-#LyX 1.6.4 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
+#LyX 1.6.6svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
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{LyX}}
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User's Guide
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has information about all that.
- It includes
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-HFill
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-s and vertical space — which are more powerful and versatile than multiple
- spaces or blank lines — and ways to change font sizes, character styles,
- and paragraph alignments by hand.
+ It includes horizontal fills and vertical space — which are more powerful
+ and versatile than multiple spaces or blank lines — and ways to change
+ font sizes, character styles, and paragraph alignments by hand.
The idea, though, is that you can write your whole document, focusing on
content, and just worry about that fine-tuning at the end.
With standard word processors, you will be distracted by document formatting
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List
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-, or
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-Labelling
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-, environment is a variation on the
+ environment is a variation on the
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Description
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Standard
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- environment (or just use the keybinding,
+ environment (or just use the key binding,
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Alt+P
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\begin_layout Standard
Font sizes, one- or two-column printing, and page headings are just some
- of the ways journals' typesettings differ from one another.
+ of the ways journals typesettings differ from one another.
As the Computer Age continues to mature, journals have begun accepting
electronic submissions, creating LaTeX
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The Cross-reference dialog pops up.
It shows a list of the possible labels you can reference.
At the moment, there should be only one, `sec:About-This-Document'.
- First, select the drop-down menu labelled Format and select '<reference>
+ First, select the drop-down menu labeled Format and select '<reference>
on page <page>.' Then select `sec:About-This-Document' (it may be selected
by default), and a reference marker will appear containing `Ref+Text: sec:About
-This-Document' (To be really correct, you should put a
than that.
It refers to `Section 2' and depending how much text you have between the
start of Section 2 and this cross-reference you may see `on this page,'
- 'on the previous page' or `on page n' (whereas n is the page number).
+ 'on the previous page' or `on page n' (whereas
+\emph on
+n
+\emph default
+ is the page number).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Now click on the button labelled
+Now click on the button labeled
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Run LaTeX and look at the output.
- Notice that the expression was typeset nicely, with spaces between the
- letters and the equals sign, and a superscript
+Looking at the output you will notice that the expression was typeset nicely,
+ with spaces between the letters and the equals sign, and a superscript
+
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sqrt
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; this can be frustrating, because you cannot see what an expression looks
- like until you LaTeX the file, and may have to spend time to find e.
+ like until you run the file under LaTeX and you may have to spend time
+ finding e.
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Undo
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works in math mode as well as cut and paste.
- One thing to be careful of: If you are left or right outside a formula
+ One thing to be careful of: if you are left or right outside a formula
and you press
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Delete
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Backspace
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-, respectively, you delete the whole formula.
+ respectively, you delete the whole formula.
Luckily, you can just use
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Undo
Down
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will move the cursor back to the regular level.
- When you hit
+ If you hit
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Space
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Writing a subscript (index) is just as easy — start one by typing the underscore
- key,
+Writing a subscript (index) is just easy; start one by typing the underscore
+ key
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_
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
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-.
+ .
You can subscript and superscript both subscripts and superscripts like
this:
\begin_inset Formula $A_{a_{0}+b^{2}}+C^{a_{0}+b^{2}}$
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
-The Math Toolbar
+The Math toolbar
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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\end_inset
-Toolbar
+toolbar
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is a convenient way to enter symbols or to perform complicated formula
operations.
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-Toolbars
+toolbar
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, just to let you know what is out there; you can learn keyboard shortcuts
- later, from other manuals.
+ and commands later from the
+\emph on
+Math
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+ manual.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The
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-math toolbar
+Math
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+toolbar
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is shown when the cursor is in a formula and can also be turned on manually
in the menu
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-Toolbar
+toolbar
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- which allow you to choose from a large array of symbols used in math: various
- arrows, relations, operators, and sums and integrals.
+ allows you to choose from a large array of symbols used in math: operators,
+ arrows, relationships, delimiters, special characters, sums and integrals.
Note that subscripting and superscripting allow you to put lower and upper
limits on sums and integrals.
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-
-\begin_layout Standard
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-
-Nothing you can do that can not be done\SpecialChar \ldots{}
- All you need is
-\begin_inset Formula $\heartsuit$
-\end_inset
-
-.
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-
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\begin_layout Subsection
point under (or over) it.
Just type what you want in the insertion point.
There are two sets of decorations: those that resize with the text you
- type, and those that have fixed size, and are most appropriate for a single
- letter.
+ type, and those that have a fixed size, and are most appropriate for a
+ single letter.
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dialog.
However, those parentheses will be the same size as regular text, which
will look bad if you have a big fraction or matrix inside the parentheses.
- So better use in this case one of the three delimiter buttons that insert
- directly e.
+ So it is better in this case to use one of the three delimiter buttons
+ that insert directly e.
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
-TeX mode: Limits, log, sin and others
+Functions: lim, log, sin and others
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The function list include other trigonometric functions and their inverses,
+The function list includes other trigonometric functions and their inverses,
hyperbolic functions, logarithms, limits, and quite a few others.
These functions can take subscripts and superscripts, important for typing
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\begin_layout Standard
-Click on the display button
+While being in a formula, click on the display button
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filename ../images/math-display.png
scale 75
Toolbar
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-, which represents a couple lines of text before and after a centered blue
- box.
