% define a short command for \textvisiblespace
\newcommand{\spce}{\textvisiblespace}
+% macro for italic page numbers in the index
+\newcommand{\IndexDef}[1]{\textit{#1}}
+
% redefine the greyed out note
\renewenvironment{lyxgreyedout}
{\textcolor{blue}\bgroup}{\egroup}
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-The two braces in the ERT box prevent that the term
+The two braces in the TeX Code box prevent that the term
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_inset
is printed with sub- and superscript letters.
- More on ERT is described in section
+ More about TeX Code is described in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:ERT"
+reference "sec:TeX-Code"
\end_inset
\family sans
File
\family default
- menu are basic operations for any word processor in addition to some more
- advanced operations:
+ menu and in the standard toolbar are basic operations for any word processor
+ in addition to some more advanced operations:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
-New
+New
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/buffer-new.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
-Open
+Open
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/file-open.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
-Save
+Save
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/buffer-write.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
-Print
+Print
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/dialog-show_print.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 24bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
Edit
\family default
- menu has the cut and paste commands, along with various other editing features.
+ menu and the standard toolbar has the cut and paste commands, along with
+ various other editing features.
Some of these are special and covered in later sections.
The basic ones are:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
-Cut
+Cut
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/cut.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
-Copy
+Copy
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/copy.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\family sans
-Paste
+Paste
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/paste.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-Replace
+Replace
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/dialog-show_findreplace.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 25bp
+ rotateOrigin center
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Undo
\family default
+ or the toolbar button
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/undo.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
to undo some mistake.
If you accidentally undo too much, use
\family sans
Edit\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Redo
\family default
+ ot the toolbar button
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/redo.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
to
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
- The undo mechanism is currently limited to 100 steps to minimize memory
- overhead.
-
+ The undo mechanism is currently limited to 100
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+steps to minimize memory overhead.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_inset
status of the document is unfortunately not reset.
- This is a consequence of the 100 step undo limit, above.
+ This is a consequence of the 100
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+step undo limit, above.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The
+
\family sans
Undo
\family default
Redo
\family default
work on almost everything in LyX.
- They have some quirks, too.
- They won't
-\family sans
-Undo
-\family default
- or
-\family sans
-Redo
-\family default
- text character by character, but by blocks of text.
- That can take some getting used to; you'll have to play with
-\family sans
-Undo
-\family default
- and
-\family sans
-Redo
-\family default
- to get a feel for just how much they'll undo/redo, and after time, you'll
- surely appreciate how it works.
+ But they won't undo or redo text character by character, but by blocks
+ of text.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
\end_layout
\end_deeper
+\begin_layout Section
+Navigating
+\begin_inset CommandInset label
+LatexCommand label
+name "sec:Navigating"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Index
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Navigating
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+LyX offers you two ways to navigate in documents:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+The menu
+\family sans
+Navigate
+\family default
+ lists all sections of the document as submenu entries that you can click
+ to jump to the corresponding document part.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Itemize
+The menu
+\family sans
+Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Outline
+\family default
+ or the toolbar button
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/dialog-toggle_toc.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The outline window shows you the content of the document's table of contents
+ (TOC) that is described in sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Table-of-Contents"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ You can click there on entries to jump to the corresponding document part.
+ In the pull-down box at the top of the outline window, you can choose between
+ different lists of document objects, like the list of footnotes.
+ Some of them, the list of tables, figures, and algorithms can also be added
+ to the document, see
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:List-of-Figures"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+With the buttons
+\begin_inset space \space{}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/down.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset space \hspace{}
+\length -3mm
+\end_inset
+
+ and
+\begin_inset space \space{}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/up.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset space \hspace{}
+\length -3mm
+\end_inset
+
+ at the bottom of the outline window you can change the position of sections
+ in your document.
+ So you can for example move section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+2.5 before section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+2.4.
+ LyX will then automatically renumber the sections to the new order.
+ With the buttons
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/promote.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+ and
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/demote.png
+ BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
+
+\end_inset
+
+ you can change the sectioning level of sections.
+ So you can for example make section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+2.5 chapter
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+3 or subsection
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+2.4.1.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Section
Basic Key Bindings
\begin_inset CommandInset label
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-We're not going to cover all of the keybindings.
- Be aware that there are at least two different primary binding maps: CUA
- and Emacs.
