-#LyX 1.6.0svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
-\lyxformat 283
+#LyX 1.5.2svn created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/
+\lyxformat 276
\begin_document
\begin_header
\textclass book
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-To define a converter from one format to another---e.g., LaTeX to PDF---select
- the Converters panel.
- Choose the `From' and `To' formats, and then enter the program to be used
- in the conversion in the Converter field.
-
+To define a new converter, select an existing one, select a different format
+ in the
+\family sans
+From\InsetSpace ~
+format
+\family default
+ and\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+/\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+or
+\family sans
+To\InsetSpace ~
+format
+\family default
+ drop-down list, modify the
+\family sans
+Converter
+\family default
+ field, and press the
+\family sans
+Add
+\family default
+ button.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-You do not have to define converters between all the Formats between which
+You do not have to define converters between all the formats between which
you want to convert.
- For example, you will note that there is no `LyX to PostScript®' converter,
- but LyX will export PostScript®.
+ For example, you will note that there is no `LyX to PostScript' converter,
+ but LyX will export PostScript.
It does so by first creating a LaTeX file (no converter needs to be defined
- for this) which it then converts to DVI using the `LaTeX to DVI' converter,
- and then it converts the resulting DVI file to PostScript®.
+ for this) which is then converted to DVI using the `LaTeX to DVI' converter,
+ and finally converts the resulting DVI file to PostScript.
LyX finds such `chains' of converters automatically, and it will always
- choose the shortest chain possible.
+ choose the shortest possible chain.
You can, though, still define multiple conversion methods between file
formats.
For example, the standard LyX configuration provides three ways to convert
- LaTeX to PDF: Directly, using pdflatex; via (DVI and) PostScript®, using
- ps2pdf; or via DVI, using dvipdfm.
+ LaTeX to PDF: Directly, using
+\family sans
+pdflatex
+\family default
+; via (DVI and) PostScript, using
+\family sans
+ps2pdf
+\family default
+; or via DVI, using
+\family sans
+dvipdfm
+\family default
+.
To define such alternate chains, you must define multiple target `file
- formats'.
- In the standard configuration, for example, formats named `pdf', `pdf2',
- and `pdf3' are defined, all of which share the extension `pdf'.
-
+ formats', as described in the next section.
+ For example in the standard configuration the formats named
+\family sans
+pdf
+\family default
+,
+\family sans
+pdf2
+\family default
+, and
+\family sans
+pdf3
+\family default
+ are defined, all of which share the extension
+\family sans
+.pdf
+\family default
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
-$$s The LyX system directory (e.g.,
-\family typewriter
-/usr/share/lyx
-\family default
-).
+$$s The LyX system directory
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-In the `Extra Flag' field you can enter as many of the following flags as
- you wish, separated by commas:
+In the
+\family sans
+Extra\InsetSpace ~
+Flag
+\family default
+ field you can enter the following flags, separated by commas:
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
latex This converter runs some form of LaTeX.
- (This will make LyX's LaTeX error logs available.)
+ This will make LyX's LaTeX error logs available.
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
-needaux Needs the LaTeX .aux file for the conversion.
+needaux Needs the LaTeX
+\family sans
+.aux
+\family default
+ file for the conversion.
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The following three variables are not really flags at all but take an argument
- in the
+The following three flags are not really flags at all because they take
+ an argument in the
\family sans
key\InsetSpace ~
-= value
+=\InsetSpace ~
+value
\family default
- format.
+ format:
\end_layout
\begin_layout List
\begin_layout List
\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
-resultfile Determines the output filename and may, again, contain $$b.
+resultfile Determines the output filename and may, contain $$b.
Sensible only with resultdir, and optional even then; if not given, it
defaults to `index'.
-
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
\hfill
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
\hfill
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
\hfill
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
\hfill
ă
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
\hfill
ż
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
\family typewriter
\series medium
-InsetLayout\SpecialChar \ldots{}
+CharStyle\SpecialChar \ldots{}
End
\family default
\series default
- This section (re-)defines the layout of an inset.
- It can be applied to an existing inset of to a new, user-defined inset,
- e.g., a new character style.
+ This section defines a new character style.
See Section\InsetSpace ~
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
LabelCounter
\family default
\series default
- is set, this string can be contain the special formatting commands described
+ is set, this string can be contain special formatting commands as explained
in Section\InsetSpace ~
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
\end_inset
-.
