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+\author 2090807402 "usti"
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Version 2.0.x
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-status open
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The latest PDF-version of this document can be found here:
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
-, not
+, not as
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\end_inset
.
LyX takes care of the typesetting for you, so you deal only with concepts,
- not the mechanics.
+ not with mechanics.
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\begin_layout Standard
-This philosophy is explained in much greater detail in the
+This philosophy is explained in greater detail in the
\emph on
\begin_inset Quotes eld
describes several things in addition to LyX's philosophy: most importantly,
the format of all of the manuals.
- If you don't read it, you'll have a bear of a time navigating this manual.
+ If you don't read it, you will have a bear of a time navigating this manual.
You might also be better served looking in one of the other manuals instead
of this one.
Text overflows onto new pages in a vertical fashion, hence the need for
only a vertical scrollbar.
There are three cases where you might want a horizontal scrollbar.
- The first case is large figures, displayed WYSIWYG\SpecialChar \@.
- This, however, is due
- to a flaw in the routine that displays graphics on the LyX screen in a
- WYSIWYG fashion; it should rescale the graphics to fit in the window, just
- as you'd need to rescale graphics to fit on a page.
+ The first case is large images.
+ To avoid that they are displayed larger than your screen, use in the image
+ settings the option
+\family sans
+Scale on Screen
+\family default
+ in the tab
+\family sans
+LaTeX and LyX options
+\family default
+.
The second and third cases are tables and equations which are wider than
the LyX window.
You can use the arrow keys to scroll horizontally through the table, but
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:The-User-Interface"
+reference "chap:The-User-Interface"
\end_inset
.
- Most of them are self-explanatory and you'll find them listed in the correspond
-ing sections of this documentation.
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\begin_layout Section
\begin_layout Standard
The help system consists of the LyX manuals.
- You can read
-\emph on
-all
-\emph default
- of the manuals from inside LyX.
- Just select the manual you want read from the
+ You can read all of the manuals from inside LyX.
+ Just select the manual you want to read from the
\family sans
Help
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-There are several features of LyX that can be configured from inside LyX,
- without resorting to configuration files.
- First, LyX is able to inspect your system to see what programs, LaTeX document
- classes and LaTeX packages are available.
- It uses this knowledge to give reasonable defaults to several
+Almost all features of LyX can be configured via the menu
\family sans
+Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
\family default
-
+.
\begin_inset Index idx
status collapsed
\end_inset
+ LyX is able to inspect your system to see what programs, LaTeX document
+ classes and LaTeX packages are available.
+ It uses this knowledge to give reasonable defaults for the preferences
settings.
Although this configuration has already been done when LyX was installed
on your system, you might have some items that you installed locally, e.
Selecting a template will automatically set certain layout features for
the document, features you would otherwise need to change manually.
They can be of use for certain classes, especially those for writing letters
- (see section
-\begin_inset space ~
+ (see sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Control
\family default
-you can there register the changes you made to a document so that others
- can identify them as your changes.
+you can register the changes you made to a document so that others can identify
+ them as your changes.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
delete whole words as well as individual characters.
The next four sections cover the basic LyX editing features and how to
access them.
- We'll start with cut and paste.
+ We will start with cut and paste.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
The first three are self-explanatory.
- One thing to note: whenever you delete a block of text that you've selected,
- it's automatically placed in the clipboard.
- That is, the
-\family sans
-Delete
-\family default
- and
-\family sans
-Backspace
-\family default
- keys also function as the
-\family sans
-Cut
-\family default
- command.
- Also, if you've selected text, be careful: If you hit a key, LyX will completel
-y delete the selected text and replace it with what you just typed.
- You'll have to do an
-\family sans
-Undo
-\family default
- to get back the lost text.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
+
\begin_inset Index idx
status collapsed
Replace
\family default
feature that is described in sec.
-\begin_inset space ~
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Things like notes, floats, etc., the so called insets can be dissolved.
+Things like notes, floats, etc.
+\begin_inset space \space{}
+\end_inset
+
+(the so called
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+insets
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+) can be dissolved.
This means that the inset is deleted and its content is left as normal
text.
Dissolving an inset is done by setting the cursor to the beginning of an
.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+The content of an inset is selected using the shortcut
+\begin_inset Info
+type "shortcuts"
+arg "inset-select-all"
+\end_inset
+
+, the shortcut
+\begin_inset Info
+type "shortcuts"
+arg "command-sequence buffer-begin ; buffer-end-select"
+\end_inset
+
+ selects the whole document.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Section
Undo and Redo
\begin_inset Index idx
Redo
\family default
work on almost everything in LyX.
- But they won't undo or redo text character by character, but by blocks
+ But they will not undo or redo text character by character, but by blocks
of text.
\end_layout
\family sans
Navigate\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Bookmarks\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-NavigateBack
+Navigate
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Back
\family default
) jumps to the position in the document where you recently changed something.
This is useful when you have a large document and have navigated or scrolled
your last editing position.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+By pressing the
+\family sans
+F5
+\family default
+ key the cursor will be vertically centered in LyX's main window.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Subsection
The Outliner
-\end_layout
+\begin_inset CommandInset label
+LatexCommand label
+name "sub:The-Outliner"
-\begin_layout Standard
-The Outline was known in earlier versions of LyX as the
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-TOC
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-, since its original purpose was to display the document's table of contents.
- The Outline has become much more powerful now, however.
- In the pull-down box at the top of the outline window, you can choose between
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+In the pull-down box at the top of the outline window, you can choose between
several different lists, including other TOC-like objects, such as lists
of tables and figures, but also lists of footnotes, or labels and cross-referen
-ces (see
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand formatted
-reference "sec:Cross-References"
-
+ces (see sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
-), or notes, or citations (see
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand formatted
-reference "sec:Bibliography"
-
-\end_inset
-).
- Clicking on any of these will take you to the corresponding object in your
- document.
- The Outline has become much more powerful now, however.
- In the pull-down box at the top of the outline window, you can choose between
- several different lists, including other TOC-like objects, such as lists
- of tables and figures, but also lists of footnotes, or labels and cross-referen
-ces (see
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand formatted
+LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:Cross-References"
\end_inset
-), or notes, or of citations (see
+), or notes, or citations (see sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand formatted
+LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:Bibliography"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Right-clicking on elements in the Outline will in many cases open a context
+Right-clicking on elements in the Outline opens in many cases a context
menu that will allow for direct modification of those elements.
For example, with citations, the context menu allows you to open the citation
dialog and to modify the citation.
- Right-clicking a change will allow you to accept or reject it.
- And so on.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family default
option sorts the current list alphabetically.
Otherwise, the elements appear in the order in which they occur in the
- document.The
+ document.
+ The
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Keep
\family default
\begin_layout Standard
The
-\begin_inset space ~
+\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-3 or to subsection
+3 or subsection
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-By default LyX shows a small triangle behind the cursor as indicator that
- there are completions available.
- You can then press the
-\family sans
-Tab
-\family default
- key to use this completion.
- When several completions are possible, a popup is opened showing them.
- You can select a completion in the popup using the mouse or the arrow keys,
- and accept the chosen completion be pressing
-\family sans
-Return
-\family default
-.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-In the preferences dialog, which is opened with the menu
+The input completion can be activated in the LyX preferences (menu
\family sans
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
\family default
-, the cursor completion indicator can be turned off in the section
+) in the section
\family sans
Editing\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Input Completion
\family default
- by deselecting the option
+.
+ With the option
\family sans
-Cursor
+Automatic
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-indicator
+inline
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+completion
\family default
-.
+ the proposed completion is shown directly behind the cursor.
With the option
\family sans
Automatic
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-inline
+popup
+\family default
+ the completions are always shown in a popup.
+ The cursor completion indicator can be turned off by deselecting the option
+
+\family sans
+Cursor
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-completion
+indicator
\family default
- the proposed completion is shown directly behind the cursor position.
- To accept this proposal, use the
+.
+ With the general options you can define the delay time for the inline and
+ popup completion and choose if long completions should be abbreviated.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+LyX shows a small triangle behind the cursor as an indicator that there
+ are completions available.
+ Press the
\family sans
Tab
\family default
- key.
- With the option
+ key to accept a proposed completion.
+ If several completions are possible, a popup is opened showing them.
+ You can select a completion in the popup using the mouse or the arrow keys,
+ and accept the chosen completion be pressing
\family sans
-Automatic popup
+Return
\family default
- the completions are always shown in a popup.
- LyX offers some more completion settings for experts that are described
- in sec.
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The completion options for math in the preferences do the same as the correspond
+ing options for text.
+ The special math option
+\family sans
+Autocorrection
+\family default
+ enables that characters can be composed.
+ If you for example want to insert the character
+\begin_inset Formula $\Rightarrow$
\end_inset
+, you can then input the characters
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sub:Input-Completion-Appendix"
+\series bold
+=>
+\series default
+
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
-.
+ to a formula to get it.
+ So this is a quick alternative to the insertion of commands or the usage
+ of the math toolbar.
+ A list with supported character combinations can be found in the file
+\family typewriter
+autocorrect
+\family default
+ that is somewhere in LyX's installation folder.
+ Math autocorrection can at any time be turned on by pressing the exclamation
+ mark key '!'.
+ Pressing
+\family sans
+Space
+\family default
+ turns it off.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-There are at least two different primary binding maps: CUA and Emacs.
- LyX's default is CUA.
+There are at least two different primary binding maps:
+\family typewriter
+cua
+\family default
+ and
+\family typewriter
+emacs
+\family default
+.
+ LyX's default is
+\family typewriter
+cua
+\family default
+, which can be changed in the LyX preferences under
+\family sans
+Editing\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Shortcuts
+\family default
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Up
\family default
-, and
+ and
\family sans
Down
\family default
Tutorial
\emph default
.
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+In LyX the Tab key is only used to accept propositions of the input completion.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\end_inset
in the documentation files) This has a couple of different uses, depending
- on which keys it's used in combination with:
+ on which keys it is used in combination with:
\end_layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
-With
+
\family sans
Backspace
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-With
+
\family sans
Left
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-With
+
\family sans
Home
\family default
\end_inset
- in the documentation files) Use this with any of the motion keys to select
+ in the documentation files) Use this with any of the arrow keys to select
the text between the old and new cursor positions.
\end_layout
Alt+
\family default
function.
- This key does many different things, but it also activates the
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+This key does many different things, but it also activates the
\emph on
menu accelerator keys
\emph default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- menu.
+ dialog.
Typing
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
You will learn more and more key bindings and short-cut keys as you use
LyX, because most actions will prompt a small message in the status bar
- at the bottom of LyX's main window which describe the name of the action,
- you've just triggered, and any existing key bindings for that action.
+ at the bottom of LyX's main window which describes the name of the action
+ you have just triggered, and any existing key bindings for that action.
The LyX menus also list the defined key bindings.
The notation for the key bindings is very similar to the notation used
in this documentation, so you should not have any problems understanding
\family sans
-Alt+P Shift-A
+Alt+P Shift+A
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\begin_layout Description
Broadway Layout for writing plays.
- It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
+ It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one that is distributed
with LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Hollywood Used to type spec scripts for the US film industry.
- It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one which is distributed
+ It is not an existing LaTeX document class, but a new one that is distributed
with LyX.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-We won't go into any detail about how to use these different document classes
+We will not go into detail about how to use these different document classes
here.
- You can find all the details about the non-standard classes in Chapter
- 6 of the
+ You can find details about the non-standard classes in Chapter 6 of the
+
\emph on
Additional Features
\emph default
manual.
- Here, we will settle with a list of some of the common properties of all
+ Here, we will settle for a list of some of the common properties of all
of the document classes.
\end_layout
dialog.
Highlighting a module in the dialog will bring up a description of what
- it does.the module.
+ it does.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Subsubsection
\family default
headings, and so on.
- We'll describe these headings fully in section
+ We will describe these headings fully in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The most important properties of documents classes are set in the menu
+The most important properties of document classes are set in the menu
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You find the following options in the menu
+You can find the following options in the menu
\family sans
Page
\begin_inset space ~
The name of the style is retained, in case you should want to go back to
the old class.
But these paragraphs will be output with no special formatting, so you
- will either need to create a new style yourself or else to convert these
- paragraphs manually to a style present in your new document class.
+ will either need to create a new style yourself or else convert these paragraph
+s manually to a style present in your new document class.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
The different paragraph environments totally replace the need for messy
tab stops, on the fly margin adjustment, and other hold-overs from the
days of typewriters.
- There are several paragraph environments which are specific to a particular
+ There are several paragraph environments that are specific to a particular
document type.
- We'll only be covering the most common ones here.
+ We will only be covering the most common ones here.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Part
\family default
- is divided in either
+ is divided into either
\family sans
Chapter
\family default
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Settings
\family default
dialog.
-\family sans
-
\begin_inset Index idx
status collapsed
\end_inset
-
-\family default
Under
\family sans
Numbering
TOC
\family default
- you'll see two counters.
+ you will see two counters.
The one named
\family sans
Numbering
Return
\family default
without worrying about the paragraph environment changing on you.
- Of course, that means that, once you're done typing in that poem, you have
- to change back to the
+ Of course, that means that, once you are done typing in that poem, you
+ have to change back to the
\family sans
Standard
\family default
environment yourself.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsubsection
-
\family sans
Quote
\family default
Quotation
\family default
environment.
- If I keep writing, you'll see the indentation.
+ If I keep writing, you will see the indentation.
If your country uses a writing style that shows off new paragraphs by indenting
the first line, then
\family sans
List
\family default
environments, LyX lets you provide your own label.
- We'll present the individual details of each type of list next after describing
- some general features of all four of them.
+ We will present the individual details of each type of list next after
+ describing some general features of all four of them.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The first type of list we'll describe in detail is the
+The first type of list we will describe in detail is the
\family sans
Itemize
\family default
\begin_layout Standard
Notice how the space between items decreases with increasing depth.
