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by the LyX Team
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\noindent
If you have comments or error corrections, please send them to the LyX Documenta
-tion mailing list, <lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org>.
+tion mailing list, <
+\begin_inset CommandInset href
+LatexCommand href
+target "lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org"
+type "mailto:"
+
+\end_inset
+
+>.
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document processor that provides a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Mean environment
for producing high quality documents.
For further help, you may wish to contact the LyX User Group mailing list
- at
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-
+ at
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-lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
-\family default
-\emph default
+\begin_inset CommandInset href
+LatexCommand href
+target "lyx-users@lists.lyx.org"
+type "mailto:"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
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after
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you have read through the docs.
-
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-\emph on
-
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\begin_layout Abstract
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+\begin_inset CommandInset toc
+LatexCommand tableofcontents
+
\end_inset
anymore.
Recalling what font you used for all of your section headings isn't your
problem anymore.
- You tell LyX (and LaTeX) what
-\emph default
-
+ You tell LyX (and LaTeX) what
\emph on
kind
\emph default
- of document you're editing and what
-\emph default
-
+ of document you're editing and what
\emph on
type
\emph default
of paragraph this-or-that text is, the computer can typeset it accordingly.
Of course you can also still do some low-level formatting for fine-tuning.
However, the proper way with LyX is to tell the computer what the text
-
-\emph default
\emph on
is
\emph default
, not what it should look like.
So, we like to say that LyX gives you WYSIWYM editing (What You See Is
- What You
-\emph default
-
+ What You
\emph on
Mean
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\begin_deeper
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for example,
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://www.fee.uva.nl/scholar/mdw/leuven/thesis.pdf"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+http://www.fee.uva.nl/scholar/mdw/leuven/thesis.pdf
+\end_layout
+
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\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
see
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
for an example on PostgreSQL
\begin_layout Standard
The website
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.lyx.org"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+www.lyx.org
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
is the first place to go for anything related to LyX.
\begin_layout Standard
Another basic introductory guide may be found at
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin/lyxguide.pdf"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin/lyxguide.pdf
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-At this time, you need to have the X Window system to run LyX.
- OS/2 and Win32 ports exist, but you need to have an Xserver
-\emph on
+LyX is known to run on the following platforms (and probably a zillion others):
+\end_layout
-\emph default
-
-installed
-\emph on
+\begin_layout Itemize
+Linux distributions: Debian, RedHat, SUSE, Mandrake, Fedora, Ubuntu, Gentoo,
+ etc
+\end_layout
-\emph default
-
-and running on these systems.
- LyX is known to run on the following platforms (and probably a zillion
- others):
+\begin_layout Itemize
+Microsoft Window NT, 2000, XP, Vista (Windows 95/98/Me editions are not
+ supported)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-Linux: RedHat 4.2, 5.0, 5.1, 6.0, 6.1, SUSE 5.x, Mandrake 7.0, 7.2
+MacOSX (starting from 10.1)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-On my system, the LyX binary consumes 2.0 MB of disk space, while the supporting
- files occupy another 12.6 MB (9.1 MB of which is consumed by the docs! You
- can delete the languages you don't care about to save some space).
+Binary size depends on the system, the LyX binary consumes 13 MB of disk
+ space on Windows, while the supporting files occupy another 25 MB (17 MB
+ of which is consumed by the docs! You can delete the languages you don't
+ care about to save some space).
Of course, you do need to have something like teTeX installed which consumes
a mere 115 MB, as well as ghostscript, which is another 10 MB!
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\begin_layout Standard
Yes.
- The freely available X toolkit that LyX uses, xforms, was until recently
- closed source.
- Also the other toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary product
- of Troll Tech, is used in its open source variant.
- The LyX source itself is available under the GPL, so it qualifies.
-
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-
-\begin_layout Standard
-Version 1.0 of xforms is available under the LGPL and its sources (and binaries)
- can be found from
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/xforms/xforms-1.0.tar.gz"
-\end_inset
-
-, which however requires some tinkering to get running.
- Qt tends to come with your distribution.
+ The freely available GUI toolkit that LyX uses, Qt, although a proprietary
+ product of Troll Tech, is used in its open source GPL variant.
+ The LyX source itself is also available under the GPL, so it qualifies.
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\begin_layout Section
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.lyx.org"
-\end_inset
-
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Itemize
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "bugzilla.lyx.org"
-\end_inset
-
-, if you want to report a bug in LyX.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Itemize
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.devel.lyx.org"
-\end_inset
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status open
-, if you are interested in the real blood and guts.
-\end_layout
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
-\begin_layout Itemize
-Known mirror sites include:
+www.lyx.org
\end_layout
-\begin_deeper
-\begin_layout Itemize
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.mx.lyx.org"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.no.lyx.org"
-\end_inset
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status open
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+bugzilla.lyx.org
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Itemize
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.it.lyx.org"
\end_inset
-
+, if you want to report a bug in LyX.
