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-.TH LYX 1 "November 1999" "Version 1.1" "LyX 1.1"
+.TH LYX 1 "May 2002" "Version 1.3" "LyX 1.3"
.SH NAME
lyx \- A Document Processor
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format. If your system is properly configured, you can access the full
documentation within \fBLyX\fR under the Help menu.
-\fBLyX\fR is a modern approach of writing documents with a computer
-which breaks with the tradition of the obsolete typewriter concept. It
-is designed for people who want a professional output with a minimum
-of time effort, without becoming specialists in typesetting. Compared
-to common word processors, \fBLyX\fR will increase the productivity a
-lot, since most of the typesetting will be done by the computer, not
-the author. With \fBLyX\fR the author can concentrate on the contents
-of his writing, since the computer will take care of the look. Read more
-about this concept in the online documentation under the Help menu.
+\fBLyX\fR is a document preparation system. It excels at letting you create
+complex technical and scientific articles with mathematics,
+cross-references, bibliographies, indices, etc. It is very good at
+documents of any length in which the usual processing abilities are
+required: automatic sectioning and pagination, spellchecking, and so
+forth. It can also be used to write a letter to your mom, though
+granted, there are probably simpler programs available for that. It is
+definitely not the best tool for creating banners, flyers, or
+advertisements (we'll explain why later), though with some effort all
+these can be done, too. Some examples of what it is used for: memos,
+letters, dissertations and theses, lecture notes, seminar notebooks,
+conference proceedings, software documentation, books (on PostgreSQL,
+remote sensing, cryptology, fictional novels, poetry, and even a
+children's book or two), articles in refereed scientific journals,
+scripts for plays and movies, business proposals... you get the idea.
Currently, \fBLyX\fR uses the XForms library as a toolkit. \fBLyX\fR
should run everywhere, where XForms runs. This is on all major Unix
-platforms as well as some PC platforms, including Sun, SGI, HP, Compaq
-Tru64, IBM RS6000, Convex, Cray, i386/Linux, Alpha/Linux,
-i386/FreeBSD, i386/NetBSD, DecSystem(mips)/Ultrix, OS/2 with XFree or
-PMX and others.
+platforms as well as Windows, Mac OS X (which actually is a unix
+platform) and OS/2.
.SH OPTIONS
\fBLyX\fR supports the following command-line switches, which can also
be specified as X resources (e. g. in .Xdefaults) with class
obtained, rather than the default executable file name.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
-.B LYX_DIR_11x
+.B LYX_DIR_13x
can be used to specify which system directory to use.
.PP
The system directory is determined by searching for the file
.br
1) -sysdir command line parameter
.br
-2) LYX_DIR_11x environment variable
+2) LYX_DIR_13x environment variable
.br
3) Maybe <path of binary>/TOP_SRCDIR/lib
.br
.br
5) hardcoded lyx_dir (usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX and %X11ROOT%\\XFree86\\lib\\X11\\lyx on OS/2 with XFree)
.TP
-.B LYX_USERDIR_11x
+.B LYX_USERDIR_13x
can be used to specify which user directory to use.
.PP
The user directory is, in order of precedence:
.br
1) -userdir command line parameter
.br
-2) LYX_USERDIR_11x environment variable
+2) LYX_USERDIR_13x environment variable
.br
3) $HOME/.<name of binary> if no explicit setting is made
Full documentation in either native \fBLyX\fR or postscript format.
.SH BUGS/LIMITATIONS
-There are probably still some bugs in \fBLyX\fR. Please report them to
-lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org with detailed info, including which version of
-\fBLyX\fR you use. Consult the bug-reporting instructions in the
-Introduction (accessible from the Help menu in LyX) first if possible.
+There are still some bugs in \fBLyX\fR. To report one, read if
+possible the Introduction found under the Help menu in LyX. You'll
+find detailed info on submitting bug reports there. If you can't do
+that, send details to the LyX Developers mailing list
+lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org, or use the LyX bug tracker at
+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 \fBreLyX\fR documentation.
want to preview the image, just click on it and choose fullscreen
preview.
-If you have performance problems, please go through the \fBlyxrc\fR
-configuration file. It contains settings that can be used to improve
-performance on slow systems.
+If you have performance problems, please go through the
+Edit>Preferences... dialog. It contains settings that can be used to
+improve performance on slow systems.
.SH AUTHORS
Copyright
.Cr
-1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 by Matthias Ettrich
+1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Matthias Ettrich
(ettrich@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de) and the rest of the \fBLyX
Team\fR (See Credits under the Help menu item).
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