- We'll explain nesting and all the tricks you can do with different depths
+ We will explain nesting and all the tricks you can do with different depths
in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
-The LyX
-\family sans
-List
-\family default
-
+Labeling
\begin_inset Index idx
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-Lists ! LyX list
+Lists ! Labeling
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
The
\family sans
-List
-\family default
- environment is a LyX extension to LaTeX.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-\series bold
-Note:
-\series default
- When you are using a KOMA-Script document class, like in this document,
- the
-\family sans
-List
-\family default
- environment is named
-\family sans
Labeling
\family default
-.
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
+ environment is a LyX extension to LaTeX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Description
\family default
- environment the
+ list the
\family sans
-List
+Labeling
\family default
- environment has user-defined labels for each list item.
- There are the following properties of this list environment:
+ list has user-defined labels for each list item but it provides some additional
+ features.
+ Here are its properties:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
width You can set the default label width to ensure that the text of all
items in a
\family sans
-List
+Labeling
\family default
- environment have the same left margin.
+ environment has the same left margin.
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
Settings
\family default
- dialog.
+ dialog (toolbar button
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "layout-paragraph"
+\end_inset
+
+).
The text in the box
\family sans
Longest
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- (equal to 6 M).
-
-\begin_inset Newline newline
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-\series bold
-Note:
-\series default
- Setting the cursor into a list item to change only its label width will
- only change the width inside LyX but not in the output.
-\end_layout
-
+ (equal to 6
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-
+M).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You should use the
\family sans
-List
+Labeling
\family default
- environment the same way like the
+ list the same way as the
\family sans
Description
\family default
it.
The
\family sans
-List
+Labeling
\family default
environment gives you another way to do this, using a different overall
layout.
\begin_layout Standard
You can nest
\family sans
-List
+Labeling
\family default
- environments inside one another, nest them in other types of lists, and
- so on.
+ lists inside one another, nest them in other types of lists, and so on.
They work just like the other list paragraph environments.
Read section
\begin_inset space ~
\begin_layout Standard
There is yet another feature of the
\family sans
-List
+Labeling
\family default
- environment: As you can see in the examples, LyX left-justifies the item
- labels by default.
+ list: As you can see in the examples, LyX left-justifies the item labels
+ by default.
You can use additional
\family sans
HFills
.
Here are some examples:
-\begin_inset Newpage pagebreak
-\end_inset
-
-
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
Left The default for
\family sans
-List
+Labeling
\family default
item labels.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\noindent
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
first
\begin_inset Note Note
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
goes back to default numbering
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
next one.
Or you want to start a new enumeration with a defined number.
This is possible by adding an optional argument to the first list item
- of a normal new enumeration.
- There insert the command
+ of a normal enumeration.
+ There, insert the command
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Standard
In some cases you might want less or more vertical space between the items
of a list.
- For example the default space is too much in your opinion in this case:
+ For example if the default space is too much in your opinion in this case:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_layout Standard
You can decrease the space by adding an optional argument to the first item
of the list.
- There add the command
+ Add there the command
\series bold
nolistsep
\series default
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are also many commands available to change the horizontal spacing
and indentation.
- Here is an example where the indentation was changed to the one of the
- paragraphs in the document and the label separation was set to 2
+ Here is an example where the indentation was changed to that of the paragraphs
+ in the document and the label separation was set to 2
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-Lists ! Description
+Lists ! Customization
\end_layout
\end_inset
radiation:
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\end_inset
-
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Abstract
\family default
in anything else or vice versa.
- It won't work.
+ It will not work.
The
\family sans
Abstract
\begin_inset Float figure
wide false
sideways false
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\align center
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cap:Paragraph-in-the"
+name "fig:Paragraph-in-the"
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cap:Paragraph-in-the"
+reference "fig:Paragraph-in-the"
\end_inset
\family sans
Bibliography
\family default
- in anything else or vice versa won't work.
+ in anything else or vice versa will not work.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There is another, usually better way to include references in your document
by using a BibTeX database.
For more information on that, and for a detailed description of LyX's bibliogra
-phy handling, have a look at in section
+phy handling, have a look at section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_inset
this is the only case in which you can type multiple whitespaces in LyX.
- If you need to insert blank lines, you'll still need to use
+ If you need to insert blank lines, you will still need to use
\begin_inset Info
type "shortcut"
arg "newline-insert newline"
\family sans
LyX-Code
\family default
- environment, you'll need to change the paragraph environment yourself.
+ environment, you will need to change the paragraph environment yourself.
Also, you can nest the
\family sans
LyX-Code
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
-g.
+e.
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-to e.
+into e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\end_inset
lists, it is highly recommended not to do this because the aim is to create
- well structured documents following typesetting guidelines whereas nested
+ well-structured documents following typesetting guidelines whereas nested
section headings violate this.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
(
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\end_layout
+\end_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset VSpace 0.3cm
\end_inset
inside (a).
\end_layout
-\end_deeper
\begin_layout Enumerate
Back out again.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\labelwidthstring MMM
#1-b And last, back to the outermost level, #1.
- After this sentence, we'll hit
+ After this sentence, we will hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
\begin_layout LyX-Code
level.
- Now we'll hit
+ Now we will hit
\family sans
Return
\family default
arg "depth-increment"
\end_inset
-, after which, we'll change to the
+, after which, we will change to the
\family sans
Enumerate
\family default
\end_inset
.
- We'll do that again\SpecialChar \ldots{}
+ We will do that again\SpecialChar \ldots{}
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
We're going to go totally nuts now.
- We won't nest as deep as in the other examples, nor will we go into the
- same detail with how we did it.
+ We will not nest as deep as in the other examples, nor will we go into
+ the same detail with how we did it.
(level #1:
\family sans
Enumerate
\family sans
, Standard
\family default
-: level #2) We'll stick an encapsulated description of how we created the
- example in parentheses someplace.
+: level #2) We will stick an encapsulated description of how we created
+ the example in parentheses someplace.
For example, the two key bindings are how we changed the depth.
The environment name is the name of the current environment.
- Either before or after this, we'll put in the level.
+ Either before or after this, we will put in the level.
\end_layout
\end_deeper
\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Verse
-Now we'll add verse.
+Now we will add verse.
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- We'll nest both the
+ We will nest both the
\family sans
Address
\family default
Quotation
\family default
for the letter body.
- We'll use
+ We will use
\begin_inset Info
type "shortcut"
arg "break-paragraph inverse"
(shortcut
\begin_inset Info
type "shortcut"
-arg "space-insert protected"
+arg "command-alternatives space-insert protected ; math-space"
\end_inset
).
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:Units-available-in"
+reference "chap:Units-available-in"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Subsubsection
More Spaces
-\begin_inset CommandInset label
-LatexCommand label
-name "sub:More-Spaces"
-
-\end_inset
-
-
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Float table
wide false
sideways false
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\align center
the remaining space between the left and right margins.
If there is more than one HFill on a line, they divide the available space
equally between themselves.
-
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Here a few examples what you can do with them:
+Here are a few examples of what you can do with them:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Quote
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:Units-available-in"
+reference "chap:Units-available-in"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Subsection
Paragraph Alignment
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Paragraph ! Alignment
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Paragraph Settings
\family default
- dialog.
+ dialog (toolbar button
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "layout-paragraph"
+\end_inset
+
+).
There are five possibilities:
\end_layout
See chapter
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:Floats-and-Notes"
+reference "chap:Floats-and-Notes"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
+\noindent
In the dialog
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Furthermore, recent developments brought some new LaTeX engines that are
- also able to directly access fonts that are installed for your operating
- system (OS), namely XeTeX and LuaTeX.
- Both engines are now supported by LyX.
+Recent developments brought some new LaTeX engines that are also able to
+ directly access fonts that are installed for your operating system, namely
+ XeTeX and LuaTeX.
+ Both engines are supported by LyX.
By using them, you can use theoretically any OpenType or TrueType font
that is installed on your system.
- The next section describes how to use these OS fonts.
+ The next section describes how to use these fonts.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
eX)
\family default
- as output format, i.
+ as the output format, i.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
e.
-\begin_inset space ~
+\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
you will have to have either XeTeX or LuaTeX installed (see section
\end_inset
).
- You will then not have access to TeX's own fonts (the selection described
- below).
- Note that LyX lists all available fonts in either of the three lists (roman,
- sans
+ You will then not have access to TeX's own fonts.
+ Note that LyX then lists all available fonts in each of the three lists
+ (roman, sans
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
Also note that the output might fail with some of the listed fonts, due
to the encoding of the fonts and\SpecialChar \slash{}
or font failures.
- Again, LyX cannot determine this in advance, so you might need to experiment.
+ LyX cannot determine this in advance, so you might need to experiment.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
cm
\family default
-.;
+.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\emph on
one
\emph default
- glyph, but build of
+ glyph, but built of
\emph on
two
\emph default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- in a PDF, you won't get any result, because the PDF-viewer searches for
- the glyph
+ in a PDF, you will not get any result, because the PDF-viewer searches
+ for the glyph
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-serif and typewriter fonts
+serif and typewriter fonts,
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\end_inset
-, but you can also select your own.
+ but you can also select your own.
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
Roman
\family default
was originally designed for newspapers.
- That means its glyphs are smaller than the ones from other fonts to fit
+ Its glyphs are thus smaller than glyphs from other fonts in order to fit
into the small newspaper columns.
Therefore
\family sans
X font encoding
\family default
selection is an expert setting which lets you change the value passed to
- the LaTeX-package
-\emph on
- fontenc
-\emph default
+ the LaTeX-package
+\series bold
+fontenc
+\series default
+
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+LaTeX-packages ! fontenc
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
(see also sec.
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\family sans
Use True Small Caps
\family default
- are enabled.
+ are available.
These are extra features some fonts provide.
If
\family sans
Use Old Style Figures
\family default
- is checked, the font uses old style (also known as medieval or text) figures,
- i.
+ is checked, old style figures (also known as medieval or text figures)
+ are used.
+ Old style figures are the numerals (0
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
-e.
-\begin_inset space ~
+-
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
-figures with varying height that fit nicely with lower letters.
+9) with ascenders and descenders, which makes them fit nicely with lower
+ letters.
\family sans
Use True Small Caps
CJK
\series default
.
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+LaTeX-packages ! CJK
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
So this has no effect for the document language
\family sans
Japanese
\family default
- that doesn't use
+ that does not use
\series bold
CJK
\series default
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Quotation
\emph on
-Don't overuse character styles!
+Do not overuse character styles!
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Style\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Customized
\family default
- dialog.
+ dialog or press the toolbar button
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "dialog-show character"
+\end_inset
+
+.
There are several boxes on this dialog, each corresponding to a different
- font property which you can choose.
+ font property that you can choose.
You can choose an option for one of these properties, or select
\family sans
No
Size
\family default
Alters the size of the font.
- You'll find no numerical values here; all possible sizes are actually proportio
-nal to the document font size.
+ You will find no numerical values here; all possible sizes are actually
+ proportional to the document font size.
Once again, you don't feed LyX the details, but a general description of
what you want to do.
The options are:
\end_deeper
\begin_layout Standard
-We'll warn you
+We warn you
\emph on
yet again
\emph default
: don't go crazy with this feature.
You should almost never need to change the font size.
LyX automatically changes the font size for different paragraph environments
- — use that instead.
+ — use those instead.
This is here for fine-tuning only!
\end_layout
\family default
-Avoid using underbar if you can! It's a hangover from the typewriter days,
- when you couldn't change fonts.
- We no longer need to emphasize text by underscoring characters.
- It's only included in LyX because some people
+Avoid using underbar if you can! It is a hangover from the typewriter days,
+ when you could not change fonts.
+ One no longer needs to emphasize text by underscoring characters.
+ This is only possible in LyX because some people
\emph on
may
\emph default
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
-If we just warned you against using underbar, you can imagine what we think
+As we just warned you against using underbar, you can imagine what we think
about double underbar.
\end_layout
arg "font-strikeout"
\end_inset
-) This is frequently used to indicate an older version of text that has
- since changed.
+)
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+This is frequently used to indicate an older version of text that has been
+ changed in the meantime.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
the language of the document.
Text marked in this way will be underlined in blue to indicate the change
(only within LyX).
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+If you have for example a longer German Text in your document, LaTeX respects
+ the German hyphenation rules automatically.
+ When using the spell checking (see section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:Spellchecking"
+
+\end_inset
+
+) the German-marked text will be checked according to the German dictionary.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Style
\family default
dialog, the settings are saved.
- You can activate them using the toolbar button
+ You can activate them by using the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "textstyle-apply"
.
The button lets you apply your custom character style even when the dialog
isn't visible.
-
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- font, that means every character has the same width, the
+ font, which means every character has the same width; the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sub:More-Spaces"
+reference "sub:Phantom-Space"
\end_inset
\end_inset
at the ends of the strokes that form the character.
- The following example will show the difference:
+ The following example shows the difference:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\family sans
Sans serif
\family default
- don't use serifs.
- This font type is therefore often used for headings and short texts.
+ is not recommended to use a base type.
+ This font type is therefore often only used for headings and short texts.
We use it in this document to highlight menu names.
\end_layout
When a property is marked for toggling in the Text Style dialog, applying
the style to text that already has the property will cause the property
to be removed.
- If you apply a style with properties A, B and C to text that currently
- has font properties B, C, F and G, and if B is set to toggle and C is set
- not to toggle, the text ends up with properties A, C, F and G.
+ If you for example apply a style with properties A, B and C to text that
+ currently has font properties B, C, F and G, and if B is set to toggle
+ and C is set not to toggle, the text ends up with properties A, C, F and
+ G.
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
etc.), toggling behavior is up to you.
If
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-Toggle all
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\family sans
+Toggle
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
+all
+\family default
is checked, all of the left side properties are toggled; by default, none
of them are.
Finally,
\end_inset
is never toggled.
- If you set
+ If you e.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+g.
+\begin_inset space \space{}
+\end_inset
+
+set
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_inset
and select
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-Toggle all
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\family sans
+Toggle
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
+all
+\family default
, then apply the style to bold face text, the text will revert to the default
series (
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
), no matter how many times you apply the style.
-
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-We conclude with the same warning once again: Don't overuse the fonts.
