather than the default executable file name.