\end_layout
-\end_deeper
\begin_layout Subsection
Where can I get LyX material by FTP?
\end_layout
\end_inset
; definitely see
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://www.lyx.org/internet/mailing.php3"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+http://www.lyx.org/MailingLists
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
for the full details.
\begin_layout Itemize
Announce:
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-announce@lists.lyx.org/"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-announce@lists.lyx.org/
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
\begin_layout Itemize
Users:
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
\begin_layout Itemize
Devel:
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
Yes.
LyX outputs LaTeX files that are either machine or human friendly.
- The
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-
+ The
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
\family default
\begin_layout Standard
Not trivially.
- People have had some level of success with the following sequence: LyX
-\begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
-\end_inset
+ See these page:
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status open
-LaTeX
-\begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
-\end_inset
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/ConvertingFromWord
+\end_layout
-RTF
-\begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
\end_inset
-Word, and vice versa.
- However, Word is inherently not a markup language like LyX and LaTeX are,
- so conversions are usually difficult and almost meaningless.
-\end_layout
+ and also the converters section which will give another possibilities of
+ conversion routes:
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status open
-\begin_layout Standard
-However, here are a few suggestions which were sent in:
-\end_layout
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
-\begin_layout Description
-word2x produces LaTeX, HTML and plain text output.
- The LaTeX is importable in principle (and is rather clean) but I often
- prefer plain text and add the formatting back in.
- (This requires that you have knowledge on the original formatting).
- On last writing did not yet handle Office 2000 Word.
+http://www.lyx.org/AdditionalSoftware#toc9
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Description
-wvware (found at www.wvware.com, or the abisource CVS repository for the latest).
- This was previously called msWordView.
- Very good, only tends to produce visually formatted LaTeX/HTML.
- Is however highly configurable: a config file
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-
-\family typewriter
-wvLaTeX.xml
-\family default
- guides the translation process.
- Handles also the newest Office formats.
-\end_layout
+\end_inset
-\begin_layout Description
-Ted This is the editor to use when someone sends you an RTF file created
- by Word.
- Fine product.
- Mail yourself the converted version (plain text or HTML).
+.
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\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-For me personally, at least, it's faster doing this than cleaning up attempts
- at a conversion, though it is certainly unsatisfactory if you need to go
- back and forth a lot.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Subsection
Can I read/write HTML files?
\end_layout
\end_inset
converter program, amongst others.
- There may be a HTML
+ There is a HTML
\begin_inset Formula $\rightarrow$
\end_inset
-LaTeX program available which allows you to convert the other direction.
+LaTeX program available (html2latex) which allows you to convert the other
+ direction.
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\begin_layout Section
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-XForms library: xforms-0.88 or higher (using the latest version available
- is recommended)
+Qt library: Qt-4.2.0 or higher (using the latest version available is recommended)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX-1.0 or higher
+A LaTeX installation: we strongly recommend teTeX/TeXLive on Linux, MikTeX
+ on Window
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_layout Itemize
A modern C++ compiler.
- If you are using gcc, LyX requires at least version 2.95.2.
+ If you are using gcc, LyX requires at least version 3.2.0.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Most of the above packages are available as precompiled binaries for a variety
+Most of the above packages are available as precompiled binaries in a variety
of Linux systems, perhaps others as well.
- The LyX binaries are available as RPMS and a few other formats and may
- be obtained from
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/"
+ The LyX binaries are available as RPMS, Windows and Mac installers, plus
+ a few other formats and may be obtained from
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
-Click the TeX toolbar button or select
-\family default
-
+Click the TeX toolbar button or select
\family sans
\bar under
I
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-You can collapse the ERT like any other floats by using
-\family default
-
+You can collapse the ERT like any other floats by using
\family sans
\bar under
E
\bar default
ose float
\family default
- (bound to
-\family default
-
+ (bound to
\family sans
C-i
\family default
-
-by default)
+ by default)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\end_inset
topics, see Herbert Voss' spectacular collection at
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://tug.org/TeXnik/"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+http://tug.org/TeXnik/
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The simplest solution is to open the menu
-\family default
-
+The simplest solution is to open the menu
\family sans
\bar under
L
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Replace the phrase
-\family default
-
+Replace the phrase
\family typewriter
\backslash
theequation
\family default
- with
-\family default
-
+ with
\family typewriter
\backslash
thetable
\family default
- or
-\family default
-
+ or
\family typewriter
\backslash
thefigure
\family default
- and then replace
-\family default
-
+ and then replace
\family typewriter
equation
\family default
- with
-\family default
-
+ with
\family typewriter
table
\family default
- or
-\family default
-
+ or
\family typewriter
figure
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Add
-\family default
-
+Add
\family typewriter
\backslash
LyX will auto-label the entries.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Subsubsection
-How do I count words in LyX?