- For the sake of backwards compatibility, the string
-\family typewriter
-@
-\emph on
-style-name
-\emph default
-@
-\family default
- will be replaced by the expanded
-\family typewriter
-LabelString
-\family default
- of style
-\family typewriter
-\emph on
-style-name
-\family default
-\emph default
-.
- This feature is now obsolete and should be replaced by the mechanisms of
- Section\InsetSpace ~
-
-\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:counter"
-
-\end_inset
-
.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_inset ERT
-status open
+status inlined
\begin_layout Standard
] The heading used for the list of floats.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-Note that defining a float with type
-\family typewriter
-\emph on
-type
-\family default
-\emph default
- automatically defines the corresponding counter with name
-\family typewriter
-\emph on
-type
-\family default
-\emph default
-.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Subsection
-Inset layouts and Flex insets
+Character styles
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_inset
-You can define character styles since version 1.4.0 of LyX; since version
- 1.6.0 these are called Flex insets.
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-Furthermore it is possible to define the general layout of many different
- types of insets.
- Currently layout parameters can be defined for footnotes, marginal notes,
- note insets, ERT insets, branch insets, and Flex insets.
- The latter are definable from the user GUI and come in three different
- kinds: character style (
+You can define character styles since version 1.4.0 of LyX.
+ The
\family typewriter
CharStyle
-\family default
-) , user custom (
-\family typewriter
-Custom
-\family default
-), and XML element (
-\family typewriter
-Element
-\family default
-) insets.
-
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-The
-\family typewriter
-InsetLayout
-\family default
- definition starting line is of the form
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout LyX-Code
-InsetLayout <Type> <Name>
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-where
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-
-\family typewriter
-<type>
-\family default
- can be
-\family typewriter
-Foot, Margin, Note, Flex
-\family default
-, and
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-
-\family typewriter
-<Name>
-\family default
- can be empty (for foot- and marginal notes, branches and ERT) or one of
- types
-\family typewriter
-CharStyle:Noun
-\family default
-,
-\family typewriter
-Note:Comment
-\family default
-,
-\family typewriter
-Custom:Endnote
-\family default
-,
-\family typewriter
-Element:Filename
-\family default
-, etc.
- Here, the second part of the name can be chosen freely (for CharStyle,
- Custom and Element), or from a predefined list (for Note).
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-The following
-\family typewriter
-InsetLayout
\family default
section can contain the following entries:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-\family typewriter
-\series medium
-LyxType
-\family default
-\series default
-can be
-\family typewriter
-charstyle
-\family default
-,
-\family typewriter
-custom
-\family default
-,
-\family typewriter
-element
-\family default
-,
-\family typewriter
-end
-\family default
- (indicating a dummy definition ending definitions of charstyles etc.).
- This entry is only meaningful for Flex (user definable) insets, the three
- types of which are CharStyle, Custom and Element.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-
-\family typewriter
-\series medium
-Decoration
-\family default
-\series default
- can be
-\family typewriter
-\series medium
-Classic
-\family default
-\series default
-,
-\family typewriter
-\series medium
- Minimalistic or Conglomerate
-\family default
-\series default
-, describing the rendering style used for the inset's frame and buttons.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-
-\family typewriter
-\series medium
-LabelString
-\family default
-\series default
- defines what will be displayed on the button or elsewhere as the inset
- label.
- Some inset types (ERT and Branch) modify this label on the fly.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Description
-
\family typewriter
\series medium
Font
\end_inset
.
- Note that this definition can never appear before
-\family typewriter
-Font
-\family default
-, lest it be ineffective (see above)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
LatexName
\family default
\series default
- stuff, including possible bracket pairs like
-\family typewriter
-[]
-\family default
-.
+ stuff.
This parameter cannot be changed from within LyX.
\end_layout
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The following parameters can be used:
+The definition of counters is presently a bit primitive in LyX, since many
+ things are still hardcoded.
+ The following two parameters can be used:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
-] The name of the counter.
+] The name of the counter
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\end_inset
] If this is set to the name of another counter, the present counter will
- be reset everytime the other one is increased.
- For example,
-\family typewriter
-subsection
-\family default
- is numbered inside
-\family typewriter
-section
-\family default
-.
+ be reset everytime the other one is increased (is that unclear enough?).
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Description
-
+\begin_layout Standard
+When a counter has been associated to a style, it is possible to use some
+ special constructs in
\family typewriter
-\series medium
-LabelString [string=""]
+LabelSt
\family default
-\series default
- when this is defined, this string defines how the counter is displayed.