+We conclude with the same warning once again: Do not overuse the fonts!
They are, more often than not, a kludge and a bad substitute for good writing.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX uses the program LaTeX as its backend.
LaTeX is just a macro package for the TeX typesetting system, but to prevent
- confusion, we'll only refer to LaTeX.
+ confusion, we will only refer to LaTeX.
LyX is what you use to do your actual writing.
Then, LyX calls LaTeX to turn your writing into printable output.
This happens in two stages:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
-Next, LaTeX uses the commands in the
+Next, LyX calls LaTeX to use the commands in the
\family typewriter
.tex
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can export your document to ASCII by the menu
+You can export your document to ASCII with the menu
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Simple
+Plain
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Simple
+Plain
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can export your document as LaTeX-file using the menu
+You can export your document as a LaTeX-file using the menu
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
eX
\family default
+.
+ The different LaTeX export variants are explained in section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Export"
+
+\end_inset
+
.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-DVI files do not contain images, they only link them.
+DVI files do not contain images, they only link to them.
So don't forget to deliver the images together with your DVIs.
- Because the DVI-viewer has to convert the image in the background to make
- it visible when you scroll the DVI, this can slow down your computer when
- you view the DVI.
- So we recommend to use PDF for files with many images.
+ Because the DVI-viewer has to convert the images in the background to make
+ them visible when you scroll the DVI, this can slow down your computer
+ when you view the DVI.
+ So we recommend using PDF for files with many images.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_inset
).
- LuaTeX is still work in progress, but it might develop into the next standard
- TeX processor.
+ LuaTeX is still a work in progress, but it might develop into the next
+ standard TeX processor.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Adobe
\family default
as a printer language.
- The file contains therefore commands that the printer uses to print the
+ The file therefore contains commands that the printer uses to print the
file.
PostScript can be seen as a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
).
As LyX allows you to use any known image format in your document, it has
to convert them in the background to EPS.
- If you have e.g 50
+ If you have e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
+g.
+\begin_inset space \space{}
+\end_inset
+
+50
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
images in your document, LyX has to do 50
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-conversions whenever you view or export your document.
- This will slow down your workflow with LyX drastically.
+conversions when you view or export your document the first time.
+ This might slow down your workflow with LyX.
So if you plan to use PostScript, you can insert your images directly as
EPS to avoid this problem.
\end_layout
\end_inset
).
- You can although use any other image format, because LyX converts them
- in the background to one of these formats.
+ You can also use any other image format, because LyX converts them in the
+ background to one of these formats.
But as described in the section about PostScript, the image conversion
will slow down your workflow.
- So we recommend to use images in one of the three mentioned formats.
+ So we recommend using images in one of the three mentioned formats.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export
\family default
- in three different ways:
+ in different ways:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-PDF This uses the program
+PDF
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+(ps2pdf) This uses the program
\family typewriter
ps2pdf
\family default
\family typewriter
pdftex
\family default
- that converts your file directly to PDF.
+ which converts your file directly to PDF.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\family typewriter
LuaTeX
\family default
- that converts your file directly to PDF.
+ which converts your file directly to PDF.
\family typewriter
LuaTeX
\end_inset
).
- LuaTeX is still work in progress, but it might develop into the next standard
- TeX processor.
+ LuaTeX is still a work in progress, but it might develop into the next
+ standard TeX processor.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-We recommend to use
+We recommend using
\family sans
PDF
\begin_inset space ~
.
It is a file suitable for viewing in web browsers.
- It does not itself contain images and the like but only links them, and
- when LyX produces XHTML, it also generates corresponding images in formats
+ It does not itself contain images and the like but only links to them.
+ When LyX produces XHTML, it also generates corresponding images in formats
suitable for the purpose.
For the math output you can choose in the menu
\family sans
Settings\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Output
\family default
- between different formats, that are described in section
+ between different formats, which are described in section
\emph on
Math Output in XHTML
\emph default
\family sans
View
\family default
- or the toolbar button
+ or use the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "buffer-view"
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can set the parameters in the
+You can set the following print parameters in the
\family sans
Print
\begin_inset space ~
Destination
\family default
- box as follows:
+ box:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Labeling
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
-Hyphens
+Hyphens, Dashes and Minus Signs
\begin_inset Index idx
status collapsed
\end_inset
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Dashes
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
The three dash types are distinct from the minus sign, which appears in
math mode and has a length of its own.
- Here are some examples of the
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-
-\family typewriter
--
-\family default
-
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
- in use:
+ Here are some examples:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Enumerate
.
That means sentences get a little bit more space between the period and
the next word.
- Abbreviations get the same amount of space after the period as a word uses.
+ Abbreviations get the same amount of space after the period that a word
+ gets after another word.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\emph on
correct
\emph default
- abbreviations and the end of a sentence:
+ abbreviations and of the end of a sentence:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-And here's an example of the algorithm going wrong:
+And here is an example of the algorithm going wrong:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You won't see anything wrong until you view a final version of your document.
+You will not see anything wrong until you view a final version of your document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can change the behavior of the
+You can specify what character the
\family sans
"
\family default
- key using the submenu
+ key produces using the submenu
\family sans
Language
\family default
- of the dialog
+ of the
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings
\end_inset
- dialog.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-You can also select quotes for different languages in the box
+ dialog in the box
\family sans
-Type
+Quote Style
\family default
- option.
+.
There are six choices:
\end_layout
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- or
-\begin_inset Quotes els
-\end_inset
-
-single
-\begin_inset Quotes ers
-\end_inset
-
\end_layout
\begin_inset Quotes srd
\end_inset
- or 'this
-\begin_inset Quotes ers
-\end_inset
-
\end_layout
\begin_inset Quotes grd
\end_inset
- or
-\begin_inset Quotes gls
-\end_inset
-
-this
-\begin_inset Quotes grs
-\end_inset
-
\end_layout
\begin_inset Quotes prd
\end_inset
- or
-\begin_inset Quotes pls
-\end_inset
-
-this
-\begin_inset Quotes prs
-\end_inset
-
\end_layout
\begin_inset Quotes frd
\end_inset
- or
-\begin_inset Quotes fls
-\end_inset
-
-this
-\begin_inset Quotes frs
-\end_inset
-
\end_layout
\begin_inset Quotes ard
\end_inset
- or
-\begin_inset Quotes als
-\end_inset
-
-this
-\begin_inset Quotes ars
-\end_inset
-
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-These settings affect what character the
-\family sans
-"
-\family default
- key produces.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Subsection
Ligatures
\begin_inset Index idx
Notes, Graphics, Tables, and Floats
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cha:Floats-and-Notes"
+name "chap:Floats-and-Notes"
\end_inset
Objects
\emph default
manual.
- There you'll also find tips and tricks for special cases.
+ There you will also find tips and tricks for special cases.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
\begin_inset Note Note
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
This is text in a note box that doesn't appear in the output.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-Comment This note also doesn't appear in the output but it appears as LaTeX-comm
-ent, when you export the document to LaTeX via the menu
+Comment This note also doesn't appear in the output but it does appear as
+ a LaTeX-comment when you export the document to LaTeX via the menu
\family sans
File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\begin_inset Note Comment
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-This is text in a note box that only appears as comment in LaTeX-files.
+This is text in a note box that only appears as a comment in LaTeX-files.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
This is text
\begin_inset Foot
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
This is an example footnote within a greyed out note.
\series medium
\bar no
.
- If you want to turn existing text into a footnote, simply mark it and click
- on the footnote
+ If you want to turn existing text into a footnote, simply highlight it
+ and click on the footnote
\family default
\series default
\bar default
\bar no
\begin_inset Foot
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
To close a footnote, click on the footnote box label.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-At the side is an example marginal note.
+At the side of this sentence is an example marginal note.
\family roman
\series medium
\begin_inset Marginal
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
This is a marginal note.
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:Units-available-in"
+reference "chap:Units-available-in"
\end_inset
LaTeX and LyX options
\family default
tab LaTeX experts can specify additional LaTeX options.
- You can also specify here the appearance of the image inside LyX.
+ In this tab you can also specify the appearance of the image inside LyX.
The option
\family sans
Draft
\begin_layout Standard
The graphics dialog can be called at any time by clicking on an image.
- The image will appear in the output exactly at the position where it is
+ Images will appear in the output exactly at the position where they are
in the text.
This is an example image within a separate, horizontally centered paragraph:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-If you need image captions and want to reference images, you have to put
+If you need image captions or want to reference images, you have to put
the image into a float, see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_inset
, every output document format allows only a few image formats.
- LyX uses therefore the program
+ LyX therefore uses the program
\family typewriter
ImageMagick
\family default
in the background to convert the images to the right format.
To increase your workflow by avoiding these conversions in the background,
- you can use only the image formats listed in the subsections of section
+ use only the image formats listed in the subsections of section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
images consist of vectors and can therefore be scaled to any size without
data loss.
- The scaling ability is necessary if you want to create presentations, because
+ The scaling ability is desired if you want to create presentations, because
presentations are always scaled by the beamer.
Scaling is also useful for online documents to let the user zoom into diagrams.
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
.
- We say it can be, because you can convert any bitmap image format to PDF
- or EPS and the result won't be scalable.
- In this cases only a header with the image properties is added to the original
- image
+ We say
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+can be
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+, because you can convert any bitmap image format to PDF or EPS and the
+ result will not be scalable.
+ In this case only a header with the image properties is added to the original
+ image.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\end_inset
-.
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can alter a table by clicking on it with the right mouse button, which
- brings up the table dialog.
- Here you can adjust the settings of the cell and row/column respectively
- where the cursor is placed currently.
+You can alter a table by clicking on it with the right mouse button and
+ then choosing
+\family sans
+More\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Settings
+\family default
+.
+ This brings up the table dialog.
+ Here you can adjust the settings of the cell, row and/or column where the
+ cursor is placed currently.
Most of the dialog options also work on selections.
This means that if you select more cells, columns or rows the action is
done on all of your selection.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Additionally to the table dialog, the
+In addition to the table dialog, the
\family sans
table
\begin_inset space ~
toolbar
\family default
helps you in setting table properties.
- It appears when the cursor is inside a table.
+ It appears if the cursor is inside a table.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
cell, spread over more than one column/row.
Multicolumn cells are treated as own rows, so that the alignment, width,
and border settings affect only the multicolumn cell.
- Here's an example table with a multicolumn cell in the first row and one
+ Here is an example table with a multicolumn cell in the first row and one
in the last row without the upper border:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Adept users can declare special LaTeX-arguments for the table.
They are necessary for special table formatting, like for multirow cells,
- explained in the tables section of the
+ explained in the chapter
+\emph on
+Tables
+\emph default
+ of the
\emph on
Embedded
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
degrees counterclockwise.
- These rotations are not visible in LyX but in the output.
+ These rotations are not visible in LyX but are visible in the output.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can also specify a row where the table is split.
If you set more than one option in the same table row, you should be aware
- of the fact that only the first one is used in the given table row.
- The others will then be defined as
+ that then only the first option is used; the others will be defined as
+
\emph on
empty
\emph default
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-header.
-
+header
\family default
- See the following longtable to see how it works:
+; see the following longtable to see how it works:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Section*
\family default
-, etc.), nor set spacing options etc.
- for the cell's paragraph.
+, etc.), nor set spacing options for the cell's paragraph.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Cutting and pasting between tables and table cells works reasonably well.
You can cut and paste even more than one row.
\begin_inset Foot
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Note, that you cannot paste into a multicell selection because it would
Notes
\family default
are also floats, because they can float to the next page when there are
- too many notes on the page.
+ too many notes on the current page.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Floats make it possible to get a high quality layout.
- Images and tables can be spread evenly over the pages to avoid whitespace
+ Images and tables can be distributed evenly over the pages to avoid whitespace
and pages without text.
- As the floating often destroys the context between the text and the image/table
-, every float can be referenced in the text.
+ As the floating often destroys the spatial context between the text and
+ the image/table, every float can be referenced in the text.
Floats are therefore numbered.
Referencing is described in section
\begin_inset space ~
To insert a float, use the menu
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Floats
+Float
\family default
.
A box with a caption will be inserted into your document.
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cap:Platypus"
+reference "fig:Platypus-distorted"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cap:Platypus"
+name "fig:Platypus-distorted"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
This figure float also shows how to set a label and create a cross-reference
- to it.
- As described in section
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:Cross-References"
-
-\end_inset
-
-, you can simply insert a label in the caption using the menu
+ to it: Insert a label into the caption using the menu
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Label
\end_inset
at all.
+ For more about cross-references, see section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:Cross-References"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cap:Two-distorted-images"
+reference "fig:Two-distorted-images"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cap:Two-distorted-images"
+name "fig:Two-distorted-images"
\end_inset
Float\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Table
\family default
- or the toolbar botton
+ or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Info
type "icon"
arg "float-insert table"
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cap:Table-float"
+reference "tab:Table-float"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cap:Table-float"
+name "tab:Table-float"
\end_inset
\emph on
Floats
\emph default
- of the the
+ of the
\emph on
Embedded
\begin_inset space ~
LaTeX provides a mechanism to produce essentially a page within a page,
called minipage.
Within a minipage, all the usual rules of indentation, line wrapping, etc.
-\begin_inset space ~
+\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
apply.
Box
\family default
.
- Right-clicking on the box allows you to alter the width of the minipage
+ Right-clicking on the box label allows you to alter the width of the minipage
and its alignment within the page.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-When you right-click on a minipage box, you can change the box from a minipage
- to other box types.
+When you right-click on a minipage box, you can transform the box to another
+ box type.
All box types and their settings are explained in detail in chapter
\emph on
Boxes
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cha:Mathematical-Formulas"
+name "chap:Mathematical-Formulas"
\end_inset
Math
\emph default
manual.
- There you'll also find tips and tricks for special cases.
+ There you will also find tips and tricks for special cases.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
toolbar
\family default
-, that appears when the cursor is in a formula.
+, that appears if the cursor is in a formula.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-There are two main types of formulas: Inline formulas appear within a text
- line, like this one:
+There are two main types of formulas, inline formulas and display formulas.