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-Run a spellcheck; it will display the total number of words checked.
- Make sure the cursor is at the top of the document when you start the spellchec
-ker so that everything is counted.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Subsubsection
How do I insert a fixed amount of horizontal space?
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-There are various ERT commands to use:
-\family default
-
+There are various ERT commands to use:
\family typewriter
\backslash
enspace
\family default
- (1/2 em),
-\family default
-
+ (1/2 em),
\family typewriter
\backslash
thinspace
\family default
- (1/6 em),
-\family default
-
+ (1/6 em),
\family typewriter
\backslash
negthinspace
\family default
- (-1/6 em),
-\family default
-
+ (-1/6 em),
\family typewriter
\backslash
quad
\family default
- (1 em),
-\family default
-
+ (1 em),
\family typewriter
\backslash
qquad
\family default
- (2 em),
-\family default
-
+ (2 em),
\family typewriter
\backslash
\end_inset
in the current font.
- The length argument of the
-\family default
-
+ The length argument of the
\family typewriter
\backslash
hspace
\family default
- command is any valid TeX length; units can be
-\family default
-
+ command is any valid TeX length; units can be
\family typewriter
mm
\family default
- (millimeters),
-\family default
-
+ (millimeters),
\family typewriter
cm
\family default
- (centimeters),
-\family default
-
+ (centimeters),
\family typewriter
in
\family default
- (inches),
-\family default
-
+ (inches),
\family typewriter
pt
\family default
- (points = 1/72 inch),
-\family default
-
+ (points = 1/72 inch),
\family typewriter
em
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
-), or
-\family default
-
+), or
\family typewriter
ex
\family default
\end_inset
).
- Examples:
-\family default
-
+ Examples:
\family typewriter
\backslash
hspace{1in}
\family default
-,
-\family default
-
+,
\family typewriter
\backslash
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Insert
-\family default
-
+Insert
\family typewriter
\backslash
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Select
-\family default
-
+Select
\family sans
Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Document
\family default
.
- In the
-\family default
-
+ In the
\family sans
Float Placement
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The easiest way to work around this is to insert a
-\family default
-
+The easiest way to work around this is to insert a
\family typewriter
\backslash
clearpage
\family default
command somewhere in the document where a pagebreak would be appropriate.
- While a pagebreak would simply start a new page,
-\family default
-
+ While a pagebreak would simply start a new page,
\family typewriter
\backslash
\family default
processes all remaining floats, then begins a new page.
This may lead to an unsightly stack of figures in the middle of your document;
- you may need to use several
-\family default
-
+ you may need to use several
\family typewriter
\backslash
If you have an older version of LyX, you can use the same syntax if you
are running X, because it will cause LyX windows to pop up onto your screen.
If you have the Xvfb command available, you can resort to a deeper level
- of subterfuge (under
-\family default
-
+ of subterfuge (under
\family typewriter
bash
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
-How do I create PDF files from my LyX document?
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-Read Section 5.3.6 of the
-\emph default
-
-\emph on
-Extended Features
-\emph default
- manual.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsection
-Why do the fonts in my document look so bad in
-\family default
-
+Why do the fonts in my document look so bad in
\family typewriter
acroread
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The problem and the solution are also discussed in Section 5.3.6 of the
-\emph default
-
+The problem and the solution are also discussed in Section 5.3.6 of the
\emph on
Extended Features
\emph default
manual.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Subsection
-Why doesn't my latest and greatest version of Ghostscript render EPS inline
- figures properly?
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-[Note: this only applies to versions of LyX older than 1.2.0, since the graphics
- rendering code has been rewritten in this version]
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-A couple of users reported that they couldn't get recent Ghostscript versions
- to display inline figures in LyX.
- It transpires that this is a Ghostscript bug:
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=124957&group_id=1897"
-\end_inset
-
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-This bug appears to affect Ghostscript 6.22 and upwards.
- After applying the above mentioned patch, rendering in Lyx works fine again.
- GNU Ghostscript 6.53 and above include this fix.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Section
Questions Related to LyX on Windows
\end_layout
Then RTFM, especially the Tutorial.
The documentation really is quite good.
(Besides, I helped write parts of it :-) If you think your problem may
- be LaTeX related, then look in
-\emph default
-
+ be LaTeX related, then look in
\emph on
LaTeX, A Document Preparation System, 2nd Ed.
\emph default
by Leslie Lamport (1994).
There are also numerous example files included with LyX.
- Try
-\family default
-
+ Try
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Open\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Examples
\family default
.
+ Don't forget we have Tips and Tricks database in LyX wiki.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
\begin_layout Standard
Send comments, suggested additions, world record document claims, etc.
- to
-\emph default
-
+ to
\emph on
lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org.
\end_layout
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