Launch external Windows processes for e.g. display image conversion using CreateProce...

[lyx.git] / lyx.1in

diff --git a/lyx.1in b/lyx.1in
index 012b5233de6f1be21db719f24e4e9db05195b9a0..6573d9594f922517c79d18a617cc3c68bbad8414 100644 (file)
--- a/lyx.1in
+++ b/lyx.1in
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 .\"
 .\"  tbl lyx.1 | nroff -man | less
 .\"
-.TH LYX 1 "Sept 2008" "Version 1.6" "LyX 1.6"
+.TH LYX 1 "@LYX_DATE@" "Version @VERSION@" "LyX @VERSION@"
 .SH NAME
-lyx \- A Document Processor
+LyX \- A Document Processor
 .\"
 .\" setup
 .de Cr
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lyx \- A Document Processor
 .el \(co
 ..
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBlyx\fR [ \fIcommand\-line switches\fR ] [ \fIname[.lyx] ...\fR ]
+\fBlyx@version_suffix@\fR [ \fIcommand\-line switches\fR ] [ \fIname[.lyx] ...\fR ]
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fBLyX\fR is too complex to be described completely in the "man" page
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ set geometry of the main window.
 .TP
 .BI \-dbg " feature[,feature...]"
 where feature is a name or number.
-Use "\fBlyx \-dbg\fR" to see the list of available debug features.
+Use "\fBlyx@version_suffix@ \-dbg\fR" to see the list of available debug features.
 .TP
 \fB \-x [\-\-execute]\fP \fIcommand
 where command is a lyx command.
@@ -69,9 +69,27 @@ where command is a lyx command.
 \fB \-e [\-\-export]\fP \fIfmt
 where fmt is the export format of choice.
 Look on Tools->Preferences->File formats->Format to get an idea which parameters should be passed.
+Note that the order of -e and -x switches matters.
 .TP
 \fB \-i [\-\-import]\fP \fIfmt file.xxx
 where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx is the file to be imported.
+.TP
+\fB \-f [\-\-force\-overwrite]\fP \fIwhat
+where what is is either "\fBall\fR" or "\fBmain\fR".
+Using "\fBall\fR", all files are overwritten during a batch export, otherwise
+only the main file will be. When this switch is followed by anything else other
+than "\fBall\fR" or "\fBmain\fR", the behavior is as if "\fBall\fR" was
+specified, but what follows is left on the command line for further processing.
+.TP
+.BI -batch
+causes LyX to run the given commands without opening a GUI window.
+Thus, something like:
+.br
+    lyx -batch -x "buffer-print printer default dvips" myfile.lyx
+.br
+will cause LyX to print myfile.lyx to the default printer, using dvips and
+the default print settings (which, of course, have to have been configured
+already).
 
 .SH ENVIRONMENT
 .TP
@@ -128,7 +146,7 @@ strings in other languages.
 .I LIBDIR
 is the system directory. This was at build time @real_pkgdatadir@.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-tex2lyx(1), latex(1).
+tex2lyx@version_suffix@(1), latex(1).
 
 Full documentation in either native \fBLyX\fR or postscript format.
 .SH BUGS/LIMITATIONS
@@ -141,7 +159,7 @@ http://bugzilla.lyx.org/. Don't forget to mention which version you
 are having problems with!
 
 \fBLaTeX\fR import is still not perfect and may produce buggy *.lyx
-files. Consult the \fBtex2lyx\fR documentation.
+files. Consult the \fBtex2lyx@version_suffix@\fR documentation.
 
 .SH AUTHORS
-LyX is Copyright (C) 1995 by Matthias Ettrich, 1995-2008 LyX Team
+LyX is Copyright (C) 1995 by Matthias Ettrich, 1995-2010 LyX Team