+ Inline formulas appear within a text line, like this one:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Displayed formulas appear outside the text like if they were in an own paragraph
-, like this one:
+Displayed formulas appear outside the text like if they were in a separate
+ paragraph, like this one:
\begin_inset Formula
\[
A=B
\end_inset
.
- So typing commands might sometimes be faster than using the
+ Typing commands might sometimes be faster than using the
\family sans
Math
\begin_inset space ~
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-This command will appear in the output as official character denoting the
- space character (visible space).
+This command will appear in the output as an official character denoting
+ the space character (visible space).
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can use the math panel to add super- or subscripts, but the much easier
- way is to use a command.
+You can use the math panel to add super- or subscripts (buttons
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-superscript"
+\end_inset
+
+ and
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-subscript"
+\end_inset
+
+), but the much easier way is to use a command.
To get
\begin_inset Formula $x^{2}$
\end_inset
frac
\series default
or using the icon
-\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/math/frac.png
- scale 60
-
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-insert \\frac"
\end_inset
in the
Panel
\family default
- button
-\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/math/sqrt.png
- scale 85
- groupId toolbarbuttons
+ button
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-insert \\sqrt"
+\end_inset
+ or
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-insert \\root"
\end_inset
or the commands
, versus
\begin_inset Formula
\[
-\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n!}=e
+\sum\nolimits _{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n!}=e
\]
\end_inset
\family sans
Operators
\family default
- ,
+,
\family sans
Relations
\family default
Panel
\family default
-, but can type the command directly into the formula.
+; you can type the command directly into the formula.
LyX will convert it to the corresponding symbol or construct.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You may want to create spaces that differ from the standard spacing that
LaTeX provides.
- To do this, type
+ To do this, press
\begin_inset Info
type "shortcut"
-arg "space-insert protected"
+arg "command-alternatives space-insert protected ; math-space"
\end_inset
- or to use the
+ or use the
\family sans
Math
\begin_inset space ~
Panel
\family default
button
-\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/math/space.png
- scale 85
- groupId toolbarbuttons
+\family sans
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-insert \\space"
\end_inset
+
+\family default
.
This generates a small space, and shows a small marker on the screen.
For example, the sequence
Panel
\family default
contains under the button
-\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/math/functions.png
- scale 85
- groupId toolbarbuttons
+\family sans
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-insert \\functions"
\end_inset
+
+\family default
a number of function macros, such as
\begin_inset Formula $\sin$
\end_inset
\begin_inset Formula $asinx$
\end_inset
-
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cap:Accent-names-and"
+reference "tab:Accent-names-and"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cap:Accent-names-and"
+name "tab:Accent-names-and"
\end_inset
decorations
\family default
symbol set button
-\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/math/hat.png
- scale 85
- groupId toolbarbuttons
-
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-insert \\hat"
\end_inset
- in the math panel ; this will apply to any selection you have made within
+ in the math panel; this will apply to any selection you have made within
a formula too.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
There are several brackets available through LyX.
- For most purposes, using just the keys
+ For some purposes, using just the keys
\family typewriter
[]{}()|<>
\family default
\end_inset
.
- For example, that's how you would construct the brackets around a standard
- matrix such as:
+ For example, that is how you would construct the brackets around a matrix:
\begin_inset Formula
\[
\left[\begin{array}{cc}
\end_inset
-and to make it easier to see the layers of parentheses as in:
+and to make it easier to see the layers of parentheses.
+ Below, the expression on the left was entered using the delimiter icon
+
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "dialog-show mathdelimiter"
+\end_inset
+
+ and the expression on the right was entered using the
+\family typewriter
+()
+\family default
+ keys.
+
\begin_inset Formula
\[
-\frac{1}{\left(1+\left(\frac{1}{1+\left(\frac{1}{1+x}\right)}\right)\right)}
+\frac{1}{\left(1+\left(\frac{1}{1+\left(\frac{1}{1+x}\right)}\right)\right)}\qquad\qquad\frac{1}{(1+(\frac{1}{1+(\frac{1}{1+x})}))}
\]
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The parentheses, and other brackets from that menu will automatically re-size
- to accommodate the size of what is inside.
+If you use the delimiter icon, the parentheses, and other brackets from
+ that menu will automatically re-size to accommodate the size of what is
+ inside.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
If you want to place brackets around math structures, like a square root,
- you can do that by highlighting (selecting) the structure that is to go
- inside the brackets.
+ you can do so by first highlighting (selecting) the structure that is to
+ go inside the brackets.
Then choose the appropriate brackets for left and right and click on
\family sans
Insert
\family default
.
The parentheses will be drawn around the selected structure.
+ The most common bracket combinations (parentheses, square brackets, and
+ braces, on both sides) can be entered more quickly using keyboard shortcuts.
+ For example, to insert a pair of flexible parentheses on both sides, select
+ the structure and enter
+\begin_inset Info
+type "shortcut"
+arg "math-delim ( )"
+\end_inset
+
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Panel
\family default
matrix button
-\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/math/matrix.png
- scale 85
- groupId toolbarbuttons
+\family sans
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "dialog-show mathmatrix"
\end_inset
+
+\family default
.
It will open a dialog for you to choose the number of rows/columns.
Here is an example:
\end_inset
- To change the column assignment of the formula parts, place the cursor
- where you want to start the shift and hit
-\family sans
-Ctrl-Tab.
-
-\family default
- It shifts everything in the column which is right beside the current cursor
- position to the next column.
- Note that the middle column is designed for relation signs, structures
- within this column will be printed in a smaller size:
+Note that the middle column is designed for relation signs so structures
+ in this column will be printed in a smaller size:
\begin_inset Formula
\begin{eqnarray*}
\frac{A}{B} & \frac{A}{B} & \frac{A}{B}
\family default
\series default
.
- There are other multi-line types being more suitable for certain situations,
- for example if you want a better inter-line spacing than in formula (
+ There are other multi-line types more suitable for certain situations,
+ for example if you want a better inter-line spacing than in formula
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
+LatexCommand eqref
reference "eq:asquared"
\end_inset
-).
+.
The other types are described in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- as first part of the label, because this helps later to identify the label
- type when you have many labels in your document.
+ as the first part of the label, because this helps later to identify the
+ label type when you have many labels in your document.
We inserted in the following example the label
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Reference
\family default
.
- A dialog appears to choose a label you want refer to.
- The reference appears in LyX as a grey cross reference box and in the output
+ A dialog appears to choose a label you want to refer to.
+ The reference appears in LyX as a gray cross-reference box and in the output
as the formula number:
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
- To delete a label, set the cursor in the labeled formula, use the menu
-
+ To delete a label, set the cursor at the end in the labeled formula and
+ press
\family sans
-Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Label
+Del
\family default
- and delete the label in the appearing dialog.
-\begin_inset Foot
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-This is a unintuitive and will be fixed in the next version of LyX.
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Panel
\family default
button
-\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/math/font.png
- scale 85
- groupId toolbarbuttons
+\family sans
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-insert \\font"
\end_inset
+
+\family default
, or enter its command, listed in table
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cap:Typefaces-and-the"
+reference "tab:Typefaces-and-the"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cap:Typefaces-and-the"
+name "tab:Typefaces-and-the"
\end_inset
\family default
within the box will set the cursor outside, so that you have to use a protected
space when you need a space in the box.
- Here an example where
+ Here is an example where
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
Panel
\family default
button
-\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/math/font.png
- scale 85
- groupId toolbarbuttons
+\family sans
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-insert \\font"
\end_inset
+
+\family default
(shortcut
\begin_inset Info
type "shortcut"
situations, all text will be set in the styles that LaTeX thinks are appropriat
e.
These choices can be overridden by using the math panel button
-\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/math/style.png
- scale 85
- groupId toolbarbuttons
+\family sans
+\begin_inset Info
+type "icon"
+arg "math-insert \\style"
\end_inset
+
+\family default
.
A box for the size will be created in which you can insert the math structure.
For example, you can set
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-All these math-mode font sizes are relative, that means, if the whole math
- inset is set in a particular size with the menu
+All these math-mode font sizes are relative so that if the whole math inset
+ is set in a particular size with the menu
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Text
Options
\family default
- will include the AMS-packages in the document, and make the facilities
- available.
+ will include the AMS-packages in the document and make the facilities available.
AMS is needed for many math-constructs, so when you get LaTeX-errors in
formulas, ensure that you have enabled AMS.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-One of LyX's strengths are cross-references.
+One of LyX's strengths is cross-references.
You can reference every section, float, footnote, formula, and list in
the document.
To reference a document part, you have to insert a label into it.
- The label is used as anchor and name for the reference.
+ The label is used as an anchor and a name for the reference.
We want for example to refer to the second item of the following list:
\end_layout
\end_inset
.
- A grey label box like this:
+ A gray label box like this:
\begin_inset Graphics
filename clipart/labelQt4.png
scale 85
\family sans
-enu: Second-item
+enu:Second-item
\family default
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\begin_inset space \space{}
\end_inset
-if you insert a label into a section heading, the prefix will be
+if you insert a label into a section heading, the suggested prefix will
+ be
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_inset
.
- A grey cross-reference box like this:
+ A gray cross-reference box like this:
\begin_inset Graphics
filename clipart/referenceQt4.png
scale 85
Copy as Reference
\family default
.
- The cross-reference to this label is now in the clipboard and can be copied
+ The cross-reference to this label is now in the clipboard and can be pasted
to the actual cursor position via the menu
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Paste
\family default
- (shortcut Ctrl+V).
+ (shortcut
+\begin_inset Info
+type "shortcut"
+arg "paste"
+\end_inset
+
+).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_inset
- between the cross-reference name and its number to avoid ugly line breaks
- between them.
+ between the cross-reference name and the cross-reference to avoid ugly
+ line breaks between them.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-There are six varieties of cross-references:
+There are six formats of cross-references:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
<reference>: prints the number, this is the default:
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cap:Two-distorted-images"
+reference "fig:Two-distorted-images"
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand pageref
-reference "cap:Two-distorted-images"
+reference "fig:Two-distorted-images"
\end_inset
<page>: prints the text "on page" and the page number:
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand vpageref
-reference "cap:Two-distorted-images"
+reference "fig:Two-distorted-images"
\end_inset
<page>: prints the number, the text "on page", and the page number:
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand vref
-reference "cap:Two-distorted-images"
+reference "fig:Two-distorted-images"
\end_inset
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Document Class
\family default
.
- The format is specified by adding the command
+ The package
+\series bold
+refstyle
+\series default
+ is the default and preferred because
+\series bold
+prettyref
+\series default
+ supports only English documents.
+ The format is specified by using the command
\series bold
\backslash
\backslash
newref
\series default
- (refstyle) to the preamble of the document.
+ (refstyle) in the LaTeX preamble of the document.
For example redefining all references to figures (which have the label
shortcut
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-reference: prints the caption or name of the reference:
+reference: prints the caption or the name of the reference:
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand nameref
-reference "cap:Two-distorted-images"
+reference "fig:Two-distorted-images"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
You can change labels at any time.
References to the changed label will automatically be updated so that you
- do not need to take care about this.
+ do not need to think about this.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Outline
\family default
- window appears, showing you the TOC entries as outline to move and rearrange
- sections in your documents.
+ window appears, showing you the TOC entries as outline, which allows you
+ to move and rearrange sections in your documents.
So this operation is an alternative to the menu
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:Navigating"
+reference "sub:The-Outliner"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
Here is an example URL: LyX's homepage:
\begin_inset Flex URL
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can start applications via a hyperlink when you insert a weblink, but
- add the prefix
+You can start applications via a hyperlink when you insert a weblink by
+ adding the prefix
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:Credits"
+reference "chap:Credits"
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
-, a short form of its title, as key.
+, a short form of its title, as the key.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
entries.
You can collect the bibliography of all relevant books and articles of
your working field in a database.
- This database can be used for different documents, and only the entries
- cited in a particular document will appear in the bibliography list for
- that document.
+ This database can be used for different documents, and by default only
+ the entries cited in a particular document will appear in the bibliography
+ list for that document.
This relieves you of the need to keep track of which articles and books
you have cited.
\end_layout
special program to create and edit the entries in the database.
A list of such programs is maintained on the LyX Wiki at
\begin_inset Flex URL
-status collapsed
+status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Bibliography
\family default
.
- A grey box will be inserted and a window appears.
+ A gray box will be inserted and a window appears.
In this window you can load one or more databases and a style file.
The option
\family sans
\family sans
Content
\family default
- drop box you can select whether to include > all the entries in the database
+ drop box you can select whether to include all the entries in the database
in the document or just the cited references.
\end_layout
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-For information how this is done, have a look at
+For information on how this is done, have a look at
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
To generate the bibliography from a database, LyX uses the program BibTeX.
- You can choose which of its variants should be used by LyX as processor;
+ You can choose which of its variants should be used by LyX as the processor
either in the document settings under
\family sans
Bibliography
\family sans
bibtex
\family default
-, works with all.bibliography packages
+, works with all bibliography packages
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can also set text, that should appear before or after a citation reference,
- in the citation reference window.
- Here an example where we set the text
+You can also set text to appear before or after a citation reference, in
+ the citation reference window.
+ Here is an example where the text
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- to appear after the reference:
+ appears after the reference:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_inset
.
- A box labeled
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-
-\family sans
-Index
-\family default
-
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- is inserted containing the text that appears in the index.
+ A box is inserted containing the text that appears in the index.
The word where the cursor is in or the currently highlighted text is proposed
by LyX as the index entry.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-We give a short overview of the index commands in the next subsections.
- For a detailed description of LaTeX's index mechanism, have a look at one
- of the LaTeX books
-\begin_inset CommandInset citation
-LatexCommand cite
-key "latexcompanion,latexguide,latexbook"
-
-\end_inset
-
-.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Standard
The index list is inserted in the document with the menu
\family sans
The index list box is not clickable like other LyX-boxes.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+We give a short overview of the index commands in the next subsections.