+There are at least two different primary binding maps: CUA and Emacs.
LyX's default is CUA.
\end_layout
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 keybindings for that action.
+ The LyX menus also list the defined keybindings.
The notation for the keybindings is very similar to the notation used in
this documentation, so you should not have any problems understanding it.
However, notice that Shift-modifiers are explicitly mentioned, so
.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+You can list or change the keybindings in the LyX preferences under
+\family sans
+Editing\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Shortcuts
+\family default
+.
+ The preferences are opened with the menu
+\family sans
+Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Preferences
+\family default
+.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Chapter
LyX Basics
\begin_inset Index
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The paragraph environments correspond to the various
+Paragraph environments correspond to the
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
-command sequences in an ordinary LaTeX file.
+command sequence in LaTeX files.
If you don't know LaTeX, or the concept of a paragraph environment is totally
alien to you, we urge you to read the
\emph on
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-To choose a new paragraph environment, use the pull-down box on the left
- end of the toolbar.
+To choose a new paragraph environment, use the pull-down box
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename clipart/ToolbarEnvBox.png
+ scale 70
+ clip
+
+\end_inset
+
+ at the left end of the toolbar.
LyX will change the environment of the
\emph on
entire
HFills
\family default
to change how LyX justifies the item label.
- We'll document
+
\family sans
-HFills
+Hfills
\family default
- later in section
+ are documented in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_inset
-Width of the different horizotal spaces.
+Width of the different horizontal spaces.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Horizontal fills (hfills) are a special LyX feature for adding extra space
+Horizontal fills (HFills) are a special LyX feature for adding extra space
in a uniform fashion.
- An hfill is actually a variable length space, whose length always equals
+ An HFill is actually a variable length space, whose length always equals
the remaining space between the left and right margins.
- If there is more than one hfill on a line, they divide the available space
+ If there is more than one HFill on a line, they divide the available space
equally between themselves.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-There may be more than one set of margins on a line.
- Here's an example with the
+HFills can be made visible when you choose one of the
\family sans
-List
+Fill
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Pattern
\family default
- environment.
+ in the space dialog: The following patterns are available:
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Labeling
-\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
-one
-\begin_inset space \hfill{}
+\begin_layout Standard
+Dots:
+\begin_inset space \dotfill{}
\end_inset
-two :three
-\begin_inset space \hfill{}
+
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-four
-\begin_inset space \hfill{}
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Rule:
+\begin_inset space \hrulefill{}
\end_inset
-five
-\begin_inset space \hfill{}
+
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-six
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
+Left arrow:
+\begin_inset space \leftarrowfill{}
\end_inset
-:
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
+
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
- marks the beginning of the item.
- (There is actually a
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Right arrow:
+\begin_inset space \rightarrowfill{}
\end_inset
-hidden
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
+
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
- hfill inside of the label of the
-\family sans
-List
-\family default
- environment; it's put at the end of the label automatically.) Hfills work
- similarly in other
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Up brace:
+\begin_inset space \downbracefill{}
\end_inset
-multi-margin
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
+
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Down brace:
+\begin_inset space \upbracefill{}
\end_inset
- situations, like two-column mode.
+
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\series bold
Note:
\series default
- If an hfill is at the beginning of a line, and
+ If an HFill is at the beginning of a line, and
\emph on
not
\emph default
in the first line in a paragraph, LyX ignores it.
- This prevents hfills from accidentally being wrapped onto a new line.
+ This prevents HFills from accidentally being wrapped onto a new line.
If you need space in this case anyway, set the
\family sans
Protect
\backslash
phantom
\series default
- in ERT.
+ in TeX Code
+\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:TeX-Code"
+
+\end_inset
+
+ for more information about TeX-Code.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
In our case write the command
\series bold
width.
\lyxline
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Section
+Characters and Symbols
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+You can directly enter all characters that are available on your keyboard.
+ You can also use special keyboard maps to be able to enter e.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+g.
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+characters needed for French with an English keyboard.
+ See section
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Keyboard-mapping"
+
+\end_inset
+
+ for informations how this is done.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+For the case where you need a character that is not on your keyboard, you
+ can use the
+\family sans
+Symbols
+\family default
+ dialog via the menu
+\family sans
+Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Special Character\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Symbols
+\family default
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\series bold
+Note:
+\series default
+ Maybe not all symbols inserted with the symbols dialog can be displayed
+ when you are using a special screen font in LyX's preferences.