- LyX inserts a formula, but the insertion point is on a new line, and it
- is centered within that line.
- Now type an expression and run LaTeX to see how it looks.
+.
+ This centers the formula and adds a blank line before and after it.
+ Now type in an expression and compile your file to see how it looks.
The display button is actually a toggle; use it now to change a couple
of your expressions to display mode and back.
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Subscripts and superscripts for limits and sums (but not integrals) are
- written under rather than next to the symbols
+ written under and over rather than next to the symbols
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\begin_layout Itemize
after
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the formula to start a new paragraph.
- That text will therefore eventually be indented, depending on your document
+ That text will be indented or follow a blank line, depending on your document
paragraph settings, which is probably not what you want.
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Exercise
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: Using various tools you have learned in this section, you should be able
- to write an equation like
+ to write an equation like:
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-:
+
\begin_inset Formula \[
f(x)=\left\{ \begin{array}{cc}
\log_{8}x & x>0\\
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\begin_layout Standard
-LyX's math editor can do plenty more.
- By now, you are familiar with the basics, so we refer to the
+LyX's math editor can do a lot more.
+ Now you are familiar with the basics, you can refer to the
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User's Guide
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-Labeling and numbering expressions
+Label and number expressions
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-Multi-line equations
+Create multi-line equations
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\begin_layout Itemize
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\begin_layout Itemize
-Do lots of other things that cannot be mentioned in this Tutorial.
+Do lots of other things that we have no space for in this Tutorial.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
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\begin_layout Itemize
-Spellchecking, thesaurus, and word count facilities are available.
+Spell-checking, thesaurus, and word count facilities are available.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-As a special case, if you type a brace in TeX mode, then the beginning
+As a special case, if you type
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+\end_inset
+
+
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+
+\backslash
+{
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+
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ in a formula, the beginning
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and
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- ending braces will be inserted in red, then take you
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-out
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- of TeX mode and place the cursor between the braces.
- This makes it more convenient to type commands that LyX does not know which
- take an argument.
+ ending braces will be inserted in red while the cursor is placed between
+ the braces.
+ This makes it more convenient to type those commands which take an argument.
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tex2lyx
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- which will create a file
+ which will create a file foo.lyx from the file foo.tex.
+ LyX will then open that file.
+ If the translation does not work, you can try calling
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-foo.lyx
+tex2lyx
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- from the file
+ from the command line, possibly using fancier options.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Even when the translation does work,
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-foo.tex
+tex2lyx
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- and then open that file.
- If the translation does not work, you can try calling
+ may not translate everything, though it does handle most legal LaTeX.
+ It will leave things it does not understand in TeX mode; so, after translating
+ a file with
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tex2lyx
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- from the command line, possibly using fancier options.
+, you can look for the red text and manually edit it to get it right.
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\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
tex2lyx
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- will translate most legal LaTeX, but not everything.
- It will leave things it does not understand in TeX mode, so after translating
- a file with
+ has its own documentation (manpage), which Unix/Linux users can access
+ via the console command
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+man
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
tex2lyx
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-, you can look for red text and hand-edit it to look right.
+.
+ The manpage describes which LaTeX commands and environments are not supported,
+ what bugs you might run into (and how to get around them), and how to use
+ the various options.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
+It is important to understand that
+\family typewriter
+tex2lyx
+\family default
+ can only translate files whose document class is
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+known
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ to LyX, that is, for which there is a corresponding LyX
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+layout file
+\family default
+.
+ If there is no layout file, then you will get an error saying that the
+ conversion could not be performed.
+ So, unless you have a layout for the document class of your LaTeX file,
+
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tex2lyx
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- has its own manpage.
- Read it to find out about which LaTeX commands and environments are not
- supported, bugs (and how to get around them), and how to use the various
- options.
+ simply will not know how to translate the LaTeX that it finds there into
+ things LyX understands.
+ More about layout files and how they are created is explained in detail
+ in Chapter 5 of the
+\emph on
+Customization
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+ manual.
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\begin_layout Subsection
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
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- dialog takes care of many of the options that you would input in a
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-
-\backslash
-documentclass
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- command.
- Change the class, default font size and paper size here.
- Put any extra options to the
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-
-\backslash
-documentclass
-\family default
- command in the
+ dialog takes care of the document-wide options.
+ You can change there the document class, default font size and paper size.
+ Document class options but also options for LaTeX packages can be entered
+ there in the
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-tra
+Class
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+options
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area.
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and type in the dialog window (or from the document settings dialog, depending
on the frontend).
- Anything you type will (like with TeX mode) be sent directly to LaTeX.
+ Anything you type will (as with TeX mode) be sent directly to LaTeX.
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\begin_layout Subsection
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Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
List
-\begin_inset space ~
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
/
-\begin_inset space ~
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
TOC\SpecialChar \menuseparator
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-After you have done this, you can use citations from any bibliographies
+After you have done this, you can use citations from any bibliographies
you are including with
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Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Sometimes when you LaTeX a document, there will be errors, things that LyX
- or LaTeX cannot understand.
+Sometimes when you try to view a document, there will be errors, things
+ that LyX or LaTeX cannot understand.
When this happens, LyX will open a
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LaTeX
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