in LyX.
\layout Enumerate
+The packages that have been stamped
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+required
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ by the LaTeX maintainers.
+ These ones should definitely be present, but you may not have some of them
+ if your LaTeX distribution is a bit old.
+\layout Enumerate
+
Some packages that LyX uses when you try to change the margins of your document.
The detection of these items does not yet affect the options available
inside LyX.
\family typewriter
1995/12/01
+\family default
+
\begin_inset Foot
collapsed true
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/packages/psnfss/
+macros/latex/required/psnfss/
\layout Description
Notes: The package
slides
\family default
is intended to produce transparencies.
-
+ It is not very well supported by LyX.
+ It is advised to use
+\family sans
+foils
+\family default
+ instead if it is available (see\SpecialChar ~
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{ssec:foils}
+
+\end_inset
+
+).
+\layout Subsection
+
+amsart
+\layout Description
+
+Found: @chk_amsart@
+\layout Description
+
+CTAN:
+\family typewriter
+macros/latex/required/amslatex/classes/
+\layout Description
+
+Notes: The document class
+\family sans
+amsart
+\family default
+ is an alternative to the class
+\family sans
+article
+\family default
+.
+ It is part of the AMS-LaTeX package and is used for typesetting of mathematics
+ with a look the American Mathematical Society has developed.
+ They recommend it for the preparation of manuscripts intended for publication
+ both in the Society's books and journals, and also in other mathematical
+ literature.
+ The Society requests that published documents prepared with AMS-LaTeX include
+ an acknowledgment of its use.
+ LyX support is still limited.
\layout Section
Additional document classes
.
\layout Subsection
-amsart
+broadway
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_amsart@
+Found: @chk_broadway@
\layout Description
-CTAN:
+CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
\family typewriter
-fonts/ams/amslatex/inputs/
+tex/
+\family default
+ subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
\layout Description
Notes: The document class
\family sans
-amsart
-\family default
- is an alternative to the class
-\family sans
-article
+broadway
\family default
-.
- It is part of the AMS-LaTeX package and is used for typesetting of mathematics
- with a look the American Mathematical Society has developed.
- They recommend it for the preparation of manuscripts intended for publication
- both in the Society's books and journals, and also in other mathematical
- literature.
- The Society requests that published documents prepared with AMS-LaTeX include
- an acknowledgment of its use.
- LyX support is still limited.
+ is for writing plays.
+ It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
+ with LyX.
\layout Subsection
-broadway
+cv
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_broadway@
+Found: @chk_cv@
\layout Description
CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
\layout Description
+WWW: At the time of this writing, the latest version can be obtained at
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www-rocq.inria.fr/~lasgoutt/lyx/cv-1.5.tar.gz}
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\layout Description
+
Notes: The document class
\family sans
-broadway
+cv
\family default
- is for writing plays.
- It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
- with LyX.
+ is for writing a curriculum vitae.
+ It is rather minimalist, but has nice features like bibliography support
+ (useful for academics).
\layout Subsection
dinbrief
You need the sgmltools v2.0 package installed to use this.
\layout Subsection
-encts
+dtk
+\layout Description
+
+Found: @chk_dtk@
+\layout Description
+
+CTAN:
+\family typewriter
+usergrps/dante/dtk/
+\layout Description
+
+Notes: The document class
+\family sans
+dtk
+\family default
+ can be used to write articles for the Journal of the German TeX User Group
+
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+Die TeXnische Komödie
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\layout Description
+
+WWW:
+\begin_inset LatexCommand
+ \url{http://www.dante.de}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\layout Subsection
+
+entcs
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_encts@
+Found: @chk_entcs@
\layout Description
CTAN: N/A
\layout Subsection
-extarticle
-\layout Description
-
-Found: @chk_extarticle@
-\layout Description
-
-CTAN:
-\family typewriter
-tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/extsizes/
+extsizes
\layout Description
-Notes:
+Found:
\family sans
extarticle
\family default
- is equivalent to standard
+: @chk_extarticle@,
\family sans
-article
-\family default
- class with additional document-wide font sizes.