- Setting this value resets
+r
+\family typewriter
+ing
+\family default
+ and
\family typewriter
LabelStringAppendix
\family default
- to the same value.
- The following special constructs can be used in the string:
+:
\end_layout
-\begin_deeper
\begin_layout Itemize
\family typewriter
-
-\backslash
-thecounter
+@
+\emph on
+style-name
+\emph default
+@
\family default
- will be replaced by the expansion of the
+ will be replaced the expanded
\family typewriter
LabelString
\family default
- (or
-\family typewriter
-LabelStringAppendix
-\family default
-) of the counter
+ of style
\family typewriter
-counter
+\emph on
+style-name
\family default
+\emph default
.
- If these are empty, a default value is constructed as follows: if the counter
- has a master counter
-\family typewriter
-master
-\family default
-, the string
-\family typewriter
-
-\backslash
-themaster.
-\backslash
-arabic{counter}
-\family default
- is used; otherwise the string
-\family typewriter
-
-\backslash
-arabic{counter}
-\family default
- is used.
+ This is used for example to define the label of a subsection in terms of
+ the label of a section.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Itemize
\end_layout
\end_deeper
-\end_deeper
-\begin_layout Description
-
-\family typewriter
-\series medium
-LabelStringAppendix [string=""]
-\family default
-\series default
- the same as
-\family typewriter
-LabelString
-\family default
-, for use in appendix.
-\end_layout
-
\begin_layout Subsection
Font description
\end_layout
If you want to keep both the current nesting depth and paragraph environment,
you should use
\family sans
-C-Return
+M-Return
\family default
to break paragraphs.
\end_layout
Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
Preferences
\family default
- dialog, see Appendix\InsetSpace ~
+ dialog, see section\InsetSpace ~
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:The-Preferences-dialog"
+reference "sub:Screen-Fonts"
\end_inset
dvips
\family default
has to be configured for this printer name.
- The default printer can be set in LyX's preferences dialog, see chapter\InsetSpace ~
+ The default printer can be set in LyX's preferences dialog, see section\InsetSpace ~
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
-reference "cha:The-Preferences-dialog"
+reference "sub:Printer"
\end_inset
makeindex
\family default
.
- This programs can be controlled by options that can be set in LyX's preferences
- dialog under
-\family sans
-Outputs
-\family default
-,
-\family sans
-LaT
-\begin_inset ERT
-status collapsed
+ It can be controlled by options that can be set in LyX's preferences dialog,
+ see section\InsetSpace ~
-\begin_layout Standard
+\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:LaTeX-settings"
-{}
-\end_layout
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ The available options are listed and explained in
+\begin_inset LatexCommand cite
+key "makeindex"
\end_inset
-eX
-\family default
- in the field
-\family sans
-Index\InsetSpace ~
-command
-\family default
.
- You can also specify there another program to generate the index, for example
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+You can also specify there another program to generate the index, for example
\family sans
xindy
\family default
.
- Before you change something there, it is strongly recommended to read the
- manuals of the programs.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
language than English, you can use an alternate keymap.
For example, if you have a U.S.-style keyboard but want to write in Italian,
you can configure LyX to use an Italian keymap.
- The preferences dialog allows you to choose up to two keyboard mappings.
+ The preferences dialog allows you to choose up to two keyboard mappings,
+ see section\InsetSpace ~
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Keyboard-Map"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
You can choose primary and secondary keyboard languages and then select
which one you want to use.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsubsection
Documents
+\begin_inset LatexCommand label
+name "sub:Backup documents"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand index
+name "Backup ! Documents"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_inset
+\begin_inset LatexCommand label
+name "sub:Screen-Fonts"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\end_inset
+\begin_inset LatexCommand label
+name "sub:Keyboard-Map"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
\begin_layout Section
Paths
+\begin_inset LatexCommand index
+name "Directory settings"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Working\InsetSpace ~
+directory This is LyX's working directory.
+ It is the default when you
+\family sans
+Open
+\family default
+,
+\family sans
+Save
+\family default
+ or
+\family sans
+Save\InsetSpace ~
+as
+\family default
+ files.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Document\InsetSpace ~
+templates This directory will be opened when you use the menu
+\family sans
+File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+New\InsetSpace ~
+from\InsetSpace ~
+Template
+\family default
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Backup\InsetSpace ~
+directory
+\begin_inset LatexCommand index
+name "Backup ! Directory"
+
+\end_inset
+
+ Backup copies will be saved to this directory.
