X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lyx.man;h=79b5484f092cda2075057e7719d60309c3840326;hb=a337813662d4537d220e675fe56feea04a81aa3c;hp=f33ec4f7553bbede49e04488bc72aa7a6eef635e;hpb=5c17c617f712d3bae2949d6214471ac8a63a8459;p=lyx.git diff --git a/lyx.man b/lyx.man index f33ec4f755..79b5484f09 100644 --- a/lyx.man +++ b/lyx.man @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .\" .\" tbl lyx.1 | nroff -man | less .\" -.TH LYX 1 "Jan 2003" "Version 1.4" "LyX 1.4" +.TH LYX 1 "Feb 2007" "Version 1.5" "LyX 1.5" .SH NAME lyx \- A Document Processor .\" @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lyx \- A Document Processor .el \(co .. .SH SYNOPSIS -\fBlyx\fR [ \fIcommand-line switches\fR ] [ \fIname[.lyx] ...\fR ] +\fBlyx\fR [ \fIcommand\-line switches\fR ] [ \fIname[.lyx] ...\fR ] .br .SH DESCRIPTION \fBLyX\fR is too complex to be described completely in the "man" page @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ documentation within \fBLyX\fR 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 +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 @@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ 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 either the XForms or Qt library as a -toolkit. \fBLyX\fR should run everywhere, where these libraries run. -This is on all major Unix platforms as well as Windows, Mac OS X -(which actually is a unix platform) and OS/2. +Currently, \fBLyX\fR uses the Qt4 library as a +toolkit. \fBLyX\fR should run everywhere, where this library runs. +This is on all major Unix platforms as well as Windows and Mac OS X +(which actually is a unix platform). .SH OPTIONS -\fBLyX\fR supports the following command-line switches. +\fBLyX\fR supports the following command\-line switches. .TP 6 .BI \-help summarizes LyX usage @@ -58,97 +58,43 @@ settings. .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 \-dbg\fR" to see the list of available debug features. .TP -\fB -x [--execute]\fP \fIcommand +\fB \-x [\-\-execute]\fP \fIcommand where command is a lyx command. .TP -\fB -e [--export]\fP \fIfmt +\fB \-e [\-\-export]\fP \fIfmt where fmt is the export format of choice. .TP -\fB -i [--import]\fP \fIfmt file.xxx +\fB \-i [\-\-import]\fP \fIfmt file.xxx where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx is the file to be imported. -.SH XFORMS FRONTEND OPTIONS -When compiled with the XForms frontend, \fBLyX\fR understands the -following generic command line options from the \fBForms Library\fR, -which can also be specified as X resources (e. g. in .Xdefaults) with -class name \fBLyX\fR. -.TP 6 -.BI \-geometry " WxH+X+Y" -specifies the preferred size and position of the main \fBLyX\fR -window; see \fIX(1)\fR. -.TP -.BI \-display " host:display" -specifies the server to connect to. -.TP -.BI \-bw " borderwidth" -specifies the border width to use to built-in objects. -.TP -.BI \-visual " visualName" -requests a visual by name such as TrueColor etc. By default the -.B Forms Library -always selects the visual that has the most depth. -.TP -.BI \-depth " depth" -requests a specific depth. Try "\fB-depth\fR best" or "\fB-depth\fR -8" if you get a bad match. -.TP -.BI \-debug " level" -generates some info about the state of the -.B XForms. -where -.I level -is an integer between 1-5 and controls the amount of -information to output. Depending on the options used -when the -.B Forms Library -was built, a level more than 3 might not be available. -.TP -.B \-sync -runs the application in synchronous mode with debug level set to 4. -.TP -.B \-private -requests a private colormap for the application. -.TP -.B \-shared -requests a shared colormap even if the application needs more -colors than available. For those colors that can't be allocated -in the shared colormap, substitutions are made so the closest -matching color is used. -.TP -.B \-stdcmap -requests a standard colormap. -.TP -.B \-name " newname" -specifies the application name under which resources are to be -obtained, rather than the default executable file name. .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP -.B LYX_DIR_14x +.B LYX_DIR_15x can be used to specify which system directory to use. .PP The system directory is determined by searching for the file "chkconfig.ltx". Directories are searched in this order: .br -1) -sysdir command line parameter +1) \-sysdir command line parameter .br -2) LYX_DIR_14x environment variable +2) LYX_DIR_15x environment variable .br 3) Maybe /TOP_SRCDIR/lib .br 4) /../share// .br -5) hardcoded lyx_dir (usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX and %X11ROOT%\\XFree86\\lib\\X11\\lyx on OS/2 with XFree) +5) hardcoded lyx_dir (usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX) .TP -.B LYX_USERDIR_14x +.B LYX_USERDIR_15x 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 +1) \-userdir command line parameter .br -2) LYX_USERDIR_14x environment variable +2) LYX_USERDIR_15x environment variable .br 3) $HOME/. if no explicit setting is made @@ -161,9 +107,8 @@ strings in other languages. .ta \w'\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc.in 'u ~/.lyx/preferences Personal configuration file ~/.lyx/lyxrc.defaults Personal autodetected configuration file -\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc System wide configuration file -\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc.defaults System wide autodetected configuration file -\fILIBDIR\fR/configure Updates \fBLyX\fR if config has changed +\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc.dist System wide configuration file +\fILIBDIR\fR/configure.py Updates \fBLyX\fR if config has changed \fILIBDIR\fR/bind/ Keybindings \fILIBDIR\fR/clipart/ Clipart pictures \fILIBDIR\fR/doc/ Documentation in \fBLyX\fR format. @@ -177,9 +122,9 @@ strings in other languages. .fi .I LIBDIR -is the system directory. This is usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX and %X11ROOT%\\XFree86\\lib\\X11\\lyx on OS/2 with XFree. +is the system directory. This is usually /usr/local/share/lyx on UNIX. .SH SEE ALSO -reLyX(1), latex(1), xforms(5). +tex2lyx(1), latex(1). Full documentation in either native \fBLyX\fR or postscript format. .SH BUGS/LIMITATIONS @@ -187,16 +132,12 @@ 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 +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. +files. Consult the \fBtex2lyx\fR documentation. .SH AUTHORS -Copyright -.Cr -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 About LyX under the Help menu item). +LyX is Copyright (C) 1995 by Matthias Ettrich, 1995-2006 LyX Team