+ For a detailed description of LaTeX's index mechanism, have a look at one
+ of the LaTeX books
+\begin_inset CommandInset citation
+LatexCommand cite
+key "latexcompanion,latexguide,latexbook"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Subsection
Grouping Index Entries
\begin_inset Index idx
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can use accented characters in the index entry, but the entries might
- then not follow the rules for the index order.
- The index entries are sorted alphabetically, but LaTeX
+If you use accented characters in the index entry the entries might not
+ follow the rules for the index order.
+ The index entries are sorted alphabetically but LaTeX
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
\end_inset
- doesn't know how to sort accents in different languages.
+ does not know how to sort accents in different languages.
We have created as an example the three dummy index entries
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
.
\begin_inset Index idx
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Dummy entries ! maïs
\begin_inset Index idx
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Dummy entries ! maître
\begin_inset Index idx
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Dummy entries ! maïs@maison
\end_inset
- They will be sorted in the order maïs, maître, maison, but we want the
- order maïs, maison, maître.
+ They will be sorted in the order maïs, maître, maison but we want the order
+ maïs, maison, maître.
To achieve this, we use the command
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The previous entry needn't to be a real existing entry, you can also use
- another word to tell LaTeX the entry order, see the next subsection for
- an example.
+The previous entry need not be a real existing entry.
+ You can also use another word to tell LaTeX the entry order.
+ See the next subsection for an example.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\series bold
-LaTeX-packages !
+LaTeX-packages !
\series default
-
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
+
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
.
\family sans
xindy
\family default
-, however, this won't work for anything other than bold or italic text.
- This is because xindy requires you to define semantic elements before they
- can be used, see
+, this will not work for anything other than bold or italic text.
+ This is because
+\family sans
+xindy
+\family default
+ requires you to define semantic elements before they can be used, see
\begin_inset CommandInset citation
LatexCommand cite
after "p. 678 ff."
\begin_layout Standard
In general, we encourage you to not format page numbers directly as shown
above.
- Instead of this, you should define a macro in the preamble and use that.
- Consider why you want some page numbers to be bold.
+ Instead, you should define a macro in the preamble and use that.
Maybe you want all page references italic that refer to a definition of
the indexed term, so that users can easily find definitions.
If so, put the following in the preamble
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-In many fields, it is common to have more than one index.
+In many fields it is common to have more than one index.
For instance, you might need to set up a separate
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_inset
next to the standard index.
- LaTeX does not provide this possibility out of the box, but there are many
- packages that add this feature.
+ LaTeX does not provide this possibility out of the box, but there are packages
+ that add this feature.
LyX uses the
\series bold
splitidx
package to generate multiple indexes.
The package is included in all recent LaTeX distributions.
- If yours does not ship it, consult the TeX-catalogue,
+\begin_inset Foot
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+If yours does not ship it, consult the TeX-catalogue,
\begin_inset CommandInset citation
LatexCommand cite
key "TeXCatalogue"
Please consult the package's manual for details.
\end_layout
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Standard
To set up LyX for the use of multiple indexes, go to
\family sans
Settings\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Indexes
\family default
- and select
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
+ and select the option
+\family sans
Use multiple Indexes
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
+\family default
.
- Note that the list of
+ Note that the list
+\family sans
+Available Indexes
+\family default
+ already contains the standard index
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-Available Indexes
+Index
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- below already contains the standard index.
+.
To add further indexes, add the name of the index (in the form that should
also appear as a heading) to the
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
+\family sans
New
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
+\family default
input field and press the
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
+\family sans
Add
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- button.
- The new index should now appear in the list as well.
- If you like, you can attribute an alternative label color to the new index
- by selecting the index in the list and hitting the
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-Alter Color\SpecialChar \ldots{}
-
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
+\family default
button.
- The label color may help you to differentiate index entries of different
- indexes in the LyX work area.
+ The new index now also appears in the list.
+ If you like, you can attribute an alternative LyX label color to the new
+ index.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\family sans
Insert
\family default
- menu has a separate index entry for each of the defined indexes.
+ menu has a separate entry for each of the defined indexes.
The workflow is basically the same as for the default index, but there
- are some additional features:
+ are additional features:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
If you want to change the attribution of a specific index entry, right-clicking
- on the entry will open a dialog where you can do that.
+ on the entries' label will open a dialog where you can do that.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
By right-clicking on an index, you can change its type.
- Furthermore, you can specify an index list to be a
+ Furthermore, you can specify an index to be a
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Style
\family default
- dialog to format the description text but have to use LaTeX-commands.
+ dialog to format the description text; you have to use LaTeX-commands.
For example the description of the nomenclature entry for the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_inset
branches that were added to the document via copy and paste from other documents
-, without having being defined) to the document's branch list.
+, without having been defined) to the document's branch list.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
Here is an example, where only the question text appears, the answer branch
- is deactivated and does therefore not appear in the output:
+ is deactivated and therefore does not appear in the output:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Branch Question
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Standard
Question: Who was the first physics Nobel prize winner?
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Branch Question
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Math
\emph default
manual.
+\change_inserted 5863208 1334492666
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\change_inserted 5863208 1334493356
+Each type of branch is allowed to have its specific style defined in layout
+ files (e.g.
+ any branch inset can be automatically wrapped by your own LaTeX commands.).
+ For this advanced usage, please study Customization manual (in particular
+ section
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+Flex insets and InsetLayout
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+).
+\change_unchanged
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
\family sans
Hyperlinks
\family default
- how the links will look like and if links for bibliographical backreferences
+ how the links will look and if links for bibliographical backreferences
are created.
The backreferences will appear in the bibliography behind the different
entries, showing the number of the section, slide, or page where the entry
\begin_layout Standard
As LyX uses LaTeX in the background, it supports many LaTeX commands and
constructs, but not all.
- LaTeX contains of hundreds of packages which provide different commands.
+ LaTeX contains hundreds of packages that provide different commands.
All the time packages are being updated and new ones added.
This has the advantage that you can typeset nearly everything as there
is for every problem a LaTeX-package.
arg "ert-insert"
\end_inset
-.
+ (shortcut
+\begin_inset Info
+type "shortcut"
+arg "ert-insert"
+\end_inset
+
+).
The box can be opened by left-clicking and closed by right-clicking on
- it.
+ it and selecting
+\family sans
+Close Inset
+\family default
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
imagine you have to write a manual for a product and the deadline is the
end of the day.
- Your boss just has complimented you for your good work but wants to have
+ Your boss has just complimented you for your good work but wants to have
all caption labels bold.
- But you have over hundred figure and table captions with non-bold labels
+ But you have over a hundred figure and table captions with non-bold labels
in your manual.
- Of course it's impossible to change all caption labels manually in one
+ Of course it is impossible to change all caption labels manually in one
day.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Now LaTeX comes into play.
As mentioned above, for every problem there exists a LaTeX-package.
- First you have to find out which and therefore look in the LaTeX package
+ First you have to find out which and therefore look into the LaTeX package
database,
\begin_inset CommandInset citation
LatexCommand cite
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-As result you know that the package
+As result you find that the package
\series bold
caption
\series default
\begin_layout Standard
All LaTeX commands begin with a backslash, the command argument is set within
- two braces, and the options are set within two brackets.
+ two braces and the options are set within two brackets.
Note that not all commands have an argument and options.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Note that some document classes have built-in solutions for well known problems
+Note that some document classes have built-in solutions for well-known problems
like your case.
For example if you use a
\family sans
\begin_layout Left Header
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Note Note
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
defines the header line as described below
\begin_layout Center Header
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Right Header
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
\begin_layout Left Footer
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset ERT
\begin_layout Center Footer
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Right Footer
\begin_inset Argument
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-To define custom page header and footer line for your document, you need
+To define a custom page header and footer line for your document, you need
to set the headings style to
\family sans
Fancy
Layout
\family default
.
- As second step add in the menu
+ As a second step add in the menu
\family sans
Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Settings\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\end_inset
.
- This module offers the 6
+ This module offers the following 6
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-styles
+styles:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\begin_layout Standard
Normally, headers and footers are set up in the beginning of the document.
- but you can change them anywhere you want to.
+ But you can change them anywhere you want to.
Figure
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
placement h
wide false
sideways false
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\noindent
\begin_layout Standard
For the definition, you will need some LaTeX-commands that are inserted
- as TeX-code (menu
+ as TeX code (menu
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Te
\begin_layout Standard
The header and footer will appear on normal pages.
Some pages are different.
- The title page has a style of its own, and so has any page that starts
+ The title page has a style of its own, and so does any page that starts
a new part or chapter in your book.
Such pages will not have the custom headers/footers, but that is normal.
There is for example no need to print a header with the chapter name on
\begin_layout Standard
The lines can also be colored, but this requires more knowledge of LaTeX.
- If you really need this, have a look in the Internet or in sec.
+ If you really need this, have a look at the Internet or in sec.
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-In case that you need more than one text line as a header/footer, you can
- do this by adding a normal line break in the style definition.
+In case you need more than one text line as a header/footer, you can do
+ this by adding a normal line break in the style definition.
However, the default height of the header/footer is only the one of one
text line.
To expand the height, redefine the LaTeX length
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-In principle you can use almost everything in headers/footers, except of
- floats.
+In principle you can use almost everything in headers/footers, except floats.
For more special things like e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
-status collapsed
+status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX allows you to generate previews of sections of your document on the
- fly so you can see how they'll look in the final document without having
- to break your train of thought with
-\family sans
-View\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-DVI
-\family default
-.
+ fly so you can see how they will look in the final document without having
+ to break your train of thought with viewing the output.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Prerequisites
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-If you would for example like to see in LyX your math formulas typeset by
- LaTeX, install the LaTeX-package
+To get previews working, you need the LaTeX package
\series bold
preview-latex
\series default
\end_inset
- as explained below, and turn on
+ (on some systems named simply
+\series bold
+preview
+\series default
+) installed.
+ If it is not already installed, you will find it in the TeX-catalogue,
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset citation
+LatexCommand cite
+key "TeXCatalogue"
+
+\end_inset
+
+ or in the package manager of your LaTeX-system.
+ You obtain prettier results if you install the program
+\family typewriter
+pnmcrop
+\family default
+ from the
+\family typewriter
+netpbm
+\family default
+ package; for LyX on Windows this program and also the LaTeX-package are
+ automatically installed together with LyX.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Enabling previews
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+If you would for example like to see in LyX your math formulas typeset by
+ LaTeX, activate the option
\family sans
-Instant
+Display
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-preview
+Graphics
\family default
in the
\family sans
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
\family default
-dialog under Look
+dialog under
+\family sans
+Look
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_inset
feel\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Display.
+Display
+\family default
+.
+ Then set
+\family sans
+Instant
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Preview
+\family default
+ to
+\family sans
+On
+\family default
+.
The
\family sans
Preview
\begin_layout Standard
Previews are generated when you load a document into LyX and when you finish
editing an inset.
- Previews of an already loaded document are
-\emph on
-not
-\emph default
- generated just by selecting the
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\series bold
+Note:
+\series default
+ Previews of an already loaded document are not in every case immediately
+ generated by activating the option
\family sans
-Instant
+Display
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-preview
+Graphics
\family default
- check box, you have to reopen the documents to activate the previews.
+.
+ Reopening the documents will fix such problems.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Selected document parts
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-LyX will generate previews of math insets.
- It will also generate previews of included insets if you select the
+Besides math there are other cases where you might like to see a preview,
+ for example things that LyX cannot render like rotated parts or things
+ that are not yet supported by LyX.
+ To do this, insert a preview inset via the menu
\family sans
-Show
+Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Preview
+\family default
+.
+ Insert or paste the stuff that you want to preview into this inset.
+ The preview will be generated when the cursor is outside the preview inset.
+ If you click on the preview, you can edit the previewed stuff.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+An example: To create rotated boxes, you use the LaTeX command
+\series bold
+
+\backslash
+rotatebox
+\series default
+ which is not yet supported by LyX.
+\begin_inset Foot
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\series bold
+
+\backslash
+rotatebox
+\series default
+ is explained in section
+\emph on
+Rotated and Scaled Boxes
+\emph default
+ of the
+\emph on
+Embedded
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-preview
-\family default
- check box in the insert dialog.
- This is useful if you wish to generate a preview of a LaTeX figure, for
- example.
+Objects
+\emph default
+ manual.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ Instead of the TeX Code boxes you want to see in LyX the final rotated
+ boxes, for example to adjust the rotation angle to fit with the surrounding
+ text.
+ Therefore you create a preview inset and copy the text with the rotated
+ boxes into it.
+ Here is the result:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-To get previews working, you need the LaTeX package
+\begin_inset Preview
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+This is a line
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+
+\backslash
+rotatebox[origin=r]{-60}{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Box Doublebox
+position "c"
+hor_pos "c"
+has_inner_box 0
+inner_pos "c"
+use_parbox 0
+use_makebox 0
+width "1in"
+special "width"
+height "1in"
+height_special "totalheight"
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+with rotated
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ framed text
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+
+\backslash
+rotatebox[origin=lb]{60}{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Formula $\int A\,\mathrm{d}x=B$
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ and a formula.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Previewing works also for colors.
+ In this example a special framed, colored box was created using the LaTeX
+ command
\series bold
-preview-latex
+
+\backslash
+fcolorbox
\series default
- (on some systems named simply
+:
+\begin_inset Foot
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
\series bold
-preview
+
+\backslash
+fcolorbox
\series default
-) installed.
- If it is not already installed, you will find it in the TeX-catalogue,
-
-\begin_inset CommandInset citation
-LatexCommand cite
-key "TeXCatalogue"
+ is explained in section
+\emph on
+Colored Boxes
+\emph default
+ of the
+\emph on
+Embedded
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Objects
+\emph default
+ manual.
+\end_layout
\end_inset
- or in the package manager of your LaTeX-system.
- You obtain prettier results if you install the program
-\family typewriter
-pnmcrop
-\family default
- from the
-\family typewriter
-netpbm
-\family default
- package; for LyX on Windows this program is automatically installed together
- with LyX.