+ But the inserted symbols will in every case be displayed in the output.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
-use the keybinding
+use the key binding
\family sans
M-c
\begin_inset space ~
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can always reset to the default font using the keybinding
+You can always reset to the default font using the key binding
\family sans
M-c
\begin_inset space ~
This is the Roman font family.
Normally a serif font.
It's also the default family.
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
This is the Sans Serif font family.
\family default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
This is the Typewriter font family.
\family default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
This is the Bold font series.
\series default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size.
\size default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size
\size default
.
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size.
\size default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size.
\size default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size.
It's also the default size.
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size.
\size default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size.
\size default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size.
\size default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size.
\size default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
font size.
\size default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
This is text with Underbar on.
\bar default
- (keybinding
+ (key binding
\begin_inset ERT
status collapsed
Color
\family default
You can adjust the color of the text with this control.
- Notice that not all dvi-viewers are are able to display colors.
+ Notice that not all DVI-viewers are able to display colors.
Besides
\family sans
No
(pdflatex)
\family default
- you can use the toolbar button
+ the toolbar button
\begin_inset Graphics
- filename ../images/buffer-export_pdf2.png
+ filename ../images/buffer-view_pdf2.png
\end_inset
-.
+, and for
+\family sans
+View\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Postscript
+\family default
+ the toolbar button
+\begin_inset Graphics
+ filename ../images/buffer-view_ps.png
+
+\end_inset
+
+ (shortcut
+\family sans
+C-t
+\family default
+).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\backslash
mbox
\series default
-, we have to use ERT.
+, we have to use TeX Code.
The result looks in LyX like:
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-To learn more about ERT, have a look at section
+To learn more about TeX Code, have a look at section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:ERT"
+reference "sec:TeX-Code"
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
For those that do need to bother, there is help to catch those sneaky errors:
- check out the
+ Check out the
\family sans
-Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Check
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-The braces in ERT are here to avoid that the
+The braces in TeX Code are here to avoid that the
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
\end_inset
appear as proper name in the output, see the last paragraph of this section.
- To create proper names omit the ERT.
+ To create proper names omit the TeX Code.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_layout Standard
If you don't want to use proper names, e.g.
- in section headings, you can insert two empty braces in ERT in the word.
+ in section headings, you can insert two empty braces in TeX Code in the
+ word.
This will look in LyX like:
\begin_inset Graphics
filename clipart/LaTeX.png
\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
-For more about ERT, look at section
+For more about TeX Code, look at section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:ERT"
+reference "sec:TeX-Code"
\end_inset
for a new section printed at the very bottom of the page, the first line
of a new paragraph all alone at the bottom of a page, or the last line
of a paragraph at the top of a new page.
- These dangly-bits of text became known as
+ These bits of text became known as
\emph on
widows
\emph default
indented and greyed out notes can have footnotes.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Description
-Framed This note will appear in the output as framed text.
-
-\begin_inset Box Framed
-position "t"
-hor_pos "c"
-has_inner_box 0
-inner_pos "t"
-use_parbox 0
-width "100col%"
-special "none"
-height "1in"
-height_special "totalheight"
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-This is text in a note box that appears framed in the output.
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
- In contrary to framed boxes like the one in section
-\begin_inset space ~
-\end_inset
-
-
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sub:ERT-Boxes"
-
-\end_inset
-
-, the frame uses always the whole text width and the note is set into its
- own paragraph.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-Shaded This note will appear in the output with red background color.
-\begin_inset Box Shaded
-position "t"
-hor_pos "c"
-has_inner_box 0
-inner_pos "t"
-use_parbox 0
-width "100col%"
-special "none"
-height "1in"
-height_special "totalheight"
-status open
-
-\begin_layout Plain Layout
-This text in a note box appears in the output with red background.
-\end_layout
-
-\end_inset
-
-In contrary to colored boxes, the note uses always the whole text width
- and the note is set into its own paragraph.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Standard
Notes are inserted with the toolbar button
\begin_inset Graphics
\family roman
\series medium
\bar no
-.
This box is LyX's representation of your footnote.
If you
\family default
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-To close a footnote, click on the red box at the top left.
+To close a footnote, click on the footnote box label.
\end_layout
\end_inset
Graphics
\family default
tab allows you to choose your image file.