+ When no directory is given but backups are enabled as described in section\InsetSpace ~
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Backup documents"
+
+\end_inset
+
+, the
+\family sans
+Working directory
+\family default
+ will be used to save the backups.
+\newline
+The backup files have the ending
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
+
+.lyx~
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Ly
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+{}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+XServer-Pipe Here you can enter the name of a Unix-pipe.
+ This pipe is used to send data from external programs to LyX.
+\newline
+
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status open
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\series bold
+Note:
+\series default
+ This feature doesn't work on Windows systems.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Temporary\InsetSpace ~
+directory Temporary files will be saved in this directory.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+PATH\InsetSpace ~
+prefix This field contains a list of paths to external programs.
+ When LyX needs to use an external program, it looks in this list where
+ to find it on the system.
+ The path list is automatically set up on Windows and Mac systems while
+ LyX is configured, so that you normally don't have to modify it.
+ On Unix\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+/\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+Linux systems, the path list will need to be set only if there
+ are external programs you wish to use that are not in your normal system
+ path ($PATH).
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
Identity
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Standard
+Here you can insert your name and email address.
+ The identity will be used when you have enabled change tracking as described
+ in section\InsetSpace ~
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:Change-Tracking"
+
+\end_inset
+
+, to mark changes you make as yours.
+\end_layout
+
\begin_layout Section
Language Settings
\end_layout
Language
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-The
+\begin_layout Description
+Default\InsetSpace ~
+language is the language used in new documents
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Language\InsetSpace ~
+package is a LaTeX-command to load a LaTeX-package that handles
+ language issues.
+ The default is the LaTeX-command
\family sans
-Default language
+
+\backslash
+usepackage{babel}
\family default
- is the language used in new documents.
- The Language package should always be babel.
- babel translates in the background automatically text labels to the document
- language.
+ that loads the package
+\series bold
+babel
+\series default
+.
+\begin_inset Foot
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+For an introduction to the LaTeX-Syntax, have a look at section\InsetSpace ~
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
+reference "sec:ERT"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\newline
+The
+\series bold
+babel
+\series default
+ translates in the background automatically text labels of documents to
+ the document language.
A text label is for instance the word
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
-table
+Table
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
at the beginning of every table-caption.
-
-\series bold
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Description
+Command\InsetSpace ~
+start When a special LaTeX-package is needed to write in a certain
+ document language, you can here specify the command to start the package.
+ An example is the start command
+\family sans
\backslash
-usepackage{babel}
+begin{arabtext}
+\family default
+ that is needed to write Arabic using the package
+\series bold
+ArabTeX
\series default
- is a LaTeX-command to use the package babel.
- For an introduction to the LaTeX-Syntax, look at section\InsetSpace ~
-
-\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
-reference "sec:ERT"
+, see
+\begin_inset LatexCommand cite
+key "Arabic"
\end_inset
.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-
+\begin_layout Description
+Command\InsetSpace ~
+end Counterpart to
\family sans
-Command start/end
+Command start
\family default
- ???
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-There are also the following options in the menu:
+.
+ Some packages, like the default, don't have an end command since the start
+ command toggles the package on and off.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Use\InsetSpace ~
-babel whether babel is used or not
+babel Whether babel is used or not.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
-Global ??
+Global When this option is set, the languages used in the document will
+ be added as options to the document class options, so that they can be
+ used by all LaTeX-packages.
+ Otherwise they will only be used as options for the
+\series bold
+babel
+\series default
+ package.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
\begin_layout Description
Auto\InsetSpace ~
-end ??