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
+\begin_inset Preview
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+
+\backslash
+fboxrule 1mm
+\backslash
+fboxsep 1mm
+\end_layout
+
\end_inset
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+
+\backslash
+fcolorbox{cyan}{magenta}{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+This is text within a colored, framed box.
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset VSpace medskip
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+If LyX does not show a preview, make sure that you enabled previews as described
+ above and also make sure that TeX Code in the preview inset is valid and
+ that you loaded the LaTeX packages in your document preamble that are required
+ by the TeX Code.
+ If LyX cannot create a preview, you will in most cases also not be able
+ to view your document due to LaTeX errors.
+ So if you have to use some TeX Code and don't know if it is correct, the
+ preview inset is a nice method to check it without the need to view the
+ whole document.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+LaTeX source code
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can furthermore preview the LaTeX source of the whole document or parts
- of it.
+You can preview the LaTeX source of the whole document or parts of it.
Use the menu
\family sans
View\SpecialChar \menuseparator
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The advanced find and replace feature of LyX is activated through the menu
-
+The advanced find and replace feature is activated through the menu
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Find & Replace
scrolled so that it is visible.
In the spellchecker sidebar, there is a box showing suggestions for a correctio
n, if any could be found.
- Clicking on one of the corrections will copy to the
+ Clicking on one of the corrections will copy it to the
\family sans
Replacement
\family default
- field, double-click invokes directly the replacement.
+ field, double-click directly invokes the replacement.
Unknown but correctly typed words can be added to the personal dictionary.
\end_layout
\end_inset
continuously Check the spelling of your document as you type it.
- Misspelled words gets underlined with a dotted red line.
- By right-clicking on an underlined word, the suggestions by the spell appear
- in the context menu.
+ Misspelled words get underlined with a dotted red line.
+ By right-clicking on an underlined word, suggestions from the spellchecker
+ appear in the context menu.
Choosing one of them will replace the misspelled word with the suggested
word.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX provides a multilingual thesaurus.
- It uses the same thesaurus framework as OpenOffice and Firefox (namely
- the
+ It uses the same thesaurus framework as LibreOffice, OpenOffice and Firefox
+ (namely the
\family typewriter
MyThes
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-If you have OpenOffice and its thesaurus installed, these files should be
- already on your system.
+If you have LibreOffice or OpenOffice and its thesaurus installed, these
+ files should be already on your system.
If not, you can get dictionaries either from
\begin_inset Flex URL
status collapsed
while the cursor is at the word you want to look up or while a word is
selected.
A dialog pops up showing you probably related words that you can use as
- replacement.
+ a replacement.
The proposals are grouped into categories.
- Note that the thesaurus does not only show synonyms, but also hyperonyms
- and hyponyms (such as
+ Note that, for some languages (such as English), the thesaurus does not
+ only show equivalent words (synonyms), but also generic terms (such as
+
+\emph on
+organism
+\emph default
+ for
\emph on
plant
+\emph default
+), related terms (such as
+\emph on
+political
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+theory
\emph default
for
\emph on
-tree
+anarchistic
\emph default
), compounds (such as
\emph on
-tree diagram
+tree
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+diagram
\emph default
-) and antonyms (such as
+, if you look for
\emph on
-women
+tree
+\emph default
+) and opposites (antonyms) (such as
+\emph on
+girl
\emph default
for
\emph on
-men
+boy
\emph default
-), which are marked as such.
+).
+ Generic terms, related terms and antonyms are marked as such.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_inset
e.
- the form that is used in the dictionaries (for many languages: first person
+\begin_inset space \space{}
+\end_inset
+
+the form that is used in the dictionaries (for many languages: first person
singular indicative active for nouns, infinitive for verbs).
- For example looking up the word forms
+ For example looking up the word form
+\change_deleted 2090807402 1338765333
+s
\emph on
reports
\emph default
- or
+ or
+\change_unchanged
+
\emph on
reporting
\emph default
report
\emph default
.
+
+\change_inserted 2090807402 1338765282
+The thesuarus is able to resolve inflected forms (so if you enter
+\emph on
+reports
+\emph default
+, it will resolve it to the form
+\emph on
+report
+\emph default
+ which is in the dictionary).
+ However, this may not always work.
+ So if you do not get any results for inflected forms, try the lemma form.
+
+\change_unchanged
Your best bet is to highlight only the relevant parts of such word (e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
g.
-
+\begin_inset space \space{}
+\end_inset
+
+
\emph on
report
\emph default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-To show made changes in the output you need the LaTeX package
+To show the made changes in the output you need the LaTeX package
\series bold
dvipost
\series default
.
The comparison result is a LyX file with change tracking enabled showing
the differences.
- In the comparison dialog you can select with the option
+ In the comparison dialog you can select from which document LyX should
+ take the document settings for the resulting difference file with the option
+
\family sans
Copy
\begin_inset space ~
from
\family default
- from which document LyX should take the document settings for the the resulting
- difference file.
+.
The option
\family sans
Enable
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cap:The-latin1-character"
+reference "tab:The-latin1-character"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
There are a few things you need to know about this table.
- Here are some of the details you'll need to bear in mind when using characters
- from the
+ Here are some of the details you will need to bear in mind when using character
+s from the
\family typewriter
Latin1
\family default
\family default
-fonts but aren't using them] will still miss a few characters: D0, F0,
DE, FE, AB, and BB – the uppercase and lowercase eth and thorn, and the
- french quotes won't show up.
+ french quotes will not show up.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Float table
wide false
sideways false
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Caption
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cap:The-latin1-character"
+name "tab:The-latin1-character"
\end_inset
The User Interface
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cha:The-User-Interface"
+name "chap:The-User-Interface"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-This is used when more people are working on the same document.
+This is used when multiple people are working on the same document or when
+ one person wants to keep a careful archive of changes.
It is described in the section
\emph on
Version Control in LyX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can import there files from older LyX-versions, HTML-files, LaTeX-files,
- NoWeb-files, plain text files, and comma separated, table like, text files
- (CSV) as a new LyX-document.
- The files will be imported as new LyX-document.
+Here you can import files from older LyX-versions, HTML-files, LaTeX-files,
+ NoWeb-files, plain text files and comma separated, table-like text files
+ (CSV).
+ The files will be imported as a new LyX-document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
You can export your document to various file formats.
The resulting files are placed in the directory of your LyX-file.
The menu entries are not the same on all installations.
- They depend on the programs found by LyX while its configuration.
+ They depend on the programs found by LyX during its configuration.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
- Since LyX 1.5.0 CJK support is fully integrated to LyX.
+ Since LyX 1.5.0 CJK support is fully integrated into LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-DVI DVI-format that also allows to use special characters or spaces in files
- paths or file names
+DVI DVI-format that also allows the useage of special characters or spaces
+ in files paths or file names
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\series bold
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family typewriter
Dot
\family default
- that is used to draw visualizations of graphs via the program
+ which is used to draw visualizations of graphs via the program
\family typewriter
Graphviz
\end_layout
\family sans
)
\family default
-text file with the LaTeX source that it is compilable with the program
+text file with the LaTeX source that is compilable with the program
\family typewriter
LuaTeX
\end_layout
\family sans
)
\family default
-text file with the LaTeX source that it is compilable with the program
+text file with the LaTeX source that is compilable with the program
\family typewriter
XeTeX
\end_layout
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-(zip) creates a zip-archive file that contains your document and all files
- that are necessary to compile it (images, child documents, BibTeX files,
- etc.)
+(zip|tar.gz) creates a zip-archive or a tar.gz-archive file (depending upon
+ your system) that contains your document and all files that are necessary
+ to compile it (images, child documents, BibTeX files, etc.)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\begin_layout Description
OpenDocument OpenDocument-formatted file, to be opened with
\family sans
-OpenOffice
-\family default
-,
-\family sans
-KOffice
-\family default
-,
-\family sans
-Abiword
+LibreOffice, OpenOffice, KOffice, Abiword
\family default
, etc.
(The OpenDocument-converter is a third-party product and may not work in
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-This menu entry will only appear when you have a fax program installed (on
+This menu entry will only appear if you have a fax program installed (on
Windows you additionally need to register its program path to LyX's PATH
prefix, see section
\begin_inset space ~
.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Select Whole Inset
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Selects the content of the inset where the cursor is currently in.
+ If the cursor is outside of an inset, the whole document will be selected.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Subsection
Select All
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Enables you to set the paragraph alignment, line spacing and label width.
- These settings only affect the paragraph in which the cursor is currently.
+ These settings only affect the paragraph in which the cursor is currently
+ in.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-These two menus are only fully active when the cursor is inside a table
- or a formula.
+These two menus are only fully active if the cursor is inside a table or
+ a formula.
Here you can change the properties of tables and formulas.
The properties of tables are described in section
\begin_inset space ~
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:Mathematical-Formulas"
+reference "chap:Mathematical-Formulas"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-These menu entries are only active when the cursor is in an environment
- that can be nested.
+These menu entries are only active if the cursor is in an environment that
+ can be nested.
They increase/decrease the environment nesting level as explained in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The
+At the bottom of the
\family sans
View
\family default
- menu contains a list of available formats in which you can view the actual
- document with an external program.
- The menu entries for the viewing formats are not the same on all installations
- — it depends on the LaTeX programs that are found while LyX was configured.
- All possible formats are formats listed in section
+ menu the opened documents are listed.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Open/Close all Insets
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Opens/closes all insets in your document.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Unfold/Fold Math Macros
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Unfolds/folds the current math macro.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Math macros are described in the
+\emph on
+Math
+\emph default
+ manual.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+View Source
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Opens a window showing the source code of the actual document, as described
+ in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sub:Export"
+reference "sec:Previewing-snippets-of"
\end_inset
.
- You should at least see the menu entries
-\family sans
-DVI
-\family default
- and
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+View Messages
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Opens a window showing console messages.
+ This is useful for debugging LyX (i.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+e., hunt for errors in the program) or to see what is going on in the background
+ while LaTeX is processing the document.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+View
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+This menu entry generates the output in the format you have specified as
+ default output format either in the preferences (see sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:File-Formats"
+
+\end_inset
+
+) or in the document settings (see sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:Doc-Output"
+
+\end_inset
+
+) and opens it in an appropriate viewer.
+ The viewer can be set or changed in the preferences, see section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:File-Formats"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ The default viewers are set by LyX when it is first configured.
+ The default output format is
\family sans
PDF
\begin_inset space ~
(pdflatex)
\family default
.
- If one of the two is missing, you need to update your LaTeX installation.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsection
+View (Other Formats)
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+With this submenu you can view your document in alternative output formats.
+ The menu contains a list of available formats in which you can view the
+ actual document with an external program.
+ The menu entries are not the same on all installations — it depends on
+ the LaTeX programs that are found while LyX was configured.
+ All possible formats are listed in section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Export"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ You should at least see the menu entry
+\family sans
+DVI
+\family default
+.
+ If it is missing, you need to update or repair your LaTeX installation.
After updating you have to reconfigure LyX, see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
The default viewers are set by LyX when it is first configured.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
-\end_inset
-
-At the bottom of the
-\family sans
-View
-\family default
- menu the opened documents are listed.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Subsection
-Open/Close all Insets
+Update
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Opens/closes all insets in your document.
+This menu entry allows you to update the view with your latest changes (in
+ the default output format) without opening a new viewer window.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
-Unfold/Fold Math Macros
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-Unfolds/folds the current math macro.
+Update (Other Formats)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Math macros are described in the
-\emph on
-Math
-\emph default
- manual.
+With this submenu you can update the view of alternative output formats
+ of your document without opening a new viewer window.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
-View Source
+View Master Document
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Opens a window showing the source code of the actual document, as described
- in section
-\begin_inset space ~
+This menu item is only visible if your document is included to another document,
+ which is then its
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:Previewing-snippets-of"
-
+master
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
-.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsection
-View Messages
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-Opens a window showing console messages.
- This is useful for debugging LyX (i.
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+ (see section
+\emph on
+Child Documents
+\emph default
+ in the
+\emph on
+Embedded
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-e., hunt for errors in the program) or to see what is going on in the background
- while LaTeX is processing the document,
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsection
+Objects
+\emph default
+ manual for more information on this topic).
+ This item allows you to view the master document from within its child.
+ That is, if you are working on a child document which is a chapter of a
+ book,
+\family sans
+View Master
+\family default
+ generates the output of the whole book, while
+\family sans
View
+\family default
+ will just output the chapter alone.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-This menu entry generates the output you have specified as default output
- format either in the preferences (see sec.
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:File-Formats"
-
-\end_inset
-
-) or in the document settings (see sec.
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:Doc-Output"
-
-\end_inset
-
-) and opens it in an appropriate viewer.
- The default output format is
-\family sans
-PDF
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-(pdflatex)
-\family default
-.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsection
-View (Other Formats)
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-With this submenu, you can view your document in alternative output formats.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsection
-Update
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-This menu entry allows you to update the view with your latest changes (in
- the default output format as described in the previous section) without
- opening a new viewer window.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsection
-Update (Other Formats)
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-With this submenu, you can update the view of alternative output formats
- of your document without opening a new viewer window.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsection
-View Master Document
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-This menu item is only visible if your document is included to another document,
- which is then its
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-master
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- (see section
-\emph on
-Child Documents
-\emph default
- in the
-\emph on
-Embedded
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-Objects
-\emph default
- manual for more information on this topic).
- This item allows you to view the master document from within its child.
- That is, if you are working on a child document which is a chapter of a
- book,
-\family sans
-View Master
-\family default
- generates the output of the whole book, while
-\family sans
-View
-\family default
- will just output the chapter alone.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-The format used by this function is the default output format as specified
- in the preferences (see sec.
+The format used by this function is the default output format as specified
+ in the preferences (see sec.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
This will split LyX's main window vertically or horizontally.
- This allows you to view documents the same time to compare them, or to
- view the same document, but at different positions.
+ This allows you to view documents at the same time to compare them, or
+ to view the same document, but at different positions.
You can even split the main window several times to view for example 3
or more documents at the same time.