-\layout Subsection
-
extbook
-\layout Description
-
-Found: @chk_extbook@
+\family default
+: @chk_extbook@,
+\family sans
+extreport
+\family default
+: @chk_extreport@,
+\family sans
+extletter
+\family default
+: @chk_extletter@
\layout Description
CTAN:
tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/extsizes/
\layout Description
-Notes:
+Notes: These document classes are equivalent to the corresponding standard
+ classes (
\family sans
-extbook
+article
\family default
- is equivalent to standard
+,
\family sans
book
\family default
- class with additional document-wide font sizes.
+, \SpecialChar \ldots{}
+) with additional document-wide font sizes.
\layout Subsection
-extreport
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{ssec:foils}
+
+\end_inset
+
+foils
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_extreport@
+Found: @chk_foils@
\layout Description
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/extsizes/
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/
\layout Description
-Notes:
+Notes: The document class
\family sans
-extreport
+foils
\family default
- is equivalent to standard
+ (aka FoilTeX) provides an alternative to the standard
\family sans
-report
+slides
\family default
- class with additional document-wide font sizes.
-\layout Subsection
-
-extletter
-\layout Description
-
-Found: @chk_extletter@
-\layout Description
-
-CTAN:
-\family typewriter
-tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/other/extsizes/
-\layout Description
-
-Notes:
+ class to make transparencies.
+ It allows cross references, uses a less ugly font, and is in general much
+ better to use than
\family sans
-extletter
+slides
\family default
- is equivalent to standard
+.
+ It does not however have some of the advanced features found in the
\family sans
-letter
+seminar
\family default
- class with additional document-wide font sizes.
+ class, which is not currently supported by LyX.
+ Note that, due to its somewhat restrictive license, it is not included
+ in free TeX distributions like teTeX.
\layout Subsection
g-brief-en
is the same as the above g-brief-en only with german labels.
\layout Subsection
-Springer 2-columns Journals (ejour2)
-\layout Description
-
-Found: @chk_ejour2@
-\layout Description
-
-CTAN: N/A (must be installed from the
-\family typewriter
-tex/
-\family default
- subdirectory of LyX source distribution)
-\layout Description
-
-Notes: The document class
-\family sans
-ejour2
-\family default
- is for the two-column journal format used by Springer Verlag.
- It is reasonably well tested only for the Journal of Geodesy.
- It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
- with LyX.
-\layout Subsection
-
-foils
-\layout Description
-
-Found: @chk_foils@
-\layout Description
-
-CTAN:
-\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex/
-\layout Description
-
-Notes: The document class
-\family sans
-foils
-\family default
- (aka FoilTeX) provides an alternative to the standard
-\family sans
-slides
-\family default
- class to make transparencies.
- It allows cross references, uses a less ugly font, and is in general much
- better to use than
-\family sans
-slides
-\family default
-.
- It does not however have some of the advanced features found in the
-\family sans
-seminar
-\family default
- class, which is not currently supported by LyX.
-
-\layout Subsection
-
hollywood
\layout Description
Found: @chk_kluwer@
\layout Description
-CTAN: N/A (available from the Kluwer Academic Publishers site
+CTAN: N/A
+\layout Description
+
+WWW: available from the Kluwer Academic Publishers site
\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/STYLEFILES}
\end_inset
-).
+.
\layout Description
Notes: The document class
).
\layout Subsection
-latex8
+Koma-Script
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_latex8@
+Found: scrartcl: @chk_scrartcl@,
+\family sans
+scrreprt
+\family default
+: @chk_scrreprt@,
+\family sans
+scrbook
+\family default
+: @chk_scrbook@
\layout Description
-CTAN: N/A
+CTAN:
+\family typewriter
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script/
\layout Description
-Notes: The class
-\family sans
-latex8
-\family default
- is actually a LaTeX style file that adds some extra features to the
+Notes: These document classes provide different versions of the base LaTeX
+ document classes
\family sans
article
\family default
- document class.