- The appearance of the image inside LyX and in the output is adjusted separately.
The image can be transformed by setting a rotation angle and a scaling
factor.
The scaling units are explained in Appendix
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-LaTeX experts can specify additional LaTeX options in the
+In the
\family sans
-Extras
+LaTeX and LyX options
\family default
- tab.
- You can also set the
+ tab LaTeX experts can specify additional LaTeX options.
+ You can also specify here the appearance of the image inside LyX.
+ The option
\family sans
-Subfigure
-\family default
- option here if the image is inside a figure float.
- This option is explained in section
+Draft
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
+mode
+\family default
+ has the effect that the image doesn't appear in the output, only a frame
+ with the image size is printed.
+ The option
+\family sans
+Don't
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
-\begin_inset CommandInset ref
-LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:Figure-Floats"
-
+unzip
+\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-.
- The option
-\family sans
-Draft
+on
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-mode
+export
\family default
- effects that the image don't appear in the output, only a frame with the
- image size is printed.
+ is explained in the
+\emph on
+EmbeddedObjects
+\emph default
+ manual in section
+\emph on
+Graphics Dialog
+\emph default
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The graphics dialog can be called at any time by right-clicking on an image.
+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
in the text.
- This is an example image in the PDF format within a separate, horizontally
- centered paragraph:
+ This is an example image within a separate, horizontally centered paragraph:
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
current cell respectively.
The vertical alignment of a column can only be adjusted when a column width
is given.
- A given width will allow the cell to have linebreaks and multiple paragraphs
+ A given width will allow the cell to have line breaks and multiple paragraphs
of text, see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can also specify a row where the table is splitted.
+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
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:ListsOf"
+reference "sub:List-of-Figures"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Rotated floats are always placed on its own page (or column, when you have
- a two-column document).
- They are rotated so that you can read them from the outside margin.
+Rotated floats are always placed on its own page (or column, in case you
+ have a multi-column document).
+ You can let them span several columns using the float settings option
+\family sans
+Span
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+columns
+\family default
+.
+ Floats are rotated so that you can read them from the outside margin.
Forcing the rotation direction is explained in the
\emph on
Embedded Objects
\end_inset
- between the cross-reference name and its number to avoid ugly linebreaks
+ between the cross-reference name and its number to avoid ugly line breaks
between them.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
-Table of Contents and Outline
+Table of Contents
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
name "sub:Table-of-Contents"
\family default
.
Is is displayed in LyX as a gray box.
- If you click on it, the TOC window appears, showing you the TOC entries.
- You can jump to a document part by clicking on an entry.
- Thus you can use this window as graphical alternative for the
+ If you click on it, the
\family sans
-Navigate
+Outline
\family default
- menu.
+ window appears, showing you the TOC entries as outline to move and rearrange
+ sections in your documents.
+ So this operation is an alternative to the menu
+\family sans
+Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Outline
+\family default
+ that is described in sec.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:Navigating"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The TOC lists every numbered section automatically.
+The TOC in the document output lists every numbered section automatically.
If you have declared a short title for a section heading, as described
in section
\begin_inset space ~
describes how the level is adjusted that defines which section types are
listed in the TOC.
- You can also adjust the level for the displayed sections in the TOC window
- using the grey fader at the bottom of the window.
Unnumbered sections are not listed in the TOC.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-You can use the TOC window also as outline to move and rearrange sections
- in your documents.
- The TOC window therefore also appears when you use the menu
-\family sans
-Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Outline
-\family default
-.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Subsection
-List of Figures, Tables and Algorithms
+List of Figures, Tables, and Algorithms
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "sec:ListsOf"
+name "sub:List-of-Figures"
\end_inset
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Citation
\family default
- or the toobar button
+ or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Graphics
filename ../images/dialog-show-new-inset_citation.png
BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
\begin_inset Index
-status open
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Bibliography ! BibTeX
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Where the braces have to be inserted as ERT.
+Where the braces have to be inserted as TeX Code.
The text within the braces is the referenced entry.
The reference will appear in the output without a page number.
\end_layout
.
\begin_inset Index
-status collapsed
+status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Dummy entries ! maïs
\begin_inset Index
-status collapsed
+status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Dummy entries ! maître
\begin_inset Index
-status collapsed
+status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
Dummy entries ! maïs@maison
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can change the appearance of insert entries via the textstyle dialog.