To return to an unsplit view, use the menu
Panels
\family default
-, and
+,
+\family sans
+Math
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Macros
+\family default
+ and
\family sans
Math
\family default
\emph default
state the toolbar is only shown when the cursor is in a certain environment
or when a certain feature is enabled.
- That means that the review toolbar will only be shown when change tracking
- is activated, the math and table toolbars are only shown when the cursor
+ That means that the review toolbar will only be shown if change tracking
+ is activated, the math and table toolbars are only shown if the cursor
is inside a formula or table, respectively.
\end_layout
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:Mathematical-Formulas"
+reference "chap:Mathematical-Formulas"
\end_inset
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
-For more information about this feature we refer to the documentation of
-
+For more information about this feature we refer you to the documentation
+ of
\series bold
tipa,
\begin_inset CommandInset citation
\begin_inset Flex URL
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_layout Standard
Inserts document class-specific insets.
- Such insets only exist when they are defined in the layout file for a certain
+ Such insets only exist if they are defined in the layout file for a certain
document class.
An example is the document class
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-This menu entry allows you to insert or include the contents of other LyX
- files in your document.
+This menu entry allows you to insert or include the contents of other files
+ in your document.
How you can do this is explained in detail in the chapter
\emph on
External Stuff
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Inserts an URL as described in section
+Inserts a URL as described in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
manual.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Preview
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Inserts a preview inset, see section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:Previewing-snippets-of"
+
+\end_inset
+
+ for a description.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Section
The Navigate Menu
\begin_inset Index idx
\end_inset
of the current document.
- This allows you to navigate easily through you document.
+ This allows you to navigate easily through your document.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-2.5 and use the menu
+2.5 and use the submenu
\family sans
Save
\begin_inset space ~
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Only active when the cursor is in front of a cross-reference.
- Sets the cursor before the referenced label, the same as if you right-click
- on a cross-reference box.
+Only active if the cursor is in front of a cross-reference.
+ Sets the cursor before the referenced label.
+ (It is the same as if you right-click on a cross-reference box and use
+
+\family sans
+Go
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+to
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Label)
+\family default
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Shows you a list of the classes and styles installed in your LaTeX-system.
+Shows you a list of the document classes and styles installed in your LaTeX-syst
+em.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
\begin_layout Standard
This menu entry reconfigures LyX; that is, LyX looks for LaTeX-packages
- and needed programs it needs; see also section
+ and programs it needs; see also section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
This menu lists the documentation files of LyX in the language of LyX's
menus.
- Is a file not available in this language, the English version will be listed.
+ If a file is not available in this language, the English version will be
+ listed.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Text
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-pull-down box for the paragraph environments
+pull-down box for the environments
\end_layout
\end_inset
Settings
\family default
.
- You can save your document settings as default with th
+ You can save your document settings as default with the
\family sans
-e Save as Document Defaults
+ Save as Document Defaults
\family default
button in the dialog.
This will create a template named
\family typewriter
-default.lyx
+defaults.lyx
\family default
which is automatically loaded by LyX when you create a new document without
using a template.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The different submenus of the dialog are explained in the following.
+The button
+\family sans
+Use Class Defaults
+\family default
+ resets the document settings to the default of the document class.
+ This affects mostly class options, the page layout and Numbering & TOC.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The different submenus of the dialog are explained in the following sections.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
\end_inset
.
- Some classes use some class options by default.
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+With the button
+\family sans
+Local
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Layout
+\family default
+ you can load you own layout-file, that is not in LyX's
+\emph on
+layouts
+\emph default
+ folder and thus not recognized by LyX as layout for a document class.
+ For more about layout-files, see the chapter
+\emph on
+Installing New Document Classes, Layouts, and Templates
+\emph default
+ of the
+\emph on
+Customization
+\emph default
+ Handbook.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Some classes use special class options by default.
If this is the case, they are listed in the field
\family sans
Predefined
\family default
and you can decide to use them or not.
- If you don't exactly know what the default class options are for, it is
- recommended not to touch them.
+ If you do not exactly know what the default class options are for, it is
+ recommended to leave them untouched.
The
\family sans
Graphics driver
\family default
is used for LaTeX's graphics, color and page layout packages.
- When using
+ If using
\family sans
Default
\family default
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
-you first have to activate them in your LaTeX distribution, see sec.
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
-2 in
+you first have to activate them in your LaTeX distribution, see section
+
+\emph on
+Driver support
+\emph default
+ in
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
target "http://mirrors.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/graphics/grfguide.pdf"
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Specifying a master document is necessary when the current document is a
- child or subdocument.
- This master document will be used by LyX when the child document is opened
- without its master.
+Specifying a master document is necessary if the current document is a child
+ or subdocument.
+ The master document will be used by LyX in the background if the child
+ document is opened without its master.
This way child documents are always compilable.
More about master and child documents is explained in the section
\emph on
\begin_layout Standard
You can specify if paragraphs should be separated by indentations or vertical
skips.
- The line spacing and the number of text columns can here also be specified.
-
+ The line spacing and the number of text columns can also be specified here.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note that LyX will not show two columns or the set up line spacing on screen.
- That is impractical, often unreadable, and not part of the WYSIWYM concept.
+ That would be impractical, often unreadable and is not part of the WYSIWYM
+ concept.
However, it will be as you specified it in the output.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
LyX also supports Unicode output, which is particularly useful if you need
lots of special symbols or non-alphabetic scripts, respectively.
- If you want to use this (and your LaTeX installation supports Unicode,
- for that matter), choose one of the four utf8 variants from the list below.
+ If you want to use this (and your LaTeX installation supports Unicode),
+ choose one of the four utf8 variants from the list below.
Unfortunately the Unicode support of standard LaTeX is quite incomplete,
so it is not uncommon that a file with lots of Unicode symbols works fine
with
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-Default is the package
+Default uses the language package that is selected in
+\family sans
+ Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Preferences\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Language Settings
+\family default
+ (see section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Prefs-Language"
+
+\end_inset
+
+).
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Automatic selects the most suitable language package for the view/export
+ format you will use.
+ In many cases this will be
\series bold
babel
\series default
\end_inset
.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-Automatic selects the most suitable language package for the view/export
- format you will use.
- For example for the XeTeX formats the package
+ If the newer package
\series bold
polyglossia
\series default
\end_inset
- will be used instead of
+ is more appropriate (is the case when using XeTeX and/or non-TeX fonts),
+ this package will be used instead of
\series bold
babel
\series default
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-Babel uses in every case
+Babel uses
\series bold
babel
\series default
-.
+ even if
+\series bold
+polyglossia
+\series default
+ would be more appropriate.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\begin_layout Description
None will not use a language package.
- This necessary for some document classes for scientific articles.
+ This is necessary for some document classes for scientific articles.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
Finally, the dialog lets you select a specific language package for the
current document.
- See
+ See sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand formatted
+LatexCommand ref
reference "sub:Prefs-Language"
\end_inset
for more information on the language package.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Section
+Colors
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Color ! main text
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Color ! background
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Here you can alter the font color for the main text (default: black) and
+ for Greyed
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+out notes (default: light grey).
+ The button
+\family sans
+Reset
+\family default
+ sets the color back to the default.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+You can also change the background color for the pages (default: white)
+ and for Shaded
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+boxes (default: red).
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+The colors are not shown within LyX, only in the output.
+ (This Greyed
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+out note appears blue in the output.)
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Note, if you change the main text font color and use the option
+\family sans
+Color
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+links
+\family default
+ in the document settings under
+\family sans
+PDF
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+properties
+\family default
+, you probably also need to change the link font color by using
+\family sans
+Additional
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+options
+\family default
+ in the
+\family sans
+PDF
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+properties
+\family default
+.
+ For example the option
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\series bold
+linkcolor=black
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+sets the link text color to black.
+ For more information, see the manual of the LaTeX-package
+\series bold
+hyperref
+\series default
+
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+LaTeX-packages ! hyperref
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+,
+\begin_inset CommandInset citation
+LatexCommand cite
+key "hyperref"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset VSpace bigskip
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+You can adapt the main text font color and the page background for every
+ page in your document if you use these commands as TeX
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Code behind a forced page break:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+For the page color:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\series bold
+
+\backslash
+pagecolor{color name}
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+For the text color:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\series bold
+
+\backslash
+color{color name}
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The color name can hereby be one of these:
+\series bold
+black
+\series default
+,
+\series bold
+blue
+\series default
+,
+\series bold
+cyan
+\series default
+,
+\series bold
+green
+\series default
+,
+\series bold
+magenta
+\series default
+,
+\series bold
+red
+\series default
+,
+\series bold
+white
+\series default
+,
+\series bold
+yellow
+\series default
+
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+If you have changed a text or background color, you can use them under the
+ following names:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+For the page background color:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\series bold
+page_backgroundcolor
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+For the main text color:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\series bold
+document_fontcolor
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+For the Shaded
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+box background color:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\series bold
+shadecolor
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+For the Greyed
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+out note text color:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\series bold
+note_fontcolor
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+To see how to define and use custom colors, see section
+\emph on
+Colored
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Cells
+\emph default
+ of the
+\emph on
+Embedded
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Objects
+\emph default
+ manual.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Section
Numbering & TOC
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can adjust here the numbering depth of section headings and the section
+Here you can adjust the numbering depth of section headings and the section
depth in the table of contents as described in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can specify here a citation style using the LaTeX packages
+Here you can specify a citation style using the LaTeX packages
\series bold
natbib
\series default
\end_inset
.
- You can enable subdivided bibliographies using the LaTeX package
+ You can enable a sectioned bibliography using the LaTeX package
\series bold
bibtopic
\series default
\end_inset
-, mathdots
+,
+\series bold
+mathdots
+\series default
+
\begin_inset Index idx
status collapsed
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand formatted
+LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:File-Formats"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-In this text field are entered commands to load special LaTeX-packages or
- to define LaTeX-commands.
+In this text field you can enter commands to load special LaTeX-packages
+ or to define LaTeX-commands.
The preamble is a thing for LaTeX-experts.
You should not enter commands here until you exactly know what you are
doing.
\end_inset
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-\series bold
-Note:
-\series default
- You have to restart LyX before the change of the user interface file take
- effect.
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
The appearance of the menus and toolbars can be changed by choosing a user
interface (ui) file.
- An ui-file is a text file where the toolbars and menus are listed.
+ A ui-file is a text file where the toolbars and menus are listed.
The toolbar buttons and menu entries are specified in the files
\shape italic
stdtoolbars.inc
\family sans
Toolbar
\family default
- entries must be ended with an explicit
+ entries must be finished with an explicit
\family sans
End
\family default
.
They may contain
\family sans
-Submenus
+Submenu
\family default
,
\family sans
-Items
+Item
\family default
,
\family sans
-OptItems
+OptItem
\family default
,
\family sans
-Separators
+Separator
\family default
,
\family sans
-Icons,
+Icon,
\family default
and in the case of the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-file
+file_lastfiles
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- menus a
+ menu a
\family sans
Lastfiles
\family default
\begin_inset VSpace smallskip*
\end_inset
-to the navigate menu section in the .inc-file to have the sixth bookmark.
+to the
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+navigate_bookmarks
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+ menu in the .inc-file to have the sixth bookmark.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Subsubsection
+Icon Set
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Here you can change the appearance of LyX's toolbar buttons.
+ The currently available icon sets are compared in
+\begin_inset CommandInset href
+LatexCommand href
+name "this image"
+target "http://wiki.lyx.org/uploads/LyX/NewInLyX20/themes.png"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
\begin_layout Standard
With the option
\family sans
-Allow saving
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
-/
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
-restoring of window layout and geometries
+Restore window layouts and geometries
\family default
LyX's main window will be opened with the size and layout that was used
in the last LyX session.
\family sans
Restore cursor positions
\family default
- sets the cursor to the position in the file where it has been the last
- time.
+ sets the cursor to the position in the file where it was at the end of
+ the last session.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
opens all files that were opened in the last LyX session.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+The button
+\family sans
+Clear all session information
+\family default
+ deletes all information from previous LyX sessions (cursor positions, names
+ of last opened documents, etc.).
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Documents
\begin_inset CommandInset label
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-When the option
+
+\family sans
+Backup original documents when saving
+\family default
+ creates a backup copy of the file in the state when it was opened or when
+ it was saved the last time.
+ It is stored in the same folder as your document or in the
+\family sans
+Backup
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+directory
+\family default
+, see
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:Paths"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ The backup file has the file extension
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+
+\family sans
+.lyx~
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+With the option
\family sans
-Backup documents
+Backup documents, every
\family default
- is set, you can specify the time between backup saves.
+, you can specify the time between backup saves.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\family sans
+Save documents compressed by default
+\family default
+ saves the files always in a compressed format.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-When the option
+If the option
\family sans
Open documents in tabs
\family default
LyX.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+The option
+\family sans
+Single instance
+\family default
+ is only active if a LyXServer pipe
+\begin_inset Foot
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+See sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:Paths"
+
+\end_inset
+
+ for information about LyXServer pipes.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ is specified.
+ If it is checked, LyX documents will be opened in the same running instance
+ of LyX.
+ Otherwise a new LyX instance is created for each file.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+With the option
+\family sans
+Single close-tab button
+\family default
+ there will only be one button (
+\family sans
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/closetab.png
+ scale 75
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\family default
+) at the right side of the tab bar to close tabs.
+ Otherwise every document tab has its own close button.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\series bold
+Note:
+\series default
+ For the last option you have to restart LyX before the change takes effect.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Subsection
Screen Fonts
\begin_inset Index idx
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
serif
\family default
- font, and
+ font and
\family typewriter
Courier
\family default
Zoom
\family default
setting.
- You can also change the font zoom outside the preferences dialog for the
- current LyX session by pressing
-\family sans
-Ctrl
-\family default
- and scrolling the mouse wheel.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-
+The
\family sans
-Screen DPI
+Font Sizes
\family default
- is the screen resolution in dpi (dots per inch).
- The Font Sizes are calculated as letter height in units of points.
+ are calculated as letter height in units of points.