+,
+\family sans
+report
+\family default
+ and
+\family sans
+book
+\family default
+.
+ They have been changed to look somewhat better and be more adapted to european
+ typesetting standards.
+\layout Subsection
+
+latex8
+\layout Description
+
+Found: @chk_latex8@
+\layout Description
+
+CTAN: N/A
+\layout Description
+
+Notes: The class
+\family sans
+latex8
+\family default
+ is actually a LaTeX style file that adds some extra features to the
+\family sans
+article
+\family default
+ document class.
It produces documents suitable for submission to IEEE Conferences.
The LaTeX files (including BibTeX style file) are distributed with the
Author Kit for IEEE sponsored conferences.
sans serif sections, headings, and more.
\layout Subsection
-Koma-Script (scrartcl, scrreprt, scrbook)
-\layout Description
-
-Found: @chk_scrartcl@
-\layout Description
-
-CTAN:
-\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/supported/koma-script/
-\layout Description
-
-Notes: These document classes provide different versions of the base LaTeX
- document classes
-\family sans
-article
-\family default
-,
-\family sans
-report
-\family default
- and
-\family sans
-book
-\family default
-.
- They have been changed to look somewhat better and be more adapted to european
- typesetting standards.
-\layout Subsection
-
REVTeX
\layout Description
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex4-beta/
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/revtex/
\layout Description
Notes: REVTeX 4 is a class used for submitting manuscripts to journals including
APS (Physical Review A-E and Letters, Reviews in Modern Physics, Special
Topics---Accelerators and Beams), the American Institute of Physics, the
Optical Society of America, and the Society for Exploration Geophysicists.
- [It is in BETA release as of July, 2000.] Also see
-\family typewriter
-http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/
+ Also see
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://publish.aps.org/revtex4/}
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
\layout Subsection
SIAMLTeX
standards by providing this LaTeX style.
\layout Subsection
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{svjog}
+
+\end_inset
+
Springer Journal of Geodesy
\layout Description
Found: @chk_svjog@
\layout Description
-CTAN: N/A
+CTAN:
+\family typewriter
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/springer/svjour/jog
\layout Description
WWW:
sv<journal>.layout
\family default
to support any other Springer journals (hint, hint!)
-\layout Section
-
-Paper layout packages
-\layout Standard
-
-Changing the margins of a document is one thing people like to do.
- While LaTeX offers built-in options to set the margins of the documents,
- some people feel that these margins are too large and want to set them
- up differently.
- You can use the package
-\family sans
-geometry
-\family default
-for this purpose, but note that for the sake of readability, your lines
- should not contain more than 60-70 characters.
-\layout Subsection
-
-a4
-\layout Description
-
-Found: @chk_a4@
-\layout Description
-
-CTAN:
-\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntgclass/
-\layout Description
-
-Notes: The package
-\family sans
-a4
-\family default
- changes the margins of your document to suit the European A4 page dimensions
- with smaller margins that the default A4 format.
\layout Subsection
-a4wide
+Springer Probability Theory and Related Fields
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_a4wide@
+Found: @chk_svprobth@
\layout Description
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/springer/svjour/prothe
\layout Description
-Notes: The package
-\family sans
-a4wide
-\family default
- is another package that allows setting of the margins of your document
- to A4 paper.
- With this package, the margins are very wide, but do not follow typographical
- conventions.
-\layout Subsection
+WWW:
+\begin_inset LatexCommand \url{http://www.springer.de/author/tex/help-journals.html}
-geometry
-\layout Description
+\end_inset
-Found: @chk_geometry@
-\layout Description
-CTAN:
-\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry
\layout Description
-Notes: The package
-\family sans
-geometry
-\family default
- allows to change the paper size and margins of your document in an arbitrary
- way.