+end Counterpart to
+\family sans
+Auto\InsetSpace ~
+begin
+\family default
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
Mark\InsetSpace ~
foreign\InsetSpace ~
-languages text marked formatted in a language different from
- the document language will be blue underlined
+languages Text marked formatted in a language different from
+ the document language will be underlined blue.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
to\InsetSpace ~
left\InsetSpace ~
language\InsetSpace ~
-support enables the use of languages, written from right
- to left, like Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi
+support Enables the use of languages, written from right
+ to left, like Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Subsection
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-The spellchecker setting are explained in section\InsetSpace ~
+The spellchecker settings are explained in section\InsetSpace ~
\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
reference "sec:Spellchecking"
\begin_layout Subsection
Printer
-\end_layout
+\begin_inset LatexCommand label
+name "sub:Printer"
-\begin_layout Subsection
-Date Format
-\end_layout
+\end_inset
-\begin_layout Standard
-%a locale's abbreviated weekday name (Sun..Sat)
-\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%A locale's full weekday name, variable length (Sunday..Saturday)
-\end_layout
+\begin_inset LatexCommand index
+name "Printer Settings"
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%b locale's abbreviated month name (Jan..Dec)
-\end_layout
+\end_inset
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%B locale's full month name, variable length (January..December)
-\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%c locale's date and time (Sat Nov 04 12:02:33 EST 1989)
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%C century (year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer) [00-99]
-\end_layout
+\begin_layout Description
+Default\InsetSpace ~
+printer Here you can specify the name of your default printer.
+ The name will be used when the
+\family sans
+Printer command
+\family default
+ is executed.
+\newline
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%d day of month (01..31)
-\end_layout
+\begin_inset Note Greyedout
+status open
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%D date (mm/dd/yy)
-\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%e day of month, blank padded ( 1..31)
+\series bold
+Note:
+\series default
+ You can leave this field empty on Windows systems because it has there
+ no effect.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%F same as %Y-%m-%d
-\end_layout
+\end_inset
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%g the 2-digit year corresponding to the %V week number
-\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%G the 4-digit year corresponding to the %V week number
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%h same as %b
-\end_layout
+\begin_layout Description
+Adapt\InsetSpace ~
+output\InsetSpace ~
+to\InsetSpace ~
+printer This option works only for the
+\family sans
+Printer command
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%H hour (00..23)
-\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%I hour (01..12)
-\end_layout
+\family sans
+dvips
+\family default
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%j day of year (001..366)
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ It activates a configuration file for dvips.
+ This is an option only for dvips experts.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%k hour ( 0..23)
+\begin_layout Description
+Printer\InsetSpace ~
+command is the command LyX\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+/\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+LaTeX uses for printing.
+ The default is on most systems
+\family sans
+dvips
+\family default
+.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%l hour ( 1..12)
+\begin_layout Description
+Printer\InsetSpace ~
+Command\InsetSpace ~
+Options Here you can specify printer options.
+ A list of printer options with explanations can be found in the documentation
+ of the program that provides the
+\family sans
+Printer command
+\family default
+ you are using.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%m month (01..12)
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Date Format
+\begin_inset LatexCommand index
+name "Date Format"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%M minute (00..59)
+The date format can be one or a mixture of the formats listed here:
+\newline
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand url
+target "http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?date"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\newline
+For example the format
+\newline
+%d/%m/%y
+\newline
+prints the date as day/month/year.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%n a newline
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Plain Text
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%N nanoseconds (000000000..999999999)
+\begin_layout Description
+Output\InsetSpace ~
+line\InsetSpace ~
+length sets the maximum number of characters printed in one line
+ when using the menu
+\family sans
+File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Plain\InsetSpace ~
+text
+\family default
+.
+ Setting the line line length to 0 means all text is printed in one endless
+ line.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%p locale's upper case AM or PM indicator (blank in many locales)
+\begin_layout Description
+roff\InsetSpace ~
+command defines an additional command used to produce better ASCII tables
+ with the
+\family typewriter
+groff/troff/nroff
+\family default
+ UNIX-commands (refer to their manuals for more information about them).
+ Setting this as empty tells LyX to use the internal formatter.
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Subsection
+LaT
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%P locale's lower case am or pm indicator (blank in many locales)
+
+{}
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%r time, 12-hour (hh:mm:ss [AP]M)
+\end_inset
+
+eX
+\begin_inset LatexCommand label
+name "sub:LaTeX-settings"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Description
+Te
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%R time, 24-hour (hh:mm)
+
+{}
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%s seconds since `00:00:00 1970-01-01 UTC' (a GNU extension)
+\end_inset
+
+X\InsetSpace ~
+encoding This is the default encoding of the document font.
+
+\family sans
+T1
+\family default
+ is the default and covers western languages and symbols.
+
+\family sans
+T2A
+\family default
+,
+\family sans
+T2B
+\family default
+,
+\family sans
+T2C
+\family default
+,
+\family sans
+LCY
+\family default
+, and
+\family sans
+X2
+\family default
+ are for Cyrillic.
