X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lyx.man;h=f5cc1d3920479a56777000230463ee4391f2b387;hb=48fa20dfe9ec096971f4d17f0d535535d086f02e;hp=390a8a15af45c11cdfe54ca28b724e0243f716bb;hpb=e9af311f5f14d7fb9f70e4d65477063bbdde6b77;p=lyx.git diff --git a/lyx.man b/lyx.man index 390a8a15af..f5cc1d3920 100644 --- a/lyx.man +++ b/lyx.man @@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ about this concept in the online documentation under the Help menu. 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, DEC -Alpha/OSF, IBM RS6000, Convex, Cray, i386/Linux, Alpha/Linux, +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. - .SH OPTIONS \fBLyX\fR supports the following command-line switches, which can also be specified as X resources (e. g. in .Xdefaults) with class @@ -45,6 +44,9 @@ name \fBLyX\fR: .BI \-help summarizes LyX usage .TP +.BI \-version +provides version information on the build of LyX. +.TP .BI \-sysdir " directory" sets system directory. Normally not needed. .TP @@ -52,65 +54,22 @@ sets system directory. Normally not needed. sets user directory. Needed if you want to use LyX with different lyxrc settings. .TP -.BI \-width " x" -the width of the main window in \fBLyX\fR. -.TP -.BI \-height " y" -the height of the main window in \fBLyX\fR. -.TP -.BI \-xpos " x" -the x position of the main window in \fBLyX\fR. -.TP -.BI \-ypos " y" -the y position of the main window in \fBLyX\fR. -Notice, you have to specify both -.BI \-xpos -and -.BI \-ypos -to obtain the -desired effect. Negative positions are ignored. If no valid position -is given, the main window is centered. +.BI \-geometry " WxH+X+Y" +specifies the preferred size and position of the main \fBLyX\fR window; see \fIX(1)\fR. .TP .BI \-dbg " feature[,feature...]" where feature is a name or number. Use "\fBlyx -dbg\fR" to see the list of available debug features. .TP -.BI \-Reverse -swaps foreground and background colors. -.TP -.BI \-Mono -runs \fBLyX\fR in black and white mode. -.TP -.BI \-FastSelection -uses a fast black and white drawing routine for selections. If you use -this, the switches BackgroundColor and SelectionColor are ignored. -.PP -The following options can be used to define the colors to use for -different things: -.TP -.BI \-MathColor " color" -.TP -.BI \-MathFrameColor " color" -.TP -.BI \-FootColor " color" -.TP -.BI \-LabelColor " color" +\fB -x [--execute]\fP \fIcommand +where command is a lyx command. .TP -.BI \-FillColor " color" +\fB -e [--export]\fP \fIfmt +where fmt is the export format of choice. .TP -.BI \-NewLineColor " color" -.TP -.BI \-OnOffLineColor " color" -.TP -.BI \-LatexColor " color" -.TP -.BI \-NoteColor " color" -.TP -.BI \-LightedColor " color" -.TP -.BI \-BackgroundColor " color" -.TP -.BI \-SelectionColor " color" +\fB -i [--import]\fP \fIfmt file.xxx +where fmt is the import format of choice and file.xxx is the file to be imported. + .PP Furthermore, \fBLyX\fR understands the following generic command line options from the \fBForms Library\fR: @@ -176,14 +135,13 @@ The system directory is determined by searching for the file 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) - .TP .B LYX_USERDIR_11x can be used to specify which user directory to use. .PP The user directory is, in order of precedence: .br -1) -usedir command line parameter +1) -userdir command line parameter .br 2) LYX_USERDIR_11x environment variable .br @@ -193,7 +151,6 @@ The user directory is, in order of precedence: .B LYX_LOCALEDIR can be used to tell LyX where to look for the translations of its GUI strings in other languages. - .SH FILES .nf .ta \w'\fILIBDIR\fR/lyxrc.in 'u @@ -215,36 +172,39 @@ strings in other languages. .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. - .SH SEE ALSO reLyX(1), latex(1), xforms(5). 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 "Known Bugs" item under the Help menu first if possible. +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. -\fBLaTeX\fR import is still not perfect and may produce buggy *.lyx files. Consult the \fBreLyX\fR documentation. +\fBLaTeX\fR import is still not perfect and may produce buggy *.lyx +files. Consult the \fBreLyX\fR documentation. -XFree on OS/2 currently does not support PC codepages. If you use \fBemTeX\fR to preview/print with cp850, etc., this might lead to strange \fBemTeX\fR error messages. +XFree on OS/2 currently does not support PC codepages. If you use +\fBemTeX\fR to preview/print with cp850, etc., this might lead to +strange \fBemTeX\fR error messages. .B Remedy: 1) In filenames use only A-Z, a-z, 1-9. 2) Install a recent \fBLaTeX\fR package inputenc.sty. Select Layout->Document->encoding:latin1, so that \fBreLyX\fR adds the \fBLaTeX\fR command '\\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}'. -\fBLyX\fR server has some limitations under OS/2: See Help->Customization for details. +\fBLyX\fR server has some limitations under OS/2: See +Help->Customization for details. -Preview of inline images in rare cases does not show the image. If you want to preview the image, just click on it and choose fullscreen preview. +Preview of inline images in rare cases does not show the image. If you +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 +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. - - - -.SH AUTHOR +.SH AUTHORS Copyright .Cr -1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 by Matthias Ettrich (ettrich@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de) -and the rest of the \fBLyX Team\fR (See Credits under the Help menu -item). +1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 by Matthias Ettrich +(ettrich@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de) and the rest of the \fBLyX +Team\fR (See Credits under the Help menu item).