+You can change the appearance of index entries via the text style dialog.
\begin_inset Index
status open
\begin_layout Standard
\series bold
-old-style page number:|oldstylenums
+italic page number:|textit
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-to get the page number in an old-style layout.
+to get the page number in italic.
\begin_inset Index
status open
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-Dummy entries ! old-style page number:|oldstylenums
+Dummy entries ! italic page number:|textit
\end_layout
\end_inset
to learn more about the LaTeX-syntax.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\series bold
+Note:
+\series default
+ Formatting single index entries only works when you use the program
+\family sans
+makeindex
+\family default
+to generate the index, see section
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset CommandInset ref
+LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Index-Program"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ If you use
+\family sans
+xindy
+\family default
+, however, this won't work for anything else than bold or italic text.
+ This is because xindy requires to define semantic elements before they
+ can be used, see
+\begin_inset CommandInset citation
+LatexCommand cite
+after "p. 678 ff."
+key "latexcompanion"
+
+\end_inset
+
+ for details.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\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.
+ 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 preamble
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\series bold
+
+\backslash
+newcommand{
+\backslash
+IndexDef}[1]{
+\backslash
+textit{#1}}
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+and write
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\series bold
+my entry|IndexDef
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+into the index entry.
+\begin_inset Index
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Dummy entries ! my entry|IndexDef
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ The advantage is that, if you change your mind later or if your publisher
+ request that definitions must not be italic but bold, you just need to
+ change the macro in the preamble, not every single index entry.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Standard
You can also change the layout for the whole index.
- E.g.
- we marked the index list box of this document as bold to get a bold font
+ E.
+\begin_inset space \thinspace{}
+\end_inset
+
+g.
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+we marked the index list box of this document as bold to get a bold font
for all index entries.
+ For more advanced task you have to set up a so-called
+\emph on
+Index Style File
+\emph default
+, see the
+\family sans
+makeindex
+\family default
+ or
+\family sans
+xindy
+\family default
+ documentation for details,
+\begin_inset CommandInset citation
+LatexCommand cite
+key "makeindex,xindy"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
\end_inset
.
+ You can also specify there another program to generate the index.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can also specify there another program to generate the index.
+
+\family sans
+makeindex
+\family default
+ is very old, not further developed and has many pitfalls.
+ Most notably, it has been defined with nothing more than the English language
+ in mind.
+ So it fails at sorting correctly for anything else than an monolingual
+ English text.
+ We have shown above how to fix this sorting.
+ However, if you are writing in another language and using Linux, consider
+ to use
+\family sans
+xindy
+\family default
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Entry
\family default
- or the toobar button
+ or the toolbar button
\begin_inset Graphics
filename ../images/nomencl-insert.png
BoundingBox 0bp 5bp 20bp 20bp
\series bold
Note:
\series default
- Like for the index entry dialog, you have to enter valid LaTeX-code for
- all fields of the nomenclature dialog.
+ You have to enter valid LaTeX-code for all fields of the nomenclature dialog.
\end_layout
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
-ERT and the LaTeX Syntax
+TeX Code and the LaTeX Syntax
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "sec:ERT"
+name "sec:TeX-Code"
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
-ERT Boxes
+TeX Code Boxes
\begin_inset Index
status collapsed
\begin_layout Plain Layout
-ERT
+TeX Code
\end_layout
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset label
LatexCommand label
-name "sub:ERT-Boxes"
+name "sub:TeX-Code-Boxes"
\end_inset
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.
- Every month many packages are updated and new ones added.
- This has the advantage that you can typeset nearly everything, for every
- problem exists a LaTeX-package.
- But LyX can of course not be up to date and support all these packages
- and their commands.
+ Every time packages are updated and new ones added.
+ This has the advantage that you can typeset nearly everything as there
+ is for every problem a LaTeX-package.
+ But LyX can of course not be up to date and support all packages and their
+ commands.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
But don't worry, you can use any LaTeX-command directly in LyX inside the
- ERT box.
- ERT stands for
-\begin_inset Quotes eld
-\end_inset
-
-evil red text
-\begin_inset Quotes erd
-\end_inset
-
-, evil because LyX is designed to avoid that you have to use LaTeX-commands.
- An ERT box is created by the menu
+ TeX Code box.
