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33 lyx - A Document Processor
39 lyx [ command-line switches] [name.lyx ...
50 is too complex to be described completely in the "man" page format.
51 If your system is properly configured, you can access the full documentation
64 is a modern approach of writing documents with a computer which breaks
65 with the tradition of the obsolete typewriter concept.
66 It is designed for people who want a professional output with a minimum
67 of time effort, without becoming specialists in typesetting.
68 Compared to common word processors,
72 will increase the productivity a lot, since most of the typesetting will
73 be done by the computer, not the author.
78 the author can concentrate on the contents of his writing, since the computer
79 will take care of the look.
80 Read more about this concept in the online documentation under the Help
89 uses the XForms library as a toolkit.
94 should run everywhere, where XForms runs.
95 This is on all major Unix platforms as well as some PC platforms, including
96 Sun, SGI, HP, Compaq Tru64, IBM RS6000, Convex, Cray, i386/Linux, Alpha/Linux,
97 i386/FreeBSD, i386/NetBSD, DecSystem(mips)/Ultrix, OS/2 with XFree or PMX
109 supports the following command-line switches, which can also be specified
112 in .Xdefaults) with class name
119 -help summarizes LyX usage
122 -sysdir directory sets system directory.
126 -userdir directory sets user directory.
127 Needed if you want to use LyX with different lyxrc settings.
130 -geometry WxH+X+Y specifies the preferred size and position of the main
131 LyX window; see X(1).
134 -dbg feature[,feature...] where feature is a name or number.
135 Use "lyx -dbg" to see the list of available debug features.
138 -x [--execute] command where command is a lyx command.
141 -e [--export] fmt where fmt is the export format of choice.
144 -i [--import] fmt file.xxx where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx
145 is the file to be imported.
149 Furthermore, LyX understands the following generic command line options
150 from the Forms Library:
153 -display host:display specifies the server to connect to.
156 -bw borderwidth specifies the border width to use to built-in objects.
159 -visual visualName requests a visual by name such as TrueColor etc.
160 By default the Forms Library always selects the visual that has the most
164 -depth depth requests a specific depth.
165 Try "-depth best" or "-depth 8" if you get a bad match.
168 -debug level generates some info about the state of the XForms.
169 where level is an integer between 1-5 and controls the amount of information
171 Depending on the options used when the Forms Library was built, a level
172 more than 3 might not be available.
175 -sync runs the application in synchronous mode with debug level set to 4.
178 -private requests a private colormap for the application.
181 -shared requests a shared colormap even if the application needs more colors
183 For those colors that can't be allocated in the shared colormap, substitutions
184 are made so the closest matching color is used.
187 -stdcmap requests a standard colormap.
190 -name newname specifies the application name under which resources are to
191 be obtained, rather than the default executable file name.