+ Combinations of the encodings are possible, like
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+
+\family sans
+T1, T2B
+\family default
+
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ The font encoding is normally automatically loaded by the language packages
+ LyX sets up in the background.
+ So there is no need to change the default encoding.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%S second (00..60); the 60 is necessary to accommodate a leap second
+\begin_layout Description
+Default\InsetSpace ~
+paper\InsetSpace ~
+size This is the paper size that is used for new documents.
+ The
+\family sans
+Default
+\family default
+ value depends on your LaTeX-system setup.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%t a horizontal tab
+\begin_layout Description
+Reset\InsetSpace ~
+class\InsetSpace ~
+options\InsetSpace ~
+when\InsetSpace ~
+document\InsetSpace ~
+classes\InsetSpace ~
+changes Removes all manually set document
+ class options in the
+\family sans
+Document\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Settings
+\family default
+ dialog when changing the document class.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%T time, 24-hour (hh:mm:ss)
+In the
+\family sans
+External Applications
+\family default
+ field you can specify commands with parameters for the listed applications.
+ Before you change something here, it is strongly recommended to read the
+ manuals of the applications.
+ Currently the following commands can be set:
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Description
+CheckTe
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%u day of week (1..7); 1 represents Monday
+
+{}
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%U week number of year with Sunday as first day of week (00..53)
+\end_inset
+
+X\InsetSpace ~
+command ??
\end_layout
+\begin_layout Description
+BibTe
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%V week number of year with Monday as first day of week (01..53)
+
+{}
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%w day of week (0..6); 0 represents Sunday
+\end_inset
+
+X\InsetSpace ~
+command Command for the program
+\family sans
+BibTeX
+\family default
+ that generates the bibliography, see section\InsetSpace ~
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Bibliography-databases"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%W week number of year with Monday as first day of week (00..53)
+\begin_layout Description
+Index\InsetSpace ~
+command Command for the program that generates the index, see section\InsetSpace ~
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand ref
+reference "sub:Index-Program"
+
+\end_inset
+
+.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%x locale's date representation (mm/dd/yy)
+\begin_layout Description
+DVI\InsetSpace ~
+viewer\InsetSpace ~
+paper\InsetSpace ~
+size\InsetSpace ~
+options They only have an effect when the program
+\family sans
+xdvi
+\family default
+ is used as DVI-viewer.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%X locale's time representation (%H:%M:%S)
+\begin_layout Subsection
+Paths
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%y last two digits of year (00..99)
+The option
+\family sans
+Use Windows-style paths in LaTeX files
+\family default
+ uses the Windows path style:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%Y year (1970...)
+C:
+\backslash
+test
+\backslash
+hello
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%z RFC-822 style numeric timezone (-0500) (a nonstandard extension)
+instead of the Unix path style:
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-\noindent
-%Z time zone (e.g., EDT), or nothing if no time zone is determinable
+C:/test/hello
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Subsection
-Plain Text
+\begin_layout Section
+Converters
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-
+Here you find the list of defined converter commands to convert material
+ from one format to another.
+ You can modify them or create new ones.
+ To modify a converter, select it, change the entry of the field
\family sans
-Output line length
+Converter
\family default
- sets maximum number of characters printed in one line when using the menu
-
+ and\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+/\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+or
\family sans
-File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Export\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-ASCII
+Extra\InsetSpace ~
+flag
\family default
-.
- Setting the line line length to 0 means all text is printed in one endless
- line.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-roff command defines an additional command used to produce better ASCII
- tables with the
-\family typewriter
-groff/troff/nroff
+, and press then the
+\family sans
+Modify
\family default
- UNIX-commands (refer to their manpages for more information about them).
- Setting this as empty tells LyX to use the internal formatter.
-\end_layout
-
-\begin_layout Subsection
-LaT
-\begin_inset ERT
-status collapsed
-
-\begin_layout Standard
-
-{}
+ button.
+ To create a new converter, select an existing one, select a different format
+ in the
+\family sans
+From\InsetSpace ~
+format
+\family default
+ and\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+/\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
+or
+\family sans
+To\InsetSpace ~
+format
+\family default
+ drop-down list, modify the
+\family sans
+Converter
+\family default
+ field, and press the
+\family sans
+Add
+\family default
+ button.
\end_layout
-\end_inset
-
-eX
+\begin_layout Standard
+When the
+\family sans
+Converter File Cache
+\family default
+ is enabled, conversions will be cached as long as specified in the field
+
+\family sans
+Maximum Age (in days
+\family default
+).
