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-If you have comments or error corrections, please send them to the LyX Documenta
-tion mailing list:
+If you have comments on or corrections to this documentation, please send
+ them to the LyX Documentation mailing list:
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LyX is a document preparation system.
It excels at letting you create complex technical and scientific articles
- with mathematics, cross-references, bibliographies, indices, etc.
+ with mathematics, cross-references, bibliographies, indexes, etc.
It is very good for working with documents of any length in which the usual
processing abilities are required: automatic sectioning and pagination,
- spell checking, and so forth.
+ spell checking and so forth.
It can also be used to write a letter to your mom, though granted, there
are probably simpler programs available for that.
It is definitely not the best tool for creating banners, flyers, or advertiseme
.
Of course, if you later decide that this section belongs someplace else
- in the document, or if you insert a new section before it, you need to
- change the numbering for this and all following sections, as well as any
- entry in the table of contents.
+ in the document or if you insert a new section before it, you need to change
+ the numbering for this and all following sections, as well as any entry
+ in the table of contents.
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that label should be, how many blank lines to put between each item, and
so on.
Under LyX, you have only two concerns: what kind of list is this, and what
- do I want to put in it.
- That's it.
+ do I want to put in it? That is it.
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Tab stops, along with a ruler showing you the position of things on the
page, are useless in LyX.
The program worries about where things go on the page, not you.
- Extra whitespace is similar; LyX adds them where necessary, depending on
+ Extra whitespace is similar; LyX adds it where necessary, depending on
context.
Not being able to type two blank lines in a row will be annoying at first,
but it makes more sense once you're thinking in WYSIWYM terms.
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The source for the info in this section is
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A Guide to LaTeX2e
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-,
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-
- by Helmut Kopka and Patrick Daly, which has an entry in the bibliography
+, by Helmut Kopka and Patrick Daly, which has an entry in the bibliography
of the
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User's Guide
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of the printing trade were modeled by Knuth as computer algorithms and
- incorporated into TeX, thus its excellent printed appearance.
+ incorporated into TeX, hence its excellent printed appearance.
What comes directly out of TeX is the portable document format
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pdf
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-classes: Descriptions of a type of document, using LaTeX\SpecialChar \@.
+classes: Descriptions of types of document used with LaTeX\SpecialChar \@.
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-styles: Alters the default behavior of LaTeX in some way.
+styles: Descriptions of the default behavior of particular elements of LaTeX.
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-LyX: Visual, WYSIWYM word-processor that uses LaTeX to do its typesetting.
+LyX: Visual, WYSIWYM document processor that uses LaTeX to do its typesetting.
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-This section attempts to account for the difference between LyX and other
- word processors.
+This section attempts to explain the difference between LyX and a word processor.
Simply put, LaTeX is the difference.
- By using LaTeX as its backend, LyX helps you think more about
+ By using LaTeX as its backend, LyX helps you to think more about
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-The developing of LyX will hopefully never stop, so that some of the documentati
-on may be incomplete or a bit out of date, though we try to keep up.
+Hopefully, the development of LyX will never stop; so some of the documentation
+ may be incomplete or a bit out of date, though we try to keep up-to-date.
Like the rest of LyX, the manuals are the work of a group of volunteers
who have
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-, families, dishes to clean, kitty litter to dispose of, et cetera.
+, families, dishes to clean,
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+et cetera
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+.
If you want to help out, be sure to read Section
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Also, please do us a favor – if anything in these manuals confuses you,
is unclear, or wrong, don't hesitate to let us know! You can reach the
- current document maintainers by mailing to
+ current document maintainers by emailing
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-Some may have printed out the manuals.
+Some of you may have printed out the manuals.
Others may be reading them within LyX.
There are some differences between the LyX-file and the printed version.
In LyX, the title is simply at the top of the document, not formatted on
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In the printed manuals, all cross-references appear as the actual numbers
for a chapter, section, subsection, and so on.
- Online, however, all cross-references appear as a light-grey box like the
- following:
+ In the LyX-file, however, all cross-references appear as a light-grey box
+ like the following:
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.
If you click on that box with the left mouse button, a dialog box will
appear containing a list of all the cross-references in the document.
- You can go to the referred section by right-clicking on the box or by clicking
- the button
+ You can go to the referenced section by right-clicking on the box or by
+ clicking the button
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in the opened dialog.
Going back to where you came from is just as easy.
- Clicking on
+ Click on
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Go
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Now that we've cleared up some of the differences between the printed and
- online versions of this file, we can start looking at the format of this
+ LyX-file versions of this file, we can start looking at the format of this
document.
You'll occasionally notice things in different fonts:
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-Ctrl-
+Ctrl+
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+Shift+
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-Alt-
+Alt+
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-reference "cap:Units-for-image"
+reference "tab:Units"
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sideways false
status open
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-name "cap:Units-for-image"
+name "tab:Units"
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\align center
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<lyxtabular version="3" rows="20" columns="2">
-<features tabularvalignment="middle">
-<column alignment="center" valignment="top" width="0">
+<features booktabs="true" tabularvalignment="middle">
+<column alignment="center" valignment="top" width="0pt">
<column alignment="center" valignment="top" width="0">
<row>
-<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="true" leftline="true" usebox="none">
+<cell alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="true" usebox="none">
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-inch
+inch (1
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+in = 2.54
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+cm)
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- (Skimming the rest of the document wouldn't hurt, either.)
+ (Skimming through the rest of the document wouldn't hurt, either.)
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most
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of the basic operation and available features of LyX here.
- The main manual assumes that you've read the
+ The main manual assumes that you have read the
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Tutorial
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.
Documents in detail how to use tables, graphics, floats, notes, program
- listings, and boxes.
+ listings and boxes.
It also includes many tricks of the LaTeX masters.
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User's Guide
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.
- Documents in detail how to typeset any kind of formulas.
+ Documents in detail how to typeset any kind of formula.
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User's Guide
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.
- Documents how to use raw LaTeX commands, additional layouts, and special-purpos
-e editing features.
+ Documents how to use raw LaTeX commands, additional layouts and special-purpose
+ editing features.
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Customization A description of advanced LyX features, including how to customize
the overall behavior of LyX\SpecialChar \@.
This includes such things as keybindings, internati
-onalization, and configuration files.
+onalization and configuration files.
It also includes information about layout files, which are needed to get
LyX to support LaTeX classes or packages.
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-Shortcuts Tables with the currently defined LyX shortcuts.
+Shortcuts Tables of the currently defined LyX shortcuts.
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-Configuration LyX investigates your system upon installation.
- This file contains info on what LyX learned about your installation.
+Configuration A report produced by LyX about your system.
+ This file contains information on what LyX learned about your installation.
Check it to see if you're missing something you might like to have.
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Accurate, detailed descriptions are preferred - the more time developers
have to spend to pinpoint the source of a bug, the less time they have
for other improvements.
- Mention the system and system version you are running LyX with.
+ Mention the system and system version on which you are running LyX.
Give the versions of the libraries you have installed on your system, and,
if relevant, the versions of external programs that LyX uses.
If it's a compilation or configuration problem, include the file
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-http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/trunk/lib/doc
+http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyxgit/lib/doc?rev=master
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