- It does not provide a typographically correct page layout like
+Notes:
\family sans
-a4
+Svprothe
\family default
- or the standard options, though.
-\layout Section
-
+ is a format suitable for publication in the journal Probability Theory
+ and Related Fields.
+ For more information, see section
+\begin_inset LatexCommand
+ \ref{svjog}
+\end_inset
-\series bold
-\size large
-Other packages
+.
\layout Subsection
-algorithm
+TUGboat
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_algorithm@
+Found: @chk_ltugboat@
\layout Description
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/supported/algorithms/
+plain/contrib/tugboat.tar
\layout Description
-Notes: The package
+Notes: The document class
\family sans
-algorithm
+ltugboat
\family default
- is needed by LyX to be able to output
+ can be used to write articles for the Journal of the TeX User Group
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-algorithm-floats
+TUGboat
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
- These are useful in placing short algorithms across pagebreaks and support
- an
+\layout Description
+
+WWW:
+\begin_inset LatexCommand
+ \url{http://www.tug.org}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\layout Section
+
+Required packages
+\layout Standard
+
+This section contains packages which have been declared as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-index of algorithms
+required
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- too.
+ by the LaTeX maintainers.
+ You should really consider upgrading your LaTeX setup if one of them is
+ not detected.
\layout Subsection
array
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/required/tools/array.dtx
+macros/latex/required/tools/
\layout Description
Notes: The package array is needed by LyX to be able to output vertical
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/packages/babel/
+macros/latex/required/babel/
\layout Description
Notes: The package
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/packages/graphics/
+macros/latex/required/graphics/
\layout Description
Notes: The package
\family sans
graphics
\family default
- package (see
-\begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{ssec:graphics}
-
-\end_inset
-
-).
+ package.
\layout Subsection
-fancyhdr
+graphicx
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_fancyhdr@
+Found: @chk_graphicx@
\layout Description
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/
+macros/latex/required/graphics/
\layout Description
Notes: The package
\family sans
-fancyhdr
+graphicx
\family default
- (previously known as
-\family sans
-fancyheadings
+ is needed by LyX to insert PostScript® figures (using the new graphics
+ inset).
+ You will also need
+\family typewriter
+\size normal
+ghost
+\size default
+script
\family default
-) is used when you select the
+ to see them on screen.
+ The configuration script has determined that the graphics driver used by
+ the package should be
+\family sans
+
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-fancy
+@chk_graphicsdriver@
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- page style in the document layout popup.
- It provides alternate headers and footers to your pages.
+
+\begin_inset Foot
+collapsed true
+
+\layout Standard
+
+Here, a value of
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+default
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ means that your LaTeX installation provides a sensible value for this parameter.
+\end_inset
+
+.
\layout Subsection
-floatflt
+longtable
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_floatflt@
+Found: @chk_longtable@
\layout Description
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/
+macros/latex/required/tools/
\layout Description
-Notes: The package
-\family sans
- floatflt
-\family default
-(an extension of
+Notes: The package
\family sans
-floatfig
+longtable
\family default
-) is used by LyX if you select the ``floatflt'' type in
+ is needed by LyX to be able to output correctly multipage tables.
+\layout Subsection
+
+varioref
+\layout Description
+
+Found: @chk_varioref@
+\layout Description
+
+CTAN:
+\family typewriter
+macros/latex/required/tools/
+\layout Description
+
+Notes: none yet
+\layout Section
+
+Paper layout packages
+\layout Standard
+
+Changing the margins of a document is one thing people like to do.
+ While LaTeX offers built-in options to set the margins of the documents,
+ some people feel that these margins are too large and want to set them
+ up differently.
+ You can use the package
\family sans
-Layout->Paragraph->ExtraOpt
+geometry
\family default
- in the paragraph of a figure float.
- It allows you to create a figure float which is narrower than the full
- page and wrap the text around it.