+ This means that images don't need to be converted again when you reopen
+ a document; the converted images from the cache will be used instead.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Subsection
-Paths
+\begin_layout Standard
+More about converters, like the variables and flags that can be used in
+ the converter definition, is described in section
+\emph on
+Converters
+\emph default
+ of the
+\emph on
+Customization
+\emph default
+ manual.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
-Converters
+File Formats
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-LyX has a powerful mechanism to convert to and from any file format using
- external programs.
- Define a pair of formats, e.g.
+The first step is to define your file formats, e.g.
+ PDF, if they are not already defined.
+ To do so, open the
+\family sans
+Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Preferences:Converters
+\family default
+ dialog.
+ Enter a new format name; a new GUI name (used in, e.g., the View and Export
+ menus); and a file extension.
+ These are required.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+There are also two flags that can be set using the checkboxes in the dialog.
+ The
\family typewriter
-LaTeX
+document
\family default
- and
-\family typewriter
-PDF
+ flag tells LyX that a format is suitable for document export.
+ If this flag is set for a format, and if a suitable conversion route exists,
+ then the format will appear in the
+\family sans
+File\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Export
\family default
-.
- Now define a converter from one format to the other.
- In our example, two possible mechanisms exist.
-\end_layout
+ menu.
+ The format will also appear in the
+\family sans
+View
+\family default
+ menu if it has a viewer associated with it.
+ (See below.) Pure image formats (e.g.\InsetSpace ~
-\begin_layout Enumerate
-A direct conversion, from LaTeX to PDF using pdflatex
-\end_layout
+\family typewriter
+png
+\family default
+) should not have this flag set; formats that can both represent vector
+ graphics and documents (e.g.\InsetSpace ~
-\begin_layout Enumerate
-A more convoluted route using intermediate formats and converters: LaTeX
- to DVI (using latex) to PostScript® (using dvips) to PDF (using ps2pdf).
+\family typewriter
+pdf
+\family default
+) should have it set.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-LyX will always choose the shortest possible route, so you must specify
- two different Format names for
+The
\family typewriter
-.pdf
+vector
\family default
- files to be able to use either.
- Both are included by default in the
-\family sans
-Preferences
+ flag tells LyX whether a format can contain vector graphics.
+ This information is used to determine the target format of included graphics
+ for
+\family typewriter
+pdflatex
\family default
- dialog.
- Have a look and then invent your own!
+ export.
+ Included graphics may need to be converted to either
+\family typewriter
+pdf
+\family default
+,
+\family typewriter
+png
+\family default
+ or
+\family typewriter
+jpg
+\family default
+, since
+\family typewriter
+pdflatex
+\family default
+ cannot handle other image formats.
+ If an included graphic is not already in
+\family typewriter
+pdf
+\family default
+,
+\family typewriter
+png
+\family default
+ or
+\family typewriter
+jpg
+\family default
+ format, it is converted to
+\family typewriter
+pdf
+\family default
+ if the
+\family typewriter
+vector
+\family default
+ flag of the format is set, and otherwise to
+\family typewriter
+png
+\family default
+.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Moreover, each Format can have a Viewer associated with it.
+A Format can have a Viewer associated with it.
For example, you might want to use
\family typewriter
-Ghostview
+ghostview
\family default
- to examine PostScript files, or
+ to look at PostScript® files, or
\family typewriter
xdvi
\family default
to preview the LaTeX output.
- You can alter the viewer to use (and what options to pass to it) via the
-
+ You can enter the program to use as a viewer (and what options to pass
+ to it) in the Viewer field.
+ You can also modify the viewer associated with a pre-defined format simply
+ by changing what you find in this field, clicking the
\family sans
-Tols\SpecialChar \menuseparator
-Preferences:Converters
+Modify
\family default
- dialog.
+ button, and then (if you're sure you want to do this) clicking the
+\family sans
+Apply
+\family default
+ or
+\family sans
+Save
+\family default
+ button.
+\begin_inset Foot
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+Changes to the formats are kept in the
+\family typewriter
+preferences
+\family default
+ file in you local LyX directory (for example,
+\family typewriter
+$HOME/.lyx/
+\family default
+).