72
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:Units-available-in"
+reference "chap:Units-available-in"
\end_inset
.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-The default
-\family sans
-Font Sizes
-\family default
- are the same as if a document font size of 10
+ The default font sizes are the same as if a document font size of 10
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
-pt would be used.
+pt were used.
The sizes are explained in detail in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can here change all the colors used by LyX.
+Here you can change all the colors used by LyX.
Choose an item in the list and use the
\family sans
Alter
button.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+By using the option
+\family sans
+Use system colors
+\family default
+ the color scheme of your OS or window manager is used.
+ The colors
+\family sans
+cursor, selection, table line, text, URL
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+label and URL
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+text
+\family default
+ are then not customizable and thus not listed.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Subsection
Display
\begin_inset Index idx
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can adjust the thickness of the cursor with the
-\family sans
-Cursor width
-\family default
- setting.
+You can adjust the width of the cursor.
If you set the value to zero the thickness of the cursor scales relative
to the zoom value you choose for the screen fonts.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\family sans
+Scroll below end of document
+\family default
+ is self-explanatory.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+In LyX one can jump from word to word by pressing
+\family sans
+Ctrl+arrow key
+\family default
+.
+ With the option
+\family sans
+ Use Mac-style for cursor moving between words
+\family default
+ the cursor jumps from the end of a word to the end of the next word.
+ Normally it jumps from the beginning to the beginning.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Standard
The option
\family sans
Limit text width
\family default
specifies the width of the text in fullscreen mode.
- This way you can display the text smaller than the screen, the text appears
- then centered.
+ This way you can display the text smaller than the screen; the text then
+ appears centered.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
broadway.bind
\shape default
, and bind files for special languages.
- The name of language bind-files begin with a language code, e.
+ The names of language bind-files begin with a language code, e.
\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Besides this, you can specify here the
+You can furthermore specify here the
\family sans
Wheel scrolling speed
\family default
slow it down.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Subsection
-Input Completion
-\begin_inset CommandInset label
-LatexCommand label
-name "sub:Input-Completion-Appendix"
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset Index idx
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-Input completion
+\begin_layout Standard
+In the section
+\family sans
+Scroll wheel zoom
+\family default
+ you can select a key for zooming.
+ When this key is pressed and the mouse wheel is rotated, the text is zoomed.
\end_layout
-\end_inset
-
-
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Input Completion
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_inset
.
- The completion options for math do the same as the corresponding options
- for text.
- With the general options you can define the delay time for the inline and
- popup completion and choose if long completions should be abbreviated or
- not.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\family sans
Examples
\family default
- button does not exist when using LyX on MacOS and Windows systems.
+ button does not exist when using LyX on Mac OS and Windows systems.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_inset
Backup copies will be saved to this directory.
- When no directory is given but backups are enabled as described in section
+ If no directory is given but backups are enabled as described in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
-The backup files have the ending
+Backup files have the ending
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_inset
-XServer-Pipe Here you can enter the name of a Unix-pipe.
+XServer
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+pipe Here you can enter the name of a so-called UNIX-pipe.
This pipe is used to send data from external programs to LyX.
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\series bold
-Example
+Example:
\series default
-: You add a BibTeX-database test.bib to your document.
+ You add a BibTeX-database
+\emph on
+test.bib
+\emph default
+ to your document.
You can edit this file with the program
\family typewriter
JabRef
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
+The pipe is also used for the
+\family sans
+Single instance
+\family default
+ feature, see sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
-\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Backup documents"
-\series bold
-Note:
-\series default
- This feature doesn't work on Windows systems.
-\end_layout
+\end_inset
+.
+\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
+To use the LyXServer-Pipe on Windows, you must use this pipe name:
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+\series bold
+
+\backslash
+
+\backslash
+.
+\backslash
+pipe
+\backslash
+lyxpipe
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
directory Temporary files will be saved in this directory.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Description
+Thesaurus
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+dictionary Directory where the thesaurus dictionaries are located.
+ You only need to specify it if the thesaurus does otherwise not work or
+ if you want to use custom/alternative dictionaries.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Hunspell
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+dictionary Directory where the dictionaries of the spell checker program
+
+\family typewriter
+Hunspell
+\family default
+ are located.
+ You only need to specify it if you are using
+\family typewriter
+Hunspell
+\family default
+ and spell checking does otherwise not work or if you want to use custom/alterna
+tive dictionaries.
+ For LyX on Windows
+\family typewriter
+Hunspell
+\family default
+ is the only available spell checker and should work without specifying
+ a directory.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Description
PATH
\begin_inset space ~
Linux systems, the path list will need to be set only if there are external
programs you wish to use that are not in your normal system path ($PATH).
-
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+TEXINPUTS
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+prefix The TEXINPUTS environment variable allows to use external files which
+ are included to a LyX document via commands in TeX code or in the document
+ preamble.
+ This prefix includes by default the document directory (represented by
+ a single dot '.').
+ The prefix can contain any list of paths separated by the default separator
+ of the OS (':' on UNIX like systems and ';' on Windows).
+ If files are included, the paths listed in the TEXINPUTS prefix will be
+ scanned for the input files.
+ Note that any non-absolute path listed in the TEXINPUTS prefix is considered
+ to be relative to the directory of your LyX file.
+ It is recommended to include always '.' as one of the paths, otherwise compilati
+on may fail for some documents.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
\end_inset
language Here you can select the language of LyX's menus.
- Unfortunately this doesn't work on Mac and Windows.
- It works on Linux for the languages into LyX's menus and dialogs are translated.
You find the actual translation status here:
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
-name "http://www.lyx.org/I18n"
target "http://www.lyx.org/I18n"
\end_inset
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Description
-Default
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-language is the language used in new documents
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Description
Language
\begin_inset space ~
package determines which LaTeX package should be loaded to handle language
issues.
- Language issues which are handled by this package include proper hyphenation
+ Language issues that are handled by this package include proper hyphenation
as well as localization of dates and text strings such as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_inset
, it is the default language package in classic LaTeX.
- However, more recent typesetting engines such as XeTeX and LuaTeX come
- with the alternative language package
+ More recent typesetting engines such as XeTeX and LuaTeX come with the
+ alternative language package
\series bold
polyglossia
\series default
.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Description
-Default
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-Decimal
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-Point Define the default decimal point for the use in tables (decimal point
- alignment)
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Description
Command
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-start When a special LaTeX-package is needed to write in a certain document
+start If a special LaTeX-package is needed to write in a certain document
language, you can here specify the command to start the package.
An example is the start command
\family sans
command toggles the package on and off.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Description
+Default
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Decimal
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Point Define the default decimal point for the use in tables (decimal point
+ alignment).
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Description
Set
\begin_inset space ~
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-begin When this option is set, the documents starts with the chosen document
+begin When this option is set, documents start with the chosen document
language.
When this option is not set, the
\family sans
\end_inset
languages Text marked formatted in a language different from the document
- language will be underlined blue.
+ language will be underlined in blue.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\end_inset
-
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
-Printer
-\begin_inset CommandInset label
-LatexCommand label
-name "sub:Printer"
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset Index idx
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-Printer
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset Index idx
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-Settings ! Printer
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
+General
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-Default
+Output
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-printer Here you can specify the name of your default printer.
- The name will be used when the
-\family sans
-Printer command
-\family default
- is executed.
-\begin_inset Newline newline
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset Note Greyedout
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-\series bold
-Note:
-\series default
- You can leave this field empty on Windows systems because it has no effect.
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-Printer
+line
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-command is the command LyX
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
-/
-\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
-\end_inset
-
-LaTeX uses for printing.
- The default is on most systems
+length sets the maximum number of characters printed in one line when using
+ the menu
\family sans
-dvips
-\family default
-.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-Printer
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-Command
+File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Plain
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-Options Here you can specify printer options.
- A list of printer options with explanations can be found in the documentation
- of the program that provides the
-\family sans
-Printer command
+text
\family default
- you are using.
+.
+ Setting the line line length to 0 means all text is printed in one endless
+ line.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-Adapt
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-output
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-to
+Date
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-printer This option works only for the
-\family sans
-Printer command
-\family default
-
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-
-\family sans
-dvips
-\family default
-
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
-.
- It activates a configuration file for dvips.
- This is an option only for dvips experts.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsection
-Date Format
+format
\begin_inset Index idx
status collapsed
\end_inset
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-The date format can be one or a mixture of the formats listed here:
+ The date format can be one or a mixture of the formats listed here:
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
prints the date as day/month/year.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Description
+Overwrite
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+on
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+export Setting what LyX is allowed to overwrite on export.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Forward
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+search Commands that will be used for the menu
+\family sans
+Navigate\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Forward
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+search
+\family default
+.
+ For a detailed description see section
+\emph on
+Reverse DVI/PDF search
+\emph default
+ of the
+\emph on
+Additional
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Features
+\emph default
+ manual.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Subsection
-Plain Text
+Printer
+\begin_inset CommandInset label
+LatexCommand label
+name "sub:Printer"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Printer
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Index idx
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Settings ! Printer
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-Output
+Default
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-line
+printer Here you can specify the name of your default printer.
+ The name will be used when the
+\family sans
+Printer command
+\family default
+ is executed.
+\begin_inset Newline newline
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\series bold
+Note:
+\series default
+ You can leave this field empty on Windows systems because it has no effect.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Printer
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-length sets the maximum number of characters printed in one line when using
- the menu
+command is the command LyX
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+/
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+LaTeX uses for printing.
+ The default is
\family sans
-File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Plain
+dvips
+\family default
+ on most systems.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Printer
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-text
+Command
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Options Here you can specify printer options.
+ A list of printer options with explanations can be found in the documentation
+ of the program that provides the
+\family sans
+Printer command
\family default
-.
- Setting the line line length to 0 means all text is printed in one endless
- line.
+ you are using.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-roff
+Adapt
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-command defines an additional command used to produce better ASCII tables
- with the
-\family typewriter
-groff/troff/nroff
+output
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+to
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+printer This option works only for the
+\family sans
+Printer command
\family default
- UNIX-commands (refer to their manuals for more information about them).
- Setting this as empty tells LyX to use the internal formatter.
+
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+
+\family sans
+dvips
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ It activates a configuration file for dvips.
+ This is an option only for dvips experts.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
\family sans
LCY
\family default
-, and
+ and
\family sans
X2
\family default
- are for Cyrillic.
+ are used for Cyrillic.
Combinations of the encodings are possible, like
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
value depends on your LaTeX-system setup.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-You can also specify here commands with parameters for the listed applications.
- But before you change something, it is strongly recommended to read the
- manuals of the applications.
- Currently the following commands can be set:
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Description
-CheckTe
-\begin_inset ERT
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
+DVI
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
-{}
-\end_layout
+viewer
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+paper
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-X
+size
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-command Command for the program
+options They only have an effect when the program
\family sans
-CheckTeX
+xdvi
\family default
- that is described in the section
-\emph on
-Checking TeX
-\emph default
- of the
-\emph on
-Additional Features
-\emph default
- manual.
+ is used as DVI-viewer, read its manual to find out more.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Description
-BibTe
-\begin_inset ERT
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-
-{}
+\begin_layout Standard
+Here you can also specify options and commands with parameters for processors.
+ But before you change something, it is strongly recommended to read the
+ manuals of the applications.
\end_layout
-\end_inset
-
-X
+\begin_layout Description
+Bibliography
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-command Command for the program
-\family sans
-BibTeX
-\family default
- that generates the bibliography, see section
+generation Settings for the generation of the bibliography, see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-command Command for the program that generates the index, see section
+generation Settings for the generation of the index, see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-DVI
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
+CheckTe
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
-viewer
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+{}
+\end_layout
-paper
-\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-size
+X
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-options They only have an effect when the program
+command Command for the program
\family sans
-xdvi
+CheckTeX
\family default
- is used as DVI-viewer.
+ that is described in the section
+\emph on
+Checking TeX
+\emph default
+ of the
+\emph on
+Additional Features
+\emph default
+ manual.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-classes
+class
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
Here you find the list of defined converter commands to convert material
from one format to another.
- You can modify them or create new ones.
+ You can modify converters or create new ones.
To modify a converter, select it, change the entry of the field
\family sans
Converter
flag
\family default
-, and press the
+ and press the
\family sans
Modify
\family default
To create a new converter, select an existing one, select a different format
in the
\family sans
-From
+To
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\family sans
Converter
\family default
- field, and press the
+ field and press the
\family sans
Add
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-When the
+If the
\family sans
Converter File Cache
\family default
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-More about converters, like the variables and flags that can be used in
- the converter definition, is described in the section
+More about converters, like the flags that can be used in the converter
+ definition, is described in the section
\emph on
Converters
\emph default
\begin_layout Standard
Furthermore, you can define the
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
+\family sans
Default output format
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- that is used when you hit
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-View
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
-,
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-Update
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
-,
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-View Master Document
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- and
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
+\family default
+ that is used when you use
+\family sans
+View, Update, View Master Document
+\family default
+ or
+\family sans
Update Master Document
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
- in the Edit menu or the toolbar.
+\family default
+ in the
+\family sans
+View
+\family default
+ menu or the toolbar.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-More about formats, like the options that can be used in the format definition,
- is described in the section
+More about formats and their options is described in the section
\emph on
Formats
\emph default
\begin_layout Standard
Since all conversions from one format to another take place in LyX's temporary
directory, it is sometimes necessary to modify a file before copying it
- to the temporary directory in order that the conversion may be performed.
+ to the temporary directory so that the conversion may be performed.
This is done by specifying a
\family sans
Copier
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cha:Units-available-in"
+name "chap:Units-available-in"
\end_inset
To understand the units described in this documentation,
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "cap:Units"
+reference "tab:Units"
\end_inset
placement h
wide false
sideways false
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset Caption
\begin_layout Plain Layout
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cap:Units"
+name "tab:Units"
\end_inset
Credits
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "cha:Credits"
+name "chap:Credits"
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset href
LatexCommand href
name "Credits"
-target "http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/trunk/lib/CREDITS"
+target "http://www.lyx.org/Credits"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/trunk/lib/CREDITS
+http://www.lyx.org/Credits
\end_layout
\end_inset
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