+for this purpose, but note that for the sake of readability, your lines
+ should not contain more than 60-70 characters.
\layout Subsection
+a4
+\layout Description
-\begin_inset LatexCommand \label{ssec:graphics}
+Found: @chk_a4@
+\layout Description
-\end_inset
+CTAN:
+\family typewriter
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/ntgclass/
+\layout Description
-graphics
+Notes: The package
+\family sans
+a4
+\family default
+ changes the margins of your document to suit the European A4 page dimensions
+ with smaller margins that the default A4 format.
+\layout Subsection
+
+a4wide
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_graphics@
+Found: @chk_a4wide@
\layout Description
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/packages/graphics/
+macros/latex/contrib/other/misc/
\layout Description
Notes: The package
\family sans
-graphics
+a4wide
\family default
- is needed by LyX to insert PostScript® figures.
- You will also need the program
+ is another package that allows setting of the margins of your document
+ to A4 paper.
+ With this package, the margins are very wide, but do not follow typographical
+ conventions.
+\layout Subsection
+
+geometry
+\layout Description
+
+Found: @chk_geometry@
+\layout Description
+
+CTAN:
\family typewriter
-\size normal
-ghostview
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/geometry/
+\layout Description
+
+Notes: The package
+\family sans
+geometry
\family default
-\size default
- to see them on screen.
- The configuration script has determined that the graphics driver used by
- the package should be
+ allows to change the paper size and margins of your document in an arbitrary
+ way.
+ It does not provide a typographically correct page layout like
\family sans
+a4
+\family default
+ or the standard options, though.
+\layout Section
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-@chk_graphicsdriver@
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
+\series bold
+\size large
+Other packages
+\layout Subsection
+algorithm
+\layout Description
-\begin_inset Foot
-collapsed true
+Found: @chk_algorithm@
+\layout Description
-\layout Standard
+CTAN:
+\family typewriter
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/algorithms/
+\layout Description
-Here, a value of
+Notes: The package
+\family sans
+algorithm
+\family default
+ is needed by LyX to be able to output
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-default
+algorithm
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- means that your LaTeX installation provides a sensible value for this parameter.
+ floats.
+ These are useful in placing short algorithms across pagebreaks and support
+ an
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-.
+index of algorithms
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ too.
\layout Subsection
-longtable
+fancyhdr
\layout Description
-Found: @chk_longtable@
+Found: @chk_fancyhdr@
\layout Description
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/packages/tools/longtable.dtx
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/fancyhdr/
\layout Description
Notes: The package
\family sans
-longtable
+fancyhdr
\family default
- is needed by LyX to be able to output correctly multipage tables.
+ (previously known as
+\family sans
+fancyheadings
+\family default
+) is used when you select the
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+fancy
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ page style in the document layout popup.
+ It provides alternate headers and footers to your pages.
\layout Subsection
+floatflt
+\layout Description
+
+Found: @chk_floatflt@
+\layout Description
+
+CTAN:
+\family typewriter
+macros/latex/contrib/other/floatflt/
+\layout Description
+
+Notes: The package
+\family sans
+ floatflt
+\family default
+(an extension of
+\family sans
+floatfig
+\family default
+) is used by LyX if you select the ``floatflt'' type in
+\family sans
+Layout->Paragraph->ExtraOpt
+\family default
+ in the paragraph of a figure float.
+ It allows you to create a figure float which is narrower than the full
+ page and wrap the text around it.
\layout Subsection
natbib
CTAN:
\family typewriter
-macros/latex/contrib/supported/natbib/natbib.dtx
+macros/latex/contrib/supported/natbib/
\layout Description
Notes: The package
url
\family default
is needed by LyX to be able to output url's corrently.
-\layout Subsection
-
-varioref
-\layout Description
-
-Found: @chk_varioref@
-\layout Description
-
-CTAN:
-\family typewriter
-macros/latex/required/tools/
-\layout Description
-
-Notes: none yet
\the_end