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by the LyX Team
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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, <
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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
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-lyx-users@lists.lyx.org
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after
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you have read through the docs.
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\begin_layout Abstract
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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
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kind
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- of document you're editing and what
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-
+ of document you're editing and what
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type
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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
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\emph on
is
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, not what it should look like.
So, we like to say that LyX gives you WYSIWYM editing (What You See Is
- What You
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+ What You
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Mean
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for example,
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+http://www.fee.uva.nl/scholar/mdw/leuven/thesis.pdf
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see
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+http://www.postgresql.org/docs/awbook.html
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for an example on PostgreSQL
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The website
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-target "www.lyx.org"
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+www.lyx.org
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is the first place to go for anything related to LyX.
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Another basic introductory guide may be found at
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-target "www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin/lyxguide.pdf"
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+www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin/lyxguide.pdf
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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
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-
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-
-installed
-\emph on
-
-\emph default
-
-and running on these systems.
+ OS/2 and Win32 ports exist, but you need to have an Xserver installed and
+ running on these systems.
LyX is known to run on the following platforms (and probably a zillion
others):
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Version 1.0 of xforms is available under the LGPL and its sources (and binaries)
can be found from
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-target "http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/xforms/xforms-1.0.tar.gz"
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+http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/xforms/xforms-1.0.tar.gz
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, which however requires some tinkering to get running.
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-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.lyx.org"
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+www.lyx.org
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "bugzilla.lyx.org"
+\begin_inset Flex URL
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+bugzilla.lyx.org
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, if you want to report a bug in LyX.
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-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.devel.lyx.org"
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+www.devel.lyx.org
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, if you are interested in the real blood and guts.
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-target "www.mx.lyx.org"
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+www.mx.lyx.org
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-target "www.no.lyx.org"
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+www.no.lyx.org
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-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "www.it.lyx.org"
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+www.it.lyx.org
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; definitely see
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+http://www.lyx.org/internet/mailing.php3
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for the full details.
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Announce:
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+http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-announce@lists.lyx.org/
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Users:
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+http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-users@lists.lyx.org/
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Devel:
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-target "http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/"
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+http://www.mail-archive.com/lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org/
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Yes.
LyX outputs LaTeX files that are either machine or human friendly.
- The
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-
+ The
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
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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
-\family default
-
+ Is however highly configurable: a config file
\family typewriter
wvLaTeX.xml
\family default
of Linux systems, perhaps others as well.
The LyX binaries are available as RPMS and a few other formats and may
be obtained from
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+ftp://ftp.lyx.org/pub/lyx/bin/
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.
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-Click the TeX toolbar button or select
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+Click the TeX toolbar button or select
\family sans
\bar under
I
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-You can collapse the ERT like any other floats by using
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+You can collapse the ERT like any other floats by using
\family sans
\bar under
E
\bar default
ose float
\family default
- (bound to
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+ (bound to
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C-i
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-
-by default)
+ by default)
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topics, see Herbert Voss' spectacular collection at
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+http://tug.org/TeXnik/
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.
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-The simplest solution is to open the menu
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+The simplest solution is to open the menu
\family sans
\bar under
L
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-Replace the phrase
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+Replace the phrase
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\backslash
theequation
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- with
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-
+ with
\family typewriter
\backslash
thetable
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- or
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+ or
\family typewriter
\backslash
thefigure
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- and then replace
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-
+ and then replace
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equation
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- with
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+ with
\family typewriter
table
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- or
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+ or
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figure
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-Add
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+Add
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\backslash
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\begin_layout Standard
-There are various ERT commands to use:
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-
+There are various ERT commands to use:
\family typewriter
\backslash
enspace
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- (1/2 em),
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-
+ (1/2 em),
\family typewriter
\backslash
thinspace
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- (1/6 em),
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-
+ (1/6 em),
\family typewriter
\backslash
negthinspace
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- (-1/6 em),
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+ (-1/6 em),
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quad
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- (1 em),
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+ (1 em),
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\backslash
qquad
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- (2 em),
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+ (2 em),
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\backslash
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in the current font.
- The length argument of the
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-
+ The length argument of the
\family typewriter
\backslash
hspace
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- 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),
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+ (centimeters),
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in
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- (inches),
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-
+ (inches),
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pt
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- (points = 1/72 inch),
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+ (points = 1/72 inch),
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em
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\begin_inset Quotes erd
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-), or
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-
+), or
\family typewriter
ex
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).
- Examples:
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+ Examples:
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\backslash
hspace{1in}
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-,
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-
+,
\family typewriter
\backslash
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Insert
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+Insert
\family typewriter
\backslash
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Select
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-
+Select
\family sans
Layout\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Document
\family default
.
- In the
-\family default
-
+ In the
\family sans
Float Placement
\family default
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\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 Standard
-Read Section 5.3.6 of the
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-
+Read Section 5.3.6 of the
\emph on
Extended Features
\emph default
\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
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-\begin_inset LatexCommand url
-target "http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=124957&group_id=1897"
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+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
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+http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=124957&group_id=1897
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+
\end_inset
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
\begin_layout Standard
Send comments, suggested additions, world record document claims, etc.
- to
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-
+ to
\emph on
lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org.
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