+ An TeX Code box is created by the menu
\family sans
Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
TeX
+\begin_inset space ~
+\end_inset
+
+Code
\family default
or by the toolbar button
\begin_inset Graphics
\end_inset
.
- The box itself can be displayed in three different styles:
-\family sans
-Inline
-\family default
-,
-\family sans
-Collapsed
-\family default
-, and
-\family sans
-Open
-\family default
-.
- To change the style, right-click on the box and use the appearing dialog.
- Left-clicking on the box will switch between
-\family sans
-Collapsed
-\family default
- and
-\family sans
-Open
-\family default
-.
+ The box can be opened by left-clicking and closed by right-clicking on
+ it.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can insert complete or incomplete commands into ERT.
+You can insert complete or incomplete commands as TeX Code.
Incomplete means that the command argument can be Standard LyX text.
For example you want to draw a frame around a word and uses therefore the
LaTeX-command
\backslash
fbox{
\series default
- in an ERT box before the word and the closing brace
+ in a TeX Code box before the word and the closing brace
\series bold
}
\series default
- in a second ERT box behind the word.
- The word between the two ERT boxes is then the argument as it is in the
- following example:
+ in a second TeX Code box behind the word.
+ The word between the two TeX Code boxes is then the argument as it is in
+ the following example:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Commands in the preamble affects the whole document, while commands in the
text affects only the text after the command or only the text used as command
argument.
- To insert a LaTeX-command in text, use the ERT box as described in the
- previous section.
+ To insert a LaTeX-command in text, use the TeX Code box as described in
+ the previous section.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
use language's default encoding
\family default
is the preferred choice and works well in most cases.
- For details abhout the different encoding options see section
+ For details about the different encoding options see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_layout Subsection
Keyboard mapping configuration
+\begin_inset CommandInset label
+LatexCommand label
+name "sub:Keyboard-mapping"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You can import there files from older LyX-versions, LaTeX-files and plain
- text files (ASCII-files).
+You can import there files from older LyX-versions, LaTeX-files, NoWeb-files,
+ plain text files, and comma separated, table like, text files (CSV).
The files will be imported as new LyX-document.
\end_layout
\family typewriter
dvipdfm
\family default
- produces internally a dvi-file which is then converted to a pdf-file.
+ produces internally a DVI-file which is then converted to a PDF-file.
It is a bit out of date and therefore the output could look different from
what you want.
\family typewriter
pdflatex
\family default
- produces directly pdf-files and supports the latest pdf-file formats.
+ produces directly PDF-files and supports the latest PDF-file formats.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-Break Inserts a forced linebreak, see section
+Break Inserts a forced line break, see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-Break Inserts a forced pagebreak, described in section
+Break Inserts a forced page break, described in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
-Page Inserts a clear pagebreak, described in section
+Page Inserts a clear page break, described in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Inserts an ERT box, see section
+Inserts a TeX Code box, see section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sub:ERT-Boxes"
+reference "sub:TeX-Code-Boxes"
\end_inset
\family sans
Default
\family default
-, the default driver for the Latex@LaTeX-packages are used.
+, the default driver for the LaTeX-packages are used.
It is recommended to use the default unless your know what you are doing.
\end_layout
\end_inset
is not used.
- You probably need to load some other packages manually in the preamble.
+ When using this, you probably need to load some other packages manually
+ in the preamble and specify the used encoding for text parts in foreign
+ languages in TeX code.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-utf8 Unicode utf8 with the LaTeX-package
+utf8 Unicode utf8 based on the LaTeX-package
\series bold
inputenc
\series default
\end_inset
- (first variant, for latin symbols and some others).
+.
+ Currently only a limited range of characters (mainly for Latin scripts)
+ is supported.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-utf8x Unicode utf8 with the LaTeX-package
+utf8x Unicode utf8 based on the LaTeX package
\series bold
-inputenc
+ucs
\series default
- (second variant, for greek and CJK symbols and some others).
+
+\begin_inset Index
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+Latex@LaTeX-packages ! ucs
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ (comprehensive, including Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and CJK scripts).
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Configuration
\family default
- shows a LyX-document with informations about the Latex@LaTeX-packages and
- classes found by LyX (see also section
+ shows a LyX-document with informations about the LaTeX-packages and classes
+ found by LyX (see also section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:ERT"
+reference "sec:TeX-Code"
\end_inset
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