+ If you want to restore the defaults, edit this file and delete the lines
+ in the Formats and Converters sections.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
For example, to change the
\family typewriter
dvi
.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Section
-File Formats
+\begin_layout Standard
+If the operating system has a default viewer associated to a format, this
+ viewer is used instead of the one defined here in the Windows® and OS X
+ versions of LyX.
+ (It is planned to implement this feature on other platforms.)
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Section
-Copiers
+\begin_layout Standard
+Editors are like viewers: Each Format can have an Editor associated to it,
+ entered in the Editor field, and the editor associated with a format can
+ be altered via the
+\family sans
+Tools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+Preferences:Converters
+\family default
+ dialog.
+ LyX will launch the associated editor whenever an included file
+\begin_inset Foot
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+This can be an included
+\family typewriter
+.tex
+\family default
+ file, a verbatim included text file, external material or an included graphics
+ file.
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ needs to be edited.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
-BibTeX and makeindex
+Copiers
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-Both the bibliography generating command (default
-\family typewriter
-bibtex
-\family default
-) and the index generating command (default
-\family typewriter
-makeindex
-\family default
- with options
-\family typewriter
--c
-\family default
- and
-\family typewriter
--q
-\family default
-) can be changed.
- As an alternative for
-\family typewriter
-makeindex
-\family default
-,
-\family typewriter
-xindy
+Each Format can have a Copier associated with it.
+ These are defined in the
+\family sans
+\bar under
+T
+\bar default
+ools\SpecialChar \menuseparator
+
+\bar under
+P
+\bar default
+references:Copiers
\family default
- can be recommended.
-
-\end_layout
+ dialog.
+ Since all conversions from one Format to another take place in LyX's temporary
+ directory, it is sometimes necessary to modify a file before copying it
+ to the temporary directory in order that the conversion may be performed.
+\begin_inset Foot
+status collapsed
\begin_layout Standard
-The command to enter is
+For example, the file may refer to other files---images, for example---using
+ relative filenames, and these may become invalid when the file is copied
+ to the temporary directory.
\end_layout
-\begin_layout Quote
+\end_inset
-\family typewriter
-makeindex.sh -m $$lang
+ This is done by the Copier: It copies a file to (or from) the temporary
+ directory and may modify it in the process.
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
-where the placeholder
-\family typewriter
-$$lang
-\family default
- will be replaced by the chosen document (babel) language.
- For this, you must
-\end_layout
+Copiers may also be used for other purposes.
+ For example, if appropriate converters are found, LyX will automatically
+ install copiers for the html and wordhtml formats.
+ When these formats are exported, the copier sees to it that not just the
+ main HTML file but various associated files (style files, images, and the
+ like) are also copied, and all these files are written to a subdirectory
+ of the directory in which the original LyX file was found.
+ The copier may of course be customized.
+ The optional -e argument takes a comma-separated list of extensions to
+ be copied; if it is omitted, all files will be copied.
+ The -t argument determines the extension added to the generated directory.
+ By default, it is
+\begin_inset Quotes eld
+\end_inset
-\begin_layout Standard
-have installed the packages
+LyXconv
+\begin_inset Quotes erd
+\end_inset
+
+, so HTML generated from
\family typewriter
-xindy
+/path/to/filename.lyx
\family default
- and
+ will end up in
\family typewriter
-make-rules
+/path/to/filename.html.LyXconv
\family default
- (
+.
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The definitions of the copiers may use four variables:
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Labeling
+\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
+$$s The LyX system directory (e.g.,
\family typewriter
-xindy-make-rules
+/usr/share/lyx
\family default
).
- Type
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Labeling
+\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
+$$i The input file
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Labeling
+\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
+$$o The output file
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Labeling
+\labelwidthstring 00.00.0000
+$$l The `LaTeX name'
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+The latter is to be given in a form suitable for inclusion in a LaTeX
\family typewriter
-makeindex.sh
+
+\backslash
+include
\family default
- at a shell prompt for a help page.
+ command and is relevant only when exporting files suitable for such inclusion.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Chapter
\end_inset
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Bibliography
+\begin_inset LatexCommand bibitem
+key "makeindex"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+
+\backslash
+href{http://tug.ctan.org/indexing/makeindex/doc/manpages.dvi}{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+Documentation
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ of the program
+\family sans
+makeindex
+\family default
+:
+\newline
+
+\begin_inset LatexCommand url
+target "http://tug.ctan.org/indexing/makeindex/doc/manpages.dvi"
+
+\end_inset
+
+
\end_layout
\begin_layout Bibliography
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